The timely leak of their "mystery" speaker is confirmed in time to bump tonights viewership.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Per FOX news it is Clint Eastwood.

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2012/08/30/clint-eastwood-to-take-rnc-stage-before-marco-rubio/

They're all ready for the big night.

100,000 purchased twitter followers. Check.

Purchased Twitter trending topic. Check.

Aging American movie icon Clint Eastwood's endorsement and speech. Check.

They're shooting for the moon with this one.

[Fawke Em]

1. Clint Eastwood only appeals to the older white male base that is

already in the bag for Romney.

A speech by Eastwood? Meh. I think I'll skip it.


Signed,

A youngish Southern white female

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. Oh, they know that. Which is why their trying to manipulate Twitter as well.

I guess they think young people are too stupid to read the geek news sites?

Friggin' idiots.

[sufrommich]

4. That's not really true. He's got a pretty good lock on

mass appeal, let's be truthful here.

[Fawke Em]

6. I've never seen any of his movies and most

of my female friends haven't either.

It's not like he's Sam Elliott!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. He's outstanding.

I never miss his movies. You know who is a big fan of his? Roger Ebert.

[sufrommich]

10. Yeah, there's no denying that he's got some

pretty awesome star power. If he was coming to the Dem convention, we would all be thrilled.

[Fawke Em]

16. Sorry... I've never liked cowboy or shoot-em-up movies.

And, I, honestly, couldn't care about boxing, either.

His genre, truly, is not my cup of tea.

That said, I don't like the romantic comedies my female friends DO seem to love.

I like thrillers, psyco-dramas, documentaries and well-done comedies (not "poop joke" comedies).

[aquart]

42. Tightrope.

Psycho-drama AND thriller.

[Jennicut]

11. He was bigger in the 80's when I was a kid.

He did make some great films but his appeal is to people 50 and over. It is too bad he is a Repub, I always did like "In the Line of Fire" (about a secret service agent).

[Fawke Em]

17. That's the way I think of him, as well.

You and I must be of similar age.

While people under 40 know who he is, I wouldn't say he'd make any of their top lists of favorites.

That was my point.

[Jennicut]

27. Very true.

I would not say that I am THAT young at 36 but I would say Eastwood is more an actor my parents really like. I would say for me, I would rather watch John Cusack, Matt Damon, or Christian Bale. I will say that Eastwood has directed some great movies.

Hey, we have Eva Longoria coming to our convention! At least she looks better. Might get my husband to actually watch the RNC with me.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. I've seen 21 grams.

I thought it was good.

I know he's been in other things I've watched but I couldn't say what. I don't enjoy westerns so those I missed. Same with the Dirty Harry (that's the name right?) ones. Not my genre.

[Floyd_Gondolli]

14. Who could forget Bronco Billy

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. You made me look it up.

It appears most everyone forgot it judging by the rating.

[lumberjack_jeff]

24. Unforgiven was a good movie.

Not good enough that I'm curious about what he has to say about Romney, though.

[loyalsister]

25. People with disabilities - in no way a majority, I know

but pretty vocal will mobilize against this jerk. He opposes ADA then made a movie about a questionable euthanasia situation that some people with disabilities found demeaning.

[Marr]

30. No way-- Clint Eastwood is great.

He's made some of my favorite movies from early in his career, and he's really grown as a filmmaker. The things he's done since age 60 or so are his best work.

[lunatica]

2. He's either going to kiss their asses or he's going to hand them a new one

You never know with Clint.

[MADem]

40. He will kiss their asses. He doesn't like "his" money being taxed.

He doesn't like government regs re: zoning and things of that nature. This goes back to his days as GOP mayor of Carmel (he got support from Ronald Reagan in that run).

[BarackTheVote]

5. Overrated actor and filmmaker--

though I do wonder how they can reconcile this with, you know, the pro-euthanasia bend of Million Dollar Baby.... Oh well, "everyone makes their own choices."

[cynatnite]

20. No, he's not overrated at all...

He's actually a quite brilliant filmmaker. He's better at that than acting, IMO.

Also, he's quite moderate in his views. He was against the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, he's pro-choice, supports marriage equality and is a fan of Chomsky. Now, you'd think he'd be a lefty lib just by those views alone.

From what I have read the reason he endorsed McCain was because they've been friends going as far back as the 70's after McCain's time in the POW camp. He's friend with Rmoney, too. It tells me he is loyal to his friends.

The speech tonight will probably be tailored to reach out to moderates and undecideds. I don't expect Eastwood to slam Obama...maybe a few negative words at most. It'll mostly be praise for Rmoney, IMO.

Just my two cents.

[sufrommich]

21. I agree. He's an American icon, which is why I'm sad at

the thought of him being there.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

28. Don't be sad.

He's not for taxing the wealthy, which was one of the things he and Ronald Reagan agreed on. Since he's wealthy, at least we can say he believes in voting his own better interest. It could be worse.

