Donna's commitment to the bit is above and beyond here. Josh is a master of snark and sarcasm but even he fell for this amazing performance. "The owner's manual" was the moment Josh was probably about to flip out before Donna drops "No you idiot, I need a shower." Iconic.
@oldfrend4 жыл бұрын
and then after was probably the moment he knew he needed to marry her XD
@miri6693 жыл бұрын
Shame the actress did not have more major roles after WW.
@crustyescaped2 жыл бұрын
My favorite part of this bit is the deadpan delivery. "I located the light switch." "Could you locate it again?"
@rickrose5377 Жыл бұрын
"An order form to buy a copy of 'Owning Yourself', a follow-up to the worldwide best-seller..." "'Leasing Yourself'?..."
@thomasstengel7356 Жыл бұрын
Janel Maloney was phenomenal in the entire series. Grossly overlooked.
@NicolaMulholland4 жыл бұрын
"reaching for all of it and not just the McNuggets"....one of the most underrated lines from this show and relevant for all of us in day-to-day life!
@ryuhitsuya214 жыл бұрын
Not its even more accurate. Well maybe its burger king not mcdonalds
@ninadbhave51332 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favourite scenes. We often see Josh as the "doer"- here he demonstrates the intellectual underpinnings that got him there. The first time I heard this I remember thinking what a privilege it would be to sit through classes at Harvard and just...absorb! Then I found a library and found I could do it on my own :)
@nnthayer Жыл бұрын
There's another episode where Josh states that his IQ "doesn't break the bank" but you can see here that he's selling himself short
@compsci91 Жыл бұрын
You can watch a series of lectures on Justice from Harvard here! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oaiUmcaDkp7MdY0.html
@alertgasper6 ай бұрын
American public libraries are truly one of the least-respected resources. If you didn't need a college degree to get the job of your choice, you could get an education for free from a library. we take it for granted unless we've traveled to other countries where access is limited by censorship. (not that libraries in certain states are suffering the burden of censorshp, i know).
@ninadbhave51336 ай бұрын
@@alertgasper Unfortunately it's not just by censorship but also by neglect and apathy in some cases. I live in India. I remember when, as a child I could go to a public library with an extensive, international children's section. I read Verne, Jack London, the Asterix comics and a bunch of other things which first introduced me to other cultures and sparked my reading habit. When I returned to India two decades later, the country's population, GDP and stature had all grown leaps and bounds, but the libraries had deteriorated. Today, with reading anyway declining among youth, libraries are pretty much gone, with a few exceptions. Really sad.
@alertgasper6 ай бұрын
@@ninadbhave5133Very true. around here at least, a public library's possibilities can depend on the head librarian. i've seen new ones arrive and make a small library bloom.
@sharkracer3 жыл бұрын
BTW, one of the funniest lines in the entire series... "No, you idiot, I need a shower!"
@RickSolid14 жыл бұрын
You have no idea how low a road we’ve walked my friend.
@BillyOfTea4 жыл бұрын
"Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright." ~Aaron Sorkin
@raggedcritical4 жыл бұрын
Was he "borrowing" or "stealing" from Picasso? Or from T.S. Elliot, who Picasso had stolen that line from?
@flankspeed4 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to 'touché' oneself? Actually, don't answer that...
@corberus31194 жыл бұрын
As creators, we’re only as good as the obscurity of the references we steal from. - Matt Colville
@dorkmax70734 жыл бұрын
Aaron Sorkin steals from himself!
@akashchoudhary81623 жыл бұрын
@@flankspeed lol
@charmtrap6 жыл бұрын
Dear God. Is there anyone who can watch this and not hang their head in despair? Talk about the "low road". We're living it every day.
@JnEricsonx5 жыл бұрын
Low road? Bullshit, we're in below the fucking subway at this point.
@MrJamberee5 жыл бұрын
You're the morons who kept voting in the swamp. You voted for bush and that scumbag obama. We the People had enough of your idiocy so we elected the only person running who could put the brakes in the jackassery of people like you. You did this. Be a man and own up to it.
@markarmage37765 жыл бұрын
You see how you don't quote any policy or values but your trash opinion?
@JusticeFrogs5 жыл бұрын
@@markarmage3776 It was never about policy. He just has joined the cult of trump. Its pretty typical for dictators to form a cult of personality, or people that believe that the dictator was sent by the gods to save the country.
@markarmage37765 жыл бұрын
@@JusticeFrogs So you have no argument at all, kid? I was against the person who write the comment, don't assume that people are as stupid as you. Dictator? Cult? All of those words are your delusion to cover up the fact that you useless unemployed morons are deadweight of society and you're having a President that does not support those things. Go back to school, idiot.
