Clint Eastwood Says Grieving Military Family Was Exploited At DNC

[big_dog]

Source: Atlanta Journal 10 hours ago

Clint Eastwood, who spurred a social media storm with comments during his interview with Esquire magazine, says the grieving military family featured during the Democratic National Convention and then embroiled in a war of words with Donald Trump was “exploited” by the DNC.

“What do I care?” Eastwood said when a cameraman caught up with him after the social media firestorm and asked if he feared young people would stay away from his movies.

Then as during his Esquire interview, he did not endorse Trump, and criticized him for tangling with the Khan family. “I think he made a mistake,” Eastwood said. “You don’t have to be rude to somebody.”

But again, as during his magazine interview, he pointed blame at both parties. “The other guy was being exploited,” Eastwood said. “That’s not good, either.”

Read more: http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2016/08/04/clint-eastwood-says-grieving-military-family-was-exploited-at-dnc/

[MichiganVote]

1. Guess that's for the Kahn's to say but so far they report support from the DNC and democrats.

[63splitwindow]

2. Park your ass in that empty chair over there and STFU.

[2naSalit]

62. Indeed!

[sofa king]

3. As opposed to the grieving military family member at the RNC

Who personally blamed the wrong candidate for the Republican refusal to fund State Department security.

[TexasBushwhacker]

46. My thoughts exactly n/t

[sarae]

53. Exactly.

Trump (and by extension, Clint Eastwood) has no room to point fingers.

[MatthewStLouis]

57. Yep. /nt

[misterhighwasted]

4. They gave him a spot to speak. Mr. Kahn chose his own words.

He refused their assist in his speech writing & they gave him the floor.

F Off Now Trump Kook.

[Glorfindel]

5. Ah, yes. Words of wisdom from the eminent sage and incredibly bad actor.

This is a man who exploited an empty chair at another convention, so he should know all about exploitation.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Stevens' family exploited by RNC. Repeatedly asked them to NOT use Ambassador's name re Benghazi. nt

[SCVDem]

7. Short memory?

How about a little over 2 weeks at the RNC.

Remember Benghazi mom blaming Hillary for everything including dandruff?

Now THAT was exploitation, since what she said was untrue. The same cannot be said for the Khans.

[Chasstev365]

8. I'm sure he also thinks the Mom at the RNC was exploited over her son and Bengazhi

Hey Clint: FUCK YOU and your hypocrisy! You're a washed up has been, who made an ass of himself in 2012 with the empty chair!

[SCVDem]

9. Damn, we all think alike

We can see who types faster!

[oberliner]

10. That's the angle the RW talking heads are going with too

That he is "making this political" and that he is affiliated with the Clinton Foundation.

Of course, his appearance obviously is political. He spoke at the DNC.

It was in response to Trump's political comments about Muslims.

[wysi]

11. Shut up Clint

You are a cranky old man, and it's time for your medicine and a nap.

[Jarqui]

12. That wasn't exploitation

That was a speech from the heart of an ordinary (very decent) citizen who suffered a great loss - the sacrifice of a wonderful son while in the service of the military.

It's pretty tough to suggest exploitation when the man delivered his own words about the loss of his son and campaign issues. The result was that those words resonated so much with Americans that it sent the Trump campaign into a smoky tail spin spiraling down to the ground - along with the polls.

Again, that is not exploitation. It's closer to a grand slam on the issues by an overage minor leaguer in the World Series.

[llmart]

13. Hey, Clint....

Your buddy Charleton Heston is waiting for you. Oh, and take your empty chair with you.

[Initech]

14. Well guess I won't be going to see Sully then.

[yeoman6987]

36. It a tough decision with Tom hanks in the lead

He's for Hillary. They both have been paid so I am not sure skipping the movie would hurt Clint but I understand your not wanting to see it. I am undecided thus far.

[spiderpig]

15. You're entitled to speak your mind, Clint

But you're coming across as extremely foolish.

[olddad56]

37. if he still had one.

[Third Doctor]

16. This coming from someone

that was exploited by the RNC with disastrous effect. Chair talking bastard.

[LenaBaby61]

51. This coming from someone..

"that was exploited by the RNC with disastrous effect. Chair talking bastard."

[onehandle]

17. They were clearly willing to be there to call out the impotent orange one.

Go sit in your chair.

[Feeling the Bern]

18. Doesn't he have another woman to force into tying her tubes because having children with her

will "cramp their lifestyle," but proceeds to have two out-of-wedlock children with a mistress behind her back? Anyone want to see what kind of a slime sucker this asshole is just look up what he did to his paramour Sondra Locke in the 1970s and 1980s. . .and the ensuing lies and court cases in the 1990s.

He is a piece of shit.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

19. Hey Clint: Right turn, Clyde.

[R Merm]

20. Let hem tell it to the chair.

eom

[Doodley]

21. I would ask Clint Eastwood this question:

Would the Khans or any other Muslim family have had the opportunity to speak against proposals to discriminate against Muslims at the RNC? And if not, why not?

[UpInArms]

22. time has been so unkind to Clint

first his looks, now his mind

... so sad

[niyad]

23. then and now

[Roland99]

24. Gran Torino got to him

First part is totally his statements today

[cstanleytech]

25. Gee, I dont recall Eastwood protesting when the RNC tried to exploit but then again he did fall

flat on his face with the whole chair bit on national TV.

[Lance Bass esquire]

26. Like grieving Cowboys were exploited by speggetti westerns.

[Javaman]

27. better that than be completely forgotten by the GOP. nt

[retrowire]

29. But Mr Eastwood

What about the Benghazi mom at the RNC?

