The West Wing has a fandom that rivals that of Star Trek , Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad . As with those shows, fans like us buy the DVD box sets and put the show on endless loop - or we used to, until it started streaming. Some re-watch all seven seasons every few years; some watch it annually; some just never stop at all (I'm somewhere between those last two). And, as with those other shows, the nerd factor is high; us Wingnuts, as we like to call ourselves, know the names of all the episodes; can quote entire ...
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The West Wing has a fandom that rivals that of Star Trek , Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad . As with those shows, fans like us buy the DVD box sets and put the show on endless loop - or we used to, until it started streaming. Some re-watch all seven seasons every few years; some watch it annually; some just never stop at all (I'm somewhere between those last two). And, as with those other shows, the nerd factor is high; us Wingnuts, as we like to call ourselves, know the names of all the episodes; can quote entire scenes; can rattle off all the appearances of this recurring character or that. The full corpus of the show's cumulative text is a kind of bible to us. More than that, the show's high ideals, earnestness, and unblinking commitment to the values its characters exude have, for many if not most of us, been an inspiration in the cultivation of our own values and worldview. It's a glowing portrait of the world as it should be, and it guides our votes, our political convictions, and our service.
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