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Title: Clint Eastwood endorses Romney's presidential bid
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Stamford Advocate
URL Source: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/new ... s-presidential-bid-3761478.php
Published: Aug 3, 2012
Author: STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press
Post Date: 2012-08-03 23:54:28 by Hondo68
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Keywords: the years have gone by, Sun Valley fundraiser, Now more than ever
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SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) — Clint Eastwood just made Mitt Romney's day.
The "Dirty Harry" star and Oscar-winning director of "Unforgiven" and "Million Dollar Baby" endorsed the Republican presidential candidate Friday night during a Sun Valley fundraiser.
"I think the country needs a boost," Eastwood told The Associated Press as he joined other Romney supporters for the private campaign event.
In February, Eastwood told Fox News that he wasn't supporting any politician at that time. Some saw the "halftime in America" ad he made for the Super Bowl as a nod toward President Barack Obama. Eastwood responded then by saying he was not "politically affiliated" with the president.
"Now more than ever do we need Gov. Romney. I'm going to be voting for him," Eastwood told Romney supporters Friday night.
"He just made my day," Romney said. "What a guy."
Standing at Romney's side, Eastwood said he was filming "Mystic River" in Massachusetts almost a decade ago when he first saw political advertisements featuring Romney, who was running for governor at the time.
"I said, God, this guy, he's too handsome to be governor, but he does look like he could be president," Eastwood joked. "As the years have gone by I began to think even more so about that."
Eastwood, 82, said he hoped Romney would restore "a decent tax system that we need badly ... so that there's a fairness and people are not pitted against one another as who's paying taxes and who isn't."
The actor and director instantly became Romney highest-profile celebrity supporter. Romney has also earned the endorsement of Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight and rock star Kid Rock.
A campaign spokesman could not immediately say whether Eastwood would play an active role in the campaign.
About 325 people paid as much as $25,000 apiece to attend the event. Eastwood is a part-time resident of Sun Valley.
Poster Comment: A shame that his friends and family couldn't keep him from making a fool out of himself in his twilight years. (1 image)
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Instead of endorsing Mittens, He coulda just done a "Not Obama" endorsement.
#2. To: hondo68 (#0)
Romney has also earned the endorsement of Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight and rock star Kid Rock.
KID ROCK????????
YIKES! That's really going to hurt his rep with the hip hop crowd he likes to hang out with. It may not even be safe for him to go home to Detroit. I'm not exaggerating when I say his kid that is going to school there may be in danger now.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011
Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
#3. To: sneakypete (#2)
LOL, pretty much any kid in Detroit is in danger when going to or from school... It is a socialist gang-banger's paradise.
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