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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 05:35 AM Aug 2012

TROUBLE WITH THE CHAIR: CLINT MOCKED FOR RNC BIT

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CVN_CLINT_EASTWOOD?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-31-05-11-53



LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Clint Eastwood earned plenty of bad reviews for his latest performance: a bizarre, rambling endorsement of Mitt Romney.

"Clint, my hero, is coming across as sad and pathetic," tweeted film critic Roger Ebert as Eastwood adlibbed Thursday night to an audience of millions - and one empty chair - on stage at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. "He didn't need to do this to himself. It's unworthy of him."

Eastwood carried on a kooky, long-winded conversation with an imaginary President Barack Obama, telling him that he failed to deliver on his promises, and it's time for Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, to take over.

"Mr. President, how do you handle promises that you have made when you were running for election, and how do you handle them? I mean, what do you say to people?" he said at one point to the empty chair.
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TROUBLE WITH THE CHAIR: CLINT MOCKED FOR RNC BIT (Original Post) xchrom Aug 2012 OP
Even AP is picking up on the epic FAIL in the Republican Homeland Berlum Aug 2012 #1

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
1. Even AP is picking up on the epic FAIL in the Republican Homeland
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 05:37 AM
Aug 2012

Americans are shocked to see one of their former heroes degraded and debased into full-on Republicanism.

'tis indeed a sorry ass sight.

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