A few hours before he was set to go on, the Republican National Committee let slip that Clint Eastwood would be the “surprise speaker” at the Tampa convention. However, the appearance seems to have been a surprise to Eastwood as well. Over the course of a rambling, highly unusual speech the legendary actor and director railed against the war in Afghanistan, defended Hollywood politics and carried on a discussion with an invisible Barack Obama in a nearby chair.
Clint Eastwood vs. Chair: Best Tweets from His Republican Convention Speech
Clint Eastwood's rambling speech at the Republican National Convention was pure Twitter gold.
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- You Feelin’ Lucky?
- Breaking News
- Yeah, That’s Why They Got Him
- Eastwood/Chair in 2012
- The Party of Tomorrow
- Father of the Bride
- I Think It’s Gonna Be a Long, Long Time
- This Could Be a Problem
- Don’t Think That Didn’t Occur to Them
- Stand-Up Hero
- Yeah, That’s Probably What Happened
- Take It Away, Twitter
- Get Off Me
- From One Fictional Twitter Account to Another
- Surprise!
- Tell Us How You Really Feel
- Technical Difficulties
- Newt Wants In
- He’s Still Got It
- Face #Facts
- The Buck Stops Here