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Sunday 14 November 2004

Arnie For Prez?

Californians will soon see advertisements urging them to help give Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other foreign-born citizens the chance to run for president.

Haven't we seen this somewhere before? Oh yes... in the 1993 movie Demolition Man. Surely a case of reality imitating art?

Lenina Huxley: I have, in fact, perused some newsreels in the Schwarzenegger Library.
John Spartan: Hold it. The Schwarzenegger Library?
Lenina Huxley: Yes. The Schwarzenegger Presidential Library. Wasn't he an actor when you...
John Spartan: But how? He was President?
Lenina Huxley: Yes! Even though he wasn't born in this country, his popularity at the time caused the 61st Amendment which states...
John Spartan: I don't wanna know. President.

Posted in Politics at 17:10

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