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"Without a doubt, it was the most iconic visual moment of the 2012 Republican Convention \u2014 and one of the more surreal moments in American politics. \nClint Eastwood, Academy Award-winning actor and former GOP politician, took to the stage Thursday night and spoke to an empty chair as if it contained President Obama.\n\"So I\u2019ve got Mr. Obama sitting here ... Mr. President, how do you handle promises you've made?\" he asked the chair. \nOver the course of his meandering speech, Eastwood berated the President for \"thinking Afghanistan was okay,\" called Air Force One a \"big gas guzzler,\" and described the president as \"crazy, absolutely crazy.\"\nNot surprisingly, the chair gave no response. The Internet did, however, giving birth to a new meme that was soon being called \"Eastwooding.\"\nReached for comment by Politico, Obama press secretary Ben LaBolt said he was \"referring all questions on this to Salvador Dali.\" \n\n\nClint Eastwood's Chair at RNC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEastwood/Chair 2012\nImage courtesy of @zdroberts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSad Keanu \nImage courtesy of Reddit, typ901\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n@InvisibleObama\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRun, chair!\nImage courtesy of Reddit, clark_ent\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMcKayla is Not Impressed with Clint's Chair.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEastwood/Chair 2016\nImage courtesy of Tumblr, dweebism\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nObama Chair\nImage courtesy of Tumblr, angryblackman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEastwood Headshot\nImage courtesy of Reddit, jennadaily\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n@BarackObama\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDid You Start Without Me?\n Image courtesy of Narrative Magazine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#Eastwooding\nImage courtesy of mrj2o\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCat Likes Obama\nImage courtesy of classwarkitteh\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n@ClintsChair\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrandpa Simpson\nImage courtesy of Reddit, adaulys\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChair Eastwood\nImage courtesy of Reddit, Davethedrummer06\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEastwooding. It's a thing.\nImage courtesy of modernprimate\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFinally a hologram.\nImage courtesy of softsummers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChairy\nImage courtesy of mlkshk\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOval Office \nImage courtesy of Jeremy Nixon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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