[POLITICS, well, fictional politics] Aaron Sorkin is still my freaking hero!

[connielane]

Aaron Sorkin imagines a dream sequence where Obama asks Jed Bartlett for advice.

And that alone would have been enough for me to love him. But I couldn't help noticing (because it's one of my favorite plays and films) that Sorkin tweaked two lines from The Lion in Winter in Bartlett's lines. One from King Henry II (Peter O'Toole in the film) and

Comments

[bkdelong]

I just....I really want Obama to hire Sorkin just so he can start writing even stuff that Biden can use to go after McCain.

[peachespig]

That is pretty awesome. Though any real former president would know that having your best week right after your own convention and your worst week right after the other guy's is not "inexplicable" in the least. :P

[connielane]

Seriously!

I do think he has a hell of a point about how the country would perceive it if Obama was the one who had a pregnant daughter. Can you imagine?!