Obama Channels West Wing (Pass us a Big Block of Cheese, Please)

Obama Channels West Wing (Pass us a Big Block of Cheese, Please)

His starry-eyed fans wonder how he became such an adept orator. Was it Harvard Law School? Was it all of the brainiacs in his circle? Look no further for Barack Obama’s inspiration for last night’s “cure for cancer” portion of the SOTU-the answers are found in Hollywood ala The West Wing:

From the transcript:

You know, last year, Vice President Biden said that, with a new moon-shot, America can cure cancer. Last month, he worked with this Congress to give scientists at the National Institutes of Health the strongest resources that they’ve had in over a decade.

Well, so — so tonight, I’m announcing a new national effort to get it done. And because he’s gone to the mat for all of us on so many issues over the past 40 years, I’m putting Joe in charge of mission control.

For the loved ones we’ve all lost, for the families that we can still save, let’s make America the country that cures cancer once and for all. What do you think? Let’s make it happen.

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