Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The 10 Least Avoidable Memes Of The 2012 Election
Posted by Virginia K. Smith on Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 2:43 PM
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One of the Republican Party's few legitimate celebrity backers (unless you consider Ted Nugent pertinent), Clint Eastwood was a big "get" for the Republican National Convention in late August. Or he was, until he gave a crazy old codger speech that involved talking to an empty chair he pretended was President Obama. Naturally, someone started an "Invisible Obama" Twitter feed with a chair as the profile picture and "Eastwood-ing" — in which people take pictures of themselves in dialogue with empty chairs — temporarily became a thing. Even the Obama campaign got in on it:
This seat's taken. OFA.BO/c2gbfi, twitter.com/BarackObama/st…
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 31, 2012
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Virginia K. Smith
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Virginia K. Smith is the Assistant Editor at The L Magazine and a Bushwick resident. Her profile picture was taken at Summerscreen, because she is a real team player.
Virginia K. Smith is the Assistant Editor at The L Magazine and a Bushwick resident. Her profile picture was taken at Summerscreen, because she is a real team player.
