Because I am sick and tired of working for candidates who make me think I should be embarrassed to believe what I believe, Sam. I’m tired of getting them elected. We all need some therapy. Because somebody came along and said ‘liberal means soft on crime, soft on drugs, soft on communism, soft on defence, and we’re going to tax you back to the Stone Age because people shouldn’t have to go to work if they don’t want to’.
And instead of saying ‘Excuse me, you right-wing reactionary xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, Leave It To Beaver trip back to the 50s’, we cowered in the corner and said ‘Please, don’t hurt me.’
No more.
” Bruno Gianelli, The West Wing. (via planetofthehats)(Source: CNN)
Stephen Colbert on North Carolina’s vote to ban gay marriage with Amendment 1.
Obama told the crowd that his famed “Hope” poster from the 2008 campaign was based on a photograph of Obama sitting next to Clooney when Obama was a U.S. senator. Clooney had been in Washington advocating on behalf of Darfur.
“This is the first time that George Clooney has ever been photo-shopped out of a picture,” Obama said. “Never happened before, never happen again.”
” 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.
Next week’s cover, up online now. Get the story from the artist who created it.
Great cover.
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) It’s a lie, and (2) Some government cuts are part of the problem.
Shep Smith, observing that: “Politics is weird. And creepy. And now I know lacks even the loosest attachment to anything like reality.”
A rare moment of sanity from a Fox News host.
Evidence real life is like The West Wing, part 3
Barack Obama slow jamming the news?
Basically CJ doing the jackal.
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STOP. I can’t. Just marry me already, The West Wing.
No Washington-based series has had longer cultural coattails than Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing,” with Toby, Josh, C.J. and, most of all, President Josiah Bartlet played by Martin Sheen, who possessed all of Bill Clinton’s intellect and good intentions, purged of the pettiness, excess and puerility. Young Hill staffers who were slurping juice boxes when the series premiered in 1999 pattern their behavior after the idealistic, rapid-fire patter perfected by Sorkin and his writers.
“The West Wing” has become a sort of Rosetta stone for the uninitiated to understand the workings of the White House. When former Obama body man Reggie Love took the Scottish-born creator of “Veep” on a tour of the real West Wing, according to The New Yorker, he dipped into the historic Roosevelt Room and declared, “This would be where Josh and C.J.” worked — to the surprise of his guest, who was expecting to hear about real events.
” From Why President Obama is hell on Hollywood, a story about the intersection of Hollywood and Washington, by Politico’s Glenn Thrush.(Source: New York Post)
Parks and Recreation meets The West Wing
So, fun fact about last night’s Parks and Recreation episode. In one scene, Councilman Pillner (played by Bradley Whitford) told Leslie Knope:
“We play with live ammo around here.”
This line gave the episode its title, “Live Ammo.” When Pillner said that, he was referencing a line from The West Wing, a show in which Whitford starred as Josh Lyman. In The West Wing Season 2 Episode 6 “The Lame Duck Congress,” Sam Seaborn (played by Parks and Recreation star Rob Lowe!) had this exchange with another character:
AINSLEY: What just happened.
SAM: Leo said yes, we’re in.
AINSLEY: I don’t understand.
SAM: Leo said yes, that’s the end of meeting.
AINSLEY: I was just talking, Sam, I was just talking to you.
They get to SAM’S OFFICE.
SAM: Well, we play with live ammo around here. You convinced me, I convinced Leo, Leo’ll convince the President.
AINSLEY: Sam, I…
SAM: It’s a short day, Ainsley, and a big country. We’ve got to move fast.
How cool is that?! What a nice crossover. Although I really wish Rob Lowe and Brad Whitford could have had an onscreen reunion during last night’s episode.
GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich cuts interview short with UNC student
At my other job at a grocery store, my hardest-hitting question is usually, “Paper or plastic?”
This is a great article about a frustrating and pathetic event. On the one hand, yay college journalists! On the other hand, shame on you, Newt Gingrich.
