Thursday, December 11, 2008

Obama before Obama?

Was President Jed Bartlett from NBC's "The West Wing" Barack Obama before we heard of the esteemed Senator from Illinois? Perhaps. "The West Wing" is on at 8 a.m. Central Time on Bravo. I forgot how much I enjoyed the early seasons of the show, the seasons before Rob Lowe left for the dreadful "The Lyon's Den" and "Dr. Vegas". Oy! Here's the cast in its prime, though this was before the delightful Emily Procter joined as Republican Ainsley Haines. And, did you know that Donna Moss' real first name was Donnatella and she was born outside of Warroad, MN? That Josh Lyman's love interest Amy Gardner's real first name was Amelia? C.J. stood for Claudia Jean? That Zoey Bartlet is now Peggy on "Mad Men"?

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