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Clint Eastwood Talks 'Empty Chair' Speech, Says Obama Is 'Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated on American People': Agree or Disagree?

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Clint Eastwood isn't backing away from his "empty chair" speech about President Obama at the Republican National Convention. Not one bit. In fact, in a recent interview, Eastwood told The Carmel Pine Cone that "President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people."

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Eastwood continued: "Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know. I may have irritated a lot of the
lefties, but I was aiming for people in the middle.
"

"I had three points I wanted to make,” Eastwood added. “That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who’s not doing a good job.

"It was supposed to be a contrast with all the scripted speeches, because I’m Joe Citizen," Eastwood said. "I’m a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there."

While Eastwood claims that "A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama," director Rob Reiner was not impressed by his speech. "I thought he was embarrassing ... and kind of disrespectful," he told TMZ. "I'm a big fan of Clint's, but not doing this." Do you agree with Eastwood ... or Reiner?
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  • intolerantrwj 2012/09/11 16:04:30
    Agree
    intolerantrwj
    +48
    ..... Jeepers Mr. Wilson, he only called him a " Hoax ", why was Clint so prone to Sugarcoating the problem ?

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  • Marlow ... Lt. Fred 2012/09/14 11:23:32
    Marlow ~ Let There Be Light
    +1
    I guess I'll start getting into Austrailian politics. Yeah right. What a waste of my time. I guess you don't mind wasting your time.
  • Pug For... Lt. Fred 2012/09/15 00:29:17
    Pug For Huck
    It matters when it's a socialist making the argument.
  • Lt. Fred Pug For... 2012/09/15 07:52:48
    Lt. Fred
    Even if Karl Marx himself made an argument, that argument would not be effected. It would either be true or false on it's own merits.

    You made a common error.
  • Pug For... Lt. Fred 2012/09/15 21:13:03
    Pug For Huck
    +1
    I've made no error. I simply exposed the fact that a socialist making an argument regarding socialism will always support socialism no matter how much data is shown regarding it's inherent failure.
  • Lt. Fred Pug For... 2012/09/15 23:05:27
    Lt. Fred
    No. Any argument is either true or false on it's own merits. Fact. No argument needed.
  • Marlow ... Suzie 2012/09/13 16:14:24
    Marlow ~ Let There Be Light
    +1
    i didn't even realize he was not an American. Why do people from outside this country involve themselves in our politics? I would never enter some other country's political discussion.
  • Suzie Marlow ... 2012/09/13 23:51:02
    Suzie
    +1
    Good question.
  • Jack Sprat Lt. Fred 2012/09/12 23:43:31
    Jack Sprat
    +5
    Uhh, Freddie, Bo's Pelosi Care cuts $716 Billion out of medicare on the backs of those who need it most. And they call him in breach of the US constitution when he extends the traditional use of EO's to make "law" out of his policies that wouldn't even pass a Dem controled Congress.

    Are you standing on your head for hours again?
  • Lt. Fred Jack Sprat 2012/09/12 23:47:15
    Lt. Fred
    Nope. In fact, Gingritchcare cuts money out of Medicare Part D- an unrelated private health insurance program that is not part of Medicare.
  • Jack Sprat Lt. Fred 2012/09/13 00:17:23 (edited)
    Jack Sprat
    +3
    "Gingritchcare" Are you eating eucalyptus leaves again? "Gingritchcare", Part D was passed long after Gingeritch was gone from Congress....whether or not he supported it he had no voice in it's drafting or vote.
  • Lt. Fred Jack Sprat 2012/09/13 00:22:51
    Lt. Fred
    No, the health insurance reform commonly known as 'Obamacare' is more accurately named Gingritchcare, after the person who wrote its significant parts.
  • Jack Sprat Lt. Fred 2012/09/13 00:32:41
    Jack Sprat
    +3
    Well you must be down to sniffing glue, if you think that will fly, hey here's a new one try this one.......

    blame bush
  • Lt. Fred Jack Sprat 2012/09/14 04:07:17
    Lt. Fred
    Nope, written by Gingritch.
  • Jack Sprat Lt. Fred 2012/09/14 04:18:34
    Jack Sprat
    Nope variations of plans written by dems far earlier, i.e. HillaryCare......I hope you don't vote in your countries elections
  • Lt. Fred Jack Sprat 2012/09/14 04:21:23
    Lt. Fred
    No, Hillarycare was not remotely similar. It was a single payer system, not a compulsory private insurance system. It's basically Gingritchcare.
  • Jack Sprat Lt. Fred 2012/09/14 04:28:46
  • Lt. Fred Jack Sprat 2012/09/14 04:29:43
    Lt. Fred
    You should ask yourself why you believe something you cannot logically justify.
  • Allbiz ... Lt. Fred 2012/09/13 00:32:28
    Allbiz - PWCM - JLA
    +4
    Dude, you really are lacking oxygen. Do you know why Medicare Part D is called Medicare Part D?