@riversmith32537 жыл бұрын
Anyone else rewatching for comfort during these dark times?
@agnescleary23127 жыл бұрын
Yes! It gives me hope!
@richarddarlington11396 жыл бұрын
I think all of us.
@EricTilton6 жыл бұрын
what is dark about these times?
@robinjackson78826 жыл бұрын
River Smith You bet
@orosenkrantz6 жыл бұрын
Yes. Things are not so great in Canada either right now.
@foolishsamurai5 жыл бұрын
Donna : "I located the light switch".. Josh : "Can you locate it again?"
@toddvandell853 жыл бұрын
Josh: "You've just got a mouthful of wise-ass today, don't you?"
@rcslyman89293 ай бұрын
Marv Albert: "What?"
@ursyedis Жыл бұрын
This is an important scene especially in today's in era where there are so many motivators , influencers and gurus. People make millions by feeding these mcnuggets and guide them wrong direction without understanding the issues.
@JMT1985MO2 жыл бұрын
Man, this show was so smart and sharp.
@paulc53334 жыл бұрын
Some snippets of the West Wing like this one should be required viewing for every voter everywhere. Intelligence is a good thing. Curiosity is a good thing.
@rcslyman89293 жыл бұрын
The problem is most voters (both sides) have neither. Which is exactly what both sides rely upon.
@ishanbaichoo72943 жыл бұрын
reach for everything, and watch the whole show, not just the McNuggets.
@DarrylJHenderson2 жыл бұрын
@Dead Meme So that means that it's ok to be stupid? Is it so wrong to expect our elected officials to be the best and the brightest? Or at least know how to use the English language properly?
@Craig-ib7gk2 жыл бұрын
@@DarrylJHenderson "Is it so wrong to expect our elected officials to be the best and the brightest?" - Not at all. You can only hope and pray our elected officials are the "best and brightest", and do your best to see that happens. But you're a complete moron once you drink the kool-aid and believe, even for a moment, that they actually *are*, especially when the only source of their truth is their own mouths or a media juggernaut. Accountability must be constant, incessant, and it must be absolutely non-partisan.
@joyfulanomaly39842 жыл бұрын
@Dead Meme then they should try harder to get out of their echo chambers. Our country depends on that.
@TacComControl2 жыл бұрын
"Is it possible we would be willing to require any less of the person sitting in that chair?" America from 2016 to 2020 would like a word.
@ninadbhave51336 ай бұрын
From the looks of it 2024 to 2028 is a real possibility
@timthetiny7538Ай бұрын
America from 92 to 24 lol
@rugbynimbus3 жыл бұрын
Watching this two days after the 2020 election (and it's still too close to call) and wishing we had more people willing to think the long thoughts.
@WyldstaarStudios6 жыл бұрын
Scenes like this make me want to cry in despair, given the current sad state of affairs. Here is Josh outraged at the notion of a President who thinks fortune cookie philosophy is eloquent, and now we've got one who doesn't read anything that isn't about himself.
@theolamp53125 жыл бұрын
DJT doesn't even read about himself. He needs charts, photos, and videos to understand anything. Then, he discards what he doesn't like.
@travisjohnson66765 жыл бұрын
@@theolamp5312 and he's still more awesome than the effete pseudo-intellectual Obama
@MrJamberee5 жыл бұрын
Why don't you assholes have a pity party somewhere else? We the People are trying to fix what you arrogant morons did to this country. Obama is the reason we got Trump. Did you vote for obama? Of course you did. GFY
@markarmage37765 жыл бұрын
Really, and where's your source? Something you idiots never paid attention in these TV shows. The guy called the President just did everything his subordinates give him. Watch closely, national security, or speeches, even policy. Briefing? The guy understand briefing which also fits in a fortune cookie and make decisions based on what he grasp from that fortune cookie. So what's wrong with the summary?
@markarmage37765 жыл бұрын
@@theolamp5312 The reason we makes charts, idiot, it's because it's more easy to comprehend then writing. You're so smart that you took the hard way? That's what you call an idiot.
@geniehossain37385 жыл бұрын
Josh: anyone ask you out? Donna: *rolls eyes* Josh: ... Donna I’m serious...
@lancer5253 жыл бұрын
How prophetic... Art not only imitates life, but it predicts it. Who knew that a malignant narcissist could create a cult so quickly? Would any rational, reasonable, educated person think it could happen? There are none so blind as those who will not see...
