Anonymous
Post 09/04/2012 08:38     Subject: Re:Eastwood
Anonymous wrote:Takoma here -- liberal and proud of it. But I'm an admirer of Peggy Noonan because she sometimes tells the truth even if it does not fit the day's party line. So I was interested to see her take on Clint:
Night three was good in different ways. The Friends of Mitt who showed up to speak for him painted a better picture of his personal virtues than has ever been painted. The Romney family film was beautiful and touching. Clint Eastwood was funny, endearing—"Oprah was crying"—and carries his own kind of cultural authority. "It's time for somebody else to come along and solve the problem." He was free-form, interesting—you didn't quite know what was going to come next—strange and, in the end, kind of exhilarating. Talk about icons. The crowd yelling, "Make my day," was one of the great convention moments, ever.

The article is ion the WSJ website: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443618604577622492547537590.html


I am a dem and will definitely be voting for Obama, but I did not think he was that bad. The problem for Romney is that that's all the media has been talking about. Not about the Romney speech or the video, but Eastwood. That was not good.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2012 18:54     Subject: Re:Eastwood
Anonymous wrote:
I guess one of the very few in Hollywood. They were desperate to have someone.


Wasn't Bruce Willis available? Or Patricia Heaton? Cuz, I think those are the other two conservatives in Hollywood.


Or Drew Carey, or Angie Harmon, or Gary Sinise...


Sinise is a Republican?

There goes my crush.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2012 20:43     Subject: Re:Eastwood
Anonymous wrote:
I guess one of the very few in Hollywood. They were desperate to have someone.


Wasn't Bruce Willis available? Or Patricia Heaton? Cuz, I think those are the other two conservatives in Hollywood.


Or Drew Carey, or Angie Harmon, or Gary Sinise...

Not such a good move for an actor to become a politicians mascot. But fine if your career is over. Other serious names need to be more cautious.
How will romney be better than obama, what are his plans, why no details?
My guess is that he will be hated in the end
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2012 20:55     Subject: Re:Eastwood

I guess one of the very few in Hollywood. They were desperate to have someone.


Wasn't Bruce Willis available? Or Patricia Heaton? Cuz, I think those are the other two conservatives in Hollywood.


Or Drew Carey, or Angie Harmon, or Gary Sinise...
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2012 20:50     Subject: Eastwood
He's been playing curmudgeons lately. Maybe it's not acting.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2012 20:33     Subject: Eastwood
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am not a republican and I don't support R/R, but I just watched a clip of his speech and I thought he was endearing.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?


If others saw him the way I did ("aw, look at that cute old grandpa, on the big ol' important stage, fumbling with his speech a bit, he's so lovable, etc.") and gives them a reason to consider voting for R/R, then it's a bad thing IMO.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2012 20:22     Subject: Eastwood
Anonymous wrote:I am not a republican and I don't support R/R, but I just watched a clip of his speech and I thought he was endearing.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2012 20:10     Subject: Eastwood
I am not a republican and I don't support R/R, but I just watched a clip of his speech and I thought he was endearing.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2012 19:47     Subject: Re:Eastwood
Get a Chrysler. And get off my damn lawn.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/328538
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2012 19:36     Subject: Eastwood
Anonymous wrote:I guess one of the very few in Hollywood. They were desperate to have someone.


Wasn't Bruce Willis available? Or Patricia Heaton? Cuz, I think those are the other two conservatives in Hollywood.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2012 18:43     Subject: Eastwood
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just another gaffe for the Republican party. Can't even keep track of all the screw-ups in this election period alone. Sad to see Eastwood look so old and almost senile. Funny thing is he used to be considered somewhat of a feminist sympathizer due to some of the Dirty Harry movies.


I don't know how old you are, but I've found myself really appreciating older people--hearing their opinions (whether I agree or not) that are formed by life's experiences and also admiring their gutsiness for "getting out there" and give it their all.
I agree with you about older people. I just didn't think this was the greatest example of wisdom from experience. JMHO.


PP here. I agree about his performance not being the best example, but I didn't view him as acting senile--just sort of "rambly."
PPP here and thank you for your respectful reply. I have to admit, I'm a Democrat so I wouldn't agree with the message even if it had been delivered respectfully and succinctly. I'm just sad because I do respect Clint Eastwood as an actor and a director so I guess I always want him to appear to be a sort of superhero Dirty Harry. Not last night. No disrespect to older people in general. When I consider the alternative, I hope I'll be one of them.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2012 18:41     Subject: Re:Eastwood
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's simple target marketing. When you want to sell something, you use a spokesperson the audience can relate to.

82-year-old white men are all the GOP has left.


Hmmm . . . do you think the Democrats relate to Biden?


Not sure how that's a parallel, since Biden is 68 and the Vice President, not a much-touted high-profile "mystery guest" recruited to get people watching the convention.

But, fuck yeah. Biden's totally cool.



Not my idea of "totally cool" but glad you think so, since he's the Democrats' choice for vice-president and will be expressing the views of his party before various groups. The comment that "82 year old white men are all the GOP has left" makes no more sense than saying that 62 year old white men are all the Democrats have left.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2012 18:39     Subject: Eastwood
Takoma again. I'm not as old as Clint, but if plunked on a podium, realizing that the words were not flowing as I had expected, I would get pretty flustered. So I sympathize with him, but I don't see how Noonan managed to be so positive about a performance I found so painful.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2012 18:36     Subject: Re:Eastwood
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's simple target marketing. When you want to sell something, you use a spokesperson the audience can relate to.

82-year-old white men are all the GOP has left.


Hmmm . . . do you think the Democrats relate to Biden?


Not sure how that's a parallel, since Biden is 68 and the Vice President, not a much-touted high-profile "mystery guest" recruited to get people watching the convention.

But, fuck yeah. Biden's totally cool.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2012 18:35     Subject: Eastwood
Anonymous wrote:He's been acting for sixty years. What other xplanation is there r going onstage, on atonal television, without having his shit together? Booze?


Age