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trailmonkee

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Thu Aug 30, 2012, 10:54 PM Aug 2012

BREAKING -- Clint Eastwood: Mitt Romney Should Not Be President [View all]

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Source: sunshine state news

Hollywood actor and director Clint Eastwood may not have meant to, but in his surprise speech at the RNC this evening, he effectively said the GOP nominee should not be elected President.

"I never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be president." {Source}

Of course, he meant this as a humorous swipe against Democratic incumbent Barack Obama, who graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1991.. But someone at the RNC should have vetted the remarks ahead of time. Here's why: Romney received his Juris Doctorate from Harvard in 1975, and was admitted to the Michigan Bar later that same year.

"I never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be president."

Ouch.

Read more: www.sunshinestatenews.com

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