@DoggosintheHouse4 жыл бұрын
3:24 "Is it possible we would be willing to require any less of the person sitting in that chair? The low road?" Donald Trump: "Hold my beer."
@stevechance1503 жыл бұрын
To quote Shadout Mapes, "Get out of my head"!
@MrHatsuka13 жыл бұрын
Donald Trump: "Hold my bleach".
@MrHatsuka13 жыл бұрын
Donald Trump: "Hold my bleach".
@garybelenke43703 жыл бұрын
02-2021 Wow!
@tomb70883 жыл бұрын
@@stevechance150 Was Gaius Helen Mohiam, reverend mother Bene Gesserit
@BC-kx6db2 жыл бұрын
Great writing! One of a long list of great scenes
@tylervinton14637 жыл бұрын
can we get "Reach for all of it and not just the mcNuggets on a t-shirt"
@jamesgoines76635 жыл бұрын
Great statement
@nudist08855 жыл бұрын
I decided to "change my major" instead................(8^P
@MyAladdinSane4 жыл бұрын
Is a t-shirt any better than a fortune cookie?
@angusmcculloch66532 жыл бұрын
LOL. Reach for *all* of Immanuel Kant? You really want someone reaching for *all* of Plato's Republic? Like, the upper class having women in community who give them sex whenever they want it? Sounds kinda misogynist, dude, and not really what Josh's party would have been about. But then, you'd actually have to read these books to understand why you may not want to reach for *all* of it.
@barrettgrissett274011 ай бұрын
I like that idea
@ClarinoI5 жыл бұрын
0:37 "Are you serious?" "No you idiot, I need a shower!"
@nikunjdixit11753 жыл бұрын
I can only imagine Josh's reaction if he was a real person and saw Trump get elected President. Toby's reaction would have been crazy too.
@timothy95962 жыл бұрын
Both their heads would have exploded. Which was almost the case for everyone in this country that actually uses their brain.
@liman422 жыл бұрын
@@timothy9596 The actors that played them are as aware as their characters. I think that's why the show worked so well. They believed in what they're saying with Sorkin's dialog. And these 2 have great chemistry. Their first meeting is a classic scene.
@shalashaska99462 жыл бұрын
They'd probably just as crazy seeing what the left has become. Saying you can be whatever gender you want etc.
@prospero41832 жыл бұрын
Its every candidate let alone president.
@MrLucky35762 жыл бұрын
"Reach for it all not just the McNuggets" it was a metaphor but for Trump that was literal too. We all know Ritchie was a stand in for Bush, to show how dumb he was. W. looks like a genius when compared to Trump. My fear has been what comes after Trump is gone. President Marjorie Taylor Greene?
@Joseph-lj4sp4 жыл бұрын
It’s funny because I never thought much of that line when I first watched West Wing but now that I’m thinking about it we did read Kant in philosophy 300.
@ClarinoI3 жыл бұрын
"Please! It was like a meeting of the 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦." "Anybody ask you out?" "Shut up." LOL, that's a yes.
@MalakianM2S5 жыл бұрын
Tfw the president literally reach for the McNuggets.
@kharnt.betrayer29462 жыл бұрын
"Reach for all of it and not just the McNuggets..." based on the amount of meme based politics I see going around, I think that ship has sailed.
@farhanhkhan872 жыл бұрын
Probably that best moment of television
@user-lf5uw9nx7h4 ай бұрын
Required watching. It's my alternate life to sit in the corner and listen intently to these people.
@McRocket4 жыл бұрын
'Could you locate it again?' 🤣
@xxFortunadoxx4 жыл бұрын
A couple issues with this. First, "it's good to be trapped in a corner, that's when you act" has nothing to do with the Kant quote. The quote at best sounds like some bastardization of BF Skinner's behaviorism. Kant's famous line is referring to the supreme submission of the will to duty; that a moral action comes not from any ulterior motive, but solely from one's duty to act, and by extension, to act only in accordance with that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it become a universal law. Second, no first year phil student would be reading the CPrR. The foundations of the Second Critique require you to understand the First Critique, or at least reading the Groundwork on the Metaphysics of Morals. Kant is way too advanced for a first year phil student. Third, The CPrR is not M&E. The CPR is. The CPrR is moral philosophy. I'm glad that they venerated philosophy in this scene as it is often lampooned as useless or trite, of which it is neither; but I wish they had put a little more effort to get it right with Kant.
