Tuesday, November 04, 2003

JOSH GOT SCREWED. And can someone please tell me what Bartlett's "defining moment" was in this episode? NBC touted it as "one president's defining moment," but aside from standing up the German premiere to hang with disaster victims, I can't see what it was.

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Now that was a defining moment!

Next week - #507 "Separation of Powers"

#506 "Disaster Relief"

From TVGuide
Josh isn't exactly the toast of the town after his miscalculation causes a conservative Democratic senator to switch parties. And C.J. prevails on the president to visit tornado victims in Oklahoma, leaving Leo to confront various crises (involving the capital-gains tax, the chancellor of Germany and hostilities between Greece and Albania) that need Bartlet's attention.

Cast: Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Dule Hill, Janel Moloney, John Spencer, Joshua Malina, Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff, Jesse Bradford, Maree Cheatam, Nick Searcy, Lauren Stamile, Bryan Callen, Steven Anderson, NiCole Robinson, Mindy Seeger, Charles Noland, Susan Ziegler, Michael Hyatt, Terry O' Quinn, Steve Ryan

(thanks to BE Warne's WEST WING CONTINUITY GUIDE)

posted by James @ 11:46 AM 0 comments

The Bartlet Generation had better take notice .... one of their kind is supporting "W"

From OpinionJournal.com:

George Bush vs. the Naive Nine
Why this lifelong Democrat will vote Republican next November.

BY ZELL MILLER
Monday, November 3, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST

If I live and breathe, and if--as Hank Williams used to say--the creek don't rise, in 2004 this Democrat will do something I didn't do in 2000, I will vote for George W. Bush for president.

I have come to believe that George Bush is the right man in the right place at the right time. And that's a pretty big mouthful coming from a lifelong Democrat who first voted for Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and has voted for every Democratic presidential candidate the 12 cycles since then. My political history to the contrary, this was the easiest decision I think I've ever made in deciding who to support. For I believe the next five years will determine the kind of world my four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren will live in. I simply cannot entrust that crucial decision to any one of the current group of Democratic presidential candidates.

Why George Bush? First, the personal; then, the political.
I first got to know George Bush when we served as governors together, and I just plain like the man, a man who feeds his dogs first thing every morning, has Larry Gatlin sing in the White House, and knows what is meant by the term "hitting behind the runner."

I am moved by the reverence and tenderness he shows the first lady and the unabashed love he has for his parents and his daughters.

I admire this man of faith who has lived that line in that old hymn, "Amazing Grace," "Was blind, but now I see." I like the fact that he's the same on Saturday night as he is on Sunday morning. And I like a man who shows respect for others by starting meetings on time.

That's the personal. Now, the political.

This is a president who understands the price of freedom. He understands that leaders throughout history often have had to choose between good and evil, tyranny and freedom. And the choice they make can reverberate for generations to come. This is a president who has some Churchill in him and who does not flinch when the going gets tough. This is a president who can make a decision and does not suffer from "paralysis analysis." This is a president who can look America in the eye and say on Iraq, "We're not leaving." And you know he means it.

This is also a president who understands that tax cuts are not just something that all taxpayers deserve, but also the best way to curb government spending. It is the best kind of tax reform. If the money never reaches the table, Congress can't gobble it up.

I have just described George W. Bush.
Believe me, I looked hard at the other choices. And what I saw was that the Democratic candidates who want to be president in the worst way are running for office in the worst way. Look closely, there's not much difference among them. I can't say there's "not a dime's worth of difference" because there's actually billions of dollars' worth of difference among them. Some want to raise our taxes a trillion, while the others want to raise our taxes by several hundred billion. But, make no mistake, they all want to raise our taxes. They also, to varying degrees, want us to quit and get out of Iraq. They don't want us to stay the course in this fight between tyranny and freedom. This is our best chance to change the course of history in the Middle East. So I cannot vote for a candidate who wants us to cut and run with our shirttails at half-mast.

I find it hard to believe, but these naive nine have managed to combine the worst feature of the McGovern campaign--the president is a liar and we must have peace at any cost--with the worst feature of the Mondale campaign--watch your wallet, we're going to raise your taxes. George McGovern carried one state in 1972. Walter Mondale carried one state in 1984. Not exactly role models when it comes to how to get elected or, for that matter, how to run a country.

So, as I have said, my choice for president was an easy decision. And my own party's candidates made it even easier.

Mr. Miller is a Democratic senator from Georgia and the author of "A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat," published last month by Stroud & Hall.

posted by James @ 11:42 AM 0 comments

A bit of humor from freerepublic.com about CBS cancelling the miniseries THE REAGANs:


CBS will not broadcast THE REAGANS on November 16 and 18. This decision is based solely on our reaction to
seeing the final film, not the controversy that erupted around a draft of the script.


posted by James @ 11:40 AM 0 comments