Clint Eastwood Says Barack Obama Is 'The Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated on the American People'

Conservatives everywhere should be in love with this man:

AFTER A week as topic No. 1 in American politics, former Carmel Mayor Clint Eastwood said the outpouring of criticism from left-wing reporters and liberal politicians after his appearance at the Republican National Convention last Thursday night, followed by an avalanche of support on Twitter and in the blogosphere, is all the proof anybody needs that his 12-minute discourse achieved exactly what he intended it to.


“President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people,” Eastwood told The Pine Cone this week. “Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know. I may have irritated a lot of the lefties, but I was aiming for people in the middle.”

Breaking his silence


For five days after he thrilled or horrified the nation by talking to an empty chair representing Obama on the night Mitt Romney accepted the Republican nomination for president, Eastwood remained silent while pundits and critics debated whether his remarks, and the rambling way he made them, had helped or hurt Romney’s chances of winning in November.


But in a wide-ranging interview with The Pine Cone Tuesday from his home in Pebble Beach, he said he had conveyed the messages he wanted to convey, and that the spontaneous nature of his presentation was intentional, too.


“I had three points I wanted to make,” Eastwood said. “That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who’s not doing a good job. But I didn’t make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.”


Eastwood’s appearance at the convention came after a personal request from Romney in August, soon after Eastwood endorsed the former Massachusetts governor at a fundraiser in Sun Valley, Idaho. But it was finalized only in the last week before the convention, along with an agreement to build suspense by keeping it secret until the last moment.


Meanwhile, Romney’s campaign aides asked for details about what Eastwood would say to the convention.


“They vett most of the people, but I told them, ‘You can’t do that with me, because I don’t know what I’m going to say,’” Eastwood recalled.


And while the Hollywood superstar has plenty of experience being adored by crowds, he said he hasn’t given a lot of speeches and admitted that, “I really don’t know how to.” He also hates using a teleprompter, so it was settled in his mind that when he spoke to the 10,000 people in the convention hall, and the millions more watching on television, he would do it extemporaneously.

“It was supposed to be a contrast with all the scripted speeches, because I’m Joe Citizen,” Eastwood said. “I’m a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.”


Eastwood is a liberal on social issues such as gay marriage and abortion, but he has strongly conservative opinions about the colossal national debt that has accumulated while Obama has been president, his failure to get unemployment below 6 percent, and a host of other economic issues.


“Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff,” Eastwood said.

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Democrats Drop All References To ‘God’ In 2012 Party Platform

It's official. The Democratic Party is now owned and run by the Godless Left, a morally-bankrupt lot that believes in destroying traditional marriage, abortions at any and all costs, keeping minorities in a state of victimhood, faux-"global warming", government entitlements and serving those who choose to partake in the UnGoldy and unnatural act that is homosexuality. Be interesting to see how the Black Ministry responds to this:

In a move that is sure to draw the ire of many conservatives, the Democratic National Committee has dropped all references to “God” from within its party platform.
In 2008, the platform read:

“We need a government that stands up for the hopes, values, and interests of working people, and gives everyone willing to work hard the chance to make the most of their God-given potential.”

And now CBN political correspondent David Brody reports that the DNC has re-written the paragraph as such:

“We gather to reclaim the basic bargain that built the largest middle class and the most prosperous nation on Earth – the simple principle that in America, hard work should pay off, responsibility should be rewarded, and each one of us should be able to go as far as our talent and drive take us.”

The Blaze‘s Billy Hallowell adds that the platform doesn’t mention the words “God” or “Lord” even one time, while the Republican platform mentions “God” 12 times. He also notes that the mentions of “God” in the DNC platform have decreased over the last few election cycles — 2008′s solitary mention was down from 2004′s seven mentions of “God.”

CBN does note, however, that the platform does still mention “faith” in a positive light:

“Faith has always been a central part of the American story, and it has been a driving force of progress and justice throughout our history. We know that our nation, our communities, and our lives are made vastly stronger and richer by faith and the countless acts of justice and mercy it inspires. Faith- based organizations will always be critical allies in meeting the challenges that face our nation and our world – from domestic and global poverty, to climate change and human trafficking. People of faith and religious organizations do amazing work in communities across this country and the world, and we believe in lifting up and valuing that good work, and finding ways to support it where possible.”

The committee will vote on the final platform today.

It’s unclear why the references were dropped (it might be a strange play for atheists or agnostics like me?). But it is especially odd given the fact that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe in God, and Republicans will certainly make an issue of this in order to deter those potential Democratic voters who place high value on religion.

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Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Cleared of Financial Improprieties

Mediaite.com:

Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio has not been charged following an inquiry into allegations that the controversial lawman abused power in his role. The accusations against Arpaio included “claims of misuse of county-issued credit cards and federal money to pay for salaries, trips, meals and other expenses they should not have covered.”

Investigators looking into the charges said they found “insufficient evidence of criminal intent,” and Arpaio responded to the findings by saying he “never had any doubt” and thanking the federal government for its work in the inquiry.

The Sheriff currently faces a similar civil-rights lawsuit, with advocacy organizations alleging that Arpaio targeted Latinos in raids and other actions carried out by his deputies. The ruling in that lawsuit is still pending. 

Justice.

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Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley Tells CBS We’re Not Better Off Than Four Years Ago

Mediaite.com:

Appearing on CBS’ Face the Nation Sunday morning, Maryland’s Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley said that the country is not better off than four years ago. On every other morning show, Democratic representatives were posed a similar question — O’Malley was the only one to concede that he believes Americans are not better off.

“Can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago?” host Bob Schieffer asked the governor.

“No, but that’s not the question of this election,” O’Malley replied. “The question, without a doubt, we are not as well off as we were before George Bush brought us the Bush job losses, the Bush recession, the Bush deficits, the series of desert wars — charged for the first time to credit cards, the national credit cards.”

O’Malley was joined by Obama’s deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter, who stepped in to tell Schieffer that she does believe America is better off today than when the president took office.

“I just want to remind you what was happening four years ago at this time,” she said. “In the quarter before the president took office, we lost three million jobs. Our country was bleeding. Our financial system was on the verge of collapse. We were passing bank bailouts to ensure that our system could stay afloat. That’s what was happening before the president took office.”

Nevertheless, Republicans seized on O’Malley’s remarks by sending out a campaign email:

This president can ask us to be patient. This president can tell us it was someone else’s fault. This president can tell us that the next four years he’ll get it right. But this president cannot tell us that YOU are better off today than when he took office. America has been patient. Americans have supported this president in good faith. But today, the time has come to turn the page.

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