|
Raskolnikov38 posted:its incredibly cringe but non-main characters almost make it worth watching It was a decent encapsulation of what certain sorts wished politics to be back in the early 2000s, and yeah the supporting cast carried a disproportionate amount of the weight due to how unbearably smug the most of the leads were written as.
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:11
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 3, 2024 13:00 |
|
|
Raskolnikov38 posted:its incredibly cringe but non-main characters almost make it worth watching I saw someone post a character speech plastered on a background the other day on Facebook and it was about respecting your opponents' views and the friend was musing that we need a return to that concept in politics And that's about my extent with the show but that sounded like a very  kinda thing
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:11
|
|
|
Skypie posted:I saw someone post a character speech plastered on a background the other day on Facebook and it was about respecting your opponents' views and the friend was musing that we need a return to that concept in politics that was almost certainly a main character, the cool ones like donna or charlie never get brought up
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:11
|
|
|
at least you ge to see what an assassination attempt on Rahm Emmanuel would look like.
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:12
|
|
|
oh god i forgot the assassination kicked off the terrible MS storyline
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:14
|
|
|
glenn greenwald is usually right, eg. that america... is bad, but he's let that preclude the possibility of "something occurs in which the USA suffers in any way, shape, or form can still be bad". thanks for reading my opinion. bernie would have won. succ
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:15
|
|
|
oh also my parents watched a fuckload of west wing when I was young and even then I knew it was masturbatory bullshit 
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:16
|
|
|
Were there storylines about stamping out unions
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:17
|
|
|
Skypie posted:Were there storylines about stamping out unions yes lmao. i distinctly remembering toby telling the AFL-CIO to suck it after bartlet signed a chinese NAFTA
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:18
|
|
|
i've never seen a single episode of west wing, but i see it on netflix so i'm going to watch episode one after my second or third blue moon
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:18
|
|
|
if they can edit TWW to be only CJ, it's good.
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:19
|
|
|
Skypie posted:Were there storylines about stamping out unions There's one where the President basically declares the market to be infallible and compares trying to do anything at all to help American workers to be analogous to King Canute ordering the incoming tide to recede. This is meant to be deep and meaningful.
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:19
|
|
|
Mnoba posted:i've never seen a single episode of west wing, but i see it on netflix so i'm going to watch episode one after my second or third blue moon its really not worth it, but godspeed. nobody gets to tell you how to spend your time.
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:20
|
|
|
Skypie posted:I saw someone post a character speech plastered on a background the other day on Facebook and it was about respecting your opponents' views and the friend was musing that we need a return to that concept in politics The thing about this statement is that no matter how much decorum people deliver, like "I am taking the high road or not airing any attack ads" is already a common phrase, or maybe they want "let us respectfully agree to disagree, sir", they will still be saying we need a return to decorum in politics because it's just a platitude used to self-aggrandize.
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:21
|
|
|
if you want peak succ tww, go watch the episode where the nominate the liberal and conservative sc justices.
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:21
|
|
|
Mnoba posted:i've never seen a single episode of west wing, but i see it on netflix so i'm going to watch episode one after my second or third blue moon the first episode is like the worst way to get introduce to the show fwiw. partly because it half focuses on a character who just straight up disappears after the first season lol. watch In Excelsis Deo instead. it still has cringe lib moments but is also probably the characters at their best
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:22
|
|
|
Raskolnikov38 posted:the first episode is like the worst way to get introduce to the show fwiw. partly because it half focuses on a character who just straight up disappears after the first season lol. watch In Excelsis Deo instead. it still has cringe lib moments but is also probably the characters at their best isn't that the one where josh insults a right wing catholic on tv and the president gets mad at him?
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:23
|
|
|
I think it's one of the episodes where the president owns god.
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:26
|
|
|
d.... duterte?
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:30
|
|
|
Raskolnikov38 posted:yes lmao. i distinctly remembering toby telling the AFL-CIO to suck it after bartlet signed a chinese NAFTA Peak 2000s era dialogue then. As a union guy, lemme just say I'm over these platitudes and poo poo
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:30
|
|
|
Matt Zerella posted:isn't that the one where josh insults a right wing catholic on tv and the president gets mad at him? that;s the pilot/episode 1, in exlecis deo is about toby arranging the funeral of a homeless vet and CJ trying to get support for a hate crimes bill
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:30
|
|
|
there's an episode of the west wing where they gut social security lol it really is this fantasy about a second clinton presidency
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:30
|
|
|
i will never not lol that bartlet's big winning policy, that he literally pins his relection on, is a tax credit for college tuition. that they then promptly never bring up or attempt to pass the moment the election is over lmfao
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:32
|
|
|
America Works
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:33
|
|
|
to truly understand the lib, watch west wing
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:33
|
|
|
west wing is exactly like harry potter
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:34
|
|
|
didn't Obama's assistant go "I'm like Charlie" IRL? I still laugh about that sometimes. on the show, Charlie loves charter schools
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:34
|
|
|
Raskolnikov38 posted:i will never not lol that bartlet's big winning policy, that he literally pins his relection on, is a tax credit for college tuition. Same deal with that late season bit where the leads, sans Bartlet, all gather and Leo gives his "we can accomplish more in 100 days than we will for the rest of our lives after we leave the White House" speech and they all start brainstorming progressive-ish things the administration should pursue in its remaining time in office. Literally none of it ever gets mentioned again for the rest of the series even in passing.
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:36
|
|
|
tbf most of that season was focused on the santos/vinnick campaigns
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:38
|
|
|
More infosec than succ but the thread discusses lanyards turning down free consulting cause 'it was too hard' before the breach https://twitter.com/dotMudge/status/1017942408284254208 Specifically: https://twitter.com/dotMudge/status/1017947905058070529 https://twitter.com/dotMudge/status/1017949169619595264 https://twitter.com/dotMudge/status/1017950879373320193
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:38
|
|
|
infosucc
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:39
|
|
|
Raskolnikov38 posted:tbf most of that season was focused on the santos/vinnick campaigns Well sure by that point it was all campaign stuff with a side of "will he pardon Toby?!" but seriously they couldn't even have the odd reference to some of it? Edit: For the record I wish he had not pardoned Toby because he was the most insufferable dickhead of the lot by a country mile.
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:39
|
|
|
ugh that fuckin' toby storyline
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:39
|
|
|
Raskolnikov38 posted:to truly understand the lib, watch west wing  Raskolnikov38 posted:ugh that fuckin' toby storyline 
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:45
|
|
|
Raskolnikov38 posted:ugh that fuckin' toby storyline Is there any show with a good Toby character
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:46
|
|
|
Skypie posted:Is there any show with a good Toby character Roots
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:47
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGDBExKA3jA
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:47
|
|
|
in yet more infosucc news https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1017834806330167297
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:49
|
|
|
Gary Peters (D-MI) had a town hall this morning and my friend texted me some of the highlights: Very important to maintain civility in these times. Told a woman whose husband had a stroke and was going bankrupt despite having fantastic health insurance that he doesn't support Medicare for All at this time because he wants to achieve "what is possible", and right now is focused on protecting the ACA which is under attack. Told another person that wanted him to sign onto Medicare for All that he always has been for everyone having "access" to health care. When questioned on wealth inequality said he agreed it was bad and then took another question. Told people the most important thing to do right now was vote because Democrats don't have any power. 
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:50
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 3, 2024 13:00 |
|
|
Rand alPaul posted:Gary Peters (D-MI) had a town hall this morning and my friend texted me some of the highlights: Is this fucker getting primaried?
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2018 21:52
|
|