Politician caught stealing movie speech

Politician caught stealing movie speech

Politician caught stealing movie speech, Australian Politician Attacks Rival with Plagiarized Speech from American Movie. A viral video exposes the source of an Australian lawmaker's tirade against an opponent. Politicians give speeches all the time. It just comes with the territory.


Often, they employ speech writers whose only job is to prepare and write clear messages that are structured with certain themes and positions the person reading the speech wants to articulate. But, what happens when it's found that your speech writer was a famous Hollywood producer and the speech you gave was not written for you, but used in a movie?

That's the scenario with Australian Transport Minister Anthony Albanese who is being accused of plagiarism. In the speech, Albanese attacks the leader of a rival party by copying Michael Douglas's character's speech in 1995's The American President. Douglas plays widower Andrew Shepherd, the President of the United States, who falls in love with a lobbyist.

After the Liberal party's federal director uploaded a video comparing the two speeches on YouTube. Alabenese responded on Twitter, saying "D'oh! Stuff Up." Let's assume that means he messed up. Albanese also added that 'D'oh' comes from another great American, Homer Simpson.

via: yahoo