I will wait in the tall grass for you, Senator.

Thought about cutting this short at 1:55. This bit by Calley is one of my favorite quotes in the series.

[@MegaFortinbras]

I particularly like the line, "Let's take a five minute break. Please, everybody, let's keep it to ten minutes."

[@theresechristiansen9769]

MegaFortinbras I know. Story of my life.

[@kazimierzgarshin3924]

MegaFortinbras I like "Who the hell is this?"

[@michaelvidal1971]

I was about to say the same thing

[@cm2426]

5 mins then everyone gotta get in and settled

[@GD-me2lv]

He’s run corporate meetings before

[@jonathangwynne1917]

"This is why good people hate us" One of the best lines ever written in a show loaded with great writing.

[@chazzlucas6208]

well said john

[@theolamp5312]

+Jonathan Gwynne - Love your comment. The only question I have is do politicians have the ability to distinguish the good people from the bad ? Especially in the current political climate.

[@JOEGUIDE77]

THIS IS WHY - GOOD PEOPLE- do not trust all politicans? It is simply, the ancient question dating back to Plato. "What is the Truth?" I worked in D.C. for three years, and it was certainly quite a rare thing, to find a "honest" member of both houses of Congress. Mark Twain, said it best (How do you know when a member of Congress is lying? Answer: Their mouth is moving.

[@jstewholymoly]

Lmao I love West Wing but that's actually one of the dumbest lines of the whole show.

[@robinjackson7882]

Jonathan Gwynne The Chairman played a murderer in Fatal Beauty

[@namdlogd]

Just going along minding your own business checking out a political story or two on youtube ... then BAMM .. two hours and 106 West Wing clips later .....

[@MichaelLee-dt1iw]

Was looking for some hockey highlights and somehow I think I just watched two seasons worth of The West Wing in 3:30 minute increments.

[@RomanCoronado]

@@MichaelLee-dt1iw Interestingly enough there is a scene in one of the episodes of The West Wing where VP Hoynes is asking Sam how a hockey game was that he went to and proceeds to say that he was never able to get into hockey because the scoring seems to come out of nowhere and then gives a made up play by play from the commentators. So....that's probably how you ended up here lol!

[@Nancy-xg9nc]

😂me too! Miss this show!

[@Nancy-xg9nc]

Righteous Hammer.. 😂me too! Miss this show!

[@remychase]

@Righteous Hammer Yeah, that’s pretty much how I got sucked in, too. Now, I’m binge watching it on Netflix. Almost done with it, too.

[@mc76]

I am watching this in 2023, when this is now the only purpose of Congressional hearings.

[@1337ijs]

I really love this show, partly because it's the snappiest, snarkiest show ever written, but also because of moments like this. Moments where that stereotype that politicians are only in it for themselves, only in it to win, gets torn to pieces by those who are in it for the right reasons, who are in it to push what is right, to stick their necks out on matters of principle.

[@penboyasgod6103]

*_That has YET TO HAPPEN in this abhorrent Trump adminstration._*

[@tidefanyankee2428]

@@penboyasgod6103 Nor with Biden

[@dijoxx]

Never in real life

[@triciajumonville7741]

@@dijoxx One hopes you watched the January 6 Committee Hearing, so you could see it in real life.

[@occamraiser]

If only that was real America.

[@joltman81]

"We'll take a five minute break, please let's keep it to ten minutes!" Spoken like someone who has been to many conferences and large meetings.

[@paulonius42]

"We'll take a five-minute break. Please, let's keep it to ten minutes." Everybody in this show had good dialogue, not just the stars. And you're right, this is a great quote! Thanks for the clips!

[@Gwynne66]

"This is why good people hate us" That's great writing.

[@volgawolfhounds741]

agreed.

[@dangeroreilly2028]

It is a fictional show. It is written deliberately so that the Dem ideology(back then) won a debate 99% of the time. Agree with the writers views or not, it was an excellent, entertaining show.

[@NozzleDog07]

@@dangeroreilly2028 I agree with you for the most part, but Aaron Sorkin did write really good republicans, but later seasons ( when he wasn’t on the show) definitely do what you said.

[@cards0486]

@@NozzleDog07 I disagreed with 90% of what the Bartlett White House did. But I loved the show. I thought Ainsley Hayes and Joe Quincy would be all we would ever get in the gesture of “yeah, we allow some good Republican moments”. But I liked that Santos was more conservative than Vinick in the election in Seasons 6 and 7. I thought the winner of the election was a no brainer. This was WW, of course the Democrat was going to win. I was surprised to read that the writers had originally planned for Vinick to win. But after John Spencer’s death they decided it would be too ‘emotionally taxing’ for Santos to lose Leo and the election. I’m not sure I believe that. But they got Alan Alda to portray a Republican. Shoot, I would have voted for Matt Santos.

