A brief aside about Christina Green and the Tuscon shootings
For Mark Meckler, Sal Russo, and all the other people who claim that the
shooting death of nine-year-old Christina Green and others in Tuscon, Arizona on
January 7, 2011 is being exploited for political advantage, we present
this clip from The West Wing episode, “War Crimes” which aired November 7, 2001.
HOYNES
Mr. President, we’re not gonna get anywhere by treating gun owners like psychopaths, and particularly in the South, where guns are a tradition and a heritage that’s passed on from father to son. You can’t…
BARTLET
That’s not good enough.
HOYNES
Sir?
BARTLET
A tradition that’s passed on from father to son? We tamed the frontier, John. We did that already.
HOYNES
The NRA is gonna say you’re taking advantage of the shooting in Abilene. That you like it when these things happen, ’cause it gives you a chance…
BARTLET
Let them stand in this room and say that. On this day. Let them stand in this room.
I like it?! She was nine years old!
I didn’t watch “West Wing” – i had gotten out of the episodic TV habit by then.
That last line’s a little scary.
The same here, I’ve heard a lot of good things about the show and how it predicted a lot of what as came to pass in the USA’s politics.
I didn't watch "West Wing" – i had gotten out of the episodic TV habit by then.That last line's a little scary.
The same here, I've heard a lot of good things about the show and how it predicted a lot of what as came to pass in the USA's politics.
THAT. . .was scary. That gave me chills.
THAT. . .was scary. That gave me chills.
Errr… “Tucson, i believe.
Errr… "Tucson, i believe.