I guess Schwarzenegger wasn’t on the menu this time ‘round, what with the maid-diddling scandal, so the Republicans rolled out the only other big name they’ve got — Clint Eastwood. This may have been a mistake, as the poor old guy comes across as being on his last legs, does a lot of hemming and hawing, and pretends to talk to a Barack Obama who isn’t actually there!

And how’s this for a half hearted endorsement — “Possibly, now, it may be time for someone else.” Wow, such unrestrained enthusiasm! I guess money can buy everything!  Then there are the plebs in the crowd who stand and cheer when Eastwood says “We own this country.” Though he pretends to include the audience in that “we,” what he really means is rich bastards like himself. But the poor, deluded fools don’t seem to understand that. Well, of course they don’t – if they were smart they wouldn’t be at the convention to begin with…

The only intelligent thing said during this bizarre and seemingly endless senior moment is when the imaginary Obama tells Eastwood to shut up. Unfortunately, Eastwood doesn’t know good advice when he hears it and continues to blither for another 7 minutes…