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The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin pens essay telling Democrats to nominate Mitt Romney for president
The Independent ^ | 7/21/24 | Louis Chilton

Posted on 07/21/2024 9:37:23 AM PDT by MAGA2017

The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin has argued for the Democratic Party to nominate a Republican as their presidential candidate in a bid to beat Donald Trump.

In recent weeks, calls for incumbent president Joe Biden to step down have grown ever louder, amid concerns over the president’s health and cognitive abilities.

Current polling suggests that Trump, who was beaten by Biden in 2020 after serving one controversy-laden term in the Oval Office, is on course to win a second term this November.

In an essay published by The New York Times, Sorkin drew parallels between real-world events and his acclaimed TV series, which focused on the goings-on at the White House during the administration of Democrat Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen).

Expand article logo Continue reading Describing a plotline in which Bartlet chose to run for re-election despite being diagnosed with a serious illness (multiple sclerosis), Sorkin said that the plotline would have played out differently if his fictional opponent was a figure like Trump.

“What if Bartlet’s opponent had been a dangerous imbecile with an observable psychiatric disorder who related to his supporters on a fourth-grade level and treated the law as something for suckers and poor people?” He wrote. “And was a hero to white supremacists? We’d have had Bartlet drop out of the race and endorse whoever had the best chance of beating the guy.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: romney; sorkin; trump
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1 posted on 07/21/2024 9:37:23 AM PDT by MAGA2017
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To: MAGA2017

Babylon......

Nope.....


2 posted on 07/21/2024 9:38:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: MAGA2017

Another potential Babylon Bee headline stolen before they had a chance to go there.

:-)

The riot on the DNC convention floor under that scenario would be so beautiful. They would need a fleet of ambulances to carry off the casualties.


3 posted on 07/21/2024 9:39:44 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: MAGA2017

He’s a known mushroom abuser. Has been for years. Not a joke….not a joke.


4 posted on 07/21/2024 9:40:18 AM PDT by clintonh8r (The truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth)
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To: MAGA2017

mitt would accept


5 posted on 07/21/2024 9:40:30 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: MAGA2017

Well, he’s hated by the right, and probably by the left as well (but for different reasons). Sounds like a win-win!


6 posted on 07/21/2024 9:41:13 AM PDT by Joann37
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To: MAGA2017

Please, please, PLEASE!


7 posted on 07/21/2024 9:41:17 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (We have not yet achieved peak crazy)
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To: MAGA2017

Exactly LOL!


8 posted on 07/21/2024 9:41:30 AM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: MAGA2017

With his notebooks full of women? Not a chance...


9 posted on 07/21/2024 9:42:16 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: no-to-illegals

Liz Cheney would be his running mate!


10 posted on 07/21/2024 9:42:29 AM PDT by MAGA2017
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To: MAGA2017

No, Louis Chilton, Trump was NOT beaten by Biden in 2020.
It was a stolen election.


11 posted on 07/21/2024 9:42:38 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: MAGA2017

Desperation. All they really need to do is to articulate their brilliant policy ideas, and then present the person whom they would have execute them. Biden has already proven himself to be that guy, except for the articulation bit. They could get other people to do that. America will love it.


12 posted on 07/21/2024 9:43:19 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: DallasBiff

Some people like their name in the news.


13 posted on 07/21/2024 9:43:39 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: MAGA2017

Aaron Sorkin... from New York. Typical dimwit.


14 posted on 07/21/2024 9:43:43 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: Joann37

Democrats love Mormons.

Lol.


15 posted on 07/21/2024 9:43:55 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: MAGA2017

From governing, DC-centric ideology and protection of the deep-state point-of-view, its a logical move.

But emotionally it would upset woke democrats, create a very low-energy election and destroy democrat turn-out


16 posted on 07/21/2024 9:44:15 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: MAGA2017

This is not their dumbest idea. Mittens is RINO enough to be Dem-lite. While he might be easier for them to live with, he is despised by the right, and has already lost one presidential race. Hillary Clinton has more experience losing, but I understand she isn’t pleasant to be around.


17 posted on 07/21/2024 9:44:45 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: MAGA2017

The man is clueless. AOC and her cabal are not going to support Romney.


18 posted on 07/21/2024 9:44:54 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: MAGA2017

The NYT actually published this.


19 posted on 07/21/2024 9:45:18 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's mone)
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To: MAGA2017

As much as I despise Romney...at least that would be pulling the radical left a little bit back to the right.

Honestly if the democrats were like Romney and GOP like Trump our Nation would be in much better shape as there would be no woke crap going on...the discussion would be more about best policies and we know the Right will win on that.


20 posted on 07/21/2024 9:45:57 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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