Just have to give kudos to....

tonyb
tonyb Posts: 32,957
edited August 2012 in The Clubhouse
.....Clint Eastwood.

The guy hit it out of the park while making me and the wife laugh our arses off. Way to go big guy. Thats all.
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited August 2012
    What did he do?
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2012
    tonyb wrote: »
    .....Clint Eastwood.

    The guy hit it out of the park while making me and the wife laugh our arses off. Way to go big guy. Thats all.
    +1.And the MSM is doing backflips over it.Love it.
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,120
    edited August 2012
    I missed the RNC intro of Mitt by Clint . . . sounds like it was a hit!

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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,079
    edited August 2012
    Last night was a great night for all the speakers. Bout time we hit a few home runs.
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  • stretchl
    stretchl Posts: 1,334
    edited August 2012
    Conradicles wrote: »
    Last night was a great night for all the speakers. Bout time we hit a few home runs.

    Agreed. Probably the best night any of 'em will have for at least four more years.

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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited August 2012
    stretchl wrote: »
    Agreed. Probably the best night any of 'em will have for at least four more years.

    :cheesygrin:

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  • pdxfj
    pdxfj Posts: 376
    edited August 2012
    I didn't watch the RNC last night but caught the highlights on the local news this morning. I live in a very left leaning liberal city and personally having conservative viewpoints just doesn't fit too well..

    Local news made negative comments about Clint Eastwood's speech saying things like it was awkward, convoluted, made no sense and so on. Typical response from people here. I only watch about 10 minutes of news in the morning while having coffee.. it's about all I can stomach.

    Glad to see Eastwood get up and speak, but fully expected the left to do their best and tear him down. Which they are doing. Quite sad.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited August 2012
    A true classic for sure!!! The poor liberals all have there shorts in a tizzy. They have no comeback...simply attack, attack, attack. It's just too bad they have absolutely nothing positive to talk about. After 4yrs of laying the biggest pile of dung on the country what did you expect from them. Pack'em all on a boat & send them to Greece.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited August 2012
    Clint is not one to pull punches. I suppose that was a lift from something Japanese. The Noh Chair. Certainly, humorous even if some of us might not agree or even have a few relatives left in Greece (cradle of Democracy and Western Civ)? lol

    I don't have any problem with what Clint did as someone on the other side. I think "humor" is a fine political tool. We need to laugh more, and take ourselves less seriously so we can actually talk across party lines and stop referring to ourselves as conservative vs. liberal.

    Enjoy the moment. I didn't watch much of this convention and probably won't tune in to the Democratic equivalent either. Too much posturing and political theater for me.

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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2012
    If Clint Eastwood had done this in Charlotte next week instead of the RNC convention the media would call it BRILLIANT!
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited August 2012
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    A true classic for sure!!! The poor liberals all have there shorts in a tizzy. They have no comeback...simply attack, attack, attack. It's just too bad they have absolutely nothing positive to talk about. After 4yrs of laying the biggest pile of dung on the country what did you expect from them. Pack'em all on a boat & send them to Greece.

    Tizzy? Comeback? Just because all that's happened at the RNC is a stew of blaitent falsehood and lies, doesn't mean the libs are attacking when they call those lies out. I'm not a dem, but I'm sure not going to vote for another rich, totally disconnected, politician. You guys made a terrible pick, again. Let's vet what his VP had to say...


    http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited August 2012
    Old Clint looked frail and somewhat confused to me, still funny though!~~~~ Oddly enough........didn't see any glowing tributes to George W.
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited August 2012
    gdb wrote: »
    Oddly enough........didn't see any glowing tributes to George W.
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    What's so glowing about him? :biggrin: I don't think Mr. Eastwood can walk with swagger at that age :razz:
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited August 2012
    codyc1ark wrote: »
    Let's vet what his VP had to say...

    http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/

    Nice link Cody, and on foxnews.com nonetheless. :eek: This crap is why people don't vote. If you do get excited about a candidate chances are it is either because:

    1. You only listen on the surface and don't have the time or energy to actually find out the truth behind the rhetoric

    OR

    2. you are convinced that anything (even if you have no idea what the thing is or what its full of) is better than what we have now.

    Anyone who thinks that they know what Romney will actually do if he is elected is very self-deceived.

