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I'm pretty sure the idea for the professor's letter was taken from this West Wing scene, in which President Bartlett delivers a nearly identical instant bible study course to a character who was likely based upon the real "Doctor Laura."

Oh my - one of the best ever scenes on broadcast TV. And oh how I wish we had a candidate like Jeb Bartlett running today, or even Bartlett himself! Perhaps then, Joe might even step aside? Granted, Bartlett would be the same age as Biden today, and also 82 in Nov, 2023, but still. :-)

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jed_Bartlet#Characte...:

Bartlet scored 1590 out of 1600 on his SAT college admission test. Later he retook the exam, and received the same result, something both Leo McGarry and Dr. Stanley Keyworth find amusing.[7] He was accepted to Williams, Harvard, and Yale, but instead chose to go to the University of Notre Dame, as he was considering becoming a priest, though decided against it after meeting Abbey, his future wife.[8] He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in American studies and a minor in theology. He received a Masters and Ph.D. in economics from the London School of Economics, as well as an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Dartmouth College, where he was a tenured professor prior to entering politics.[9] He speaks four languages, including Latin, English, and German.[10][11][12] He is a Nobel Laureate in Economics, and is generally portrayed as a macroeconomist sympathetic to Keynesian views. He was required to split his Nobel Prize with another economist, a much more conservative Japanese man whom Bartlet respects but does not particularly like. He is the author of a book entitled Theory and Practice of Macroeconomics in Developing Countries,[9] and his research in economics is described as being focused on the developing world.

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