The West Wing, Season Seven

Lou:
You saw Vinick on TV this morning. Clearly it wasn't about content, but he was tough and he was authentic. He was Neil Young to your Neil Diamond.

Josh:
I like Neil Diamond.

Lou:
I'm sure you do.

Josh:
We can't have a fight about a security leak. We'll get killed. I'm trying to change the conversation back to the economy.

Lou:
How about moving the conversation to the fact that while Santos was serving in the Gulf, Vinick was serving himself Chardonnay. That Santos is still serving in the Reserves as a Congressman. He's been in the Senate for, like, 90 years. He was practically born in a committee hearing. If you're not using the phrase "Beltway Arnie" in every press release...

Josh:
We're not going negative. Not now, not first.

Lou:
Oh, really. You don't think you're running a negative campaign? Why are you always talking about high-tech jobs? Because Vinick uses a manual typewriter and his future is a set of plastic gums. You're doing political smear like the rest of us. All I'm saying is do it right.