{"id":1348,"date":"2008-09-22T05:30:41","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T04:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2008\/09\/22\/senator-barack-obama-meets-president-jed-bartlet\/"},"modified":"2008-09-22T05:30:41","modified_gmt":"2008-09-22T04:30:41","slug":"senator-barack-obama-meets-president-jed-bartlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2008\/09\/22\/senator-barack-obama-meets-president-jed-bartlet\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Barack Obama meets President Jed Bartlet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank you, Aaron.<\/a>
\n[scrippet]
\nOBAMA
\nI appreciate your sense of humor, sir, but I really could use your advice.<\/p>\n

BARTLET
\nWell, it seems to me your problem is a lot like the problem I had twice.<\/p>\n

OBAMA
\nWhich was?<\/p>\n

BARTLET
\nA huge number of Americans thought I thought I was superior to them.<\/p>\n

OBAMA
\nAnd?<\/p>\n

BARTLET
\nI was.<\/p>\n

OBAMA
\nI mean, how did you overcome that?<\/p>\n

BARTLET
\nI won\u2019t lie to you, being fictional was a big advantage.<\/p>\n

OBAMA
\nWhat do you mean?<\/p>\n

BARTLET
\nI’m a fictional president. You’re dreaming right now, Senator.<\/p>\n

OBAMA
\nI’m asleep?<\/p>\n

BARTLET
\nYes, and you’re losing a ton of white women.<\/p>\n

OBAMA
\nYes, sir.<\/p>\n

BARTLET
\nI mean tons.<\/p>\n

OBAMA
\nI understand.<\/p>\n

BARTLET
\nI didn’t even think there were<\/em> that many white women.<\/p>\n

OBAMA
\nI see the numbers, sir. What do they want from me?<\/p>\n

BARTLET
\nI\u2019ve been married to a white woman for 40 years and I still don\u2019t know what she wants from me.<\/p>\n

OBAMA
\nHow did you do it?<\/p>\n

BARTLET
\nWell, I say I\u2019m sorry a lot.<\/p>\n

OBAMA
\nI don’t mean your marriage, sir….
\n[\/scrippet]<\/p>\n

…But the meat’s in the bottom of the “interview.” Go read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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