A Rerun of The West Wing

Sound Familiar

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• west
• wing
• democrats
• obama
• santos
• clinton

[kitkat9288]

Arnold Vinick was a real maverick who didn't have to announce it to the world every 5 minutes. Not to mention, he was a pro-choice atheist/agnostic. Of course, in real life, Republicans would never nominate anyone like that.

[cjk002]

Here is something even weirder:

Josh Lyman was based on Rahm Emmanuel.

[observer9670]

@cjk002 A year or so ago, a reporter asked Bradley Whitford if his Josh Lyman character was based on Rahm Emanuel. Brad smiled and said "Fuck no!". That was a joke about then-recent revelations that while serving as President Obama's chief of staff, Emanuel frequently swore at Congressmen.

[homris]

Shouldn't have thrown the spoiler in there at the end. With these tags that was a great way to promote the show and get people to watch and actually become aware of the complexities of American politics before the next time they vote. Now they all know the end. Granted people should still definitely watch the show before the next time they vote, no matter which party they support. Throw a McCain tag in there as well.

[SatyaVenugopal]

art imitating life imitating art, i guess :)

[LeighMet]

@kmrs1959 Had it not been for JOhn Spencers death Vinnick would have one the election in The West wing

[newguyout]

that was a cheap shot!

the show was finished before Obama even started running for president.

The last episode aired in early 2006.

[kmrs1959]

Sounds like a propaganda at it's best...or worst. Convince people via a TV show that this is the way they should vote.

[step5732]

Odd that they connect him with Santos. Seems he based himself on Bartlet.

[darkstarownzu]

Vinick was actually a Catholic who lost his faith after his wife passed away.

[my2c]

Actually he wasn't, at least in the beginning. Nobody in the show knew Emmanuel. There was the fish thing, but this was later (Emmanuel's brother was the agent of one of the producers).