From Huffington Post:

Herman Cain has been coming under serious fire in recent weeks, but the showy businessman and Republican candidate for president has at least one reason to smile this week: he’s got Dirty Harry on his side.

A Hollywood renegade for half a century, Clint Eastwood is a man of strong opinions and a strong jawline. In an industry famous for its liberal leanings, Eastwood has stuck out as a libertarian, advocating limited government interventions in issues both fiscal and social. He’s voted Republican in every presidential election since 1952, and with the GOP looking to unseat Barack Obama from the White House, Eastwood has his eye on casting a vote for the renegade of the party to make that happen.

“I love Cain’s story,” the “J. Edgar” director told the LA Times in a recent interview. “He’s a guy who came from nowhere and did well, obviously against heavy odds. He’s a doer and a straight-talker, which I don’t see enough of from either party.”

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