Tuesday, September 4, 2012

If They Move It...Will They Come?

OK folks...let's see...the DNC has a huge auditorium that seats 74,000 cheering fans for Barack Obama’s glorious candidacy acceptance speech. They’ve tried to fill the hall with everything from students to churchgoers. Yet they still fall short of filling the 74K hall!

Now, the DNC says they want to move Obama's acceptance speech to a 20,000-seat hall. They declare that weather or other acts of God make this move necessary. Maybe they’ll offer free beer and hot dogs to get the 20K place filled…who knows.

Monday, September 3, 2012

And More on the Chair...

Here's an excerpt from a HotAir.com post titled "Just how wrong did the media get Clint Eastwood?"

"Admittedly, I am late to evaluating Clint Eastwood’s RNC performance. However, the fact that the pundit class is still critiquing it days later is one indicator of how shrewd it was as political theater. Accordingly, it is worth noting just how wrong some of the Eastwood analysis has been, even from those defending the speech.

The harsh, conventional wisdom about Eastwood’s decidedly unconventional approach to the convention is that it was the ramblings of a senile old man. Even may of Eastwood’s defenders have described it as rambling. This likely makes Eastwood’s day.

After all, who is Clint Eastwood? He is one of the top actors, directors and producers of motion pictures in the world. Most of the world — and almost certainly everyone tuning in to the RNC Thursday night — knows this. Yet most of the analyses of his RNC appearance are based on the notion that we were not witnessing acting. That mass suspension of disbelief may be the highest tribute Eastwood will ever be paid as an actor. If you think the Eastwood on stage was the only Eastwood there is, watch him promoting J. Edgar on The Daily Show last November. I have little doubt he will be equally sharp promoting Trouble With the Curve in the next few weeks.
Moreover, as a director, Eastwood has a reputation of knowing exactly what he wants. Also, he does not prefer to do many takes: “The big question, for me, is how to do it *** so the actors can perform at their very best and with the spontaneity that you’d like to find so that the audience will feel like those lines have been said for the very first time, ever. Then you’ve got a believable scene.” That approach is entirely consistent with Eastwood’s talent as a jazz pianist, someone who enjoys improvising within a framework. The fact that Eastwood’s performance was not loaded into a teleprompter does not mean it was unplanned.
If you doubt that Eastwood was not simply winging it, don’t watch his performance — read the transcript. There may be no better indicator of just how intentional Eastwood’s performance is than to compare the visual impression he gave with the text delivered.

Eastwood begins with a touch of Admiral James Stockdale, but Clint answers the question of why he is there. The fact is that everyone really knows why Clint is there — to make a political statement. But Eastwood, in mentioning that Hollywood is perhaps not as monolithic as the stereotype suggests, is making a subtle suggestion to the audience he wants to reach: you may be part of some left-identifying group, but it’s okay to disagree and there may be other quiet dissenters in your group.

Eastwood then introduces the dramatic device of the empty chair, which in this context also echoes the political metaphor of the empty suit. This has been remarked upon, particularly as an echo of comedic dialogs from people like Bob Newhart, so I won’t dwell on it here, although it reappears below."

Read the entire article at...

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/09/03/just-how-wrong-did-the-media-get-clint-eastwood/

Clint Eastwood and the Chair

Liberals all over America criticized Clint Eastwood for his "crazy" monologue regarding Barack Obama. BUT...it appears that quite a few folks on Facebook and elsewhere thought it was the best speech since "You have nothing to fear..." Here are a few of the pictures I found on FB. Click the picture itself to enlarge and enjoy!

EASTWOOD...CRAZY LIKE A FOX

Day of the Living Dead

So many Liberals laugh at the thought that Obama has voters “resting in peace.” Here in Texas, one Liberal leaning news channel (WOAI-TV) even snickered at the thought of voter fraud. They stated that the number of illegal voters in Texas was so small that the resent setback regarding Voter ID in Texas was merely a stunt by Conservative advocates to block certain groups from voting. Maybe WOAI-TV forgot the Day of the Living Dead!

Read more about this group of silent voters at...

http://joemiller.us/2012/09/30000-dead-north-carolinians-registered-to-vote/

Obama: The Military Commander?

Another example of the Obama rules of engagement..."To Hell with the Military...just give me a Photo Op." Obama does NOT respect our Military and it's time to fire him!

http://accuracyinpolitics.blogspot.com/2012/09/obamas-orders-of-rules-of-engagement.html

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Obama the Commander?

This article deserves more attention and in particular to show the great divide between our military and Barack Obama. The man gravitates to meaningless appreciation for what our troops do in our defense while taking actions that put them in dangerous situations.