The Empty Chair

Clint Eastwood’s
rhetorical ramble,
his conversation
with an empty chair,
slamming Obama,
inspiring a social –media
pile on,
diverting attention
from Romney’s speech.

Convention delegates were gleeful.
Rush Limbaugh loved the shtick.
Romney laughed at the improv.
Clint came across as sad and pathetic.  

     

What did Clint Eastwood accomplish? He made Republicans laugh.  He diverted attention away from Romney. He reinforced the idea that the Republican party is the party of “angry old white men.”  He ruined his reputation as a serious filmmaker.

I hope you enjoyed those cheap shots, Mr. Eastwood.  You paid a high price for them.

© 2012 Catherine Giordano   

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Isaac

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Isaac                                                      
continues its slow march

across Louisiana.

Rising flood waters

forcing evacuations;

houses underwater,

residents in shelters.

Officials warn

that the danger

has not passed. 

This storm

is still dangerous.

Isaac delivered no more than heavy rains to Orlando.  It saved its wrath for the Gulf coast areas. The levees held, thank goodness, and there was only one death attributed to the storm.

Isaac did one good thing.  It shortened the Republican Convention in Tampa by a day.  I tried to watch the speeches.  I had to quit because the viciousness and the craziness were scaring me.
 

© 2012 Catherine Giordano

Legitimate Lunkheads

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Offensive, downright stupid, remarks.

“Victims of legitimate rape rarely get pregnant.” 

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“The female reproductive system shuts down.” 

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You have to wonder,

what in the world is “legitimate rape”?

Insulting, inexcusable, dumb comments.

Voters deserve better.

Republican Todd Akin, running for senator of Missouri told the nation that a woman can’t get pregnant due to rape.  What? He says he “misspoke.”  What?




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Akin knew exactly what he was saying. If he actually believed it, and was not just saying to score political points with the rabid “no-abortions-ever-for-any-woman-for-any-reason” crowd, the man is a moron.

In keeping with my mission to write about important events, I’ve been trying to do a poem on this subject for days. I finally got an article in the Orlando Sentinel with words that I could use.

 © 2012 Catherine Giordano

Update 7/10/14: Todd Aiken is back.  He has a book now. And he takes back his apology. He doubles down on his comments about legitimate rape.