Financial Disclosures | The West Wing 

“Don’t tell anyone this happened.” Oh, boys.

It's such a great joke, but I feel like they made it too early. Like, give people a season or two to get used to the walk-and-talks first.

A good critique​@@PaperbackWizard

They did the longest walk-and-talk on the show, if not the longest walk-and-talk in American TV, and parodied the walk-and-talk that they made famous, in the same episode. God, I love The West Wing.

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Well spotted. I never put that together

Great spot.

Except Leo attends an AA meeting at the end of the episode after VP Hoynes invites him to one he hosts for high ranking government officials.

@@Ozyman73 later in the same episode, yes five votes down he goes to the VP to talk to Tillinghouse. and invites him to his meeting.

now that you mention it....but he is the White House's attack dog after all. He's gotta own that sidewalk and the earth underneath it

mmm...believe me, people noticed...mmm...

@@prismaticmarcus 🤣🤣🤣

Its funny you say that cause he sometimes drags his feet. You can see it when he is entering Leo's office

@@FlameKoRn Well, in defense of Josh....most times it's a roll of the dice as to how things will pan out once a person goes into Leo's office! 😅 I'll have to keep an eye out for Josh dragging his feet! Salute👋

Only if they were more than $25 a pop.

Considering the aftermath of that particular meeting maybe it was better that there were no audience present...

Don't be stupid. How else would people know there are tickets to buy.

All I wanna do now is find that scene and watch it again ;)

Most, except for Truman, were well off before they went into public service. Franklin made out like Croesus on Poor Richard’s Almanac (ironic). Jeb Bartlett’s family practically founded New Hampshire

The dollar sign goes in front of the number. People who reach high levels in politics are generally independently wealthy from other sources. Many of them are lawyers, for example, or business leaders with a vested interest in politics.

@@stargazer7644 Not true. Notable examples. The Clinton’s , the Obama’s, I could go deeper but this makes my point. I apologize for the misplaced dollar sign. Please do not use that as an example of me not knowing what I am talking about.

​@@beovp91 I'm not sure how you think those are examples. Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were both attorneys before entering politics. Clinton graduated from Yale law school and was attorney general for Arkansas, and Obama graduated from Harvard law school and was a civil rights attorney. Both of their wives are also attorneys. Attorneys make pretty good money.

Also, Presidents make $400,000 per year on their government income alone (up from $200k since 2001). Their DC residence and many (but not all) of their living expenses are provided for them while they're in office. Generally homeless people aren't elected to the presidency, so you probably shouldn't be surprised that they have another residence somewhere that they live in before and after their term in office. Rich people often have a vacation home too.

Maybe she did.

@@PaperbackWizard You have to watch the episode. He's scrambling to make arrangements at the last minute.

@@flyboy152 I'm saying, maybe Margaret *did* remind him and he *still* forgot.

Not a work thing and as a husband he should have a clue.

@@wordfairy1 Seriously? The man is the chief of staff for the most important person in the world.