President Obama Responds to Clint Eastwood RNC Speech: This Seat's Taken!
by Free Britney at .Clint Eastwood’s Invisible Obama routine was the talk of the 2012 Republican National Convention, and it caught the attention of the Commander-in-Chief himself.
Before Mitt Romney's RNC speech last night, the actor, director and ardent GOPer made a rambling speech that featured him talking to "Obama" in an empty chair.
The President's response? A picture - sent from @BarackObama, run by his campaign - of him sitting in a chair marked The President. The caption: “This seat’s taken.”
Eastwood's unorthodox speech instantly spawned memes galore, not to mention an @InvisibleObama Twitter account, which already has more than 47,000 followers.
No word if Clint and/or Mitt have friended the invisible POTUS on there, but his bit - for better or worse - was unquestionably a highlight of the RNC.
“So I’ve got Mr. Obama sitting here … Mr. President, how do you handle promises you’ve made?” the 82-year-old Oscar winner asked the chair at one point.
You can see for yourself below ... but spoiler alert, it gave no response.
Decision 2012:
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Comments (56 Total)
Well said Sue A. Sims.
GARY JOHNSON from the LIBERTARIAN PARTY is runningin the 2012 presidential election as well.it is not a 2 sided race Obama and Romney are not our only option just the more public option. If you have never heard of GARY JOHNSON google him. If you have never heard of the LIBERTARIAN PARTY google it as well. We as Americans can not make an informed decision without knowing all of our options.
Obama is star struck. He kisses Robert Redford's butt, and puts the environment, before, jobs for American citizens, and future, lower fuel prices. He loves ripping off the Hollywood liberals, for campaign funding, gets to hang with them, for awhile. Obama was called out by Eastwood, in a different way. No script, no teleprompter. Romney/Ryan 2012.
Linda! Linda! Linda! Nope, I don't get it! The costs of Obama Care even by the nonpartisan CBO estimates will cost far more than we thought. So costly that $716 Billion had to be robbed from Medicare..replaced by denials for care and treatment to those who paid in for decades. A most important--it creates a new, significant tax burden placed squarely on the backs of the middle class. The very group Obama preached he was protecting. Now do you get it??
@REALLY. Move on baby. You and your friend got personal. So that's what you got. As it is now people use Emergency Rooms for general health care. They can't be turned away. Understand? That costs FAR more than President Obama's reform package. Who do you think pays the astronomical cost of emergency room/health care. The TAXPAYERS!!! Now do you get it?