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kpete

(71,984 posts)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 09:25 AM Aug 2012

OBAMA RESPONDS TO CLINT EASTWOOD!!!

President Obama offered up a photo reponse to Clint Eastwood's strange convention speech, which featured him roasting an empty chair that was intended to represent Obama. Via his campaign's Twitter feed:

Barack Obama

@BarackObama
This seat's taken. OFA.BO/c2gbfi, pic.twitter.com/jgGZTb02

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-responds-to-clint-eastwoods-speech?ref=fpblg
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OBAMA RESPONDS TO CLINT EASTWOOD!!! (Original Post) kpete Aug 2012 OP
LOL! Well alrighty then..........nt nc4bo Aug 2012 #1
KER-POWWWW!!!! Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #2
Four more chairs! Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #3
awesome - but the intellectual elitist snob in me really LOVED the "Dali" response. n/t stlsaxman Aug 2012 #4
Yeah, but too many people won't get it nobodyspecial Aug 2012 #6
K&R nt avebury Aug 2012 #5
Eastwood Lizzie Tish Aug 2012 #7
Hello bigwillq Aug 2012 #8
Oh snap!!!! Initech Aug 2012 #9
Chill, Clint.... Aviation Pro Aug 2012 #10

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,173 posts)
2. KER-POWWWW!!!!
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 09:27 AM
Aug 2012

You have to be good if you deliver a clever one-liner to Clint Eastwood, of all people.

Touche, Mr. President. Touche.

nobodyspecial

(2,286 posts)
6. Yeah, but too many people won't get it
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:16 AM
Aug 2012

I like the two-tiered approach. Anyone is going to get the chair so it's more likely to be passed around.

Lizzie Tish

(1 post)
7. Eastwood
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:03 PM
Aug 2012

This was the best they could do for comedy? At least last time they had Sarah Palin and her pig story!!! The Replicans have really lost it! At this point they would need a ladder to reach the gutter!!!

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