# The West Wing - am I missing something?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-am-i-missing-something/281997>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 28, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-am-i-missing-something/281997 "2004-12-28T20:48:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-am-i-missing-something/281997/41 "2005-01-14T22:37:05Z")

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Well, I’ve just finished Season 3 and I’m really not sure I’ll purchase Season 4. There are some real gems in there, but too many times I found myself not hitting Pause when I went to get a drink or whatever.

I think it’s time to rewatch what I’ve already bought.

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-am-i-missing-something/281997/42 "2005-01-14T23:58:06Z")

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> [@Martin Hyde](#):
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> But the nitpick is I just really really doubt that actualy true life political operators who have progressed to the White House level are this ideological about ANYTHING.

I don’t know – you’d have to be that idealistic to keep slogging through every day when you know how unlikely it is you’ll ever manage to do any good.

–Cliffy

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