Clint Eastwood's RNC Speech Made Romney Staffer Sick

"Double Down: Game Change 2012" is the follow-up novel to Mark Halperin and John Heilemann novel of the 2008 campaign. There is this gem from the 2012 Republican National Convention Mitt Romney's political adviser Stuart Stevens literally got sick during Clint Eastwood's empty chair speech.

Romney’s senior strategist, Stuart Stevens, was backstage with Romney watching Eastwood, and while the Republican nominee “seemed to think it was funny — at least at first,” the authors write, Stevens was so upset by the “disaster occurring on stage” that he “excused himself, went into another room and vomited.”

It is still amazing that the Romney campaign didn't vet Eastwood's speech.

Quote of the Day

"If somebody is dumb enough to ask me to go to political convention and say something, they're gonna have to take what they get."

Clint Eastwood, on his disasterous appearance at the Republican National Convention.

A Youtube commenter noted that the Republican audience applauded when Eastwood said that there were 23 million unemployed Americans.