[rocktivity]

30. As opposed to the exploitation of the grieving Benghazi mom by the RNC?

Shut up and sit down, Clint...




rocktivity

[rusty quoin]

31. I have not figured him out for years.

He made "Milllion Dollar Baby", yet he is the screwball he has been. He did the movie about Charlie Parker, "Bird".

I don't know what is up with him. He's all over the place. The best I can say about him is he's complicated. There is worse I could say.

[loyalsister]

34. Million Dollar Baby came off as pure spite

He had been sued over ADA violations 5 years earlier. Glorifying the euthanasia of a disabled woman was a giant FU to people with disabilities. If it wasn't intentional, it was quite a coincidence.

[TexasBushwhacker]

47. Clint didn't write the story the screenplay was based on n/t

[loyalsister]

48. He did, however, choose to produce that screenplay

A distinction without a difference.

[TexasBushwhacker]

50. If the story had ended differently

with him letting her live even though she didn't want to, there would be people who would be people who felt he let her down. It would be tragic either way.

[loyalsister]

58. The idea that it is naturally tragic to be disabled is ableist

It is not objectively or anywhere near universally true as the glorification of suiccide and euthanasia of disabled people presumes. It was a story that expressed a devaluation of the lives of disabled people. That Eastwood fended off an ADA lawsuit and lobbied to weaken the law shows that the guy who produced it is far from sympathetic to disabled people.

[TexasBushwhacker]

59. Well you got me there

Yes, I think being able to move your own body is better than being paralized, and my quadraplegic cousin feels the same way. That does not mean that I think that able bodied people are better people. I'm disabled myself and I for damn sure wish I wasn't. That doesn't mean I don't try to make the best of my life. My cousin makes the best of his but he would still like to walk.

[loyalsister]

60. It would be better to be able move is a far cry from

It would be better to off yourself because you need more help now than you did before. People who are close to people who are disabled know that it is possible to lead a satisfying and even happy life with the right supports.

[TexasBushwhacker]

61. Who said it would be better?

She made a choice. It was her choice to make. Had she decided to live being paralyzed, that's her choice too. Perhaps she would have made that choice if her family weren't such greedy assholes. Yes, I think if a disabled person feels their life if unbearable, they should be able to make the choice to end it.

There were twin brothers in Belgium who were deaf. They were in their 40s and lived together working as cobblers. Then they found out they were going blind. They wanted to end their lives together, with the help of a doctor. The rest of their family didn't want them too initially but eventually they agreed to let them choose their fate. Their were plenty of people who felt they shouldn't be allowed that choice. Personally, I don't think it's any different than a person with a terminal illness. It's their life. It's their choice and I respect it.

[loyalsister]

63. Anecdotes do not justify the cultural devaluation you are participating in

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Movies and attitudes that glorify and romanticize suicide and euthanasia of lives so often considered unworthy of living is the logic that drove the eugenics movement. It's also the reason republicans get away with not funding services for disabled. After all, "wouldn't they be better off dead anyway?" The narrative you are perpetuating actually kills people by making people feel comfortable with it.

[Frank Cannon]

41. Gran Torino had an anti-racism bent, too.

Maybe he's developing Alzheimer's or owes money to the Russian mob, too.

[glennward]

32. like Patricia Smith at the RNC?

[billhicks76]

33. Oh Clint...You Have Been Exploiting Vets Longer Than Anyone

[Jopin Klobe]

35. That's the sad thing about many aging, acting divas ...

... they start to believe their own crap ...

[Scruffy1]

38. I think Clint enjoys being a contraryian.

Besides that he's mega rich.A lot of me still likes for making the movie "Bird", but then I was a sax player.

[Frank Cannon]

42. Unforgiven is a masterpiece.

I'll admit that I was a fan of his. Very sad to see all this happening.

[emulatorloo]

52. Yes unforgiven a great movie. Very talented guy, even if his politics suck these days

[Frank Cannon]

54. I met him once at a celebrity golf event in Idaho

He was a funny and friendly guy. He is one of the few celebrities that I ever met that was physically taller in real life than I imagined him to be. He was a nice person who didn't seem to mind taking some time out to talk to a young fan from the sticks who had questions about movie making.

I was a huge, HUGE fan of his, but now I think there is something wrong with him.

[King_Klonopin]

39. He also said that "Trump is on to something" because "He (Trump) speaks his mind."

By that line of logic, Charles Manson would also make a great President.

He is also inferring that Mr. Khan is too stupid or gullible to know that he was exploited by the DNC...

Why are the ramblings of this presenile asshat given any kind of consideration?

[marble falls]

40. But he didn't endorse the Donald?

[DavidDvorkin]

43. He's just repeating what the chair told him.

[loyalsister]

44. Both parties do it

And it always makes me cringe. Both claim that soldiers are currently fighting for a freedom and hope they can find a family member who will say the same in order to justify more war. It's nothing new.

[unitedwethrive]

45. Yeah, they totally seemed like they didn't want to be there…

[wildeyed]

49. Talk to the chair, Clint.

[kimbutgar]

55. What about the step mother of the Benghazi guy who spoke at the rnc?

[MissMillie]

56. Get back behind the camera, Clint

That's where you do your best work.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

64. Hello big dog ! The Donald here !

I like the one where he says -MAKE MY DAY !



Now that's great entertainment !
I'll have to invite Clint and his empty chair over to my place for supper and a round of golf !Chris Christie would just love to meet that chair!

At the moment I am expecting a rather enormous delivery of carrots! I'm really really a great one for hanging carrots, I just love to dangle those carrots ,and they fall for it every time ! Yes the carrot ,the stick ! Stay tuned !