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cali

(114,904 posts)
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:13 AM Sep 2012

Eastwood: “President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people,”

Eastwood says his convention appearance was 'mission accomplished'
By PAUL MILLER

Published: September 7, 2012

AFTER A week as topic No. 1 in American politics, former Carmel Mayor Clint Eastwood said the outpouring of criticism from left-wing reporters and liberal politicians after his appearance at the Republican National Convention last Thursday night, followed by an avalanche of support on Twitter and in the blogosphere, is all the proof anybody needs that his 12-minute discourse achieved exactly what he intended it to.

“President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people,” Eastwood told The Pine Cone this week. “Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know. I may have irritated a lot of the lefties, but I was aiming for people in the middle.”


Breaking his silence

For five days after he thrilled or horrified the nation by talking to an empty chair representing Obama on the night Mitt Romney accepted the Republican nomination for president, Eastwood remained silent while pundits and critics debated whether his remarks, and the rambling way he made them, had helped or hurt Romney’s chances of winning in November.

But in a wide-ranging interview with The Pine Cone Tuesday from his home in Pebble Beach, he said he had conveyed the messages he wanted to convey, and that the spontaneous nature of his presentation was intentional, too.

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http://www.pineconearchive.com/120907-1.html

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Eastwood: “President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people,” (Original Post) cali Sep 2012 OP
"aiming for the people in the middle" ... by CHANNELING the craziest of the far right. JoePhilly Sep 2012 #1
So, he thinks so little of those "in the middle" he gives them bat crazy monolog with a chair? nanabugg Sep 2012 #62
Exactly ... for 12 minutes he WAS the Tea Party. I loved it. JoePhilly Sep 2012 #63
Wait, ProSense Sep 2012 #2
So much fail... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #3
“President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people,” Botany Sep 2012 #4
This picture is going to make the 2012 highlight reel and will be remembered for decades corkhead Sep 2012 #44
And I'm done with Clint. sinkingfeeling Sep 2012 #5
*sigh* Kelvin Mace Sep 2012 #6
talk about empty chair warrior1 Sep 2012 #7
emty suit?! CountAllVotes Sep 2012 #53
No, "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" was jberryhill Sep 2012 #8
+1 Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #65
He has truly lost it. Iris Sep 2012 #9
Just because he wasn't in your chair, Clint, doesn't mean he's not real. Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #10
Saving face. He knows he looked like a doddering ass on live TV. TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #11
Now we know tha The Usual Suspects is in his DVD collection. nt MrScorpio Sep 2012 #12
looks like I have one less movie to see CreekDog Sep 2012 #13
Actually Clint, it was the GOP who quickly tried to disavow you. WI_DEM Sep 2012 #14
Bigger than "New Coke"? Curtland1015 Sep 2012 #15
Bat Boy was a hoax? Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2012 #47
omg, he officially is a stupid dumbass. Whisp Sep 2012 #16
Well, that is just sad. madaboutharry Sep 2012 #17
I never thought he was a good actor - all his movies had the same format, theme, just named his LibGranny Sep 2012 #18
actually the lefties loved it immensely Enrique Sep 2012 #19
Talk to the chair, Grampa. (nt) JaneQPublic Sep 2012 #20
Grandpa Simpson yelling at a chair. nt hifiguy Sep 2012 #29
"Aiming at the People in the Middle" ? Laxman Sep 2012 #21
No Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2012 #22
What a sad, sick, bitter, ungrateful old man he is,,,, KarenS Sep 2012 #23
So sad fugop Sep 2012 #24
Who cares about Clint...what did the chair say? CJCRANE Sep 2012 #25
Can't wait for the anti-Billy Beane baseball movie coming out soon. Johonny Sep 2012 #26
Asshole get the red out Sep 2012 #27
HA! Spit out my coffee on that one! n/t fugop Sep 2012 #28
"irritated a lot of lefties" deutsey Sep 2012 #30
First a chair, now a pinecone. Meanwhile, Obama addresses millions. nolabear Sep 2012 #31
The chair won Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #32
Eastwood, sadly, has devolved into a "second-rate punk" DinahMoeHum Sep 2012 #33
Some old Hollywood legends fade gracfully into the cinema firmament and LeftinOH Sep 2012 #34
I heard the chair just told Clint to go... CJCRANE Sep 2012 #35
"irritated a lot of the lefties" and "aiming for people in the middle" TlalocW Sep 2012 #36
All this support for Rmoney and Ryan probably has nothing to do with INdemo Sep 2012 #37
Hey Clint madokie Sep 2012 #38
Eastwood is dead to me. riverwalker Sep 2012 #39
I think he's just doing this for publicity, Bluerthanblue Sep 2012 #40
Also some people thought he deliberately punked Romney CJCRANE Sep 2012 #41
one old man's opinion is just that. spanone Sep 2012 #42
This is not going set well with all the folks wishing he'd played the GOP. Lone_Star_Dem Sep 2012 #43
"...the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people,” he said to the chair. nt LaydeeBug Sep 2012 #45
I sat quietly through his performance, and truthfully, GallopingGhost Sep 2012 #46
According to a friend of mine, Democrats paid Eastwood to do what he Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #48
He's become fully "Hestoned" mikeytherat Sep 2012 #49
Bigger than people thinking an actor is a badass just because of his movies? JHB Sep 2012 #50
doubling down, eh? shanti Sep 2012 #51
I think "you're arguing with an empty chair" should replace "that's a strawman" muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #52
May his new movie tank spectacularly. Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #54
LOL. mnhtnbb Sep 2012 #61
Somebody has to ask him about the birth certificate.....nt msanthrope Sep 2012 #55
As if his movies about a middle aged white guy going around punking young minority men craigmatic Sep 2012 #56
Eastwood is just a crazy old man, as opposed to Chuck Norris, qb Sep 2012 #57
Fuck you Mr. Eastwood. liberalmuse Sep 2012 #58
Clint was on the "respect the President" bandwagon when Bush was in power. Dawson Leery Sep 2012 #59
Clint, you should have stayed home and yelled at people to get off your lawn. mnhtnbb Sep 2012 #60
"Right turn, Clyde" OhioChick Sep 2012 #64
Frankly Mr. Eastwood... AsahinaKimi Sep 2012 #66

