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* MovingTheGoalposts: A subtle example. In his final conversation with Bartlet, Toby condemns Senator Marino for abstaining from a lame-duck vote to respect the will of his constituents despite his personal support for the Treaty, and brings up Edmund Burke's quotation about a representative's duty to follow his informed judgement over the will of the voters. When Bartlet points out that the opponents of the treaty are ''also'' going against the will of the voters and must at least be respected for sticking to their principles in the face of popular opinion, Toby somewhat self-righteously replies "I have to respect senators for defying the will of 82% of the American people?"... which is, of course, the exact thing he was criticising Marino for ''not'' doing.

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* MovingTheGoalposts: A subtle example. In his final conversation with Bartlet, Toby condemns Senator Marino for abstaining from a lame-duck vote to respect the will of his constituents despite his personal support for the Treaty, and brings up Edmund Burke's quotation about a representative's duty to follow his informed judgement over the will of the voters. When Bartlet points out that the opponents of the treaty are ''also'' going against the will of the voters and must at least be respected for sticking to their principles in the face of popular opinion, Toby somewhat self-righteously replies "I have to respect senators for defying the will of 82% of the American people?"... which is, of course, the exact thing he was criticising Marino for ''not'' doing.doing on a smaller scale.

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