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A week and a half after Oscar-winner Clint Eastwood‘s appearance at the Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney finally admitted he enjoyed the spectacle. “I was laughing at Clint Eastwood. Look, to have him get up and speak on my behalf was a great thrill,” Romney said Sunday on NBC’s Meet The Press. A public Romney supporter, Eastwood was the surprise speaker on the final night of the GOP convention. His unconventional and unvetted address, including speaking to an empty chair intended to represent President Obama, has attracted wide criticism. But both Eastwood in an interview late last week and Romney rejected the bad press. “You don’t expect a guy like Clint Eastwood get up and, you know, read some stuff off a teleprompter like a politician”, Romney said Sunday. ”You expect him to speak from the heart and that’s exactly what he did.”
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I’ve lost all respect for Eastwood. Won’t go see his movie. And have no interested in anything else he does either. I guess when you’re that wealthy, Romney makes sense because he’s protecting the top 1%. But the other 99% should be very worried indeed.
I don’t necessarily agree with his support of Romney, but do you think it’s right to boycott his films? By doing so, you’re saying it’s alright for those that disagree with George Clooney’s politics to boycott his films.
That is exactly the kind of divisiveness that is hurting the US far more than either party’s policies.
Over in the UK we loved Clint’s comedy at the RNC. It’s getting a bit boring now constantly laughing at the gaff ridden Romney. Clint showed that there are people even more ludicrous than Romney.
Romney was thrilled? What an idiot.
As a long time Eastwood fan I found his RNC “performance” disappointing, not because I don’t agree with his political leanings, but because he exposed what a doddering, scrambled brain old man he has become. Movies with multiple takes and fine tuned editing are one thing, but a live extemporaneous speech is another thing all together and Clint should have known better.
His appearance turned out to be a very bad idea and Romney and the rest of the GOP know it, they are just spinning the facts and as another annoying high profile GOP member once said, “putting lipstick on a pig”.
P.S.- “Trouble With The Curve” looks eye gougingly awful!
I guess Eastwood showed what Conservatives often say about Liberal actors.
They should NEVER go off script.
I too was laughing at Clint Eastwood. His speech was even more embarrassing than his family’s E! reality show
Which is nearly impossible.
Some are STILL trying to refute Clint’s speech two weeks later. Tell us some more about how it wasn’t effective. Meanwhile, the Dems brought out some lame actresses and Kumar. THAT really made a mark, didn’t it?
So, which is it? Actors are a good thing or a bad thing? GOP’ers seem to always contradict themselves on this one. If it’s Clint on Reagan, it’s ok, but not Clooney or DeNiro.
And, on a demographic level, YES, it is better to be associated with Kal Penn, Kerry Washington and Eva Longoria: Minorities, Women and the young. You can respect Clint, but he crystalizies what is wrong with the current GOP: Older White Men. The three categories the Dems are cultivating are GROWING, but the three the GOP have are shrinking.
Bottom line is that the Democtratic Convention was remembered for the Clinton, First Lady and, admittedly less so, the President’s speaches. The GOP Convention is remembered for an empty chair.
Case closed. And, look at the polling. Romney didn’t get a bounce, and Obama did.
Eva and Scarlet gave decent speeches.
Of course people are STILL talking about Eastwood’s speech; it blew up Twitter and we now know that even Romney laughed “at” him.
First of all, I’m pretty sure refute is not the word you want to use. No one is trying to refute what Eastwood said because most people don’t remember the substance of what he said. And I’m not sure being the most memorable speech is the best thing when it was memorable for the wrong reasons. Clinton gave a memorable speech, too, but it was the kind of speech the DNC would want people to remember.
Effective and memorable aren’t always the same thing.
Tell us some more about how it wasn’t effective. Meanwhile, the Dems brought out some lame actresses and Kumar. THAT really made a mark, didn’t it?
Well, since you asked…Obama IS now 7 points ahead nationally and leading (by slim margins) in OH, FL, WI, and VA.
Sooooo…uh…yeah, it was NOT effective! Sorry. But you DID ask.
Obamanoids still crawling all over this site.
Eastwood was thoroughly natural and a breath of fresh air. Anybody who still believes the preachy nonsense that O. shovels belongs in grade school.
Eastwood did a simple chair improv that any actor knows about and he did it well, expressing his sincere contempt for the pose in the W.H.
“Eastwood did a simple chair improv that any actor knows about…”
Seriously, man? We don’t do chair improvs. But if he would have pretended to be a cat or an albatros or even a water hose, Dionysus woud be proud.
Lord you sideline commenters are more annoying then both parties combined (which is saying A LOT). Can it be November already?
No ones that didn’t like it refutes the points he made. Because they can’t! His delivery could have been a lot better but the content was spot on! I love “Looking at” scarlett johansson but really, what did she say? The Obama Ruse is over.
Clint was brilliant. Keep moaning libs!
What else would he say?