[Grand Old Partisan]

For the first time in my life, I watched -- maybe fifteen minutes of -- The West Wing. The fascistic politics aside, it was very well done dramatically, so I can see its appeal -- fascistic politics aside.

[sarasota]

I checked it out last week. They've introduced a Republican (Matthew Perry) to whom CJ says, "You know, I hate you and everything you stand for." He's the only character with integrity.

The VP on the show was caught having an affair and the Pres (Sheen) tried to talk him out of resigning. It was typical Democrap.

[L.N. Smithee]

For the first time in my life, I watched -- maybe fifteen minutes of -- The West Wing. The fascistic politics aside, it was very well done dramatically, so I can see its appeal -- fascistic politics aside.

This is what kills me about the show. It wouldn't damage the show a bit if there were REAL Republican characters who weren't either a smarter-than-the-average bimbette, a mushy Deep North-type that despises "right wingers" and allies himself with the Bartlet bunch to fight them, or a venal bottomfeeder who doesn't know the Constitution, world history, or the Ten Commandments. Yet that's what Sorkin, Schlamme, and Wells have insisted on, with Peggy Noonan and Marlin Fitzwater giving their tacit approval.

[rwfromkansas]

I know conservatives who like it.

I just can only hack so many Dems at one time.