03.16 | Would President Palmer support a war on Iraq?
The Observer newspaper's comment page today tells us how the President of the United States played by Martin Sheen in The West Wing would support a war on Iraq. America's other fictional president, David Palmer, also gets a look in.
Both shows offer a parallel political world where anything is possible. Indeed in 24 a liberal, black Democrat can divorce his wife at the height of the Presidential campaign and still stroll to victory. In the West Wing, a Harvard professorial know it all can lie to the American people about having MS and still rout his opponent - some right-wing Texan know-nothing in a cowboy hat, as it happens.In fact, for an article about Martin Sheen and The West Wing, it seems to spend a lot of time discussing '24' - a good move, if you ask me. I think they end up deciding that Palmer wouldn't support a war in another country, especially since he has a nuke in his own back yard. Obvious, really.
