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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI missed the Eastwood moment,
was working at a phone bank.
Judging by some remarks I've seen and heard, it didn't go well?
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I missed the Eastwood moment, (Original Post)
madamesilverspurs
Aug 2012
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hlthe2b
(102,298 posts)1. I'm still cringing. 'Wish I could wipe that from my memory bank, frankly...
It was truly an embarrassment for Eastwood.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)2. The GOP tried proving they weren't crazy by having a crazy guy talk to an empty chair.
And because of it no one in America paid attention to Romney's speech.
Sparkly
(24,149 posts)3. Oh, it went very well.
avebury
(10,952 posts)11. If you like the
bizarre.
spanone
(135,846 posts)4. video
Lefta Dissenter
(6,622 posts)12. Thanks for the link
I had missed it, too.
What a sad little man he is.
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)5. lucky you
charmay
(525 posts)6. agreed-be glad you missed it.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)7. Jaw dropping.
The only part of this convention that got my complete attention.
--imm
rug
(82,333 posts)8. So did he.
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)9. Depends what you mean by "well."
He sure diverted attention from Rubio and Romney, and maybe that was the idea. Who knows with these nutjobs.
avebury
(10,952 posts)10. It did not take long at all for some smart person
to set up a twitter account for InvisibleObama, which last I knew, had over 21,000 followers. There were a lot of people playing with or reading all the tweets versus paying a whole lot of attention to Rubio or Romney. If you get a chance go look it up.