@vdinh1433 жыл бұрын
I'm not a philosophy major but I was certainly impressed that Josh's first-years were reading Kant 🤣 The "public treatment" of philosophy still leaks through in this act that is meant to somewhat give praise to it, and it vexes me to see. Reading philosophy text is not like reading Twilight or Harry Potter; just understanding the words is nowhere near enough.
@Joseph-lj4sp3 жыл бұрын
Not sure why I feel the need to reply to this but....I without question remember reading Kant in my intro to philosophy class. Our textbook was something called 50 readings plus, and one of said readings was a 15 page section of Critique of Pure Reason. I knew for a fact I recognized that name, and I’ve only every taken one philosophy class in my life and I just so happened to still have my textbook and sure enough, there in the index was Immanuel Kant page 198 hahahaha. Again, not sure why I felt the need to do that, but there’s proof that freshman philosophy students definitely read Kant.
@moimeself10883 жыл бұрын
If you dwell on the detail, it will drive you nuts. There are episodes where i skipped entire scenes bc of the crap way Africa is represented in the show... the AIDS vaccine storyline is one. But the rest of the episode (Ainsley coming in for her second interview) was still great, so i watched those bits. It's a tv show. 🤷🏾♀️
@Joseph-lj4sp3 жыл бұрын
@@moimeself1088 yeah there’s a lot of stupid stuff like that throughout the series that you really take seriously. One that comes to mind for me is the episode with China and the whole time there is this chess metaphor going on with the different games Bartlett is playing with the staffers. As someone who plays chess I kinda just roll my eyes at those parts because the writers are clearly just winging it.
@xxFortunadoxx3 жыл бұрын
@@vdinh143 So KZfaq didn't let me know that people replied to my comment, so this comment is 4 months old. Thanks Google. Like I said in my comment, I'm happy that at least Philosophy was venerated rather than lampooned in the show. However, I think Sorkin missed the irony of his own words. By using these famous excerpts of famous thinkers as a way to lampoon Ritchie's candidacy as trite and unoriginal, he himself has done just that by bastardizing Kant. Like, if you're going to quote a famous line from Kant, or Descartes, or Hume, then at least make Josh's reaction to the fortune cookie line fit the actual meaning of the famous line so that people understand what is meant by it. For the vast majority of people, people heard him quote that line and thought it was just some motivational speech bullshit. It's not. What Kant is saying here is among the most profound things written in the 18th century. So I just find it ironic that Josh ends up being just as guilty of being a shallow thinker as the Ritchie consultant chastising, and that's due to the sloppy writing. That's what stuck out to me the most about the scene. Oh, and you absolutely can understand Kant in a 4 hour seminar. It just has to be done by a Kant scholar. Honestly, rewatching the scene leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
@TPRM13 жыл бұрын
“Could you locate it again?” was 😘👌
@Canard7127 жыл бұрын
Clearly Josh had never considered the Trump Administration.
@flyingscotsman327 жыл бұрын
Mark Fey I don't know about you, but I'd take Richie right this second.
@jayazathoth85307 жыл бұрын
Unlike reality, fiction is required to make sense.
@Rikajael7 жыл бұрын
Mark Fey Trump is a reality tv show president. And don't forget although he can read, he doesn't. That book would take far more effort to read, than he would be willing to give.
@timmullens94796 жыл бұрын
Bartlett ,Leo ,Ritchie and Vinnick together could not carry Trump's briefcase for animal instinct -that's why he's a real president rather than a fictional progressive one or even a republican one.
@richarddarlington11396 жыл бұрын
Tim Mullens Oh, give me a break, will ya? Trump is the real buffoon here. Sure, this show was pie-in-the-sky and, of course, a work of fiction. But it demonstrates what the White House could be, and should be. Do you really think Trump and his staff care about each other. Do you really think they care about you, or your family? Get a clue, pal. "The low road?" This is the real West Wing, and you voted for it!
@channingbloom7125 Жыл бұрын
During my ethics class our professor made us read a section of ground work and metaphysics by Immanuel Kant. EXTREMELY HARD read. I read it 2 times and looked up summaries and was still puzzled. Look it up if you want a hard read.
@hexistenz Жыл бұрын
I studied philosophy, about 20 years ago that is. I was fascinated by Kant. But it took me at least 10 reads of every single paragraph before I got a sense of maybe starting to get a sense of what he was saying. Which is exactly what Josh (and so, Sorkin) is saying here. It’s supposed to be complicated and nuanced, because our behavior is complicated and nuanced as well.
@andip.9808 Жыл бұрын
May 2023… “… is it possible that we would require any less from the person sitting in the chair? The low road?” I thought no one could be worse than the last guy. How horribly wrong I was. I mourn the days when I could hope to respect and esteem our nation’s leaders. I weep for our county.
