Eastwood's speech last night

[gregintenn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiHNVYRTKP8

It seemed a bit weird to me. What did you think?

[Dolomite_supafly]

I thought it as well as he were great.

Dolomite

[jtmaze]

I thought it was great. I did miss him telling someone that if you come to my house I will shoot you though.

JTM

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[Jonnin]

He sounds old, and there was a lot of umm's in a couple of places. All in all I liked it but putting words in obama's mouth, while humorous, opens him up to a lot of criticism (already being posted). He hit the nail on the head with the president being a job hired by the people, and if the job is done poorly replace the worker, but I fear that may have gotten lost in the funny stuff.

[runco]

EASTWOOD: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you

very much. Save a little for Mitt.

(APPLAUSE)

I know what you are thinking. You are thinking, what's a

movie tradesman doing out here? You know they are all left

wingers out there, left of Lenin. At least that is what people

think. That is not really the case. There are a lot of

conservative people, a lot of moderate people, Republicans,

Democrats, in Hollywood. It is just that the conservative

people by the nature of the word itself play closer to the vest.

They do not go around hot dogging it.

(APPLAUSE)

So -- but they are there, believe me, they are there. I

just think, in fact, some of them around town, I saw John Voigt,

a lot of people around.

(APPLAUSE)

John's here, an academy award winner. A terrific guy.

These people are all like-minded, like all of us.

So I -- so I've got Mr. Obama sitting here. And he's -- I

was going to ask him a couple of questions. But -- you know

about -- I remember three and a half years ago, when Mr. Obama

won the election. And though I was not a big supporter, I was

watching that night when he was having that thing and they were

talking about hope and change and they were talking about, yes

we can, and it was dark outdoors, and it was nice, and people

were lighting candles.

They were saying, I just thought, this was great.

Everybody is trying, Oprah was crying.

I was even crying. And then finally -- and I

haven't

cried that hard since I found out that there is 23 million

unemployed

people in this country.

(APPLAUSE)

Now that is something to cry for because that is a

disgrace, a

national disgrace, and we haven't done enough, obviously -- this

administration hasn't done enough to cure that. Whenever

interest

they have is not strong enough, and I think possibly now it may

be

time for somebody else to come along and solve the problem.

(APPLAUSE)

So, Mr. President, how do you handle promises that you have

made

when you were running for election, and how do you handle them?

I mean, what do you say to people? Do you just -- you know

-- I

know -- people were wondering -- you don't -- handle that OK.

Well, I

know even people in your own party were very disappointed when

you

didn't close Gitmo. And I thought, well closing Gitmo -- why

close

that, we spent so much money on it. But, I thought maybe as an

excuse

-- what do you mean shut up?

(LAUGHTER)

OK, I thought maybe it was just because somebody had the

stupid

idea of trying terrorists in downtown New York City.

(APPLAUSE)

I've got to to hand it to you. I have to give credit where

credit is due. You did finally overrule that finally. And

that's --

now we are moving onward. I know you were against the war in

Iraq,

and that's okay. But you thought the war in Afghanistan was OK.

You

know, I mean -- you thought that was something worth doing. We

didn't

check with the Russians to see how did it -- they did there for

10

years.

(APPLAUSE)

But we did it, and it is something to be thought about, and

I

think that, when we get to maybe -- I think you've mentioned

something about having a target date for bringing everybody

home. You

gave that target date, and I think Mr. Romney asked the only

sensible

question, you know, he says, ``Why are you giving the date out

now?

Why don't you just bring them home tomorrow morning?''

(APPLAUSE)

And I thought -- I thought, yeah -- I am not going to shut

up, it

is my turn.

(LAUGHTER)

So anyway, we're going to have -- we're going to have to

have a

little chat about that. And then, I just wondered, all these

promises

-- I wondered about when the -- what do you want me to tell

Romney? I

can't tell him to do that. I can't tell him to do that to

himself.

(APPLAUSE)

You're crazy, you're absolutely crazy. You're getting as

bad as

Biden.

(APPLAUSE)

Of course we all now Biden is the intellect of the

Democratic

party.

