shelightsupwell:

I have such an impulse to knock your heads together. I can’t remember the last time I heard you two talk about anything other than how a campaign was playing in Washington. Cathy needed to take a second job so her dad could be covered by insurance. She tried to tell you how bad things were for family farmers; you told her we already lost Indiana. You made fun of the fair but you didn’t see they have livestock exhibitions and give prizes for the biggest tomato and best heirloom apple. They’re proud of what they grow. Eight modes of transportation, the kindness of six strangers, random conversations with twelve more and nobody brought up Bartlet vs. Ritchie but you. I’m writing letters on your behalf to the parents of the kids who were killed today. Can I have the table please?

       — The West Wing 4x02 “20 Hours in America, Part II”

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