Freedonia

"Freedonia" is episode 125 of The West Wing. "Freedonia" refers to a fictional country in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup. It is five days before the New Hampshire primary, and Josh is desperately trying to find a "silver bullet" that will get his candidate into the local debate between front-runners Russell and Hoynes. Unfortunately both Hoynes and Russell plan to have a two man debate, as they are the two favorites. Santos and Josh embark on a... more

"Freedonia" is episode 125 of The West Wing. "Freedonia" refers to a fictional country in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup. It is five days before the New Hampshire primary, and Josh is desperately trying to find a "silver bullet" that will get his candidate into the local debate between front-runners Russell and Hoynes. Unfortunately both Hoynes and Russell plan to have a two man debate, as they are the two favorites. Santos and Josh embark on a plan to persuade them to open up the debate to all seven Democratic candidates, but only Russell is half-way willing to listen. Russell's aides have come up with an ad that is negative toward Hoynes, and Josh sends out men in chicken suits to confront Hoynes and Russell during their campaigns saying "why are you too chicken to engage in a debate?", a reference to a similar occurrence during the 1992 Presidential Campaign. Donna is caught on camera berating one of the giant chickens. Then, Josh and Santos's disagreements over how to run the... less