September 17, 2003

You Say Tomato

GM1 and I were watching "West Wing" reruns yesterday, and we began to discuss the usefulness of vice-presidents.
It was a short discussion.

I mentioned that VPs were so non-entities, a normal person would be hard-pressed to name more than a few. We came up with LBJ, of course, and Quayle, and Gore. GM1 said "And what's the current one's name again?"

We were stumped. It was right-on-the-tip-of-an-intern's-tongue time. After a few false starts, I blurted out "Peter... Peter Something!"

Okay, so it's Dick. I wasn't that far off.

Posted by LeeAnn at September 17, 2003 06:16 AM
Comments

Talk to Jennifer. I'm sure she could think of a useful VP.

Probably.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 17, 2003 07:52 AM

LOL We're enjoying the reruns too.

Posted by: Ted at September 17, 2003 08:16 AM

I think it says something about the school systems that I've learned more about political structure from "West Wing" than anywhere else.
Or perhaps it says something about my study habits. :)

Posted by: LeeAnn at September 17, 2003 08:26 AM

ROFL! I wonder if there was a VP named Rod...

Posted by: Tuning Spork at September 18, 2003 04:40 PM

My history class spent 2 weeks on Kasmir. It spent 10 minutes on both world wars together. And 5 minutes on Vietnam and Korea (each). Don't feel bad about the VP. I couldn't even tell u who was in Vietnam if it wasn't obvious.

Posted by: Rachael at September 18, 2003 05:52 PM