June 2012
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I was watching a television program before, with a kind of roving moderator who...
– President Bartlet (via penguinplayingpingpong)
Sad reality of the day.
May 2012
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Because I am sick and tired of working for candidates who make me think I should...
– Bruno Gianelli, The West Wing. (via planetofthehats)
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MEMORIAL DAY →
think-progress:
…was started by freed slaves
…began on May 1, 1865 in Charleston, SC
…who gave 257 Union soldiers proper burial, and consecrated it with a parade of 10,000 people
…was initially called Decoration Day
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If your main argument for how to grow the economy is “I knew how to make a...
– Barack Obama, in response to a reporter’s question about his campaign’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital record. Nailed it, sir. Nailed it.
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Today is May 13th and today you graduate and the rules are about to change, and...
– from Aaron Sorkin’s remarks at Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement (via aninsufferableknowitall)
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[Theodore] Olson, a litigator more than an activist, quickly shifted tactics in...
– Jeffrey Toobin has written a critically important article about the threat of the Supreme Court’s recent far-rightward swing.
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Charlie: It's a pleasure to meet you, ma'am, I'm Charlie Young.
Zoey: Hi.
Josh: OK. Hang on a second. Let's take it back a moment, and give it another chance. This is a girl, Charlie. You don't have to call her ma'am.
Charlie: I-I beg your pardon, did I call you-
Zoey: Zoey.
Charlie: I should call you Zoey?
Zoey: If I can call you Charlie.
Charlie: Yes.
Entire West Wing Fandom: YUS.
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Four for you, GL. Four for you. →
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Obama told the crowd that his famed “Hope” poster from the 2008...
– President Obama poking fun at George Clooney during their Thursday night fundraiser at Clooney’s house. I love that our president acknowledges the ungodly beauty of The Clooney.
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I LOVED this scene SO MUCH. God, Coulson cracked...
Agent Coulson: hey, I just met you
Agent Coulson: and this is crazy
Steve Rogers:
Agent Coulson: but I watched you sleeping
Agent Coulson: so sign these maybe
Steve Rogers:
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The private sector grew faster in the first three years of the Obama...
– The New York Times explains that private sector growth is not the source of sluggish job gains in the U.S. The problem is in the public sector: government jobs have been cut at local, state, and federal levels.
So the next time you hear the phrase “big government,” know two things: (1)...
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The West Wing Season 2, Episode 8: Shibboleth
ways-to-forget:
Sam Seaborn: Well over three and half centuries ago, strengthened by faith and bound by a common desire for liberty, a small band of pilgrims sought out a place in the New World where they could worship according to their own beliefs - and solve crimes. Toby Ziegler: Sam… Sam Seaborn: It’d be good. Toby Ziegler: Read the thing. Sam Seaborn: By day they churn butter and...
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My only condition is that there be Muppets involved, and that is non-negotiable.
– Hillary Clinton, responding to Jason Segel’s request to make a movie with him. (via officialssay)
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April 2012
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Evidence real life is like The West Wing, part 3
tea-and-mango-juice:
Barack Obama slow jamming the news?
Basically CJ doing the jackal.
Image Source (thedoctorinthewhitehouse)
STOP. I can’t. Just marry me already, The West Wing.
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No Washington-based series has had longer cultural coattails than Aaron Sorkin’s...
– From Why President Obama is hell on Hollywood, a story about the intersection of Hollywood and Washington, by Politico’s Glenn Thrush.
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Clinton — who earlier praised Amy Poehler saying, “You do me better than me” —...
– The Secretary of State “praised Amy Poehler saying, ‘You do me better than me.’” Can I just say how much I adore her for being a P&R fan?
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Fast facts: Teens and and the internet/technology
pewinternet:
As of July 2011:
Fully 95% of all teens ages 12-17 are online.
77% of teens have a cell phone.
23% of teens have a smartphone; 54% have a regular cell phone (or are not sure what kind of phone they have), and another 23% of teens do not have a cell phone at all.
74% own a desktop or laptop computer.
Texting dominates teens’ general communication choices. Overall, 75% of all...
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