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Clint Eastwood Speech....

SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,749
edited September 2012 in A Moving Train
Only because the guy is 127 years old....

I will give him a pass...

But YIKES!!!!!!
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,156
    Glad to see he is rocking the crazy old man hairdo.
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  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,642
    Truly mortifying and awkward for everyone involved, and even more sad.
    Poor Clint certainly didn't make anyone's day.
    Nice shirt.
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,768
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    Truly mortifying and awkward for everyone involved, and even more sad.
    Poor Clint certainly didn't make anyone's day.

    Whatever - he's still the man.

    "It's halftime in America."
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08 ... onvention/

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  • SmellymanSmellyman Asia Posts: 4,524
    Fox news Headline:


    Clint Eastwood stumping for Mitt Romney suggests shift in Hollywood's political paradigm, experts say

    article is equally as bad.

    http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/20 ... -shift-in/
  • comebackgirlcomebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    Yikes indeed :shock:

    it's like when crazy grandpa wanders away from home :nono:
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  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,642
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

    Whatever - he's still the man.

    "It's halftime in America."

    I wasn't in any way insinuating that he isn't still the man.
    I just felt very embarrassed for him last night.

    What should have been the pinnacle of the convention, sadly turned into one the most awkward, disjointed and cringe worthy speeches I have ever seen, a very odd choice for a keynote speaker.
    Nice shirt.
  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    I thought he was having a stroke at one point!

    Romney must have been PISSED. Especially when Clint said to imaginary Obama, "I can't tell him(Romney)to do that to himself(go fuck himself)".

    What were they thinking!?

    Do yourself a favor Clint and stay BEHIND the camera.
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,396
    As a liberal and someone who reluctantly wants Obama to win this election, I thought Eastwood's speech was pretty entertaining. It was a nice change of the pace from the typical political garbage shoved down our throats. He did not make me think anymore of Romney, and I didn't need him to realize that Obama has not lived up to his promises, but at least the man did something different.
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,768
    The Waiting Trophy Man wrote:
    I thought he was having a stroke at one point!

    Romney must have been PISSED. Especially when Clint said to imaginary Obama, "I can't tell him(Romney)to do that to himself(go fuck himself)".

    What were they thinking!?

    Do yourself a favor Clint and stay BEHIND the camera.

    He was asking questions to the chair, and I thought they would have some spliced up, hack job Obama quote (You didn't build that, etc) waiting... but there was nothing.
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  • mikepegg44mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    As a liberal and someone who reluctantly wants Obama to win this election, I thought Eastwood's speech was pretty entertaining. It was a nice change of the pace from the typical political garbage shoved down our throats. He did not make me think anymore of Romney, and I didn't need him to realize that Obama has not lived up to his promises, but at least the man did something different.


    I kind of agree. For an off teleprompter performance I kind of enjoyed it. It was certainly a little akward, and it really wasn't the content of the speech that I enjoyed, it was knowing while I was watching it that everyone on this website would be calling him crazy and say how awful it was...what was awful about this statement

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    got to let them go    .

    The only criticism I can see is not liking the idea of American exceptionalism, but I didn't take it as he was putting down the rest of the world, just telling the American people to remember that we can be great and do great things.

    And the newhart style bit was a stretch for him...he should have come out as Walt...that would have gotten a shitload of people talking
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    Truly mortifying and awkward for everyone involved, and even more sad.
    Poor Clint certainly didn't make anyone's day.

    Whatever - he's still the man.

    "It's halftime in America."


    :thumbup:

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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    The empty-chair thing was apparently off the cuff, so I'm cutting him slack for the stumbles.

    Yes, some awkward moments in there but so what? As SVRD said, a nice change-up, plus good points made.

    While in my teens, I had the pleasure of having coffee with Mr. Eastwood and a few others at a local tennis club/driving range that we used to frequent. Thought he was a class-act then (and a self-made one, at that!), and now.
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    hedonist wrote:
    The empty-chair thing was apparently off the cuff, so I'm cutting him slack for the stumbles.

    Yes, some awkward moments in there but so what? As SVRD said, a nice change-up, plus good points made.

    While in my teens, I had the pleasure of having coffee with Mr. Eastwood and a few others at a local tennis club/driving range that we used to frequent. Thought he was a class-act then (and a self-made one, at that!), and now.

    Is the RNC still saying that the chair bit was off the cuff? My only question to that is who brought the chair out? It had to be somewhat planned.
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  • Prince Of DorknessPrince Of Dorkness Posts: 3,763
    That was the stupidest zombie movie I've ever seen.

    The only way to end his career on a lower note would be if he's shit his pants right there.

    What a humiliating display. But proof that the only celebrities republicans can get are either angry white yokels like Charlie Daniels or crazy old men like Clint Eastwood.
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  • RFTCRFTC Posts: 723
    one word-sabotage

    clint is not senile, my guess is we get the scoop in 10 years or less when his memoirs are released.

    what a way to fk up the closing night of rnc :o
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    blackredyellow wrote:
    hedonist wrote:
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    Yes, some awkward moments in there but so what? As SVRD said, a nice change-up, plus good points made.

    While in my teens, I had the pleasure of having coffee with Mr. Eastwood and a few others at a local tennis club/driving range that we used to frequent. Thought he was a class-act then (and a self-made one, at that!), and now.

    Is the RNC still saying that the chair bit was off the cuff? My only question to that is who brought the chair out? It had to be somewhat planned.
    I don't know, heard the unscripted thing on the news this morning. Again, so what? Maybe he asked someone at the last minute. Maybe he said he wanted it for himself - he's an old man, after all.

    Harsh crowd here! Looking forward to how the DNC is received next week :P
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,768
    hedonist wrote:
    Harsh crowd here! Looking forward to how the DNC is received next week :P

    Yeah I don't think it was as bad as some people are making it out to be. Just kind of awkward is all.
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  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    I thought it was quite amusing.
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  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Clint Eastwood: Twitter's best punchlines about 'Invisible Obama' speech

    http://www.thestar.com/news/world/usele ... ama-speech
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,768
    Is talking to a chair better than talking to yourself?

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  • HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,160
    Sad to see Clint like that ....it was like seeing Ali at the point in his career when he took on Larry Holmes
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    I only heard it, didn't watch it.....Clint Eastwood is a Republican...yikes! He's STILL the man though and from what I heard he's sort of funny while i found out he was having a bad hair day.

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    http://thestar.blogs.com/uselection/201 ... taken.html

    check this out and read the comments.

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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    i love clint...always have ,always will...but having an 82 year old who's been smoking weed since 1959 ad-lib probably isn't the best idea :fp: :lol:
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,018
    His speech and the reaction to it have made me uncomfortable... I don't like seeing Clint Eastwood making a fool out of himself at all! I love him! Like, love love him, even though he's 300 years old. :lol: But wtf was he thinking??? He wasn't even being witty or anything. It was just weird and embarrassing. Made him look a little bit senile, which I'm pretty sure he's not. Too bad, Clint. :(
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,018
    norm wrote:
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    Oh God. :fp: Poor Clint!!
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,018
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    hedonist wrote:
    Harsh crowd here! Looking forward to how the DNC is received next week :P

    Yeah I don't think it was as bad as some people are making it out to be. Just kind of awkward is all.
    As a big fan of his, I think it worked to deprive him of some dignity and respectability ... and I don't handle watching old men deprive themselves of dignity at all. It makes me feel guilty because I feel sorry them for some reason. I think that's a flaw on my part, but I can't help it. :oops: I guess I'm making a deal of it because I REALLY love Clint Eastwood. Oh well. He should go back to making movies and leave the politics to others.
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