WEST WING SORKIN BLASTS BUSH: WE'RE 'PRETENDING' HE HAS EXHIBITED UNSPEAKABLE COURAGE

Drudge ^ | Feb. 24, 2002 | Matt Drudge

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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...

[paltz]

Aaron Sorkin...Rich Spoiled Brat from Scarsdale New York. The Wealthiest Suburb in New York.

[Miss Marple]

Exposing the morons? Well.....

I think you should ask some of the people who listen to Drudge's show. From what I can tell (do not get it in my area) I believe he frequently makes disparaging comments against the President.

PhiKapMom...would you care to weigh in with your opinion?

[rottweiller_inc]

heh it should be called "Left Wing"

[Howlin]

Was he arrested?

[yoe]

NEW YORKER, which names Aaron Sorkin "the country's loyal opposition."

Which translates to "the country's loyal socialist naysayer"

Sorkin is far from unbiased about our President just as he was a sycophant to the Clinton's. Mr. Sorkin's success lies in the ability do dilute the American dream into banality.

Somehow, this does not seem the time to ridicule a man, our President, who has shown uncommon character, ethics and the ability to lead this nation and others out of the darkness of Clinton despotism and the grips of the Al Qaeda towards recognizable Republic and a more peaceful world. Boycott West Wing

[Ben Chad]

Not this one. Just based upon casting and producers, never have, never will.

[MeekOneGOP]

I thought that the day shown on NBC was quite normal for his schedule.

Well, see it's like this. Bush is a stickler for being on time. The media press was used to clintoon being 2-3-4 hours late, so obviously clintoon was much busier than President Bush is. /sarcasm

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[okimhere]

When I began reading this 'far out' article, I felt like I was reading satire. Then I remembered - 'oh, yeah. Sorkin is a druggie and I'm not.' Unbelievable take on today's reality!

I have laughed, applauded and enjoyed the responses. They say it all. And the pictures, Socal, are indeed worth a thousand words!!

[Polybius]

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,

The Left always confuses fluff with substance.

Bush exibited courage by doing more than firing 30 $2 million missles at 30 empty tents and hitting 30 camels in the butt. Bush destroyed Al Qaeda's hold on Afghanistan and destroyed Al Qaeda's Taliban host inspite of the Leftist Quagmire Chorus that ensured that Bill Clinton made the world safe for terrorism.

[mlibertarianj]

And thank God, he is not the producer for CSI., the only prime time network show,I make time to see.

[paltz]

send a letter of love to them.

TheWestWing@nbc.com

[Consort]

Other achievements
~ Sister died.

....she died from smoking cigarettes made from tobacco that her brother Algore grew, cultivated, harvested, packaged, brought to market, and sold. Algore has blood on his hands.

[weikel]

Democrats piss me off. If you use drugs that makes you a hippy and hippies suck ass.

[Chi-townChief]

"It was frustrating watching Gore try so hard not to appear smart in the debates."

Somehow I get the feeling that Gore didn't have to try all that hard.

[mystery-ak]

Yes, he was arrested.

Sentenced to re-hab....LOL

[Askel5]

'My God! On September 12th he woke up as Teddy Roosevelt! He became the Rough Rider!'"

Where is that article on Bush's casting the Pacific as our lake?

[Illbay]

I could never understand why they hated someone like Bush . However, someone explained that they prefer a president like they are - somewhat sleasy, potentially corrupt, unprincipled and of low moral character. When a man of character is in office, their agenda of low morality, and corruption being set as the norm is hindered.

I think Rush Limbaugh illustrated this very well when he pointed out that at Clinton's first inaugural, the whole tone was "Thank The Divine She, We're Free At Last!"

He said at first he couldn't figure it out, till it dawned on him that they were "free" from the morality that characterized the Reagan-Bush years, and "free" to pursue their self-absorbed hedonism in full concert with the residents of the White House.

That goes a long way to explain why so many of them clamored to sleep (or whatever they did) in the Lincoln Bedroom.

[smoking camels]

Don't know... you could be right. Either way I personally find it helpful.... whether that is his intent or not.

[Draco]

Re #42. Thank you for succintness. And being spot on.