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wheniwasincongress

(1,307 posts)
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 08:22 PM Aug 2016

Clint Eastwood: Khizr Khan is "some poor slob"

"I think {Trump} made a mistake by making fun of the guy's dead son, but that's his business......The other guy {Khizr Khan} was being exploited by a political party, that's no good either - whether either party does it - exploitation. They shouldn't take advantage of some poor slob."

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Clint Eastwood: Khizr Khan is "some poor slob" (Original Post) wheniwasincongress Aug 2016 OP
Keep digging. milestogo Aug 2016 #1
Projection MUCH MagickMuffin Aug 2016 #2
Eastwood is the one being taken advantage of JI7 Aug 2016 #3
Did you mean "senile" instead of "smile"? GoCubsGo Aug 2016 #12
yes and i'm pretty sure i did type senile JI7 Aug 2016 #17
Yes we know you are some poor slob. One that likes to embarrass himself by talking to an empty Rex Aug 2016 #4
Eastwood is the perfect Trump surrogate mcar Aug 2016 #5
Go suck an egg, Clint Hong Kong Cavalier Aug 2016 #6
and Clint is an old, tired... dhill926 Aug 2016 #7
WHO cares what this guy thinks? He's not the poster child for America he thinks he is. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #8
,,: onecaliberal Aug 2016 #9
Clint and the Chair. They guy is a loon and no one should give him a mic. Avalux Aug 2016 #10
Go tell it to an empty chair NightWatcher Aug 2016 #11
I guess since Charlie Heston died Eastwood was promoted to GOP Resident Old Prick Monk06 Aug 2016 #13
I was thinking the same thing. He's taken Heston's Solomon Aug 2016 #21
Um.... fuck you Eastwood. Initech Aug 2016 #14
Clint, ssshhhhh! You're embarrassing yourself. AgadorSparticus Aug 2016 #15
I actually think he did better talking to a chair. nt stevenleser Aug 2016 #16
Like Trump, the amazing thing is Eastwood thinks he's being clever and doing well in these exchanges Johonny Aug 2016 #18
Should he be driving at night at his age? lpbk2713 Aug 2016 #19
He's such an ass smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #20
That's right. Political conventions should feature cranky old dudes yelling at chairs. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #22
Eastwood=senile slob book_worm Aug 2016 #23
Khan and Benghazi Mom are both pawns in the political game bigwillq Aug 2016 #24
They just can't stop, can they? ck4829 Aug 2016 #25

JI7

(89,250 posts)
3. Eastwood is the one being taken advantage of
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 08:30 PM
Aug 2016

Rantings of an old smile man being made public. Wasn't the humiliation after the RNC speech enough ?

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
4. Yes we know you are some poor slob. One that likes to embarrass himself by talking to an empty
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 08:31 PM
Aug 2016

chair in public and making no sense.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
10. Clint and the Chair. They guy is a loon and no one should give him a mic.
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 10:01 PM
Aug 2016

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Monk06

(7,675 posts)
13. I guess since Charlie Heston died Eastwood was promoted to GOP Resident Old Prick
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 10:16 PM
Aug 2016

Kahn is not a slob he is a highly educated and upstanding man

Johonny

(20,851 posts)
18. Like Trump, the amazing thing is Eastwood thinks he's being clever and doing well in these exchanges
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 12:28 AM
Aug 2016

he still thinks the chair bit worked.

There's a certain cult of personality around these people that simply makes it impossible to get through to them.

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