Let’s Interview POTUS on Clean Energy | The West Wing

[@doberski6855]

😂'Three hundred of the finest minds coming, plus some congressmen'! Yeah, lines like are why I enjoyed The West Wing so much!

[@nigeltocknell3093]

One of the great moments of Bartlet v Ritchie - up there with "Boy, crime, I don't know" and "Lets clear one thing up, unfunded mandate is two small words, not one big word."

[@Plantaman]

20 year old spoiler, everyone: He knew he was hot.

[@FlintF]

NO SPOILERS! Aside from that: four hour old comment with 30+ likes on a 20-something year old scene. Those are pretty good stats.

[@Plantaman]

@FlintF I've only recently watched the entire series, ever. I'm kind of obsessed and jumped at the new video.

[@FlintF]

@@Plantaman No worries; the part in bold was truly meant as a joke. The rest was meant as a genuine compliment.

[@apotterhead1]

Am I misremembering then? I am fairly sure he let his staff believe that the mic was hot, but that actually his MS was flaring up and he couldn’t see it. I thought it was revealed in a conversation he had later with his wife.

[@Plantaman]

@@apotterhead1 AFAIR, that was the set up. The payoff was: he actually did it on purpose, and choose his terminology to score electoral points.

[@yao052]

Definitely in top 3 favorite episodes regarding Bartlets reelection

[@omegacon4]

For those wondering, YES, the President knew the mic was "hot" and still recording. He spoke on purpose because he knew that the news cycles leading up to the debate would focus on whether Governor Ritchie was actually smart enough to be President of the United States.

[@TalShiar]

If only an argument like that actually worked today 😢

[@hanscombe72]

When CJ questioned him about it later it came up that he was live in Philadelphia when he made the Ritchie crack. He’s just staring at her blankly and she says “that was old school.” “Crime: boy, I don’t know is when I decided to kick your ass.”

[@sfan2767]

One could say, Bartlet was a .357 magnum mind in a a 22 caliber world

[@ubercoo]

That was old school.

[@Calmputer]

"Happiness is my default position." - Toby Ziegler.

[@melissamiranti4858]

Another reason he knew exactly what he was doing: He got the name of the interviewer right.

[@wonder528]

Right, a “mistake.”

[@njsanders]

Such a genius plan.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

Yes,,, I was referring to 'Dirty Harry'.

[@TheStuport]

Thank You CJ for reminding me how Lovable Poets are with their Poetry! ❤😊 MOO From COW-lumbus, Ohio All 👋

[@lektwik]

Beth Littleford!

[@joannejohnson7006]

Canada has a pipeline being built!? Thank you for this information

[@Sylvander1911]

Until Obama and then Biden killed it.

[@docdr7199]

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