Hollywood Icon Clint Eastwood Makes Surprise Bloomberg Endorsement

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Published: Feb 22, 2020
Author: Erin Coates
Post Date: 2020-02-23 02:28:50 by BTP Holdings
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Hollywood Icon Clint Eastwood Makes Surprise Bloomberg Endorsement

Clint Eastwood Makes Shock 2020 Endorsement... It's NOT Trump

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By Erin Coates

Published February 22, 2020 at 10:25am

Clint Eastwood has made a surprising endorsement of former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, despite the former mayor’s poor performance at the Democratic debate this week.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the movie maker said that “the politics has gotten so ornery.”

He told The Journal that he approves of “certain things that Trump’s done” but wishes he would act “in a more genteel way, without tweeting and calling people names. I would personally like for him to not bring himself to that level.”

And then Eastwood made his shocking endorsement: “The best thing we could do is just get Mike Bloomberg in there.”

Bloomberg has just come off a week of poor reviews after his Wednesday performance at the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate debate in Las Vegas.

Bloomberg took a beatingfrom his fellow Democrats on the debate stage and was criticized for his treatment of women, stop-and-frisk policy and the millions of dollars he has spent on his campaign.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren perhaps had the harshest words about Bloomberg.

“I’d like to talk about who we’re running against: a billionaire who calls women ‘fat broads’ and ‘horse-faced lesbians,’” she said. “No, I’m not talking about Donald Trump.”

“I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg. Democrats are not going to win if we have a nominee who has a history of hiding his tax returns, of harassing women and supporting racist policies like redlining and stop-and-frisk,” Warren argued.

Eastwood has traditionally leaned to the right on the political spectrum and served as the Republican mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, from 1986 to 1988, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

However, Eastwood told Ellen DeGeneres in an interview that he preferred the libertarian point of view, Reason reported.

“This is part of the libertarian idea: Leave everybody alone. Leave everybody alone,” he said.

He famously criticized former President Barack Obama in a speech in which he traded dialogue with a chair he pretended Obama was sitting on.

The director also said that given the choice between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in 2016, he would vote for Trump, Reuters reported.

“That’s a tough one, isn’t it? I’d have to go for Trump … you know, ’cause she’s declared that she’s gonna follow in Obama’s footsteps,” he said at the Republican National Convention.

In his interview with The Wall Street Journal, Eastwood defended his stance on the controversy created by his latest film“The Ballad of Richard Jewell” because of its depiction of Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs

The paper called the depiction “entirely false and malicious, and … extremely defamatory and damaging” in a letter to Warner Bros.

Eastwood said that they just changed the story a little when Scruggs was portrayed sleeping with a Federal Bureau of Investigation source to get the scoop.

“Well, she hung out at a little bar in town, where mostly police officers went,” he said. “And she had a boyfriend that was a police officer. Well, we just changed it in the story. We made it a federal police officer instead of a local.”


Poster Comment:

We must ask if Clint has been smoking something funny?

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#1: NeoconsNailed    To: BTP Holdings (#0)

Boy, that is revolting! I've always told you his rightist displays were just a hobby, world.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-02-23 07:16:24   Reply   Private Reply


#2: StraitGate    To: NeoconsNailed, BTP Holdings (#1)

I think it was Mike Rivero who recently said something along these lines? This is a paraphrase:

From time to time in my life I've needed a plumber, an electrician, a doctor, and even a lawyer. But I've never needed an entertainer.

StraitGate posted on 2020-02-23 09:29:51   Reply   Private Reply


#3: BTP Holdings    To: StraitGate (#2)

From time to time in my life I've needed a plumber, an electrician, a doctor, and even a lawyer. But I've never needed an entertainer.

So true. I need a lawyer now so I get rid of that woman at court house. She keeps screwing me over. If I get letter from my doctor that says I can handle my own finances, then Legal Aid will send me one for free to help me out. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-02-23 09:43:47   Reply   Private Reply


#4: noone222    To: BTP Holdings (#0)

However, Eastwood told Ellen DeGeneres in an interview that he preferred the libertarian point of view, Reason reported.

Bloomberg a libertarian - and I am Pope Pedophile the 13th !

Eastwood is senile !

noone222 posted on 2020-02-23 10:07:22   Reply   Private Reply


#5: BTP Holdings    To: noone222 (#4)

Eastwood is senile !

That crossed my mind too. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-02-23 10:10:01   Reply   Private Reply


#6: randge    To: noone222 (#4)

senile !

Senile or making nice with the corporate democrat establishment that he feels he has to kiss up to.

Bloombergstein will dredge up a lot of odd flotsam and jetsam in its wake before this trip is over.

Bon voyage.

randge posted on 2020-02-23 12:11:50   Reply   Private Reply


#7: BTP Holdings    To: randge (#6)

flotsam and jetsam

They were a thrash metal band we worked in Chicago back in the day. Not my cup of tea and there were the usual number of jerks to deal with. ;)

en.wikipe dia.org/wiki/Flotsam_and_Jetsam_(band)

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-02-23 12:36:01   Reply   Private Reply


#8: randge    To: BTP Holdings (#7)

thrash metal band

Didn't know there was such a thing. Born in the wrong century, I guess.

Just wow.

Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo. The songs usually use fast percussive beats and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead guitar work. The lyrical subject matter often deals with criticisms of The Establishment and concern over the destruction of the environment, and at times shares a disdain for Christian dogma resembling that of their black metal counterparts. The language is typically quite direct and denunciatory, an approach borrowed from hardcore punk.

randge posted on 2020-02-23 13:59:10   Reply   Private Reply


#9: BTP Holdings    To: randge (#8)

thrash metal band

Didn't there was such a thing. Born in the wrong century, I guess.

Just wow.

Does your old lady keep you tied to a post all day or what?

You really need some exposure to real life. LOL

I am really lucky to recall these things because of my illness. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-02-23 14:26:19   Reply   Private Reply


#10: Bill D Berger    To: BTP Holdings (#0)

Let the two-minutes hate begin!! The daily, public period during which members of the Outer Party of Oceania must watch a film depicting the perceived enemies of the state, specifically Emmanuel Goldstein Clint Eatswood and his followers, to openly and loudly express hatred for him.

it would be amusing if it wasn't so pathetic.

Bill D Berger posted on 2020-02-23 17:02:02   Reply   Private Reply


#11: randge    To: BTP Holdings (#9)

Does your old lady keep you tied to a post all day or what?

Shit.

I lived through whole movies scenes: end-of 60s, the 70's, the 80s, etc., etc.

Singularly unimpressed for the most part.

Better half & I do go out country dancin' from time to time. Cheers.

randge posted on 2020-02-23 17:15:25   Reply   Private Reply


#12: BTP Holdings    To: randge (#11)

Better half & I do go out country dancin' from time to time. Cheers.

I could really cut a rug back when I lived in Illinois and went to Country Music Inn (closed long ago).

I had call forwarding when I lived in Wheeling. I was on call for snow and ice and decided to go out. I walked into CMI and paid the cover at the door. I had not even gotten to order a beer and a call came in at the bar and they were paging me.

I got on the line and told the boss I had just got there and not even ordered a beer, and that if I had a few in me I would tell them to call my back up.

So I told the doorman I would be back in a couple hours. I went to the yard and grabbed a truck and took care of the icing complaint and went back to CMI after I parked the truck. Took about 2 hours like I said.

I was there the night it closed for good. I wanted to grab the steer horns above the back door, but the bartender told me, "Leave them there."

Oh well, some guys have all the luck. ;-/

There is a UPS store on the corner where it used to sit. It was like a lot of places. The property was worth more than the annual revenues, It was the same way for Riverview Amusement Park in Chicago.

At Riverview you could shoot .22 shorts at the shooting gallery. I think that was the last place around you could do that. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-02-23 17:41:04   Reply   Private Reply


#13: randge    To: BTP Holdings (#12)

I'll bet you was the baddass! Heh-heh.

randge posted on 2020-02-23 18:57:58   Reply   Private Reply


#14: BTP Holdings    To: randge (#13)

I'll bet you was the baddass!

One night I was in CMI and there were these three guys there who were from South Africa.

They said they did not understand how the U.S. came to be from coast to coast.

We were using my body as a map. Left side was east coast and right was west coast. In the middle was Mid-West.

One of them points below my belt and says, "What's down there?"

I said, "That's Mexico. We don't go there." ROTFLMAO!

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-02-23 19:02:17   Reply   Private Reply


#15: randge    To: BTP Holdings (#14)

We had a young girl from South Arica working for us some time ago. She went on holiday down to South Padre Island.

There's an immigration checkpoint coming north from Brownsville where the guy in uniform stops your car and asks for your citizenship.

"South Africa."

"Passport, please."

Oh oh. She and her friends forgot their papers. That was a five hour drive with the passports to get them out of a jam. We did teach her to drive. She went through the neighbors' garage door.

It's always interesting and instructive to have folks around from other places.

randge posted on 2020-02-23 19:16:35   Reply   Private Reply


#16: NeoconsNailed    To: StraitGate (#2)

Hahaaa, the fun of hyperbole ;)

NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-02-23 19:18:39   Reply   Private Reply


#17: BTP Holdings    To: randge (#15)

It's always interesting and instructive to have folks around from other places.

I knew this Swedish girl named Sandy when I lived in suburban Palatine. She was a Nanny. She stayed past her Visa. They caught her and sent her back to Sweden.

I always said, "Swedish Sandy had lips like cotton candy." ROTFLOL

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-02-23 19:36:14   Reply   Private Reply


#18: NeoconsNailed    To: noone222 (#4)

ROFL, you've really got the picture!

NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-02-23 19:38:42   Reply   Private Reply


#19: IRTorqued    To: Bill D Berger (#10)

Let the two-minutes hate begin!! The daily, public period during which members of the Outer Party of Oceania must watch a film depicting the perceived enemies of the state, specifically Emmanuel Goldstein Clint Eatswood and his followers, to openly and loudly express hatred for him.

it would be amusing if it wasn't so pathetic.

it interrupts the daily trump praise and worship service, don't you know.

IRTorqued posted on 2020-02-23 21:23:20   Reply   Private Reply


#20: randge    To: IRTorqued (#19)

it interrupts the daily trump praise and worship service, don't you know.

Heh heh.

I never once watched the man's TV show. But one thing I've gotten to enjoy about him immensely is the way that he so thoroughly pisses certain people off.

randge posted on 2020-02-24 08:21:09   Reply   Private Reply