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notabadday:

the west wing meme: ∞ eight speeches [2/8]

“There’s an old saying: ‘Those who speak, don’t know; and those who know, don’t speak.’ I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I know that by and large the press doesn’t care who really knows what as long as they’ve got a quote. Last Friday, we had our Week Ahead meeting in the Roosevelt Room. Some of you were there, most of you weren’t, but I’m talking to all of you now. Bruno Gianelli and I were leading a discussion about whether or not the President should stop in Kansas on his way back from the West Coast, and I remarked that the Vice President is polling better than the President right now in the plain states and that if the President gets re-elected it’s going to be on the Vice President’s coattails. That remark made its way to a White House reporter. …We’re a group, we’re a team. From the President and Leo on through, we’re a team. We win together, we lose together, we celebrate and we mourn together. And defeats are softened and victories sweetened because we did them together. And if you don’t like this team then there’s the door. It’s great to be in the know. It’s great to have the scoop, to have the skinny, to be able to go to a reporter and say, ‘I know something you don’t know’. And so the press become your constituents and you sell out the team… So, an item will appear in the paper tomorrow, and it will be embarrassing to me and embarrassing to the president. I’m not going to have a witch hunt, I’m not going to huff and puff. I’m not going to take anyone’s head off. I’m simply going to say this: you’re my guys, and I’m yours. And there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you.”

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notabadday:

My favourite Josh + Donna moments (in no particular order)
Bambi, Debate Camp

notabadday:

the west wing meme: ∞ eight speeches [1/8]

“This guy’s walking down a street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep, he can’t get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, ‘Hey you, can you help me out?’ The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, ‘Father, I’m down in this hole, can you help me out?’ The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a friend walks by, ‘Hey Joe, it’s me, can you help me out?’ And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, ‘Are you stupid? Now we’re both down here!’ The friend says, ‘Yeah but I’ve been down here before and I know the way out.’ … Long as I got a job, you got a job, you understand?”

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notabadday:

the west wing meme: ∞ eight speeches [5/8]

“You’re a son of a bitch, you know that? She bought her first new car and you hit her with a drunk driver. What, was that supposed to be funny? ‘You can’t conceive, nor can I, the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God,’ says Graham Greene. I don’t know who’s ass he was kissing there ‘cause I think you’re just vindictive. What was Josh Lyman? A warning shot? That was my son. What did I ever do to yours but praise his glory and praise his name? There’s a tropical storm that’s gaining speed and power. They say we haven’t had a storm this bad since you took out that tender ship of mine in the north Atlantic last year… 68 crew. You know what a tender ship does? Fixes the other ships. Doesn’t even carry guns. Just goes around, fixes the other ships and delivers the mail. That’s all it can do. Gratias tibi ago, domine. Yes, I lied. It was a sin. I’ve committed many sins. Have I displeased you, you feckless thug? 3.8 million new jobs, that wasn’t good? Bailed out Mexico, increased foreign trade, 30 million new acres of land for conservation, put Mendoza on the bench, we’re not fighting a war, I’ve raised three children… That’s not enough to buy me out of the doghouse? Haec credam a deo pio? A deo iusto? A deo scito? Cruciatus in crucem! Tuus in terra servus nuntius fui officium perfeci. Cruciatus in crucem. Eas in crucem!  …You get Hoynes.”

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whendoiturnbackintoapumpkin:

“You’re mocking me now, aren’t you?”
I love Margaret a lot in this episode.

— The West Wing 1x19 ‘Let Bartlet Be Bartlet’