The Great West Wing Rewatch: 7.6 "The Al Smith Dinner"
Joel: So often present day politics is broken down to republicans vs. democrats, us vs. them. Even throughout the show, the playing field is pretty much set up as the democrats that we follow having to go up against a Republican Party that seems set on beating down the democrats. If an action helps one side it automatically hurts the other side. And if something happens that hurts us, we automatically assume that it came from them. So in this episode we get a third option where a small faction throws a wrench into the whole thing and messes it up for both sides for different reasons. This year we’ve seen more division within both political parties than the past several previous elections, so today, rewatching this episode, it almost serves as a warning, a taste as what’s to come. The ad in question clearly thinks it’s speaking for the Republican party and it’s supporters. It’s attacking Matt Santos, the democratic candidate, and therefore must be good for the Republican Part...