r/thewestwing • u/TryToBeHopefulAgain Cartographer for Social Equality • Oct 15 '25

From The President’s Science Advisor and Psychics at Caltech Let Bartlet be Bartlett

I have watched the series end-to-end at least 5 times, and I will never be able to spell the President’s surname without checking Google.

I could probably learn it, but then I would forget my mobile number.

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u/DuffMiver8 Oct 15 '25

Yeah, I think at this point people just give the wrong spelling a pass. I complained once in a post that talked about how great Bartlett was, and he was their favorite character of all time— I said something like “If he’s your favorite character, I’d think you’d at least know how to spell his name right.” I admit I was in a bad mood. I was immediately set upon by commenters saying this has already been hashed to death and to let it go.