Doing it to himself

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/1/2012 11:30 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>just what did Eastwood mean when he told the chair "He
>{Romney] can't do that to himself."

The text by Eastwood, as given by the Washington Post:

"what do you want me to tell Romney? I can't tell him to do that. I
can't tell him to do that to himself."

http://tinyurl.com/97yer5q or

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rnc-2012-clint-eastwoods-speech-to-the-republican-convention-in-tampa-full-text/2012/08/30/4247043c-f314-11e1-a612-3cfc842a6d89_story.html

Joel

P.S.  The text records many flubbed lines and retakes, as in the above.

JSB

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