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."
Developing...
to all those still worrying about the axel of evil comments, you ain't seen the intelligence yet.
F-102 Fighter Pilot
Yale Grad
Harvard MBA
Gov of Texas
Millionaire Self-Made Businessman
President of the US
vs Cocaine snorting West Wing Clinton Boot Licker
it is a rather annoying inconvenience sometimes. besides, has anyone remarked about how drudge inserted himself into this one?
I'm not sure which is worse!
he has a political web site his company bought him called www.capitalscoop.com
Sounds like Sheen's lifesytle was going to get it where it really hurt (aka the pocketbook).
All the million dollar sissyboys and girls on the left coast need to shut their pie holes and take a look at themselves in the mirror - they're actors/actresses, and they play ones on tv.
Trajan88 TAMU Class of '88
He's more akin to Gomer.
Well it's true they're both poofters -- but Gomer's way more intelligent and, also, is incredibly talented, hasn't driven a woman into insanity by making her endure a sham marriage -- and seems a really nice fellow, to boot!
Just kidding big guy.
Only two of the previous statements are true.
Best FReegards...Mustang sends.
No, she's going to be playig Carol Roberts.
Is Warner Bros getting into Political Web Sites for dis-information? capitolscoop.com or West Wing capitolgrilling | 2/7/2002 | TLBSHOW
Posted on 2/7/02 9:57 AM Pacific by TLBSHOW
capitolscoop.com
Organization:
Warner Bros.
Domain Name Administrator
4000 Warner Blvd.
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Who, other than the ones Marx called "useful idiots", who would be influenced by the moving picture shows put out by cynical opportunists like these girly boys?
What do feminized males know about manly courage?
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