Swiss Diplomacy

Teaser


Toby: They'll ask you about housing starts going down.

Bartlet: I don't care.

CJ: Sir…

Bartlet: Long as I'm keeping this one.

CJ: GDP growth is strong.

Bartlet: You bet your ass it is. Which, by the way, I can pat any time I want now. The voters have spoken. Lowest inflation in twenty years. Housing starts are cyclical, which is the thing.

Thing = point to emphasize
Act 1


Bartlet: It's called penmanship, Watson. Something your generation wouldn't know about because of the computers. How many of these things am I doing?

Charlie: Sixty.

Bartlet: How many have I done?

Charlie: Three.

Bartlet: Three?

Thing = thank-you notes
Act 2


Josh: Triplehorn's on fire.

Toby: He needs to build a case against our…

Josh: Hoynes is lining up precinct captains in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Toby: This is like ten minutes after the polls closed in California.

Josh: And Winnick just called. It's probably the same thing. Half the Senate's going to be running.

Thing = complaint
Act 3


Bartlet: All right, go back to the sewing thing.

Abbey: It's the Women's…never mind.

Sewing thing = Women's Caucus
Posted by Philateley at November 20, 2002 10:18 PM