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K Gardner

(14,933 posts) Fri Sep 7, 2012, 12:47 AM Sep 2012

Obama Channels Michael Douglas - "I'm the President" (pic)

Obama channels Michael Douglas ('The American President' - paraphrased by me):

"We've got serious problems, and we need serious people, and if you want to talk about character you'd better come at me with more than a Birther Joke and a Convention full of lies. If you want to talk about healthcare and American values, fine. Just tell me where and when, and I'll show up. This is a time for serious people, Mitt, and your fifteen minutes are up. My name's Barack Obama AND I AM THE PRESIDENT!"

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Obama Channels Michael Douglas - "I'm the President" (pic) (Original Post) K Gardner Sep 2012 OP

I'll bet Bob Rumson...er...Mitt Romney is quivering in a corner in one of his McMansions catbyte Sep 2012 #1

Under the deck, on his yacht. Yanno, Mitt REALLY IS Bob Rumson. He is. You can K Gardner Sep 2012 #2

i read the whole thing again tonight! K Gardner Sep 2012 #6

This was my first thought as well :) IllinoisBirdWatcher Sep 2012 #3

Very Aaron Sorkin ncteechur Sep 2012 #4

Life imitates art? Sorkin has really changed dialogue over the years. K Gardner Sep 2012 #5

Freepers are freaking out - think they've busted him Adenoid_Hynkel Sep 2012 #7

but it's not even the same line or in the same context. If that's all they got... K Gardner Sep 2012 #8

I heard that, too. Good job on the paraphrase! mnhtnbb Sep 2012 #9

Ah, I am not alone DFW Sep 2012 #10

You've probably watched the movie as many times as I have then ! I've heard from K Gardner Sep 2012 #11

All of once! DFW Sep 2012 #14

I just posted before I saw this, on a thread about people not liking his speech. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #12

Exactly! And I think his "gravitas" shone like a thousand points of light last night.. K Gardner Sep 2012 #13

catbyte

(34,386 posts)

1. I'll bet Bob Rumson...er...Mitt Romney is quivering in a corner in one of his McMansions

Reply to K Gardner (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 12:52 AM

Sep 2012

Or at least he should be.

Fired up! Ready to Go!

K Gardner

(14,933 posts)

2. Under the deck, on his yacht. Yanno, Mitt REALLY IS Bob Rumson. He is. You can

Reply to catbyte (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 12:54 AM

Sep 2012

find that whole movie speech on Wiki, and he truly is.

K Gardner

(14,933 posts)

6. i read the whole thing again tonight!

Reply to K Gardner (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 01:26 AM

Sep 2012

IllinoisBirdWatcher

(2,315 posts)

3. This was my first thought as well :)

Reply to K Gardner (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 01:00 AM

Sep 2012

The entire speech from The American President is on WikiQuote:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_American_President

ncteechur

(3,071 posts)

4. Very Aaron Sorkin

Reply to K Gardner (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 01:03 AM

Sep 2012

wonder if they talk

K Gardner

(14,933 posts)

5. Life imitates art? Sorkin has really changed dialogue over the years.

Reply to ncteechur (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 01:24 AM

Sep 2012

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)

7. Freepers are freaking out - think they've busted him

Reply to K Gardner (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 01:26 AM

Sep 2012

and think finding this 'stolen' line is going to be some major news story.

gawd, they're idiots.

K Gardner

(14,933 posts)

8. but it's not even the same line or in the same context. If that's all they got...

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Reply #7)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 06:21 AM

Sep 2012

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)

9. I heard that, too. Good job on the paraphrase!

Reply to K Gardner (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 06:29 AM

Sep 2012

DFW

(54,379 posts)

10. Ah, I am not alone

Reply to K Gardner (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 09:58 AM

Sep 2012

When Obama said that, I immediately thought: Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shephard.

K Gardner

(14,933 posts)

11. You've probably watched the movie as many times as I have then ! I've heard from

Reply to DFW (Reply #10)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:27 AM

Sep 2012

lots of people who immediately "went there"

DFW

(54,379 posts)

14. All of once!

Reply to K Gardner (Reply #11)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 01:51 PM

Sep 2012

But I thought it one of the more memorable lines.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)

12. I just posted before I saw this, on a thread about people not liking his speech.

Reply to K Gardner (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:34 AM

Sep 2012

And I said basically.. he's the President, not a candidate. He's not an unknown. He's not reading a speech written for him that was designed to sell a new product. He is speaking now with the gravitas he has shown as President. And contrary to Queen Ann's statement, as a "grown up man."

K Gardner

(14,933 posts)

13. Exactly! And I think his "gravitas" shone like a thousand points of light last night..