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Clint Eastwood's bizarre rant to empty chair spurs Twitter jokes

  1. Legendary actor Clint Eastwood was the surprise speaker at the Republican National Convention last night. CSPAN has the complete, 12-minute speech - sometimes funny, sometimes odd, and it's what everyone is talking about:
  2. Clint Eastwood speaks at the Republican National Convention (C-SPAN) - Full Speech
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    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:52:50
  3. And liberal blog Think Progress edited together some of the stranger moments when Eastwood berates an imaginary President Obama sitting in an empty chair.
  4. The Best Of Clint Eastwood's Surreal Convention Speech
    thinkprogressvid2
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    Thu, Aug 30 2012 20:08:21
  5. Journalists, pundits and politicians following the convention didn't quite know what to make of it.
  6. chucktodd
    Chuck Todd@chucktodd
    Guessing they didn't rehearse this
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:08:16
  7. murphymike
    mike murphy@murphymike
    Note to file: Actors need a script.
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:25:07
  8. davidaxelrod
    David Axelrod@davidaxelrod
    What the heck IS this?
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:12:14
  9. HowardKurtz
    HowardKurtz@HowardKurtz
    There is a reason conventions are scripted. Clint's empty chair act weirdest convention moment I have ever seen.
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:19:04
  10. JoeNBC
    Joe Scarborough@JoeNBC
    A great night for Mitt Romney just got sidetracked by Clint Eastwood. Wow. That was bad.
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:17:15
  11. ShannonBream
    Shannon Bream@ShannonBream
    Biggest Eastwood line: You, we - own this country
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:12:22
  12. MikeGrunwald
    Michael Grunwald@MikeGrunwald
    Actual quote from the Clint Eastwood transcript: "Do you just - you know - I know - people were wondering - you don’t - handle that OK."
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:52:51
  13. Sarah_Boxer
    Sarah Boxer@Sarah_Boxer
    Asked for #eastwood reaction, Romney camp only says - It was ad-libbed
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:27:04
  14. jeneps
    Jennifer Epstein@jeneps
    .@benlabolt to me on Eastwood's speech: "Referring all questions to Salvador Dali." politi.co/Q5UdnV
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:50:19
  15. MichaelSkolnik
    Michael Skolnik@MichaelSkolnik
    Clint Eastwood just did a slit throat motion when talking about getting rid of Obama. Not sure if TV picked it up. #RNC2012 #disgusting
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:14:28
  16. The cameras did, in fact, pick up the throat-slicing moment, clipped here by ABC News.
  17. Clint Eastwood's Throat-Slicing Moment at the 2012 Republican National Convention
    abcnews
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    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:48:28
  18. Eastwood's admirers said the speech wasn't what they wanted to see from him.
  19. ebertchicago
    Roger Ebert@ebertchicago
    Clint, my hero, is coming across as sad and pathetic. He didn't need to do this to himself. It's unworthy of him.
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:13:18
  20. tombrokaw
    Tom Brokaw@tombrokaw
    Clint Eastwood became huge star as a man of few words As a surprise guest on the Tampa stage he had too many words (I say as a friend)
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:21:23
  21. marcambinder
    Marc Ambinder@marcambinder
    I love Clint. But this is WEIRD. It's captivating. My hand is over my mouth, but I'm not sure what my next emotion is.
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:08:07
  22. But Eastwood did have his fans on Twitter.
  23. Clint Eastwood makes our day at RNC. http://pic.twitter.com/ul09nr6d
    James T@Audioear
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    Thu, Aug 30 2012 19:26:37
  24. blakeshelton
    Blake Shelton@blakeshelton
    I. Love. Clint Eastwood.
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 21:09:16
  25. AnnCoulter
    Ann Coulter@AnnCoulter
    Dems have Michael Moore and we have Clint Eastwood: Double-Cheeseburger vs. Magnum .45
    Thu, Aug 30 2012 16:25:11

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