The RNC's mystery speaker is...

[cynatnite]

Clint Eastwood.

Well, it's possible depending on how seriously you take the source.

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A well-placed Republican source tells Townhall that Oscar-winning director and actor Clint Eastwood will travel to Tampa, Florida to attend Mitt Romney's nominating convention this week. As the news media scrambles to identify the so-called "mystery speaker" scheduled to address GOP delegates on Thursday evening, some have speculated that the iconic Hollywood figure could fit the bill. Our source -- who spoke on the condition of anonymity -- could not confirm if Eastwood is, in fact, the intriguing "to-be-announced" speaker, but stated unequivocally that the Dirty Harry star will arrive in Florida late on Wednesday or early on Thursday, and will return to southern California on Friday. Eastwood endorsed Romney earlier this month and backed Sen. John McCain's presidential bid in 2008. He also attracted political buzz when he cut a controversial Super Bowl ad for Chrysler earlier this year, which some viewed as a tacit message in favor of President Obama. If he is the RNC mystery man, Eastwood would address Republican delegates just prior to Sen. Marco Rubio's introduction of Romney in primetime on Thursday night.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/08/29/exclusive_clint_eastwood_headed_to_tampa_for_rnc

[Rambis]

1. Cloned Hitler? (nm)

[Rambis]

7. David Duke? (nm)

[spanone]

2. they took a poll on chuck todd's show on who it would be.....

michael steele said 'sarah palin'

todd said 'eastwood'

spanone says 'who gives a shit'

[monmouth]

3. I'm still going with the dick..Cheney../nt

[TlalocW]

4. I know he's republican, but he always seemed to be more of the sane kind

I don't think he would want to get mixed up with the current bunch.

TlalocW

[rustydog]

6. Yes, he is a thinking, intelligent old-school Republican

[Bluenorthwest]

9. No he's not, he is just well versed in sounding less radical in order to sell his products

and continue to book talent. He's far right wing, he just lies about it.

[Tom Ripley]

15. +1,000,000

[TlalocW]

18. I would like to take this opportunity

To declare how completely and obviously WRONG I was in my post about Clint being sane.

If I held a political office, I would be stepping down to, "spend more time with my family."

Thank you.

TlalocW

[rustydog]

5. One of the "Hollywood Elitists"?

Oh no!

[Bluenorthwest]

8. Clint would be perfect for them, he's constantly doing stooge work for them

and he's a hypocritical old coward whose word has all the worth of a fart in a strong desert wind.

[RebelOne]

11. Neil Boortz on his radio show today

said that he was sure it was going to be Clint Eastwood.

[hifiguy]

10. Meh. It's gonna be the one and only

ZOMBIE REAGAN!!!

[cynatnite]

17. Now, that would be freaky!

[liberal_at_heart]

12. There is still a part of me that likes Clint Eastwood

I'm still hoping that Stephen King will make The Dark Tower movie and cast Clint as Roland.

[dionysus]

13. clint 20-30 years ago was how i always envisioned Roland when i read the books.

[cynatnite]

14. I still love Million Dollar Baby...

His movies from the last 10 years or so were his best, IMO. I do like his work a lot, but I want to hit something at the thought of him being a repub.

[underpants]

16. Hologram of Reagan - one of Mitch McConnell's staff said it as a joke

in an article I read earlier today but I would not be surprised.