http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Tue, 21 May 2013 10:43:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/03/speaking-up-for-romney-why-eastwoods-speech-was-not-the-disaster-it-seemed/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/03/speaking-up-for-romney-why-eastwoods-speech-was-not-the-disaster-it-seemed/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:35:56 +0000 Joseph Charlton http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28134 The online community has greeted Clint Eastwood’s speech at the Republican National Convention with derision. A closer look suggests that view may overlook its appeal to a Republican audience, and Mitt Romney’s desire to give a fuller right-wing identity to his campaign.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/03/speaking-up-for-romney-why-eastwoods-speech-was-not-the-disaster-it-seemed/feed/ 64