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Friday, August 12, 2005

"The West Wing"/ Rove-Plame redux

In light of Think Progress's fully-sourced list of 21 Bush Administration officials who may have slightly dirty hands in the scandal surrounding the leak of CIA agent Valarie (Plame) Wilson's name to the press, I thought I would revsist my earlier post which lined up players in the scandal with characters from "The West Wing." Here are Think Progresses 21, with their "The West Wing" counterparts.
  1. Karl Rove - Josh Lyman (Deputy Chief of Staff)
  2. I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby - Will Bailey (Chief of Staff to the Vice President)
  3. Condoleezza Rice - Lewis Berryhill (Secretary of State)
  4. Stephen Hadley - Nancy McNally (National Security Advisor)
  5. Andrew Card - Leo MacGarry/ CJ Cregg (Chief of Staff)
  6. Alberto Gonzales - Alan Fisk (Attorney General)
  7. Mary Matalin - Random Extra! (Advisor to the Vice President)
  8. Ari Fleischer - CJ Cregg (Press Secretary)
  9. Susan Ralston - Donna Moss (Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff)
  10. Israel Hernandez - Charlie Young (Personal Assistant to the President)
  11. John Hannah - Random Extra! (Assistant to the Vice President)
  12. Scott McClellan - CJ Cregg (Press Secretary)
  13. Dan Bartlett - Toby Ziegler (Communications Director)
  14. Claire Buchan - Carol Fitzpatrick (Deputy Press Secretary)
  15. Catherine Martin - Random Extra! (Assistant to the Vice President for Public Affairs)
  16. Colin Powell - General Percy Fitzwallace (Fitz never made it to Secretary of State, but you know Powell is who his character is based on)
  17. Karen Hughes - Ed and Larry (White House Aide--although Karen Hughes was much closer and more influential than either Ed or Larry, or even both of them combined)
  18. Adam Levine - Annabeth Schott (Communications Aide)
  19. Bob Joseph - Albie Duncan (Undersecretary of State--in Joseph's case for Arms Control; I don't know what Hal Holbrook's character does)
  20. Vice President Dick Cheney - Bingo Bob Russell (Vice President)
  21. President George W. Bush - Jed Bartlett (President)
If you know people who aren't taking this scandal seriously, email them this list, and then tell them to imagine that all of these people were involved in blowing Kate Harper's cover. Then they will get it.

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