(LAUGHTER)

Kind of a grin with a body behind it.

(LAUGHTER)

But I just think that there is so much to be done, and I

think

that Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan are two guys that can come along.

See, I

never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to the president,

anyway.

(APPLAUSE)

I think attorneys are so busy -- you know they're always

taught

to argue everything, and always weight everything -- weigh both

sides...

MORE

(INSERT ZACH)

XXX I think attorneys are so busy -- you know they're

always taught to argue everything, always weigh everything,

weigh both sides.

EASTWOOD: They are always devil's advocating this and

bifurcating this and bifurcating that. You know all that stuff.

But, I think it is maybe time -- what do you think -- for maybe

a businessman. How about that?

(APPLAUSE)

A stellar businessman. Quote, unquote, ``a stellar

businessman.''

And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step

aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still

use a plane.

(APPLAUSE)

Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you

are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and

stuff like that.

(APPLAUSE)

You are an -- an ecological man. Why would you want to

drive that around?

OK, well anyway. All right, I'm sorry. I can't do that to

myself either.

(APPLAUSE)

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen.

Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we

-- we own this country.

(APPLAUSE)

We -- we own it. It is not you owning it, and not

politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

(APPLAUSE)

And -- so -- they are just going to come around and beg

for votes every few years. It is the same old deal. But I just

think it is important that you realize , that you're the best in

the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether

you're libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should

not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we

got to let them go.

(APPLAUSE)

Okay, just remember that. And I'm speaking out for

everybody out there. It doesn't hurt, we don't have to be

(AUDIENCE MEMBER): (inaudible)

(LAUGHTER)

I do not say that word anymore. Well, maybe one last time.

(LAUGHTER)

We don't have to be -- what I'm saying, we do not have to

be metal (ph) masochists and vote for somebody that we don't

really even want in office just because they seem to be nice

guys or maybe not so nice guys, if you look at some of the

recent ads going out there, I don't know.

(APPLAUSE)

But OK. You want to make my day?

(APPLAUSE)

All right. I started, you finish it. Go ahead.

AUDIENCE: Make my day!

EASTWOOD: Thank you. Thank you very much.

[waynesan]

I thought the funny parts were hilarious. But the other parts....I cringed. He got lost in his speech several times. But he made a few very valid points admirably....."When somebody does not do the job, we gotta let 'em go."

[Guest Razz]

I don't think this moved any moderates to the right. I think the same thing when loud-mouths spout off about "commie liberals". Is this your plan to convince the undecided?

Sad. Pathetic.

But both parties are great at pandering to the die-hards...

[Oh Shoot]

Overall, it saddened me and I was embarrassed for him by proxy.

Even if he were gonna go with a poor schtick like the empty chair number, he should have had it all on teleprompter so he didn't have to stumble through it and the rest of the address also.

Clint's obviously still plenty sharp enough to direct Academy caliber flix but he just came off as wandering and senile. Even the ending was impromptu, spurred by a random shout from the audience.

I cringed through most of it.

- OS

[Erik88]

I'm afraid to watch it. Clint is one of my favorite actors, I'd hate for his reputation to be tarnished by this.

[gregintenn]

I'm afraid to watch it. Clint is one of my favorite actors, I'd hate for his reputation to be tarnished by this.

Then don't dare ever watch "The Bridges of Madison County".

[Oh Shoot]

I'm afraid to watch it. Clint is one of my favorite actors, I'd hate for his reputation to be tarnished by this.

One of my idols also. Though he's been an iconic actor, I think he's been a better director.

- OS

[Seabeejason]

I liked it, but his age is starting to show. He definitely got lost a few times, but the man is 82 years old. I can only hope that I am alive and kicking that well if I ever make it to his age. He made some good points and best of all his speech wasn't a script.

People should cut this dude a break. Clint Eastwood is the shiznit

[gregintenn]

I never said it was bad; I said it was weird.

[Oh Shoot]

Interesting how he got positive response for dissing lawyers as politicians. Romney is a lawyer. Oops.

