Posted on 02/24/2002 7:50:56 AM PST by RippleFire
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WEST WING SORKIN BLASTS BUSH: WE'RE 'PRETENDING' HE HAS EXHIBITED UNSPEAKABLE COURAGE
The force behind NBC's WEST WING is blasting off against the real West Wing in upcoming pages of the NEW YORKER, which names Aaron Sorkin "the country's loyal opposition."
NY'ER reporter Tad Friend has penned a high-impact Talk of the Town set for release in March 4 editions.
Sorkin, the creatorproducerwriter of WEST WING, tells Friend: "It's absolutely right that at this time we're all laying off the [Bush] bubblehead jokes. But that's a far cry from what the Times and CNN and others on whom we rely for unvarnished objectivity are telling us, which is that 'My God! On September 12th he woke up as Teddy Roosevelt! He became the Rough Rider!'"
Of NBC's own look at a day in the life of the Presidency, 'The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing,' which aired as the lead-in to a WEST WING repeat a few weeks ago, Sorkin charges: "The White House pumped up the President's schedule to show him being much busier and more engaged than he is, and Tom Brokaw let it happen?"
Sorkin continues: "The show was a valentine to Bush. That illusion may be what we need right now, but the truth is we're simply pretending to believe that Bush exhibited unspeakable courage at the World Series by throwing out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium, or that he, by God, showed those terrorists by going to Salt Lake City and jumbling the first line of the Olympic opening ceremony.
"The media is waving pom-poms, and the entire country is being polite," Sorkin declares.
"I just began reading Frank Bruni's campaign book AMBLING INTO HISTORY: THE UNLIKELY ODYSSEY OF GEORGE W. BUSH which begins with Candidate Bush at a service in Texas for seven people who were killed in a church by a crazy gunman. Bruni describes Bush making goofy faces at the press, and it reminds you of a junior high schooler on a museum field trip."
Sorkin tells the mag that he is planning to revisit the BUSH-GORE Florida showdown in an upcoming episode.
President Josiah Bartlet [played by actor Martin Sheen, who has called Bush a white knuckled drunk] is up for re-election this November. "Bartlet is going to be running against Governor Robert Ritchie, of Florida, who's not the sharpest tool in the box but who's raised a lot of money and is very popular with the Republican Party,? Sorkin says.
"It was frustrating watching Gore try so hard not to appear smart in the debates. Why not just say" 'Here's my fucking résumé, what do you got?' We're a completely fictional, nonpolitical show, but one of our motors is doing our version of the old Mad magazine 'Scenes We'd Like to See.' And so to an extent we're going to rerun the last election and try a few different plays than the Gore campaign did."
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He didn't really have to try not appearing smart, you don't have to try being what you are. Gore is devious and cunning, not smart.
This may be the funniest thing I have ever read on FR,and this dimwit is serious about it! At BEST,Goober is a idiot savant who has the gift of remembering words,but not neccessarliy knowning what they mean when strung together. He is the original political robot,who has been programed by his leftist mama since he was a puppy. He has never had a original thought in his entire life.
Why not just say" 'Here's my fucking résumé, what do you got?'
I can think of two reasons. The first one is that Goober doesn't know what the word "resume" means,and the second is that nobody who backs him really wants this to happen. It would only highlight what a idiot and liar he really is.
First, this guy's evidently under the comical illusion that Gore's resume is a show-stopper. It is, but for the wrong reason. Second, I'd be willing to bet that their "rerun" of the last election using "a few different plays than the Gore campaign did" will be much more successful than the Gore campaign's effort. Wonderful what you can do with writers to protect you from reality.
Sorry, I am laughing so hard I can't finish reading the article.
Maybe he does,but he has yet to show it,or even be in a position to show it. If he is a "Uber Hero" for showing up at the World's Series or the Olympics,so is everybody else who was there.
Then again,I realize that you are a Bush-Bot who thinks he is the second coming of Jesus.
These guys are not the smartest, are they?
STUFF IT UP YOUR NOSE, SORKIN.
The people in the "illusion" business are not the Bush Administeation. They are adults, dealing with real problems. The "illusion" business belongs to Sorkin and his "West Wing" program, presenting the fiction that lamebrained leftists are, or can be leaders, especially in a time of crisis.
Notice the Da-Rather denial, that the Times and CNN are "impartial sources of news."
I watched the "West Wing" only once, at someone else's house then it was on. (It is impolite in other people's homes, to ask them to change the channel.) Sorkin is merely a good magician, creating a "President" out of thin air and pretending that he is real.
Personally, I find it more rewarding to pay attention to the real President, and his real associates, who deal with real problems with truth and intelligence. Rummy comes to mind, but there are many others.
If Sorkin was jailed for drug use, with a condition that he would be released immediately if he told the truth on his TV show, he'd serve a life sentence. He doesn't have a clue what the truth is, and even if he did, he wouldn't dare present it. Getting blackballed at all of Streisand's parties, losing Martin Sheen (sniff), don't you know?
Caongressman Billybob
"I thought Albert Jr. was trying not to appear like a flaming poofter - unsuccessfully, I might add."
You have a point. Remember "the kiss" at the Rat convention and the truly nauseating cover photo (plus press hype) on Rolling Stone? They were two over-the-top PR efforts to counter algore's less-than-masculine body language and speech.
I leave you with this thought: The man assembled a stellar cast of foreign policy advisors whose first loyalty is to the United States. He hasn't flinched from doing what has needed to be done, and he hasn't played politics. I doubt one push-poll or focus group has been employed.
You see, "courage" can have different definitions depending on who you are. For a nation's leader who is beholden to the good will of the electorate, it is true "courage" to simply do what you say you're going to do, and d*** the naysayers, whether it comes from a pissant like you, or a pissant like Sorkin.
Don't worry about it. If Bubba-2 is reelected,he is sure to use the so-called Patriot Act to make any criticism of him illegal.
Mary Jo White. Now that she has successfully destroyed/compromised all the evidence against Bubbette!,Bubba-2 has safely retired her. She's a natural.
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