Post by Lemon Lyman on May 26, 2003 12:13:17 GMT
Professional Background [/b]
[/li][li]He attended Southern Methodist University (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen) and speaks fluent French (Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc).
[/li][li]He made his money in the oil industry (The Stackhouse Filibuster). As Vice President (and Presidential hopeful), Hoynes had some private polling done that showed a significant number of people are concerned about his ties to big oil. To help counter this he offered to publicly admonish Philip Sluman of the Petroleum Producers of America (The Stackhouse Filibuster)
[/li][li]Hoynes was in the U.S. Senate for eight years, during which time he voted against the ethanol tax credit even while campaigning in the presidential primaries in Iowa (20 Hours in LA).
[/li][li]He was one of only 30 federal elected officials to put his name on Social Security reform legislation (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen).
[/li][li]Hoynes entered the 1998 primary season as the prohibitive favorite, with $58 million in his war chest and a 48 point lead (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen). After Bartlet won the nomination, Hoynes made Bartlet beg him to join the ticket, which Bartlet thinks weakened him right out of the gate (Enemies).
[/li][li]Hoynes was added to the Bartlet ticket in order to deliver the South (Enemies).(Incidentally, Bartlet did not carry Texas, Hoynes's home state (Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc))
[/li][li]Josh Lyman worked for Hoynes before joining the Bartlet campaign. Hoynes wonders if he would be sitting in the Oval Office if he had followed Josh's advice (What Kind of Day Has It Been).
[/li][li]He was one of only 14 people who knew about the president's MS before the shooting (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen) he was told before he agreed to be vice president (18th and Potomac). Despite knowing of the president's illness, Hoynes didn't tell Bartlet of his alcoholism until they were gearing up for re-election, because he assumed the president already knew (Stirred).
[/li][li]Though he agrees that the Second Amendment is archaic, Hoynes does not favor gun control (War Crimes).
[/li][li]The vice president's secretary's name is Janeane (Five Votes Down).
Personal Background [/b]
[/li][li]Hoynes is from Texas (Five Votes Down)
[/li][li]The vice president is 15 years younger than the president (Enemies)
[/li][li]He is a recovering alcoholic who attends AA meetings every week at 11 p.m. downstairs in the OEOB under the guise of card games. Other attendees include three senators, two cabinet secretaries, one federal judge and two agency directors, all Democrats. The door is guarded by a secret service agent (Five Votes Down)
[/li][li]Hoynes refused to kick Leo McGarry out of his AA meetings, even though other members had concerns about anonymity due to Leo's presence. Hoynes hasn't has a drink since he was 22 (Stirred).
Other Facts
[/li][li]Hoynes has a recurring dream about killing Danny Concanon (Enemies)
[/li][li]One of his roommates at SMU, Drew Harper, was a volleyball player who competed in the '72 Olympic Games in Munich (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen).
[/li][li]He attended Southern Methodist University (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen) and speaks fluent French (Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc).
[/li][li]He made his money in the oil industry (The Stackhouse Filibuster). As Vice President (and Presidential hopeful), Hoynes had some private polling done that showed a significant number of people are concerned about his ties to big oil. To help counter this he offered to publicly admonish Philip Sluman of the Petroleum Producers of America (The Stackhouse Filibuster)
[/li][li]Hoynes was in the U.S. Senate for eight years, during which time he voted against the ethanol tax credit even while campaigning in the presidential primaries in Iowa (20 Hours in LA).
[/li][li]He was one of only 30 federal elected officials to put his name on Social Security reform legislation (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen).
[/li][li]Hoynes entered the 1998 primary season as the prohibitive favorite, with $58 million in his war chest and a 48 point lead (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen). After Bartlet won the nomination, Hoynes made Bartlet beg him to join the ticket, which Bartlet thinks weakened him right out of the gate (Enemies).
[/li][li]Hoynes was added to the Bartlet ticket in order to deliver the South (Enemies).(Incidentally, Bartlet did not carry Texas, Hoynes's home state (Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc))
[/li][li]Josh Lyman worked for Hoynes before joining the Bartlet campaign. Hoynes wonders if he would be sitting in the Oval Office if he had followed Josh's advice (What Kind of Day Has It Been).
[/li][li]He was one of only 14 people who knew about the president's MS before the shooting (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen) he was told before he agreed to be vice president (18th and Potomac). Despite knowing of the president's illness, Hoynes didn't tell Bartlet of his alcoholism until they were gearing up for re-election, because he assumed the president already knew (Stirred).
[/li][li]Though he agrees that the Second Amendment is archaic, Hoynes does not favor gun control (War Crimes).
[/li][li]The vice president's secretary's name is Janeane (Five Votes Down).
Personal Background [/b]
[/li][li]Hoynes is from Texas (Five Votes Down)
[/li][li]The vice president is 15 years younger than the president (Enemies)
[/li][li]He is a recovering alcoholic who attends AA meetings every week at 11 p.m. downstairs in the OEOB under the guise of card games. Other attendees include three senators, two cabinet secretaries, one federal judge and two agency directors, all Democrats. The door is guarded by a secret service agent (Five Votes Down)
[/li][li]Hoynes refused to kick Leo McGarry out of his AA meetings, even though other members had concerns about anonymity due to Leo's presence. Hoynes hasn't has a drink since he was 22 (Stirred).
Other Facts
[/li][li]Hoynes has a recurring dream about killing Danny Concanon (Enemies)
[/li][li]One of his roommates at SMU, Drew Harper, was a volleyball player who competed in the '72 Olympic Games in Munich (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen).