A parallel universe??

[caz963]

With thanks to skywaterblue

Obama seeks some fatherly advice... from our very own Jed Bartlet.

BARTLET - Because the idea of American exceptionalism doesn’t extend to Americans being exceptional. If you excelled academically and are able to casually use 690 SAT words then you might as well have the press shoot video of you giving the finger to the Statue of Liberty while the Dixie Chicks sing the University of the Taliban fight song. The people who want English to be the official language of the United States are uncomfortable with their leaders being fluent in it.

God, I love that man... (well, both of them - Bartlet and Sorkin!)

From the NYT.

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[flippet.livejournal.com]

Wow.

I think I need a cigarette.


I especially loved the bit right after what you quoted--exact same situation, but change the skin color, and there's no way in hell it gets voted for. Yes, let's celebrate jackass-ism as "family values", as long as it's packaged in white. It's like a national epidemic.


This season is making me positively ill. But thank you for linking, that was fabulous!

[caz963.livejournal.com]

I know - it was wonderful to read, but there certainly was an "ouch" factor because it hit pretty close to home.