Clint Eastwood to speak at RNC Convention by whozit

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Originally posted by Kwicko:

Is he unaware that Romney has a law degree from the very same Harvard Law School that Obama's degree came from?

Clint's old now, and he's in default mode from his early Republican days. Kind of like malfunctioning auto-pilot. He's right that Obama's not gotten things done as well we would have liked, but he thinks Romney will be better?

That's just sad.

I still like Firefox.

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 10:27 AM

JONGSSTRAW

The Outlaw Josie Wales
Kelly's Heroes
Gran Torino
Unforgiven
Pale Rider
In The Line Of Fire
Dirty Harry
Million Dollar Baby
etc.
etc.
etc.

Not too shabby a career! And much of his best work came later in his life, which is not the norm. I mean he was doing Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino while some of his fellow iconic actors like DeNiro and Hoffman were grabbing paychecks for the Fockers go se. Granted, their early works were stellar, and far superior to anything Eastwood did in those days, but over time 'ole Clint kept creeping up on them.

Hmmm, better than Reuben's.
..One more.
Ben!
..My last one.
Okay.

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 10:50 AM

MAL4PREZ

Anyone see Stewart open a can of AWESOME over this? He had a special Friday episode, and the first segment is brilliant.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/fri-august-31-2012-

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 11:10 AM

HERO

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
It saddens me that Clint suffers dementia, it REALLY does... I love so many of his movies... *cry*

It's sad your so bias against the elderly.

I note for the record that Mr. Eastwood continues to act, produce, and direct really great movies. in fact some of his most acclaimed work on both sides of the camera have been in recent years.

He's a guy that has made a variety of appearances in recent weeks, if you think that whole bit including hair, suit, etc wasn't contrived...your not giving the man his due. He was clearly going for an anti-hollywood liberal for contrast.

H

Hero...must be right on all of this. ALL of the rest of us are wrong. Chrisisall, 2012

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 12:01 PM

FREMDFIRMA

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Michele Bachmann debating a table? My money's on the table.

Yeeeeah, okayletsgowiththat....
*laughs*

-F

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 1:56 PM

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Originally posted by Hero:

It's sad your so bias against the elderly.

Being elderly can be equated with being inebriated- would you drive when drunk? Clint winging a goofy speech on the fly when he clearly wasn't capable was like that. Maybe his reasoning is more or less intact, maybe he can still direct & act, but 'winging' isn't something he can do anymore. Like I can't do a front handspring anymore. Not bias, just reality. He ended up insulting himself more than Obama, and THAT was embarrassing.

I still like Firefox.

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 2:03 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Hero:

It's sad your so bias against the elderly.

Being elderly can be equated with being inebriated- would you drive when drunk? Clint winging a goofy speech on the fly when he clearly wasn't capable was like that. Maybe his reasoning is more or less intact, maybe he can still direct & act, but 'winging' isn't something he can do anymore. Like I can't do a front handspring anymore. Not bias, just reality. He ended up insulting himself more than Obama, and THAT was embarrassing.

Exactly. "The Outlaw Josey Wales" remains among my very favorite movies. But ad-lib and improv just ain't Clint's cup of joe, and he's a bit long in the tooth to start now. That performance was an embarrassment to his fine legacy.

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 2:11 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
"The Outlaw Josey Wales" remains among my very favorite movies.

That was great. High Plains Drifter was also very good IMO. And Any Which Way You Can was hi-larious.

Chrisisall, wearing a frilly Mal thing on his head, and ready to shoot unarmed, full-body armoured Orangutans

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 2:32 PM

HERO

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Hero:

It's sad your so bias against the elderly.

Being elderly can be equated with being inebriated- would you drive when drunk?

That is one of the most bias statements I've ever heard. Next you'll be saying something about legitimate rape.

H

Hero...must be right on all of this. ALL of the rest of us are wrong. Chrisisall, 2012

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 2:53 PM

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Originally posted by Hero:

That is one of the most bias statements I've ever heard.

Wow, you have a computer that reads you the posts out loud? That IS the only way you'd hear it, correct?
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Next you'll be saying something about legitimate rape.
Yes, I will. The government has the right to f**k you at will.

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 5:42 PM

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Originally posted by Hero:

Next you'll be saying something about legitimate rape.

We'll leave that to you and your buddy Akin, since you seem to be in such agreement with him on the concept.

Oh, and the word you're looking for is "biased". A statement can HAVE a "bias" or SHOW a "bias", or it can BE "biased". I find it amusing that someone who claims to have gotten through law school cannot speak basic English. Either you're lying about the law degree, or you went to the worst law school on the planet. Or maybe "intellegence" doesn't have anything to do with being a lawyer, especially one who leeches of the public tit.

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 6:28 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Or maybe "intellegence" doesn't have anything to do with being a lawyer, especially one who leeches of the public tit.

That's one of the most bias things I've ever read here. Hero's by-ass is above reproach. Buying-ass is a bi-partisan activity. His biomass is irrefutable. Ask his lapdancers about his thighmass.

Hero is a lawyer like I'm a Shaolin monk.

Chrisisall, wearing a frilly Mal thing on his head, and ready to shoot unarmed, full-body armoured tight-asses

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 6:39 PM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Back to the original point...

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Meanwhile the Democrats will have a bunch of phoney lying race baiting freaks speaking at their convention.

Given Eastwood's performance, I think that would be something of an improvement. Not that the Repubs didn't already have phony, lying race-baiting freaks speaking at their convention (looking at YOU, Ryan!)

I watched the whole video and it was a truly cringe-worthy performance which is an embarrassment to Mr Eastwood, the RNC, and the entire national audience. Out of respect for Mr Eastwood's past career and in deference to his age, I won't say any more about the topic.

