If an Anthony Albanese speech attacking Tony Abbott at the National Press Club this week sounded familiar, that’s because he — or his scriptwriter — pilfered lines from the Michael Douglas movie The American President.
Albo, The Australian President, parrots Douglas
If an Anthony Albanese speech attacking Tony Abbott at the National Press Club this week sounded familiar, that’s because he — or his scriptwriter — pilfered lines from the Michael Douglas movie The American President.
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I guess it just reinforces the fact that our politicians are not the genuine article – just actors in a role – something akin to the high school debating class.
BAD news for Australia though!!
Still, if you are going to use some else’s lines, using Aaron Sorkin’s lines at least shows good taste(the quote is much better than anything Julia or Tony has said in the last couple of years, and WAY better that KRudd who must be one of the WORST speakers as PM in a generation…).
As we know from Wikileaked US State Dept cables, Albo has been getting his lines from the yanks for years.
Oops, i was thinking of Mark Arbib – my bad.
http://uat.crikey.com.au/2010/12/13/mungo-wikileaks-principle-critical-but-contents-oh-well/
The YouTube clip shows Mr Albanese telling journalists: “In Australia we have serious challenges to solve and we need serious people to solve them.-Kyle Thomas Glasser