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.
