Clint Eastwood’s endorsement of Mitt Romney in Idaho last Friday did not really surprise me. The endorsement probably made Mitt’s day, but whether this will have any SUDDEN IMPACT on the electorate, or raise A FEW DOLLARS MORE for the billionaire’s presidential campaign, remains to be seen.
Actually, I have a confession to make. I have NEVER liked any of Clint Eastwood’s movies (neither the ones he’s appeared in, nor the ones he’s directed), so now in my book he joins the ranks of two other Hollywood gun-toting Republican icons, John Wayne and Charlton Heston, all of whose movies I can not bear to watch either.
If Barack Obama wins the presidential election this November, Clint Eastwood might have to remake some of his movies—“Million Dollar Baby,” “Play Misty for Me,” “True Crime,” etc. And he’ll have to rename some others if he chooses to remake them as well—“Every Which Way But Lose,” “White House Black Heart,” “Magnum Farce,” “Dirty Barry,” etc.
Can Democrats with elephantine memories ever forgive Clint for choosing Mitt over Barack? Or will he now be banished to the Hollywood equivalent of ALCATRAZ, to remain forever among the UNFORGIVEN?
I have never seen one of his movies but my brother, the Colonel, likes them.
I’ve seen surprisingly few of his films. I sometimes like the bridges of madison county, but i usually get bored when I try to rewatch it (big meryl fan). Mystic River wasn’t too bad, but I didn’t love it. I remember thinking I should like midnight in the garden of good and evil, but that was in high school and I haven’t seen it since then. I really thought he was going to come around and be an Obamadinejhad supporter after that superbowl ad “controversy.” Oh well. thankfully there are so few knucklehead r-s in hollywood.