Quotes
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Aide : Sir, there's urgent news coming in from Pearl.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : [whispering] Tell her, the affair is *over*.
Aide : Not Bailey, sir. Harbor.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : Harbor? I barely know her!
[laughs]
Aide : *Pearl Harbor*, sir.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt : Dammit, man. Is it the Japs again?
Aide : No sir.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : Nazis?
Aide : No.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : Italians?
Aide : No.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : Russians?
Aide : No...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : Brits?
Aide : [disgusted] No!
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : French?
[Aide makes a buzzer sound]
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : Poles?
Aide : Nope!
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : Swedes?
Aide : Ah, you're not even trying.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : [takes a breath] Egyptians?
Aide : Negative.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : Iraqi?
Aide : Oh sir, don't be ridiclous. The only way they could be a threat is if we arm them ourselves.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : Dammit man! Woahh!
[President Franklin D. Roosevelt gets up, and then falls down behind his desk]
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : [whsipering, and peering out from behind the desk] Was it us?
Aide : No sir, its much, much worse than that.