Thought about cutting this short at 1:55. This bit by Calley is one of my favorite quotes in the series.
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@MegaFortinbras9 жыл бұрын
I particularly like the line, "Let's take a five minute break. Please, everybody, let's keep it to ten minutes."
@theresechristiansen97699 жыл бұрын
MegaFortinbras I know. Story of my life.
@kazimierzgarshin39249 жыл бұрын
MegaFortinbras I like "Who the hell is this?"
@michaelvidal19716 жыл бұрын
I was about to say the same thing
@cm24264 жыл бұрын
5 mins then everyone gotta get in and settled
@GD-me2lv3 жыл бұрын
He’s run corporate meetings before
@jonathangwynne19178 жыл бұрын
"This is why good people hate us" One of the best lines ever written in a show loaded with great writing.
@chazzlucas62087 жыл бұрын
well said john
@theolamp53127 жыл бұрын
+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.
@JOEGUIDE776 жыл бұрын
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.
@jstewholymoly6 жыл бұрын
Lmao I love West Wing but that's actually one of the dumbest lines of the whole show.
@robinjackson78825 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Gwynne The Chairman played a murderer in Fatal Beauty
@namdlogd12 жыл бұрын
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-dt1iw4 жыл бұрын
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.
@RomanCoronado4 жыл бұрын
@@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-xg9nc4 жыл бұрын
😂me too! Miss this show!
@Nancy-xg9nc4 жыл бұрын
Righteous Hammer.. 😂me too! Miss this show!
@remychase4 жыл бұрын
@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.
@joltman813 жыл бұрын
"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.
@donna3004411 жыл бұрын
"We'll take a 5 minute break; please, let's keep it to 10 minutes." Wonderful line.
@volgawolfhounds7414 жыл бұрын
yes, quite... sincere. Salute.
@mc76 Жыл бұрын
I am watching this in 2023, when this is now the only purpose of Congressional hearings.
@1337ijs10 жыл бұрын
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.
@penboyasgod61036 жыл бұрын
*_That has YET TO HAPPEN in this abhorrent Trump adminstration._*
@tidefanyankee24283 жыл бұрын
@@penboyasgod6103 Nor with Biden
@dijoxx2 жыл бұрын
Never in real life
@triciajumonville77412 жыл бұрын
@@dijoxx One hopes you watched the January 6 Committee Hearing, so you could see it in real life.
@occamraiser8 ай бұрын
If only that was real America.
@paulonius4212 жыл бұрын
"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!
@Gwynne6611 жыл бұрын
"This is why good people hate us" That's great writing.
@volgawolfhounds7414 жыл бұрын
agreed.
@dangeroreilly20283 жыл бұрын
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.
@NozzleDog073 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@cards04863 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@NozzleDog073 жыл бұрын
@@cards0486 I agree with that assessment
@heorap5 жыл бұрын
We needed Cliff Calley today.
@billwithers74574 жыл бұрын
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.
@hectorcornejo14683 жыл бұрын
@@billwithers7457 so true. I was republican til Gingrich started pulling this exact bull.
@googoo-gjoob3 жыл бұрын
The *GREATEST* show in the _HISTORY_ of television.
@JustSomeCanadianGuy3 жыл бұрын
One of the few scenes in The West Wing with none of the cast members. And it’s a great scene!
@obiwanobiwan1312 жыл бұрын
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
@gnomesaiyan16804 жыл бұрын
Arnie Vinnick. A Republican I wouldn't tear my hair out over if he won.
@gouthamakumar65913 жыл бұрын
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.
@NVRAMboi3 жыл бұрын
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.
@solomonaerospace59323 жыл бұрын
@@gnomesaiyan1680 I would love Vinnick over Trump any day.
@robbkinnin19883 жыл бұрын
Joe Coffey
@jaygee67384 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
He was Haverhill in NYPD Blue. Playing a more narcissistic character than here, and did the job very well. Great actor.
@jamme101112 жыл бұрын
"This is why good people hate us" - well written.
@robbabcock_3 жыл бұрын
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.
@jonmel2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Id take Vinnick over Trump in a microsecond.
@Baribrotzer Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@Baribrotzer **politicians. You are lying to yourself if you think only one party has sold us out to megadonors and the like.
@ericseiz2014 Жыл бұрын
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.
@CBeard849 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Chris and John: I hope you both mean that! Then stop supporting both corrupt parties!
@obluraschibus Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@obluraschibus So do we.
@obluraschibus Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@udeeko27587 жыл бұрын
One of the best scenes from one of the greatest shows in television, period.
@Crypton165 жыл бұрын
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.
@ArnoutVI8 жыл бұрын
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.
@thebigh47526 жыл бұрын
A brilliant (even if it is fictional) show of bipartisanship: Screw the cheap shots on someones character, stick to the important parts.
@bobojo37 Жыл бұрын
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.
@watsonsd15 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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!
@rogerw3818 Жыл бұрын
Sadly, a fictional TV show is the only place you would ever see this kind of behavior.
