Empty Head Day

You probably thought today was Labor Day.

But to the Dinosaur Riders, it was National Empty Chair Day.

Led by Michelle Malkin (Has there ever been a bigger self-promoter with less to promote?), Glenn Reynolds, and Breitbart.com (Yes, he’s dead, but his execrable web site lives on), the morons among us were encouraged to put empty chairs in their front yards to show support for Clint Eastwood and hatred of the President and to post photos of these chairs on Facebook and Twitter.

If you look closely, there’s at least one car up on blocks behind each chair.

 

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time…

From “Before Eastwood’s Talk With a Chair, Clearance From the Top,” Michael Barbaro and Michael D. Shear, NYT:

“For all the finger-pointing about Clint Eastwood’s rambling conversation with an empty chair on Thursday night, the most bizarre, head-scratching 12 minutes in recent political convention history were set in motion by Mitt Romney himself and made possible by his aides, who had shrouded the actor’s appearance in secrecy.

“Mr. Romney privately invited Mr. Eastwood…to speak after the actor had given him a gravelly, full-throated endorsement at a star-studded fund-raiser at the Sun Valley Resort Lodge in Idaho this summer.

“Behind the scenes, Mr. Eastwood’s convention cameo was cleared by Mr. Romney’s top message mavens, Russ Schriefer and Stuart Stevens, who drew up talking points that Mr. Eastwood included, in his own way.  They gave him a time limit and flashed a blinking red light that told him his time was up.  He ignored both.  The actor’s decision to use a chair as a prop was last-minute, and his own.

“Romney advisers so trusted Mr. Eastwood, 82, that unlike with other speakers, they said they did not conduct rehearsals or insist on a script or communicate guidelines for the style or format of his remarks.”  Emphasis added.

I’ve posted before that Mitt had a lousy staff in 2008, that he has a lousy staff now (many of them the same), and that he needs to “enjoy firing” some of them.  It’s a little ironic that this gang that clearly can’t shoot straight got taken down by Clint.

Who Invited Eastwood?

We dodged Donald Trump at the GOP Convention.  But they just couldn’t let it go without the unforced error of a major embarrassment.  I don’t think Clint Eastwood’s bizarre, cringe-inducing performance made Mitt’s day.  But it certainly stole some of his thunder and buzz.

Clint Eastwood at GOP Convention Tonight

Clint Eastwood is making a “surprise” (not anymore) appearance at the GOP convention tonight.  He’ll come on before Marco Rubio’s speech introducing Mitt, so a little before 10 EDT.  Eastwood has already formally endorsed Mitt.

This doesn’t make my day.