October 20, 2006
Eastwood On Politics
"Flags of Our Father" director Clint Eastwood turned political when he talked with the current issue of Entertainment Weekly. His comments on today's political climate could be seen as support for Sen. George Allen (R-VA). Remember Eastwood became mayor of Carmel running on the GOP ticket.
His words: "We're living in a world that's so violent. The way everybody's calling everybody names. Politicians are vying for power, and we're in an America where people say things, in a political race, like, 'You used the N-word 30 years ago.' Thirty years ago people might've used anything! So they say back, 'Well, you used it 20 years ago.' We're living in a kindergarten. It should be on issues, and that's the thing that makes you sick about the political scheme of things right now, regardless of which side."
He was also asked: "So is there any conceivable possibility in the modern world for the assertion of conventional heroism?"
"I don't see it right now. I certainly don't see any politician that's a hero in any party anywhere. I think John McCain did something that I don't know if I could do and I don't think many men can look in the mirror and say they'd do: give up a chance to get out of prison because his dad was an admiral and the Vietnamese were going to let him go. I mean that took cojones...."
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