I thought it seemed oddly out of place when he delivered that line. It now makes sense that it was lifted from a movie. A speechwriter in inserting the line may have in mind how effective it worked in the movie, but that was under the conditions that were constructed in the movie and those conditions are not the same in a different setting.
It struck me as petty and unbecoming — it’s not the type of thing a president himself should need to say.
Everything about this idiot is phony.
Yup. I am the president and l’m coming for the guns.
Aaron Sorkin later created the “West Wing.” But with all due respect to Obama, he ain’t Martin Sheen’s Josiah “Jed” Bartlet. Not even close.
I suspect his Administration won’t get that Hollywood scripted ending! Mercifully, the carnival show is over for four more years.
And he’s sleeping off a hangover.
Are you he didn’t say “I am the P-resident.”? Sorry, listening to this puke or even looking at his ugly mug makes me wanna hurl.
Didn’t the old movie, the Groove Tube, have a similar line?
Everything about Obama is fake and the media is finally noticing it..even Peggy Noonan is now saying this:
Noonan on Obama: “It was stale and empty. He’s out of juice...flat...somber..
From Carville to Noonan down the line..they are giving Obama horrible reviews of his “Worship me” speech
(in his ego driven mind) I couldn't believe James Carville was saying it was a win for the democrats/great speeches w/ Clinton helping Obama tremendously.
"I AM DE PREZIDENT"
LBJ (circa, 1967)
omg. roflol.
What a fraud.
What did they expect him to say: “My chair is empty?”
Thanks jwb0581, was it just “I am the President”? I don’t see how it belongs to any specific movie thereagain I’m not a movie buff.
He’s really hung up on himself isn’t he...”I won” - “I am the President” - or in the words of Bill Clinton when he was on the trail for Hilary - “gimmie a break [Barack].”
“Iam the President” — that ain’t Sorkin, that’s Nixon; David Frye’s lampoon LP from the early 70’s.
I call BS on that. I have seen no proof that he was legally elected.
Maybe he meant "I am the precedent". That would make more sense.
Mitt Romney has suggested that being president of this country was, to a certain extent about character, and although I have not been willing to engage in his attacks on me, I've been here three years and three days, and I can tell you without hesitation: Being President of this country is entirely about character. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... 
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For the record: yes... 
I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU. But the more important question is why aren't you, Mitt? Now, this is an organization whose sole purpose is to defend the Bill of Rights, so it naturally begs the question: Why would a senator, his party's most powerful spokesman and a candidate for President, choose to reject upholding the Constitution? If you can answer that question, folks, then you're smarter than I am, because I didn't understand it until a few hours ago. America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours. You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can't just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then, you can stand up and sing about the "land of the free". I've known of Mitt Romney for years, and I've been operating under the assumption that the reason Mitt devotes so much time and energy to shouting at the rain was that he simply didn't get it. Well, I was wrong. Mitt's problem isn't that he doesn't get it. Mitt's problem is that he can't sell it! We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Mitt Romney is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections. You gather a group of middle-aged, middle-class, middle-income voters who remember with longing an easier time, and you talk to them about family and American values and character. And wave an old photo of the President's not holding his hand to his heart when the National Anthem is played and you scream about patriotism and you tell them, he's to blame for their lot in life, and you go on television and you say he has not fixed the economy. I have done nothing to you, Mitt. I have done nothing except represent the interests of public school teachers and implemented strict rules on oil and coal to save our children from Global Warming. You want a character debate, Mitt? You better not mess with me, 'cause I am way out of your league!
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The second I am reelected, the White House is sending a bill... 
to Congress for its consideration. It's White House Resolution 455, an energy bill requiring a 20 percent reduction of the emission of fossil fuels over the next ten years. It is by far the most aggressive stride ever taken in the fight to reverse the effects of global warming. The other piece of legislation is the crime bill. As of today, it no longer exists. I'm throwing it out. I'm throwing it out writing a law that makes sense. You cannot address crime prevention without getting rid of assault weapons and handguns. I consider them a threat to national security, and I will go door to door if I have to, but I'm gonna convince Americans that I'm right, and I'm gonna get the guns. We've got serious problems, and we need serious people, and if you want to talk about character, Bob, you'd better come at me with more than a burning flag and a membership card. If you want to talk about character and American values, fine. Just tell me where and when, and I'll show up. This is a time for serious people, Mitt, and your fifteen minutes are up.
My name is Barack Obama and... 
I am the President!
Well, if you missed this acceptance speech... 
it is available at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112346/quotes It is the 11th quote down the page.
Of course if he had any real business, leadership, or executive experience going into this, he'd have known this. How's that on the job training thing people were joking about going? Not so funny now. Look at the record of debt, unemployment, and rising prices.
He says it, but won’t take responsibility for anything.
Always someone else to blame.