your girl, she's a renegade

fuckyeahthewestwing: C.J.: They beat women, Nancy. They hate women. The only reason they keep Qumari women alive is to make more Qumari men. Nancy: So what do you want me to do about it? C.J.: How about instead of suggesting that we sell the guns to them, suggesting that we shoot the guns at them. And by the way, not to change the subject, but how are we supposed to have any moral credibility when we talk about gun control and making sure that guns don’t get in the hands of the wrong people? God, Nancy! What the hell are we defining as the right people? […] It’s the 21st Century, Nancy. The world’s gotten smaller. I don’t know how we can tolerate this kind of suffering anymore, particularly when all it does is continue the cycle of anti-American hatred. But that’s not the point, either. Nancy: What is the point? C.J.: The point is that apartheid was an East Hampton clambake compared to what we laughingly refer to as the life these women lead. And if we had sold M1-A1’s to South Africa fifteen years ago, you’d have set the building on fire. Thank God we never needed to refuel in Johannesburg! Nancy: It’s a big world, C.J. And everybody has guns, and I’m doing the best I can. C.J.: They’re beating the women, Nancy! —The Women of Qumar [3x09] Alison Janney rips my heart out EVERY TIME.

fuckyeahthewestwing:

C.J.: They beat women, Nancy. They hate women. The only reason they keep Qumari women alive is to make more Qumari men.

Nancy: So what do you want me to do about it?

C.J.: How about instead of suggesting that we sell the guns to them, suggesting that we shoot the guns at them. And by the way, not to change the subject, but how are we supposed to have any moral credibility when we talk about gun control and making sure that guns don’t get in the hands of the wrong people? God, Nancy! What the hell are we defining as the right people? […] It’s the 21st Century, Nancy. The world’s gotten smaller. I don’t know how we can tolerate this kind of suffering anymore, particularly when all it does is continue the cycle of anti-American hatred. But that’s not the point, either.

Nancy: What is the point?

C.J.: The point is that apartheid was an East Hampton clambake compared to what we laughingly refer to as the life these women lead. And if we had sold M1-A1’s to South Africa fifteen years ago, you’d have set the building on fire. Thank God we never needed to refuel in Johannesburg!

Nancy: It’s a big world, C.J. And everybody has guns, and I’m doing the best I can.

C.J.: They’re beating the women, Nancy!

—The Women of Qumar [3x09]

Alison Janney rips my heart out EVERY TIME.

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    especially this scene.
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    without a doubt my favorite character.
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    The West Wing.The End.
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    re-blog this again. I’ve been reading Anna Deavere Smith’s Letters...a Young Artist today...
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    Alison Janney rips my heart out EVERY TIME.
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    This shoooooow. Especially when Sorkin was writing it, but even without. It’s in my top ten shows of all time.
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    CJ Cregg is just breathtaking. I...I wish FYTWW weren’t dead, there needs
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