@savannahm.laurentian12863 жыл бұрын
This is what passionate, intelligent PERFECTION sounds like. (The cocaine helped too. )
@williamscore53222 жыл бұрын
In 2022, Leo would have spent 2 minutes thanking everyone for the question and the opportunity to be there.
@kellylaflash10165 жыл бұрын
Ethics. Integrity. Long lost in Washington. So desperately needed.
@blackhawkswincup20104 жыл бұрын
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."
@JnEricsonx6 жыл бұрын
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.
@NChant1013 жыл бұрын
Jon, and in 2021 it started to mainline heroin 24/7. It has gone off the cliff chasing its hallucinations.
@wonderstruck.3 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@NChant101 Yeah. Jesus fucking christ. I've seen zombies that were more human.
@lancer525Ай бұрын
@@wonderstruck. Nixon and Atwater. Good to see someone with some historical knowledge of how we got into this shitshow we're in today.
@Mike-hy9wy3 күн бұрын
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.
@bovnycccoperalover35796 жыл бұрын
"Advice & Consent" is also a great look, both book and movie, of how Congress worked in the late '50s and early '60s.
@mchristhomas4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree with you. Advise & Consent is THE difinitive novel about how Washington works.
@Ozefan25802 жыл бұрын
Yes! With the wonderful Gene Tierney.
@MichaelDXavier8 жыл бұрын
"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.
@theolamp53128 жыл бұрын
+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.
@MichaelDXavier8 жыл бұрын
+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.
@coreyhalgren22315 жыл бұрын
Mark Feuerstein
@kereminde4 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@FlorisGerber3 жыл бұрын
actually, it probably stems from latin "semper serpens in herba" which means "there is always a snake in the grass".
@chazblaz9 жыл бұрын
actually he will wait in the tall grass for you CONGRESSMAN... ... just sayin...
@notoriouszig7 жыл бұрын
You're totally right, but It's funny; I always remember it as "senator"...
@gbolabodba5 жыл бұрын
I got this No! You don’t ‘got’ this!
@DCMarvel48510 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@NxDoyle4 жыл бұрын
Lovely ambient atmosphere for a committee inquiry.
@rgwak4 жыл бұрын
Senator: The objective here is to win. America: Nah.
@integral3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Beckala673 жыл бұрын
@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.
@montieluckett70363 жыл бұрын
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.
@integral3 жыл бұрын
@MikeJames6 Gee Mike, you constructed a straw man and knocked him down. I'm impressed.
@Baldeagle-tw2nv3 жыл бұрын
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-tw2nv3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@rgwak6 жыл бұрын
Gibson = Devin Nunes, Trey Gowdy, Jim Johnson
@godricheart49565 жыл бұрын
Ro G you mean Jim Jordan.
@daufermАй бұрын
Saddest part is that there is no honor anymore... from either side.
@Uller1967 Жыл бұрын
If only the real GOP showed a modicum of this integrity.
@notepadzone12 жыл бұрын
Only if we can let Bartlett Be Bartlett! IJS
@johngregory4801 Жыл бұрын
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.
@bovnycccoperalover35796 жыл бұрын
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.
@johndub38664 жыл бұрын
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.
@kereminde4 жыл бұрын
@@johndub3866 It wouldn't be the first time he's been... off-target.
@RobynHarris4 жыл бұрын
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.
@Cryptonymicus Жыл бұрын
RNC doesn't have to worry what good people think. Good people don't vote for them.
@fernandoaraiza2138 Жыл бұрын
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.
@chrisdrakes2332 Жыл бұрын
Incredible threat. "I will wait for you in the tall grass"
@roughrider612911 ай бұрын
Not a threat, a promise
@user-xt2vq6yk1x9 ай бұрын
How prophetic.
@glennhubbard5008 Жыл бұрын
Seemed like a fair question.
@franka1621 Жыл бұрын
If only the Republican Part had listened to this advice all those years ago…
@phillipleblanc78234 жыл бұрын
Let's take a 5 minute recess and please keep it to 10 minutes. LOL excellent
@bridgecross2 жыл бұрын
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'
@joshuawebb6694Ай бұрын
A principled republican? Truly fictional.
@brockmiles16062 жыл бұрын
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW
@kevenguimaraes11 жыл бұрын
And Vinnick.
@stevegraham10352 жыл бұрын
I`ll wait in the tall grass for you......great line,great series
@wholeNwon2 жыл бұрын
Should have been "Death in the Long Grass".
@bft_neelix38626 жыл бұрын
Its a real fucking shame we don't actually have Republicans in congress like this with integrity anymore.
@watsonsd13 жыл бұрын
A Republican standing for principles sounds like science fiction, today.
@alexdrake99312 жыл бұрын
This coming from an obvious Democrat whose party is trying to destroy everything this country has been the last 200 years
@mathiflip12 жыл бұрын
by far one of the best (and so true) comments ever on you tube!
@haplo1911 жыл бұрын
Man... you said it...
@Willysmb446 жыл бұрын
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.
