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| Whaddaya mean, Rocky was just a movie? |
| 2008-04-06 |
| Tom Maguire, "Just One Minute" How in the word could Mr. "Just Words" have responded to Hillary's claim that she was "Rocky" by saying that "We got to remember that Rocky was a movie”? Was it "Just a movie" when Dorothy met the Tin Man? Was it "Just a movie" when ET phoned home? These are bits of Americana that have lifted people up for decades! Don't tell me movies don't matter! Was it "Just a movie" when Bogey assured Ingrid that "We'll always have Paris" Was it "Just a movie" when Rhett told Scarlett that frankly, he didn't give a damn? To deny this is to deny our great American heritage. Don't tell me movies don't matter! Movies have been inspiring Americans for generations. Was it "Just a movie" when Clint asked a fellow citizen whether he felt lucky to be young and alive? Was it "Just a movie" when Robert Duvall enjoyed the sights and smells of a beautiful morning? Was it "Just a movie" when Bill finally persuaded Hillary to abandon the race Hmm. A man who would say that movies don't matter is a man who would bowl a 37, then quit after seven frames. A quitter! And a non-movie-matterer! He just doesn't get us. Well, he's going to regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of his life. Or at least until the North Carolina primary. MORE: OK, time to Movie On. Dot Org. BEATS ME: I have no idea why no one ordered a Code Red. Now I regret it Today. I CAN QUIT ANYTIME: But until I do - was it "Just a movie" when Obama hit up Hollywood for $1.2 million? |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #1 Yep, and Uncle Tom's Cabin was just a book. Though legend has it when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862 he said, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this Great War!" |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-04-06 15:19 |