@setphaser5 жыл бұрын
yeah buckminster because he wrote the “operating manual for the space ship earth”, i’m glad they noted that or i’d have exploded!
@rightrightrightuhhuhuhhuh6516 Жыл бұрын
A Fuller explanation at last!
@lancer5253 жыл бұрын
You've turned being disengaged into a zen-like thing... Boy, I don't know...
@patrickbateman19602 жыл бұрын
Brilliant speech by Josh.
@joelcrow3 жыл бұрын
Josh, the irony from 2017-2020 is on line one for you
@JasonWeakley3 жыл бұрын
"Hope and Change" "Yes we can"
@chrischang30023 жыл бұрын
This became reality in 2016 with lower quality fortune cookies
@christopherashford41945 жыл бұрын
And now that we are on the lowest of low roads - Josh was right.
@carnivaltym3 жыл бұрын
Clearly Josh, in his "expectations", had never contemplated a Donald Trump taking office! 🤣
@fabriglas3 жыл бұрын
Love these 2 !
@troybrown28024 жыл бұрын
It's 2020, and 20 years on since this was made. Couldn't possibly be more relevant. And the choices the US has.... drum roll please... Biden and Trump. #GoodLuckAmerica
@billtaverner28664 жыл бұрын
Josh: I am comforted at least in my certainty that he is doing his best to reach for all of it and not just the McNuggets. Is it possible we would be willing to require any less of the person sitting in that chair? The low road? I don't think it is.” Josh lacked vision. It is indeed possible.
@moimeself10883 жыл бұрын
Ouch!
@robertvantine28102 жыл бұрын
The only things I know about Immanuel Kant was that he was a real pissant, who was very rarely stable.
@user-lf5uw9nx7h5 ай бұрын
This is the scene. ❤
@michaelvidal19716 жыл бұрын
I was impressed that Josh could recall of that I would not have been able to.
@loverlifeless27944 жыл бұрын
Two years later and I bet you've tried to recall a done so well tell me I've made a mistake here
@stephendavis60662 жыл бұрын
Nice electric bike review, lean and straight.
@nufcedkidyup862711 ай бұрын
"Could you locate it again?" 😂
@davidschmidt55074 жыл бұрын
The 10 word answer and the fortune cookie candidate
@raggedcritical4 жыл бұрын
Sorkin always gave Republicans far more credit than they ever deserved.
@StarShipGray3 жыл бұрын
Sorry Josh. The low road is not only acceptable but actively encouraged when running as a Republican, and they despise Democrats for even acknowledging the high road exists.
@jbpicado5 жыл бұрын
"a guy named fern?"
@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music5 жыл бұрын
Short for Fernando?
@sharkracer3 жыл бұрын
"Is it possible we would be willing to require any less of the person sitting in that chair - the low road? I don't think it is." If he only knew how low that road would eventually go, Josh would probably shoot himself.
@neutrino78x2 жыл бұрын
I know right. We just had a recall election for the governor of California, of course I voted no, being a centrist Democrat and he's one too and doing a good job. But even the moderate guy among the Republicans -- John Cox -- was saying he was against masks and social distancing :-( It's like really, John? You're like the smartest candidate on your side, this should be a bipartisan issue, come on man! He wasn't the front runner, though. The front runner was a Trump supporter. :-( Well, I'm glad Newsom won. I don't agree with everything he does but I think for the most part he has California going in a good direction. He certainly provided leadership against covid-19 that was needed when Trump was in office, him and Cuomo of New York.
@romulusnr2 жыл бұрын
too soon
@pk74223 жыл бұрын
"Don't talk about Fern!" ;)
Жыл бұрын
Trump just had McNuggets, not a book in sight.
@jamesstuart3346 Жыл бұрын
These are 2 people who are meant for each other but would end up dialling 9-1-1
@crustyescaped3 жыл бұрын
"Is it possible we would be willing to require any less of the person sitting in that chair?" Yup. "The low road?" Yup. "I don't think it is." Ahh Josh, your faith and optimism in America is so adorable. We didn't just elect someone as dumb as Rob Ritchie. We elected someone even dumber. I'll bet Ritchie at least heard of Emmanuel Kant. I bet Trump thinks Kant is a Star Trek villain.
@romulusnr2 жыл бұрын
KAAAAAAAAAAAAANT!
