I got to work Monday, and my students told me that Martin Sheen (aka Jed Bartlett, my favorite president ever), was visiting campus Tuesday.
So I arranged for my lunch break to fall during his visit, and heard an impassioned Mr. Sheen talk though a power outage (which meant no microphones, he just projected). He was funny, smart, and compassionate, and even though it was Martin Sheen, and not Jed Bartlett talking, I couldn't help but think of how much hope and eloquence I found in the West Wing when it was on tv.
Here are the best of my pictures from the event (you can tell which Senate candidate he's campaigning for by the backdrop).
Given the election, I suspect there'll be more political posts from me in the next few weeks, and I think anyone who knows me can guess that I'll be voting for Obama...but I still sometimes wish that someday I'll walk into the voting booth, and see Jed Bartlett's name on my ballot.
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Bartlett for President. Sigh. I still wish it were so.
The husband and I have the early seasons DVDs and at the end of each episode we look at one another and ask why we can't have them for our leaders. Still.
It's a nice fantasy land to live in.
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