Do Politics Imitate Art?


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Secretary of Education Laura Roslin, an outsider, becomes President when an enemy attack leaves her next in line for the office.  (2004.)


Geena Davis as President Mackenzie Allen in Commander in
Chief.
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MacKenzie Allen, a moderate Republican turned independent, was chosen as Vice President to balance a far-Right Presidential run.  When the President suffers a fatal stroke, Allen becomes President.  (2005.)

Sarah Palin
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Sarah Palin, a conservative Republican outsider, was chosen as VP to balance a moderate Republican perceived as being too close to his predecessor's unpopular policies.  But when the President, a man of 71 who lived a difficult life... (2009.)

(Don't get me wrong, I wish no harm to Sen. McCain.  But isn't it curious?  She even looks like her fictional counterparts!)

 

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