They've debased themselves completely!

Eastwood (although I like his movie characters) was really himself....disrespecting the President. That's what the TeaPeople have done for years.

TeaPeople (Akiin exposed it all) have disrespected women for years.

Hey, the crowd on the floor loved it.....Disrespect....Yeah!

So do the the President's reaction. I can't think of a better way of the President to let Clint Eastwood know our President's seat is taken until 2016.☺

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Gotta watch Letterman tonight. He despises Romney. Will be interesting to see what he has to say in his opening monologue.

Has Mitt Romney fired the clown on his campaign staff who thought it would be a good idea to invite Clint Eastwood to speak?? That's one guy he should like to fire.

These are the people who scream every time "Hollywood " endorses a Democrat as empty headed fluffs who should stay out of politics. Once AGAIN they give new depth to the word hypocrite.

..so sad..so...so...so..sad to see our cowboy hero to change so much...from the Good..to the Ulgly...to the Bad...totally bad...and Weird...too.

She has ears to hear with. See that wasn't hard to figure out.

These are the people who scream every time "Hollywood " endorses a Democrat as empty headed fluffs who should stay out of politics. Once AGAIN they give new depth to the word hypocrite.

I've yet to see a Democrat talk to an empty chair. I'm sorry but Clint reminded me of someone's grandpa who chucked all of their meds and went out for one last fling before kicking the bucket. If it wasn't so sad, it would be funny. A simple rally type speech would've been perfect to introduce the candidate, but instead he used his time and made a feeble attempt to mock the POTUS. I lost a bunch of respect for Mr. Eastwood last night.

I'm a big fan of Clint Eastwood, both movies he's directed and those he's acted in. If I may date myself, I still remember him from Rawhide (rollin', rollin', rollin', keep those doggies rollin', rawhide!). So, I was sad at the presentation he offered last night, that of an old guy who should have been directed if he was supposed to appear before the candidate. Clearly someone was too intimidated to check Eastwood before he went onstage. And now a wonderful filmmaker is a laughingstock. And this moment will probably be bookmarked for his obituary.

When he asked that a chair be brought onstage, did they think he might need to sit in it and instead of talk to it?

That was truely jawdropping what Eastwood did, I think Mitt might have pooped his pants. I laughed so hard I cried and I cannot wait for what SNL is going do do to this. Thank you Thank you GOP for such fine free enterntainment!!

TO trashy rednecks ..... He spoke to empty chair. it is just as full as presidents basket of fullfilled promises

"I was backstage with him and he was laughing," Stevens said."[Romney] thought it was funny."

I find it close to impossible to believe that a lawyer, listening to a guy onstage lambasting lawyers, would have anything but nervous laughter, hoping the local and broadcast audience has forgotten that he is a lawyer himself.

Damn! Clint Eastwood is 82 years old. His age dotage is beginning to become inflictive. Even so, He did rather well. I'll bet the President and Vice President both got a good laugh out of it. I know I did, and I'm certainly a sturdy fan of both the President and Vice President. Seems Romney and company are outright ashamed of Eastwood. That would be par for the course of that gang of losers. Actually, Clint Eastwood's appearance and performance was the greatest highlight of that miserable 4 day spectacle! Progressives!, please, lets all lighten up some here.

Honestly it was very sad to see a great actor in this condition ...looking like he just escaped from a nursing home ..Complete with bed head and a old suit that no longer fits ..stumbling over his own words ...The Romney team was just as surprised as we were watching in horror .And Romney was caught behind the curtain laughing at this poor old faded star ! It was sad to see him this way .

Dirty Harry simply made my day. Dont nobody mess with ole Dirty Harry. Simply the best performance I have ever seen way to go Clint.

As someone who will be voting for Obama, I have to say I absolutely LOVED Clint's little skit!

Why? Because everyone is talking about him instead of Flipper today. Totally stole his thunder. lol

Man, the truth sure hurts. The fact is that Clint was masterful! He was hilarious and serious at the same time. His points were right on. I must admit that I've never pictured Clint as a stand-up, but it's been a long time since I've laughed so hard. Think about it, just about every word out of his mouth made a point. Of course the libs are gong to bash him. They bash anyone who isn't a die-hard socialist. But, that's OK because libs have never been known for their sense of humor.

The fact is that the entire convention was fantastic. All you have to do is compare it to the catastrophe that will happen next week. Finally, I do believe all but the most die-hard libs will rally around Romney/Ryan. The contrast between them and Obama/Biden is amazing.

Can't wait for the elections to be over and we can start getting the country back on the right track!

Romney/Ryan 2012!

PS: Imagine, no script, no telepromter and he made a heck of a lot more sense than anything Obama has ever said. I guess that's why the magic is gone from Obama. All the substance of hope and change? It was hot air from the beginning.

Eastwoods performance was right- on. Speaking to an empty chair as representling Obama was almost as good as speaking to an empty suit. His performance can best be judged by how loud the Democrats are criticizing it.

Clint Eastwood has demonstrated that one can be a famous movie star and a director of many excellent movies, and still have time to be a goofy old coot spouting his brand of political mumbo-jumbo.

I see the "intelligent" ones didn't read the article. You, know, the part where it said that Romney was seen laughing back stage.

I guess the real reason it was so hilarious is that it was the whole truth and nothing but the truth! If Oblameo would spend a little time in his chair and meet with all the commissions he has appointed, he wouldn't be standing with his arms out wide yelling "Hit me! Hit me!" Obozo needs to spend more time in the White House trying to work with folks instead of golfing. Odumbo should spend more time in Washington at least trying to look presidential instead of either being on vacation, golfing, or fundraising (maybe he does brew beer if Mooshelle can get him off the golf course long enough).

