Did Clint Eastwood bomb at Romney's convention? (Nice to the point article)

[jsmirman]

(Reuters) - Republicans may have made Mitt Romney's day with the presidential nomination he long sought, but it was Dirty Harry himself who nearly hijacked the show with a rambling diatribe against President Barack Obama - addressed to an empty chair.

Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood brought his star power and trademark gravelly voice to the stage of the convention hall in Tampa on Thursday, jetting in as a surprise last-minute speaker to warm up the crowd for Romney's acceptance speech.

Eastwood's cameo appearance, including an ad-libbed monologue with an imaginary Obama in an empty chair, seemed to thrill many in the audience, but was widely panned by observers across the political spectrum.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/31/us-usa-campaign-eastwood-idUSBRE87T1BX20120831

This article is surprisingly bang on for Reuters.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

1. Just realized who Clint reminded me of: Professor Irwin Corey.

[jsmirman]

5. I thought SNL McCain wandering around the stage

looking for Mr. Pibbles.

Can't recall who Irwin Corey is/was.

[jsmirman]

7. Ah - I have seen him

but didn't know the name. Sounds like I should. A little too young for his heyday, but...

[Whisp]

2. Dirty Chairy...

[flamingdem]

9. lololol

[Lucy Goosey]

12. You win the thread!

Hee!

[Whisp]

13. Dirty Chairy says: Make My Bed

[tama]

3. The anarchist threat came true

Anarchist Clint bombed Romney's convention.

[FightingIrish]

4. Was it worth it?

At 82, Clint Eastwood is one of those celebrities whose obituary most new organizations already have in the can. Now they’ll have to go back and add this disgrace to an otherwise distinguished career.

[jsmirman]

6. "Gave a bizarre and rambling speech at the 2012 GOP convention"

[Schema Thing]

8. the "ad lib" part certainly isn't "bang on". that was no ad lib, no matter what Romney team says.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. Fuck a bunch of "observers across the political spectrum"...

who can take all the time they want hiding in the background as they remove those sticks from their asses.

"I can't do that to myself either" will go down in history as iconic as "silver foot in his mouth"

Well, it should.

[jsmirman]

11. I don't know, that article won me with the lady who said "he's a great actor"

and then they followed up and she couldn't name a single one of his movies.