@FaithPvP5 жыл бұрын
#iamverybadass
@benkeel29663 жыл бұрын
Guy playing the witness here is an amazing actor
@Ozefan25802 жыл бұрын
John Spencer. R.I.P.
@partyguy101ify2 жыл бұрын
"It's okay. I got it." Fuck Gibson just for that.
@heleneschenbacher85124 жыл бұрын
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
@YouzTube99 Жыл бұрын
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.
@dmp142x3 жыл бұрын
sigh.... the good old days..... gone now....
@cmcjss8 жыл бұрын
calley rocks
@511TBone11 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Walken, another Republican hero in this show.
@pauldockree991511 ай бұрын
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?
@fooman21083 жыл бұрын
And the sad reality of our current politics is ANYTHING but smart, savvy, inventive, inspired and stimulating.
@FnHeroes3 жыл бұрын
I was hoping for a Pokemon meme but this works too
@philgiglio96565 жыл бұрын
The Republican Party desperately needs a man like this counsel.
@anticarrrot5 жыл бұрын
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.
@vernonrabbetts Жыл бұрын
The man "in the real world" won...
@geckowizard Жыл бұрын
Why is this lit like a romantic dinner?
@GrumpyPenguin111 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Walken and Vinick
@najhoant11 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Glen Allen Walken
@kevenguimaraes11 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Walken.
@KungfuCow512 жыл бұрын
I was merely using Bachmann as one example, as she is the best example.
@tomcat23953 жыл бұрын
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
@TheMauf4 жыл бұрын
Strangely appropriate these days
@pspicer7775 жыл бұрын
This. This right here is where the Republican party lost its way. We have to win ... partisanship over Country.
@alikaalex Жыл бұрын
Awesome clip, though you have the Congressman a promotion to Senator!
@davidkaminski6155 жыл бұрын
Still waiting for thins kind of leadership....from both Dems and Repubs. Probably not going to see it in my lifetime, either.
@namdlogd12 жыл бұрын
hiding and waiting in a spot for your prey to walk by unaware of your presence, then to spring onto them for the kill
@TheLibran383 жыл бұрын
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)
@dennissimo75463 жыл бұрын
And you probably feel that the Democrats are angels and virtuous
@TheLibran383 жыл бұрын
@@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...
@dennissimo75463 жыл бұрын
@@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
@jefferyrbrown3 жыл бұрын
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-rj9on2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@BrionyMae12 жыл бұрын
shouldn't the heading of this video be I will wait in the tall grass for you, Congressman.
@georgebeck4529Ай бұрын
If the committee was being run by Gym Jordan or domestic abuser James Comer they would have continued with the hearing.
@jackrooney94873 жыл бұрын
JUST LET THE EXTRATERRESTRIALS LAND.....HOW CAN U STOPUM WAYA GONA DEEW!
@herdfan199010 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY
@radiodf11 жыл бұрын
This is why I havent voted for a Republican in the past 15 years; Since they started getting silly w/ their issues and priorities.
@Glitchfaction6 жыл бұрын
radiodf yea because democrats would never do that....
@joelfinch24715 жыл бұрын
@@Glitchfaction the term 'deep state' was being focus group tested by repukes in 2014.
@brianellinger66225 жыл бұрын
I'm at Harris Teeter in the mornings at the beginning of the weeks
@Mixcoatl Жыл бұрын
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.
@rosewoodltdАй бұрын
Anyone else feeling the resonance of "that's why good people hate us" in this particular moment of 2024?
@Fyrwulf11 жыл бұрын
Oh shit, the Bespectacled One had better be up on his Kenjutsu.
@theresechristiansen97693 жыл бұрын
"Who the hell is THIS?" - -Introducing Cliff Calley.
@surfk98365 жыл бұрын
This storyline was analogous to, without the hearings, Reagan's dementia symptoms during his second term.
@deliriousdavies7552 Жыл бұрын
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.
@KungfuCow512 жыл бұрын
Vinick was good.
@katie28932 жыл бұрын
Modern day Republicans should watch this every day until it sinks in
@wholeNwon2 жыл бұрын
It's about winning. It always was among a large number (majority?).
@RSLindsay10 жыл бұрын
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.
@bobert4him10 жыл бұрын
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.
@wchase629 жыл бұрын
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.
@Tiger741476 жыл бұрын
Oh we ARE baby. I cannot WAIT.
@superw19986 жыл бұрын
Moderate Republicans are almost extinct now because they have been driven out by conservatives.
@Tiger741476 жыл бұрын
Opposite story for me. Was moderate liberal. Driven hard towards middle due to growing extremism.
@charlesmckenzie5250 Жыл бұрын
Just ONCE in real life wouldn’t it be GREAT if politicians and or their minions could TAKE THE HIGH ROAD
@LestatandBerial12 жыл бұрын
@obiwanobiwan13 Arnold Vinick, Walken. It was really hard for republicans to be given good light until Sorkin left, which was why Calley and Hayes never got much of presence.
@kereminde4 жыл бұрын
Ainsley Hayes? It's because they couldn't secure the actress - she got offered a major part on one of the CSIs.