Actor Clint Eastwood addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.By LEANNE ITALIE
Associated Press
NEW YORK – In the aftermath of Clint Eastwood’s perplexing and ridiculed “invisible Obama” monologue at the Republican National Convention, conservative blogger Moe Lane summed up what many on both sides of the political divide are thinking.
“The term ‘surfing on the edge of the catastrophe curve’ comes to mind,” Lane wrote at RedState, concluding the bit that had the 82-year-old Hollywood icon talking to an empty chair did work but, “I would not recommend that the GOP make it a habit.”
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