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Episode 208
SHIBBOLETH
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Personal
Despite the President's informal and personable attitude with his staff, his tendency to spout trivia and minutae on every subject from national parks to punctuation marks secretly drives some of the senior staffers batty.
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Relations between the White House and the Christian Right have been strained ever since Josh Lyman chewed out ranking Christian leader Mary Marsh on national television. Though Bartlet is a devout and practicing Catholic, he's done his best to maintain the separation between Church and State.
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As Thanksgiving nears, President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) has his own hot-potato issue when a boatload of persecuted Chinese evangelical Christians arrives in California seeking asylum, while a perplexed C.J. (Allison Janney) must choose between two turkeys for the Presidential pardon ceremony -- with the other destined for the chopping block. While Bartlet's staff argues over sending back the illegal immigrants, Toby (Richard Schiff) wants the President to appoint Leo's (John Spencer) controversial sister (guest star Deborah Hedwall) for a minor education post, fully aware that her opposition to school prayer will cause the controversial subject to emerge again. Elsewhere, Toby, Josh (Bradley Whitford) and Sam (Rob Lowe) make plans to watch football while Charlie (Dule Hill) is dispatched by Bartlet to find the precise cutting instrument for Thanksgiving dinner. Janel Moloney also stars. Laura Innes (NBC's "ER") directs. TV-14
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