President Bartlet's Magic Wand

Bartlet's voice cracks with weary fire, hurling 'magic wand' as satirical lifeline beside Ouija board and ten-year projections—an ethereal prop to wave over dubious forecasts, its mere invocation slicing through staffer earnestness, sparking laughter as absurdity reigns in the hallway crush and humanizes presidential impatience.

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Purpose

Satirical tool to mock the unreliability of long-term economic projections

Significance

Symbolizes Bartlet's biting skepticism toward bureaucratic minutiae, fracturing tension with wit while foreshadowing deeper frustrations with institutional absurdities and legacy conflicts

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S2E16 · Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail

Bartlet Sarcastically Dismisses Ten-Year Projections

Paired in Bartlet's biting quip with Ouija and projections, this ethereal 'magic wand' waves over dubious forecasts as mocked lifeline for precision; its invocation sparks hallway levity, slicing bureaucratic gravity and revealing presidential wit amid institutional grind.

Before: Imaginary prop, unmanifested

After: Remains satirical concept, commanded for fetch in tandem with other items

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