December 2011
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JOSH: Are Ben and Sally asking for me?
LEO: No, they'd rather you didn't come, but they'll do me a favor and I need you to do me one too.
JOSH: What's at Ben and Sally's?
LEO: Karen Cahill.
JOSH: And what stupid-ass Irish thing did you say to Karen Cahill that you now need me to apologize at Ben and Sally 's like a little girl?
Leo glares at Josh rather sternly.
JOSH: Let me tell you what was surprising about that moment just then. I said that only 12 hours after you were very cool about my almost accidentally setting the building on fire.
LEO: I made a joke about her shoes.
JOSH: I'm sorry?
LEO: I made a remark about her shoes.
JOSH: You're the second most powerful man in the country...
LEO: And she relates a column for the New York Times and who knows what kind of special relationship women have with their shoes!
JOSH: What could you possibly have said...?
LEO: It doesn't matter. It was perfectly benign to anyone who doesn't take shoes that seriously. Just tell her that I love her and that I'm sorry and I'll take her shoe shopping.
JOSH: Why don't you tell her?
LEO: If someone else tells her it seems like I was thoughtful enough to mention it. If I tell her it just makes me seem feminine.
JOSH: You don't think the shoe shopping's gonna take care of that?
LEO: Let's call the insurance company and see how much water damage was done in the mural room.
LEO MCGARRY: And do you think ratcheting up the body count is going to act as a deterrent?
PRESIDENT JOSIAH BARTLET: You're damn right I do.
LEO MCGARRY: Oh, well then you're just as stupid as these guys who think that capital punishment is going to be a deterrent for drug kingpins. As if drug kingpins didn't live their day-to-day lives under the possibility of execution. And their executions are a lot less dainty than ours, and tend to take place without the bother and expense of due process. So, my friend, if you want to start using American military strength as the arm of the Lord, you can do that. We're the only superpower left. You can conquer the world, like Charlemagne. But you'd better be prepared to kill everyone. And you had better start with me because I will raise up an army against you and *I* will beat you.
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“You want to see me orchestrate this right now? You want to see me mobilize these...”
– Leo Mcgarry (so many amazing west wing speeches, but this one has always caught my eye)
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: Long as I got a job, you've got a job. →
raisealittlesand:
LJ reminded me that it’s Quote Leo McGarry Day:
CJ: Is there anything I can say other than “The President rode his bicycle into a tree?”
Leo: He hopes never to do it again.
C.J.: Seriously, they’re laughing pretty hard.
Leo: He rode his bicycle into a tree, C.J. What do you want me to –…
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Dec 16. When you see this, quote Leo McGarry
bsidegirl:
“Well, nothing says Christmas like animal fables in iambic verse.” (In Excelsis Deo)
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“I’m tired of it, year after year after year after year, having to choose between...”
– Leo McGarry (via anonemouse)
CJ: Is there anything I can say other than "the President rode his bicycle into a tree"?
Leo: He hopes never to do it again.
CJ: Seriously, they're laughing pretty hard.
Leo: He rode his bicycle into a tree, C.J., what do you want me - the President, while riding his bicycle, came to a sudden arboreal stop.