I watched "Dirty Hairy", "Paint Your Wagon" and many Eastwood films with my father...
And I must say that I feel nothing but sadness over Mr Eastwood's speech. My dad pretty much stuck to John Wayne movies, Clint Eastwood flicks and any chance he got to throw his boys in the car and head to the drive-in he took.
I was real young when I heard the theme from "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" from the gigantic backseat of a four door Plymouth Satellite but I remember it to this day. Mr Eastwood was so silent and tough as he walked down those dusty streets. Nothing but jingling of his spurs. That amazing song that set the tone so well.
My father was embarrassed to sing until he got the 8-track to "Paint Your Wagon". Mr Eastwood was a pretty crap singer and for some reason that gave my father the courage to sing outloud. We had long car trips where that tape would get played four or five times. Ends up my dad had this beautiful silky baritone that would lull me off to sleep in the backseat as we drove across the states. "A way out here they've got a name for rain, and wind, and fire...." My dad died kinda young so my memories of him are small but very cherished. I never would have heard my father sing if Clint Eastwood hadn't shown him the way.
So, I've always loved me some Clint Eastwood. He is a part of fond and cherished memories. He has always left me feeling nothing but love and sunshine.
So, it is painful to see all of this go down. He is a grown-up and he chose to use his fame to push a weak and dishonest candidate but tearing up an American Icon feels terrible. I get no pleasure knowing that his ramblings have damaged Mitt Romney. I am glad we aren't talking about anything Romney said today.
But I'm just real sorry about the whole damned thing, you know?
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He is awesome, love many of his movies. I don't care what politics he has, I'm not that much of a purist. Didn't watch his speech, or any of the republican convention, not interested. 
I Talk to the Trees. 
I heard it from The Smothers Brothers. 
Who knew?
As I walked out in Laredo one day,
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay.
I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy;
I see by your outfit you are a cowboy, too;
We see by our outfits that we are both cowboys.
If you get an outfit, you can be a cowboy, too.
Especially when the other party is throwing seniors to the wolves.
And you're not alone. I still love Eastwood, as well as 'Frasier,' and Patricia Heaton in 'The Middle.' I'll join in the mockery of Eastwood's performance last night, but that won't stop me from seeing a film of his if I'm interested in it.
I watched many of those, just to see where they filmed here in San Francisco. The first film, had a shot up at Mount Davidson by that huge cross that is on the hill. I never knew anyone could go up there, till I saw the film.
