Eastwood's act caught GOP off guard

SF Gate ^ | 09/02/12 | Willie Brown

[DFG]

As for the Democratic National Convention, it will be the first one I skip since 1960.

Let's be honest: It has no mystery, no fights, and it's in Charlotte, N.C., which is about as far off the beaten path - or easy airplane connections - as you can get.

And when you get there, there is no shopping. The only thing to buy is bootleg booze.

[CodeToad]

“or easy airplane connections “

The author is just a bigot and anti-South. Charlotte is a connection airport to Atlanta, Cincinnati, and other major cities.

[EveningStar]

Consider the source.

[Gay State Conservative]

Willie isn't just a Maoist...he's an elitist snob Maoist.You just know that he was wearing one of his $2,000 suits when he composed this.

[jmacusa]

Just the kind of dismissive elitist contempt one would expect from “Sodom by the Bay’’.

[TomGuy]

His skit hit a nerve with the Libs/Lefties/MSM, too, because they are still talking/writing/reporting about it.

[NCDave]

Yes, I live here and this dude is nuts... Charlotte Douglas INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.... LOTS OF LEGAL BOOZE EVERYWHERE AND ALL TYPES. Bars , clubs, whatever...

[SeeSharp]

...and the first movie in which Chris Rock actually acts.

Wasn't he in New Jack City? Played a snitch if I remember right.

[eclecticEel]

My guess is that the writer’s never been more than 20 miles from any American coastline - ever.

[MNJohnnie]

As for the Democratic National Convention, it will be the first one I skip since 1960.

Yeah there the ticket, we should let a life Long Democrat politician tell us what to think about the RNC.

[skeeter]

Its Willie Brown.

'nuff said.

[meyer]

The only thing to buy is bootleg booze.

Wow - aren't we feeling a little uppity! I mean, bless his little heart, he's not wanting to leave good ol' San Francisco for someplace as lowly as Charlotte, North Carolina.

[Psalm 144]

Yep. Spin doctors here keep trying to diminish it as well. First bit of fresh air in this campaign at all, and one of the rare moments of joy in the past twenty two dismal years.

[WeatherGuy]

Charlotte is one of the main hubs for USAir. It has DIRECT flights to every major city in the United States.

[EEGator]

He was Pookie the crackhead.

[Psalm 144]

I think what he really means is that there are no bath houses.

[tet68]

It has no mystery, no fights,

Willie would prefer Chicago where tens of people are
shot every day...

[EveningStar]

For those of you who don't know, Willie Brown is a former Speaker of the California State Assembly and a former Mayor of San Francisco.

[Moorings]

It was different, funny, and effective.

[swamprebel]

This man only knows Manhatten and LA, and stereotypical antidotes about what lies in between. Poor soul, watched one too many episodes of Mayberry RFD, and thinks Otis is going to try and serve him moonshine.