Now, if we can just get Mitt elected, we will see a great upturn in the amount of work Congress can accomplish. But only if the master of the blockade, Harry Reid, is no longer the Senate majority leader.

@BMett#1.24: He sure did, and did so rather well. He was hilarious. He did ramble some, but It was totally unscripted. I'll bet our President and Vice President roared with hilarity too. This great artist has the right, as we all do, to his political beliefs and convictions, and being the artist He is, to so demonstrate. I wouldn't accept His politics if He gave the sh^t to me, however I sure love the man. My affection for the Man though, isn't the basis for my praise of His performance. He was damn funny! Now having said this, my love and respect for President Obama, and Vice President Biden are not diminished a damn whit! Surely, we progressives are not so insecure. Hell, the Romney/Ryan crowd were squeaming with embarrassment long before Clint finished His improvised skit, and now are all desperately trying to distance themselves from any knowledge of who invited Him. Talk about thin skinned pompous asses, but we all knew that already didn't we? Lighten up! We've got It under control, and the thin skinned, right wing, tea party extremists damn well know it!

Obama/Biden 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on folks. I thought it was funny. It will change ZERO votes, but it was not read from a monitor. I could just see everyone behind the stage running around trying to figure out what to do. It was funny.

I prefer skits where you get the answers from the actual people, the way Samantha Bee did. Hysterically funny, and yet...not. I suppose some people think of Clint's skit that way, but I'd give the Oscar to Samantha Bee!

Dirty Harry goes to GOP Convention to become Dirtbag Harry, is old Harry on something, because he wander around like he was in a Daze !!!!!!!!!!!

Foe everyone on the fence about Romney.. read this article. He is truly trying to lie his way to the white house.

What he has done is frightening with no remorse. Dems and Republican alike this is our last chance to save this country from Romney. Our democracy is being bought by international billionaires.

(remove the spaces on the url to see article)

www. rollingstone.com/ politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829#ixzz254uMfAxe

It was a great example of how the GOP has become the party of angry old white men.

What Republicans Say:

Chris Christie - On Aug 28, 2012 Tampa, used the word "Truth" 16 Times in his keynote speech at the RNC convention. And he specifically said this…

• We have a nominee who will tell us the truth and will lead with conviction. And now he has a running mate who will do the same.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/28/transcript-chris-christie-speech-at-republican-national-convention/#ixzz259Pc6lKX

What Republicans Do:

Romney pollster Neil Newhouse stated: "We're not going [to] let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers." ... on the same day as Christie's speech, during an ABC News/Yahoo! News event at the RNC Convention. ABCNews.com

Then Paul Ryan Spoke:

and Fox News contributor Sally Kohn had this to say about Paul Ryan's convention speech on August 29th, 2012

• … anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan's speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech. On this measure, while it was Romney who ran the Olympics, Ryan earned the gold.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/#ixzz254a2euWo

• Republicans SAY ONE THING and DO ANOTHER.
• How can anyone TRUST a Republican?

• Republicans SAY ONE THING and DO ANOTHER.
• How can anyone TRUST a Republican?

How can anyone trust a politician?

They're associating a particular fictional Hollywood icon to the Republican brand. The GOP Tea Party wants you to believe that the Dirty Harry character, and their Party, are one and the same.

They're marketing this in the grassroots portion of their online campaigns because they know their right-wing party's ever-more extreme ideology is losing popularity with the majority of television-watching Americans, that have such short attention spans but admire their fictional heroes on the silver screen.

I would like to also add -- that the Democratic National Convention that will be soon held in Charlotte, North Carolina -- will also have their share of surprising Hollywood celebrities that will take to the podium, that will bring their audience of thousands to their feet.

You know which liberals were really ripping into the wonderful performance by Clint? The ones at Fox News. They are so liberal that they failed to see the humor, the brilliance, and the absolute demolishing of the president that was Clint Eastwood's speech.

*Sarcasm off

witchrunner

Man, the truth sure hurts. The fact is that Clint was masterful! He was hilarious and serious at the same time.

Wow, what flavor is the Kool-Aid today?? Masterful??? It was a dis-jointed ramble peppered with hypocrisy and disrespect for the president.

while not everyone may have liked it, Eastwood's very presence -- and concern for out-of-work Americans in particular -- made the rambling remarks by the 82-year old Academy Award winner worthwhile.

Well, maybe if Eastwood had gotten his numbers right-- it's NOT 8.3% of the entire U.S. population that's unemployed, it's 8.3% of working-age adults, nowhere close to 23 million people-- his 'concern' might have carried some weight. As it was, it was just a blatant lie.

Do we want a man like Romney, a man who constantly lies to the public, a man who (despite his Harvard MBA) can't do simple math, a man who thinks he's smarter and better than all the rest of us and therefore can fool everyone with phony statistics, a man who can't or won't tell us how he could create millions of jobs overnight (for US this time, not for foreign workers!!)?

Do we want a man who believes if he repeats a lie often enough and loudly enough, it becomes truth?

NOT ME!!

I'm voting for the better man: I'M VOTING FOR THE EMPTY CHAIR!

OBAMA/BIDEN 2012

I go to the movies and hope to be entertained and do not consider it too informative. I see Clint in his Dirty Harry part and enjoy him. I would be shocked if someone truly behaved in the way he is portrayed,but it is entertaining. I doubt if his performance would change anyone's mind on anything, but an actor's performance is judged on it's entertainment value. Apparently it was successful in that content. Does any-one truly think that actors influence the people watching them? We watch adverts constantly ,but most persons enjoy or dismiss the performance for what it is. Lighten up!

My first comment is: Who cares? Were the comments of this dottering old fool really going to change anyone's mind?

