this photo<\/a> helps sum up where the joy of West Wing<\/i> used to be, and where the real world should<\/i> be after next week. Wow. Next week. Hard to believe that all of this hooplah will be over in a week, save for the lawsuits, recounts, secessions, and civil war. Buy your bottled water now.
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