# Eastwood defends RNC speech, calls Obama ‘greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people’ **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 7, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026 "2012-09-07T19:10:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/21 "2012-09-07T20:30:39Z")
I disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/22 "2012-09-07T20:45:01Z")
Pfst! Here I was trying to decifer the speech and that it could not have been that bad, and then old Clint confirms it was just a dithering old fool with no idea about what he was going to say. Cool Clint, you’re even older than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/23 "2012-09-07T21:39:20Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Eastwood defends RNC speech, calls Obama ‘greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people’ > > I disagree. I wonder aloud if it is not a dog whistle to birthers but to climate change deniers, (also mostly Republican and of the Tea Bagger variety) another old man, senator Inhofe, loves to say that “global warming is the greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people”. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/24 "2012-09-07T21:49:19Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I disagree. \>3000 dead servicepeople and I don’t even know how many disabled ones also disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/25 "2012-09-07T22:13:26Z")
Before I comment I need to know if means greatest as “in size” or “in excellence”, because the former is kind of scary, while the latter is king of cool. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/26 "2012-09-07T22:24:31Z")
The funniest part was Invisible Obama losing his cool and lashing out at Clint. I doubt that cranky old fart could make Actual Obama bat an eye. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/27 "2012-09-07T22:58:44Z")
Perhaps the “hoax” is that the Invisible Obama that Clint Eastwood talked to is the _real_ president and the one we see on cameras is a fake. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/28 "2012-09-07T23:08:04Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > He still doesn’t get it. He didn’t irritate anyone–he made them laugh or cringe, depending on their politics. I don’t think this breaks down exactly down political lines. I’m the libbiest lib that ever protested a gay Hispanic woman’s right to stay in this country and have an abortion but I couldn’t watch Clint and the chair. It made me sad and uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/29 "2012-09-08T00:42:13Z")
And you just know, when SNL hits the air, Clint’s going to get a shellacking, I’d bet. And richly deserved, in my opinion. I can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/30 "2012-09-08T01:21:55Z")
Anyone ever watch Mrs Eastwood and Company? I watched about 2 minutes worth once. They’re all nuts. I almost feel sorry for Clint. Almost. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/31 "2012-09-08T02:01:24Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > We lived with 8 years of a cowboy lying to us about a war where thousands of people got killed and Eastwood has the brass to call out Mr. Obama? A fake afraid-of-horses cowboy. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/32 "2012-09-08T02:10:09Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > Is the word “hoax” a dog whistle to the Birthers? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/33 "2012-09-08T04:37:41Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Anyone ever watch Mrs Eastwood and Company? I watched about 2 minutes worth once. > > They’re all nuts. > > I almost feel sorry for Clint. Almost. I hope I’m not hijacking too much, I will try to be brief. The show is a mess. It really made me feel as awkward whenever the camera found the elusive Clint on that show as I did when he was talking to that chair. It appears that his wife sold their dignity so that the reality show can showcase this group she found in South Africa. She thinks she discovered this shocking new a capella type group that will blow all of our minds, not realizing that we already have [Pentatonix](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOKuAigsrec)and [Straight No Chaser,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8) so we sure aint bout to be impressed with her crappy band. I figured others online must agree, so I googled it. Trying to find someone saying anything bad about this band was hard. I couldn’t do it. It was like when you try to find bad information about a ponzie scheme company, and you see they have stacked the deck on google so that everytime you think you have found a link that is negative, it isn’t. So, I finally find a search term that gives a negative review of the band. Guess who is one of only two [comments](http://lasmash.com/dina-eastwoods-new-project-overtone-at-citywalk-awful/)in the comments section? That’s right. Dina Eastwood\*. Fiercely defending her babies. If that really is her, I think she is a tad loony. So, I failed to keep this brief. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/34 "2012-09-08T04:46:28Z")
> [@](#): > > The former mayor of Carmel, Calif., gave an interview to The Pine Cone You forgot to include a crucial bit of [context](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/07/1128918/-Clint-Eastwood-I-meant-to-to-do-that): > [@](#): > > Please note that Clint Eastwood was not talking to an actual pine cone, but rather, the local newspaper in Carmel. As Eastwood is prone to talking to inanimate objects, this clarification is obviously necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/35 "2012-09-08T05:19:47Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I don’t think this breaks down exactly down political lines. I’m the libbiest lib that ever protested a gay Hispanic woman’s right to stay in this country and have an abortion but I couldn’t watch Clint and the chair. It made me sad and uncomfortable. I don’t care for macho movies and the actors who star in them, including Eastwood, so I don’t have any emotional baggage in this. Nevertheless, you’re right. Regardless of who he is and what his politics are, it was more pitiful than laughable. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/36 "2012-09-08T06:08:18Z")
If the invisible Obama were the one I saw when I looked at the president (or an empty chair), I’d think he were a hoax too. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/37 "2012-09-08T06:30:13Z")
What a nutcase Eastwood is turning into. It’s OK to say he doesn’t like Obama and thinks Romney will make a better President. But “greatest hoax”? That is the language of crazed conspiracy theorists. The guy deserves all the ridicule he has received in the last week. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/38 "2012-09-08T07:50:00Z")
Interesting choice of words - Hoax. Per Twitter President Obama: “My plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet—because climate change is not a hoax.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/39 "2012-09-08T10:48:56Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > And you just know, when SNL hits the air, Clint’s going to get a shellacking, I’d bet. September 15, Seth McFarlane hosting. I’ll go with Bill Hader to play Eastwood. No word about Fred Armisen leaving the show, so they still have their Obama. They’ll need a new Romney, though - and a new Biden and a Ryan. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026/40 "2012-09-09T07:00:40Z")
So much for the theory that Clinton was pulling a prank _on_ the RNC. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastwood-defends-rnc-speech-calls-obama-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american-people/634026.md?page=3)