@JB-xl2jc2 жыл бұрын
"Ehh manual Kart? No, I think it's an automatic.... whatever, ask my driver." -Trump, probably
@marcopl172 жыл бұрын
Ritchie was Dan quayle. While Trump is Quayle lite with a side of sinister. It was Quayle who Pence reached out to for advice over counting the electors.
@JB-xl2jc2 жыл бұрын
@@marcopl17 IMO, Quayle is way more polished and educated than Trump is/was, and that's saying a lot.
@timanderson6005 Жыл бұрын
Actually 'Emmanuelle' was a famous soft-porn film. That's who Trump would think Emmanuel Kant was......
@MarkLewis... Жыл бұрын
Kant, (a Lutheran) valued truth over everyone and everything. He believed in moral absolutes, one of which was truth is everything and the only thing, no matter the consequences, no matter the cost, the truth must be told. This sounds morally superior and just to many, (except David Hume perhaps) and all must accept this moral and categorical imperative. Kant valued people, of course, but less than truth. So much in fact that even if you were hiding an innocent (Cindy Lou) from violence, and if the assailants asked you "Is Cindy Lou here?!" and all you would have to do is lie to ensure the innocent Cindy Lou to be safe, you Kant (pun intended). You must still tell the truth, even though the innocent Cindy Lou (and possibly you) would be harmed or even klled. People only have value, (according to Kant) if the truth always takes precedence. If you want the counter-argument to Kant's categorical imperative, David Hume would be a great place to start. You may read one disproved the other, but the truth is, the argument still rages today... we just call it something else.
@hanscombe724 жыл бұрын
Josh went to both Harvard and Yale.
@bhakti2354 жыл бұрын
wow it's like he's talking about trump. and yeah, we've sunk that low.
@ebybeehoney3 жыл бұрын
Trump's actively worse than the idea behind Ritchie....
@barryschwarz3 жыл бұрын
Trump doesn't even reach for the McNuggets.
@davidguthrie59412 жыл бұрын
Like a good neighbor, stay over there.
@ThomasGlynnJr4 жыл бұрын
I believe in hope - yeah, I vaguely remember this campaign slogan that was "hope & change"...
@jamietodd25603 жыл бұрын
I think Josh was a little put off by the guy speaking _only_ in slogans, with no substance behind it. Ritchie -- who probably couldn't _spell_ syllogism, much less form one -- was an empty suit held upright by simplistic philosophy and empty platitudes.
@Rubingah3 жыл бұрын
...Which followed a book called "The Audacity of Hope" and another called "Dreams of My Father". Love him or hate him (or both, and there are reasons for both), there's no question that Barack Obama is capable of abstract thought and nuance. That's not the kind of person being discussed here.
@yokie525 жыл бұрын
This is why I am supporting Pete Buttigieg for President.
@markarmage37765 жыл бұрын
Oh, you poor soul. Didn't make it through school, don't give up, go back.
@1veryfunnygirl4 жыл бұрын
Here in 2020...
@NobleHam4 жыл бұрын
Man have we gone the low road now.
@morandm12 жыл бұрын
Hope and change
@kiddozoo Жыл бұрын
GOAT tv series....the most republican administration we've had but Hollywood calls them democrats, of course.
@NicolaMulholland4 жыл бұрын
Boris has just secured a majority government and Trump has started talking about 2024 so I find myself here!!!.....:/
@minecraft6051 Жыл бұрын
jordan peterson, elon musk, joe rogan and everybody else like em. its what tiktok made us 60sec attention span and taking arguments on face value from the people you worship for no good reason
@dealinginfiction2 ай бұрын
Let me guess. Ritchie was supposed to be Bush
@soumy19863 жыл бұрын
Watching this after 6/1.. ow
@linzzyy5 жыл бұрын
I would pay good money to have Josh Lyman, Sam Seaborn and Toby Ziegler walk into the current WH and start cleaning house... oh if only they really existed - my liberal wet dream come to life. Throw in CJ, Anisley and Abbey Bartlet … now that would be something to see
@JnEricsonx5 жыл бұрын
Throw in the ghost of Leo and I'd be on my knees bawling like in that picture where apparently Jesus wrote the Constitution. And oh yeah, Fitz-wallace too.
