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As this year draws to a close, and the final days of the final term of the Worst President Ever mark off with the deliberate thud of a nail gun driving its payload through a sheet of ply into a grid of two-by-fours, I invite you to remember here the ideal fictional counterpoint to the awful reality we had instead.
Please leave your memories of the spectacular achievements of the Bartlet Administration in the comments. I want to say that the West Wing showed us what an Administration could be and could do, and the contrast could hardly have been greater.
If you think there are parallels between the President Elect’s platforms and the policies that appeared on the West Wing, put them here too. For example, I think the plan to offer college scholarships to students who commit to teach is a direct lift from a plan Charlie presented, on Air Force 1…
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I really like Big Block of Cheese Day was a great idea:
Maybe Obama could take a lesson from it and maybe liberals and smart people could get in to see the staff.
Remember CJ and the map people! I still wonder about that!
Best thing – they paid attention to the Constitution.
I remember reading early in the Bush administration that he was a fan of West Wing. Apparently he did not watch too closely!
There were a lot of great ideas presented to the public through those shows. That and the acting and the writing and the cinematography and all the rest were why it was so great. Sooo many great characters and stories.