Topic: The Eastwood speech

[charlesoakwood]

I think he did make a statement saying that.

[CatholicCrusader]

"Clint Eastwood's improvised, 'empty chair' speech was not a mistake"
Story w/Video: http://www.examiner.com/article/clint-eastwood-s-improvised-empty-chair-speech-was-not-a-mistake

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Clint Eastwood, former mayor of Carmel, Calif., spoke to his hometown newspaper about his improvised, "empty chair" speech at the Republican National Convention. The Carmel Pine Grove published the interview on Friday.
 
Eastwood told the Pine Grove, "President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know. I may have irritated a lot of the lefties, but I was aiming for people in the middle.”
 
During an extended interview with the actor and director at his home in Pebble Beach, Calif., he said he delivered the message he wanted to deliver and his presentation was intentional.
 
The RNC speaker said he wanted to make three points:
 
"I had three points I wanted to make, that not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who’s not doing a good job. But I didn’t make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.”
 
Romney's campaign aides asked for details on Eastwood's speech, but he said although campaign staff "vet most of the people," they couldn't do that with him. He recalled, " I don't know what I'm going to say. "
 
“It was supposed to be a contrast with all the scripted speeches, because I’m Joe Citizen. I’m a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.”
 
Eastwood said he did map out his remarks beginning with his observations about Hollywood politics, challenging the president about failed economic policies and finishing by telling the public “they don’t have to worship politicians, like they were royalty or something.”
 
The movie director said prior to going onstage, a man repeatedly asked him if he wanted to sit down and when he saw the stool, it gave him an idea. He then asked a stagehand to bring it out on stage while he was being announced.
 
“The audience was super enthusiastic, and it’s always great when they’re with you instead of against you. They really seemed to be enjoying themselves,” Eastwood said.
 
Although he was criticized by the press, tweeted about on Twitter, set the blogosphere on fire, and copycat "Eastwooding" was all over YouTube, he was still unaware that his speech was the most talked about political topic in the United States.
 
Democratic Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, called Eastwood “the perfect icon of the Republican tea party: an angry old white man spewing incoherent nonsense.”
 
Eastwood said people and reporters who were shocked by his remarks "are obviously on the left" and concluded with “a lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama."

[charlesoakwood]

http://riehlworldview.com/2012/09/clint-eastwood-on-obama-hes-doing-anything-he-possibly-can-to-keep-power.html

Clint Eastwood on Obama: “he’s doing anything he possibly can to keep power”
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By Dan
September 13, 2012

Heh!

    … he was famous for not rehearsing, and he warmed up after a slow start, especially on the subject of killing. When he spoke about killing, he still looked very much like a man capable of the act — like the Clint Eastwood we have always known — and when he spoke about the death penalty, he wasn’t only clearly in favor of it: he was clearly in favor of every man being in favor of it, in the event of a heinous crime. “There’s not a guy in the world that wouldn’t want to drop the hammer on them. But in our society you have certain people trying to analyze what we give them for lethal injection. What’s the difference? Battery acid would be fine.”

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