Obama Responds To Clint Eastwood’s Speech (PHOTO)

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: TPM

President Obama offered up a photo reponse to Clint Eastwood's strange convention speech, which featured him roasting an empty chair that was intended to represent Obama. Via his campaign's Twitter feed:

@barackobama
"This seat's taken."

http://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/241392153148915712/photo/1

Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-responds-to-clint-eastwoods-speech

[JI7]

1. just saw this on TV

love it

[politicasista]

2. ...

[progressivebydesign]

3. are they brilliant, or what? Such beautiful snark! n/t

[bluestateguy]

4. Cute

But I doubt Obama personally sent the tweet.

Probably a snarky staffer.

[Cha]

6. It's Pres Obama's twitter account..

I really don't think others would be using it in the name of the Pres.

I gotta think he would be watching to see what more he has to expect from these lying punks.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

9. and he sent it out on Facebook, too

it's him

[Tx4obama]

14. See comment #13. n/t

[Ed Suspicious]

10. I do not

believe the president manage his own Facebook or twitter account, but it would be pretty cool if he were the Facebook snarkologist in chief.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

12. Actually, it's only his personal tweets when he signs it with "-bo" nt

[Cha]

16. You're right..I remember reading that

now. I stand corrected.

I just went to the Twitter page and some mitt bots were giving @barackobama some shit.

[Tx4obama]

13. When Obama personally sends a tweet it is signed: -bo

all other tweets are sent out by his campaign staff.


On Obama's Twitter page it says:

@BarackObama

This account is run by #Obama2012 campaign staff. Tweets from the President are signed -bo.

[Cha]

17. Yeah, I remember now.. I just thought

it would be from him. Silly me!

[NYC Liberal]

19. Doesn't matter whether he personally typed it out anyways

It's an official response from the campaign. Same difference.

[Cha]

20. Yeah, it should

get a smile out of him.

[flamingdem]

31. On msnbc someone said he signs "BO" when it's really from him

That said for sure he had to approve this one.

[Cha]

33. Thanks flamindem!

[cilla4progress]

5. So dignified.

Next week is gonna be great...no matter what happens in November.

[aquart]

7. Superb.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

8. an angry old man frustrated with an imaginary version of the president

Eastwood's speech was the perfect illustration of everything wrong with today's GOP

[Union Scribe]

15. Great point! nt

[Cha]

18. It is a Great Point! Excellent!

Somebody should Tweet that and it should go VIRAL!

[IdaBriggs]

27. Nicely stated! nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. GOP would like to replace Eastwood's empty chair with an empty suit. But it gets worse ...

The empty suit actually contains a black hole that sucks up our money and sends it to the Cayman Islands.

[identify]

21. I'll just leave this here

i'm a n00b and i can't figure out how to post a pic, but this is my first post. the president just laid it down. ho ho!
http://qkme.me/3qpj4v

[renate]

22. nicely done!

And welcome to DU!

[identify]

23. thank you!

It's great to be here!

[dipsydoodle]

24. Excellent !

Welcome to DU.

[AtomicKitten]

25. Ha! Good stuff.

[Coexist]

26. .

[hamsterjill]

28. The American President

"My name is Andrew Shepperd, and I AM President of the United States."

Love it! Love it!! Love it!!!

[nobodyspecial]

29. Love this!

[mgarr]

30. back of a chair

Just seeing the back of that chair instills confidence that adults are still in charge.

How many ways can one say, "mistake"?
Republican convention went off the rails with this one.

Is this a taste of what Republican good judgment looks like?
What the hell were they thinking?

This was the last night of the Republican convention.
And we are given this?

I love Eastwood.
But only managed to feel sorry for him.
And to feel sorry for the poor bozo who talked the convention committee into this stunt.

[flamingdem]

32. +1 indeed

[myrna minx]

34. Welcome to DU, mgarr.

Well said.

[jillan]

35. Ya know - he is so cute. That little head and those ears. We have such an adorable President.

And Vice President.

That was my shallow comment for the day.

[Liberalynn]

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