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They Should Have Seen It Coming

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Written by Rene Thompson   
Monday, 03 September 2012 23:49

Everyone is talking about the bizarre speech given by Clint Eastwood at the RNC. People have commented on it, dissected it, and blamed others for it.

Because Romney and his people gave Clint Eastwood carte blanche they allowed the 82 year old actor to completely remove Romney from the stage at the point when the spotlight should have been on him. No one can tell you what Romney said or did in accepting the nomination of his party. There are no rousing quotes which bring the country together. No amazing photo ops which reaffirm the logic of the nomination.

There’s just the old man and the seat.

And thanks to Clint, who believes in gay marriage, pro-choice and is an anti-war Libertarian, a man who worked on TV for years and as a director understands show timing better than most, that seat was filled by Barack Obama and Mitt Romney was the one who was out of sight, out of mind.

So why would Romney and his campaign give such an important moment to someone whose core beliefs are diametrically opposed to the Republican platform?

Because they didn’t do their homework, they thought they were getting ‘Dirty Harry’ the Republican.

If they had done their homework, they would have know better. Now they are stuck publicly thanking a man for putting a mirror up to their insanity, who knocked their nominee out of prime time and who replaced their candidate in the minds of Americans with the man already occupying the chair, the President of the United States.

They don't even realize they've been rickrolled.

 

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+1 # Jyl 2012-09-05 12:03
I don't perceive R&R will remotely understand the consequences of having invited Eastwood. They wanted someone famous, which is what they got. The crowd didn't understand either, as is evident when one listens to all the applause, whistling, encouragement and acceptance. Eastwood was not booed off the stage, as he should have been had the audience not been so vainly dumb, and star-struck, just like the self-absorbed GOP party, in general! What a couple of evil-doers they are, waiting in the wings.
 

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