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danceprincess20 in ontd_political

White House takes Twitter question from ghost of fictional character

Dec 07, 2010 23:33

This was probably a first for Robert Gibbs.

During a Twitter Q&A on Tuesday, the White House press secretary answered a question posed by @McGarrysGhost, an account inspired by fictional "West Wing" character Leo McGarry.

McGarry, who was the president's chief of staff in the award-winning series, asked Gibbs, "Was the tax deal brokered yesterday ( Read more... )

twitter, the west wing, totally awesome

Comments 17

gretchystretchy December 8 2010, 13:24:08 UTC

Leo. =(

(Finally nearing the end of the series. The election night episodes are next. It's gonna be so sad.)

MCGARRY SPAM urban_stoop December 8 2010, 17:14:18 UTC

Re: MCGARRY SPAM crossfire December 8 2010, 20:43:56 UTC

I love the one where he's telling Josh the story about the guy who fell into a hole.

Re: MCGARRY SPAM jrs1980 December 9 2010, 07:16:49 UTC

Let Bartlet Be Bartlet makes me so happy. I keep waiting for a moment like this to occur IRL.

baked_goldfish December 8 2010, 23:54:52 UTC

I'm a little bit creeped out, considering Santos was partially based on Obama (and Vinick accidentally ended up a lot like McCain).

txvoodoo December 9 2010, 01:57:59 UTC

But even fiction couldn't imagine Palin...