For those of you who didn’t know, this past week Tampa played host to the Republican National Convention.  Of course, I was glued to CSPAN like a small boy to a new toy.

The RNC showcased a variety of speakers, and included everyone from Mitt Romney to former Olympic athletes. But the best speaker of them all was Clint Eastwood with his chair.

Rumors had floated that Eastwood was going to be the mystery speaker, but no one knew he was going to have an invisible Barack Obama sitting with him on stage. 

Eastwood stood in front of the RNC and had a one-sided conversation with a chair. To his credit, it was a brilliant conversation.

Eastwood asked the invisible Obama about the war in Afghanistan.

“But you thought the war in Afghanistan was okay? You thought that was something worth getting into? We didn’t check with the Russians to see how they did there for 10 years,” Eastwood said.

Now what’s important to note about that punch line is that when Eastwood said it, he received huge applause and cheers from all over the forum. This is the same crowd that booed the very idea of making a single cent in cuts to Pentagon spending because somehow the Department of Defense is infallable.

What do the Republicans want? Do they want to be fiscally conservative, or do they want to be pro-war Democrats? They need to decide.

I watched them cheer Gov. Robert McDonnell’s daughter when she basically said we can’t cut one penny from defense, they cheered Rand Paul when he suggested cutting defense spending, saying not every dollar is well spent. And, of course, they cheered Eastwood, too.

There were a lot of possible contenders for the next cycle, who made an appearence last week.

The party conventions are always a great place to look when scouting for the next election. And there were a good many possibilities presented.

I will say this: Out of all the political hopefuls for the 2016 race, if Romney loses, there are a few favorites.

I thought Paul may have had an Obama 2004 moment, but Condoleezza Rice looked like she may have had the same thing. I’m also going to include in here Sen. John Thune of South Dakota.

My point being, the most promising of all of these would-be presidential contenders, is Eastwood and his chair. Social media definitely seemed to think so. After he spoke, “Eastwood/Chair 2016” blew up on Facebook and Twitter. 

Eastwood/Chair 2016? Now that’s a ticket America can really believe in, and it would probably be one of our more sane decisions.

Based on Eastwood’s speech, Eastwood/Chair would be an anti-war ticket, would encourage creative differences and would be even more Hollywood than any other presidential ticket to date.

Yeah, I could support Eastwood and his chair. They make as much sense as anyone else.

When you run out of bad ideas, the best you can do is to go with the crazy ideas. Right?

Now my only question is, where can I get a bumper sticker?