Dave: Congratulations.
Josh: Yeah. Uh..... anyway.
Dave: And you didn't win, so it was like nothing ever happened.
Josh: Yeah, but I lost to, you know-
Dave: Who'd you lose to?
Josh: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. It is not a shame to have lost to-
Dave: For what? For what?
Josh: Brokeback Mountain.
Dave: Oh, ok. Yeah.
Josh: You know, Larry McMurtry, come on.
Dave: Yeah, alright.
Josh: And they're phenomenal writers and lovely people. The um... I know a bunch of people who lost to Crash, and they, they were not...
Dave: (Breaks into spontaneous, extended laughter after the word "Crash")
Josh: It was so good to be [nominated for Best] Adapted [Screenplay] that year 'cause... they were not happy.
Dave: (still laughing)

Dave: (laughter)
Josh: And, uh... I use a fake name, and I've- I've never paid. There's the free part, where you just sort of sign up, and every- every, uh, week, or two weeks is it? I get an email with all my eligible-
Dave: Yeah.
Josh: Trump single bachelors.
Dave: And are there a lot coming at you?
Josh: There's a lot. Yeah.
Dave: How hot are you?
Josh: I'm- I'm really hot.

Josh: But here we are. Toby's ex-wife. Um, played by... Bird York.

Uh, who- who I know. [...]

Dave: Yeah.
Josh: We actually got to go to the Oscars together, 'cause she was- she's a singer as well, and her song "In the Deep" from Crash was nominated.
Dave: Mm.
Josh: And, um, she's lovely. She's a fantastic-
Dave: Your film lost to Crash, right?
Josh: -actress. Uh, no. No, no... I was not, uh- I was in the "Adapted" category.
Dave: Oh right, right, right.
Josh: Crash was an "original" script.
Dave: But Crash won.
Josh: Crash won.
Dave: So Crash walked away with an Oscar that year and-
Josh: But in my category-
Dave: You- you-
Josh: Brokeback Mountain won Best, uh-
Dave: Oh that's ok.
Josh: Adapted Screenplay. Yeah, no, that's a- that's a great screenplay.
Dave: I kinda wish you had lost to Crash though.
Josh: No, but I lost to Larry McMurtry, which is-
Dave: (laugh)
Josh: There is no shame in losing to Larry McMurtry and Dianna Ossana. Um, yeah, but I do know- I got- you know, we all got to know each other. I know people who lost to Crash and-
Dave: Yeah.
Josh: And, and they're, to this day, they're sad.
Dave: (laugh)
Josh: Um. But you know what, I thought of them- I thought of them a couple months ago when-
Dave: The Green Book uh...
Josh: Yeah, 'cause- 'cause, uh...
Dave: "Let's do Crash again."
Josh: You no longer have to read those horrifying articles about how... you lost to the worst movie to ever win Best Picture.
Dave: (laugh)
Josh: Uh... now you lost to the second one. Ai!
Dave: (laugh)
Josh: Vigo... what've you done, man? We had it all.
Dave: (laugh)
Josh: Jesus Christ.

There should not be a president of the United States. The office should not exist. The West Wing perpetuates the idea that it's an awesome position and we can "find the best one". That is not something that exists. It is a position that will always be used to destroy. In the end, there has never been a government set up with a president and a parliamentary body that has existed this long. They always collapse. It will not work. It is collapsing now. The presidency is a failed idea.

And we'll be back next week, with more West Wing Thing.

It’s preceded by a quote from The Big Lebowski.