Clint Eastwood Political Quotes

Clint Eastwood Political Quotes

In January 2005 at National Board of Review awards dinner in New York City, Eastwood stated that “he would kill” the liberal filmmaker Michael Moore if ever Moore showed up at his home with a camera.

“At Waco, was there really an urgency to get those people out of the compound at that particular time? Was the press going to make it look heroic for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms? At Ruby Ridge, there was one guy in a cabin at the top of the mountain. Was it necessary for federal agents to go up there and shoot a 14-year-old in the back and shoot a woman with a child in her arms? What kind of mentality does that?”

When he was asked: “How would you characterize yourself politically?” Eastwood answered, “Libertarian – Everyone leaves everyone else alone.” – LibertarianRock.com

Clint Eastwood Political Views

Clint Eastwood was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco, California to Clinton Eastwood Sr. and Margaret Ruth Runner; the family is of Scottish, Irish, Dutch, and English descent. Eastwood is a descendant of Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony Governor, William Bradford. As a child, Eastwood endured the Great Depression, which in turn left its mark on his later films.

Eastwood began is political career as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA in 1986. He received 72% of the vote running as a Republican.

Eastwood is a registered Republican, but regularly describes himself as a Libertarian. He has taken liberal views on issues like same sex marriage and supporting Democrats like Former California Governer Gray Davis, but he is generally viewed as having conservative views.

Many view Eastwood’s latest movies Million Dollar Baby and Mystic River show him moving away from his previous tough guy, good must punish evil roles and toward a softer “Democratic” stance when it comes to good vs. evil. This is seen by many conservatives as “Dirty Harry” moving more to the “Left” than “Right”.