Which Major Hollywood Actor Did George H.W. Bush Consider as VP?
- Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:39am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Former President George H.W. Bush considered Hollywood heavyweight Clint Eastwood as a potential running mate, according to new interviews released Friday.
The University of Virginia and Bush Presidential Library Foundation released more than 350 hours of audio interviews from 50 administration officials Friday, ABC News reported. Among the revelations was that the “Dirty Harry” legend was briefly considered for the No. 2 spot.
“When we were way behind. Honestly, [Eastwood] was suggested in not an altogether unserious – Well, he was a mayor. He was a Republican mayor,” former Bush campaign chairman and Secretary of State James Baker said
Eastwood served one term as mayor of the conservative ocean side community Carmel, Calif. in the mid-1980s.
“Anyway, it was shot down pretty quick,” Baker said. “But we were looking at an 18-point deficit.”
Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.), Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Jack Kemp (R-N.Y.) were also reportedly under consideration. Bush ultimately selected Indiana Sen. Dan Quayle.
Baker said his first reaction to Quayle was that he was “maybe not the most qualified, but he brings other attributes that are extraordinarily important.”
Eastwood has voiced his distaste for President Barack Obama, saying last year he’s “not a fan” and “I just don‘t think he’s governing.”
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waspanglosaxon
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:18pmClint Eastwood is a bad choice for ‘conservatives’ but a typical choice for anyone named Bush. He lived in sin for years with another woman after leaving his wife and his his daughter is running around nude on film everywhere. Why not have Victoria Jackson or Mel Gibson as a Republican v.p.?
Report Post »Van Bones
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:45pmDouche’
Report Post »DrunkReport.com
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:09pmwhat does “living in sin” have to do with someones Vice Presidential qualifications?
oh, nothing?
Report Post »thats what i thought.
OverFiend
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 4:36pmTo bad Clint is a little to old to be President or Vice President . But how bout Uncle Ted (nugent) for Vice President.Cain and Nugent 2012 or Nugent and Cain 2012 gets my vote
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 8:50pmI guess Bush didn’t feel lucky.
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 4:07pmThat would of MADE HIS DAY
Report Post »ACI
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 3:47pmWe need positive ideas, we need to know our(The American people) mission and then get it done. We need someone that one that KNOWS where we are going and then get the HELL our of our way.
Report Post »voodoolife
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:52pmThat would have been awesome!
Report Post »ambrosia
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:35pmAmerica would rather have Dirty Harry than Dirty Barry.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 5:08pmI’d rather have Dirty Harry Callahan rather than Dingy Harry Reid.
Report Post »snufy
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 1:18pmMy sister said that I am a lot like Clint in the movie ‘Gran Torino’. lol Several years ago, My sister had a part time evening job as a cocktail waitress in the Holiday Inn Lounge here in Indiana. Clint and Sandra stayed there for one night. She said that they were in the lounge when she was working, and that Clint slapped her on the butt and sat her on his lap. That was the high thrill point of her life! Lol
Report Post »faithfullistener
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 12:37pmJust to let you know that George Bush is no longer President. What difference does it make to consider who his VP might have been? Are you that hard-up for current news? Please let him enjoy the years he has left. He deserves it! Stop using him as an excuse for every problem our country now faces! Look at what’s his name in the White House. Talk about a loser! I don’t think he could run/manage a store that only sold one thing.
Report Post »Sumrknght
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 1:08pmPsssst…. they were talking about George “Herbert Walker” Bush – who… by only having one term. COULD (theoretically) still run for President. Not that he’s going to. But you sound like they are referring to George W. Bush… (they certainly aren’t blaming his DAD for all the problems.)
… just a point of clarification. :)
Report Post »lionslayer44
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:46pmhe deserves what? you sir are an idiot as he deserves prison. or have you forgotten that this evil tyrants skull and bones name is magog and on Sept. 11, 1991 (ten years exactly before 911) this piece of crap announced the, “New World Order.” look at the bloodlines they are all related you @$$ including odumbo. illuminati, skull and bones, trilateral commission, committee of 300, bilderbergers, free masons, all the same people trying to rule the world, funding both sides of every war. killing children disguised as soldiers. progressive is progressive whether democrat or republican. just like before ww2 the marxists and fascists were on the same side working for the same ends. they disagreed on the way to get there but the ultimate goal was the same. Prescott Bush financed the Nazi’s as did the english at the beginning of the war. look up gen. albert pike, the plan was laid out in 1871. how can a guy become POTUS without proving his (or her) credentials to be POTUS where are the school transcripts, why is ss # from connecticut? when he went to school in indonesia he had to give up U.S. citizenship (which he never had), to be able to attend, he went to college on a scholarship given to non U.S. citizens, and yes the birth certificate is a fake. the people live within our lifetimes while these people plot the future years in advance prepare to fight or prepare to die. BE PREPARED COLLECT FOOD, WATER (FILTERS), AMMO!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
Report Post »Cherynn
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 12:23pmRecent article with some of Clint Eastwoods political views. I love it and wish he would run for office. I am glad other conservatives support him too. It proves there is hope !!
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/14/clint-eastwood-i-dont-give-a-fck-if-gays-marry/#.TnDwXdN4Zzg.facebook
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 8:56pmI loved Clint’s warning to Michael Moore should he ever show up at his front door.
