Author Topic: Clint Eastwood at GOP convention. (Read 8677 times)

RoadKingLarry · « **on:** August 30, 2012, 10:08:51 PM »

WTF is wrong with him?

Fly320s · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:10:39 PM »

Winging it.

Not reading the speech, probably didn't practice the speech.

It is hard to watch.

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #2 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:31:27 PM »

Old, artsy and half crazy.

longeyes · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:39:29 PM »

Make your day. Vote for Mitt.

slingshot · « **Reply #4 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:46:45 PM »

Clint was very nervous. Make my Day!

TommyGunn · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2012, 11:36:53 PM »

Quote from: Jamisjockey on August 30, 2012, 10:31:27 PM

Old, artsy and half crazy.

Yup. "A man's got to know his limitations."

grampster · « **Reply #6 on:** August 31, 2012, 01:22:41 AM »

I laughed my ass off. Eastwood is, by all accounts, a Libertarian. He also appealed to Americans using farce. I thought it was great. I don't think the MSM and mean spirited pundits can say anything negative about his antics because he is an American icon. In other words, Mr. Eastwood grabbed 'em by the balls and said Gotcha!! They risk further diminishing what little credibility they have left by mocking him. Actually, I hope they do because it will play right into our hands.

Way to go, Clint. You made my day!!

kgbsquirrel · « **Reply #7 on:** August 31, 2012, 02:08:24 AM »

Just watched it, I'm not getting the WTF'ness. Certainly more eloquent and witty than Obama sans TOTUS.

http://youtu.be/qiHNVYRTKP8

Doggy Daddy · « **Reply #8 on:** August 31, 2012, 05:38:15 AM »

Quote from: kgbsquirrel on August 31, 2012, 02:08:24 AM

Just watched it, I'm not getting the WTF'ness. Certainly more eloquent and witty than Obama sans TOTUS.

http://youtu.be/qiHNVYRTKP8

It made me think of Jimmy Stewart, reciting his poems on The Tonight Show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwGnCIdHQH0

MillCreek · « **Reply #9 on:** August 31, 2012, 08:39:01 AM »

Quote from: Fly320s on August 30, 2012, 10:10:39 PM

Winging it.

Not reading the speech, probably didn't practice the speech.

It is hard to watch.

I agree with this. It was painful in places, and I felt badly for Mr. Eastwood.

dm1333 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 31, 2012, 10:34:18 AM »

Not as painful as watching certain senior democrats give a speech.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #11 on:** August 31, 2012, 10:37:55 AM »

I don't know how he's fared in the past with public speaking, but I thought this was pretty bad. Maybe he just didn't have the time to memorize and rehearse his speech. Still, though, his speech wasn't full of "uh's" and "ah's" like a certain president we all know when TOTUS isn't available.

I thought Romney did a pretty good job of it. I haven't listened to him speak in the past, so I didn't know what to expect. He had a pretty fiery finish and kept the crowd on their feet throughout.

longeyes · « **Reply #12 on:** August 31, 2012, 10:45:20 AM »

That he was there on stage at all was the message.

And he told it the way it the way it is. It wasn't slick, polished, and rousing, and he wasn't steady and the hard-eyed killer chomping on a cigar, but he still made his point. Clint was blunt and straight and less "kind" than the run of other speakers. Of course "Hollywood" is furious that one of their greatest icons--did he get his lifetime achievement awards yet?--went off the reservation in front of tens of millions of Americans and pointed out how naked their Emperor is.

AJ Dual · « **Reply #13 on:** August 31, 2012, 10:46:44 AM »

Doesn't matter if it was the embarrassing tottering of an elderly man, or if it was a carefully practiced Jimmy Stewart folksy stammer, or something in between..

He's getting covered, and more importantly, quoted, over and over. And it was of sufficient interest, either to bash him, praise him, or simply parade him as a curiosity, it's making it past the usual gatekeepers in the MSM who normally do all they can to quash the conservative message.

Sergeant Bob · « **Reply #14 on:** August 31, 2012, 10:51:16 AM »

I thought he did pretty good, and he was hilarious to boot!

longeyes · « **Reply #15 on:** August 31, 2012, 10:56:54 AM »

Clint's gift is that the American people care a lot more about him than they do about the media talking heads. He has mythic power, even stumbling a bit, that they will never have (though they wish they had it). Yes, he is being quoted, and the soundbytes are rattling the halls of media power as much as the gunshots of The Man with No Name. Thing is, Clint HAS a name, and every word of his is worth a hundred of those from the MSM.

longeyes · « **Reply #16 on:** August 31, 2012, 11:51:52 AM »

Just heard that the Dems' answer to Clint will be--wait for it--Eva Longoria.

Well, she's a woman and a latina, so for the Dems that is enough.

Clint is the icon who broke the icons. No wonder "Hollywood" is going ballistic.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #17 on:** August 31, 2012, 12:49:20 PM »

Good points, longeyes, AJ.

brimic · « **Reply #18 on:** August 31, 2012, 01:02:34 PM »

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Not as painful as watching certain senior democrats give a speech

I didn't get to see it, but Clint would be able to go in front of the crowd and pass gas for 10 minutes straight and it would be more eloquent, well thought out, and powerful message than any speech given by Gwen Moore.

Ron · « **Reply #19 on:** August 31, 2012, 01:08:36 PM »

I didn't see the delivery but I read the transcript.

Basically he said to America, fire Obama and throw the bums out. They didn't get the job done, lets try a business man who gets things done.

Grebnaws · « **Reply #20 on:** August 31, 2012, 01:09:25 PM »

This sounded exactly like I would expect from an 82 year old gentleman speaking to a large and expecting audience without the benefit of a full time handling crew coaching him from the sidelines. Coarseness aside at least it gave me the impression of being an honest speech.

Tallpine · « **Reply #21 on:** August 31, 2012, 01:12:54 PM »

I reckon.

Just for the record, I don't think his speech was "stumbling" at all. I think he carefully delivered it just as he intended.

longeyes · « **Reply #22 on:** August 31, 2012, 01:33:18 PM »

It was a great display of effective minimalism, worthy of a good director.

The Man with No Name taking on The Man with No Country.

Bravo, Clint.

AJ Dual · « **Reply #23 on:** August 31, 2012, 01:36:46 PM »

The entire "discussion with an empty chair" was an amazing bash on Obama, the ultimate empty chair/empty suit.

And the funniest thing, is even the Left/MSM must think it's true enough that they don't dare touch the topic with a ten foot pole. Otherwise they'd be doing a full-court press to bash the analogy used. Making stuff up like it was a "Jim Crow Lynching chair, to be kicked out for a hanging, as secret code for the GOP base." or some such thing...

HankB · « **Reply #24 on:** August 31, 2012, 01:55:12 PM »

I didn't think much of Clint's delivery - it wasn't that long ago that he made Grand Torino and he didn't stumble so much there . . . maybe a result of more rehearsal, editing, and retakes?

Maybe he was just "winging it."

I liked it when he looked at "Obama" and said "No, I'm not going to tell Mitt that . . . a man can't do that to himself!"

Aside from the obvious laugh line, it really was a damning commentary on the coarseness of the Obama campaign.

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Author Topic: Clint Eastwood at GOP convention. (Read 8677 times)