West Wing

A very good source friend in the provincial government bubbled enthusiastically a few years ago when the West Wing debuted. Why? As a provincial government communications employee, there was a striking similarity between the atmosphere portrayed in the fictionalized Clinton White House, and the workplace at Executive Council at the Saskatchewan legislature.
It was “real”.
So, when I read David Frum’s The Right Man, this passage made me smile a little.

“The television show The West Wing might as well have been set aboard a Klingon starship for all it resembled life inside the Bush White Hosue.

No special reason for posting that today. I was just reminded of it by the West Wing theme music that just came on upstairs. (And, according to Frum, nobody refers to Bush as “POTUS”, either.)

3 Replies to “West Wing”

  1. Not in conversation, no. But in writing? All the time. Associated Press stories move on the wire slugged POTUS–(whatever the topic of the day is). The acronym shows up in government documents. Just one more thing Frum doesn’t know a farking thing about.

  2. As the post was made in the context of Frum’s experience working in the West Wing of the White House, I’m not quite sure what point you’re trying to make by bringing the AP into it.

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