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VictorRomeo
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I just watched Clint Eastwood - on Youtube - talk(sully his reputation?) at the RNC in Tampa.
This is all I saw....
This is all I saw....

Isn't President Obama also responsible for fostering an imaginary version of President Obama?I'm not Republican nor Democrat and with that said, the best discription was from another internet wag whose description I felt was most apt; "I thought it was a perfect symbol of the GOP: an old, angry, incoherent, rich white male arguing with his imaginary version of President Obama."
It's really such a shame he chose to lever his much loved-by-all legacy in such a partisan fashion.
Of course! He is a politician after all!Isn't President Obama also responsible for fostering an imaginary version of President Obama?
Couldn't disagree more: The first quote is a typical media 'commentariat' reaction to anyone in Hollywood who has the temerity to not be a liberal Democrat.I'm not Republican nor Democrat and with that said, the best discription was from another internet wag whose description I felt was most apt; "I thought it was a perfect symbol of the GOP: an old, angry, incoherent, rich white male arguing with his imaginary version of President Obama."
It's really such a shame he chose to lever his much loved-by-all legacy in such a partisan fashion.
It is indeed. And as a hobbyist wordsmith myself I rather appreciate the finely turned phrase. Yes (Prime) Minister was a delightful show. The Thick of It and even The New Statesman were not bad, either.Of course! He is a politician after all!
Sidebar; whenever Irish, British and US election time comes around, I always stick on my Yes, Minsister DVDs. Last night it was the Cabinet Reshuffle/Job in Brussels episode!
Spin is such an interesting mechanism in politics!
Now this I can wholly get behind - there was real genius in that show.Sidebar; whenever Irish, British and US election time comes around, I always stick on my Yes, Minsister DVDs. Last night it was the Cabinet Reshuffle/Job in Brussels episode!
Agreed. Shame it is so dated now.Now this I can wholly get behind - there was real genius in that show.
All I saw was that there was a yawning 'prol' gap between the back of his shirt collar and his suit jacket....there you go, AAAC has addled my brain....I just watched Clint Eastwood - on Youtube - talk(sully his reputation?) at the RNC in Tampa.
This is all I saw....
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Aren't they doing a remake around the Coalition - now that strikes me as really risking a golden legacy.Agreed. Shame it is so dated now.
This.- now that strikes me as really risking a golden legacy.
Hey, I thought you were about helping the old folks.Pathetic display of a tired, disrespectful, potentially senile old bastard - trying his hand an humor and failing miserably.
Your friends make jokes about telling the President to "Go F*&K himself"?Yep, I still like my friends better!!
Other than the slightly wider lapels, that show has not really dated at all! Certainly not in sentiment and tone anyway. Offices might be more contemporary and PC talk, well, more PC. But I can assure you that the machinations of government and civil service are broadly still the same.Agreed. Shame it is so dated now.
I believe they are. Can't wait.Aren't they doing a remake around the Coalition - now that strikes me as really risking a golden legacy.
I always thought In The Thick of It / In the Loop was the natural successor to Yes, Minister (but never liked it as much).
A dolt like me??Your friends make jokes about telling the President to "Go F*&K himself"?
Then again, doesnt surprise me that a dolt like you finds that funny.
I didn't think I did! Either way, I'll be the first to admit that my first couple of posts here were intended to be tabloid and somewhat satirical in nature. Well in my mind anyway. But then you can be the judge of that.Or is it that you rather admire Eastwood and his legacy, but just don't like his politics? If the latter, fine, but don't beat around the bush!