# White House speech copying The West Wing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-speech-copying-the-west-wing/426228>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 13, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-speech-copying-the-west-wing/426228 "2007-11-13T11:56:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dystinct](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Dystinct](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dystinct)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-speech-copying-the-west-wing/426228/1 "2007-11-13T11:56:49Z")

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I saw a clip a while ago, i think it was The Daily Show, where they showed a small portion of a speech that someone from The White House made at some event, and then showed a clip from The West Wing (from years prior, i believe) where the text matched up exactly.

I’ve been trying to find this clip but with no luck.  
Does anyone have any idea what im talking about?

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**Author:** ![Dystinct](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Dystinct](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dystinct)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-speech-copying-the-west-wing/426228/2 "2007-11-14T05:34:04Z")

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bumpy bumpy

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-speech-copying-the-west-wing/426228/3 "2007-11-14T07:40:26Z")

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I just went to [thedailyshow.com](http://thedailyshow.com), typed “west wing” into the search bar. Annoyingly, all I can get are commercials, which suggests to me the videos are being blocked to me. I suppose I could load up some IP spoofing software but… meh.

In any case, I also remember the comparison you describe.

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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-speech-copying-the-west-wing/426228/4 "2007-11-14T07:47:00Z")

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Do you mean [this?](http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=115105&title=borrowed-time)

Not the White House, but a schmaltzy sports feature copies a speech from the West Wing.