An English translation of the Farsi translation of the RNC last night for viewers in Iran.

“Nonsense from Clint Eastwood, anti-people Hollywood actor, in defense of Mitt Romney, the Right’s candidate for the U.S. elections.

For friends who know English, if you understand what this guy said, let me know too.”

Source: The Atlantic, “Lost in Translation: Iranians Baffled by Clint Eastwood’s RNC Chair Rant”

“I figure if somebody’s dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they’re gonna have to take what they get.”

—Clint Eastwood Talks RNC Speech

“ The prop person probably thought he was going to sit in it.”

—A senior Romney aide, regarding just how the campaign allowed a now infamous moment to take place during the RNC’s climactic night. Surprise speaker Clint Eastwood reportedly asked a member of the backstage staff for a chair, without giving any specifics on why he wanted it. Obviously, the production team had every reason to comply – Clint Eastwood asks you for a chair, and what, you aren’t going to give it to him? The reward for that attentiveness – the most memorably bizarre distractions from a nomination speech in recent history.
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