Specifically, we heard it from the mouth of C.J.
Cregg, Allison Janneys White House Press Secretary inThe West Wings season twoThe Stackhouse Filibuster.
Written by Aaron Sorkin from a story by Bryan Gordon,The Stackhouse Filibusteris an unabashedly feel-good entry.
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Rarely forThe West Wing, much of the episode is narrated by voiceover.
The story is bookended by an email C.J.
Exposition to the rescue, The rules of a filibuster are simple enough.
You keep the floor as long as you hold the floor.
What does that mean?
It means you cant stop talking, ever.
You wouldnt make it.
I wouldnt make it.
Stackhouse wasnt supposed to last fifteen minutes.
Well, somebody forgot to tell Stackhouse dad, because he just went into hour number eight.
What has he been reciting for eight hours?
Recipes, mainly, the rules of card games, andDavid Copperfieldin its entirety.
A question in twenty-two parts.
), its tear-in-the-eye stuff.
Anyway, arent the high-fives the whole point ofThe West Wing?
What was it Voltaire said?
If Jed Bartlet didnt exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
Or something along those lines.
The Stackhouse Filibusteris a history and politics lesson wrapped in an uplifting, entertaining package.
ItsA Charlie Brown Christmas, told through the medium of bureaucracy.
They should have played it when Wendy Davis finally walked out of that building.
