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Bill Maher: Eastwood 'killed' it
politico ^ | 9/1/12 | CAITLIN MCDEVITT

Posted on 09/01/2012 9:35:17 AM PDT by ColdOne

“As a performer, as a stand-up comedian for 30 years who knows how hard it is to get laughs, excuse me, he went up there … without a net, on a tightrope. There was no teleprompter. He did a bit with just an empty chair and killed,” Maher said. “He committed to it, it was consistent and it worked.”

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billmaher; clinteastwood
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To: KarlInOhio

Rachel Madcow EXTRA-hates him because he’s EXTRA-manly. She doesn’t like any man who challenges her manliness!


61 posted on 09/01/2012 10:29:21 AM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: Always A Marine
I realized that all the feigned stammering and rambling forced viewers to listen carefully

I thought it was a subtle mock of the fact that Obama can't speak coherently without a teleprompter.

62 posted on 09/01/2012 10:29:35 AM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
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To: ColdOne

If Eastwood had given a straight endorsement speech, no one would be talking about it.


63 posted on 09/01/2012 10:30:26 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: UCANSEE2

WOW! Thank you for the perspective! Now I appreciate Mr. Eastwood’s speech/performance even more than previously.


64 posted on 09/01/2012 10:33:49 AM PDT by lyby ("Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei)
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To: Dr. Sivana
you do know the teleprompters were NOT WORKING... right???
65 posted on 09/01/2012 10:36:03 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: UCANSEE2; loveliberty; spokeshave
So.... you missed the subtleties as well ?

Yes, I did. I admit it.

I cannot really compare it to Obama's presentation, as I purposefully avoid hearing more than soundbites of the man since the '08 primaries. Most of my info comes from reading on FR. My only audio feeds are from Rush Limbaugh and (I admit it) an occasional NPR "news" story.

I haven't seen a lot of Eastwood movies ... Pale Rider, For a Few Dollars More and Escape from Alcatraz (which I saw because Patrick McGoohan was in it).

I will say one thing for picking Eastwood, he is one of the very few VERY white guys that the homeboys admire (at least his movie persona). No one would say that Eastwood isn't cool.
66 posted on 09/01/2012 10:37:06 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("I love to watch you talk talk talk, but I hate what I hear you say."-Del Shannon)
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To: Dr. Sivana

doc
the whole ol’ man delivery was part of the act. Think it was a parody of something from the ‘50’s


67 posted on 09/01/2012 10:37:50 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (and we are still campaigning for local conservatives in central CT.)
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To: Chode
you do know the teleprompters were NOT WORKING... right???

I had assumed that he was going without by design. I only saw the raw You Tube clip. No TV. By Design.
68 posted on 09/01/2012 10:38:33 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("I love to watch you talk talk talk, but I hate what I hear you say."-Del Shannon)
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To: KarlInOhio
I feel like I’m Faye Dunaway being slapped back and forth by Jack Nicholson in Chinatown.

LOL!!!!

Now, you know we're going to need a .mvi on that.

69 posted on 09/01/2012 10:38:53 AM PDT by exit82 (Pass the word: Obama is a FAILURE!! Democrats are the enemies of freedom!)
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To: ColdOne

Nobody needs this clown’s approbation for anything.


70 posted on 09/01/2012 10:41:05 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: chessplayer

That would be a difficult meme to promote - everyone who works in any branch of media/entertainment, from the janitor at the weather channel to Jay Leno to the second assistant stagehand at the high school drama club knows that the finger across the throat is sign language for “stop” “cut” “over” when a performance is or should be coming to an end.


71 posted on 09/01/2012 10:43:20 AM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: KarlInOhio

“But Rachel Maddow said it was a disaster.”

You took her comment wrong, it was a disaster for obama!!!


72 posted on 09/01/2012 10:43:42 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: lyby

For those interested, the AMC TV channel is presenting Clint Eastwood movies all day and night on Labor Day.

I’m inviting any of my liberal friends around then over for a little cookout.

Of course all of my TV sets will be on the AMC channel.


73 posted on 09/01/2012 10:46:19 AM PDT by Tripoli
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To: palmer

Re: hitchwolf.... if you look at his comments its clear he is NOT a Romney supporter. This is one of the best features of FR - when someone makes a comment that I question - I always look at their posting history - It is quite revealing!!


74 posted on 09/01/2012 10:47:59 AM PDT by Momto2 (WAR EAGLE!!!!)
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At least Maher pointed out a hypocrisy....all the talk of conventions being boring, scripting and script writers...and someone goes out there without a net and does a “real” presentation....and they say it was a disaster.

You can’t have it both ways.

At least in this case Maher disagreed with the content and didn’t lie about the presentation.


75 posted on 09/01/2012 10:49:42 AM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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To: Tripoli

My husband and I were looking through Mr. Eastwood’s filmography... we have seen ALL of his movies MORE THAN ONCE!! Next to Audie Murphy, he is my favorite actor!!


76 posted on 09/01/2012 10:53:07 AM PDT by lyby ("Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei)
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To: Momto2

Nothing wrong with not being a Romney supporter. Hitchwolf can vote how HW pleases.

This is concern troll work. I smell a closet Obama supporter. The posting record always reveals. A few throwaway posts that say typical conservative things, but too many posts that say otherwise, such as “I think Obama will win.”

Hitchwolf is just a bit too...concerned.


77 posted on 09/01/2012 10:54:02 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....The days are long, but the years are short.....)
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To: spokeshave
with his hair all fluffed if he didn't tell his make up artist how he wanted it...

I was wondering about the hair. It kind of makes sense now.

78 posted on 09/01/2012 10:54:25 AM PDT by bubbacluck (I'll pay more for tomatoes...or lettuce.)
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To: black_diamond; Joe 6-pack
I thought of Jimmy Stewart in Harvey immediately.

Do you remember Jimmy Stewart on Johnny Carson's send off show and his poem My Dog Named Beau?

Classic Jimmy Stewart at his best. Miss both of those stars.

http://www.sonnyradio.com/jimmy-stewart-johnny-carson-dog-named-beau.html

OMG! Time has flown.....look at the date.

79 posted on 09/01/2012 10:55:45 AM PDT by Chgogal (WSJ, Coulter, Kristol, Krauthammer, Rove et al., STFU. TY)
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To: hitchwolf
Even more proof to me Eastwood trolled all of us and was a plant.

I didn't watch 1 minute of the convention production.

However, I did watch Eastwood's speech on youtube. He did alright for some guy in his 80s, and made some good points.

Troll, plant? What kind of cowflop comment is that?

Your comment is suspect and reeks...

80 posted on 09/01/2012 10:56:44 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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