[@NozzleDog07]

@@cards0486 I agree with that assessment

[@donna30044]

"We'll take a 5 minute break; please, let's keep it to 10 minutes." Wonderful line.

[@volgawolfhounds741]

yes, quite... sincere. Salute.

[@CBeard849]

I'm a lifelong Conservative.....and I absolutely loved WW. I have voted several times in my life for Democrats when I felt they had more to offer than the "other" choices. It's my opinion that if today's Democratic Party matched the one portrayed on WW they would be hands down unbeatable. Unfortunately both parties have diverged so much they have us at each others throats.....and that is NOT GOOD.

[@johnfrick9639]

They have us at each others throats by design. The more they keep us butting heads with each other, the less we are watching them. And, yes, I do mean ALL of them, because you're right; both parties are SO far out of synch with what either are "supposed" to be about it's not even remotely humorous.

[@ericseiz2014]

Chris and John: I hope you both mean that! Then stop supporting both corrupt parties!

[@obluraschibus]

I have to disagree here. I'm not American, I'm watching your politics from the outside and to be honest neither of your two parties is too palatable to me. I dislike them both. But I'm Italian, and I've studied our history, and I have to tell you that as bad as the Democratic party can be the GOP has gone full fascist to the point that I get scared everythime I hear the "both parties are bad" rhetoric. It worked here in Italy 101 years ago and it's horrifying to me to see it happen again. As bad as the Democrats can be they aren't actively denying anyone's right to exist. Think about it.

[@CBeard849]

@@obluraschibus So do we.

[@obluraschibus]

@@CBeard849 Heh, not really, what the Republican party is doing in Florida and pretty much everywhere they are in power is actively putting minorities lives at risk. Ron DeSantis rethoric is the closer thing to Mussolini I've seen in the west since Francisco Franco died in 1975.

[@googoo-gjoob]

The *GREATEST* show in the _HISTORY_ of television.

[@obiwanobiwan13]

I'm a Democrat, but this is proof positive that "The West Wing" had Republican heroes, too... Calley here, and Ainsley Hayes... It really tried to show the core virtues of both parties, as well as how they can and, sadly, do go awry too often today... Bartlett 2012! Who's with me! BARTLETT FOR AMERICA! :D

[@gnomesaiyan1680]

Arnie Vinnick. A Republican I wouldn't tear my hair out over if he won.

[@gouthamakumar6591]

That's the beauty of the show. It shows politics where you have people who actually care about their civic duties, instead of people who are only gunning for re-election, or just winning.

[@NVRAMboi]

There was a time when decency and statesmanship genuinely existed. In my lifetime. I feel for the current generation. They cannot miss what they never had. We, OTOH, can only quietly mourn.

[@solomonaerospace5932]

@@gnomesaiyan1680 I would love Vinnick over Trump any day.

[@robbkinnin1988]

Joe Coffey

[@heorap]

We needed Cliff Calley today.

[@billwithers7457]

It is to the unbelieveable credit of Sorkin and the other showrunners that of all the republicans portrayed in the show, only one of them is an evil scumbag. This wasn't from some idealized time of political harmony. This was shortly after 9/11 and only a few years after Clinton's impeachment. And yet only one republican is evil, and the other republicans in the room are eager to shut him down. That is so unrealistic as to be laughable. The Cliff Calleys and Arnold Vinnicks and Joe Quincys of the republican party were all driven out a long time ago.

[@hectorcornejo1468]

@@billwithers7457 so true. I was republican til Gingrich started pulling this exact bull.

[@jaygee6738]

James Handy, who plays the grey haired senator here, is the stepdad of a good friend of mine. Great character actor, and a very nice gentleman to boot.

[@garbarek1078]

He was Haverhill in NYPD Blue. Playing a more narcissistic character than here, and did the job very well. Great actor.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

One of the few scenes in The West Wing with none of the cast members. And it’s a great scene!

[@jamme1011]

"This is why good people hate us" - well written.

[@udeeko2758]

One of the best scenes from one of the greatest shows in television, period.

[@robbabcock_]

This show was brilliant, and sadly it feels almost quaint circa 2021. Sorkin wrote TWW as a sort of Camelot about a Platonic ideal of a government that's never existed yet all of us want to believe it does. Bartlett is of course a Democrat but the Republicans aren't cast as villains for the most part but as the noble opposition. Of course back then we still had some sense of shared ethics and civic responsibility, notion that we all served democracy.

