Let me preface this by saying I have been a Clint Eastwood fan for longer than most of my readers have been alive. This is the first time I've ever felt sorry for him. I am just disappointed in him, but I am apalled at the RNC for allowing theselves to sink so low. This is rather like the NRA having Charlton Heston, well advanced into Alheimer's, give the keynote speech in Denver, years ago. If you are the RNC and you want someone to do what Eastwood did, shouldn't you at least pick someone who holds values at least similar to the Party's stated ideals of "Family Values," as Republican's understand that phrase. The man they chose to allow to humiliate himself in public is far from the ideal choice, here's why:
Eastwood has fathered at least seven children by five different women and been described as a "serial womanizer." He had affairs with actresses Catherine Deneuve Jill Banner Jamie Rose, Inger Stevens, Jo Ann Harris, Jean Seberg, script analyst Megan Rose, James Brolin's former wife Jane, columnist Bridget Byrne, and swimming champion Anita Lhoest.
Eastwood first married Maggie Johnson on December 19, 1953, six months after they met on a blind date While separated, bg not divorced, from Johnson, Eastwood had an affair with dancer Roxanne Tunis, with whom he had his first child, Kimber Tunis. He did not publicly acknowledge her until 1996. After a reconciliation, he had two children with Johnson: Kyle Eastwood and Aison Eastwood . Eastwood filed for divorce in 1979, but the divorce settlement was not finalized until May 1984.
Never one to batch it, Eastwoodtwood entered a relationship with actress Sondra Locke in 1975 (again while still married) They lived together for fourteen years, despite the fact that Locke remained married to her gay husband, Gordon Anderson. Locke had two abortions and a tubal ligation within the first four years of the relationship.
On April 10, 1989, while Locke was directing the film Impulse, Eastwood changed the locks on their Bel Air home, had many of her possessions removed and placed in storage. Locke filed a palimony suit against Eastwood, then sued him a second time for fraud, regarding a phony directing contract he set up for her in settlement of the first lawsuit. Eastwood and Locke finally resolved the dispute with a non-public settlement in 1999. Her autobiography, The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly, includes a harrowing account of Eastwood's treatment of her during the events surrounding their separation.
During the last four years of his cohabitation with Locke, Eastwood had an intermittent, hidden affair with flight attendant Jacelyn Reeves. According to biographers, the two met at a pub in Carmel, and conceived a son, Scott Reeves (born March 21, 1986), at the premiere of Pale Rider. They also had a daughter, Kathryn Reeves (born February 2, 1988. The birth certificates for both children stated "Father declined." Although they were mentioned in exposé articles as early as 1997, Eastwood did not present his and Reeves' children to the public until 2002.
In 1990, Eastwood began living with actress Frances Fisher, whom he had met on the set of Pink Cadillac (1989). They co-starred in Unforgiven, and had a daughter, Francesca Fisher-Eastwood (born August 7, 1993. The couple ended their relationship in early 1995.
Eastwood subsequently began dating Dina Ruiz, a television news anchor 35 years his junior, whom he had first met when she interviewed him in 1993. They married on March 31, 1996, when Eastwood surprised her with a private ceremony at a home on the Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas. After their wedding, Dina commented "The fact that I am only the second woman he has married really touches me." (very interesting because Ol' Clint has apparently touched many in a very real and personal fashion) The couple have one daughter, Morgan Eastwood (born December 12, 1996). Other than the marriage part, Eastwood makes Mitt's Mormon Polygamist ancestors seem chaste.
To is credit, Eastwood has been very vocal regarding his support for same sex marriage. He, by his actions also is pro-choice, and regards the institution of marriage very lightly.
So. Mitt and Paul, is this the family values plank in your platform or do you remain. as ever, characterless vote whores?
Eastwood has fathered at least seven children by five different women and been described as a "serial womanizer." He had affairs with actresses Catherine Deneuve Jill Banner Jamie Rose, Inger Stevens, Jo Ann Harris, Jean Seberg, script analyst Megan Rose, James Brolin's former wife Jane, columnist Bridget Byrne, and swimming champion Anita Lhoest.
Eastwood first married Maggie Johnson on December 19, 1953, six months after they met on a blind date While separated, bg not divorced, from Johnson, Eastwood had an affair with dancer Roxanne Tunis, with whom he had his first child, Kimber Tunis. He did not publicly acknowledge her until 1996. After a reconciliation, he had two children with Johnson: Kyle Eastwood and Aison Eastwood . Eastwood filed for divorce in 1979, but the divorce settlement was not finalized until May 1984.
Never one to batch it, Eastwoodtwood entered a relationship with actress Sondra Locke in 1975 (again while still married) They lived together for fourteen years, despite the fact that Locke remained married to her gay husband, Gordon Anderson. Locke had two abortions and a tubal ligation within the first four years of the relationship.
On April 10, 1989, while Locke was directing the film Impulse, Eastwood changed the locks on their Bel Air home, had many of her possessions removed and placed in storage. Locke filed a palimony suit against Eastwood, then sued him a second time for fraud, regarding a phony directing contract he set up for her in settlement of the first lawsuit. Eastwood and Locke finally resolved the dispute with a non-public settlement in 1999. Her autobiography, The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly, includes a harrowing account of Eastwood's treatment of her during the events surrounding their separation.
During the last four years of his cohabitation with Locke, Eastwood had an intermittent, hidden affair with flight attendant Jacelyn Reeves. According to biographers, the two met at a pub in Carmel, and conceived a son, Scott Reeves (born March 21, 1986), at the premiere of Pale Rider. They also had a daughter, Kathryn Reeves (born February 2, 1988. The birth certificates for both children stated "Father declined." Although they were mentioned in exposé articles as early as 1997, Eastwood did not present his and Reeves' children to the public until 2002.
In 1990, Eastwood began living with actress Frances Fisher, whom he had met on the set of Pink Cadillac (1989). They co-starred in Unforgiven, and had a daughter, Francesca Fisher-Eastwood (born August 7, 1993. The couple ended their relationship in early 1995.
Eastwood subsequently began dating Dina Ruiz, a television news anchor 35 years his junior, whom he had first met when she interviewed him in 1993. They married on March 31, 1996, when Eastwood surprised her with a private ceremony at a home on the Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas. After their wedding, Dina commented "The fact that I am only the second woman he has married really touches me." (very interesting because Ol' Clint has apparently touched many in a very real and personal fashion) The couple have one daughter, Morgan Eastwood (born December 12, 1996). Other than the marriage part, Eastwood makes Mitt's Mormon Polygamist ancestors seem chaste.
To is credit, Eastwood has been very vocal regarding his support for same sex marriage. He, by his actions also is pro-choice, and regards the institution of marriage very lightly.
So. Mitt and Paul, is this the family values plank in your platform or do you remain. as ever, characterless vote whores?
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