    Why don't you go find a kangaroo to box with. You sound like you need some sense knocked into you.
  • Lt. Fred Allbiz ... 2012/09/13 00:34:30
    Lt. Fred
    Because George Bush wanted to trick everyone that it was part of Medicare. It is not.
  • Allbiz ... Lt. Fred 2012/09/13 01:21:31
    Allbiz - PWCM - JLA
    +2
    Since stupid can't be fixed, I'm gonna let you stay broken.
  • Lt. Fred Allbiz ... 2012/09/13 01:45:10
    Lt. Fred
    Do you understand what Medicare is?
  • rightside Lt. Fred 2012/09/12 22:57:27
    rightside
    +11
    Whattheheck does Scott Walker have to do with taking power from bama? He doesn't have a vote in congress.
    Lets face it, bama is so far left he's about to fall off the edge. bama refuses to work with anyone right now. He was presented with a bi-partisan budget and he wouldn't even look at it.
    Try again, that argument was weak and lacking.
  • Lt. Fred rightside 2012/09/12 23:04:35
    Lt. Fred
    {Whattheheck does Scott Walker have to do with taking power from bama? He doesn't have a vote in congress.}

    Eugh. I meant Scott Brown. My error.

    {Lets face it, bama is so far left he's about to fall off the edge.}

    Farther right than Nixon.
  • rightside Lt. Fred 2012/09/13 03:23:13
    rightside
    bama is no comparison to Nixon. Nixon was a good president. When you look at all the scandals after Nixon, what he did was nothing.
  • Lt. Fred rightside 2012/09/13 03:39:51
    Lt. Fred
    Policy-wise, Nixon was mostly a reasonable good president, aside from Vietnam. Obviously he was also a criminal, and he should have been thrown in prison.

    But Obama is actually to the RIGHT of Richard Nixon on most issues. To the right.
  • Jack Sprat Lt. Fred 2012/09/12 23:39:31
    Jack Sprat
    +3
    Only because Bo's DemonCrap allies wanted to get re-elected and so voted against Bo's insanity, as did 19 of the G-20 members on his stimulus spending idiocy
  • Lt. Fred Jack Sprat 2012/09/12 23:47:51
    Lt. Fred
    Sorry, what is this in response to? The pyramid of posts and responses has hidden mine.
  • Jack Sprat Lt. Fred 2012/09/13 00:25:01
    Jack Sprat
    +2
    "Obama had imperfect control of both Houses of Congress for little over a year. "
  • Lt. Fred Jack Sprat 2012/09/13 00:35:30
    Lt. Fred
    Well, I'd say it's because the party isn't well-organised enough.
  • Jack Sprat Lt. Fred 2012/09/14 01:25:42
    Jack Sprat
    Nice try, it was because the Dem's weren't stupid enough to go along with Bo Bundle and not get re-elected, as many of them weren't, the only reason he still had the senate is because there weren't enough seats up for change, this year there is.....Bye Bye Bo Zo.....
  • Lt. Fred Jack Sprat 2012/09/14 01:33:49
    Lt. Fred
    No, I'd say it's because the party isn't organised enough.
  • Jack Sprat Lt. Fred 2012/09/14 03:51:56 (edited)
    Jack Sprat
    Fortunately you don't get a vote here, but here's some consolation, there are many who can who are just as ignorant as you are.


    You bore me.....

    bye bye now
  • Allbiz ... Lt. Fred 2012/09/12 23:49:03
    Allbiz - PWCM - JLA
    +3
    What a childish joke you are. A dumbass Aussie who thinks he's an IKE. But you don't even know the difference between Scott Walker, a governor, and Scott Brown, a Senator.
  • Lt. Fred Allbiz ... 2012/09/13 01:45:27
    Lt. Fred
    I mixed up names. It happens.
  • ☆56lady... Lt. Fred 2012/09/13 00:52:33
    ☆56lady☆POTL~JLA~PWCM
    +3
    Lt fred . . .

