{ April 23rd }

30 Days of The West Wing: Day 18
Favourite kiss: Josh and Amy, Jefferson Lives

This might be a surprise considering Day 17’s answer, but the toss up here was actually between this kiss and the H. Con 172 kiss. This one is like a vicarious daydream though, kissing Joshua Lyman in his office. Dirty, dirty thoughts. I mean, unff. This scene is really HAWTTTTT. But, I did notice when researching my answer on this that a lot of Josh’s kisses involve him being told to shut up.  That amused me. I love the H. Con kiss as well because of the romanticism of the snow, and the speech Josh gives Amy. It’s scenes like this that make me question some of the Josh and Donna fanfics or Wells writing, because he’s not quite as unromantic as is suggested at times. I also really love The Two Bartlets kiss, for the gesture that precedes it. At this point in the story arc, I obviously wished it was Donna and there was sex, considering the season four build up and Commencement Amy/Donna scenes, but I’m happy to take what I can get. And, let me just say again, unfff!

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{ April 2nd }

The West Wing - Privateers, 4x18
as requested by fastbloodfastblood

“I don’t understand. All I did was get up in the morning.”

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{ April 1st }

The West Wing - H. Con - 172, 3x11
as requested by fastbloodfastblood

“I studied a lot in school. I studied hard in high school and at Harvard and at law school. My IQ doesn’t break the bank and I wanted to do this, so I studied all the time. And, I missed something or it’s like I skipped a year because I never learned what you do after you think you like somebody, what you do next. And everybody did learn, a lot of other people anyway…”

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{ March 25th }
{ 12:01 am }

The West Wing - College Kids, 4x03
as requested by lovehermindlovehershoes

“Think government isn’t about you? How many of you have student loans to pay? How many have credit card debt? How many want clean air and clean water and civil liberties? How many want jobs? How many want kids? How many want their kids to go to good schools and walk on safe streets? Decisions are made by those who show up. You gotta rock the vote!”

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{ March 24th }

The West Wing - The Women of Qumar, 3x09
as requested by cant-miss-the-bear

“They beat women, Nancy. They hate women. The only reason they keep Qumari women alive is to make more Qumari men. How about instead of suggesting that we sell the guns to them, suggesting that we shoot the guns at them? And by the way, not to change the subject, but how are supposed to have any moral credibility when we talk about gun control and making sure that guns don’t get in the hands of the wrong people? God, Nancy, what the hell are we defining as the right people?!”
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{ March 18th }
{ 9:21 pm }
{ March 11th }

The West Wing characters: Amy Gardner
“The First Lady just asked me to get boozy with her. You don’t think I want to write a book one day?”

Possibly the most contentious character on my list, Amy is certainly one to divide opinion. While some might say that her soul is as black as her feet, I actually think that Amy commands respect for her unparalleled focus in achieving whatever her latest political goal is. Obviously sometimes I get frustrated with her, as she cuts phone lines and throws cell phones in stews, displaying an utter inability to do anything close to compromise, but she is a great character. I also don’t think she’s quite the devil woman that fan fiction would have you believe. I always have far more pleasant associations with Amy - like, balloon animals and Van Morrison. I would argue that she might just be the strongest, most resilient character on the show - surviving numerous setbacks and firings to still be standing strong and bossing the new President about at the very end of the series. She’s witty, sexy and a formidable opponent in any political debate - it’s easy to see how Josh got to be so bewitched and ensorcelled.

There is never a moment when I have felt that Amy doesn’t at least deserve the right to be heard. She speaks for women’s issues and is largely a personification of the feminist force that the White House will have encountered with any democratic party in charge. That’s why I think it would be idiotic to dislike her for Donna-related reasons. She was never malicious to Donna, I don’t believe. But Donna was always an unwilling third member of the Josh/Amy relationship, and neither woman could be expected to be happy about that. Josh is only person who ever messed Donna around romantically, in my opinion. I love Donna, she’s my favourite. But, most of the time, what Amy’s fighting for is beneficial to Donna. To all women, for that matter. Marriage incentives? What kind of mad government could think that the best way to improve the American family is to incentivise marriage?! I’m with you there, girlfriend. So, I guess my love for Amy is the opposite to my love for Ainsley in that - I agree with her politics most of the time, but usually not her method.

That being said, I will personally pay for a pedicure out of my own money. And the way her mouth doesn’t move when she talks is disconcerting. Perhaps if things don’t work out in politics for her, she could have a ventriloquist act.

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{ February 1st }

The West Wing - Freedonia, 6x15
as requested by harriethayes

“Didn’t you teach her not to engage with a chicken?”

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