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‘Empty Chair’ Gets Under Big Labor’s Skin, Provokes Violent Reaction
The Politico, in its report on what turned out to be the center-right’s “Empty Chair Day,” covered the reaction of one prominent member of organized labor to Clint Eastwood’s supposedly horrible (if you believe leftist pundits) speech at the Republican National Convention.
If it was really that awful, they would be taking pity on Clint. Instead, they’re getting hostile, meaning that the Hollywood Academy Award winner really got under their skin, as seen in an understated report by the online web site’s Tim Mak and Juana Summers (bolds are mine througout this post):
AFSCME President Lee Saunders, capping off a fiery speech to the Wisconsin delegation Monday morning, held a conversation with an invisible Eastwood.
An empty chair had been brought on stage before Saunders started speaking, but he ignored it for most of his speech.
“I don’t know if you noticed, but you see this chair? I don’t know if you noticed that he actually walked in with me. He’s invisible, he’s sitting right here. He’s been listening to everything I had to say,” Saunders said. “So I want you to welcome Clint Eastwood.”
“I’ve got a couple of questions. I’ve got a couple of questions I want to ask Clint Eastwood,” Saunders continued as dozens of attendees cracked up. “But first, buddy, what do you have to say for yourself? I didn’t hear you.”
dba...vagabond trader
September 4th, 2012
Saunders sounds a wee bit unhinged.
Good!
Unneutral
September 4th, 2012
Is Hollywood gonna be divided….like the rest of the country?
66chevelle
September 4th, 2012
Did you know that Saunders is the first African American President of the AFSCME? I thought it was a misprint when I saw his picture. Surely they must have meant first Albino-American.
norman einstein
September 4th, 2012
Hehehehe!
Organized labor…keeping it classy.
When you’re catching flack, you know you’re over the target.
Mr. Eastwood must be laughing his ass off.
Xavier
September 4th, 2012
BFH I’m counting on you to get a shot of an empty seat at BOA Stadium and shop in a sign that says “Reserved for Clint Eastwood”.
AbigailAdams
September 4th, 2012
I watch a few moments of that speech and it was he was barely in control of himself. I didn’t see the chair part, but I imagine he went completely mental whacko. He was trying to make the force of his personality make up for the absence of truth of his remarks. We’ve all seen it before — it’s called “the terrible twos.” But it’s much worse than that for the D’s.
Here’s an intersting article from American Thinker from a year ago that, I think, is a good map of what’s happening to the unions and, more especially, the Ds as a result of Trumka’s and other union leaders’ real goals.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/will_the_democrats_trump_trumka.html
Anonymous
September 4th, 2012
It’s just not the same the second time around.
Mjr. Contributor
September 4th, 2012
slight O/T :::: HEH!!
they’re going put ya in the BACK o’ da bus
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2198206/Democrats-set-Obamas-big-speech-74-000-seater-outdoor-stadium-20-000-seater-indoor-arena.html?ICO=most_read_module
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Democrats are poised to avoid the danger of President Barack Obama accepting his party’s nomination before a partially-empty stadium by shifting his speech to an indoor arena and citing ‘severe weather’.
The Obama campaign have been working desperately to ensure that the 74,000-seater Bank of America stadium in Charlotte would be filled.
Buses for students from across North Carolina and even members of black churches in neighboring South Carolina have been arranged.
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MNHawk
September 4th, 2012
Union thugs just aren’t what they used to be, are they? Once upon a time, before pantie waist government unions, a real union thug would have been man enough to go out and bust the bawls of a REAL 82 year old, not a pretend one.
Pussy.
I Luv Bacon
September 4th, 2012
Obviously a different delivery when playing to the theater of the mindless.
Blink
September 4th, 2012
Amateurs ought not try to do what a talented actor and man of several decades of wisdom pulled off.
Client Eastwood’s performance reminded me of an Ice Capades show I saw years ago. An older couple were introduced as former super stars of the ice who were giving into public pressure to once again perform.
The first could of minutes went fine. Then there was small slip on the ice, then another, then a larger slip and a fall. You start to feel sorry for them that their performance is failing. Then wham. The guy’s pants fall down and you realize you were sucked into their comedy trap. It’s all in the lead in and the timing.
Like the Ice Capades couple Clint Eastwood appeared to be slipping on the ice as he searched for words, them wham. He delivered a smack down after smack down showing, Why sometimes you have to let them go.
Corona
September 4th, 2012
“Hey! Your car was like that when we got here! As for your mother, well she shouldn’t have mouthed off like that!”
Diann
September 4th, 2012
To springboard off of Rush’s sage wisdom: “The Left will tell you whom they are afraid of.”
“The Left will tell you when we draw blood.”
Dude, they are not happy about this! Isn’t it awesome?!
nome sane
September 4th, 2012
the hollyweird version of “if you don’t fix it, it will break”
demmerhoids: you have create a problem so you can fix it even worse
Tim
September 4th, 2012
By November this clown will have eaten his own tongue.
The Demonrats are all dishing out a gumbo of lies.
HEH
September 4th, 2012
@Mjr. Contributor
54,000 empty chairs!
jmb
September 4th, 2012
how very original
GW Bear
September 4th, 2012
It would have been better if Clint’d had them put an empty suit of clothes in the chair then it would have looked like Barry the “Empty Suit” Oblowme was actually sitting there.
sTevo
September 4th, 2012
Get under their skin and stay there.
Let the mocking continue.
Nutjob
September 4th, 2012
These guys are going to need meds time this is over, they’re slowly going mental.
Carlos The Jackal
September 4th, 2012
He had to steal Clint’s prop because the left just isn’t clever enough to come up with their own one-upmanship.
Boobie the Rocket Dog
September 4th, 2012
Fiery, my ass. Fire HIS ass.
Unruly Refugee
September 4th, 2012
They’re gonna have their asses handed to them in November. And that dickhead just screwed himself and his party by trashing an American hero.
Commie bastards.
mizdoolally
September 4th, 2012
@chevelle: I have seen a few genuine albino blacks and Saunders doesn’t look like them. He appears to me to be of mixed jblood and perhaps one of his parents were albino or very close to it.
I’m not an authority but there are certain things about his appearance that don’t seem to me to be albino.