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flamingdem

(39,308 posts)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 01:39 PM Aug 2012

Clint Eastwood's RNC Speech Spawns 'Invisible Obama' Tweets (right wing writer?)

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/clint-eastwood-speech-republican-convention-twitter-367159

Here's an example of what @InvisibleObama is posting now:



The director, who addressed an empty chair, has also inspired a web meme called "Eastwooding."

Shortly after Clint Eastwood's odd, rambling 10-minute speech at the Republican National Convention, where he addressed an empty chair with the conceit that President Barack Obama was actually sitting in it, an "Invisible Obama" account surfaced on Twitter, firing off such one-liners as: "Did I just get invisible credit for taking out Bin Laden?"

Hours later, @InvisibleObama has gained nearly 37,000 followers on the micro-blogging site -- far from the real Obama's 19 million but still impressive for a just-hatched social-media gimmick. The account's bio reads: "Stage left of Clint Eastwood."
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