Bradbury: West Wing

West Wing is a show that follows the staff of president Martin Sheen. I think that the image of what goes on in the white house. I really cannot comment on what happens on a daily basis between those walls, but the show gave me a good impression. The characters were all aroused early from their beds to be in the office. Aside from the comical parts of the show such as when Rob Lowe's character told the 4th grade teacher/his bosses wife that he slept with a prostitute and being so uninformed about the white house the show was fairly realistic. I enjoyed the negotiation scene between Sheen's cabinet and the christian group. It made me feel as though our rights as citizens are just thrown away so easily in back room deals just to save face. Some successful presidents to me include Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR. All these presidents stove for a better America and accomplished a major goal. It will be hard to find another president like them in my lifetime. The presidents today owe so much to the companies that support their campaign. Even if they were elected and then decided to turn the other way, they would have no way of getting their message out. Television channels could not broadcast them due to threats of losing ads by their major corporate sponsors. Radio is not as widely listened to except in cars and I find it difficult picturing a family loading into the car to listen to the president address the public. The internet could provide useful however. This is all after the fact however. A president needs much money to get elected and gets that money from corporate sponsors whom they then want to pay back with tax breaks and lax laws. Until a president can ut his people before big business then there will not be a very successful president. I believe that Martin Sheen's role as president is a realistic one as well. He seemed intelligent and did not let the Christians bully him. An unrealistic aspect of it however is the fact that they do not consider the thoughts of the legislature in their decision making process. I assume that the audience is supposed to assume that whatever President Sheen decides is the final decision. In the words of his son, he is "Winning"!