Did Clint Eastwood's Speech Make Your Day?
Spot on or embarrassing? Perfect or putrid? You tell us!
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TAMPA, FL - AUGUST 30: Actor/Director Clint Eastwood speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 30, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate during the RNC which will conclude today.
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At 9 p.m. CST, Clint Eastwood took the microphone at the Republican National Convention, and as he spoke for the next 15 to 20 minutes, the audience cheered.
However, critics have called the speech "rambling," as the actor spoke to an empty chair that was supposed to represent Barack Obama.
Perhaps taking the tack that other speakers didn't want to, he was sharp in his criticism of the current administration, calling Vice President Joe Biden 'a grin with a body behind it.'
So if you've had a chance to see his speech, what did you think?
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Dean Garr
1:51 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012
How many ways can one say, "mistake"?
Republican convention went off the rails with this one.
Is this a taste of what Republican good judgment looks like?
What the hell were they thinking?
This was the last night of the Republican convention.
And we are given this?
I love Clint Eastwood.
But only managed to feel sorry for him.
And to feel sorry for the poor bozo who talked the convention committee into this stunt.
Sarah Worthman
2:21 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012
Thanks for the comment, Dean. I agree, sad situation. To shift to a more positive note - what's your favorite Eastwood movie? Mine would have to be Gran Tornio :)
Robert
10:35 am on Saturday, September 1, 2012
Unfortunately for the Republicans, Eastwood's wacko rant and Ryan's obvious distortions (it is bad when he gets called out by the Party's own propaganda arm at Fox) have overshadowed whatever of value their Presidential candidate might have said. Over all, not a very productive convention beyond nailing down the Party's extremist core.