So do people who loved THE WEST WING and really dislike this show disprove your thesis?

This is the main problem with setting this show in the past.  You're forced down one of two paths:

This is the main problem with setting this show in the past.  You're forced down one of two paths:

It annoys the shit out of me that the defense of Barack Obama almost always seems to be "You're not being fair, Obama doesn't believe all the liberal bullshit you think he does."  Why is that a good thing for Democrats to rally around? 

It annoys the shit out of me that the defense of Barack Obama almost always seems to be "You're not being fair, Obama doesn't believe all the liberal bullshit you think he does."  Why is that a good thing for Democrats to rally around? 

That was unbelievable even in 1995.

That was unbelievable even in 1995.

Seriously, though, the Tea Partiers are fucking crazy, both in this dimension and on parallel Earth-Sorkin.

Seriously, though, the Tea Partiers are fucking crazy, both in this dimension and on parallel Earth-Sorkin.

The problem is that Sorkin's rhetorical victories aren't earned.  Yes, the Tea Partiers are morons.  (ALL OF THEM.  And if you're reading this, and you're a Tea Partier, I'm sorry but you're a MORON.)  But it's silly for Sorkin to have his mouthpiece McAvoy reduce each and every ideological enemy to a sputtering,…

The problem is that Sorkin's rhetorical victories aren't earned.  Yes, the Tea Partiers are morons.  (ALL OF THEM.  And if you're reading this, and you're a Tea Partier, I'm sorry but you're a MORON.)  But it's silly for Sorkin to have his mouthpiece McAvoy reduce each and every ideological enemy to a sputtering,…

Shana…they BOUGHT their tickets.  They KNEW what they were getting into!

Shana…they BOUGHT their tickets.  They KNEW what they were getting into!

@avclub-1898a4d76532f237d9b5c0592dfe71a9:disqus Lesson one, day one in Professor Jones' Archaeology 101 class.

@avclub-1898a4d76532f237d9b5c0592dfe71a9:disqus Lesson one, day one in Professor Jones' Archaeology 101 class.

And since you're an ALIEN Jesus, I'm assuming it telescopes out of your forehead.

And since you're an ALIEN Jesus, I'm assuming it telescopes out of your forehead.

Not so.  You have fans.

Not so.  You have fans.

Soooo…don't…read them?