Toby Ziegler's cynical outmaneuvering of disorganized anti-globalization protesters blocking access to the World Bank forum, diminishing their ideological fury through psychological dominance, delegation, and free trade advocacy amid chaotic chants and...
Toby Ziegler's cynical outmaneuvering of disorganized anti-globalization protesters blocking access to the World Bank forum, diminishing their ideological fury through psychological dominance, delegation, and free trade advocacy amid chaotic chants and pale-faced amateurism.
Events in This Arc
Amid the cacophony of yelling protesters lining Washington, D.C. sidewalks, Toby Ziegler's car halts at the police line. Unperturbed, he whistles idly, rolls down his window, and tersely identifies himself …
Toby singles out protester leader Terry Webber with a mocking 'Solzhenitsyn' jab, shrewdly exposing Webber's tactical error in revealing hidden cameras. This psychological maneuver flips the power dynamic: Toby delegates …
Amid banter with Officer Sachs mocking the protesters' appearance, Toby abruptly shifts to engage the anti-globalization crowd directly, defending free trade by emphasizing its core benefit: cheaper food prices for …
In the Mural Room, Vice President Hoynes poses for photos with quilt-holding senior citizens amid a flooding crisis. He deftly challenges a reporter on predictive failures—snowmelt from three months prior, …
In a tense nighttime hallway exchange, Hoynes snaps at his staffer over phrasing the Lake Powell uncontrolled water release crisis, frustrated by bureaucratic inertia, and abruptly declares he's going home. …