Leo <3
When you see this, quote Leo McGarry
...like every year on December 16.
How can I not do this? And, because I love Leo (John Spencer) so much--one of my favorites on the show, hands down--I'm posting two quotes, a "serious" one that I posted last year, because it's my absolute favorite thing that leaves his mouth in the whole series, and the one that made me love the character immediately.
Bartlet: Why are you doing this? You're a player. You're bigger in the party than I am. Hoynes would make you national chairman. Leo! Tell me this isn't one of the twelve steps.
Leo: That's what it is, right after admitting that we're powerless over alcohol and that a higher power can restore us to sanity. That's where you come in.
Bartlet: Leo.
Leo: Because I'm tired of it. Year after year after year after year, having to chose between the lesser of 'who cares?', of trying to get myself excited about a candidate who can speak in complete sentences, of setting the bar so low, I could hardly look at it. They say a good man can't get elected president. I don't believe that. Do you?
And:
Leo: Seventeen across is wrong. It's just wrong. Do you believe that, Ruth?
Ruth: You could call them.
Leo: I will call them.
[And later:]
Leo: Margaret! Please call the editor of the New York Times' crossword and tell him that Khaddafi is spelled with an "H" and two "D"s and isn't a seven letter word for anything.
Margaret: Is this for real or is this just funny?
Leo: Apparently it's neither.
[And still later:]
Leo: Seventeen across. Yes. Seventeen across is wrong. You're spelling his name wrong. What's my name? My name doesn't matter. I'm just an ordinary citizen who relies on the Times crossword for stimulation. And I'm telling you that I met the man twice, and I've recommended a preemptive Exocet Missile strike against his air force, so I think I know how to--
CJ: Leo.
Leo: They hang up on me every time.
...like every year on December 16.
How can I not do this? And, because I love Leo (John Spencer) so much--one of my favorites on the show, hands down--I'm posting two quotes, a "serious" one that I posted last year, because it's my absolute favorite thing that leaves his mouth in the whole series, and the one that made me love the character immediately.
Bartlet: Why are you doing this? You're a player. You're bigger in the party than I am. Hoynes would make you national chairman. Leo! Tell me this isn't one of the twelve steps.
Leo: That's what it is, right after admitting that we're powerless over alcohol and that a higher power can restore us to sanity. That's where you come in.
Bartlet: Leo.
Leo: Because I'm tired of it. Year after year after year after year, having to chose between the lesser of 'who cares?', of trying to get myself excited about a candidate who can speak in complete sentences, of setting the bar so low, I could hardly look at it. They say a good man can't get elected president. I don't believe that. Do you?
And:
Leo: Seventeen across is wrong. It's just wrong. Do you believe that, Ruth?
Ruth: You could call them.
Leo: I will call them.
[And later:]
Leo: Margaret! Please call the editor of the New York Times' crossword and tell him that Khaddafi is spelled with an "H" and two "D"s and isn't a seven letter word for anything.
Margaret: Is this for real or is this just funny?
Leo: Apparently it's neither.
[And still later:]
Leo: Seventeen across. Yes. Seventeen across is wrong. You're spelling his name wrong. What's my name? My name doesn't matter. I'm just an ordinary citizen who relies on the Times crossword for stimulation. And I'm telling you that I met the man twice, and I've recommended a preemptive Exocet Missile strike against his air force, so I think I know how to--
CJ: Leo.
Leo: They hang up on me every time.