Fandom and politics generally doesn't mix much...

[bktheirregular]

...except in The West Wing, of course. But at the moment, I was thinking Stargate.

They don't make clear who's with which party in Washington, which is probably for the best (since the producers don't want to burn bridges with the Air Force and all). But after looking at the wrapups to the first debate, I have this image stuck in my head:

General Hammond, down in Cheyenne Mountain, hangs up the Red Phone, checks to make sure his office door is completely closed, and begins to bang his head against his desk. In a dignified way, of course.

(As opposed to Jack O'Neill, who would probably be banging his head against the wall after getting off the phone with Domino's...)

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[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

I still want to comb through WW eps so I can do a created-reality bit with Hammond yelling "Son, do you know what color this phone is?"

And then cut to Josh at the other end, stopping dead for several seconds, turning very pale, hitting hold and yelling a very panicked "DONNA!!!"

[bktheirregular]

Was that an actual genuine Hammond quote?

(Now there's someone who'd make me proud to be a Texan, except for the little detail where I'm from, you know, New York...)

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Yup. It's in "Touchstone," as Jack is walking into his office at one point. When whoever's at the other end has been telling him all day that the prez is unavailable.

Which led to amilyn and me picturing the scenario at the other end, with Jed really being unavailable, and Josh being the third or fourth hapless person Hammond got transferred to for an explanation when he didn't have one...

[bktheirregular]

Yeah, that would be a nice crossover vid, wouldn't it? *snerk* Though I was imagining if it were the Real Life occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania on the other end of the Red Phone....

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

I figured. And that would require FAR more Hammond *headdesk* moments than Jed, even when he's doing one of his "where the hell is the President going???" things.

They have identified Kinsey as a Republican, and since he was the running mate of the current prez (as of "Inauguration"), I'm assuming he is too. I actually loved that he looked like a clueless puppet at the start of that, but was gradually revealed as pretty much Jed's Republican twin. *snerk* By the end of that episode, I was actually fine with someone we'd never met before cutting in line to take Kinsey down a peg or sixty...

[bktheirregular]

Hm. I never caught Kinsey's party affiliation - could see him as a Zell Miller type, though...

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Hm. I never caught Kinsey's party affiliation

I think it was mentioned in "Smoke and Mirrors," but not positive. Pretty sure they've said, tho.

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

checks to make sure his office door is completely closed,

BTW, hazard of that office? He also has to make sure there's no one in the briefing room.

I'm surprised Jack hasn't had that window removed yet...

[bktheirregular]

Or maybe a window-shade. Venetian blinds? (Roller blinds wouldn't be so good; too much of a risk of the thing snapping and rolling up, revealing Jack practicing juggling when he's supposed to be meeting with the Tok'ra...)