The West Wing (TV Series)
Celestial Navigation (2000)
Martin Sheen: President Josiah Bartlet
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Quotes
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Josh Lyman : Uh, long story short - you're going to be reading a bit today about your secret plan to fight inflation.
President Josiah Bartlet : I have a secret plan to fight inflation?
Josh Lyman : No.
President Josiah Bartlet : Why am I going to be reading that I do?
Josh Lyman : It was suggested in the press room that you did.
President Josiah Bartlet : By who?
Josh Lyman : By me.
President Josiah Bartlet : You told the press I have a secret plan to fight inflation?
Josh Lyman : No, I did not. Let me be absolutely clear I did not do that. Except yes, I did that.
President Josiah Bartlet : Josh, I'm a little confused.
Josh Lyman : Sir, there was this idiotic round robin. It was sarcastic! There's no way they didn't know that. They were just mad at me for imposing discipline and calling them stupid.
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Josh Lyman : First, I'm happy to tell you that the incident involving Secretary O'Leary and Congressman Wooden has been dispensed with... though not really, and I'll get to that at the end. Sam asked C.J. to move the briefing to two o'clock so that we could fold in the teachers. C.J. had emergency root canal surgery at noon and so was unable to brief.
President Josiah Bartlet : Who did?
Josh Lyman : I did.
President Josiah Bartlet : Oh, God.
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President Josiah Bartlet : Okay, before we go on - C.J., if blood is gushing from the head wound you just received from a stampeding herd of bison, you'll do the press briefing.
Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg : Yes sir.
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President Josiah Bartlet : I'm tired, I'm cranky, and my wife's in Argentina. Let's get this over with.
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Danny Concannon : I'm sorry, Mr. President. You didn't answer the question.
President Josiah Bartlet : I was hoping you weren't going to notice that, Danny.
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Josh Lyman : We decided to move the press briefing to 2 to cover the teachers. But C.J. had emergency Root Canal at noon and was unable to do the briefing.
President Josiah Bartlet : Who did the briefing?
Josh Lyman : I did.
President Josiah Bartlet : Oh, God.