The West Wing

Martin Sheen has his eyes on Specter

source: Politico

 DC The man best known to we DC types as President Bartlet in "The West Wing" has voiced a radio ad for Catholics for Working Families airing in Pennsylvania asking Specter to support the Employee Free Choice Act. "Hello, I'm Martin Sheen, ...

Published Thu, May 28

Bobby: too much reverence and none of the sparkle

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

 UK She bought a painting of a can of soup last month," says President Bartlet from The West Wing (Estevez's dad Martin Sheen). "I think it was Campbell's tomato." "It's an original Warhol!" squeaks his wife. "Do you know he was shot yesterday? ...

Published Thu, May 28

More 'West Wing' Parallels in Sotomayor Pick

source: Politics Daily

FOXNews  DC This story first played out in 1999 on The West Wing, in the episode titled, "The Short LIst," when fictional Democratic President Jed Bartlet nominated Judge Roberto Mendoza, a Hispanic man, to replace Supreme Court Justice Joseph Crouch, ...

Published Tue, May 26

Greatness Quantified

source: The Weekly Standard

Sheen, who played President Jed Bartlet in The West Wing, a television series, is applauded by the conventioneers as though his character were a real figure on the American political scene. Of course, the Bartlet character is a wish-list of ...

Published Sat, May 23

Sheen's not keen to enter politics

source: ITN

 UK Sheen, who starred as President Josiah Bartlet in acclaimed US drama The West Wing, told Oxford University students he did not have the "aptitude" for such a career. Speaking at the Oxford Union, Sheen said: "Would I run for public office? ...

Published Thu, May 7

Martin Sheen: 'I don't have the aptitude for real life politics'

source: Telegraph.co.uk

 United Kingdom Martin Sheen, who starred in the White House drama The West Wing, has said he would never enter politics in real life because he lacks the "aptitude" for it. By Murray Wardrop The 68-year-old actor, who starred as President Josiah Bartlet in the ...

Published Wed, May 6

The West Wing, Bad Moon Rising

source: fr.truveo.com

Bartlet reluctantly consults the new White House Counsel, Oliver Babish, who is stunned by the legal implications of Bartlet's condition. fr.truveo.com

Published Wed, May 6

Politics? No thanks, says Sheen

source: Chichester Today

 UK Sheen, who starred as President Josiah Bartlet in acclaimed American drama The West Wing, told Oxford University students he did not have the "aptitude" for such a career. Speaking at the Oxford Union, Sheen said: "Would I run for public office? ...

Published Wed, May 6