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True Democrat
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« on: February 11, 2008, 09:39:06 PM »

Has anyone else noticed how these two are similar?  Here's what I came up with:

1. The "inevitable" Democratic candidate is close to the past Democratic president (Russell + Hoynes = Clinton)
2. The leading Democratic contender has had involvement in a sex scandal (Hoynes = Clinton)
Th eventual nominee is a nobody Congressman who previously served in local politics and is a minority (Santos=Obama, although eventual nominee is unknown at this point)
3. The eventual Republican nominee is a maverick who doesn't meet the views of all conservative Republicans and hails from the West (Vinick = McCain)
4. The last challenger for the Republican nomination is a preacher who is firmly pro-life and challenges to the end (Butler=Huckabee, though Huckabee might not last until the end)
5. The early leader for the Republican nomination is someone who lead the nation in a national crisis (Walken in Zoe Bartlet kidnapping = Giuliani during 9/11)
6. The Democratic Convention goes all the way to the primary (that remains to be seen)

Can anyone think of any others?
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Keystone Phil
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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2008, 09:42:11 PM »

I noticed this the other day. Very odd.
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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2008, 09:46:31 PM »


I didn't find West Wing very entertaining, so I didn't watch it.  In other words, I have no clue what you are taking about.  hahaha
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« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2008, 09:50:54 PM »

Here's hoping that the parallels continue right up to election day! Wink
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« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2008, 09:57:00 PM »

OBAMA TAKES TEXAS!
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« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2008, 09:59:42 PM »

MCCAIN TAKES CALIFORNIA!!!!!!
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« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2008, 10:14:25 PM »


Same here, too...
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« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2008, 10:22:45 PM »

Trust me, you're not the only ones to notice it.

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« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2008, 12:29:55 AM »

well Vinick is said to be based on McCain, so that would explain some of it...
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« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2008, 12:50:02 AM »

Who is Sullivan? Sanford?

McGarry = John Podesta or Erskine Bowles?
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« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2008, 01:15:37 AM »

McGarry = John Podesta or Erskine Bowles?

Whoever they are they aren't long for this world.

And Josh Lyman is WAY cooler than David Axelrod.
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« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2008, 01:17:11 AM »

Actually maybe Barbour would be a better fit for Sullivan...I don't know...
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« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2008, 06:34:15 AM »

Bruno Gianelli = Joe Lieberman (I always thought that the best thing in the last series was how they really fleshed out Bruno's character and made him a person with genuine beliefs)

Vinnick/Gianelli '08 !!

Eric Baker = Al Gore
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« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2008, 01:17:07 PM »



Both Santos and Obama are minorities!!!

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« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2008, 01:18:55 PM »



Both president's wives (Abi and Hillary) had a 'health issue' during the 1st term of their husbands!
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« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2008, 01:53:08 PM »



Both president's wives (Abi and Hillary) had a 'health issue' during the 1st term of their husbands!

What was Hillary's health issue?
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« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2008, 02:10:17 PM »

Both president's wives (Abi and Hillary) had a 'health issue' during the 1st term of their husbands!
What was Hillary's health issue?

Her health care flop.
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« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2008, 12:24:53 AM »

So should we expect it to turn out that Obama believes that life begins at conception while McCain doesn't really?
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