Someone must have kidnapped MoDo. This op ed was hysterical.

[kpete]

Two Presidents, Smoking and Scheming
By MAUREEN DOWD

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BARTLET Let’s go in another room, Mr. President. You want a cigarette?

OBAMA I stopped smoking.

BARTLET Start again. (Leading the way into his study) I’m a father of daughters, you’re a father of daughters. It looked to me like right before you went on stage, Sasha told you she likes a boy in her class who has a tattoo.

OBAMA That’s not what hap —

BARTLET Here’s what you do. You invite the boy over for dinner, you have a couple of fellas from your detail brush their suit coats back just enough so the lad can see the .44 Magnums — problem solved. You have what every father of a daughter dreams of — an army and a good dog.

OBAMA The girls are fine, that wasn’t the problem. In the debate prep we —

BARTLET Whoa ... there was prep?

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the rest:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/opinion/sunday/dowd-two-presidents-smoking-and-scheming.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=opinion

[longship]

1. Lots of dupes on this one. Gotta R&K all of them?

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[liberalmuse]

2. Interesting.

That's the 2nd fanfiction I've come across about the debates this morning. That was a hoot! Hopefully after the next Presidential debate, there won't be the need for fanfic.

[magical thyme]

3. k&r

I hope Pres O reads MoDo! Maybe has her help him with debate prep. She's already given him some memorable one-liners....

[Tennessee Gal]

4. I hope someone had that conversation with him in reality!

Or at least, someone should get him to read that article.

She hit a grand slam with that one!

[riverwalker]

5. since I've never watched "The West Wing"

took some Googling to figure out "President Jed Bartlet" is a character played by Martin Sheen.

[ljm2002]

6. That really was hysterical...

...I especially liked the little sideline with Lehrer in a headlock.