Clint Eastwood the Libertarian: Dirty Harry Comes Clean

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Clint Eastwood talks to Jeff Dawson about race, euthanasia, politicians, capital punishment -- and how he really feels about the 'fascist' role that made him famous.

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'But though he has been associated in the public mind with Republican viewpoints, he's something of an individualist. "I don't pay attention to either side," he claims. "I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else's hair. So I believe in that value of smaller government. Give politicians power and all of a sudden they'll misuse it on ya.'

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Interesting

He won't get small government from John McCain. I hope he decides against that.

stacie Posted by stacie on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 06:05
Clint is Great

I like him even more

JesseJohnson Posted by JesseJohnson on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 04:23
ya really have to love Clint

Apart from making great movies, he really seems to be the rugged individualist that he portrayed - much reviled by the left, of course - but they'd crawl through a mine field to play in one of his movies.

Also interesting that he considers himself libertarian.

neilbaxter4 Posted by neilbaxter4 on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 17:56
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