[@jonmel]

And you actually had moderate republicans who mostly level headed on social issues and where just fiscal small government people unlike 98% of the current lot

[@JnEricsonx]

Id take Vinnick over Trump in a microsecond.

[@Baribrotzer]

In this fictional world, the Republicans never adopted the Southern Strategy or fell prey to its long-term consequences, and never sold themselves out to their Megadonors.

[@lordhawkeye]

@@Baribrotzer **politicians. You are lying to yourself if you think only one party has sold us out to megadonors and the like.

[@ericseiz2014]

No corrupt politicians taking bribes from big corporations. All of them from representatives to POTUS. This is fantasy land! Wake up America! Stop feeding this corruption.

[@Crypton16]

Everyone is raving about the conversation between majority counsel and the senator and rightfully so. One of my favorite scenes in the entire show. But 0:28 is some phenomenal acting. Two fantastic expressions that went "what's going on?" with the reply being "you're guess is as good as mine." All within a second and all without saying a word.

[@JnEricsonx]

Well, the party is dead, and around 2008 it came back to life as some kinda monster, and in 2016 someone decided to give the monster steroids and meth.

[@NChant101]

Jon, and in 2021 it started to mainline heroin 24/7. It has gone off the cliff chasing its hallucinations.

[@wonderstruck.]

The party has been dead since Rush Limbaugh and the Southern Strategy (courting racist white voters in the South). Trump just said all the quiet parts out loud.

[@JnEricsonx]

@@NChant101 Yeah. Jesus fucking christ. I've seen zombies that were more human.

[@lancer525]

@@wonderstruck. Nixon and Atwater. Good to see someone with some historical knowledge of how we got into this shitshow we're in today.

[@Mike-hy9wy]

Have any over heard Maxine Waters? There is a Democrat for ya. Both parties have become too extreme to the point where a simple exchange of ideas is almost impossible.

[@ArnoutVI]

Here we see the 2 faces in politics. the face of truth and honor (Calley) and those who'll everything for political gain.Even in my country (Belgium) the hearing about the 22/3 Brussels attacks were almost hyjacked by the opposition for political gain, that made my sick about politics, but the Calley's of the real world are still there.

[@thebigh4752]

A brilliant (even if it is fictional) show of bipartisanship: Screw the cheap shots on someones character, stick to the important parts.

[@bobojo37]

If politics worked the way Sorkin wished they did, we may not be living in paradise, but it'd be a damned sight better than what we have.

[@rogerw3818]

Sadly, a fictional TV show is the only place you would ever see this kind of behavior.

[@integral]

We need men and women in the GOP with that kind of decency. It's been lacking for a long time, especially the last four years. And yeah, that is why people hate the Republican Party.

[@Beckala67]

@MikeJames6 it would be better to do away with the Party system and actually make individuals represent themselves and present their own platform instead of saying "I'm a (insert Party)" and then let the Party platform carry them through all issues. Vote for the individual, not the Party they claim.

[@montieluckett7036]

You're working under the delusional premise that there are very few, if any, people in the the Republican/Conservative Party that are like the person portrayed. Your Idea is that All are like the Antagonist in this scene and that No-one in the Democratic/Liberal Party could ever be of such ilk. There are a LOT more of the honest and integrity driven type people on both sides of the aisle. Unfortunately none but a few hold office. By the very definition, psychologically wise, none who hold office are worthy of our vote through the make up of what it takes to run for or desire to hold office. The last great Presidents were Lincoln, Grant(maybe), and Theodore Roosevelt. The last good Presidents were Franklin D. Roosevelt, his successor Truman, and Eisenhower. The first three through intent for the betterment of the country. The second three for the same reason despite party affiliation. After that, integrity, party affiliation notwithstanding is up in the air. Not to say that they didn't do good things for the country. But the state with which they left office and the turmoil they brought forth while in office were really more of a detriment to the American People and the Country, much less the world, than anything else. We haven't had a Candidate to vote For, so much as candidates to vote Against in quite a while in this country. I Dare say since the first of the last century.

[@integral]

@MikeJames6 Gee Mike, you constructed a straw man and knocked him down. I'm impressed.

[@Baldeagle-tw2nv]

Funny comment coming from a supporter of a party that willingly violated State and Federal constitutional law in the last election by using tyrannical governors and activist judges. Don't act like you're apart of a pure party. The Democrats are just as robbed of morals as you claim the GOP currently is, their choice of Speaker of House and Senate Majority leader should be case enough.

