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Well done Martin Sheen tonight for pouring scorn on the Bush era and Guantanamo Bay etc. Great to see an American realist who is proud of his country but is aware of its (many) failings. He has apparently been arrested about 60 times for civil protesting against US policies.

Jonathan Ross finished the interview by saying MS inspried him to be a better person. All hail Martin Sheen.

I saw the end of the chat with Ross, and found myself agreeing with his views.

Always liked Sheen, the first film I saw of his was Badlands, fine stuff.

The West Wing I have the first five series and they're entertaining well paced, dialog driven fine pieces of drama.

I'm always taken back to Gil Scott-Heron's lyric from the Reagan era, when he lamented the fact that the wrong actor was the president "if only we'd'a had John Wayne". The song is B-Movie by the way. If you haven't heard it, I envy you the pleasure to come.

Anyway, was it just me or did anyone just love the way that President Bartlett used to put on his jacket in the West Wing?

It made the character for me.

HonaloochieB Wrote:

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> Anyway, was it just me or did anyone just love the

> way that President Bartlett used to put on his

> jacket in the West Wing?

> It made the character for me.


Something to do with MS having a dodgy arm in real life, I believe.


Top geezer.

HonaloochieB Wrote:

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> I saw the end of the chat with Ross, and found

> myself agreeing with his views.

> Always liked Sheen, the first film I saw of his

> was Badlands, fine stuff.

> The West Wing I have the first five series and

> they're entertaining well paced, dialog driven

> fine pieces of drama.

> I'm always taken back to Gil Scott-Heron's lyric

> from the Reagan era, when he lamented the fact

> that the wrong actor was the president "if only

> we'd'a had John Wayne". The song is B-Movie by the

> way. If you haven't heard it, I envy you the

> pleasure to come.

> Anyway, was it just me or did anyone just love the

> way that President Bartlett used to put on his

> jacket in the West Wing?

> It made the character for me.




"would we take Jesse Jackson, hell we'd take Michael Jackson" fantstic stuff from Gil SH

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