Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

["Patrick P. Lynch" <padraig AT well.com>]

Title: Re: [percy-l] The West Wing's comment on Biblical cont

In context of this particular show it needs to be recognized that she was the only reporter not standing in a group that were, by protocol to the office of the President, supposed to stand. She was doing so to make a political statement. His issue is not about her personally but about respect for the office itself, as I see it.

Patrick

> Hey
> Larry,
>  
> Did you read
> Karey's clip from the West wing?   The Bartlett character is
> my idea of a smug, self satisfied prick  -- "in this bldg
> when the president stands nobody sits..."  Gimme a break 
> -- an abuse of power.  Plain and simple.  It's one thing to
> challenge authority from a position of weakness (however juvenile);
> but to weild power smugly is --  well, it's not something that
> pleases me.  Nobody needs a smart ass rebuke about
> "respect" from the most powerful man in the world. 
> Just the opposite is called for -- some show of humility and
> restraint.  That's my take.  But obviously others see the
> Bartlett character differently.  That's what makes this
> discussion so much fun for me.  Steve and Karey seem to both like
> this Bartlett character but disagree about about his theology  --
> I tend to agree more with Karey's theology than with Steve's (though
> both know a whole lot more about the Bible than I do) but I disagree
> with both of them about this Bartlett
> fellow.  
>  
> Jim
> Piat 
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