network post: pavel chekov
Sometimes it's hard to judge how similar a world portrayed in a tv show compares to the world we're in or the world anyone here is from. Not knowing much about 21st century American politics in a world without a major war in the 1990s, I've read some books sure, but I like having something running in the background sometimes, so I've been watching The West Wing. It's almost fifteen years old, from the first season, but the issues in this world today - minus Iron Man, Thor, Captain America having existed, at least they don't reference him - are quite similar. They mention Osama Bin Laden before 9/11, issues with Syria without it being a civil war, and a very interesting relationship with Russia. This last century or so had talk of bureaucracy and negotiation in Russia. It is portrayed this way for American politics. There is a lot of pork.
I do like Jed Bartlett, not that I could vote for him. Are there other "fictional" presidents? Did Paris Hilton win fake president?