What was highlighted is today's republican party. Eastwood just symbolically laid it all out.

If you want to vote for a party lost in the past, a party that really doesn't get what is going on, that is full of rich senile old white men who live in an ancient Dirty Harry movie wielding big guns then vote Republican.

If you're anyone else, vote for the Democrat

Eastwood = An old, rich, white man, demonstrating his senility by having a conversation with an empty chair..

Yep, that pretty much personifies the republiClown party!!

Tune in next week, folks, and we can all watch Chuck Norris have a debate with a potted palm!

Paul Ryan called Romney a 'serious man' in his speech.

Then the Romney campaign demonstrated how 'serious' they are by putting up an ancient actor, mocking the President, to introduce their presidential candidate.

If the GOP is serious about family values, why choose Eastwood to introduce Romney?

If the GOP is serious about fixing unemployment, why lie about the number of unemployed?

If the GOP is serious about the future of our country, why cling to the people and the policies of the past that have been proven not to work, like big tax breaks for wealthy individuals and corporations that are still in place, still not working?

The answer is simple: the GOP is 'serious' about only one thing: getting their power back any way they can. They will lie, manipulate, obfuscate, deny the right to vote, and spend billions to achieve that one goal.

Why is Romney, an admittedly weak candidate, at the top of the ticket this year? In my opinion, it's because President Obama is going to be so hard to beat that no one in the GOP wanted to go up against him and face a humiliating loss. It was Romney's 'turn'. He has nothing else to do anyway. He hasn't worked a single day since he left his one-term office as Governor of Massachusetts in 2007.

Apparently Eastwood got confused and thought he was casting the role of president in one of his movies. Romney looks the part: old white man.

Romney would be a terrible president! Wake up to that, conservatives. We are all in the same boat here. If the GOP gets the reins, they will drive our country straight off the cliff.

It was insulting, disrespectful and demeaning to the office that Willard seeks. He evidently wants to make the highest office in the land a mockery, and then assume that position.

In addition to debasing their own party, Clint Eastwood did irreparable damage to his own persona. We are used to seeing him deliver crisp one liners, clenching a cigar in his teeth, his cold eyes going right through you. Without a script, or apparently even an idea where he was going, he started mumbling, repeating himself, trailing off, and his thought train was jumbled. He might as well have taken off his shirt and flexed for the crowd. It was one of the most embarrassing episodes I have ever seen, and I could only take 5 minutes and 45 seconds of it.

Clint Eastwood threw away something precious in his most recent 'performance' at the RNC:

He threw away his dignity.

At 82, it's one of the most valuable possessions a person can have.

Better for him just to have stayed out in la-la land and enjoyed the rest of his days. Better to have left his reputation intact.

There's no fool like an old fool.

We can all easily forgive poor old senile Grandpa for coming to the dinner table in his boxers as many of us can't help but smile and chuckle aloud. Grandpa may be confused and even feel proud of himself for garnering all of the attention as we lead him back to his bedroom.

Those of us that loved and knew him well 20 years ago would feel the embarrassment he would certainly have felt had he known he would one day do such a thing. We would seek out and chastise the person(s) assigned to help him dress for dinner.

Clint Eastwood was poor old senile Grandpa. The RNC are those responsible for sending him on a national stage to thoroughly make a fool of himself for Mitt Romney's amusement.

Clint "make my day" Eastwood has long held political views that many of us may find disagreeable. However, we must respect that he briefly held political office and served with all of his convictions intact. That man would never have addressed an empty chair to parrot several obvious lies propagated and repeated at every opportunity by the Republican leadership. Shame on them!

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!

I see the little limp-wristed Libbies are still unable to grasp the fact that there are probably many more influential entertainers that don't submit to the train-wreck known as Barrack Hussein.

This shouldn't be a surprise to real Americans. When Barrack Hussein demonizes success and claims "you didn't build that", he hits right at the heart of Hollywood. From the actors, who many times had to survive on menial jobs as they perfected their skills, to the incredible advancements in movie-making special effects, they can claim "we did build that".

Of course the whining and hand-wringing will continue as the Liberal/Progressive cabal continues to collapse around itself. As social and economic justice is disproven over and over hopefully the real America people will continue their advocacy for Constitutionally limited government, fiscal responsibility and free-market principles.

Clint Eastwood is a perfect example of what our nation should be embracing. His little metaphor was eloquent and inspirational. The pandering lamestream media will be in shock for weeks as they reassess their positions of who to support. Hopefully the rest of America will understand.

ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 for real Americans

poor mittens, he was out shined by a senile old man and an empty chair. His moment in the spotlight has already faded and been replaced by para Olympians with umbrellas. I truly think the wingmuts thought they were going to get the old "make my day" Clint and instead they got the "get off my lawn' Clint.

I just love the plastic patriotism of the RNC, where phony patriots wave their made in china flags while cheering on the very men who sold this country out to the communist Chinese and hide their ill gotten gains offshore while the country goes bankrupt.

FYI - On "Real Time with Bill Maher" the host disassembled the creator of the movie "2016" He made that guy look like a total fool.

Jim spence, you can stop with the "limp wristed" comments, we now know who the limp writed party is, I mean the Honey pot was packed with in and out of the closet republican homosexuals during the convention, I am sure fox didn't cover the fact that the biggest gay bar in the state gave free admission to republicans who had a delegates badge. Can you say foley, haggard and craig? The honey pot did more business this week than it has all year.