[@Baldeagle-tw2nv]

@@montieluckett7036 the issue is that people with integrity are smart enough NOT to run for office, maybe we should start a draft for elected federal officials. People who want the job shouldn't be anywhere near it, and randomly forcing someone in will prevent a good old boy system from being established. Better yet, Congress will literally get NOTHING done and they'd actually have a legit excuse since no one has any ideas as to what they're doing.

[@MichaelDXavier]

"Wait in the tall grass" refers to jungle cats who stalk their prey by waiting in tall grass undetected until the prey are close enough that the cats can run and pounce on them.The Republican counsel is threatening the Congressman that the counsel will ruin the Congressmans political career when he least expects it if the Congressman continues with his line of questioning. The scene is written so well, and I'm no fan of actor Mark Feuerman(the Republican counsel character), but this is was one of the best acted and written scenes on a show which had many of those. Not only written well for the Republican characters, but written sympathetically to better understand them, too. Another Republican character acted well and written well for is the deputy White House counsel Ainsley Hayes (actor Emily Procter). I could go on about all the rest of the cast and the mostly fair treatment of their characters, regardless of political party.

[@theolamp5312]

+MichaelDXavier - I loved Ainsley and her introduction to the show. Tobey, come quick, Sam is getting his a## kicked by a girl....get the popcorn. I also liked the addition of Lionel Tribbey.

[@MichaelDXavier]

+Theo Lamp ,the Leo/Ainsley interview, the Sam Seaborn preparation meeting with Ainsley to meet the President(and his sudden appearance, much to her unwelcome surprise, all of the CJ Cregg nightime press briefing centered around the Presidents assasination attempt and CJs solemn spin on controlling guns, CJs 'math lesson' and 'hunting season' lecture aimed at a TV reporter who carelessly embarrassed CJ in public. Great writing and performances throughout.

[@coreyhalgren2231]

Mark Feuerstein

[@kereminde]

I would also highlight "President Walken". And the whole subplot for those episodes where everyone is worried about the Republicans... as much as the later seasons lost me, that was the last bit I remember watching and enjoying immensely. ... but hey, this show had a lot of people coming and going through it who were awesome. Clark Gregg shows up on and off for a while :)

[@FlorisGerber]

actually, it probably stems from latin "semper serpens in herba" which means "there is always a snake in the grass".

[@kellylaflash1016]

Ethics. Integrity. Long lost in Washington. So desperately needed.

[@blackhawkswincup2010]

That ain't the only place. Look around you. Pogo, an old satiric comic strip from the 60s: "We have met the enemy, and they is us."

[@watsonsd1]

Might be nice to have the season and episode accompanying each of these clips so we can quickly go back and watch them if we want.

[@kenlodge3399]

I was channel surfing one night, that's what they called it back then, when I stopped on this show for all of two minutes tops and had that line, that exact line seared into my brain, to remember it ever since every time a similar situation arose. Oh, and never knew what the show was or anything else about it. SEARED. Just like you too I guess. Beautiful line right up there with the rest of the best!

[@williamscore5322]

In 2022, Leo would have spent 2 minutes thanking everyone for the question and the opportunity to be there.

[@chazblaz]

actually he will wait in the tall grass for you CONGRESSMAN... ... just sayin...

[@notoriouszig]

You're totally right, but It's funny; I always remember it as "senator"...

[@savannahm.laurentian1286]

This is what passionate, intelligent PERFECTION sounds like. (The cocaine helped too. )

[@watsonsd1]

A Republican standing for principles sounds like science fiction, today.

[@alexdrake9931]

This coming from an obvious Democrat whose party is trying to destroy everything this country has been the last 200 years

[@DCMarvel485]

There *are* other politicians in West Wing like the one here, the one who just wanted to win. Those ones are all over the plotlines of WW -- like the jerk who leaked Leo's rehab stint, and the one who came back at Sam with the video, and the one who had pictures taken of Sam with the Laurie the call girl, and the Senator who was trying to take Toby to task over something very small -- all of these were career politicians who are just there to win, and it does create a lot of issues for the staff. Leo actually STOPS Josh from becoming one of those in the first season by reminding Josh that "it's not how we do things".

[@scotthartman8993]

Did we watch the same show? Because the Leo leak was a minor intern/worker in the West wing and the Photos with Laurie was her "friend" trying to get a quick buck,,.. Neither of them were career politicians. I have watched the entire Series at least 3 times

[@DCMarvel485]

@@scotthartman8993 I'm gonna be real, I've tried to watch the full show twice and I always get lost in the middle of the fourth season because I can't get through the middle of the fourth season. This comment is from nine years ago, which sounds like the middle of my first attempt watching all of the show, and I've completely forgotten most of the details of the points I was trying to make here.

