RNC Chairman keeps Eastwood's Obama chair in his office as reminder

At the Republican National Convention in late August last year, iconic actor Clint Eastwood conversed with an empty chair representing Barack Obama -- and a star was born.

Social media went so wild after Eastwood's nutty bit -- with the #Eastwooding meme and "Invisible Obama" Twitter account -- that even the real president took notice.

So happened to Eastwood's empty chair after its 15 minutes of fame?

According to CNN, the chair has a special place in the office of RNC Chairman Reince Priebus in Washington, D.C., where it serves as a reminder of the perils of misguided political messages.

Via CNN:

The chairman of the Republican National Committee gets the joke. It’s the first thing he points out to a reporter before sitting down behind his desk to discuss how his party must dramatically rethink its strategy and message in hopes of recovering from the presidential drubbing of 2012.