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If it's Monday, It Must be 'Empty Chair Day'
Tea Party Tribune ^ | 2012-09-02 19:18:17 | mrcurmudgeon

Posted on 09/02/2012 9:23:20 PM PDT by tselatysr

By Mr. Curmudgeon:

Are you feeling lucky? Well, are you, punks? Inspired by Clint Eastwood's Republican Convention soliloquy to an empty chair, representing the vacant years of the Obama presidency, many have been inspired to emulate Eastwood by declaring Monday (formally known as Labor Day) "Empty Chair Day."

As you may recall, the action hero of such film classics as "Dirty Harry" and "The Outlaw Josey Wales" used an empty chair as a prop to address our failed president. "We own this country," Eastwood said to the chair, "Politicians are employees of ours ... and when somebody does not do the job, we've got to let them go."

And Eastwood's idea has caught on.

I saw a photo posted on the Internet that shows a lone chair sitting on a front lawn. On it rests a sign that reads, "Labor Day has been cancelled due to lack of jobs. Monday is now Empty Chair Day. Put an empty chair in your front yard. Thank you, Clint, for bringing this to our attention."

On Facebook, a graphic artist took inspiration from Frank Shepard Fairely's iconic 2008 Obama poster, emblazoned with the word "Hope," and substituted a chair where the president's face once beamed ... oh, and the word "Chair."

In yet another contribution, a photo shows an empty chair with an empty suit dangling nearby.

So, go ahead, make Clint's day ... Empty Chair Day.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinteastwood; rnc; teaparty
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To: tselatysr
Another good pic.
41 posted on 09/03/2012 8:59:45 AM PDT by MCH
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I put an empty chair in my yard yesterday evening. I wanted to add something similar to a teleprompter this morning.


42 posted on 09/03/2012 9:01:18 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (RINO season is open. No limit. Make them extinct.)
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43 posted on 09/03/2012 9:05:28 AM PDT by MCH
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To: tselatysr

I wish I still had my daughter’s potty chair — I would put that out!


44 posted on 09/03/2012 9:09:11 AM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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45 posted on 09/03/2012 9:09:40 AM PDT by MCH
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46 posted on 09/03/2012 9:10:44 AM PDT by MCH
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47 posted on 09/03/2012 9:11:38 AM PDT by MCH
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HELP! I have my picture of my empty chair, but I don’t know how to post it. I understand you have to upload it to some site first, but I don’t know which site or how to go about it.


48 posted on 09/03/2012 9:11:49 AM PDT by Spunky (Those)
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I keep trying to post my photo but in the preview its huge..
I keep re sizing it but its still huge. I deleted my cookies and it still is the same size. :)

I’ll try again later today.


49 posted on 09/03/2012 9:12:32 AM PDT by Melvalena
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50 posted on 09/03/2012 9:12:48 AM PDT by MCH
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51 posted on 09/03/2012 9:13:54 AM PDT by MCH
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There's a ton more at the Legal Insurrection site, where they say they've gotten so many submissions there's now a huge backlog.
52 posted on 09/03/2012 9:16:39 AM PDT by MCH
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53 posted on 09/03/2012 9:18:58 AM PDT by MCH
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54 posted on 09/03/2012 9:19:03 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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Some awesome stuff here, people! Enjoying all of it!


55 posted on 09/03/2012 9:22:28 AM PDT by meyer (It's 1860 all over again - the taxpayer is the new "N" word)
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One of the best I have seen so far...lots of great submissions...


56 posted on 09/03/2012 9:24:34 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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Come come, now, surely you knew this was coming ;)
57 posted on 09/03/2012 9:24:44 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Perdogg

Absolutely hilarious!!! Your mind is wired in a strange but likeable way.


58 posted on 09/03/2012 9:30:48 AM PDT by sanjuanbob
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59 posted on 09/03/2012 9:40:05 AM PDT by TheRobb7 (Mitt Romney Chooses Paul Ryan as VP: DEMOCRATS HARDEST HIT)
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60 posted on 09/03/2012 9:43:02 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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