[@bridgecross]

The most fictitious part of the show was the principled Republicans who kept popping up to say "winning isn't everything let's take the high road." This very day, the GOP leadership officially declared that the attempted coup d'etat last year was 'legitimate political discourse'

[@Uller1967]

If only the real GOP showed a modicum of this integrity.

[@rgwak]

Gibson = Devin Nunes, Trey Gowdy, Jim Johnson

[@godricheart4956]

Ro G you mean Jim Jordan.

[@fernandoaraiza2138]

Maybe because I'm on the opposite team but. You are killing the party really hits home. I grew up feeling republicans had a different definition of victory but overall we're good people. I want to still believe that and I do for the most part on an individual basis however as a party I honestly don't know what they stand for except winning.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

"Advice & Consent" is also a great look, both book and movie, of how Congress worked in the late '50s and early '60s.

[@mchristhomas]

Absolutely agree with you. Advise & Consent is THE difinitive novel about how Washington works.

[@Ozefan2580]

Yes! With the wonderful Gene Tierney.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Partisanship is fine as long as you recognize it. I recognize mine; however, let us admit that both sides have good players and bad players. Instead of rooting for party, let us root for country. A few weeks ago on his show, Maher said that he wished for a recession because it would hurt Trump. He could survive a recession. Could we? Every two years, we have an election and that is the best way to effect change that we desire.

[@johndub3866]

Be aware; the death rate increases during a recession (this is actually cited in an episode of the West Wing.) So Maher was wising for more people to die just so get his own way.

[@kereminde]

@@johndub3866 It wouldn't be the first time he's been... off-target.

[@RobynHarris]

bovnyccc operalover I would be and am happy to root for country over party. If both are, however imperfectly, working for the good of the country. But clearly, the Republican Party, no longer has the interests of our nation or our people in mind. Republicans break the law hourly and at will. They blackmail, take bribes, threaten civilians, military officers and enlisted, and other government officials. Republicans openly conspire and coordinate with America’s self-declared enemies. When caught, they work together to cover up their traitorous actions. At one time, it was possible to find people of good will on both sides of the aisle, but not today. Not today.

[@rgwak]

Senator: The objective here is to win. America: Nah.

[@TheLibran38]

sadly, these "ethical" Rs died waiting in the tall grass, because the current Republican party no longer has any such people (well, maybe a few, but they are not in the majority)

[@dennissimo7546]

And you probably feel that the Democrats are angels and virtuous

[@TheLibran38]

@@dennissimo7546 relative to the Rs, yes. As is said, when you and someone else are running away from a bear, you only need to be faster than the other person...

[@dennissimo7546]

@@TheLibran38 Funny, relative to the D's, the R's are a little more palatable to me. Both parties will lie to you but the D's will get as much money from and give you some of it back as if they are such humanitarians

[@jefferyrbrown]

If you think that "your party" (whichever one it is) is the "godsend" that's going to be what keeps America standing...you are THE problem. All political problems derive from tribalism. Tribalism is the evidence that a person does not actually believe in Democracy...they only believe in THEIR tribe being in power.

[@Johnny-rj9on]

@@TheLibran38 Jesus christ... Perfect summation of the current Democratic party--you just need to be faster than the other guy. Works for both parties atm, but at least with the Republican they MIGHT stand their ground and fight.

[@franka1621]

If only the Republican Part had listened to this advice all those years ago…

[@johngregory4801]

It wasn't just that Cliff Calley was a mensch. Leo wouldn't have been spared this embarrassment if Bruno hadn't been one as well. My favorite thing about this show was their ability to show good and bad people on both sides of the aisle.

[@dauferm]

Saddest part is that there is no honor anymore... from either side.

[@gbolabodba]

I got this No! You don’t ‘got’ this!

[@philgiglio9656]

The Republican Party desperately needs a man like this counsel.

[@anticarrrot]

The republican party was waiting in the tall grass for men like this counsel, and expended great effort in making sure they never left the tall grass alive.

[@bft_neelix3862]

Its a real fucking shame we don't actually have Republicans in congress like this with integrity anymore.

[@YouzTube99]

I miss my Republican friends. We often disagreed about policies, but rarely about principles. Most are still in a state of shock or denial about how thoroughly they let the extremists steamroll them.

