I don’t think I ever would have gotten up off my butt five years ago to start Not News if it weren’t for The West Wing, and I never would have cared about the show as much as I did if it weren’t for the amazing job John Spencer did as Leo McGarry. Aaron Sorkin can write an inspirational speech (or line of dialogue for that matter) better than anyone, and they always seemed to have that much more oomph when Spencer delivered them. I haven’t watched the show in ages, but I’m still floored that he’s gone.
Part of me wants to go watch “Let Bartlet Be Bartlet” right now. The other part thinks I’d wind up in a puddle on the floor.
Thanks, Mr. Spencer. You helped create hope. And that’s a really amazing thing.
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