Anyway it's your party who is so afraid of it's own shadow that you need to carry guns where ever you go. And you guys just keep eating at chick-fil-a, and scarfing down your pink slime burgers and genetically modifed food in support of the companies we are boycotting while we tree hugging granola eating liberals eat organic and in a few years you will all be a senile as clint. Plus President Obama could kick your nominees ass anyday and no amount of magic underwear would help mittens this time.

tonybeeerm

FYI - On "Real Time with Bill Maher" the host disassembled the creator of the movie "2016" He made that guy look like a total fool.

Bill's show last night was one of his best. That guy (don't remember his name) who created that documentary is as 'bananas' as the rest of the republican party. He really believes that Obama is "channeling" his dead father??! LOL

Nothing Clint could have said or done at the RNC could ever be approved by the libretards! Now if he had been at the DNC and Mitt Romney occupied that empty chair... we'd all be hearing roars of approval from the wacko left!

.... except Paul Ryan would have never worked, replacing Biden in that part of Clint's improv, lol!

Left is fuzzy... I don't believe that. Clint could have easily delivered a very middle of the road down to earth speech that focused more on what he viewed as getting American government back to the basics and been successful. That being said what he did and what he said was just sad. I actually really felt bad for him and the fact that advisors in Romneys camp had to spin the moment as "unique" is their way of saying that they wish he hadn't spoke. Again, I just feel kind of saddened and sorry for Clint. I know he has/had much more in him than that debacle.

I must say using an empty chair to portray Obama was very symbolic.... his whole administration has been nothing but an 'empty chair'!

I agree with fuzzy, the left would have panned anything Clint would have said, even an endorsement of wealth distribution would have been mocked by the bozos of the left!

will also have their share of surprising Hollywood celebrities that will take to the podium, that will bring their audience of thousands to their feet

rradiko,

...instead of shaking their heads in disbelief! lol

Dirty Harry stole over 13 minutes of prime time TV from the hour Team Willard was allotted!

PRICELESS!

I feel sorry for all you Liberals who lack a sense of humor. I'll bet you have failed to see the humor of the last 3 1/2 years as well. ONE LONG JOKE.

Hey! Mr. Eastwood, since you republicans in the cesspool of hollywood have attempted to remain anonymous and now that you are 82 you decided to come out of the closet so to speak, how does it feel to be ground under the feet of the liberal democrat freaks. In just two days since your commentary (of which I enjoyed very much, because I believe as you do) and I do believe you came up with that all on yor own, they have turned you into a senile almost dead person, and shame on the republican party for taking advantage of a senile old man. I am a independent, and while I do not care for the republicans platform, I hate the stab you in the back, lie to your face, filthy rich, butt kissing, democratic party. They preach infanticide and that it is ok to have devient sex among the same genders. It sure would be nice to have another party to choose from.

It sure looks like the Lib-ro-tards are out today, LOL

Sorry guys I still will not vote for the empty suit in the empty chair.

Romney - Ryan in 2012

If the GOP's COMMUNICATION skills are only the voices that old white men hear in their head...no wonder Congress

never

accomplishes

anything

good.

The old man was duped about unemployment and who caused it and who kept it from getting better

The President tried many times to get something passed that would help the unemployed, only to have it blocked by the Republicanism run by the boner Boner

I still will not vote for the empty suit in the empty chair

Dave the doubter, Most Americans agree with that statement! I'm going to see 2016 The Movie today, hope it's not sold out.... a true documentary of a guy in an empty suit seems to be very popular these days... all libbies should go see it if they have any obama bucks left over!

I especially liked the part where Eastwood accused President Obama of starting the Afghanistan war without checking with the Russians to see how it worked out for them first.

The above posts (most of them anyway) are confirmation that the Libby Leftists are the most rude, angry, inept and humorless hacks in the World!!! Listen to yourselves fer crissakes! Face it, any time the truth comes out, whether in an improve piece by a performer, or a comment by the opposition, the Marxist Alinski lemmings start pounding out the snarkisms. Top of the heap for despicable: well guess who is the first poster on this bs propaganda page?

• Has Mitt Romney been Set Up to LOSE by the GOP?

http://Bruce-1628250.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/01/13610205-romney-set-up-to-lose

In my opinion, if Clint wasn't drunk or on dope he should be in a home for people whos minds have gone south. That performance was terrible. Maybe he was trying to help Obama get re-elected. If he was, I think it worked.

Senility is a cruel master

But I have to admit I've been wondering all day if Andy was going to have his own take off on the empty chair moment?

Hi Pat,

Some of the pics of people "Eastwooding" are hysterical!

The Republican Convention was meant to be a disaster from the get to.

After all, the Republicans built it.

They were not going to let Isaac steal their thunder, at least after Monday ... well at least after Isaac figured out who was going to cause more damage in Tampa. Hurricanes do have some pride.

Nothing close to Bill Mayer's

Ummm... numbnuts... if you are goig to slam someone, try to at least get their name right!

It's Bill Maher... you idiot!

You can now resume listening to your favorite hate-monger; Rush Limbaugh! lmfao@U

Who's Bill Mayer?

Ronnie Raygun: Terrible actor, astute politician.

Clint Eastwood: Great actor, clueless politician.

Bishop Romney: Lousy actor, failed politician.

And Barack Obama: prolific polititician, clueless leader

Are YOU capable of answering a simple question or does HATE override you life?

My bet is on the latter... looser...

Pat Boston.... The president has been insulting this country for years now.

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

And Barack Obama: prolific polititician, clueless leader

Are YOU capable of answering a simple question or does HATE override you life?

My bet is on the latter... looser...

ROTFLMAO, the queen of "Hate" and bilegerant speak,.... condems another for the qualities she exudes. Typical hypocrite.

