A Meme Is Born

Paul and Scott reacted differently to Clint Eastwood’s performance last night; Scott loved it, Paul didn’t. I didn’t know what to make of it. But it apparently got to Barack Obama; he tweeted in response that “this seat is taken.” So the empty seat (with its own teleprompter) has quickly become a campaign theme. Glenn Reynolds noted conservative mockery of Obama’s seat tweet, and posted this beautiful photoshop by one Ronnie Schrieber:

Mockery: it’s a good thing.

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