    DO YOU REMEMBER JANUARY 3, 2007?

    Your history lesson for today. Some people have short memories…..
    I’ve been saying this for years, but this email probably explains it
    better and more clearly. This is NOT a political message, but rather
    a clarification to remind us all of the correct facts.

    Remember that on October 9, 2007, 11 months before our “economic
    crisis” occurred (that was actually created), the Dow hit its highest
    point ever, closing at 14,164.53 and reaching 14,198.10 intra-day
    level 2 days later. Unemployment was steady at 4.7%. But things were
    already being put in place to create the havoc we’ve all been
    experiencing since then. And it all started, as this email explains,
    on January 3, 2007.

    I'm sending this to each of you regardless of your party preferences
    because I believe it is something you may not have considered.

    This tells the story, why Bush was so “bad” at the end of his term.

    Don't just skim over this, it's not very long, read it slowly and let
    it sink in. If in doubt, check it out!!!

    The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009, it was
    actually January 3rd 2007, which was the day the Democrats took over
    the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the
    110th Congress.

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    Lt fred . . .

    DO YOU REMEMBER JANUARY 3, 2007?

    Your history lesson for today. Some people have short memories…..
    I’ve been saying this for years, but this email probably explains it
    better and more clearly. This is NOT a political message, but rather
    a clarification to remind us all of the correct facts.

    Remember that on October 9, 2007, 11 months before our “economic
    crisis” occurred (that was actually created), the Dow hit its highest
    point ever, closing at 14,164.53 and reaching 14,198.10 intra-day
    level 2 days later. Unemployment was steady at 4.7%. But things were
    already being put in place to create the havoc we’ve all been
    experiencing since then. And it all started, as this email explains,
    on January 3, 2007.

    I'm sending this to each of you regardless of your party preferences
    because I believe it is something you may not have considered.

    This tells the story, why Bush was so “bad” at the end of his term.

    Don't just skim over this, it's not very long, read it slowly and let
    it sink in. If in doubt, check it out!!!

    The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009, it was
    actually January 3rd 2007, which was the day the Democrats took over
    the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the
    110th Congress.

    The Democrat Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the
    first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.

    For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy
    that everything is "Bush's Fault", think about this: January 3rd, 2007
    was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress.

    At the time:
    The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
    The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
    The Unemployment rate was 4.6%
    George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB GROWTH

    Remember the day...
    January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House
    Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate
    Banking Committee. The economic meltdown that happened 15 months
    later was in what part of the economy? BANKING AND FINANCIAL
    SERVICES!

    Unemployment... to this CRISIS by (among MANY other things) dumping
    5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR Fannie
    Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES!

    Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie - starting in
    2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy.

    And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie
    Mac? OBAMA And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA
    and the Democrat Congress.

    So when someone tries to blame Bush. REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007....
    THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!"

    Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress and
    the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat
    Party.

    Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 &
    2009 as well as 2010 & 2011.

    In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused
    them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough
    on spending increases.

    For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush
    entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running
    until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a
    massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budgets.

    And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that
    very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he
    signed the omnibus bill as President to complete 2009.

    If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the
    last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five
    years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After
    that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that
    includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.

    If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a
    nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted
    for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January
    20th.
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  • Lt. Fred ☆56lady... 2012/09/13 01:44:42
    Lt. Fred
    In fact, the President has executive power. Congress merely has legislative.
  • ☆56lady... Lt. Fred 2012/09/13 01:47:30 (edited)
    ☆56lady☆POTL~JLA~PWCM
    +1
    damn that is a fact !!!

    my 11 year old knows the 3 branches of government !!

    here's a cookie !!!

    want a cookie
  • Lt. Fred ☆56lady... 2012/09/13 02:00:43
    Lt. Fred
    Fantastic. You can admit that the President has executive power. What forms does that power take? Does it, for instance, enable him to control important government regulators? Or propose budgets?
  • wysiwis Lt. Fred 2012/09/13 03:23:01
    wysiwis
    +1
    But that doesn't make it ABSOLUTE power!
  • Lt. Fred wysiwis 2012/09/13 03:40:26
    Lt. Fred
    The pyramid is hiding the post you're responding to.

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