Word around the Republican campfire is that Hollywood actor and director Clint Eastwood will be speaking at the Republican Convention in Tampa on Thursday night ahead of Mitt Romney.
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According to Fox News:
One Republican source told FoxNews.com that Eastwood is indeed the mystery speaker, following an online report that claimed the actor is planning to travel to Tampa for the convention.
If the Academy Award winner is the one, he could get a mixed reception with the Hollywood-leery crowd.
“He’s all right, despite being associated with Hollywood,” Bruce Thompson, a California delegate, said laconically. “He’s a good guy and was a good mayor.”
The chatter comes shortly after Eastwood endorsed Romney for president, despite cutting a Super Bowl ad earlier in the year that some saw as a subtle push for a second Obama term.
If in fact Clint will be there tonight, he’ll surely bring the house down with his grizzly old man delivery.
Here’s the Super Bowl ad Eastwood did earlier this year to see what we mean:
SOURCE: Fox News
