Clint Doubles Down
Rob Long ·
October 24, 2012 at 6:04pm
Someone send Karl Rove a bouquet of flowers. He's made another great ad, this one with Clint Eastwood's gravely voice putting the shiv into the Obama record:
Effortless.
Turns out that Clint Eastwood -- the guy that all the lefties in the media giggled and smirked at during the RNC -- is an effective and powerful voice for Romney.
Interesting, isn't it? It's been a campaign of smirks and eye rolls from the other side. Hasn't been terribly effective.
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Oct '12
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The empty chair looms larger with each passing day, doesn't it?
Apr '12
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No novelist could have come up with all these plot twists.
Jun '12
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Smirks and eye rolls are all you've got left when your candidate's meme is a vacant stool. The President Who Isn't There: a gift that keeps on giving. Thank you Mr. Eastwood.
Apr '11
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OK. Would someone please tell me . . . . Do these ads end up on TV or just circulate on the internet? I've sent some real cash to American Crossroads. I hope to see this ad show up on my screen. We could use a little Clint Eastwood in northwest Ohio.
Jan '11
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Clint Eastwood v. Morgan Freeman.
I wonder if they email each other?
Jul '10
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KC Mulville: Clint Eastwood v. Morgan Freeman.
I wonder if they email each other? · 52 minutes ago
I'm sure they do given that Clint directed Mr. Freeman's superb talent in The Unforgiven. What a movie.
As to the ad, it lays out some stats to support the premise and creates a sense of urgency. Well done.
Jul '11
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Oh, this one will be showing up in the swing states. Extensively. On a side note, here is my favorite Eastwooding moments.
Do you know how hard it is to get a dog to look like Eastwood?
Obama's home in Kailua last week.
Oct '11
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Jim Geraghty said that this ad was going up in Ohio and some other swing states.
Apr '12
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The dog has Clint's squint down pat. Did he practice for a long tine?
Apr '11
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Thank you Albert !
Albert Arthur
Jim Geraghty said that this ad was going up in Ohio and some other swing states. · 3 hours ago
Jul '11
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The key is to have just the right amount of light in Daisy's eyes.
May '10
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Best part? It's news. NPR is running ad on All Things Considered. Ha!
Jul '11
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And your candidate's theme is a vacated stool.
Jun '12
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grotiushug...I was afeared someone would make that phonetical connection. Please wipe that stupid grin off your face and excuse yourself from the table. We be ladies and gentlemen here.
Aug '12
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Clint Eastwood > Morgan Freeman
Oct '12
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Great ad.
But would someone please take the phrase "double down" outside and kill it with fire?
Most annoyingly ubiquitous viral trend among scribblers since "Kabuki".