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Remember when this was the worst a Press Secretary could do (Original Post) dsc Apr 2017 OP
There's a difference PJMcK Apr 2017 #1
As smart as Josh was he was also arrogant dsc Apr 2017 #2
And yet... PJMcK Apr 2017 #4
meh, its just such a low bar set by the republican party. clarkrd Apr 2017 #3

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
1. There's a difference
Tue Apr 11, 2017, 09:05 PM
Apr 2017

Josh Lyman was a smart politcal operative. He worked for a brilliant (fictional) President Bartlet.

Sean Spicer is an idiot. So is his boss, Donald Trump.

dsc

(52,163 posts)
2. As smart as Josh was he was also arrogant
Tue Apr 11, 2017, 09:15 PM
Apr 2017

which he was in that scene. In the very first episode he nearly gets fired for the same type of behavior on TV.

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
4. And yet...
Tue Apr 11, 2017, 09:37 PM
Apr 2017

...Josh's character was one of the few consistent protagonists throughout the seven years of "The West Wing."

Josh was never going to be fired.

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