At least it took people's minds off of Mitt's tax returns.
To be fair, Clint never could act even with a script, and he of all people was aware of it; that is why he turned to directing with huge success. But for the Romney campaign to have asked him, at 82 years of age, to get up on the podium in front of a national and international audience without any kind of script is an act of elder abuse.
I am sure somebody pointed out to Eastwood after the speech that Romney has a law degree from Harvard, just like Obama.
Eastwood appeared to be channeling Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd with his rambling, befuddled performance.
Some sixty years of show business experience, including Oscars, went down the drain. So did his reputation as a Hollywood icon. Nobody will ever remember Eastwood for his very real achievements. Everybody will remember the unspeakable act at the Republican National Convention.
Michael Moore, who had opined earlier that it was a real possibility Mitt Romney would be elected president in November:
The footage of Eastwood rambling and mumbling to his "Harvey" - President Obama - will be played to audiences a hundred years from now as the Most Bizarre Convention Moment Ever. The people of the future will know nothing about Dirty Harry or Josey Wales or a Million Dollar Baby. They WILL know about the night a crazy old man hijacked a national party's most important gathering so he could tell the President to literally go do something to himself (i.e. fuck himself). In those few moments (and these days, it only takes a few moments—see Anthony Weiner), he completely upended and redefined how he'll be remembered by younger and future generations.
I am not buying the claim being made by Eastwood fans and people on discussion boards and the like that he was putting over a "brilliant satire" or that his befuddled and rambling manner was just a clever act in order to promote his latest film. Eastwood isn't a good enough actor to pull that off, even if he were thirty years younger. He's clearly in mental decline. I don't care how many times one watches that, the performance doesn't get better. He is a sad, doddering old man.
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