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Posted by Sgt. Mom on September 3rd, 2012 (All posts by Sgt. Mom)
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Explaination here, with more Empty Chairage. Also a bit of background on “Eastwooding.”
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Yep – it was a performance and an excellent one, from a master. I’m glad the empty chair with teleprompter image has legs. As Alinsky counseled, a good tactic is one that your people enjoy doing, and people have certainly had fun with this one.
An old man yelling at a chair rather nicely defines the RNC this time.
Actually, this kind of logically and factually insubstantial comment is a good example of Alinskyite rhetoric in its own right. There is no rational argument, only ridicule and an implicit appeal to the cool-kid mob. Eastwood made a straightforward argument that Obama has done a poor job and should be replaced. The commenter, like other leftists, is unable to refute this argument, so he ignores it and tries to draw attention to irrelevancies.
Anyone who actually watched Clint Eastwood beheld a man on the edge of dementia berating a straw man, a right wing specialty, about things he largely was not responsible for. Bush started Afghanistan not Obama and the rest of the screed was as wildly misdirected as that. As I said it characterizes the whole convention well. A celebration of attacks on straw men.
September 4th, 2012 at 7:33 am
For a speech that seemed to baffle many and was panned by many, it sure has legs.
The most intriguing take on it was here http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/1446be68-de9d-473e-bb98-5f1ee955ec48
September 4th, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Yep – it was a performance and an excellent one, from a master. I’m glad the empty chair with teleprompter image has legs. As Alinsky counseled, a good tactic is one that your people enjoy doing, and people have certainly had fun with this one.
September 4th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Jon Stewart said it best … awesome! An old man yelling at a chair rather nicely defines the RNC this time.
September 4th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
An old man yelling at a chair rather nicely defines the RNC this time.
Actually, this kind of logically and factually insubstantial comment is a good example of Alinskyite rhetoric in its own right. There is no rational argument, only ridicule and an implicit appeal to the cool-kid mob. Eastwood made a straightforward argument that Obama has done a poor job and should be replaced. The commenter, like other leftists, is unable to refute this argument, so he ignores it and tries to draw attention to irrelevancies.
September 4th, 2012 at 7:45 pm
Anyone who actually watched Clint Eastwood beheld a man on the edge of dementia berating a straw man, a right wing specialty, about things he largely was not responsible for. Bush started Afghanistan not Obama and the rest of the screed was as wildly misdirected as that. As I said it characterizes the whole convention well. A celebration of attacks on straw men.
The cool kids … ROTFLMFAO.
September 4th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
Obama is president but is not responsible.
Bush is not president but is responsible.
Clinton was president before Bush, is not responsible.
Citing failure on his watch = attacks on straw men
September 4th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
The only known photo of Karl Marx’s secret meeting with Obama.
It was on the Internet. It must be true.
September 4th, 2012 at 10:14 pm
Here is Eastwood’s true encounter with Obama – it was on YouTube – it must be true
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NePXf-q5noE&feature=youtu.be