Like the aging fisherman in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, Clint Eastwood put his life's work on the line for the sake of catching the biggest fish of his life, in his RNC speech.
For all his cinematic success, this was Eastwood's big public moment. Make no mistake, he wasted it and his reputation as a man of dignity and talent was washed away in the storm of his own creation. But it is Governor Romney who plays the character of Santiago in this revision.
When Eastwood put President Obama in an empty chair he clearly intended to imply he was lecturing the president of the United States. And he wasn't on the Jay Leno Show, where he should have been. And it is Gov. Romney who is ultimately responsible for that. It happened on his watch, at his own convention and it/Eastwood came RIGHT before Rubio introduced Mr. Romney!
This is an ugly moment Romney can't dodge. He changed his view on abortion three times, he can't recall ganging up on a gay kid in high school, his tax returns are OFF LIMITS, but when he picked Clint Eastwood as his BIG FISH at the political convention he cast himself upon America.
Like Santiago, Governor Romney arrives at the end of his epic moment with only a skeleton left of his presidential veneer.
That empty chair is the skeleton of the fish Santiago dragged into the harbor.
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