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[RedKing]

Well, apparently I missed the later part of the ramble. Sounds like it was more embarrassing than I realized. The memes have been fun, though.

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[GreatJustice]

Well, apparently I missed the later part of the ramble. Sounds like it was more embarrassing than I realized. The memes have been fun, though.

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Yeah, at one point he talked about closing Gitmo and withdrawing from Afghanistan. The bodyguards around him looked pretty nervous.

[palsch]

The BBC linked to this article from the front page as, "Clint Eastwood at the Republican National Convention 'Awesome' or 'sad'?"

I assumed it was one of the usual watered down attempts at showing equal amounts of criticism and compliments. Turns out they had so few compliments that the sole one in the article was also in the link text.

[kaijyuu]

I feel sorry for the guy.

[RedKing]

I feel sorry for the guy.

Me too. He's a great actor/director and he's always been a relatively low-key moderate Republican. And now, he's going to go down in popular imagination as the real-life Grandpa Simpson.



In other news, Todd Akin is not too happy that Karl Rove has been making jokes about having him murdered.

Oh that wacky GOP-on-GOP-violence humor! My favorite comment attached to the story:
"Todd Akin should be fine, because a man's body has a way of shutting down death when it's a mysterious murder and not a legitimate one."

[Mego]

In other news, Todd Akin is not too happy that Karl Rove has been making jokes about having him murdered.

Akin's office issued a statement calling the quote deeply disturbing, given that the FBI has been investigating threats against Akin after his comments that women's bodies can shut down pregnancy in cases of what he called "legitimate rape."

You know what's more deeply-disturbing than Rove's "threat"? The fact that Congressmen, who are in charge of making policies about abortion, don't even know how reproductive biology works. Or that Congressmen, who are trying to be in charge of the Internet, don't understand basic networking principles. I'm seeing a trend here.

Let's elect some scientists to Congress.

[SalmonGod]

Let's elect some scientists middle school graduates to Congress.

[RedKing]

This is why John Adams suggested a third chamber on Congress consisting of "the learned". John Adams was a smart guy. 

[GreatJustice]

Let's elect some scientists middle school Alvin Greene to Congress.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

This is why John Adams suggested a third chamber on Congress consisting of "the learned". John Adams was a smart guy. 

Double SIGH.

[RedKing]

Let's elect some scientists middle school Alvin Greene Alvin & the Chipmunks to Congress.

[sluissa]

Watching the speech... Clint.... you're better than this...

Honestly. He's not a speech maker. Which you would think would be something an actor could do, but not Clint Eastwood. From what I can tell, he's not the kind of guy who normally gets up on stage and does these things.

Geez... this is... so... I can't watch this.

[mainiac]

This is why John Adams suggested a third chamber on Congress consisting of "the learned". John Adams was a smart guy. 

Yeah they also thought the senate would be for intellectual debate back then.  Elitism sounds really great on paper.

[Moghjubar]

Clint: Debates invisible Obama, still struggles with his opponent's powerful debate technique.

[Lord Shonus]

Heard some of Ryan's speech to the Republican faithful this morning while I was at the eye doctor. The applause was tepid. If you can't fire up the group he was talking to more than that, that's a bad sign.