The Big Block of Cheese

"Australian transport minister Anthony “Albo” Albanese is finding that out the hard way after giving a recent speech directed at his political opponent, Tony Abbott, in which Albanese struck out at his rival using nearly the exact same monologue that Sorkin originally wrote for a scene in which Michael Douglas’ fictional president Andrew Shepherd pauses briefly from trying to bag Annette Bening to make Richard Dreyfuss look like a huge dick."

— This is a surprisingly apt summary of a movie I used to adore and now go “eh” about.

(Source: The A.V. Club)

5:45

Robin:  Mr. President, can we have a moment?
Janey:  He's incredibly late.
President:  Hop in. We'll talk in the car. What is it?
Lewis:  We have a small problem.
Robin:  It could've been small. Now it's a nightmare.
Lewis:  I see it as an opportunity.
Robin:  If we'd caught it.
Lewis:  We caught it.
Robin:  At 5:45! 5:45 doesn't do me any good. 5:45, network news is in make-up.
Lewis:  You have 12 people working for you...
Presidnet:  Guys, do I have to be here for this meeting?

Campaign Christmas

Rumson:  What do you got?
Stu:  Call me Santa Claus, Senator. She's got an FBI file.
Rumson:  Oh, shit, Stu! My mother's got an FBI file.