The Secondary Fathers : Leo McGarry

"...So, this is what He [Satan] essentially said [during an exorcism] :-

He said, 'We Do Not Have The Right to afflict people, or cause problems in these areas of their lives, by shutting off their finances or destroying their relationships, here -

Christ gives Us permission to do it, but We don't have any Rights -

We Do it, Hoping the Person Will

PLAY THE VICTIM

When it Happens -

What's That Mean...?It means, that when something really  BAD  happens in their lives, they will just go

"Look what's happening to me, there's nothing I can do about this,

it keeps recurring,

everything I do, nothing's working.."

so they just give it over [to The Demons] , so They can just maraude the person's life.

THAT'S THEIR GOAL

or at least,

BE UNIMPEDED

He said,

'What you have to do is, 

since We have no  Rights,

BUT YOU DO

by The Natural Law,

The Natural Law, according to Leo XIII, states,

(That We Know by Reason)
That :

WE HAVE RIGHTS OVER OUR PROPERTY

WE HAVE RIGHTS OVER OUR GOOD REPUTATION

WE HAVE RIGHTS OVER THE PRODUCT OF OUR WORK

And so, what He [Satan] was saying was,

'You Have Rights Over These Things

You Need to Reassert Your Rights

and
Kick Us Out!'

and that's what We started doing."

Fr. Chad Ripperger

Exorcist and Spiritual Warrior.

  

Textbook Joseph Campbell.

The way Campbell explained it, 

Young Men need a Secondary Father to finish raising them.

Beyond their Biological Father, they need a surrogate, traditionally aminister or a coach or a military officer.

The floatsam and jetsam of a generation washed up on the beach of last resort.

That's why street gangs are so appealing. 

They send you men out, likeKnights on Quests to hone their skills and improve themselves.

And all the TRADITIONAL Mentors -- forget it.

Men are presumptive predators. They're leaving Teaching in droves.

Religious Leaders are pariahs.

Sports Coaches are stigmatized as odds-on pedophiles.

Even The Military is sketchy with sexual goings-on.

A Generation of Apprentices 

Without Masters.

Bartlet heads to the door. He stops as he remembers something.
BARTLETOh, Roger, if anything happened, you know what to do, right?

TRIBBYI honestly hadn't thought about it sir.

BARTLET
First thing always is national security. 

Get your commanders together. 

Appoint joint chiefs. 

Appoint chairman. 

Take them to Defcon 4. 

Have the governor send emergency delegates to Washington. 

The assistant attorney general is gonna be the acting A.G 

If he tells you he wants to bring out the National Guard, do what he tells you.

LEO'S OFFICE.  

As Bartlet tells Tribby the procedure, we see Leo walk into his office to get his coat. 

The door to the Oval Office is open so he can hear the President and Tribby, but couldn't see them.
BARTLET
You have a best friend?

ROGER
Yes, sir.

BARTLET
Is he smarter than you?

ROGER
Yes, sir.

BARTLET
Would you trust him with your life?

ROGER
Yes, sir.

BARTLET
That's your chief of staff.
Leo, obvioiusly touched, stops for a minute and walks away.

Back in THE OVAL OFFICE, Charlie walks in. Bartlet continues to speak.
BARTLETOh, in the residence, in the second floor, the bathroom at the end of the hall.
You have to jiggle the handle a little.

CHARLIEMr. President?

BARTLETI got to go. 

[beat] 

You'll do fine. 

People have phenomenal capacity.

ROGERYes, sir.

Bartlet holds his book and puts his fist against his chest close to the heart. 

Tribby stands watch as the President and Charlie leave. 

After they've gone, Tribby is standing in front of the Presidential seal and looks around the Oval Office in awe.

DISSOLVE TO: END TITLES.
FADE TO BLACK.
THE END
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