We continue our special in-depth educational series, Meet Your Superdelegates. A rare chance to get to know specific superdelegates who will be deciding the Democratic presidential nominee. We’re focusing on party elders, government officials, senior advisors, and other high profile politicians who feature prominently in television and film. And we boldly speculate who they will back at the Democratic convention. Today’s superdelegate profile comes from the breakthrough comedy movie sensation “Duck Soup.”

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.  He’s a cynical, sarcastic dictator who refuses to play politics by the book. For instance, he reduces workers’ hours–by shortening their lunch breaks.  When Chicolini volunteers Pinky to carry a message through enemy lines, Firefly tells him, “And remember, while you’re out there risking life and limb through shot and shell, we’ll be in here thinking what a sucker you are.”  Firefly’s aversion to using the military makes him supportive of a quick troop withdrawal from Iraq — and therefore sides with Barack Obama and his speedier retreat timeline than Hillary Clinton’s.

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