[@chrisdrakes2332]

Incredible threat. "I will wait for you in the tall grass"

[@roughrider6129]

Not a threat, a promise

[@Willysmb44]

I actually used the 'tall grass' line on someone once. If you do it with your best Clint Eastwood impression, it can bring a lump to someone's throat. The guy I said it to NEVER forgot it. And I never had issues with him again. Yeah, I stole it from this episode as it'd just aired a few days before that.

[@FaithPvP]

#iamverybadass

[@Cryptonymicus]

RNC doesn't have to worry what good people think. Good people don't vote for them.

[@notepadzone]

Only if we can let Bartlett Be Bartlett! IJS

[@davidkaminski615]

Still waiting for thins kind of leadership....from both Dems and Repubs. Probably not going to see it in my lifetime, either.

[@NxDoyle]

Lovely ambient atmosphere for a committee inquiry.

[@RSLindsay]

I would like to think that right now, there are a bunch of moderate Republicans who are "waiting in the tall grass" for Senator Ted Cruz to make a mistake.

[@bobert4him]

When you see a newsreel tribute of somebodies famous last words. You think, "I'm sorry that it's over." Well, I'm sorry, but it's over. These kind of discussions don't take place anymore. Not in the Congress, the Supreme Court nor the Oval Office. Who decides about Ferguson, Iraq or pipelines? It's Wall Street. Senator Cruz, Governor Walker or Mayor Quimby's success or failure in the ballot box have become irrelevant. The "hard" choices are now being made by Rupert Murdoch, Jamie Dimon, Charles and David Koch.

[@wchase62]

bobert4him I deeply wish I thought you were wrong. But I don't. This is who controls the "two" parties. This is my country now.

[@Tiger74147]

Oh we ARE baby. I cannot WAIT.

[@superw1998]

Moderate Republicans are almost extinct now because they have been driven out by conservatives.

[@Tiger74147]

Opposite story for me. Was moderate liberal. Driven hard towards middle due to growing extremism.

[@fooman2108]

And the sad reality of our current politics is ANYTHING but smart, savvy, inventive, inspired and stimulating.

[@radiodf]

This is why I havent voted for a Republican in the past 15 years; Since they started getting silly w/ their issues and priorities.

[@Glitchfaction]

radiodf yea because democrats would never do that....

[@joelfinch2471]

@@Glitchfaction the term 'deep state' was being focus group tested by repukes in 2014.

[@tomcat2395]

In the era of Trump and Mitch this is so unrealistic as to be utterly laughable. Cally may as well has transformed into the Hulk and it still would be more realistic. The orange man won't even admit he lost so he can scam money from his base

[@joshuawebb6694]

A principled republican? Truly fictional.

[@glennhubbard5008]

Seemed like a fair question.

[@pspicer777]

This. This right here is where the Republican party lost its way. We have to win ... partisanship over Country.

[@pauldockree9915]

Do I like Rudyard Kipling. I dunno. I never have Kippeled For the innocent knee-high grass, For the ditch that never tells, Look out! Look out ere you pass- And look out for everything else! A sign mis-read as you run May turn retreat to a rout- For all things under the sun (Chorus) All Patrols look out! Royal Pain?

[@user-xt2vq6yk1x]

How prophetic.

[@511TBone]

Don't forget Walken, another Republican hero in this show.

[@brockmiles1606]

THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW

[@stevegraham1035]

I`ll wait in the tall grass for you......great line,great series

[@wholeNwon]

Should have been "Death in the Long Grass".

[@jalowitz]

An admirable Republican...too bad he's fictional.

[@mathiflip]

by far one of the best (and so true) comments ever on you tube!

[@salesman687]

Years later we have the republicans of today.

[@studyinsteel5186]

It's the whole show everywhere all the time on every side.

[@lordhawkeye]

Years later we have the democrats of today.

[@Mixcoatl]

I know a lot of conservatives hate the West Wing, but I actually think the show did a good job overall of not portraying Republicans as just one-dimensional idiots of monsters. Alan Alda's character is a great example of this as well.

[@dmp142x]

sigh.... the good old days..... gone now....

[@phillipleblanc7823]

Let's take a 5 minute recess and please keep it to 10 minutes. LOL excellent

[@haplo19]

Man... you said it...

[@heleneschenbacher8512]

Correction to your “title” of I will wait in the tall grass for you, Senator” SHOULD be “...and I will be waiting for you in the tall grass, CONGRESSMAN...” "in order to distinguish who is a member of which house, a member of the Senate is typically referred to as Senator (followed by "name" from "state"), and a member of the House of Representatives is usually referred to as Congressman or Congresswoman...” He was a US Representative who is referred to as a congressman.FIFY

[@cmcjss]

calley rocks

[@benkeel2966]

Guy playing the witness here is an amazing actor

[@Ozefan2580]

John Spencer. R.I.P.

