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there's the same number of albums between debut and reputation as there are between lover and showgirl

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"As you probably know, the President does a regular Saturday morning radio address, which he records on Friday. The address is usually two to three minutes in length. When it's over, the President will be happy to stand for pictures. Uh, I'm gonna ask you to form a horseshoe against that wall. Not an actual horseshoe. That takes special training as a blacksmith."

'AND IT'S SURELY TO THEIR CREDIT' (2x05) THE WEST WING

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CJ and the President have such a great dynamic throughout the whole show and I love seeing it shine on rewatches bc !! She gets him! And she can talk to him in a way that not all of the others can get away with? Like we see that one of the things that make people see Josh is not doing okay is that he dares raise his voice at the President (in the Oval Office), and it's a huge deal when Toby yells at him over the MS, but CJ gets away with that much more and !! I love it.

Starting in season 1 when she "gets in the President's face" and physically blocks him from leaving the Oval Office and very loudly tells him to back off and stay here and let her handle it. He accepts and takes it and listens to her bc she knows her shit and he knows that too. In season 3 in Manchester?? When she yells at him "don't you dare lecture me, Mr. President, don't you dare do it!" when he's already pissed with her, and instead of that making him more angry, he again just takes it and understands what she's saying and just?? Changes his approach?

She's always someone who can get through to the President in a way he understands, and she has the ability to yell at him and call him on his shit when it's called for without being reprimanded for talking to POTUS like that. And it's why she's the right choice to be his Chief of Staff and why she's so effective at it because she can tell him straight to his face "You're full of shit and need to get it together" and he respects and trusts her enough to know she's right. (Which especially when it comes to the MS and him not taking care of himself as well, and the overall stress of the rest of the administration leaving one by one, is exactly what he needs in a COS).

I just love them so much. They just understand each other and can level with each other very honestly and as much as I like the campaign stuff in season 6 and 7, I wish we'd have gotten more scenes of Jed and CJ running the White House.