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HOLLYWOOD ACTOR/DIRECTOR Clint Eastwood has revealed the thought process that led him orate to an empty chair at the Republican National Convention in the US last week.
Speaking to his local newspaper in California, The Carmel Pine Cone, Eastwood said that Mitt Romney’s aides put pressure on him to tell them what he would say when he agreed the week before the convention to speak. Nothing doing, said Eastwood. He doesn’t like using teleprompters – as one would with a scripted speech – and anyway, “I’m Joe Citizen. I’m a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.”
Eastwood said he was still making notes on what he would say in the hotel a few hours before the convention and got to the venue about 15 to 20 minutes beforehand. Then came the epiphany.
There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I’ll just put the stool out there and I’ll talk to Mr Obama and ask him why he didn’t keep all of the promises he made to everybody.
This was the result.
via ABCNews/Youtube
Eastwood was once mayor of Carmel, to whose town newspaper he has given this extensive description of what happened during the speech. After he spoke, he got dinner from room service and went to bed.
Eastwood’s speech quickly inspired a meme – and a sharp response on social media from incumbent US President Barack Obama.
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“because i’ve gone slightly mad”
No he has this thing for wood…. He use to talk to the trees aswell … Does anyone remember that one??
Eastwood or real wood?
Anyone that says ‘I’m joe citizen’ needs to be sat down and given a gentle talking to. Now if he said ‘I’m Joe Camel’ I could accept that…
He’s right about the side he has chosen. Obama is gone in another few months. Good riddance to one of the worst presidents ever.
I was mayor of Caramel… Is this why I’ve gone soft in the head?
Join the world of the trolls, Margaret Hayes.
@margaret Suppose George W was one of the best? FFS
@Margaret- Words can not describe how wrong you are. The massive amount of red thumbs do though!! Loon.
Because the only people who are fully supporting the Romney/Ryan ticket are nutjobs….End of
Clearly, judging by some of the comments here, exposing their lack of understanding why “Change” didn’t come!
Hint to the uneducated: The Republicans BLOCKED everything from the mid-terms onwards!
The last time I saw an auld codger gibbering such buineach it was after a match at Old Trafford…it’s so sad.
It was the everton match wasnt it!?
Och aye, why canna we have Howard Webb when we play Barca.
Another bitter scouser are you roger? What’s sad is your obsession with united is so great you brought into this topic. Embarrassing.
Rodger u should see the loon who goes around Ireland to LOI matches called Tom the Gom. Now he is nuts.
As for Obama he has the makings of a great president but the Republican controlled Congress are doing their damnedest to prevent change.
Tis like winding up a digital watch Niall so tis,chill man.
Of course he was attacked by the liberal msm, if he was at a lib event the media would be calling him a great fella.
It was an awful idea and made him look like a lunatic, doesn’t matter what side he was on
He might as well have brought out a scarecrow and made an actually strawman argument.
It was a poor gimmick, a poor speech and if it wasn’t for the fact that he was in front of an audience who share his political views, he would have been laughed out of the place.
Speaking of Caramel. Eastwood is like a Dime bar. Crunchy on the outside but soft in the middle,
@strongbow… That doesn’t sound like a Dime Bar to me. Have you ever eaten a Dime Bar?
He should have gave it the old,’you talkin’ to me’ .
Confuse that chair.
That was Robert de Niro in taxi, eastwood said do ya feel lucky punk !
I see it confused you
In the pub I work in we have a lot of people like him as customers,and after a few beers they are great craic.
Clint you blew it.
Plain and simple.
I’m just suprised he didn’t pull a banana from his jacket..point at the chair and utter those immortal words….’Go ahead punk….make my day’!
cos u wanted to make its day?
Its good entertainment but thats it. I enjoyed it but it would not inspire me to vote for anyone.
I suppose you want George W Bush back, Margrete Hayes
Zipper head…
Hay Blondyyyy……. You know what you areeeeee? just a dirty son of a baaaa
Should ask Chuck Eastwood. He usually has a lot to say… Just saying..
That idiot is trying to save his arse, to late damage is done and only another idiot will think that he didn’t know what’s going on.
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