Personally, I thought ole Clint was quite creative, and at the same time realistic. I say realistic, because an empty chair is all anyone is ever going to get when it comes to questioning Barry Soetoro about his accomplishments. Ole Barry refuses to give Fox News an interview, because he knows he can't lie his way out. Barry hasn't got an ounce of spine, less than a fraction of any conservative president over the past 50 years, all of whom have faced the criticization and questioning attacks of the Liberal Lame Stream Media at large, yet, when ole Barry see's a Fox News camera, he runs like hell.

Obama hasn't got a HOPE, nor a PRAYER..... the only tactic left in his box is Smear & Fear. Of course, he'll always have the option to steal all the "R's" from the Whitehouse keyboards, and deficate on the PC monitors, but that would be an old stunt for the liberal democrats, not a new one.

And the press's daily barrage in "take down" of Bush and Reagan wasn't insulting' How reporting things that Palin never said, that wasn't insulting?

Pat, You have some pretty serious double standards!

Ole Barry is hoping that his party won't change. That's all he has left, except to take another vacation, say about 40 years long.

Life goes on without Romoney & RyRand, two Clowns !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Americas heroe, President OBAMA / 2012, Guaranteed !!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, I have personally seen Obama do 2 interviews with FOX Noise reporters. One was Bill O'Reilly, and the other was Brett (I don't remember his last name, but I'm sure the FOX Noise viewers on here know him), aand both were badgers. They weren't really interviews as much as they were question and answer routines by the host. By that I mean, they asked the questions and answered them before the Pres. could open his mouth. If I were being treated that way, by FOX hosts, I wouldn't bother being interviewed by them either. MSNBC also has badgers as well. Chris Matthews ands Lawrence O'Donnell come to mind.

• Republicans Can't TRUST Republicans

Tampa, Aug 30, 2012: at a fundraiser during the Republican National Convention, GOP strategist Karl Rove said, "We should sink Todd Akin," and followed that by stating, "If he's found mysteriously murdered, don't look for my whereabouts!"

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/todd-akins-office-disturbed-by-karl-roves-joke/

Karl Rove, GOP/Republican strategist

Todd Akin, GOP/Republican Congressman, candidate for U.S. Senator of Missouri

• How can anyone TRUST a Republican, including a Republican?
• Watch your BACKS Republicans, there might be a Republican behind you!

LOYALTEXAN

Ronnie Raygun: Terrible actor, astute politician. senile old fool.

Ronald Regan was a terrible politician. You have to stop with this "emperor has no clothes" lie. It took
Clinton 8 years to dig us out of his deluded mess.

Just like Bush, he had no idea what was going on most of the time.

Alzheimers doesn't just sneak up on you at 90. There is plenty of evidence he was in deep trouble when he took office reinforced by nearly any off-camera moment during his presidency.

You are right, mj. Raygun was a doddering old fool long before they admitted it. How else could someone be persuaded to sell arms to Iran, the very ones that finally released the American Hostages in another backroom deal on his first day in office?
I wonder how the teabaggers feel about Reagan being the President that ran up the debt more than any other in history, with a total increase of 188% over 8 years. Party Boy Bush increased the debt a whopping 89%. *I already know the righties will blame this on someone else.
In three and a half years, the Obama administration has increased the debt a total of 41%. Not good enough, but half what Bush did, and almost one fifth of Reagan.

If you want to talk lower debt, you don't want a Republican in office. They think because the own the banks, they can incur as much debt as they want. Dick Cheney said that deficits don't matter. They do. This party is so discombobulated it is not funny.

Seems the Republicans are so concerned about their image that they'd forgotten to invite "H.W." and Darth Cheney to speak, or even show the token video, as they did with "W". The latter being understandable, cause really, who would want to risk Georgie blurting out any new "Bushisms" during the big party (circus)?

So, after it was over and done, what do we remember of the Rep Con.? An overweigh Blowhard and a elderly guy chatting to a chair.

Seems Mitt was in there somewhere, but no-one seems to have remembered anything of substance. Maybe he should've given us a quick glimpse of his magic undies. Now THAT would've been a memorable moment!

The president has been insulting this country for years now.

...the numbers for Bush's last three months. Between October and November, 597,000 jobs were lost; between November and December, 681,000 were lost; and between December and January, 741,000 were lost.

April 2012 marks the 26th straight month of gains in private-sector employment, for a total of 4.2 million private-sector jobs.

DJIA Dec 26, 2008 8515
DJIA Aug 31, 2012 13090

Dec 29, 2008 U.S. corporate earnings probably fell for a sixth-straight quarter, the longest streak in at least 20 years, as consumer spending on automobiles, homes and retailers collapsed.

May 11, 2012 Fortune magazine released its ranking of the 500 biggest US corporations Monday, which showed that they received a record-breaking $824 billion in combined profits in 2011, up 16 percent from 2010.

Please, please, PLEASE insult the country some more!

The 2012 Presidential election is between OBAMA and ROMNEY, not a Bollywood actor.

However.....anything to DEFLECT from Mr. Obama's FAILED policies and agenda.

Carry on Progressives.

Romney-Ryan 2012 to take back America from the Progressives and Radicals.

Clint Eastwood's talking down to our president was insulting. Period.

It might well be that Clint Eastwood is smarter than all of us, with the possible exception of Jon Stewart and Obama, who both seemed to get it.

For years now, Republicans have been talking to an empty chair, making up all sorts of weird things about the President. Was Mr Eastwood insulting the President? Or was he mocking the Republicans who insult the President?

Yes...the man on the stage ended up looking pretty stupid. But everyone here seems to be forgetting that this is one of Hollywood's best actors. Is he a moron, or was he playing a moron?

Given that the Republican Convention organizers had no idea what he was going to be doing, and that he himself has expressed support in the past for many liberal ideals, I would think it could very well be the second option.