@travisjohnson66765 жыл бұрын
It's just that; a dream. None of the recent Democrats in the Executive branch had this level of sophistication or dignity. They are petty, venal politicians and nothing more
@markarmage37765 жыл бұрын
They would loose, to your kind of idiot, The West Wing wit and rhetoric is only smart because they'r'e countered with equally average arguments, Sorkin can only write what he knows. Give Ben Shapiro a few minutes and he'll wipe the floor with Seaborn, Ziegler or Lyman. It's necessary to understand Kant? How about the simple argument that millions of philosophy students who studied Kant and can't figure out a thing because simply enough, studying Kant is a waste of time? Because Kant's theory itself, sometimes can not be used to apply into daily lives and daily matters, therefore only parts of his theory is used to make a new set of theory, which is called common sense and knowledge. Stop overrating the nonsense. Go ahead, explain the argument of transcendental idealism, we smart people will spend our actual time doing actual stuff that actually matter such as using that summarized concept to create wealth and values for the society.
@JusticeFrogs5 жыл бұрын
And here we have the conservative archetype trio: the Obama basher, the bigot, and the troll
@loverlifeless27944 жыл бұрын
They are real. You are that person. You just need to walk in a say this is important, will you let me do this if it will go others do this I've got a sign out front that says I'll be here for the repercussions. People who tell you to believe in getting something done by building walls and making deals to look over things isn't the same as learning about what it's like to paint human hope onto a killer of people of all things. Why the worst things happen. Why are the going to happen forever if you're not there to step into a place and say this is better because I believe in even you a killer of humans. If the white house won't do it. If people break the law. Paint the law as a sign of hope to stay at home and be someone who doesn't depend on the bullshit. You're here for a long time. Someone I love said that to me. Please go ahead and respond if you do dare to.
@josephrmancini3877 Жыл бұрын
Lauren Mancini?
@benecsaba72634 жыл бұрын
Yes, you will be willing to require less, nothing in fact, you've chosen Trump...
@colinmerritt7645 Жыл бұрын
Trump did like his McNuggets
@AldousHuxleysCat2 жыл бұрын
This sound like the Obama campaign in 08? Guess they were fans of the show
@ivanpb19834 жыл бұрын
This show cure republicanism.
@davidlabarca4268 Жыл бұрын
Misunderstanding Frost's quote and disagreeing with it are not the same.
@Steve_Hayden3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like trumpie bear to me
@practicaltheory5 жыл бұрын
Man alive! This show brainwashed me so. Looking back I wish I hadn't absorbed the fortune cookie wisdom that Aaron Sorkin handed out so freely and actually thought deeply about political philosophy. Seeing California in ruins and Europe in disarray, the entire plan was to do to Americans what was done to the jews: encourage them to be unfoundedly self-loathing... They seemed to capture most of the cliche philosophical ironies, but for those who aren't aware: "I took the one less traveled. And that has made all the difference", was meant ironically as well. The road is something, but make sure you leave some freaking tracks will ya? Tick effing tock.
@oldfrend5 жыл бұрын
california in ruins? it's the greatest state in the union and always will be. you haven't learned to think for yourself if you're buying that pathetic lie; you just switched fortune cookie makers.
@yao0523 жыл бұрын
Europe in disarray? 😆🤣😆🤣😆 sure whatever
@rightrightrightuhhuhuhhuh6516 Жыл бұрын
Fox news keyboard warrior 🤡
@MichaelMiller-bs3tz Жыл бұрын
"Good fences make good neighbors" "But boundaries keep us separated from each other." "Yes, but they also keep the wolves out"
@RaspberryRockOffGridCabin6 жыл бұрын
Donna is way too smart, way too witty here.
@dvs61216 жыл бұрын
3:24 - Help Please..... Q: What is the purpose of the phrase "the low road" in the question? It seems the question was complete at the word "chair". Grammatically it doesn't seem to make sense. (after talking about how president probably reaches for all of Kant's wisdom not just the McNuggets).... "is it possible we would be willing to require any less of the person sitting in that chair, the low road? I don't think it is."
@iluvearth996 жыл бұрын
I think it means "we would be willing to require anything less [than the low road]"
@jcorbett96205 жыл бұрын
It's possible that he meant something along the lines of "would we want someone in the Oval Office, who when faced with a crisis, looks for the easy option, the one that requires the least effort to think about and do, rather than the harder, high ideal". Remember he is talking about a man running for the office of President, who is using phrases he has plagerised from others and hoping no-one will notice - i.e. rather than taking the high road (thinking for himself, the hard option) he is taking the low road (stealing ideas from others, the easy/lazy option)
@svyt5 жыл бұрын
In answer to your question about the structure of Josh's question, I think the phrase "the low road" is a restatement or an example given of "requiring anything less", essentially a more direct restatement of the more abstract terminology. Something like: "Is it possible we would be willing to require any less of the person sitting in that chair? To accept the low road?"