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 6:46 PM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Out of respect for Mr Eastwood's past career and in deference to his age, I won't say any more about the topic.

How sly-ass.

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 6:49 PM

Sorry, is my 'Hero' BS resentment-of-a-phoney factor showing too much?

Okay, I'll stop.

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Saturday, September 1, 2012 6:59 PM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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How sly-ass.

My stock-in-trade!

Well, OK, I WILL say a little bit more. I remember Eastwood as Rowdy Yates on Rawhide, not many ppl here can say that. I like a lot of his movies, especially Gran Torino but even that movie played to comfortable white prejudices. But I think you get to a certain point in a mainly successful career you start to think you can do ANYTHING successfully, and nobody is there to tell you..."No, it's not gonna work"

Anyway, this whole thing is a tempest in a teapot. I was just poking at ZIT for being a fucking bonehead...trying to ride on Eastwood's coattails like the jackass that he is, and then getting dumped in the mud. Bravo!

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Sunday, September 2, 2012 1:21 AM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Back to the original point...

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Meanwhile the Democrats will have a bunch of phoney lying race baiting freaks speaking at their convention.
Given Eastwood's performance, I think that would be something of an improvement. Not that the Repubs didn't already have phony, lying race-baiting freaks speaking at their convention (looking at YOU, Ryan!)

I watched the whole video and it was a truly cringe-worthy performance which is an embarrassment to Mr Eastwood, the RNC, and the entire national audience. Out of respect for Mr Eastwood's past career and in deference to his age, I won't say any more about the topic.

And apparently the GOP had a very well-done, very humanizing video presentation on Mitt Romney that was going to air, but then they yanked it in order to put an old man yelling at a chair in the primetime spot.

Think someone got fired for that decision?

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Sunday, September 2, 2012 1:50 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

I swear Mitt looked at the clusterfuck that Bush created and Obama kept going and ... in his heart of hearts... he decided he really really doesn't want the job! How else do you account for such consistent miscalculations at critical points?

But I guess my question is... Okay, now what's OBAMA gonna say? Hope and change? Been there. I'm going to slow the rise of the seas and start the healing of the planet"? Done that. I'm going to change the way Washington works? Got the T-shirt and mug!

The only thing that Obama can say is that he doesn't suck as bad as Romney, but all he's doing is treading water, trying not to piss off the money-men and the military too much, and STILL sticking our troops in every possible location in the world. That isn't going to fix what ails us!

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Sunday, September 2, 2012 3:21 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER

Off topic, but in response to the above post, I once had an argument with my brother in law about that very thing. He sees himself as being a totally self made man who has done it all alone. Granted his family has given little financial support, but hewas given access to books and information, and an open learning environment. He was encouraged to go on to further studies and to be successful. I believe no man is an island, that those people who have succeded in envrironments where the odds were stacked against them, had some support, a mentor, a good school teacher, access to a grant or an opportunity.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012 1:06 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

"Michele Bachmann debating a table? My money's on the table"

This is a great thread to come back to...lots of chortles; well done, guys!

JS, in my opinion "Granted, their early works were stellar, and far superior to anything Eastwood did" period. I never saw Eastwood do ANYTHING to compare to those two--he was fantastic at what he did, but I never saw him stretch himself (sorry, his attempts to comedy fell flat for me) and I consider him a "character actor" only.

"He was clearly going for an anti-hollywood liberal for contrast" Say whaaaa? How does making a fool of yourself in front of thousands of people (and million more watching at home) do anything like that? Oh, wait, I forgot...there must be SOME logical explanation other than Eastwood being senile, that can never be true! Keep trying.

Ahhh, Chris, good to see you back in form. "Kind of like malfunctioning auto-pilot." Perfect. "Hero is a lawyer like I'm a Shaolin monk."

And Mike, nice piss-take on "bias". You about covered it.

Sign, "I remember Eastwood as Rowdy Yates on Rawhide , not many ppl here can say that." I do. And it's still on one of our cable channels! I love catching it and thinking back to those times, and what a hunk he was back then!

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I think you get to a certain point in a mainly successful career you start to think you can do ANYTHING successfully, and nobody is there to tell you... "No, it's not gonna work"

Absofuckinglootely! One might mention Lloyd Bridges and his push-ups, remember that? Or could murmur Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen under one's breath. Some people should stay BEHIND the camera after a certain age, in my opinion...

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I swear Mitt looked at the clusterfuck that Bush created and Obama kept going and ... in his heart of hearts... he decided he really really doesn't want the job! How else do you account for such consistent miscalculations at critical points?

Amusing theory! Nothing else seems to me to account for all the incompetence, when I've always considered the Republicans FAR more competent at getting elected...

What can Obama say? Damned little--there's lots he COULD say and could DO, too, but only if the Republicans gave up on their "Party of No" mantra and re-learned the word "compromise".

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The only thing that Obama can say is that he doesn't suck as bad as Romney, but all he's doing is treading water, trying not to piss off the money-men and the military too much, and STILL sticking our troops in every possible location in the world. That isn't going to fix what ails us!

I agree, except he's not STICKING our troops in anywhere, far as I know. Those that are already THERE, he's not pulling out fast enough for my liking, but he made a good effort not to involve us in Lybia, has held off on Syria and I've not heard him talking about anywhere else. On the other hand, Romney is clear that he doesn't think we should pull out of Afghanistan, and is talking hawkish on Iran (and even, in a way, RUSSIA!). I see quite a difference between the two.

I don't think you'd have seen the things Obama did done by a Republican...nor the things he TRIED to do. And from what Romney/Ryan CLAIM they will do, and what Republican lawmakers on the state level HAVE done, I'll take Obama any day of the week, thank you!

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