Bartlet & Obama: together at last!

[ellenkushner]

Admit it: for the last 8 years you've been wondering, What's going on? Isn't that smart, feisty, articulate Jed Bartlet supposed to be our real president? I have friends who are in complete denial and after the Republican convention simply locked themselves up with all 5 seasons of West Wing and refused to come out.

For all of us, then, there is the joyous news that Barack Obama & Jed Bartlet have had a meeting up in New Hampshire, in which (according to Maureen Dowd in the 9/20/08 NYTimes) "the Democratic ex-president ...offer[ed]...fatherly wisdom" - as transcribed by Aaron Sorkin. (Big thanks to my Cousin Els for alerting me to this!)

And if you don't click on through, I leave you with Sorkin's description of Palin as a Lancôme rep who thinks “The Flintstones” was based on a true story. But really, you don't want to miss the idea of American exceptionalism doesn’t extend to Americans being exceptional. . . . or the GET ANGRIER! peroration.

Comments

[peregrinejohn.livejournal.com]

The Honeymooners wasn't a reality show?

Crushed, I am...

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

a Lancôme rep

Sorkin is such an elitist. Lancôme it too hoity-toity. Palin strictly an Avon gal.

[ewein2412]

eeee it's wonderful.

[mantichore.livejournal.com]

Call me thick, but I'm not certain I understand: is this piece written by Maureen Dodd or Aaron Sorkin? Mind you, if it's by Dodd, she's doing quite a great job of channeling Sorkin!

[elswhere1.livejournal.com]

She said she really called Sorkin, and based on that dialogue, I believe her. I could just see and hear old Jed delivering those lines.

[mantichore.livejournal.com]

Quite. I miss Bartlet's presidency. (And Sorkin writing it: I'm bogged down in season 6 of the show, but it's not really the same show, anymore.)

[dreamsbay.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear. I say we back a whole truckful of cocaine and an HBO contract up to Sorkin's house and let him go to town. Of course, getting the band back together might be a little tricky at this point, but still...

[dryfoo.livejournal.com]

I was wondering the same thing. The attribution as MoDo wrote it left me a little puzzled as to the levels of reality. =Sorkin relays word from Bartlet= okay, that's fictional, but =MoDo relays word from Sorkin= no, that's real.

It was the quality and tone of the piece that finally decided me it was Sorkin's writing. The rhythm, especially. (That "ton of white women" exchange, eg.)

I do miss the Bartlet years.

[amy34.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was fantastic. I can believe Sorkin wrote it--it certainly has that feel. I stopped watching "The West Wing" when he left as its writer.