Speaking of empty chairs……
If you're a political junkie, like me, then you were likely riveted to your seat last night watching the Republican National Convention. I thought the video clip nicely done and the speech by Florida Senator Marco Rubio quite moving and politically astute. It would appeal to the large Cuban American population in Florida (which is rich in electoral college votes) and likely reach out to the huge Hispanic vote.
As the child of hard working immigrants, who came to Canada in the 1950s, his story also resonated emotionally with me. My paren'ts came from rural poverty in Macedonia Greece to Canada – worked hard in restaurants and factories – saved and sacrificed to buy a home and to send all three of their children to university and to make a better life for themselves and us. In my first full time job I made more money than both my paren'ts combined that year. Rubio spoke not just about the American dream for a better life but tapped into the broader immigrant dream and experience.
But, it was Clint Eastwood's odd monologue / comic routine / performance piece that was the most memorable part of the evening (I went to bed after 20 minutes of Mitt Romney's speech). He had a conversation with an empty chair pretending it was Obama …and it made me wonder did someone vet this speech? He's been pilloried in the press since then and the Obama camp's tweet "this seat's taken" shows their strong ability to use social media to their advantage.
But it got me thinking about chairs :
And if you're interested in more specialized chairs :
And for those of you who are more practical and handy :
And for those of you not too familiar with Twitter here's the tweet :
5 thoughts on “Speaking of empty chairs……”
Great angle of observation! Nice balance of comment on U.S. politics (yawn), furniture and collection promotion all in the same post.
Thanks for reading the blog – I was trying for witty – moving – political insight – and I like chairs so…. glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate your taking the time to comment on it.
Aislecook said exactly what I wanted to say, down to the yawn about U.S. politics. Thanks – it’s an interesting post.
I’ve come to expect brilliant writing from you. You had me laughing to myself at the first paragraph’s Rosie the Riveter link, feeling grateful and blessed for my own wonderful paren’ts while reading the second paragraph and envious of your Canadian citizenship which means that you don’t have to choose between two less than thrilling US presidential candidates in the third parapraph! Bravo!
Oh my gosh another brilliant posting, Bill. Could you just send me a direct feed please ? Despite watching The Daily Show & Colbert Report, I missed the witty comeback from Barack; so thank you very much. Loved the rest of your content too.