# West Wing: Poet Laureate **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-poet-laureate/100525 "2002-03-28T06:04:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-poet-laureate/100525/41 "2002-03-30T02:14:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \* > \*\* > But aren’t we all a bunch of socially retarded nerds? Isn’t that what made that scene so funny? > 😉 > 😃 \*\* I wonder why Josh pictures his fan base as muumuu-wearing, Parliament-smoking losers. I mean, he wasn’t referring to just the “dictator” when he was trying to explain his actions to C.J. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-poet-laureate/100525/42 "2002-03-30T06:29:40Z")
Except it’s Dartmouth _College_ not _University_! Aside from that, I loved the episode. Anyone see a romance between Sam and Ainsley? They fight far too well. And why can’t Josh type for himself?! Does he need to call in Donna to take dictation for a message board? And can I make a point without using two sentences? Probably not. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-poet-laureate/100525/43 "2002-04-01T15:33:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Telemark \* > \*\*And why can’t Josh type for himself?! Does he need to call in Donna to take dictation for a message board? > \*\* I was wondering the same thing, but then I thought that it might have something to do with White House protocol. But then I thought that was wrong, as Donna had to use an independent cell phone _outside_ the WH to try to change the New Hampshire people’s primary vote a couple weeks ago. I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-poet-laureate/100525/44 "2002-04-01T15:38:51Z")
Oh, I think that was just an excuse for us to be able to know how he was responding. If they’d shown him typing alone, we’d have no clue. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-poet-laureate/100525/45 "2002-04-01T18:41:09Z")
\Alison Janney,\ I have a friend in Dayton who says she knows someone who went to high school with Alison (and someone else who went to school with Martin Sheen). That’s only three degrees of seperation between me and the future Mrs. Rieux. **Stankow** , you’ve been in the same room with her? You’re now my hero for the week (tell me more, tell me more). CJ rules too. If Bartlett’s really so smart, he’ll replace Hoynes on the ticket with her. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-poet-laureate/100525/46 "2002-04-01T19:19:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Rieux \* > \*\* > CJ rules too. If Bartlett’s really so smart, he’ll replace Hoynes on the ticket with her. \*\* Nope. I said it earlier this season, and I’ll repeat it because it got eaten by the Langoliers via the December 7 post dump: Josh’s girlfriend is going to make a great VP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-poet-laureate/100525.md?page=2)