I told Greg they would do something like this based on “emotion”, even though I had started to believe maybe I was wrong after the West Wing episode that aired on April 2nd.
The reversal of fortune for Matt Santos — the Democratic nominee, played by Jimmy Smits, who was the victor — had nothing to do with any shift in opinion among voters or a liberal ideology of the show’s writers and producers….At the time of Spencer’s death, the plot for Sunday night’s episode had been set: The election was to be won by Alan Alda’s Arnold Vinick, a maverick Republican (modeled a bit on Sen. John McCain), whom many Democrats (including the Democrats who write the show) could learn to love.
But after Spencer died, O’Donnell said in a recent interview, he and his colleagues began to confront a creative dilemma: Would viewers be saddened to see Smits’ character lose both his running mate and the election? The writers decided that such an outcome would prove too lopsided, in terms of taxing viewers’ emotions, NYT reporter Jacques Steinberg will claim on Monday.
Translation? They already have PEST. They are already suffering from BDS. Why add insult to injury?
Funny how they had to come out the night it aired and proclaim the change in story “had nothing to do with any shift in opinion among voters or a liberal ideology of the show’s writers and producers.”
Bullsh*t * Cough * Bullsh*t * Cough. You believe Screamin’ Larry O’Donnell, right? He is such the trusthworthy sort.
And, I guess, who can blame them? If I had BDS, PEST, and tin-foil-hat syndrome, I’d want a win, no matter how small or make-believe, just to make me feel better too.
(Via Drudge)
