The Republican presidential candidate has been borrowing the show's line "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose" for campaign speeches, and has put it on his Facebook page.
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[[L] 'Friday Night Lights' creator Peter Berg; [R] Mitt Romney]
According to The Hollywood Reporter Berg - the writer and director of the drama about a high school football team - has written a letter to Romney stating: "Your politics and campaign are clearly not aligned with the themes we portrayed in our series.
"The only relevant comparison that I see between your campaign and Friday Night Lights is in the character of Buddy Garrity - who turned his back on American car manufacturers selling imported cars from Japan."
Claiming that Romney's use of the words "falsely and inappropriately associates Friday Night Lights with the Romney/Ryan campaign", he ends by requesting: "Please come up with your own campaign slogan."
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Romney has described the borrowed words as "compelling", telling an audience this week: "That's Americans. We have clear eyes - we know what we believe. Full hearts - we love this country, and we can't lose.
"This is a time for Americans to make a choice. We're going to take back this country."
