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EarlG

(21,949 posts)
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:37 PM Aug 2012

Pic Of The Moment: The Biggest Speech Of Mitt Romney's Political Career




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Pic Of The Moment: The Biggest Speech Of Mitt Romney's Political Career (Original Post) EarlG Aug 2012 OP
Who taught invisible Obama to say "Go fuck yourself?" Invisible Cheney? MADem Aug 2012 #1
It's actually Invisible Clint in that chair, pretending to be Invisible Obama. Voice for Peace Aug 2012 #18
republicans are the personification of dementia southmost Aug 2012 #2
republicans kardonb Aug 2012 #22
oh I can't wait for stephanie miller in the morning proud patriot Aug 2012 #3
Well, they are trying to run against a make-believe Obama RedStateLiberal Aug 2012 #4
Bizarre and sad. Who in the RNC thought of this? pinto Aug 2012 #5
There's only one explanation .. flamingdem Aug 2012 #11
It was brilliant Clint!!! Pachamama Aug 2012 #23
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! Cha Aug 2012 #6
The most bizarre way to promote a movie EVER! SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2012 #7
Oh, that picture is just sad Merlot Aug 2012 #8
I know ...... he looked so frail I kept wishing someone would slide that chair polly7 Aug 2012 #14
Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #9
talk to the chair Troll ! lunasun Aug 2012 #10
"I can't tell him to do that," Eastwood responded. aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2012 #12
Clint should have taken his own advice Peaceful Protester Aug 2012 #13
think it was needed PatrynXX Aug 2012 #19
Dirty Harry is a few pickles short of a quart. magic59 Aug 2012 #15
Talking to an empty chair while supporting an empty suit. alfredo Aug 2012 #16
And boom goes the dynamite--that sums it up! nt MADem Aug 2012 #20
Romney, Mr excitement. alfredo Aug 2012 #28
He's no James Stewart PatrynXX Aug 2012 #17
yeah heaven05 Aug 2012 #25
Was he drunk? Peaceful Protester Aug 2012 #21
The verdict is in... pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #24
Rmoney invited the man on the left (pic) but ... Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #26
He had to come with his invisibility cloak: Black skin would have kept him out! DebJ Aug 2012 #27

pinto

(106,886 posts)
5. Bizarre and sad. Who in the RNC thought of this?
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:54 PM
Aug 2012

Did they really have to enlist an aging and stumbling actor to add some "star appeal" to their show? Clint may be fine with it all, but I thought it was an embarrassing glimpse at Republican ethics or at least their lack of simple common sense.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
23. It was brilliant Clint!!!
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:44 AM
Aug 2012

Everyone will be talking about Clint tomorrow and not Romney....Brilliant, just f*cking brilliant Clint...

Clint....you went ahead and made my day!!!!

Cha

(297,323 posts)
6. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:58 PM
Aug 2012

Tweet found on the obama diary..

My mom just texted with orders on what to do if she ever starts mumbling to invisible chairs. #RNC

Invisible Obama
@InvisibleObama Someone should tell Marco Rubio he's standing on my foot right now.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
8. Oh, that picture is just sad
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:59 PM
Aug 2012

Who let eastwood do this?

And I'm not even an eastwood fan, but can't help but feel sad for him.

Well, sad until I think about what he's doing and saying...then I realize the repub anger knows no limits.

polly7

(20,582 posts)
14. I know ...... he looked so frail I kept wishing someone would slide that chair
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:30 AM
Aug 2012

in behind him so he could sit. I don't think Invisible Obama would have minded. The commentary and tweets are hilarious!, but it's still sad an 82 y/o man was imo used this way. They had to have known what he was going to say.

Response to EarlG (Original post)

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
12. "I can't tell him to do that," Eastwood responded.
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:25 AM
Aug 2012

"He can't do that to himself."

To me it kind of sounded like a roundabout way by Eastwood to tell Romney to go fuck himself while making it come out of the mouth of invisible Obama. And he did it to the cheers and laughs of the republicans. I'm not sure what the exact intention was but the image of Romney being told to go fuck himself is what I came away with. Looking back on it, I'm not sure this wasn't a goof on Romney and the idiots in the audience.

Peaceful Protester

(280 posts)
13. Clint should have taken his own advice
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:30 AM
Aug 2012

(Clint Eastwood discussing the rape scene in High Plains Drifter, from Clint Eastwood, a Biography, by Richard Schickel, p. 292)

Schickel: Why do you think this scene is included in the film? What purpose do you feel it serves? Do you think this scene should have been eliminated from the film? Why or why not?

Eastwood: I might do it differently if I were making it now. I might omit that.

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
19. think it was needed
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:50 AM
Aug 2012

now was the rape scene needed in the video game Phantamagoria 1. Probably not. can't remember if it was attempted rape or not. 1995 FMV game. Was a good horror game though. Kept getting my head split open. Ouch. Course the sequel had to go a step further. was close to being rated A for the full frontal nudity dream as he ripped her guts out. on nice chest , but she is having stomach pains. But the scene in High Plains Drifter was needed... 1. whoever he was ghost or not , wasn't a nice guy 2. it was shown for punishment for the town standing by while thugs murdered the sheriff. 2 wrongs don't make it right but it's a movie. What? are we all pro Joe Liberman now? sheesh.

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
17. He's no James Stewart
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:45 AM
Aug 2012

if he wants to talk to a rabbit fine.. maybe they thought that black impersonator was going to show up. See on Huffpo they say he lost it. Seriously? and everyone but Rice hasn't? I see Rice as a possible president someday although trying to say things like we need debt help while her arch nemesis Dick Whiney says America can't function without a working debt..... seemed stretched. But compared to Chris Christie, he's harmless. Need to lighten up.. So he's a right leaning Libertarian and I'm a left leaning libertarian. Not really gonna hold it against him. Jon Voight yes that I probably will.. R Lee Ermey? no won't hold what he said against him. um aflack's duck's voice the asians didn't hold it against him. only the the company did. This isn't exactly Mitt the Birther hey it's a joke moment.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
25. yeah
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 07:13 AM
Aug 2012

i went to a libertarian meeting ONCE, was not impressed with any there. They don't know squat about liberty for all americans just as it applies to their self-serving, small minded ends

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