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Friday, August 31, 2012

2012 Go Fuck Yourself, Rmoney

Posted by Charles Mudede on Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 8:26 AM

This is what Obamachair said on the last night of the RNC convention. The chair also told Eastwood to go fuck himself. What will be registered as one of the most bizarre moments in American politics is sure to fuel consiperacy theories. Was Eastwood a plant? Was he sent by Obama's Chicago-cold strategists into the heart of enemy territory to self-explode? He certainly turned what was supposed to be a serious night, a moment for Rmoney to make his case to America, into a joke that dominated Twitter for hours last night, #Eastwooding, and dominates headlines this morning. The smile on David Axelrod's face:

Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod had positive things to say about Clint Eastwood on Friday, no doubt in part because Eastwood’s rambling address at the Republican National Convention took the focus off of GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
“I love Clint Eastwood. He is a great film maker and I think he is one of the greats of our time,” said Axelrod on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

That said, the tactician in Axlerod noted that letting Eastwood speak was probably not the best idea for the convention.

It began with Isaac disrupting the opening, middled with Isaac reminding America of Katrina, and ended with an old man talking to a chair. Mudede's #eastwooding:

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This is already making the rounds this morning...

Posted by COMTE

on August 31, 2012 at 9:01 AM

I had so. Much. Fun with Twitter last night. #Eastwooding just wouldn't die.

Posted by floater on August 31, 2012 at 9:09 AM

@1 - I'm also fond of the calls for an Eastwood/Chair 2016 ticket.

Posted by MacCrocodile

on August 31, 2012 at 9:18 AM

Mudede - you are doing it wrong. #eastwooding is not to just take a pic of a chair. You must shame the chair. Ex: http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/eastwoodin…

Posted by sisyphusgal on August 31, 2012 at 9:40 AM

@4, im learning this chair thing. give me a chance.

Posted by Charles Mudede on August 31, 2012 at 9:43 AM

@4: The corgi! Looking sad! At the chair!

Posted by LMcGuff

on August 31, 2012 at 10:25 AM

Some people are saying he was a plant for the Evil Liberal Democratocracy Hell-bent on Destroying America. I hope he wasn't a plant, but that enough GOP fuckslaves repeat it that Clint, the kind of daffy that talks to a chair in RL, flips and unleashes the Hound Dog Josey Wales on their feckless asses.

Posted by The Max on August 31, 2012 at 10:59 AM

Was Eastwood a plant? Chris Rock seems to think so.

Chris Rock‏@chrisrockoz

Clint Eastwood on the phone with Obama now: "It all went according to plan,sir." #RNC #GOP2012

Posted by Frank Blethen's vodka distiller on August 31, 2012 at 11:32 AM