The West Wing (TV Series)

The Ticket (2005)

Janel Moloney: Donna Moss

Quotes 

• Josh Lyman : Donna...

  Donna Moss : Let me get through this. It's one of the more awkward moments of a lifetime.

  Josh Lyman : I can't do this.

  Donna Moss : I'm good is the point. I'm as surprised as you are and rumor has it that you could use a deputy.

  Josh Lyman : [reading from a file]  "Matthew Santos is throwing a ton of numbers at you hoping you'll be so confused as to miss the fact that his education plan is both impractical and unaffordable. He was a House member, you'd think behavior like that would annoy him." Donna Moss, Spokesperson, Russell for President Campaign.

  Donna Moss : I didn't mean that he was...

  Josh Lyman : "Claiming that three House terms qualifies you to be President is like me saying I'm a foreign relations expert because I ordered Kung Pao last night."

  Donna Moss : I didn't say that, did I?

  Josh Lyman : February 26; Coffee, Cake, and Candidates; Raleigh, North Carolina. "He wasn't a military strategist, he was a pilot. Ask him about the overhead compartment, not about defense."

  Donna Moss : You called Russell a cowpoke. You said the President avoided him in the halls. You hummed "These Boots Are Made For Walking" every time the press mentioned his name.

  Josh Lyman : Yeah, but I won.

  Donna Moss : It was my job, Josh. You're not used to me being in a position of authority. I'm sure that's uncomfortable.

  Josh Lyman : I've got an airplane hangar out there filled with 500 strangers looking to me for direction. I've got a candidate who doesn't trust any of them, and frankly, neither do I. And if you don't think I

  [breath hitches] 

  Josh Lyman : miss you every day...

  [pause] 

  Josh Lyman : I can make a couple of calls...

  Donna Moss : [She gets up and starts to leave the office trying to hold back her tears]  Thank you for your time.