Who’s the RNC Mystery Speaker?
Rumors are flying over who might be tonight’s unannounced guest at the RNC. We asked our Twitter followers to guess who.
ROBYN BECK
Is it Clint Eastwood? A hologram of Ronald Reagan? Or maybe it's his wife, Nancy, who will show up as tonight's mystery guest? Rumors are flying over the "to be announced" open slot on the Republican National Convention's schedule, and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus isn't showing anyone his cards. The Romney team's lips are sealed too.
So we asked our Twitter followers who they think will show up at the podium. Perhaps inspired by “Hologram Tupac,”—the image of the deceased rapper that appeared at Coachella Music Festival earlier this year—hopes are running high for a zombie Reagan. See who else made the list.
— Aly El Salmy (@alyelsalmy) August 30, 2012
@newsweek a hologram of Ronald Reagan, a la Tupac at Coachella.#RNCSurprise
Holographic Zombie Reagan.
— Scott Wooledge (@Clarknt67) August 30, 2012#RNCSurprise
The
— Darren Kinnaird (@DKinAU) August 30, 2012#RNCSurprise A Reagan hologram to fight the Tupac hologram and overcome secular progressives in an epic showdown.
Others hope for a real, living human being, like Clint Eastwood, who's the frontrunner of the moment.
— Lily Nunez (@lnunez123) August 30, 2012
@newsweek it's Clint Eastwood but I really wish it was The Rent is Too Damn High guy!#RNCSurprise!
Clint
— PaWarwagon (@sneakerseminole) August 30, 2012#Eastwood speaking at convention.Trying to reach the old white male demographic.#Shocker#RNCSurprise
And of course, there were jokes. Lots and lots and lots of jokes.
Special "fire your gun(s) into the ceiling" areas open during Romney's acceptance speech.
— Ben Kenny (@benkennycomedy) August 30, 2012#RNCSurprise
Mitt Romney to be introduced by George Zimmerman.
— Paul Conrad (@Paul_Conrad) August 30, 2012#RNCSurprise
Pee Wee Herman disguised as Reince Priebus for the
— V Hussein Aimlessly (@VWAimlessly) August 30, 2012#RNCSurprise!
Sarah Palin singing "She Blinded Me with Science".
— K. Z. Snow (@k_z_snow) August 30, 2012#RNCSurprise
Hologram Osama Bin Laden so the GOP can retroactively be the ones to get him.
— CLP (@cooper888) August 30, 2012#GOPMysterySpeaker#RNCSurprise
See all our readers' responses on Twitter--and add your own. The hashtag is #RNCSurprise.
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