Clint Eastwood's not a Republican. He's not a Democrat either. He didn't object when GQ classified him as a "social libertarian" in an interview last month, but it's technically not a form of libertarianism, which is okay, because Eastwood and politics were a bad match from the start. When the two get together, people inevitably wind up confused. Take Slate film critic Dana Stevens' lukewarm review of his latest effort, J. Edgar, which poses a question:
"What does Clint Eastwood, a Republican who was once a politician himself, actually think about the man who ruled over the FBI, and meddled in civilian affairs, for most of the last century?"
Eastwood's inscrutable politics was also on display in 2005 when the likes of Rush Limbaugh howled over the final act of Million Dollar Baby, where Eastwood's trainer agrees to help his paralyzed fighter end her life. It had been 17 years since Eastwood served as the Republican mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif., not exactly a bastion of fiery conservative sentiment, and 13 years since he voted for Ross Perot over George H.W. Bush in the 1992 election.
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