The wild wild west wing

The wise words of Bartlet, Leo, Sam, CJ, Donna, Josh, Toby and many more. Also how you can still learn things about today's conflicts from a show thats been off the air for years. Personal Blog @onedreamless

[deadpresidents]

Two questions Do you like the west wing? and will you be liveblogging/tweeting the first presidential debate? love the blog btw

Yes, I love The West Wing. I’m not sure whether or not I’m liveblogging the first Presidential debate, but those are pretty popular posts, so it would be smart for me to do so.

[westwingwisdom]

One of my fave tumblr users likes the West Wing!

[littlefanthings]

Tiny acting decision that I noticed and love: In episode 3x20 of The West Wing titled “Enemies Foreign and Domestic” when CJ is shown photos of herself taken by a stalker who sent her death threats she looks at the photos and subtly pulls her blazer closed and buttons it, like she’s suddenly feeling very exposed and buttoning her blazer will protect her just that little bit. There’s a reason Allison Janney has so many Emmys.

[westwingwisdom]

Happy 100th Birthday to our National Park Service! Our national parks are being threatened by some Republicans who want our parks defunded and switched to the states. Vote your conscience this election. Our National park system is America at its best. Plus Bartlet loved them^

[gesticulatingwildlyj-deactivate]

Slightly sad Josh is a particularly cute Josh.

[westwingwisdom]

The Short List (1.9)

Josh: This is a big day for us.

Donna: You're the men.

Josh: You know what we're finally gonna have?

Donna: A waspy old man on the Supreme Court?

[westwingwisdom]

The Supremes

Justice Christopher Mulready: Sure. Just like you'd like another Ashland, who wouldn't? The court was at it's best when Brady was fighting Ashland. President Bartlet: Plenty of good law written by the voices of moderation. Justice Christopher Mulready: Who writes the extraordinary dissent? The one man minority decision whose time hasn't come but 20 years later, some circuit court clerk digs it up at 3 in the morning. Brennan rallying against censorship, Harlains jeremiad on Jim Crow.

[charlton-brooker]

no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

[donnajosh]

[westwingwisdom]

Happy International Women's Day everyone from two of my favorite women💁

[westwingwisdom]

The Short List (1.9)

Josh: This is a big day for us.

Donna: You're the men.

Josh: You know what we're finally gonna have?

Donna: A waspy old man on the Supreme Court?

[decider]

Who yelled at God better? 

When things started looking down for The West Wing's President Bartlet and House of Card's President Underwood, both men headed to the National Cathedral to have a word with the Man Upstairs. 

But who did it better?! 

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[westwingwisdom]

President Bartlet for sure, I love Frank Underwood but Bartlet doesn't need to spit on a statue of Jesus to appear scary or risky, he just uses his bad ass latin skills

[acomforttomyfriends]

ReciteThis: West Wing Edition

5/7: Leo McGarry’s Best Quotes

[krasinskisaurus]

30 Days of The West Wing: Day 3 - Your favourite episode

Two Cathedrals

[krasinskisaurus]

TV doesn’t get much better than this. Scratch that, TV doesn’t get any better than this. This episode isn’t just about the death of a much-beloved colleague and whether or not President Bartlet will run for a second term; it is the fall and rebirth of a man. The flashbacks to Jed’s school days are intricately woven into the storyline through parallels and cinematography to die for and the casting of young Jed and Mrs Landingham is flawless (their dynamic is just begging for a spin-off). We see his mistreatment at the hands of his father and we realise that by rejecting God, Jed is finally speaking the words he never could to his father. There is a universalisability about that brilliant scene in the church (I haven’t the foggiest idea why Martin Sheen never won an Emmy for this) because who hasn’t had their faith tested or experienced that moment of doubt; not just with religion but in all areas of life?

The eponymous ‘Two Cathedrals’ represent the two most defining aspects of Jed and how connected they are. When he loses faith in God, he also loses faith in his presidency, but Mrs Landingham is there to put some much needed sense in him, like always. Because you never had a big sister and you need one. Visited by an angel, baptised in the rain of a tropical storm, disciples - SO MANY JESUS METAPHORS YOU GUYS. So when we reach the final scene I am already a wreck, but Sorkin and Schlamme go ahead and decide to create the best sequence of television I’ve ever seen. (Not even exaggerating. Just watch this: x ) I’ve seen it fifty times, I know exactly what is going to happen, and yet the magic is still there. In summary: the best episode ever of the best show ever, and y’all should watch it. Stat. 

[westwingwisdom]

I need feminism because everyone should be able to say ”shove it up your ass toby”👌😄

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[donnajosh]

[westwingwisdom]

I made a mistake with Emily Procter. I loved her on the show and when I had a chance to lock her up as a series regular I didn’t take it. (…) And of course Emily was snatched up right away by another show – CSI: Miami – and of course it was a giant hit. I made plenty of mistakes on the show but none of them that big. – Aaron Sorkin

[donnajosh]

[peekadora]

Oh please. Taxes are not *your* money. If people could give up the idea that it’s THEIR money being pried out of their hands, rather than just another bill, there’d be a lot less whining. You want lights, you pay the electric company. You want a place to live, you pay the bank or landlord. You want food, you pay the grocery store. You want to live in a civilized society, you pay taxes. Get. Over. It.

Comment of the Day: Paying For a More Civilized Society (via peekadora)