4.12: Guns Not Butter (with MAZON and The ONE Campaign)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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For our discussion of Guns Not Butter, Josh and Hrishi go on a hunt for Hrishi’s Hebrew name that is almost as intense as Donna’s quest to get Josh’s phone into the hands of Senator Hardin. Tom Hart of ONE (@OneCampaign) makes the case for foreign aid, and MAZON’s CEO & President Abby Leibman (@MAZONusa) backs Charlie up on the subject of food stamps on the military, but not one single person sides with poor Josh Lyman on the remote prayer issue.

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0:00.0	Welcome back.
0:07.8	You're listening to The West Wing Weekly.
0:09.5	This is Joshua Molina.
0:11.2	And this is Rishikesh Your Way.
0:12.8	Today we're talking about episode 12 from season 4.
0:14.8	It's called Guns Not Butter.
0:16.6	It was written by Eli Addy and Kevin Falls, to whom we spoke a few episodes back, and
0:22.1	it was written by Aaron Sorkin, and it was directed by Bill D'Alea, and it first aired
0:26.2	on January 8th in the year 2003.
0:29.6	This is Synopsis from TV Guide.
0:31.4	Actually before I read the TV Guide Synopsis, let me read you the NBC Synopsis, which is
0:35.7	just the staff comes together to fight a losing battle on a foreign aid vote in the Senate.
0:40.4	That's all.
0:41.4	That's it?
0:42.4	That's it.
0:43.4	Damn.
0:44.4	Here's TV Guide's longer synopsis.
0:45.8	On the administration's agenda, a foreign aid bill.
0:48.4	However, Senate Republicans and some Democrats have other ideas, and it's up to Josh to get
0:52.9	the vote to come out right.
0:54.2	So he sends Donna in search of one freshman senator who doesn't seem to want to be found.
0:58.3	Then there's the fence sitter who will vote the administration's way if they'll agree
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