I can’t help but notice a couple of real-world parallels to stuff that was in “West Wing.”
WEST WING WORLD: In the flashback sequences where Bartlett was running for the presidency, his (soon to be fired) advisors kept urging him to refer to “my opponent.” The reasoning was, Why keep mentioning the name of the guy he’s running against? Why give him the publicity? Bartlett rejected the advice, maintaining that it would make it seem as if he couldn’t remember the guy’s name. That it would make him look “dotty.”
REAL WORLD: Bush constantly refers to Kerry as “my opponent” rather than by name. Either he doesn’t care if it makes him look dotty, doesn’t want to give Kerry additional publicity, or he really can’t remember Kerry’s name.
WEST WING WORLD: Bartlett’s second term opponent, the Bush-esque Governor Ritchie, wanted to minimize the number of debates. Bartlett wanted anywhere from three to five, Ritchie wanted no more than two (and eventually got it down to one).
REAL WORLD: Where Kerry wants as many debates as possible, with a minimum of three, the Ritchie-esque Bush wants no more than two, and technically hasn’t agreed to any. Whether they get it down to one has yet to be seen.
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When Bush makes decisions that infringe on the exercising of our freedoms based on his religious beliefs then yes, by exercising his own he infringes on ours.
With all due respect, Catori, that statement is hogwash.
The First Amendment states that no law can be made or upheld that infringes upon your religious beliefs, even though that does happen. But Bush has made no law or for that matter, decision, that infringes upon anyone’s religious beliefs. If he has, please cite it.
You can’t be 46160 serious?!?