I'm four years older than Mr. Eastwood and it was immediately obvious to me what he was doing. I judged the skit to be both hilarious and hard hitting.
Then I heard the critics start to howl and thought Clint really got to them.
The man is a Genius Director and Actor. He knew precisely what he was doing. And though he is still young (by my standards),I heartily applaud him!
The talking points of *senile, embarrassing* appeared immediately after Clint finished his speech. This exact phrasing was on every site that had a video clip of the speech and was often the first comment. It was a DNC coordinated attempt to demean Clint.
It didn’t work.
I read a lot of comments about Clint’s hair, too. I assume they mean his bald spot was showing and the est was sort of spiky and somewhat uncontrolled. I think he looks great and is still an attractive man at 82.