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Clint Eastwood and weak-willed friend

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Esquire magazine: “Your characters have become touchstones in the culture, whether it’s Reagan invoking “Make my day” or now [Donald[ Trump … I swear he’s even practiced your scowl.”

Clint Eastwood: “Maybe. But he’s onto something, because secretly everybody’s getting tired of political correctness, kissing up. That’s the kiss-ass generation we’re in right now. We’re really in a pussy generation. Everybody’s walking on eggshells. We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren’t called racist. And then when I did Gran Torino, (2008) even my associate said, ‘This is a really good script, but it’s politically incorrect’ And I said, ‘Good. Let me read it tonight.’ The next morning, I came in and I threw it on his desk and I said, ‘We’re starting this immediately.’

ESQ: “What is the “pussy generation”?”

CE: “All these people that say, “Oh, you can’t do that, and you can’t do this, and you can’t say that.” I guess it’s just the times.”

ESQ:” What do you think Trump is onto?”

CE: “What Trump is onto is he’s just saying what’s on his mind. And sometimes it’s not so good. And sometimes it’s … I mean, I can understand where he’s coming from, but I don’t always agree with it.”

ESQ:” So you’re not endorsing him?”

CE: “I haven’t endorsed anybody. I haven’t talked to Trump. I haven’t talked to anybody. You know, he’s a racist now because he’s talked about this judge. And yeah, it’s a dumb thing to say. I mean, to predicate your opinion on the fact that the guy was born to Mexican parents or something. He’s said a lot of dumb things. So have all of them. Both sides. But everybody—the press and everybody’s going, “Oh, well, that’s racist,” and they’re making a big hoodoo out of it. Just fucking get over it. It’s a sad time in history.”

[Later]

ESQ: “What do you think of Hillary?”

CE: What about her? I mean, it’s a tough voice to listen to for four years. It could be a tough one. If she’s just gonna follow what we’ve been doing, then I wouldn’t be for her.

ESQ: “But if the choice is between her and Trump, what do you do?”

CE: “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. There’s been just too much funny business on both sides of the aisle. She’s made a lot of dough out of being a politician. I gave up dough to be a politician. I’m sure that Ronald Reagan gave up dough to be a politician.”

Clint Eastwood yells at cloud. weighs in on The Donald and The Hill in an interview with his son Scott for Esquire and calls out an entire generation of cat lovers..

Clint and Scott Eastwood: No Holds Barred in Their First Interview Together (Esquire)

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Smash TV’s homage to the Old West – 30 years of westerns condensed into a single hour starring Clint Eastwood.

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Painstakingly assembled from more than 50 Western movies, ranging from Sergio Leone’s early Spaghetti Westerns all the way up to 90s reimaginings such as Desperado and Wild Wild West, Gunslinger serves as a humble attempt to pay homage to one of the longest running and most influential genres of the silver screen. Whether your loyalty lies with the trusty sheriff, the dastardly villain, the ruthless mercenary, the opportunistic thief, or the unpredictable vigilante, it provides a thrilling look at heroism, betrayal, greed, loss, and justice in a time when law and order was as rare as the gold men killed for.

If you liked that, check out the two previous hour-long specials in the series: Skinemax (an ode to late night TV and B-movies with Kurt Russell) and Memorex (50 minutes of vintage 80s adverts ripped from VHS starring Ronald McDonald).

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Last night.

He went on to have a conversation with an empty chair – representing Mr. Obama – and criticized the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the president’s change of heart on closing the U.S. prison at Guantanamo.

“When somebody doesn’t do the job, you gotta let `em go,” Eastwood said before making a throat-slashing motion. Eastwood endorsed the notion that troops should return “tomorrow” from Afghanistan and erroneously suggested that is Romney’s position.

 

Full transcript here  .