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
1. "aiming for the people in the middle" ... by CHANNELING the craziest of the far right.
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:14 AM
Sep 2012

An old white guy shouting at an imaginary Obama. That's the Tea Party personified.

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
2. Wait,
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:15 AM
Sep 2012

is Clint pissed?

If Clint Eastwood speaks, is he going to talk about the auto bailout?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021233978

Obama’s Response To Clint Eastwood Was The Most RT’d Tweet Of RNC
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021254329

 

a geek named Bob

(2,715 posts)
3. So much fail...
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:15 AM
Sep 2012

Watching the Eastwood speech...

Al I got out of it was that the GOP took a confused and tired old man, and forced him to do a dance.

Watching his old movies are going to have a tinge of sadness.

Botany

(70,490 posts)
4. “President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people,”
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:15 AM
Sep 2012

Why don't you ask bin Laden if Obama is a hoax Clint.



corkhead

(6,119 posts)
44. This picture is going to make the 2012 highlight reel and will be remembered for decades
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:15 AM
Sep 2012

Clint has also sealed his legacy with this one too.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
6. *sigh*
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:17 AM
Sep 2012

So it appears he's delusional after all.

How sad. He's fixated on Obama, and can't see that they people he's supporting will make the country far, far worse, much, much faster.

Iris

(15,652 posts)
9. He has truly lost it.
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:18 AM
Sep 2012

He needs to just stop now. His new movie looks stupid. His ridiculous family look like a bunch of babies on their reality show. It's time for him to just fade into obscurity and maybe he can be remembered for some of the decent movies he made. Or, maybe, if he really cares about being political, someone will remember him for his time as mayor of Carmel.

Lucy Goosey

(2,940 posts)
10. Just because he wasn't in your chair, Clint, doesn't mean he's not real.
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:19 AM
Sep 2012

Hoax? What does that even mean?

CreekDog

(46,192 posts)
13. looks like I have one less movie to see
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:20 AM
Sep 2012

i never let his politics steer me away from his movies before, but now his mean-ness is going to distract me and keep me from enjoying his movie about baseball --and i love baseball movies in general.

but not this time.

sorry Clint, it's too much for me.

LibGranny

(711 posts)
18. I never thought he was a good actor - all his movies had the same format, theme, just named his
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:22 AM
Sep 2012

characters different! He was a good director for Million dollar Baby but other than that - he can stay in California and promote his wife's stupid reality show! Doesn't he realize why she married him?

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
19. actually the lefties loved it immensely
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:25 AM
Sep 2012

the ones who were wincing backstage were the Romney people.

Laxman

(2,419 posts)
21. "Aiming at the People in the Middle" ?
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:29 AM
Sep 2012

With what, his "Dirty Harry" .357 magnum or his "Josey Wales" long rifle? I guess its true. Delusional people never realize that they're delusional.

KarenS

(4,073 posts)
23. What a sad, sick, bitter, ungrateful old man he is,,,,
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:32 AM
Sep 2012

makes me sad, I used to "love" him when I was younger.

fugop

(1,828 posts)
24. So sad
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:32 AM
Sep 2012

When did Clint turn into Jon Voigt? I'm really baffled by this. I knew he was a Republican, but I guess I assumed he was an Arnold type California Republican. When did he morph into one of the true crazies? I didin't link to read the whole thing, but did he ask President Obama to show his birth certificate?

Thanks a lot, Clint, for ruining your movies for me. I hadn't realized you were the character at the beginning of "Gran Torino." Just ... wow.

