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God I love the WW

All black I’m guessing

Being back The West Wing!!! Charlie is the Presidential candidate and eventual President. Take it from there.

Guess what.... It's time to give up on Public Schools

Umm excuse me?! But I seem to recall he got owned by a certain Chief of General Surgery at a Seattle hospital about her choice of fellowships while being damned pregnant. I specifically remember the exchange. It goes around something like this; "Really hurt. After all I've done for you. You're gifted and you're ungrateful. And that's all I'm sayin." "I'm pregnant, YA BLIND MORON..." 😅😅😅😅

When schools are actually well funded, safe environments for all kids, ALL kids to learn then vouchers are off the table. And maybe not even then.

Great scene, imo. Public schools are absolute garbage compared to private schools. And yes, I went to both. All public schooling should be online (at least high school). ☮

I really hate the diverting away from public schools' arguments. The student is going with the money, which means the costs are going too. It should be a net zero event. the only way it is NOT is if the beurocracy is eating way too much of the appropriations.

Yes its congress runs the city that's their job. If mayor has a problem he shouldn't be mayor. We need to start appointing mayor instead of electing mayor in D.C.

Vouchers are a good idea... Dems are stupid.

The bad news is nowadays most of those private schools where vouchers are being used are for religious private schools.

Gross. Vouchers are awful

Bartlett was right, vouchers wound up draining our schools.

Problem with vouchers is that they don’t cover enough of the cost. They just lower the cost of tuition for the kids whose parents could already afford private school.

In the real world, the vast majority of voucher money goes to wealthy families who were already attending private school.

the only reason Democrats are against school vouchers is because Democrats kiss the ass of the teachers union

Charlie and Fitzwallace are my favorite characters

White Liberals, as Malcom said, pave the road to hell with good intentions. And I'm not a conservative.

The mastery of this is explaining a tough issue is a credit to the writers and the actors and the scene.

Son of a public school teacher (Dad worked in the city, but we lived in the county). Went to public schools and State Universities. I'll die on the hill with the Bartlett position.

it's called leadership.

So in this scene - th-cam.com/video/sRb461dDAm0/w-d-xo.html The President and the rest of the staff in the room won't cave in on a Republican idea because they don't want to go against their principles. Toby says "Threats to civil liberties only ever come a few dollars at a time." But it's OK for them to do it on private schooling in DC?

Vouchers for private schools is taxation without representation. I don't have any say in how they're run and neither does anyone I can vote for. Besides the comparison between them is unfair. Private schools reject all the troublesome candidates. Public schools accept whoever shows up and whatever baggage they bring with them. Imagine being in the small number of students that private schools won't take even with vouchers. Do we really want to do that to any kid?

"I assume I'm the only one in this room who actually WENT to public school." Ouch.

Tuition vouchers are one of the greatest things we can do for education in America.

this is how politics should be done , you govern in the best interests of everybody and if that means diverting from party policy so be it . Furthermore it should be the case that an opposing idea can be heard , agreed with and ones mind changed without riots , name calling , petty revenge .

Public schools that groom children, run by teachers unions who have infinite power with their huge voting bloc and power-hungry democrats who want to oppress the minority culture. That is your democrat party.

Oh, that final wink! How I miss this show!!

"kids didn't bring guns to school in my day" yes... they literally had shooting class in school, and high school students had riffles in their trucks during hunting season. some still do.

The President should have been thanking the mayor for opening his eyes up to see reality.. not a party talking point.

RICHARDDDDD

I renenber Baker... Billy Joel in Goodnight Saigon...

proof again how much Bartlett loves, trust and respects Charlie. Not only a father and son relationship, but its balances and give Jed insights on other life experiences he has never have to face. just love the relationship between the two.

Liberals hate freedom of choice. And yes public schools suck

As a conservative and social liberal who left the Republicans party many decades ago I feel my comments are warranted. I am also California K12 public school teacher who left America because I could not teach the way needed. I went to Japan and built a private international school so I could teach my three sons directly. They are now artists, musicians, and national honor society scholars perusing their dreams. I believe in public education. I also believe in vouchers and parent choice more. Public’s schools should have many paths. Not one path. All students are different. There are good teachers in public education. The majority are not. They have tenure and are not required to change with the times. The greatest hurdle is the administration and the bureaucracy. Why so many good teachers quit. Why I left the country. I return now to help privately. There needs to be a balance and a plurality of ideas, willingness to try and fail, focus on how to learn not what to learn. Thank you for the piece. A willingness to listen to the youth. To change. 🐺

Really like the way you added the additional info for context - well positioned to be useful without being obtrusive: nice work ❤

This is a fantastic example of how govt screws up the very basic fundamentals of trying to make a difference. It's not about education.

He thanks the President, but he doesn't thank Charlie, whose words tipped the scales.

Charlie was my favorite.

Thank you for sharing.

You would think in America, we would place more importance on our citizenship education. Our political leaders have failed the Citizenship of America.

One of my favorite scenes

"You planning on telling me that anytime soon?" "Yes sir, right after bringing up that I'm sleeping with your daughter"

The only two Presidents that have EVER served in my lifetime (66 years) that EVER exhibited this type of huevos was Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. See a small pattern here??

While the Mayor of DC makes a good point about private schools being far better than public schools, he also brings up that DC spends more money per student than any other state in the USA. Yes the voucher will probably help a few hundred or so students every year but there is a far bigger problem that Barlet doesn't even discuss. Why are lots of students in DC public schools not going well or are not getting the resources they need when DC is spending so money on them and their schools? Is the level of poverty in DC really that bad? If, it's somethe USA should be ashamed of.

Pretty odd for a left tilted show to present a sincere argument FOR vouchers. School choice now!

Let’s all stop and consider the deep, gnawing insult to the mayor of asking the assistant to come in and make a decision regarding how the city is run. Bartlet really is out of touch.

And the handouts just keep coming

Another one of many single episode story lines that both makes my heart swell while trying not to weep. This is the type of governing we need...the ability to see hope in something you may not agree with, but can see how it might change things for the better.

I like that proud look the mayor gave Charlie at the end, like "congrats son you just changed public policy"