'Friday Night Lights' Director Says Romney 'Plagiarized' His Phrase

[Lone_Star_Dem]

The writer-director of the television series and movie Friday Night Lights has accused Mitt Romney of having “plagiarized” the phrase “Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can’t Lose.” by using it on the campaign trail, according to a letter obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.

“Your politics and campaign are clearly not aligned with the themes we portrayed in our series,” Peter Berg writes, concluding the letter with, “Please come up with your own campaign slogan.”

The phrase, written for the television show, also appears prominently on Romney’s offical Facebook page.

Romney and his wife are reportedly fans of the television show, and Buzz Bissinger, the author of the book upon which the show and movie are based, endorsed Romney in an op-ed in The Daily Beast on Monday. The Republican's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/-friday-night-lights-director-says-romney-plagiarized-his-phrase-20121012

Cool! Now Romney can add plagiarizer to his resume. It always pairs well with pathological liar.

[librechik]

1. heh--I've been expecting this.

good job!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

2. I didn't even know about it!

I don't watch the show, and I guess I've never paid a bit of attention to Romney's slogans.

[tanyev]

3. “Please come up with your own campaign slogan.”