AHHHHH!!!!! I'm liking Alan Alda (republican) on West wing!!!!

[pres2032]

he's actually making sense about checks and balances and frivolus investigations.


I'm I insane?!?!

[alittlelark]

1. He's a major lib - and is playing his part well

...I should start Tivoing it!

[gaia_gardener]

2. Alan Alda is repub?

Wow, he just does not come across that way. The M*A*S*H episodes he wrote and directed are so "democratic" in their take on social and war issues.

[pres2032]

3. Republican Senator from California

[gaia_gardener]

8. Oh, I get it

duh, moment. He's PLAYING a repub on TV. Talk about acting against type.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

4. Actually, he is quite liberal in real life. He obviously knows the...

oposition well enough to play them very well.

[mainegreen]

5. I wish Alan Alda was president.

Imagine his addresses. So logical, with demonstrations, guests. I'd be like if Mr. Wizard was prez

[pres2032]

6. yeah

can we start the "draft Alda" movement yet?

[liberalpragmatist]

7. So are they really setting him up as a Republican President?

It does seem like they're going for him. Hell, they're not gonna have Hoynes or Russell (the fictional former VEEp and Veep).

Personally, I'm not against the idea of the West Wing switching to a Republican administration IN THEORY. Shows do tend to calcify, esp. with the same cast, so it'd be a whole new show with a whole new perspective.

But not with W in office! This is our alternate universe! Please! Don't do this yet!

[CaptainCorc]

11. You got that right....not with W in office n/t

[Borgnine]

12. Jimmy Smits is going to win.

If the West Wing continues past the Bartlet Administration, they've already hinted that Smits character (who's going to get the Democratic nomination) will win it.

[dflprincess]

9. They seem to be playing him as a moderate to liberal Republican

remember the scene where he responed to a question about whether or not he was "Republican enough"? Maybe they'll use his character to show how extreme the Republicans have become.

[pres2032]

10. yeah, loved that he defended the flag burning too

don't know if i'd vote for him, probably not, but it'd really depends on who the dems nominate.