[@partyguy101ify]

"It's okay. I got it." Fuck Gibson just for that.

[@kevenguimaraes]

And Vinnick.

[@vernonrabbetts]

The man "in the real world" won...

[@wesleyrector3483]

I sent a Boxed dvd edition of the complete series to the White House with a note to Donald Trump asking him to please watch every episode so that he might know what a REAL President should act like!!!! #FAKEPRESIDENT

[@trentathawat6714]

@David Bryant - I totally agree...tRump IS an idiot! :D

[@firstname4337]

dumbass - so you wasted your money -- just like a democrat

[@deliriousdavies7552]

There are a lot of people in Washington who are like this. The problem is that they aren't ruthless enough to become party bosses, they aren't narcissistic enough to get on the news very often, and they aren't corrupt enough to get mega donors behind them. As a result, they rarely last more than a couple of terms. It's a shame that honorable conduct just isn't rewarded in congress.

[@namdlogd]

hiding and waiting in a spot for your prey to walk by unaware of your presence, then to spring onto them for the kill

[@rosewoodltd]

Anyone else feeling the resonance of "that's why good people hate us" in this particular moment of 2024?

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

Unfortunately there's no one like that guy in the real world. All the GOP are giggling with glee while they try to "win" at any cost.

[@stars9084]

I'm not so sure. The problem is that integrity isn't loud. Respect and decency are quiet, so we only ever hear the lunatics screaming

[@tfn105]

Two things: Firstly, The West Wing is vastly superior to The Newsroom in terms of writing and acting. Secondly, The Newsroom does its best to go after the Tea Party, not the Republicans. The point of The Newsroom is to show how the GOP has changed. I see where you're coming from with your final remark though. Will "I'm a Republican" McAvoy is just Sorkin's dream Republican: socially liberal and fiscally conservative.

[@FnHeroes]

I was hoping for a Pokemon meme but this works too

[@BrionyMae]

shouldn't the heading of this video be I will wait in the tall grass for you, Congressman.

[@geckowizard]

Why is this lit like a romantic dinner?

[@georgebeck4529]

If the committee was being run by Gym Jordan or domestic abuser James Comer they would have continued with the hearing.

[@michaelmantle6043]

If it's one of your favorite quotes, why couldn't you repeat it correctly? It's Congressman, not Senator. Nice fail.

[@KungfuCow5]

I was merely using Bachmann as one example, as she is the best example.

[@surfk9836]

This storyline was analogous to, without the hearings, Reagan's dementia symptoms during his second term.

[@ecidadeII]

You got the title of your own video wrong. The quote is "I'll wait in the tall grass for you, Congressman."

[@jeanpreston4142]

You've been waiting in the tall grass to catch an error haven't you.

[@TheMauf]

Strangely appropriate these days

[@charlesmckenzie5250]

Just ONCE in real life wouldn’t it be GREAT if politicians and or their minions could TAKE THE HIGH ROAD

[@adamcadovius4566]

Okay, swap parties, and this is 2017-2020! #stillyourpresident

[@annoyedbysignups]

Makes you wonder what real life would be like if even 5% of Republicans had this kind of determination to do the right thing and not let their colleagues get away with heinous crap. It's almost like when you become a bad party you drive away good people until you're the current rotten mess we have. The GOP can't be salvaged and for the good of the world it needs to be dismantled. I won't be taking any comments or questions at this time.

[@r.c.auclair2042]

Maybe not 5%, but we have a few. Mike Pence on January 6th. Liz Cheney. Mitt Romney. And I do miss the late Senator John McCain; he wasn't perfect, but he was a man of integrity. We don't have to forget what the Republicans have done. We don't even have to forgive. But we do have to keep looking for the good that they do, or we're lost.