I admire Clint's ability as an actor and director...quite a formidable list of accomplishments in his field over his years.

As an improv speaker or comedian, he fails miserably. Guess that just goes to show that Sarah Palin doesn't have a lock on "going rogue" amongst Republicans.

But it did cause me much mirth and many smiles to see the Romney and Ryan families squirming so much in their seats as Clint progressed through his stumbling, mumbling, fumbling, mind-numbing speech.

Watching the expressions on their faces, as Clint dutifully soldiered, on truly..."made my day".

@Eyes Wide Open-733457#3.2: Thank you so very much. It's what we should all realize. Vivid illustration of How thin skinned and fickle the Romney/Ryan crowd really are. Bunch of Pompous fools running a pair who couldn't beat "Frick and Frack" on crack. Regards

Eye's wide

How about you get from behind your screen and try something like he did in front of millions of people.

I have performed in front of around 1500 a couple of times, and hundreds from time to time and done on the spot improvising to cover mistakes. Taint easy, and wouldn't wish it on anyone.

Mac

This was a plain jane convention. Next week, I can hardly wait for the return of the greek columns!

I want the smoke and mirrors! That was even better than the fake Greek columns!

Eye's wide

How about you get from behind your screen and try something like he did in front of millions of people.

I have performed in front of around 1500 a couple of times, and hundreds from time to time and done on the spot improvising to cover mistakes. Taint easy, and wouldn't wish it on anyone.

Bragging again are we, DB? Bravo... You assume a lot, don't you? You know absolutely nothing about me, except what you can glean from my posts, so exactly what is it that makes you so sure I haven't done tasks commensurate with what you have? Simple answer is: YOU can't.

Interesting thing about the internet, isn't it? You can't prove what you say about with unassailable facts, nor can I disprove it for the same reasons, supposing I cared enough to try. The difference in what I posted, as opposed to what you boasted, is that it was precisely those same millions of people you spoke of who witnessed it. If you missed it, well, you can watch a replay...it's available over multiple media streams.

Perhaps Clint should have followed Obama's lead...and used those dreaded teleprompters...both Romneys and Ryan did. You DO remember how scathingly the R's tried to roast him for his use of them, don't you? Channel Sarah Palin if you have trouble remembering.

So because you easily lean to the right, you, therefore, must have some magical mystical knowledge of things you really know nothing about.

Hmmm...that reminds me very much of Mitt.

@DB Akron #3.5: As conventions go, this one was a "Chitlin Whipper" complete with the stumps. I hate damn political conventions. If my people erect those Greek columns again, I guess you and I can just call both spectacles even. "Bob in KC" below you, is looking for smoke and mirrors. Gwaddamn!, didn,t He get enough of 'em this week? Must be a glutton for punishment. Good to talk to you again DB. Excuse me now. I believe "Eyes Wide Open" wishes to tear your ass up some.

Wow...an old, rich, white guy ranting at a chair for 10 minutes.

This was the GOP's surprise KEYNOTE speech? Maybe Clint should have had a dog jump through a hoop to explain Romney's health-care agenda. Or have the dog play dead to explain Ryan's plan for our future.

And this speaks to the 99% ... how...???

@DB AKron: DB, I believe you are so committed to Romney, and the republicans you will happily go down right along with them. Now, having said that, I wish to offer you a little constructive criticism. As a Surrogate, you are never very effective nor believable. It would help you much to get with "Roy Wilson" and allow Him to better teach you the art of "bullsh^t Sculpture" and "Turd camouflage". He fashions Himself a master of this form of abstract, to the point, He generally keeps several pieces on display here, just about all the time. Course, like Him, you can't do anything about the smell, but like Him, you can lay the blame for the stench on us progressives when we call you on it. If you ask Him I'll bet ole "Roy" would help you and wouldn't charge you much for the service. If you learned this you would be a far more accomplished republican. Regards

Clint Eastwood made a mistake any first year acting student would know better than to make. When you do your monologue, speak to the audience not to some imaginary person sitting in a chair.

I can tell you there are trained actors and acting coaches laughing their a$$es off at this so called icon.

What he did just speaks to the arrogance of this man. Can't even be bothered to learn his craft in all of these years.

What a dolt.

Desertbro

Maybe Clint should have had a dog jump through a hoop to explain Romney's health-care agenda. Or have the dog play dead to explain Ryan's plan for our future.

Nah...Just have Eastwood strap a dog to the roof of his car. Romney can easily identify with that!

Better yet, lets watch 0bama strap his dog to the BBQ pit.

For leave me alone ok- I can assure you no one took advantage of Clint Eastwood, he is his own man and no doubt came up with this one on his own. I enjoyed it very much. The office of the President demands respect but the person currently there deserves nothing, he has degraded the Presidency with his bowing down to kiss the butts of our enemies, he has opened the closets of homosexuality in our military and it will destroy it, he has put this country in so much debt it is doubtful that Romney can fix it. Most of all he has made the most powerful country in the world look like a bunch of fools. He was voted in just because he is black of which he is actualy half white. He had no qualifications to hold the highest office in America. I do not believe he is even a citizen of this country and I believe his intent is to turn America into an islamic country.

It really has to give you pause when the biggest news out of the Republican convention is a hurricane that didn't hit but caused them to cancel, and an 82 year old actor's ramblings about nothing. Oh yeah, and their conventioneers throwing peanuts at an African-American camerawoman from CNN as they taunted "Let's feed the monkeys". Was anybody nominated there, and if so did they speak? I must have missed the news on that.

I especially liked the part where Eastwood accussed Obama of starting the Afghanistan war without checking with the Russians to see how it worked out for them. Now THAT was funny

He had no qualifications to hold the highest office in America. I do not believe he is even a citizen of this country and I believe his intent is to turn America into an islamic country.

