The West Wing (TV Series)

Gone Quiet (2001)

Rob Lowe: Sam Seaborn

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• Sam Seaborn : Why are you so bent on countering these idiot leaflets?

  Bruno Gianelli : Because I'm tired of working for candidates who make me think that I should be embarrassed to believe what I believe, Sam! I'm tired of getting them elected! We all need some therapy, because somebody came along and said, "'Liberal' means soft on crime, soft on drugs, soft on Communism, soft on defense, and we're gonna tax you back to the Stone Age because people shouldn't have to go to work if they don't want to!" And instead of saying, "Well, excuse me, you right-wing, reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, Leave It To Beaver trip back to the Fifties...!", we cowered in the corner, and said, "Please. Don't. Hurt. Me." No more. I really don't care who's right, who's wrong. We're both right. We're both wrong. Let's have two parties, huh? What do you say?

• Tawny Cryer, Appropriations Committee : Sam, have you heard of Andrew Hawkins?

  Sam Seaborn : No.

  Tawny Cryer, Appropriations Committee : You funded his performance piece recently, which involved him destroying all his belongings outside a Starbucks in Haight-Ashbury.

  Sam Seaborn : I've done that a couple of times... I didn't know there was funding available.

• Bruno Gianelli : These are direct mail leaflets. "Bartlet: Hopelessly Liberal." "Bartlet: Super-Liberal." "Bartlet: Liberal, Liberal, Liberal."

  Sam Seaborn : These aren't coming from our side, right?