    Here is some real entertainment from the RNC:

    http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-29-2012/rnc-2012---the-road-to-jeb-bush-2016---the-republican-platform
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,079
    edited August 2012
    I would much rather have a rich successful business man run my country than what we have now.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited August 2012
    Watching Fox or MSNBC for 'journalism' is pointless - you'll never get the time back - both are more interested in seeing who can score the most points and eyepokes against the other that actual 'reporting'.

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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited August 2012
    I think this is amusing.


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    But........here is the real comedy! http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/us/politics/ryans-speech-contained-a-litany-of-falsehoods.html?_r=1&smid=fb-share
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    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
    edited August 2012
    When 800 years old you reach, look as good you will not.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited August 2012
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    Watching Fox or MSNBC for 'journalism' is pointless - you'll never get the time back - both are more interested in seeing who can score the most points and eyepokes against the other that actual 'reporting'.

    Most of the time I agree, but if find it very interesting that fox news, NBC, and the the times ALL immediately pounced and this speech and all its, um, half truths. Its not too often that they all agree!
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited August 2012
    Conradicles wrote: »
    I would much rather have a rich successful business man run my country than what we have now.

    I'm fine with that. But, he should be an honest to himself, and to the American public.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2012
    ...and Obama's plan is? .......*crickets*..........

    Chicagoland awaits his arrival. Thank God.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited August 2012
    Clint did well. I also liked Rubio's comment about his father:

    "A few years ago, I noticed a bartender behind the portable
    bar in the back of the ballroom. I remembered my father, who
    worked as many years as a banquet bartender. He was grateful
    for the work he had, but that's not like he wanted for us. You
    see, he stood behind the ball all those years so that one day I
    could stand behind a podium, in the front of a room."
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2012
    I think i heard it said best about the RNC convention that it was run so well and had such class and top notch speakers that it will make the DNC convention in Charlotte next week look like the bar scene from Star Wars.:cheesygrin::cheesygrin:
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited August 2012
    C'mon guys......left.....right, who gives 2 hoots. Clint was down right funny regardless of what side he or you are on. Ya can't help but like the guy period.
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited August 2012
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Nice link Cody, and on foxnews.com nonetheless. :eek: This crap is why people don't vote. If you do get excited about a candidate chances are it is either because:

    1. You only listen on the surface and don't have the time or energy to actually find out the truth behind the rhetoric

    OR

    2. you are convinced that anything (even if you have no idea what the thing is or what its full of) is better than what we have now.

    Anyone who thinks that they know what Romney will actually do if he is elected is very self-deceived.

    Here is some real entertainment from the RNC:

    http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-29-2012/rnc-2012---the-road-to-jeb-bush-2016---the-republican-platform


    Bingo!!! I don't give a hoot who wins because politicians lie all the time. I just hope somehow the country's and my own interest align with theirs and the true powers that be's, the 1%'s.
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  • 72RR
    72RR Posts: 159
    edited August 2012
    I've always liked Clint, and I agree with a number of the pundits that he did steal the show.
    I thought it was funny and he did make some good points, but honestly my overall impression was one of sadness.
    I know he is getting up there, but I always see him as that straight shooting man of few (yet hard hitting) words; not the guy who stumbles and stutters through a monologue.
    Oh well, we're all getting old.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2012
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,513
    edited August 2012
    I found Clint's time on the stage quite refreshing compared to the usual polished speeches. In fact, it was so brilliant that most of the left and the media didn't get it.

    Now, if you want to see someone stumble and stutter, take away a certain somebody's teleprompter.
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2012
    F1nut wrote: »
    I found Clint's time on the stage quite refreshing compared to the usual polished speeches. In fact, it was so brilliant that most of the left and the media didn't get it.

    Now, if you want to see someone stumble and stutter, take away a certain somebody's teleprompter.

    Did anyone notice a teleprompter was set up for the chair LOL!
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  • tommyt21
    tommyt21 Posts: 685
    edited August 2012
    brgman wrote: »
    I think i heard it said best about the RNC convention that it was run so well and had such class and top notch speakers that it will make the DNC convention in Charlotte next week look like the bar scene from Star Wars.:cheesygrin::cheesygrin:
    I agree, Good Bye Barak!
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