awesome ladies day 8-9
Day Eight: Favorite female character in a comedy show: the two Lucilles. They are so deliciously horrible. I adore them.
Day Nine: Favorite female character in a drama show: Has anyone who’s done this not answered CJ Cregg? I think I’ve seen four of these so far and they all have CJ here. WHATEVER, MAKE IT FIVE, CJ IS THE SHIT AND DOESN’T SHE KNOW IT. There’s a fantastic comprehensive post of CJ Perfection by sunclouds33 up at halfamoon and I obviously can’t top that BUT have some of my favorite CJ moments of awesome below the cut anyway because HOW COULD I RESIST.
A Proportional Response: “I've got a staff meeting to go to and so do you, you elitist Harvard fascist missed-the-deans-list-two-semesters-in-a-row Yankee jackass!” Josh Lyman pretty much fails miserably at picking his battles.
Celestial Navigation: “I HAD WOOT CANAW!” It never gets old. Never.
In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: “This is our 5th press briefing since midnight. Obviously, there's one story that's going to dominate news around the world for the next few days, and it would be easy to think that President Bartlet, Joshua Lyman, and Stephanie Abbott were the only victims of a gun crime last night. They weren't. Mark Davis and Sheila Evans of Philadelphia were killed by a gun last night. He was a biology teacher and she was a nursing student. Tina Bishop and Linda Larkin were killed with a gun last night. They were 12. There were 36 homicides last night. 480 sexual assaults, 3,411 robberies, 3,685 aggravated assaults, all at gunpoint. And if anyone thinks those crimes could have been prevented if the victims themselves had been carrying guns, I'd only remind you that the President of the United States was shot last night while surrounded by the best trained armed guards in the history of the world. Back to the briefing.” She doesn’t let them lose sight of the people, of the reason for the stories, of why they’re there, not even having actually dodged a bullet herself the night before.
The U.S. Poet Laureate:
CJ: Well, now I'm telling you to open the wardroom window and climb on out before they give you a pre-frontal lobotomy and I have to smother you with a pillow.
Josh: [pause] You're...?
CJ: [nodding] I’m Chief Bromden, yes, at this particular moment. I'm assigning an intern from the press office to that website. They're going to check it every night before they go home. If they discover you've been there I'm going to shove a motherboard so far up your ass - What?
Josh: Technically, I outrank you...
CJ: So far up your ass!
SERIOUSLY, JOSH. WHEN WILL YOU LEARN.
Third-Day Story
BARTLET: There’s something I need you to do for me.
CJ: What’s that?
BARTLET: Jump off a cliff. We’ll talk about it on the ride back.
CJ: Yes, sir.
Day Nine: Favorite female character in a drama show: Has anyone who’s done this not answered CJ Cregg? I think I’ve seen four of these so far and they all have CJ here. WHATEVER, MAKE IT FIVE, CJ IS THE SHIT AND DOESN’T SHE KNOW IT. There’s a fantastic comprehensive post of CJ Perfection by sunclouds33 up at halfamoon and I obviously can’t top that BUT have some of my favorite CJ moments of awesome below the cut anyway because HOW COULD I RESIST.
A Proportional Response: “I've got a staff meeting to go to and so do you, you elitist Harvard fascist missed-the-deans-list-two-semesters-in-a-row Yankee jackass!” Josh Lyman pretty much fails miserably at picking his battles.
Celestial Navigation: “I HAD WOOT CANAW!” It never gets old. Never.
In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: “This is our 5th press briefing since midnight. Obviously, there's one story that's going to dominate news around the world for the next few days, and it would be easy to think that President Bartlet, Joshua Lyman, and Stephanie Abbott were the only victims of a gun crime last night. They weren't. Mark Davis and Sheila Evans of Philadelphia were killed by a gun last night. He was a biology teacher and she was a nursing student. Tina Bishop and Linda Larkin were killed with a gun last night. They were 12. There were 36 homicides last night. 480 sexual assaults, 3,411 robberies, 3,685 aggravated assaults, all at gunpoint. And if anyone thinks those crimes could have been prevented if the victims themselves had been carrying guns, I'd only remind you that the President of the United States was shot last night while surrounded by the best trained armed guards in the history of the world. Back to the briefing.” She doesn’t let them lose sight of the people, of the reason for the stories, of why they’re there, not even having actually dodged a bullet herself the night before.
The U.S. Poet Laureate:
CJ: Well, now I'm telling you to open the wardroom window and climb on out before they give you a pre-frontal lobotomy and I have to smother you with a pillow.
Josh: [pause] You're...?
CJ: [nodding] I’m Chief Bromden, yes, at this particular moment. I'm assigning an intern from the press office to that website. They're going to check it every night before they go home. If they discover you've been there I'm going to shove a motherboard so far up your ass - What?
Josh: Technically, I outrank you...
CJ: So far up your ass!
SERIOUSLY, JOSH. WHEN WILL YOU LEARN.
Third-Day Story
BARTLET: There’s something I need you to do for me.
CJ: What’s that?
BARTLET: Jump off a cliff. We’ll talk about it on the ride back.
CJ: Yes, sir.