Most of my good friends know I have a deep love of the television show, “The West Wing”. It’s brilliant, funny, thoughtful, hopeful, and smart. Aaron Sorkin crafted an amazing script and the cast for this show was second to none. Watch it. You won’t be disappointed, and if you are, well, we can still be friends.

In light of the upcoming election in less than 100 days, I’d like to post the script from one of my favorite episodes of WW here (see it below). I have tried and tried to find the video clip, but I am not nearly as internet savvy as I hoped and then I got tired of searching. The exchange between characters is an excellent reminder to all of us to a) vote, b) remember where we live, and c) be grateful for the American experiment that is a democratic republic.

Win, Lose, or Draw, we’re still America. So go vote America. Whomever you vote for and whatever the reason, that’s for you to decide. We safe guard free speech and the secret ballot so you can go in there and fill in your bubble, or pull the lever, or whatever you do where you vote. Take care America, I’m rooting for us.

Love Y’all, Marla

West Wing, Season Two, Episode Three, by Aaron Sorkin 

Sam gets off the phone and out of the car and approaches the stoop.

TOBY
What do you have?

SAM
You're not going to believe it.

C.J.
How'd they go?

SAM
Twelve races, in none of them did the incumbent win. In none of them, did
the party that
previously held the seat win. You know how it went? Seven to five.

JOSH
You're kidding.

C.J.
Seven republicans and five democrats?

SAM
Yeah.

JOSH
The house stayed the same?

Everyone looks at each other.

JOSH
After four months and 400 million dollars, everything stayed the same.

SAM
Yup.

JOSH
Tell me democracy doesn't have a sense of humor. We sit here, we drink this
beer out here
on the stoop, in violation about 47 city ordinances. I don't know, Toby,
it's election night.
What do you say about a government that goes out of its way to protect even
citizens that try
to destroy it?

TOBY
God bless America.

SAM
(beat) God bless America.

C.J.
God bless America.

DONNA
God bless America.

JOSH
God bless America.