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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 03:10 PM Sep 2012

Clint Eastwood: Romney is 'dumb enough'

Clint Eastwood: Romney is 'dumb enough'

by Kaili Joy Gray

Another ringing endorsement for Mitt Romney:

"If somebody is dumb enough to ask me to go to political convention and say something, they're gonna have to take what they get," said Eastwood in an interview Tuesday with the television show "Extra" about the convention speech that won rave reviews, puzzled looks and slacked jaws.

Remember, Clint Eastwood didn't want to have a "a written-out speech" because his big, hyped-all-week-long surprise appearance was "supposed to be a contrast with all the scripted speeches, because I’m Joe Citizen." And the Romney campaign was "dumb enough" to think that was a great idea:

(Top strategist Stuart) Stevens and his team loved the idea of the tough-talking American icon greeting the millions of viewers tuning in to the main event. But Eastwood, unlike every other speaker at the tightly controlled convention, had free rein to say or do whatever he wanted without the campaign’s approval. Eastwood has said just minutes before going live, he was handed a chair to sit on, which he promptly decided should become a prop in his speech.

Many in the Romney high command watched in fury. Later, a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found that for many voters — especially independents and casual viewers, exactly the ones convention organizers hoped to reach — the Eastwood skit, not Romney’s speech, was the highlight of the convention.

Romney now has his own hand-picked American icon calling him dumb. Well played, Mitt. Well played.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/18/1133462/-Clint-Eastwood-Romney-is-dumb-enough



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pinto

(106,886 posts)
5. Kind of blows a hole in the much touted Romney "management experience" meme...
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 03:22 PM
Sep 2012

Romney and Stevens bailed on their speech writing team just prior to the RNC convention and decided to wing it for Romney's address. And chose not to vet or at least review Eastwood's speech.

"If somebody is dumb enough to ask me to go to political convention and say something, they're gonna have to take what they get," said Eastwood...

Leadership? Yeah, failed leadership.

monmouth

(21,078 posts)
7. Is Clint covering his own ass for the stupidest performance ever? Maybe he didn't like the
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 04:36 PM
Sep 2012

lack of applause he got from the media and the rest of us and is trying to save face. Just a thought.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
9. Every time Eastwood has opened his mouth he has made Romney and Co look like utter imbeciles.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 05:38 PM
Sep 2012

I suppose it could be just coincidence.

On the other hand an iconic movie actor, producer and director may have forgotten more about PR than #romneyshambles will ever know.





lunatica

(53,410 posts)
13. Clint is the only person who has told Romeny to go fuck himself and convinced everyone that
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 06:18 PM
Sep 2012

an empty chair said it.

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