Report Post »mad_hatter
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:45amCain has said he wanted Romney to be his VP. Would Cain hire Romney if he sounded like this: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/oct/blr_romney.html (Bad Lip Reading Try Mitt Romney)
Pizza with a fly in it…
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:36amClint Eastwood is the man ! My generation’s John Wayne.
Report Post »JohnBirch
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:50amNobody can replace the Duke.
They can come in second.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:58am“Somebody oughta belt you in the mouth. But I won’t, I won’t, the hell I won’t.”
“Well, I don‘t favor talkin’ to vermin, but I’ll talk to you just this once.”
“He’s a gutless wonder.”
“I wouldn’t make it a habit of calling me that, son.”
Report Post »southernORcobra
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:17amThat woulda been awesome
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:32amI’d love to have had Eastwood as President walk into Congress trying to pass some of this absurd legislation. Walk up to then Senator Obama and tell him while holding his 44 mag., “Go ahead punk, make my day”.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:00amThe border security under Eastwood: “Get off my lawn”.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 10:41amCarmel, CA…
speaking of CA…
Their governor has added to his list of new left-extreme wacko laws of late:
Now illegal to carry UNLOADED GUNS.
Now illegal to use a tanning bed between 14-17 yrs of age.
Now illegal to buy/sell shark fin (never mind possible cancer treatments)
And the latest,
Self-checkout of alcohol is now prohibited, even though every register CANNOT ring it up unless an attendant comes over, checks your I.D., then unlocks the register (enters a password).
Stores have NO IDEA how to comply with this yet.
Personally, I think they should just alter the software.
As it was, you scanned the alcohol, it registered, but, would not allow you to proceed until you were approved.
I propose you scan your alcohol, NOTHING is registered, but an “alert” is sounded. Then, the attendant comes over and has to unlock the register, THEN THE ATTENDANT rings it up.
This is exactly why government needs to keep the hell out of our businesses!
Some stores now operate ONLY with self-serve registers!!
Are you putting them out of business?
“What a maroon” – B. Bunny
Report Post »Dinkiecb
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 10:28amDirty Harry would make a great president! Maybe he should run against the freak we have now!
Report Post »BowHuntingTexas
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 10:26amDang. If ole GHW had done this he’d still be president.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 10:17amPicturing Dirty Harry telling the Ahmadinejad “go ahead punk, make my day” made my day.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:14amoops…remove “the”
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 10:12amI know what you’re thinking. “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:49am“Eastwood has voiced his distaste for President Barack Obama, saying last year he’s “not a fan” and “I just don‘t think he’s governing.”’
Would have rather Eastwood called him (Obama) out as the “Punk” he is. But this was enough to satisfy my curiosity as to where Obama stands with Dirty Harry.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:54am“The former mayor of Carmel is ”not a fan” of the current president.
Clint Eastwood told Katie Couric during a CBSNews.com interview that President Barack Obama is doing what he can to stay in his job, but that he’s not actually “governing.”
Eastwood supported Obama’s Republican challenger John McCain two years ago, but the politically active actor is no right winger. He backed California Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat, for example, during the recall campaign that eventually led to Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger being elected.
Nevertheless, publicly coming out against Obama — less than two weeks before mid-term elections — definitely puts Eastwood in the minority in famously liberal Hollywood.
Eastwood, though, is laying low compared to others in Hollywood who don’t support Obama. Kelsey Grammer recently launched RightNetwork, for example, and Jon Voight has been speaking at Tea Party rallies.
And then there’s Clint Howard, Ron’s brother, who stars in two online commercials: one that trashes Obama’s tax policies, and a newer one from writer-director David Zucker that goofs on Sen. Barbara Boxer’s famous “I-worked-so-hard-to get that-title” comment.”
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:48amI still remember the look on Katy Courics face when she asked Clint what he thought Obame (I refuse to call him president). Clint said he wasn’t a fan and the look on her face was like the look on a childs face when they learn there is no Santa Claus…..pricless…
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 10:12amYeah right away she must’ve been think RACIST …lol
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:47amwe could have used him,heck we could use him now, he could do the dirty harry on these commies,{ not harry reid } he really could have done an outlaw josie whales on this administration.o well, to late, but we do nee some one who will stand up to and call a commie a commie and not play commie footsies with them, and i am afraid there is no one out there who is willing to stand up, i really hope and pray we find that person soon,before we all end up in the collective.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:43amWe could use “Dirty Harry” and the old Clint Eastwood characters NOW, that’s for sure! But, probably not as Vice President. I think Dick Cheney added decorum and experience. He surely beat the hell out of the buffoon that’s currently performing (or not).
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:48amActually I was thinking more like his Character in Unforgiven. I’d give him a bottle and point him in the direction of Wall Street then in the Direction of Congress. Or vice-a-versa.
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:58amI was thinking the same thing. Sad but true, a character like Dirty Harry would do a good bust up job of the criminals in Washington, mainly the president and those who think they are going to turn our country into a ghetto.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 10:08amDick Cheney was the other George Bush’s VP. This was his father who picked Cheney as Secretary of Defense, but whose Vice-President was Dan Quayle who, well, let’s just say that decorum and experience aren’t usually the first two words that spring to mind. However, this would have made Clint VP during the time that he made Unforgiven, my all-time favorite Eastwood movie, so I’m just as glad it didn’t come to that.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:43amMaybe we could have used a little “make my day” attitude in the white house to get things done.
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