The republican party is pulling out all the stops in attacking Clint Eastwood, for his Super Bowl TV ad.  You know the one:  “It’s halftime in the Obama administration”.  Oops – I mean America.  (Anyone can see it’s 4^th (year) and long yardarge for the Obama administration, with time running out.  The nation is braced for a hail mary pass of class and race divisiveness - by both parties - to “rally the faithful”.  See Chauncey de Colt 45’s open salon posts for details).

The Republicans can be forgiven their confusion, I suppose.  Clint’s TV ad was a tribute to motor city, Chrysler, and the resurgence of its gas guzzling big block engines – from the Dodge Charger, Chrysler 300 SRT 8, Ram Pickups, Durango, Jeep Wrangler with its new ultra powerful 285 hp engine . . . all of which of course are synonymous with the Obama administration, right?

Yes – these are the cars America loves, and republicans especially shouldn’t fault Clint Eastwood for shilling for them.   He was paid to do so, and republicans are all about private enterprise and making a quick buck, aren’t they?

It shouldn’t matter that Clint was vocally against the bailout of Chrysler, which cost us taxpayers $1.3 Billion.  It shouldn’t matter that Chrysler wasn’t really “saved” by the taxpayer bailout – the Obama administration later gave Chrysler away – as in ‘for free’ – to Fiat . .. the only automaker willing to take them on as a basket case.

Republicans – lissen up!  Clint Eastwood campaigned for McCain in 2008.  He’s been voting republican since the 1950’s, when he liked Ike.  When he was “non partisan” mayor of Carmel California, a wealthy suburb for rich white people, he governed in favor of merchants and businesses  (there were no poor to taken care of, evidently).  He’s been shooting criminals (Dirty Harry, corrupt cops (Pale Rider), and mexicans (A Fistful of Ugly) like forever.

So – he’s one of you.  Lighten up.  Clint’s didn’t intend his TV ad to be a veiled message of support for the failed policies of the Obama administration.  If it had been, he would been touting the Chevy volt, which dropped to only a few hundred units sold last month, and probably has already been secretly cancelled by GM.   The words Clint read last Sunday were probably written by some New York advertising copywriter, not by him.  (You don’t get your salsa from New York either, do you?  Try Pace, instead.)

Clint, we love you even though you sold your soul to Chrysler for a few thousand bucks, and didn’t understand what you were reading. Don’t listen to republican whining.  And we look forward to another great movie like “Gran Torino”. 

How about “The Good, the Bad, and the Charger” . . . ?