On Labor Day, 1980, Jimmy Carter’s presidential re-election campaign was ahead by 4 points. On November 4, 1980, the incumbent lost by 10 points. As I learned firsthand back then, a lot can happen in two months. Today, as
In 2008, an aggressive candidate Barack Obama told supporters to “argue with them, get in their faces.” In 2012, Republicans are taking a page from Obama’s book, holding a “counter-convention” outside the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Cable
In another sign that Clint Eastwood’s RNC talk to an empty chair has tapped in to broadly held opinions that President Obama is not getting the job done, word spread rapidly over the weekend among conservative new media outlets that
‘Reporters’ and staff from ‘The Daily Show’ refuse to talk to the media, even on the floor of the RNC, when confronted about their practice of cutting interviewees out of context to make them look foolish.
A 16 foot tall sand sculpture of President Obama “officially sanctioned” by the DNC and commissioned by the Myrtle Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau was damaged by rain yesterday. Workers hurried to recreate the right elbow of the statue and fill
New Yorkers are never at a loss for words. Some Big Apple denizens, inspired by Clint Eastwood’s instantly iconic RNC speech in which he mocked an empty chair representing the president, let loose on their own empty chair. “Eastwooding” has
You’d think Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert would appreciate the comedy stylings of Clint Eastwood’s now famous RNC speech. Not quite. Stewart and Colbert may write “comedian” on their W-2 forms, but they’re first and foremost Palace Guards. Their shows
President Obama and congressional Democrats have taken to decrying the influence of corporations in politics since the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case. However, that has not stopped Obama’s re-election campaign from accepting more than $350,000 in donations
The much-anticipated screening of the Andrew Breitbart/Citizens United production of Steven K. Bannon’s “Occupy Unmasked” was an object lesson in the difference between the left and the right in ways that went far beyond just what was on the screen.
This week, the media solemnly suggested that, with a tropical storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast, the RNC should considering canceling their convention. It would be in poor tasted, they scolded, to continue with political speeches and celebrations while
Media critics struck back hard at Clint Eastwood for his part performance art, part political critique bit featuring an invisible Barack Obama at the Republican National Convention. Breitbart News rounded up a great number of those attacks here. If the media
At the end of last week, Barack Obama held a 3-point lead over Mitt Romney in Rasmussen’s Daily Tracking poll. Romney, however, is enjoying a modest bounce from the RNC convention and today, has reversed the numbers and now leads
One of our many talented conservative video-geniuses really should put together a pro-Romney ad using the many terrific lines from Eastwood’s RNC performance. The reason the Left is so angry at Eastwood is because America’s last remaining icon brilliantly mocked
It was remarkable watching the mainstream media fulminate against an actor and miss entirely how he connected with the audience. This was a crowd not just of snotty baby boomers with fancy degrees and charter membership in the Smart Set,
James Lipton, host of “Inside the Actor’s Studio,” is known for his softball questions of major film and television stars. When the time came earlier today to address Clint Eastwood’s RNC speech, Lipton was in a far different frame of
Clint Eastwood’s speech during the final night of the RNC certainly drew mixed reactions. When you attempt to debate an empty chair you’re bound to alienate some audiences, even if conservatives applauded with little hesitation. The following celebrities didn’t just
MSNBC host Chris Matthews got into an ugly confrontation with GOP delegates to the RNC early Friday morning, according to the Hill: Matthews told The Hill in a phone interview that after he left the restaurant, he heard a group
Those Republicans are at it again. Here are just a few of the distortions, half-truths, and outright lies in the remarks actor Clint Eastwood made during the Republican National Convention last night. “I know what you are thinking. You are
The Hollywood Reporter: “This is Andrew Breitbart’s legacy,” Rep. Michele Bachmann declared Thursday at the premiere of Occupy Unmasked at a tent-theater a few blocks from the Republican National Convention. Occupy Unmasked is a negative take on the Occupy Wall Street movement and
Did you know that a liberal actor can talk up progressive causes for decades without denting his or her career, but a conservative actor can do mortal damage to his livelihood by publicly backing the GOP? So says IndieWire.com in
For Occupiers protesting the Republican National Convention, some within their ranks are too poor to be part of the 99%. In “Romneyville,” the protester welcoming camp in Tampa, Florida, residents spoke about dissension within the Occupy movement. Interviewees said Romneyville
Liberal talker Ellen Ratner, no fan of Mitt Romney, just put up this very odd piece at Talk Radio News,”Was Romney’s Stage a Mormon Pulpit?“: Couldn’t help but notice that the podium used by Mitt Romney Thursday night to deliver
Far-left filmmaker Michael Moore quickly fell in line with his fellow Hollywood liberals regarding Clint Eastwood’s Republican National Convention speech. Moore obviously hated seeing Eastwood dress down President Barack Obama, but most of Moore’s like-minded pals didn’t go as far
(AP) Celebs tweet about Eastwood at RNCBy The Associated PressA sampling of celebrity tweets in response to Clint Eastwood’s odd conversation with an invisible President Barack Obama in an empty chair before the Republican National Convention on Thursday: _ “This
Bring it on, Dems and you Obama-shills in the media. You want to criticize Clint Eastwood’s performance at the RNC? Go for it. Here’s why we can’t wait for you to mock this American icon: No real American likes it
