Is the real election following a West Wing script?

A small satire for your amusement:

http://erp4it.typepad.com/alphasong/2008/02/producers-of-we.html

so how come nobody mentioned that Vinick was criticized as being too old, you know, kinda like the current republican candidate

I loved West Wings final season. But this comparsion is entirely without merit. The staunch defence of free market ideology by Arnold Vinick would never be uttered by McCain. McCain, an admirer of Teddy Roosevelt, casts himself as a maverick and a reformer. He does not fit the Ronald Reagan image. And he is a cultural conservative, who has a very strong pro-life record but has nevertheless opposed conservatives on key matters of principle (campaign finance reform for example). I like him in many ways, but he is not like Arnold Vinick. Arnold Vinick was a dream, existing only in the imaginations of writers who finally chose to show some respect towards those who have a passion believe in liberty. He was non-religious if i remember rightly. He was more like Barry Goldwater, who wouldn't really fit well into todays GOP but is nevetheless a hardline conservative. Thats how I love em :)

plus, the realacting was done by alan alda, playing the part of the republcan senator who lost to jimmy smits. alan alda as a republican !!!! now thats a stretch

I've been thinking this way too.
So now if McCain takes Huckabee as his running mate, that would fit the crazy right wing religious zealot position. And then Obama would have to take the older statesman with military experience as his VP....
But I wouldn't want to do that to Wesley Clark.

and if hillary wins i guess we could say that ABC got it right with that sorry show with gina davis [ the name escapes me ] . people these are tv shows, not real life. west wing portrayed liberals as the 'good guys', with jed barlett riding in at the end of the show to save the day. but lets just pretend for a moment that a conservative president had mis=led the people about his health,bombed numerous countries, threatened countless world leaders, had a VP who was having affairs, etc....... the liberals would impeach, or worse. truth is, in real life the politicians are ruthless egomaniacs who will stop at nothing to get power. this goes for both parties.

The "clap, clap, point, point" you forgot how her eyes come out of her head. It's really creepy.

An Obama Presidency with McCain as the VP would certainly be interesting as well. Let's be honest as well, if the Democratic nomination depends on an impassioned speech made by both candidates at the convention, there will only be one winner (thank God) since Hillary has the charisma of a brick wall (clap, clap, point, point).

But yeah, I have been noticing the similarities as well. When I watched The West Wing episode where things did come down to a convention floor flight, I remember thinking, "Yeah, I love you West Wing, but this plot coupled, with your ridiculous seasn 4 finale, is just never going to happen." To be clear, I still don't think a convention floor flight will happen this year, but I am not as sure as I was say, a couple of years ago, so kudos to the writers on that.

It's eery how many parallels there are.

The best part though, before John Spencer died (a devastating loss to a brilliant show), the script had Vinick in the White House. Let's make sure Obama's running mate stays alive and gets John McCain elected!

Except that the last 7 years weren't the Bartlet administration. Sadly.