Clint Eastwood steals the RNC

[sixthson]

Kev, you're so far to the right that everyone is left of you.

But I'm glad you agree that senior citizen Eastwood's fame shouldn't have been exploited at the convention.

Something tells me that Kev gives you a boner because you can't ever resist his posts.

 

[CowboyBob]

Something tells me that Kev gives you a boner because you can't ever resist his posts.

Boner? no. Amusing? yes. Besides my original reply to him vanished.

He's soooooooooo far to the right he makes Limbaugh sound liberal.

 

[chance1]

I certainly agree with the quantity statement above... not so much with the quality statement though. We both know Romney has no intention of running a positive campaign (see Rebulican primary/ pre-Convention campaign). It takes A LOT of continuous effort to weave Romney's web of deceit into something seemingly positive and inspirational (10 minutes and 38 seconds with a captive audience to be precise). In a 15-30 second ad, Romney will do more of the same: blatantly lie and distort welfare and medicare positions. As evidenced by the Eastwood switch-a-roo, he has completely given up on likeability and inspiration.

In fact, I wish I had $10,000 lying around to bet you that on a percentage basis, Romney will have a higher negative ad ratio than Obama. Alas- I do not... perhaps, I can borrow $10,000 imaginary dollars from Clint though...

that's a bet - let's do ........ dinner next time I'm in SF

obama cannot talk about his record - it's dismal save for killing OBL

so take the bet?

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Something tells me that Kev gives you a boner because you can't ever resist his posts.

that would presume the ability to have a boner

 

[chance1]

Bill Maher thought Clint "killed it"

very impressed with the empty chair bit

Bill Maher: Eastwood 'killed' it - POLITICO.com

 

[Spiff]

For the record, Maher was referring to the performance, not the message.

 

[Kulindahr]

Just think ... next week, the second weakest US democrat President (Jimmy Carter) in the last 100 years will be speaking while the weakest one (Barrack Obama) gets nominated.

Given the fact that half of Congress got taken over by enemies of the country, I'd say Obama has done a darned good job.

 

[Kulindahr]

obama cannot talk about his record - it's dismal save for killing OBL

Actually he could, if he ran against Congress: he could talk about all the things he's tried to get done, but they responded with "Fuck the American people!"

Like a couple of bills which together, the analysts said, would have provided three million jobs.

 

[andysayshi]

Bill Maher thought Clint "killed it"

very impressed with the empty chair bit

But Bill Maher ALSO said in his opening monologue:

[Clint Eastwood's] speech was like a metaphor for the Republican Party. A confused old guy yelling at something that doesn't exist.

 

[Kulindahr]

^
Ouch -- major ouch.

 

[Jack Springer]

Given the fact that half of Congress got taken over by enemies of the country, I'd say Obama has done a darned good job.

Yep -- the House is better now.

 

[Spiff]

The full context of Maher's opinion on the matter

 

[Kulindahr]

Yep -- the House is better now.

Well, that confirms something I think many here have suspected -- you hate the US.

 

[Kulindahr]

The full context of Maher's opinion on the matter

So he thinks it was well done, though it was a stupid thing to do.

 

[ReadyWithReadyWit]

The full context of Maher's opinion on the matter

Thanks for the post, Spiff. I LOVE Maher, but I thoroughly disagree with his assessment here. Clint got laughs at the convention because the crowd was stacked in his favor (just as Maher's crowd is a tad slanted allowing him to "kill" on Real Time); he got laughs at home, because awkwardness and failure at such a formal event is well... uncomfortably hilarious.

 

[andysayshi]

^ I tend to agree with you, and with Jason Alexander. If Eastwood had dropped his pants. pointed his ass in the air and shouted "Suck this, Obama!" he'd have gotten a standing ovation. The crowd and the event is a known quantity. Of course, next week's Dem Convention will be no different in that respect. If Oprah or George Clooney take the stage they'll have a similar guarantee.

Maher's giving Clint credit for having the balls to do a routine, and I agree with him on that count. But if that exact routine had been done by an unknown guy in a comedy club, he wouldn't have lasted 15 seconds. It wasn't good comedy, and it WAS a weird rambling mess.

 

[chance1]

Course you don't think it was funny

That's not news

The point is .......

He's a star
He wasn't a Tea Party talking shit for brains
He did something different

No biggie

The world stays on its axis

Sure beats Sandra Fluke whining about a fake war on women

But you'll be stroking to that one for sure

 

[Spiff]

Maher also made another interesting point on his show about the selection of RNC speakers. And nobody from the 8 year GWB administration, other than Rice, was invited or even mentioned. Nor were the majority of the other recent candidates, aside from Pawlenty and a weird "Obama is evil" routine by Newt and his wife. It was no oversight to make sure Palin and Bachmann did not speak. Someone like Eastwood helped the conventioneers overlook that Mitt does not want to be associated with any of those other people, and for good reason.
". . .you're not a political movement, you're a witness protection program." haha.

 

[Kulindahr]

^ I tend to agree with you, and with Jason Alexander. If Eastwood had dropped his pants. pointed his ass in the air and shouted "Suck this, Obama!" he'd have gotten a standing ovation. The crowd and the event is a known quantity. Of course, next week's Dem Convention will be no different in that respect. If Oprah or George Clooney take the stage they'll have a similar guarantee.

Maher's giving Clint credit for having the balls to do a routine, and I agree with him on that count. But if that exact routine had been done by an unknown guy in a comedy club, he wouldn't have lasted 15 seconds. It wasn't good comedy, and it WAS a weird rambling mess.

"It's the audience, stupid".

If your unknown guy had been allowed to finish, he would have gotten a few good laughs, though.

 

[Kulindahr]

Maher also made another interesting point on his show about the selection of RNC speakers. And nobody from the 8 year GWB administration, other than Rice, was invited or even mentioned. Nor were the majority of the other recent candidates, aside from Pawlenty and a weird "Obama is evil" routine by Newt and his wife. It was no oversight to make sure Palin and Bachmann did not speak. Someone like Eastwood helped the conventioneers overlook that Mitt does not want to be associated with any of those other people, and for good reason.
". . .you're not a political movement, you're a witness protection program." haha.

I liked the witness protection line, too.

Most of that was great. But he went beyond humor to just being derogatory several times.

I wonder, if the Democrats put him on at their convention, how he'd rate compared to Clint.

 

[Spiff]

I wonder, if the Democrats put [Maher] on at their convention, how he'd rate compared to Clint.

I think they have the sense not to do something like that. If any surprise celebrity would be allowed to speak, it would be someone more safe and reliable like George Clooney. Although he has already said he will not be there.