From the golden days of The West Wing. As President Bartlett prepares for his final debate with Florida Governor (and scarily Rick Perry-like) Rob Ritchie, his staff are looking for a soundbite on families. Josh turns to Amy Gardner (played by the always luminous Mary Louise Parker), who comes up with the quote above.
To which, I am sure she would add today, with respect to the Catholic Bishops’ vaginal purity jihad, “…and you don’t know jack shit about pregnancy, so lay off the contraceptive crap.”
I live in Southern California, grew up in New York and Minneapolis, and have family scattered in three countries. I am a liberal, and woe be to anyone who says that with any sort of moronic disclaimer (i.e. “I’m a liberal but I’m not crazy” or “I’m a liberal but I still believe terrorism is bad”). I’m a liberal, OK? No apologies. However, I do think, when I hear the word uttered by some people, of Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
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