[@annoyedbysignups]

​@@r.c.auclair2042 I know I said I wasn't taking questions, but I just have to know why you think we'll be lost if we don't keep looking for the supposed scraps of good Republicans are doing? What can we lose at this point that they're not already taking from us? If I see the good in Republicans, am I gonna get my right to a safe abortion back? If I see the good in Republicans, will we be able to acknowledge the existence of gay people and teach basic, factual American history in classrooms again? Will trans kids be able to get medical treatment that is well established as life saving? Will the kids from Sandy Hook or Uvalde rise from their graves? Will the 1,034 people cops have killed JUST THIS YEAR get another chance at life? Will all the people who died of COVID needlessly, who could've lived but for those around them wearing masks and getting a simple vaccination be resurrected, will the ones living with permanent disability get their health back? What the fuck could we possibly lose at this point that we already haven't had taken? And don't point to Pence as your profile in courage here. Deciding not to ignore a valid, legal Presidential election just to keep a rabid dog in power isn't heroism. It's the least he could for a country where he views the MAJORITY of us as second class citizens (ie - everyone who isn't a cishet christian white man). Lauding him for NOT shredding the vestiges of democracy is like saying that, "Well, I know he's punched a lot of people in the face who didn't deserve it, but on Jan 6th, he looked down at that little kid and courageously, heroically did NOT punch a toddler." Or a better question: why is the burden on us to find the good in them? How come they have no responsibility to start doing enough good that I don't have to go searching through a mile high pile of manure for the promise that there might be a few tiny gold nuggets in there?

[@richarda29]

@@annoyedbysignups, you have now gone far beyond the scope of the discussion. I’m not a trained therapist, but I’ll do the best I can with you. In reverse order, I never said the burden was on us. It’s on all good people, and contrary to what your frightened mind is telling you, they aren’t all Democrats. Like it or not, the 74 million racists who voted for Trump 2 years ago only lost the election, not their citizenship. They’re still living in the same country with us. Dumping them on white people reservations and labeling them all too stupid to live isn’t an option. They need to look for goodness too, and the fact that the overwhelming majority aren’t doing that is all the proof you need of how lost their thinking makes you. We can behave like them or we can be better people. But we can’t do both. You left a category out of your categorization: able. The Republicans are also anti-vax & anti-autistic. And their lack of compassion for the disabled is noteworthy, too: they’re terrified the taxes from their employment pay, for which their disdain for education has made them underemployed, might pay for helping people other than themselves. The Republicans don’t just hate me for leaving their faith. They hate me for being autistic. But identity politics isn’t a solution. If you wait until your particular minority is under attack to stand up, you’ll be standing alone. Playing the game of “they hate me because” doesn’t help anyone. Bringing up police shootings when they aren’t part of the discussion is the same game of distraction the Republicans play to shield the racist actions of their fellows from consequences. Are we really going to do the same things they do that infuriate us and make discussion impossible? You don’t want to give Pence credit for standing up to the mob on January 6th. You don’t have to, Miss Freeman. But would you rather I attack Pence when he behaves and when he misbehaves? The man risked his life to do the right thing. Setting his prior bad actions aside for a minute, that was a principled act of bravery. When I was in the Army, my job was awards clerk. I was literally paid to recognize heroic acts, and despite what you think of the man personally…which is the same thing I think of him…he committed an act of heroism. He stood up to a mob w/no support at all, led by the President of the United States, and nobody knew better than Pence how dangerous that was. I can disagree with him on how to run a government and give him credit for doing what little he could to stop an unjust cause. His own party remembers his behavior & has no problem exacting revenge on loved ones. For more information, ask the family of the girl Trump raped about the death threats against them which coerced her recantation. You can attack your enemies and you can attack me. What you cannot do is both at the same time. I’m not your enemy.

[@annoyedbysignups]

@@richarda29 "I'm not a trained therapist but I'll do the best I can with you". Ah so you resort to implying that because you don't like, agree with, or even understand my argument that I'm crazy. Add that to how you really needed to say "Miss Freeman", I'm thinking you might be a condescending misogynistic jerkwad who makes jokes about therapy which imply there's shame or weakness going to it who has no actual reply for the points I raised. I don't need to ultra-gender you or insult or imply. Your own words are an insult to you and you've ceased being worth my precious time in life. Froth all you want, I will not acknowledge your existence ever again.

[@richarda29]

@@annoyedbysignups, I did address your points & I did so without “frothing.” You’re being irrational. Saying I’m not a therapist doesn’t mean I’m mocking therapy. I’m not. You really need some. “Ultra-gender” isn’t a word. You don’t have anything rational to contribute, so you have a tantrum. Someone should have been your therapist at least once since the age of twelve to fix that. “Miss Freeman” is the correct term for you in civilized society. You’re not part of it. I addressed your points, which you didn’t read. And blocking me can’t me since I don’t know you.

[@fatman123526]

With the current political climate what's unbelievable is a politician who wouldn't act solely in the interest of making sure their party "wins".

[@blackhawkswincup2010]

Congressman, not Senator.

[@najhoant]

Don't forget Glen Allen Walken