Scandal (TV Series)

First Lady Sings the Blues (2015)

Darby Stanchfield: Abby Whelan

Quotes 

• Abby Whelan : We need you to weigh in on whether it's legal for someone to run for senate while married to the president.

  David Rosen : Well, uh, yes, it's legal, but only because no one ever considered the idea that a first lady would ever run for office. I'm betting if they had, there'd be a law on the books. The ethical implications alone...

  Abby Whelan : But it is legal?

  David Rosen : Yes.

  Abby Whelan : Because no one ever imagined that a woman would ever get an idea in her pretty, little head to run for office?

  David Rosen : Yes, Abby.

  Abby Whelan : So, Mellie Grant's run for senate is legal because of misogyny. In this instance, misogyny is our friend. That's what you're saying?

  David Rosen : No, no, I'm saying something less controversial and less likely to get me stoned to death by my feminist sisters. I am saying there's no legal issue with Mellie Grant's run for Senate.