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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 7:43:03 AM   
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Clint Eastwood has just announced he'll be traveling across America taking on rogue Swedish furniture at all IKEA stores.

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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 7:50:17 AM   
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But Eastwood was no Jimmy Stewart.


I knew Jimmy Stewart. Jimmy Stewart was a friend of mine. You, Clint Eastwood, are no Jimmy Stewart.


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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 8:04:37 AM   
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He spoke out against the wars but for indefinite detention? Did I miss a flip-flop, or did Clint go off-script?

I liked it when he said "We own this country!" Paul Ryan's eyes got bigger than dinner plates, then Clint clarified the statement. He meant We The People, not We the Rich White Republicans. Whew! That was a close one.

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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 8:56:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		The Veep candidate got a thread here about how he "electrified" the Convention.

Eastwood's double act with a chair got its own thread too.

But the star of the show, poor hapless Mittens couldn't even get a thread of his own here.

If Ryan electrified us, then Mittens desensitized us. Excuse me while I yawn.



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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 9:21:12 AM   
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With that said I like to hear what you think of this kinds of attacks?


What do I think about the attack? Well you covered the "I hate him cause he is rich" angle. You pulled the race card and you slammed any people of color who stand on the right side of the fence. I would say the attack was typical of what I have seen on the forums lately although you didn't use any of the cute little names that people have come up with. So maybe a 8 out of 10 for effort.

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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 9:39:53 AM   
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Watch an old man talk to an empty chair for 10 minutes.

http://youtu.be/hRsfCteQxCE

This Clint Eastwood appearance is embarrassing, and I wonder if his agent is looking out for his interests as is his fiduciary duty...

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He wasn't talking to the chair, he was using it as a prop in his speech. Now I will agree that there were moments wher he seemed to be at a loss of what to say next but he is 82. I wonder how coherent you will be by that age?

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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 11:09:33 AM   
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Watch an old man talk to an empty chair for 10 minutes.

http://youtu.be/hRsfCteQxCE

This Clint Eastwood appearance is embarrassing, and I wonder if his agent is looking out for his interests as is his fiduciary duty...

"Invisible Obama: Every Which Way But Lucid"

@InvisibleObama had 30,000 twitter followers in an hour.




He wasn't talking to the chair, he was using it as a prop in his speech. Now I will agree that there were moments wher he seemed to be at a loss of what to say next but he is 82. I wonder how coherent you will be by that age?


Anyone would think he was emulating Eugene Ionesco.

I think some people are missing the major point here. Did it engage the audience and make them laugh throughout the performance?

To me it did, therefore it was successful. The guy is in his eighties, he's a dramatic actor, and the pauses could have been down to not getting the timing exact.

Very easy to criticize it from the comfort of your computer screen, but I'd like to see some of you pull off something similar.

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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 12:12:20 PM   
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Very easy to criticize it from the comfort of your computer screen, but I'd like to see some of you pull off something similar.


Similar? I would have actually aimed a lot higher, for "COMPETENT" and "PROFESSIONAL".

First, I would have hired an actor who was able to deliver the speech as written with the emotion and inflection specified by the event's production designer and director.

Second, I would have fired the Production Designer the moment he suggested the nitwitted faux-Miller/faux-Kafka/faux-Beckett/faux-I-don't-even-know idea of having Eastwood play to an empty chair.

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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 12:45:35 PM   
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I never thought he was the smartest fellow in Hollywoodx


No, he's never exactly been an intellectual colossus, poor chap. Oh well. I liked lots of his films, too.


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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 1:17:56 PM   
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Sure they did, but Reagan wasn't that bright even before he was senile, and then became president.



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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 4:17:53 PM   
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The Veep candidate got a thread here about how he "electrified" the Convention.

Eastwood's double act with a chair got its own thread too.

But the star of the show, poor hapless Mittens couldn't even get a thread of his own here.

If Ryan electrified us, then Mittens desensitized us. Excuse me while I yawn.





The Ryan thread moved very organically towards Mitt's speech the following night.  A link for text and video of the Romney speech were posted in there, along with an advance invitation for the thread participants to watch it for themselves on CSpan (broadcast with no commentary at all).

Unfortunately, and as I noted in that invitation, it seems too many people, again, have chosen to focus on what they were told to talk and think about, rather than watching, and forming their own opinions.


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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 4:23:33 PM   
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ORIGINAL: farglebargle

Watch an old man talk to an empty chair for 10 minutes.

http://youtu.be/hRsfCteQxCE

This Clint Eastwood appearance is embarrassing, and I wonder if his agent is looking out for his interests as is his fiduciary duty...

"Invisible Obama: Every Which Way But Lucid"

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I thought Clint was awesome!

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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 4:26:08 PM   
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He is plagiarizing from Neil Diamond, typical rightist ploy. 

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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 8:23:22 PM   
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The Veep candidate got a thread here about how he "electrified" the Convention.

Eastwood's double act with a chair got its own thread too.

But the star of the show, poor hapless Mittens couldn't even get a thread of his own here.

If Ryan electrified us, then Mittens desensitized us. Excuse me while I yawn.





The Ryan thread moved very organically towards Mitt's speech the following night.  A link for text and video of the Romney speech were posted in there, along with an advance invitation for the thread participants to watch it for themselves on CSpan (broadcast with no commentary at all).

Unfortunately, and as I noted in that invitation, it seems too many people, again, have chosen to focus on what they were told to talk and think about, rather than watching, and forming their own opinions.



Damn you whine a lot.

I read the speech (on Fox's site, actually--they had it up first). 2/3 yawn, 1/3 what's here is evil, 0/3 workable plans or solutions. Same old.

I never watch those things, no matter who's giving it. I can read it in a tenth of the time.

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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 8:24:30 PM   
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I thought Clint was awesome!


Once upon a time, yes, he was indeed awesome.


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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 8:36:37 PM   
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It's been about 30 years since Clint has had to kiss anyone's ass and last night proved it, again. The RNC allowing someone to get up on that platform without prepared text? The man is the definition of "bad ass" in a few arenas.



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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 8:38:53 PM   
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Would this be the people who want to tell us whether people can watch porn?


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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 8:39:15 PM   
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I don't think that anyone took advantage of Clint Eastwood. I think he knew exactly what he was doing and I think  that it was a very effective speech.


This.

The general implication that he's gone senile and didn't realize he was actually talking to an empty chair is preposterous. Clearly it was very deliberate on his part, quite amusing, and creative in a comical kind of way. And look at all the hooplah it drew. In his camp or not, the guy knew exactly what he was doing.

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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 8:47:52 PM   
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RE: Did the RNC take advantage of a senile old man? - 8/31/2012 8:59:15 PM   
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This.

The general implication that he's gone senile and didn't realize he was actually talking to an empty chair is preposterous.

Would you care to point out someone who has done that?

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