The West Wing (TV Series)

The Lame Duck Congress (2000)

Emily Procter: Ainsley Hayes

Photos 

Quotes 

• Sam Seaborn : You reversed my position.

  Ainsley Hayes : Yeah.

  Sam Seaborn : I gave this to you to summarize, and you didn't summarize it so much as you reversed my position.

  Ainsley Hayes : I gave it a little polish, yeah.

  Sam Seaborn : You reversed my position.

  Ainsley Hayes : It's shorter.

  Sam Seaborn : It is shorter... and you reversed my position.

• Peter : Before you were on Bartlet's payroll, you were a pretty vocal opponent of the treaty.

  Ainsley Hayes : Well, it's President Bartlet. I'm on the government payroll. And I believe that politics should stop at the water's edge.

  Peter : Okay.

  Ainsley Hayes : To be perfectly honest with you, I think it should stop well before that, but it turns out there's no Santa Claus and Elvis isn't cutting records anymore.

  Senator's Aide : What is she saying?

  Ainsley Hayes : See, I don't think you think the treaty's bad; I don't think you think it's good; I think you want to beat the White House.

  Peter : Yes.

  Ainsley Hayes : You're a schmuck, Peter. Today, tomorrow, next term, these guys'll have the treaty ratified, and they'll do it without the reservations he just offered to discuss with you... Can I take this muffin?

• Ainsley Hayes : I'm not gonna say anything. I'm not gonna spill anything. I'm not gonna get Republican juice on you. I'm just gonna sit there and learn.

  Sam Seaborn : What?

  Ainsley Hayes : From the master, Sam. I wanna learn from the master.

  Sam Seaborn : You see, women think that kind of thing works, but it doesn't.

  Ainsley Hayes : [takes a step closer to him]  It really does Sam.

  Sam Seaborn : [turns and walks away, Ainsley follows]  I'll let you come to the hill, you'll summarize my memo.

  Ainsley Hayes : I'll use punctuation and everything. You might even get extra credit.

• Sam Seaborn : You must've had 'em rolling in the aisles back in Georgia.

  Ainsley Hayes : I'm from North Carolina.

  Sam Seaborn : Wherever it was that you studied baton twirling.

  Ainsley Hayes : That'd be Harvard Law School.