Tammy
Metzler (played by
Jessica Campbell): [her campaign
speech] “Who cares about this stupid election? We all know it doesn't
matter who gets elected president of Carver. Do you really think it's going to
change anything around here? Make one single person smarter or happier or nicer?
The only person it does matter to is the one who gets elected. The same
pathetic charade happens every year, and everyone makes the same pathetic
promises just so they can put it on their transcripts to get into college. So
vote for me, because I don't even want to go to college, and I don't care, and
as president I won't do anything. The only promise I will make is that if
elected I will immediately dismantle the student government, so that none of us
will ever have to sit through one of these stupid assemblies again!”
[The student
body erupts in huge cheers. They start chanting "Tammy! Tammy!"]
Tammy:
“Or don't vote for me! Who cares? Don't vote at all!”
[They all rise
to give her a standing ovation]—Election
(1999), screenplay by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, adapted from the novel by
Tom Perrotta, directed by Alexander Payne
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