- OS

Edited September 1, 2012 by OhShoot

[Guest Razz]

Interesting how he got positive response for dissing lawyers as politicians. Romney is a lawyer. Oops.

- OS

Yep. Passed the Bar in MI.

[Garufa]

Clint had some good words but his performance was as OhShoot described.

Great man with a great history in Hollywood for what that's worth...which is nothing. That performance to me was indicative of just how out of touch the republican party is. They really have no clue, and have had plenty of time to think about it, as how to get the throne.

[Wingshooter]

He stumbled a bit, and a couple of his remarks were a little un-tasteful ("what do you want me to tell Romney? Ican't tell him to do that. I can't tell him to do that to himself."). The whole chair routine cheapened his speach. Dispite it being a little odd, he did have several great lines, though. I don't think it really helped anything, but I don't think it hurt either. He could have been better utilized.

[quietguy]

His speech would have been a lot better on day ne or two.

Interesting how he got positive response for dissing lawyers as politicians. Romney is a lawyer. Oops.

- OS

I don't think that is technically correct. He has a JD, and passed the bar, but never practiced.

[True Grit]

It was original funny and artistic. Clint Eastwood showed a lot of bravery and is still Dirty Harry! He make my day.

[zapfbroad]

I know he's an american icon & a personal favorite but by most accounts he is a self described socially liberal, fiscally conservative libertarian so I thought his appearance at all was an odd choice given the prolife, pro traditional marriage platform.

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[Guest ThePunisher]

Overall, it saddened me and I was embarrassed for him by proxy.

Even if he were gonna go with a poor schtick like the empty chair number, he should have had it all on teleprompter so he didn't have to stumble through it and the rest of the address also.

Clint's obviously still plenty sharp enough to direct Academy caliber flix but he just came off as wandering and senile. Even the ending was impromptu, spurred by a random shout from the audience.

I cringed through most of it.

- OS

Sorta the way Ron Paul comes off in the primary debates, only Eastwood is about five years older. Eastwood is still the man, and I'm glad to know he has enough sense to know its time to replace the commie. Make my day Barry Soetoro Barrack Hussein Obama; well punk, do you feel lucky!

[QuietDan]

I thought it was hilarious and brilliant and very much on target. He used an "ah shucks - halting old man" delivery to absolutely skewer the empty chair/empty suit Obama.

You get to be a guy or gal over a certain age -- 70 or 80 and you can say or do anything you want, pretty much, including great-grandpa pinching pretty girls on the butt or great-grandma flirting with a twenty-something waiter at the restaurant, or asking a grown grandson if his mistress is pregnant or if he ever paid back all the money he embezzled. They know so much about the rest of the family and the way things actually are that they can speak the truth, even the hard truths. They can speak the truth without restraint at family gatherings because they are old now and what are you going to do to them anyway? Usually you can only laugh it off as senility, or a lack of restraint, and it only makes it harder to laugh off when it's True, True, TRUE.

The really masterful part of the whole Clint Eastwood Invisible Obama Empty Chair shtick, the part that's infuriating the left is it's TRUE, and that their Bible, Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals (read it and weep) says in Rule 5 that the most useful attack is RIDICULE, that it is unanswerable and that you cannot defend against it. And when this RIDICULE is delivered by a smiling, cheerful, perceptive, 82 year old man, an icon of the silver screen, all you can do is laugh nervously and TAKE it. Because it's true and because great-grandpa is saying it. You can't hit great-grandpa off the side of the head with your cane, and you can't yell at him or tell him to shut up. All you can do is choke on your chocolate birthday cake and hide your face behind your napkin.

Edited September 1, 2012 by QuietDan

[runco]

I thought I recall he was upset about the Superbowl ad and how it was betrayed. I thought this appearance was a kinda of pay back, a settling of the score so to speak. I don't think you will see him on the campaign trail or anything.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I was very impressed with his speech.

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[Glenn]

It goes to show that it's not just the hard core conservatives that know we have to get rid of Obama. As an aside,I thought Clint was great in Gran Torino.

Glenn