Life imitates art. Yesterday was like the Jed Bartlett-Robert Ritchie converstion from West Wing.

[ncteechur]

From the episode "Posse Comitatus" during which CJ's SS agent is killed during a holdup. At the end of the episode, President Bartlett and Gov. Ritchie meet in a corridor at a NY play. Bartlett eats Ritchie's lunch.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tG9_vyXLhA



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[Aristus]

1. "In the future, if anyone asks: 'Crime; Boy, I dunno', is when I decided to kick your ass!"

I didn't even see the video. I've got it memorized from the 2-3 times yearly that I watch Seasons 1-4 on DVD. (Seasons 5-7 don't truly exist for me. 'TWW' is Aaron Sorkin's show. Without Sorkin, it's not really TWW.)

[elleng]

2. Thx. Watching The West Wing to survive these days.

Just watched 'The Stackhouse Filibuster.'

[BrklynLiberal]

3. One of the best shows EVER to be on TV....

[elleng]

4. Yup, and watching all of it on Netflix these days, Brklyn.

[bluestateguy]

5. The Ritchie character was clearly based on George W. Bush

and of course Bartlett won in a wipeout.

It always seemed like Aaron Sorkin was trying to teach the Democrats a lesson in messaging and campaigning every week.