He's always been a Republican I thought, didn't he even run for mayor as a Republican once?

Tonight I imagine he's going to be touting his dislike of federal regulations and taxes. Two of his pet peeves. Neither of which takes away from the fact that you, and millions of others, enjoy his acting.

He's still the same person he was yesterday, and the day before that. He's just pimping him some Republican candidates.

[sufrommich]

33. I think what makes me sad is that he would do this

at a time when the GOP is embracing extremism more than ever. They're dangerous, I'm disappointed that Eastwood is OK with that.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

43. I hear you.

You'd think the larger issues would matter more than a few pet issues. However, not everyone is wired to see things that way. It is what it is.

Maybe, the Romney person who leaked this lied to FOX, even. It could still turn out to be Tim Tebow.

[MADem]

37. He was Mayor of Carmel in the eighties.

http://www.clinteastwood.net/welcome/alt/

[FightForMichigan]

8. But I thought...

...Hollywood actors shouldn't talk about politics because actors are stupid meanypants who don't know nothing. That's what Fox News taught me.

[Stainless]

9. Is Eastwood plugging his new movie?

I've been a lifelong fan but I won't be paying to see his latest film. I have nothing but contempt for the senile old fart since he decided to whore for the Repukes. Fuck Clint Eastwood.

[MADem]

34. He's been doing that for eons--since he was Mayor of Carmel back in the eighties.

Some people get rich and are thankful for their good fortune and they happily share it with others, and devote themselves to causes that advance the human condition.

Other people get rich and worry about how to keep and grow their fortune, and are resentful of needy people who might make them feel guilty for having a fortune.

They give the minimum in "charity" to take as a deduction, or to assuage their feelings of guilt, but if they are in the wrong place mentally as far as their greed goes, they'll never get right.

[Lucinda]

13. Well they had to do something to get people to watch

It's not like they are excited about Mitt.

[highplainsdem]

22. True. But think how Rubio and Romney will look following him. The boy wonder and the robot.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

36. Note the have Rubio between Eastwood and Romney.

Lowering their expectations again before Romney takes the stage.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. They are still smartin' after the hit they got from his Super Bowl ad

touting the GM bailout.

I guess this is their juvenile way of shouting He's OURS, not yours!"

[sufrommich]

18. I'll bet it was more of a calculated move on Eastwood's part.

He's got a new movie coming out.

[highplainsdem]

23. I'm sure that's part of it.

[MADem]

39. It was a bad calculation. I'm disinclined to attend, now!

It'll show up on basic cable eventually...I can wait!

[JoePhilly]

26. They needed an actor, and Ronald Reagan is still DEAD.

[MADem]

29. Old White Bad Boy. Why didn't they just get that "Are you ready for some football?"

racist singer to play him on stage? Let's make it clear what they're doing, here~!


They're desperate to appeal to pissed off poor whites--they think they'll be stupid enough to overlook the corporate fucking they'll get from this party because they'll be too busy cheering on the race-hating, tough guy bullshit.

Is rMoney stupid, though? He's going to juxtapose himself with Eastwood? There will be comparisons made in people's minds. I wouldn't have put both speeches on the same night.

[snooper2]

31. And all it's going to take are four half drunk teabaggers in the crowd

to fucker it all up for them

[lob1]

32. I was hoping they'd do a Reagan hologram like they did with Tupac

at the Coachella Concert. They could've billed it as an appearance by Zombie Reagan...you know, the smart one.

[Raine1967]

35. How much are they paying him?

I could have lived with his endorsement -- this is just sad.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

38. He's against raising taxes and government regulations.

I'm thinking this is more about that than money, or the new movie he has coming out.

He honestly supports some of Romney's plans.

[left on green only]

41. Who can ever forget his signature role as the nerd in "Play Misty"?

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Lucky for us he didn't have to reach very far for that one. And then came his reincarnation as a simple man made of straw, for whom every facet of life is either black or white.



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[julian09]

44. He will not influence my vote, though I am a fan. I didn't vote for McCAIN will not vote for R-Money

I think he wants to self promote, he has a new movie coming out soon, I just seen an ad for, on tv few minutes ago.
For every hollywood star Repugs have, Dems have twenty five at least. Believe me this likely won't be mentioned in Clint's obituary.

[Sheepshank]

45. It's totally hillarious that they snag a movie star for their sectret top speaker on the last day.

Given all of the RW manufactured hullaballoo against Obama's "movie star", 2008 platform.

Hypocrits right down to the last campaign day.

[jillan]

46. It was just this last Superbowl Sunday when the rw was soooo upset by Clint's commercial that was

pro saving the auto industry.


I am having a hard time keeping up with their hypocrisy.