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2016 Postmortem

Brigid

(17,621 posts) Fri Aug 31, 2012, 09:48 PM Aug 2012

Watching clips of Clint Eastwood from last night on Ed and Rachel...

Heartbreaking. I have seen nursing home patients more lucid than that. Seriously.

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Watching clips of Clint Eastwood from last night on Ed and Rachel... (Original Post) Brigid Aug 2012 OP

Some have said he was spoofing the American political process, he did make fun of republicans RKP5637 Aug 2012 #1

Anything's possible. Brigid Aug 2012 #2

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)

1. Some have said he was spoofing the American political process, he did make fun of republicans

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:04 PM

Aug 2012

and democrats, the political process, and ... of all things, a talking chair. It must have been a convention first. Also, some have said he was also promoting his film coming out in September. See: http://www.insomniacmania.com/news/17712/clint-eastwood-still-making-films-his-80s

He's an actor, I'm still not so sure this wasn't the ultimate punk.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)

2. Anything's possible.

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:39 PM

Aug 2012

But I used to work in a nursing home. If it was an act, it was awfully convincing.

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