Jerry...there is a call holding for you on the white phone. It's Orly Taitz...the one and the same of "birther" conspiracy infamy and you sound just like the kind of person she wants on her team.

When you two get some actual verifiable irrefutable proof of your allegations (so sorry...opinions don't count), please be sure to come back and let everyone see it.

DB:

How about you get from behind your screen and try something like he did in front of millions of people. I have performed in front of around 1500 a couple of times, and hundreds from time to time and done on the spot improvising to cover mistakes.

Okay, Akron. Step out from between those two opposing mirrors.

• Clint was so funny. We all never laughed so hard. Even my youngest daughter said, "Dad, it's nice to finally see someone call a spade a spade".
• ---WAKE UP AMERICA----
• --VOTE CONSERVATIVE 2012--

• ..

I agree. How is going to assemble a team to run the country when they can't handle an event. The people who helped with this cluster f will be the same people getting cabinet positions as a thank you. What the hell happened to the GOP...and I would like to see a fiscal conservative in office not a bunch of hacks and liars.

The real scary part is IF he wins, that team will be getting plum assignments in which they will bring their inconsiderable skills to bear.

That's exactly right, bushisan...

If they can't design a party right:
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/c6.0.403.403/p403x403/558262_10151061627637572_1155492852_n.jpg

and pull what amounts to a three day cheerleading session off without throwing peanuts at a black woman in totally friendly territory, how in the world would they be able to run a country? Did you notice they didn't flaunt his foreign policy credentials? After all, he went over to London and insulted one of our closest allies by saying they weren't ready for the Olympics. Then he flip-flopped the next day and said they were ABSOLUTELY ready. (Like SEVERELY conservative)
Lastly, he busts Clint Eastwood out of his retirement home and shoves him up on stage. What a likeable guy!

hey potato head.. sure you dont mean joe biden?

bill morin --- about the hair you might have a point. at least biden hasn't got to the point of talking to chairs. btw do you always give yourself an arrow?

Wow......the mutual admiration society out in full color today. You guys been sent the email blast by your bosses to use the " old white guy " tag. C'mon, yer ALL usin it today. Time to walk in lock step. This, your talking points..........issued by your masters? Usin the old Saul Alinsky trick for radicals by isolating and then ridiculing? You people amaze me. You CAN'T POSSIBLY be that dense. I'm a blue dog and even I know he's gotta go. Hey, don't get me wrong. I like Obama. I really do but, this is one of those cases where hey, you made the mistake of hiring your best friend. He didn't work out and now you gotta fire him. Awkward? yeah. Then you ask yourself later.......what did I learn? but, you guys NEVER ask the question............

Bia--/You can claim to be anything you want,politically,but if you are trying to imply that you are a Democrat,you neeed to improve your skill,at it. Your Bias was showing up a little too strongly.You should have eliminated the blue dog claim .

Talking to the chair that has more brains than Romney

It is pretty ironic that some of the RNC fans are celebrating the sad debacle that was the last tirade of Eastwood.

I thought that chair was reserved for a guest of honor, you know somebody like GW Bush the republican who was president for 8 years, has he been banished from the republican party, is he living in exile somewhere? Maybe he just had more important things to do than attend his party's convention, he must have had some brush to cut down in Texas. Take a hint republicans, look at how these Koch brothers, and oil company executives, and such will treat you, poor George got used like the only women on a pirate ship, and now they don't even invite him to the republican convention.

They at least showed a recorded clip of Bush. They totally alienated the Ron Paul supporters by pretending to honor him, but changing the rules so his name was not even put up on the board. They replaced half of the Maine delegation with Romney delegates to prevent his name from being entered into nomination. The Libertarians should now know that the Republican party is dishonest like the rest.

I'm not a Paul supporter. I'm voting Libertarian this year, because Romney is a sellout.

Clint should have brought out 2 chairs, 1 for 0loser and 1 for Joeyboy.

I would rather have a President who used a teleprompter and made sense than a hack who rambled on senselessly.

wow --- clit eastwood is a practiced actor. even the great winston churchill used a prepared speech with him and made some of the memorable speeches of the 20th century. get over it, you really have no point to speak of. this is a trite teabag comment.

wow --- i was wondering whether you had a "m" tattooed on each ass cheek. looking at you right side up it spells "mom". upside down it spells "wow".

Improv crap. Yeah, that's in short supply.

"Wow" apparently was too blinded by Clint's light to notice Romney had TWO teleprompters in front of him. TWO, but he still whines about Obama using one. Oh, and Eastwood DID have a teleprompter on stage as well, too bad he apparently didn't use it. Especially when he tried to blame Obama for getting us into Afghanistan.

he doesnt owe anyone an apology. This is why we have Elections, People vote for who they want. Obama would have done himself a favor bowing out after one term, frankly.. i wouldnt want to wish the job on anyone the way the economy and unemployment is. I can not recall any President getting re elected with the way things are for a second term. if you want to see hate and disrespect, scroll the pages here and take your horse blinders off..tally up on the winners without using your own Political hatred.

Hey Billy,

Tell me.....what was going on when Obama took office? Oh yeah, the whole banking/wall street fiasco and global recession.

How many jobs were we losing? 839,000 in January, 2009 and 8 million total from July, 2008 - June, 2009.

How many jobs have been created in the last 30 months? 5 million (according to the CBO)

In other words....we were falling off the cliff when Obama took office....Obama stopped it....and reversed its trend. There is NO getting past that.

Sorry champ....the only one with horse blinders on are the pathetic boobs that try to rewrite history.

