“Next question – you, the tubby bitch eating Krispy Kreme.”

Cunty NY Times columnist Maureen Dowd recently called West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin to ask what a meeting between fictional West Wing president Jed Bartlet (played by Martin Sheen) and presidential candidate Barack Obama would be like. Sorkin wrote the whole thing out, and, ta da! one Dowd column in the can.  Hey, Aaron, I have a couple days of movie news I could use your help with…

I’m including the full scene below.  It’s a great way to find out what a celebrity thinks about politics, just in case you didn’t watch the Oscars, the Emmys, Oprah, The View, The Daily Show, Jay Leno, Dave Letterman, Hogan Knows Best, 24, Lost… well, pretty much anything other than The Hills.  The Hills is always a nice break from politics, the downside is you have watch elementary school dropouts talk about laundry for half an hour.

BARACK OBAMA knocks on the front door of a 300-year-old New Hampshire farmhouse while his Secret Service detail waits in the driveway. The door opens and OBAMA is standing face to face with former President JED BARTLET.
BARTLET Senator.

OBAMA Mr. President.

BARTLET You seem startled.

OBAMA I didn’t expect you to answer the door yourself.

BARTLET I didn’t expect you to be getting beat by John McCain and a Lancôme rep who thinks “The Flintstones” was based on a true story, so let’s call it even.

OBAMA Yes, sir.

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