Republicans claim Clint Eastwood was unscripted...

[CoffeeCat]

...and that they had no idea he was going to say and do the things he did--including talking to an "Invisible Obama."

If that is true, then why was there an empty chair on the stage, right next to the podium where Eastwood was speaking?

Looks as though this was a prop that Eastwood requested. There was no chair on stage during any other speech.

[Fresh_Start]

1. more Romney management expertise on display

wrong people
wrong message

[Frustratedlady]

2. Sheesh! They even lie about an empty chair? eom

[progressivebydesign]

3. Perhaps they were expecting a lap dance, with Sheldon Adelson in the chair. hmmm. n/t

[nc4bo]

4. No matter how hard they try, can't take it back. Nosirree!! nt

[yardwork]

5. Why in the world would they send somebody out without a script?

How would Mitt handle the 3 am phone call if he can't script a speaker at his own convention?

[tjdee]

6. That's been their thing with ALL the speakers "they didn't tell me what to say, just gave me the min

utes"...

best way to have the best clusterfuck. Good going guys!

I would NEVER not know what people were going to say in a public arena where they were supposed to be representing me, and I'm not trying to run a country.

Worst. Convention. Ever.

[lpbk2713]

7. They're rethuglicans. When they can't distort or exaggerate ...

they just lie their asses off. Just like Faux Snooze.

[MrScorpio]

8. Any explanation that they give will be invariably bad

If they say that it was unscripted, you're correct, it doesn't explain the reason for the chair that was placed on stage before his presentation. Which actually means that they knew and it makes them look incompetent, because he could have said ANYTHING and that would mean that they've lost complete control of their convention.

If they knew what he was going to do, down to the doddering old man rambling act and they green lit it, it still makes them incompetent, because they allowed him to upstage to two most important speeches of the entire convention.

It was three days of shambling ugliness, that's the kind of ship that Romney captains.

[spanone]

9. because they lie.