Clint Eastwood’s short
speech at the Republican National Convention
is getting a lot of criticism
for his seeming off-the-cuff and rambling conversation with President Obama
represented by an empty chair. But Dirty Harry didn’t get to be Dirty Harry by
being dumb Harry – the empty chair is an old actor’s trick. What he told us was
about far more than what he said or the invisible politician to whom he said it.
A lot of people tuned in to watch
Clint Eastwood who wouldn’t have tuned in to watch Mitt Romney, and they needed
to hear a message that would resonate with them and maybe nudge them in the
right direction. He delivered.
Inspector Harry Callahan made
our day by telling us it’s OK to laugh at
President Obama and Vice President Biden and their policies because they’re a
joke – they’re men who don’t know their limitations whose policies, with 23 million Americans out
of work, are a disgrace. Anyone who tells us we shouldn’t laugh at them can go
do that thing he said was physically impossible to do because Dirty Harry has
our back.
Who-would-it-be buzz was strong for a
couple days when the Republican National Convention had a to-be-announced
speaker on Thursday evening’s schedule just ahead of Mitt Romney’s speech.
Possible candidates went from Nancy Reagan all the way to Bill Clinton making a
surprise endorsement of Mitt Romney.
It’s been 41 years since the original Dirty
Harry, and 24 years since the last film in
the series, The Dead Pool, so it’s not surprising that the rumpled old
guy in an ill-fighting suit who slowly ambled to the podium in Tampa Bay looked
a tad worn. In fact, he looked more like your grandfather than anyone who would
ask a punk if he felt lucky. But when he got going, your grandfather was
Dirty Harry and vice versa, which was the point.
Pops (my grandsons call me that) gives
you wisdom you need to hear – tools you use to make your own decisions. Dad, on
the other hand, like the Obama administration and its progressive minions,
tells you what he thinks you need to do because he doesn’t trust you to make
your own decisions.
So
when an aging Dirty Harry tells you it's OK to mock Barack Obama and Joe Biden you’re
free to speak what’s been on your mind and in your heart for a long time
because that’s what a real man does.
He
told you the basics: It hurts and it’s a disgrace when so many people are out
of work; some ideas, like trying terrorists in New York City, are stupid and we
should learn from the mistakes of others, like the Russians in Afghanistan.
He
told us that President Obama is “crazy, you’re absolutely crazy. You’re getting
as bad as Biden” who is “the intellect of the Democratic Party.” They’re people
who can’t stand to be criticized – “I can’t tell (Romney) to do that to himself”
– and who are “maybe not so nice guys, if you look some of the recent ads.”
He
reminded us that it’s our country, not theirs, and the politicians work for us.
When they don’t get the job done, “We got to let them go.”
And
because he knows his people, he can say with absolute confidence, “I’m speaking
out for everybody out there.”
Instead
of genuflecting at the altar of obedience ordained by your "betters"
in the media, the unions, Hollywood and the Democratic Party – Harry’s
“left-wingers…left of Lenin” - you can laugh at President Obama because Dirty
Harry said so. When that happens – when the pompous autocrats including the
unctuous and self-impressed Roger Ebert - become the object of widespread ridicule it
means they've lost their legitimacy, and their days are numbered.
Dirty Harry’s Gran
Torino
alter-ego, Walt Kowalski, would tell President Obama, “Get
off my lawn!”
because, as his Heartbreak Ridge alter-ego, Gunny Highway, would add, “With
all due respect, sir, you're beginning to bore the hell out of me.”
With
all due respect, Mr. President, you’ve been boring the hell out of us for a
long, long time – we got to let you go.
If you have to rely on an 82 year old Dirty Harry then you are in trouble. No wonder the chair won the debate.
ReplyDeleteNot to be outdone it is reported that the Dems will have Professor Irwin Corey speak at their convention.
ReplyDeleteRight Wing Wack Job,
ReplyDeleteChair has been empty for nearly four years; incapable of performing let alone winning!
Rhubarb,
ReplyDelete"Dems will have Professor Irwin Corey speak at their convention."
Wow Sour Vegi is this one of the progression of old white guys the Dems are planning to parade across the stage?
He probably qualifies to have performed in the original Roman Coliseum surrounded by Doric columns that Obama seems to be so fond of and probably under far warmer climatic conditions than persist today! So are Roman climate conditions, old white Dems and failing comics surrounded by archaic architecture the only things you have to offer?
Oh but I guess I should have known since that is the only thing we have seen over the past four years under the Obama-Reid-Pelosi comedy routine!
Mitt will win regardless of Eastwood's embarassing performance. Why is this blogger proud to have the support of a Hollywood legend, when we usually hate all of the Hollywood establishment? Stupid blog. Did anyone bother to tell Clint that Mitt has a law degree from Harvard...just the same as Obama?? A joke of a speech and joke of a blog. GO MITT!!
ReplyDeleteAn old white man talking to a chair. A perfect metaphor for the Republican Party.
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