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The pres admitting to law-breaking, collapsing on the Senate floor: If this were 2016, it'd be a Friday afternoon #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

lol, Oliver Stone playing himself (and: himself being correctly paranoid about Bill Mitchell being an imposter) #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

"We've got so many problems we don't want to look at them anymore. They just blend together into one big noise..." #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

"Whatever new changes from one admin to the next, the White House always maintains its character and its dignity." #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

Falling in love over policy talk: "Dave" has just hit Peak DC #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

"If I ran my business this way, I'd be OUT of business!" -Dave's accountant friend, doubling as glorified amateur #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

"Hail to the chief, he's the one they all say hail to! They all say hail, cuz he keeps himself so clean!" #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

IMDB FunFact: That was a real Camden Yards game Dave threw the pitch at. In it, the Orioles beat the Tigers 6-3 #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

the mid-90s pundits and pols playing themselves: one of the most nostalgia-happy elements of "Dave" #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

"I ONCE CAUGHT A FISH ... THIS BIG." [applause] #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

Aaaaaaand once again, the American media are used by Washington cronies as pawns and mouthpieces #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

Laura Linney! In a scene that isn't immediately followed by a Viking River Cruise ad! #drink #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

hard to imagine any other actor so successfully doing Kline's "smiling but trying desperately not to" contortions #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

[obligatory "you're a very handsome man" joke] #AtlanticPoliticalTheater

IMDB FunFact: Kevin Kline got the part of Dave after both Warren Beatty and Kevin Costner turned it down #AtlanticPoliticalTheater