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Obama not offended by Clint Eastwood’s convention antics
It probably didn’t make his day, but Barack Obama appears to harbour no grudge against Clint Eastwood for the actor’s bizarre attack on him during the Republican National Convention. In an interview with USA Today, the president diplomatically referred to the ageing Hollywood legend as a “great actor, and an…
Chris Hayes notes Romney’s silence on Afghanistan
One interesting thing about Clint Eastwood’s bizarre appearance at the Republican National Convention, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes said on Up With Chris Hayes Saturday, was that Eastwood explicitly mentioned the U.S. war in Afghanistan, something the party’s presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, didn’t discuss at all. Eastwood stumbled his way through criticizing…
Maddow: Eastwood’s RNC ‘meltdown’ was a ‘political disaster’
Friday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow broke down just what it was that made Thursday night’s prime-time adress by actor Clint Eastwood to the Republican National Convention so strangely jarring. She also discussed the fact that its placement in the convention line-up was a particularly poor…
In a Friday night special, Jon Stewart celebrates Clint Eastwood’s ‘fistful of awesome’
In a special Friday night Republican National Convention edition of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart took on Clint Eastwood and the now-infamous empty chair. As they say in the circus, just watch: —– Video above originally uploaded by Mediate on August 31, 2012.…
Eastwood’s fellow Hollywood stars pan his RNC performance
By Leila Macor LOS ANGELES — Clint Eastwood’s bizarre cameo at the Republican National Convention drew some scathing reviews Friday from his movie industry colleagues in traditionally Democrat-leaning Hollywood. The Oscar-winning actor-director’s own agent declined to comment on the rambling performance — in which the 82-year-old “Dirty Harry” star chatted…
Ann Romney: Clint Eastwood ‘did a unique thing’
Ann Romney says she appreciates the support of actor Clint Eastwood and the “unique thing” he did during his Thursday speech at the Republican National Convention, but she would have rather seen a video praising her husband, Mitt Romney. During surprise, rambling speech in which Eastwood interviewed an invisible Barack…
EXCLUSIVE: Clint Eastwood’s Republican National Convention chair speaks!
In an unexpected twist at the Republican National Convention during prime time on Thursday night, actor Clint Eastwood appeared on stage with a mysterious chair to explain his support for nominee Mitt Romney (R-MA) and his discontent with President Barack Obama. Though few in the audience could hear the chair…
WATCH: Clint Eastwood gives rambling speech to empty chair at RNC
Clint Eastwood, the secret guest at Thursday’s closing night of the Republican convention, surprised everyone with a head-scratching, ad libbed speech in which he pretended to talk to and make fun of an invisible President Obama on the stage. In an eleven-minute speech, Eastwood bashed Obama for everything from failing…
Could Clint make Mitt’s day at the convention?
Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood could make Mitt Romney’s day Thursday if he is the surprise speaker at the Republican National Convention, as event buzz and US media have led on. Anonymous GOP sources quoted by Fox News and other US media said Wednesday the Oscar-winning director/actor and all-around tough guy…
Clint Eastwood: Reagan wasn’t a ‘great president’
When Clint Eastwood thinks of the great presidents in his lifetime, Ronald Reagan doesn’t make the list. Over the weekend, celebrity gossip website TMZ asked Eastwood, a Republican, to name his favorite president. “Lincoln was great,” the Oscar-winner said. “You mean in our lifetime? I like [Democratic President Harry S.]…
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