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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties
The West Wing is brilliant.
A Democratic administration walks around treating everyone with a holier-than-thou attitude, virtue signaling at almost every possible moment.
And all the while:
One of the WH staffers is banging a DC hooker whom he also tries to use as leverage against Republicans.
The Chief of staff is an alcoholic and drug abuser trying to hide his past.
The press secretary is making out constantly with one of the reporters in the daily pool.
AND...they are covering up the fact that the President has multiple sclerosis.
And somehow Aaron Sorkin made all these people seem likable! 
AND I'M ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST SEASON |
HA! Shit, you're not wrong.
I always bristled at the 'good guys vs. bad guys' approach Sorkin took. But when you put it like that, you're pretty on point. Even the 'good guys' were scandalous; he just painted it differently.
But don't you dare besmirch Leo. If I could've found a way to apply for a Chief of Staff gig (but those are mostly occupied by friends of political lifers) I'd absolutely have done so. I friggen love Leo.