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When the President is overheard making a disparaging comment on an open-mike about the potential Republican nominee, C.J. does damage control for days after while Toby tries to finesse the newly named poet laureate from spealing out against the United States' lack of support for a land-mines treaty. Elsewhere, Sam recalls Republican White House legal counsel Ainsley Hayes from vacation to help spin the administration's response to Bartlet's gaffe; Josh is both repulsed and intrigued by the fact that he has his own fan-based Web site -- LemonLyman.com; the President also ponders an effort to save a failing giant computer company.
Summary
Cast
Starring
- Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn
- Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
- Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
- Janel Moloney as Donna Moss
- Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler
- John Spencer as Leo McGarry
- Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman
- and Martin Sheen as Jed Bartlet
Special Guest Stars
Guest Starring
- NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper
- Renée Estevez as Nancy
- Volanda Lloyd Delgado as Terry
- Beth Littleford as Leslie
- James Eckhouse as Bud Wachtell
Co-Starring
- Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick
- Devika Parikh as Bonnie
- Kim Webster as Ginger
- Randolph Brooks as Reporter Arthur Leeds
- Mindy Seeger as Reporter Chris
- Kris Murphy as Reporter Katie Witt
- Timothy Davis-Reed as Reporter Mark O'Donnell
- Jeff Mooring as Reporter Phil
- Jana Lee Hamblin as Reporter Bobbi
- Diana Morgan as Reporter Jesse
- David Gautreaux as Reporter Stuart
- Christopher Michael as Floor Manager
- Tim Haldeman as Barnett
- Jennifer Marley as Student
Trivia
Donna and Margaret are looking at a website dedicated to Josh and run by his fans. It's called www.lemonlyman.com and is actually registered to Warner Bros Corporation.
Josh falling afoul of posters on the message board at 'lemonlyman.com' was taken from Aaron Sorkin's own experiences dealing with the message board at the TV site televisionwithoutpity.com.
Laura Dern and Richard Schiff were both in the feature film I Am Sam.
Goofs
When he's talking to Leo outside, Bartlett mentions drinkers at the Middle Temple honouring Princess Elizabeth. However, the date he mentions is 40 years after Queen Elizabeth died, and 60 years before Princess Elizabeth (daughter of George III) was born.
Quotes
CJ Cregg: Let me explain something to you, this is sort of my field. The people on these sites: they're the cast of One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest. I'm telling you to open the ward room window and climb on out before they give you a pre-frontal lobotomy and I have to smother you with a pillow. I'm assigning an intern from the press office to that website. They're going to check it every night before they go home. If they discover you've been there, I'm going to shove a motherboard so far up your ass...
References
"The West Wing" The U.S. Poet Laureate (2002)
The West Wing Episode Guide
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