# So, I just started watching West Wing, and... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-started-watching-west-wing-and/638076 "2012-10-17T22:42:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-started-watching-west-wing-and/638076/41 "2012-10-22T15:34:56Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Indeed, the Fundamentalist were being insulting towards two Jewish guys on the staff, and arguing which was the First Commandment. Enter Bartlett quoting, “I am the Lord thy G-d…” > > 🙂 Exactly. Bartlett wasn’t saying _he_ was god… \*l want to know why we hear so much about amendments but not the Commandments. First Commandment is, ''Honor thy father. ‘’ No, it isn’t. lf we’re going through this preposterous exercise we’re gonna get the Commandments right! lt’s the third commandment. And the first? ‘‘l am the Lord your God. Thou shalt worship no other god before me.’’ Those were the days. Good afternoon, Mr. President. Al. What do you got here, C.J.? We’ve got some hot tempers.\* ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-started-watching-west-wing-and/638076/42 "2012-10-22T17:39:12Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Exactly. Bartlett wasn’t saying _he_ was god… But not averse to pulling rank. One of my favorite scenes was one of his first … they’re all in the Oval Office, and Bartlet is trying to get everyone to come to dinner and eat his famous chili. The staff is all whining and begging off until he says: “Everybody. Look down at my carpet” They all look down at the Presidential Seal …“and back at me. Now, then:…” About Isaac & Ishmael. Yeah, it’s odd and preachy. But it was a very odd time, and I commend Sorkin for throwing it together. It also has one line that has stayed with me for 11 years now. CJ says that the war on terror (which was in its infancy) may not be won with armies; it may be fought “by a busboy with a Beretta”. I think the country would have been better served if the Bush administration had been taking notes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-started-watching-west-wing-and/638076.md?page=2)