It was extreme disrespect for the office and the man in every aspect. If the President of the United States WERE there and did speak in that manner, you'd shut up. Obama does not behave in that manner, and words were unfairly put in his mouth, and given legitimacy by the Romney campaign. They defend Eastwood. It is inexcusable, and if someone had the poor judgment to do the same thing to Bush, there'd be outrage.

A public apology is warranted from the old white guy, Romney, and the RNC.; no less.

Sorry, guys, all of you are spouting giant piles of Oblamaloney!

• RomBaloney

(A political parody song by Bruce-1628250, to The Oscar Mayer ad song.)

• My baloney has a first name
• It's M - I - T and T

• My baloney has a second name
• It's R - O - M - N - E

• and Y is he
• so stupid-lee
• barking up
• the Birther Tree?

• Cuz Mitt Rom Nee
• has his way
• Of Flipping Flopping
• Every day!

BRUCE---------LOVE IT...... Now write us one about Lyin' Ryan

Just change the names in the poem to loser 0bama, sounds a lot better.

60's veteran, click on this link below and I'm sure you will be pleased with the Ryan Limericks...

http://Bruce-1628250.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/31/13597593-4-limericks-4-paul-ryan

I thought the same thing. It is time to stop this. I believe Obama will handle it in an appropriate manner, and draw that contrast that will help people make the right decision.

My god, the Left has become a tribe of delusional, whining elitists, as certain of their moral superiority as the most rabid religious fundamentalists, as hateful as Klan members, unable to laugh at their own foibles, embracers of double-standards in opposition to their views, a coven of dullards convinced that they possess a collective intellectual superiority over both foes and the simple, downtrodden folk whom they claim to protect. Those of you drunk on Red Kool-Aid and Blue Kool-aid are sick in mind and spirit and are slowly poisoning the character of an entire nation.

Your right. All they see is an old fart talking to a chair.

This is yet another critical mistake that this supposed brainiac team missed. Know your target audience. He has been behind the camera for quite a while.

If you can't put on your own party with friends without the major mistakes here, you don't deserve a public job.

I am willing to bet that most democrat-communists, whatever their age, have no idea who the heck Obama is. Hell, he has changed his name 4 times. LOL

Jim. ya, let's get back to Dopey and Sleepy.

No, we haven't. The internet has been laughing at the RNC all day.

@ adrift2

you are refering to 0loser and joeyboy of course.

Wow! I'm glad you remined me of the convention next week and the speakers...something else!

Rahm Emanuel - I've heard he has been begging the DNC so he could avoid bing shot

Harry Reid - Is he going to identify his source on Romney's not paying taxes? Harry, Mickey Mouse did not work at Bain!

Nancy Pelosi - She will admit that she didn't read the ACA (Obamacare) but will when she learns to read

John Kerry - will tell us he will supply Heinz ketchup to put on our hot dogs and hamburgers..too bad nobody can afford them due to all the corn going for gas and not feeding pigs and cattle

John Lewis - Will explain Biden's 'put y'all back in chains " comment. They were first going to use Charles Wrangel, but he chastised Biden and said it definitely was race baiting

Elizabeth Warren - Will take credit for obama's knowing that "you didn't build that, someone else did"

Bill Clinton - will explain how his sexual exploits with unwilling advances shows that Democrats are for women

Eric Holder - Heard that Charlotte might be a good place to buy some more guns for the cartels

Eva Longoria - Given a speaking assignment as payback for "couching" Bill Clinton on his speech in his hotel room...woops! I meant "coaching"

I particularly liked it when he went on for about three minutes how bad lawyers were, unaware that Romney is a lawyer.

After forcing myself to read the entire nonsense posted by Helmethead, I am even more convinced that he and other Rightys have had intellectual lobotomies as required by their GOP Mullahs, so they are now incapable of posting anything but insults and pre-written Party Talking Points.

This lobotomized Righty seems to also have undergone a complete radical humor-ectomiy! Which would certainly explain why absolutely nothing he wrote was in the least bit funny. (Even Clint Eastwood's worst comments were funnier that Helmethead's entire post.)

@ Starderup

Yeah, especially since loser 0bama had already lost his law license.

sheryn lou ---- very very eloquently written and with such grace.

thank you.

The white ruling class? You'll see more black and Hispanic representatives in the REPUBLICAN Party as the years role by. Look ahead to the convention next week. It'll be like Jurassic park, trotting out the same tired old anti-establishment nuts. Imagine Bill Clinton talking about (gag) women's rights. Do you know (and you can look this up) that the majority of Hispanic representatives in our country, be it governors, mayors etc, are Republicans? Dr ML King was a registered Republican. Are they perfect? Not at all. But they simply have a better grasp on the economy, defense and responsible spending without a Democratic Congress trying to hijack every bill and ramming them through without advise and consent. The past 4 years have been BLEAK! And there wasn't a single Republican bill passed by Congress. You see when happens?

:::sigh::: i rest my case :(

Joe - And just how many years are we talking about here? Let's look a bit closer in the future, when does the Republican party intend to stop victimizing minorities? New Jim Crow laws in every state with a Republican governor or legislature, elimination of funds for Planned Parenthood which means limiting funds for contraceptives while on the other hand cutting benefits like food stamps, shipping lower skilled jobs to foreign countries.... The list just goes on and on. But then I know some people who are staunch Republicans even though they really don't get any benefit from it (To put it mildly) so I suppose it's possible.

Huh?!-1550743 No one takes food stamps from the needy. You're hate shows just for saying such lies. Jim Crow laws!!! You try and get into the DNC without photo I.D. Ahahahaha Besides, "It's the economy...

yes, missy--i bet that person has already been fired and i can't wait to see it on SNL too.. it's gonna be a hoot!