@markwalton3706 Жыл бұрын
the fortune cookie candidate reaching for their McNugget soundbites ... what did they foreshadow I wonder...
@rgwak5 жыл бұрын
2016: The year we all realized that most of America is dumb as rocks. No offense to rocks.😄
@Lilbitevil7 жыл бұрын
Guest Starring, Donald Trump!
@metoo58675 жыл бұрын
Best reason EVER not to have trump or his kind as el prezident for life
@markarmage37765 жыл бұрын
"Understanding these thinkers"? Hey idiot, they think the same thing that people think without knowing them, study! If you're smart, you can rebuild and deduct every single part of Greek or modern philosophy in the matter of minutes. Try to think and stop quoting somebody. There are certain values that are correct, and it doesn't help you no matter how much you "understand" why those are correct. Here's an actual example and not a trash opinion like yours. A person kills a lot of people, there's no way to charge him or put him on trial, what do you do? The philosophers like Bartlet in the show can't make a decision. A smart person, knows that no matter how much you dive into the matter, you won't be able to find any better solution than what you can actually do, which is get rid of the killer through an "illegal" process because the "legal" term is a myth created by people to sustain an illusion of order. Clear? There's a reason people take the quote, it's everything you need to know from their whole chain of reasoning. Every thesis, every law of nature is just assumption by human that those are the correct ones because they can be used to explain certain aspect of nature, that's why laws can be changed, and sometimes even found out to be wrong. So yeah, study, kid!
@JusticeFrogs5 жыл бұрын
@@markarmage3776 you're an idiot, thanks for playing.
@markarmage37765 жыл бұрын
@@JusticeFrogs Nice try, kid. Go back to school, don't drop out. Pathetic.
@baxter2653 жыл бұрын
And now we have Biden the sellout. And what is he thinking about everyday? Where am I and what am I signing now????
@rightrightrightuhhuhuhhuh6516 Жыл бұрын
Fascism lost. Need a tampon?
@ered2035 жыл бұрын
Aaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnddddd today we have Trump. Fuck me.
@kevinbillingsley8256 Жыл бұрын
Republicans require much less than that. The fictional Governor Richie looks like a Fulbright Scholar next to Donald Trump.
@romulusnr2 жыл бұрын
Give a conservative a book and he can take it out of context and build a campaign out of it. Everything from the Bible to the Constitution to Squid Game.
@angusmcculloch66532 жыл бұрын
LOL. Of the three things you named, only one is a book. How embarrassing for you.
@traviskarnes6825 Жыл бұрын
Pound sand commie
@pauldockree99154 жыл бұрын
Immanual Kant. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. Being well read is not necessary in some jobs. You want a diet Coke with those McNuggets President Trump? I have a masters in Waiting Examiners. No. Wait. The Masters are Looking at my CITY AND GUILDS Waiting examination qualifications. Never read Immanual Kant. But Icahn, Carl. No offence billionaires boy club
@edscott47292 жыл бұрын
It is possible. His name was Trump.
@Wolfsky95 жыл бұрын
THE low road ! --------Hows about the Sewer ! --------or, better known as DJT's Presidency !! ---------------------WolfSky9
@cameltanker12862 жыл бұрын
I loved the first four years of Sorkin's Democrat fantasy. But talk about the low road. We elected a senile old man president because we did not like the last guy's tweets.
@woohooboy2 жыл бұрын
If you think his tweets were the problem, you're only hitting the tip of a much larger iceberg with that guy.........
@marcusfilbert9927 Жыл бұрын
Buy a clue. Rent one if necessary.
@rightrightrightuhhuhuhhuh6516 Жыл бұрын
Fox news keyboard warrior 🤡
@traviskarnes6825 Жыл бұрын
Pretty much yep.
@traviskarnes6825 Жыл бұрын
@woohooboy Your Biden West Wing utopia is a third world hell hole bitch!!!
@cardinalep Жыл бұрын
“Why did Frost say that?” “He was being ironic.” No, he wasn’t. The neighbor says it. Frost argues against it the WHOLE POEM. He wasn’t being ironic, he presented it as a declaration against which he argued. F me - even when trying to be witty it’s just inexcusably pretentiously missing the point. Kind of makes you laugh, though.
@aigtrader29843 жыл бұрын
"Is it possible we would be willing to except anything less from the person sitting in that chair?" Then this country elected Donald Trump. The very definition of an empty suit
@ShankarSivarajan Жыл бұрын
The Republicans nominated McCain, then Romney. The American electorate roundly rejected them both. What stronger sign can you ask for that he's the right man for the job?