Bladerunner vs. The Republicans

Palin: Do you like our campaign?

Deckard: It’s artificial?

Palin: Of course it is.

Deckard: Must be expensive.

Palin: Very. I’m Sarah.

Deckard: Deckard.

Palin: It seems you feel our work is not a benefit to the public.

Deckard: Republicans are like any other machine. They’re either a benefit or a hazard. If they’re a benefit, it’s not my problem.

Palin: May I ask you a personal question?

Deckard: Sure.

Palin: Have you ever aborted a foetus by mistake?

Deckard: No.

Palin: But in your position that is a risk?

McCain: Is this to be an empathy test? Capillary dilation of the so-called blush response? Fluctuation of the pupil? Involuntary dilation of the iris?

Deckard: We call it “polling” for short.

Palin: Mr. Deckard, Mr. John McCain.

MCain: Demonstrate it. I want to see it work.

Deckard: Where’s the subject?

McCain: I want to see it work on a person. I want to see a positive before I provide you with a negative.

Deckard: What’s that going to prove?

McCain: Indulge me.

Deckard: On you?

McCain: Try her.

Palin: Do you mind if I pray?

Deckard: It won’t affect the test. All right, I’m going to ask you a series of questions. Just relax and answer them as simply as you can. — It’s your birthday. Someone gives you a a copy of Darwin’s “Origin of the Species”.

Palin: I wouldn’t accept it. Also, I’d report the person who gave it to me to the police.

Deckard: You’ve got a little boy. He shows you his moose collection plus the shotgun.

Palin: I’d raise his allowance.

Deckard: You’re watching television. Suddenly you realize there’s a moose in your back yard.

Palin: I’d kill it.

McCain: Would you step out for a few moments, Sarah — Thank you.

Deckard: She’s a Republican, isn’t she?

McCain: I’m impressed. How many questions does it usually take to spot them?

Deckard: I don’t get it McCain.

McCain: How many questions?

Deckard: Ten, twenty, cross-referenced.

McCain: It took less than a three for Sarah, didn’t it?

Deckard: She doesn’t know?!

McCain: She’s beginning to suspect, I think.

Deckard: Suspect? How can it not know what it is?

McCain: Commerce, is our goal here in the Republican party. Less human than human is our motto. Sarah is an experiment, nothing more. We began to recognize in them strange obsession. After all they are emotionally inexperienced with only a few years in which to store up the experiences which you and I take for granted. If we gift them the past we create a cushion or pillow for their emotions and consequently we can control them better.

Deckard: Fox News. You’re talking about Fox News.

For reference, here’s the original scene.