Sure.
Karl Rove.
If you insist.
The brightest, savviest, most prescient political mind, in my humble o, belongs to a playwright/screenwriter.
Stay tuned for that name.
Meanwhile, Rick Perry is bob, bob, bobblin along.
Okay, in the interest of trying to be fair and balanced (Fox News, patent pending), I suppose it must be said that we all have little moments where names, dates and the other assorted minutiae of the day to day escape us.
But we all aren't running for President of The United States.
And when one of the finalists for a nomination from a major political party to do just that has to be prompted so that he can remember the correct name of one of only nine judges (and, while we're at it, that correct number of those judges), I think it not unfair or unbalanced to suggest we should all, regardless of posture, position or party stripe, agree to say "thanks for stopping by, now, who's next?"
What struck me about this latest faux perrypas', though, wasn't the, once again, obvious concern that the Governor is in over his head, even when the subject matter keeps him in the shallow end of the pool, but, instead, how remarkably visionary Aaron Sorkin is.
Sorkin being the aforementioned screenwriter/playwright.
And not a guy who shows up with any regularity on either Fox or MSNBC or CNN with the term "political analyst" underneath his name on the Kyron.
I'm thinking he should be, though.
Check it out.
Hmm.
Governor of a major southern state. Major party candidate for President. Clearly out of his element in the major league spotlight.
Ring any graham bells, Alexander?
What's remarkable about this isn't the stylish, and statistically not all that dazzling, art imitating life thing going on here.
Or even that life, these days, seems to be maintaining a fine batting average when it comes to imitating art.
What's remarkable is that Aaron Sorkin wrote this script and the episode was filmed and broadcast...
...nine years ago.
Move over, Nostradamus.
There's a new kid in town.
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