Johonny

(20,833 posts)
26. Can't wait for the anti-Billy Beane baseball movie coming out soon.
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:33 AM
Sep 2012

The one where grizzled scouts are better than using math and science to evaluate talent. Of course it isn't what all modern baseball GMs do (or heck even some old ones from Clints Hey days) but you know Clint knows imaginary best. Should be a good one Clint. If Clint thinks he made real digs at Obama or the left policy he is nuts. He still doesn't get half the attacks were really negatives about the GOP. At this point it is just sad. Yet a funny kind of sad.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
30. "irritated a lot of lefties"
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:36 AM
Sep 2012


Clint, baby, you gave this lefty a lot of laughs at your expense, you dumbass.

You were a fool on that stage...a world-class fool. And I, along with millions of other people, laughed at you for being such a fool.

nolabear

(41,959 posts)
31. First a chair, now a pinecone. Meanwhile, Obama addresses millions.
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:36 AM
Sep 2012

Clint, meet Sarah, your new BFF over here in the padded area.

DinahMoeHum

(21,783 posts)
33. Eastwood, sadly, has devolved into a "second-rate punk"
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:41 AM
Sep 2012

when it comes to anything outside of movie directing.




(that phrase is from the movie "Where Eagles Dare&quot

LeftinOH

(5,354 posts)
34. Some old Hollywood legends fade gracfully into the cinema firmament and
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:41 AM
Sep 2012

stay with us forever (think Jimmy Stewart or Kate Hepburn). Clint is sullying his legend during his remaining twilight years with this grumpy old man schtick.

TlalocW

(15,380 posts)
36. "irritated a lot of the lefties" and "aiming for people in the middle"
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:45 AM
Sep 2012

You failed on both counts. We on the left were amused almost beyond our capacity for amusement. The middle was confused and recognized your chair pit as the grade school shit it was.

The praise you're getting is from the right-wing echo chamber who would rush to defend Rush Limbaugh eating a kitten on national television.

TlalocW

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
37. All this support for Rmoney and Ryan probably has nothing to do with
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:46 AM
Sep 2012

Eastwood's net worth of 375 million would it?

madokie

(51,076 posts)
38. Hey Clint
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:47 AM
Sep 2012

just cause you played big boy bad ass in the movies don't make you one.
Actually his stunt, and thats what it was, has shown him as he really is, disconnected, convoluted and crazy as a loon. screw eastwood

he and jr won't have to worry about the money they make off me cause they ain't either gonna make a red cent from this ol boy ever again.

Bluerthanblue

(13,669 posts)
40. I think he's just doing this for publicity,
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:54 AM
Sep 2012

for his new movie, and because he's pissed that he came off as such an ass.

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
41. Also some people thought he deliberately punked Romney
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:57 AM
Sep 2012

with some performance art.

I must admit, I'm disappointed, I thought it was better when his motives were ambiguous, that's the sign of a true artist.

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)
43. This is not going set well with all the folks wishing he'd played the GOP.
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:02 AM
Sep 2012

I'm not surprised, but I am disgusted. He's a real pompous old ass.

GallopingGhost

(2,404 posts)
46. I sat quietly through his performance, and truthfully,
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:22 AM
Sep 2012

I think he has Alzheimer's, or the beginnings of it.

mikeytherat

(6,829 posts)
49. He's become fully "Hestoned"
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:42 AM
Sep 2012

Chuck Heston went from civil rights marcher to paranoid and exploited right-wing loon. Seems Clint is following in those footsteps.

mikey_the_rat

JHB

(37,158 posts)
50. Bigger than people thinking an actor is a badass just because of his movies?
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:51 AM
Sep 2012

It's amazing how awesome you can be (and how clearly venal, cowardly, insane, or purely evil your antagonists can be) when the script says so.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,306 posts)
52. I think "you're arguing with an empty chair" should replace "that's a strawman"
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:55 AM
Sep 2012

The stunt was to allow him to make up his own responses and claim they were representative of Obama. Eastwood, in many ways, lied even more than Ryan did.

 

craigmatic

(4,510 posts)
56. As if his movies about a middle aged white guy going around punking young minority men
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 12:00 PM
Sep 2012

with a gun are based on reality.

qb

(5,924 posts)
57. Eastwood is just a crazy old man, as opposed to Chuck Norris,
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 12:03 PM
Sep 2012

who is a batshit-crazy old man. May they soon fade into obscurity.

I've seen the preview for his new flick, and I'm not convinced a series of monotone raspy one-liners will make for an entertaining movie.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
59. Clint was on the "respect the President" bandwagon when Bush was in power.
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 12:26 PM
Sep 2012

He can go to hell with the country "music" gang who demanded the same.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
66. Frankly Mr. Eastwood...
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 01:09 PM
Sep 2012

I don't care what you think. We have a ton of celebrities who are far, far better than you.

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