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47 Days, One Question

Are you a C.J. or a Charlie?

C.J. CREGG: Everybody's stupid in an election year, Charlie.

CHARLIE YOUNG: No. Everybody gets treated stupid in an election year, C.J.

(The above dialog is from the West Wing episode "Galileo," first aired November 29, 2002. Full script with context here. Or see the top of the comment thread for an excerpt from the dialog. The two fictional White House aides are debating whether or not they need to hide the fact that the fictional president hates green beans.)

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