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Forget the Video READ the Transcript. Eastwoods Speech is Devastating to the Left
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BigFurHat - August 31, 2012 - 12:53 America/New_York -
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EASTWOOD Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Save a little for Mitt.
I know what you are thinking. You are thinking, whats a movie tradesman doing out here? You know they are all left wingers out there, left of Lenin. At least that is what people think. That is not really the case. There are a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, Republicans, Democrats, in Hollywood. It is just that the
conservative people by the nature of the word itself play closer to the vest. They do not go around hotdogging it.
So but they are there, believe me, they are there. I just think, in fact, some of them around town, I saw Jon Voight, a lot of people around.
Jons here, an academy award winner. A terrific guy. These people are all like-minded, like all of us.
So Ive got Mr. Obama sitting here. And hes I was going to ask him a couple of questions. But, you know about three and a half years ago, when Mr. Obama won the election.? And though I was not a big supporter, I was watching that night when he was having that thing and they were talking about hope and change and they were talking about, yes we can, and it was dark outdoors, and it was nice, and people were lighting candles.
They were saying, I just thought, this was great.
Everybody is crying, Oprah was crying.
I was even crying. And then finally and I havent cried that hard since I found out that there is 23 million unemployed people in this country.
Now that is something to cry for because that is a disgrace, a national disgrace, and we havent done enough, obviously
this administration hasnt done enough to cure that. Whatever interest they have is not strong enough, and I think possibly know it may be time for somebody else to come along and solve the problem.
So, Mr. President,
how do you handle promises that you have made when you were running for election, and how did you handle them?
I mean, what do you say to people?
(Looking at empty chair that represents Obama) Do you just I know people were wondering you dont handle that OK. Well, I know even people in your own party were very disappointed when you didnt close Gitmo. And I thought, well closing Gitmo why close that, we spent so much money on it. But, I thought maybe as an excuse what do you mean shut up?
OK, I thought maybe it was just because somebody had the stupid idea of trying terrorists in downtown New York City.
Ive got to to hand it to you. I have to give credit where credit is due. You did finally overrule that finally. And thats now we are moving onward. I know you were against the war in Iraq, and thats okay. But you thought the war in Afghanistan was OK. You know, I mean you thought that was something worth doing. We didnt check with the Russians to see how did it they did there for 10 years.
But we did it, and it is something to be thought about, and I think that, when we get to maybe I think youve mentioned something about having a target date for bringing everybody home. You gave that target date, and I think Mr. Romney asked the only sensible question, you know, he says, Why are you giving the date out now? Why dont you just bring them home tomorrow morning?
And I thought I thought, yeah I am not going to shut up, it is my turn.
(LAUGHTER)
So anyway, were going to have were going to have to have a little chat about that. And then, I just wondered, all these promises I wondered about when the what do you want me to tell Romney? I cant tell him to do that. I cant tell him to do that to himself.
(Laughter)
Youre crazy, youre absolutely crazy. Youre getting as bad as Biden.
Of course we all now Biden is the intellect of the Democratic party.
Kind of a grin with a body behind it.
(LAUGHTER)
But I just think that there is so much to be done, and I think that Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan are two guys that can come along. See, I never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to the president, anyway.
I think attorneys are so busy you know theyre always taught to argue everything, and always weigh everything weigh both sides
They are always devils advocating this and bifurcating this and bifurcating that. You know all that stuff
. But, I think it is maybe time what do you think for maybe a businessman. How about that?
A stellar businessman.
And I think its that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over.
You can maybe still use a plane.
Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that.
You are an an ecological man. Why would you want to drive that around?
OK, well anyway. All right, Im sorry. I cant do that to myself either.
(LAUGHTER)
I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we we own this country.
(APPLAUSE)
We we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it.
Politicians are employees of ours.
And so
they are just going to come around and beg for votes every few years. It is the same old deal.
But I just think it is important that you realize , that youre the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether youre libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that.
And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.
(APPLAUSE)
Okay, just remember that. And Im speaking out for everybody out there. It doesnt hurt, we dont have to be
(Audience member shouts out Make My Day.)
I do not say that word anymore. Well, maybe one last time.
(LAUGHTER)
We dont have to be what Im saying,
we do not have to be masochists and vote for somebody that we dont really even want in office just because they seem to be nice guys or maybe not so nice guys, if you look at some of the recent ads going out there, I dont know.
But OK. You want to make my day?
All right. I started, you finish it. Go ahead.
Make..
AUDIENCE: My day!
EASTWOOD Thank you. Thank you very much.