Here's a new take on Eastwood and the empty chair I hadn't heard

[NotThisTime]

He was just pointing out what an empty suit Obama is. I'm not even quite sure how to respond to that statement? Are these people crazy? Wait, yes they are... an empty suit? Bush who they voted for and his policies drove this nation into the deepest damn Recession since the Great depression and they call Obama an empty suit? Who's the empty suit again? This is a tea partier saying this by the way...

Another new one this morning, Massachusetts was 47th in job growth because at the time unemployment was Nationally around 4%. Somehow that gives Romney the okay to have almost the lousiest job growth record? How does that even make sense?

I'm shaking my head at these people...

[Curtland1015]

1. I kinda thought that's what they were going for.

But it sure was... odd.

[deutsey]

2. It's a typical Rovian tactic to attack the opponent's strength

not his or her weaknesses.

[NotThisTime]

4. so how would you respond? Would you even bother?

[deutsey]

6. To Clint's debate with a chair?

I'd leave it alone if I were Obama's team. It backfired bigtime on the GOP and has become a meme all its own (e.g., rich crazy white man angry at a black threat that isn't there, etc.)

[NotThisTime]

7. My first inclination is to fight back but I think it would do no good.... this person in particular

believes what they are going to believe.... it's screwed up, that's all I can say....

The 4% statement, how does that excuse Romney from having the state be #1 in job creation if that's his record?

[RagAss]

3. Whatever it was, it took a BIG SHIT !!!!

[nc4bo]

5. Not toilet trained at. all.

If THAT'S what Clint & Co. were going for: EPIC FAIL but also priceless for the bizarre comedy factor alone.

[BlueStreak]

10. I didn't watch it live, but I didn't think it was all that bad.

I didn't watch any of that nonsense live. I figures if anything was noteworthy, I could watch it later on Youtube. As it turns out, this was the only speech worth taking the time to watch.

I agree it was strange. And I certainly know 82-year-olds who a re a lot sharper than Eastwood is. But I got his point. It was a way of making the same angry points that were nonstop throughout this convention, without seeming like a complete dick.

To me, that is the issue. Why was everybody such a complete dick? Where were the ideas? Hell, we couldn't even get factual statements from them, let alone sensible proposals for how they might solve the problems. Romney' big "idea" is to cot the federal government to 20% of GDP, which will magically produce 20 million jobs in 4 years? No, that makes no sense.

I didn't think Eastwood was any worse than any other speech, and he was a little easier to take.

The problem last night was not Eastwood. The problem was that other than Eastwood, all you had in that entire building was a bunch of angry old white jerks with no vision, no ideas, no solutions.

Eastwood was probably the best moment of the convention.

[TreasonousBastard]

15. Eastwood's a weird guy, and I don't think anyone's forgiven him...

for "Pale Rider" to this day.

But, isn't weird a good thing in Hollywood? And shouldn't we be grateful that Eastwood doing anything replaced that Donald guy who was afraid of a little rain?

So, yeah, I actually liked Pale Rider and think the critics just didn't get it. I liked the empty chair, too, and had no idea a geriatric Eastwood could do improv.

Now, who's gonna steal the show for us next week?

[CJCRANE]

8. I think it was a last minute replacement for Trump.

Remember how the initial "surprise" was rumored to be Trump talking to an Obama look-a-like, but that was canceled due to Hurricane Isaac.

IMO they just recycled the idea but without the look-a-like.

[BlueStreak]

12. They were going to hire a Nicaraguan 9-year-old to play Obama for $2/hr

instead of paying a real actor. But then they got the idea of eliminating the position altogether, saving the extra $2.

Welcome to the world of Romney-nomics. You can be eliminated.

[liberalmuse]

9. Anyone could be in that chair.

Clint Eastwood demonstrated the mindset of the Republicans perfectly - choose and then demonize an invisible enemy, accuse them of all sorts of shit, and presume to speak for him/her, then claim victory. The truth is, anyone could be in that chair, because that chair is "Other".

Or perhaps it was just a crazy display from an 82 year old man who has seen better days.

[BlueStreak]

13. It is the ultimate "straw man" argument. That's all they do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

[treestar]

11. I'd say well Mitt didn't have good job growth even in a good economy?

Republicans create "logic" like that. It is so easy to shoot down. Eventually they will realize they are wrong. They just won't admit it to you. To a Republican, being wrong is the worst thing in the world, not to be publicly admitted ever. So it does not mean that you did not convince them.

[JoePhilly]

14. Clint debates empty chair while the empty suit waited backstage.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. You Give The American People Way Too Much Credit If You Think They Can Make That Inference

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