In Tim Pawlenty's speech today, declaring his candidacy for president, I heard him say something that made me do a double-take.
These are serious times and they need serious people with serious solutions
Immediately after hearing that, it made me think of a line from one of my favorite movies, The American President. In one of the final scenes, the fictional president Andrew Shepherd makes a speech that has a line frighteningly similar to the one Tim Pawlenty said.
We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them.
If you haven't seen the movie, The American President; I recommend you see it. It's a good movie, with Michael Douglas as the president and Martin Sheen as the Chief of Staff. I've always felt that Martin Sheen's role in this movie led to him getting the part as president on West Wing.
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