1 00:00:06,340 --> 00:00:08,076 PREVIOUSLY ON THE WEST WIN YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE YOU COULD USE A CLIENT. 2 00:00:08,142 --> 00:00:09,477 WHAT DO YOU SAY? YOU WANT TO WORK FOR 3 00:00:11,045 --> 00:00:13,281 WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A YEAR AND ALL WE'VEER OF GOTTEN IS A YEAR OLDER.E WORLD? 4 00:00:13,347 --> 00:00:16,350 OUR JOB APPROVAL IS 48%, AND I THINK THAT NUMBER'S SOFT 5 00:00:16,417 --> 00:00:17,685 AND I'M TIRED OF BEING A FIELD CAPTAIN 6 00:00:17,751 --> 00:00:19,487 FOR THE GANG THAT COULDN'T SHOOT STRAIGHT. 7 00:00:19,553 --> 00:00:22,356 YOU RAN GREAT GUNS IN THE CAMPAIGN 8 00:00:22,423 --> 00:00:25,093 AND THEN YOU DROVE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD 9 00:00:25,159 --> 00:00:27,061 THE MOMENT AFTER YOU TOOK THE OATH. 10 00:00:27,128 --> 00:00:29,163 I WANTED A DEMOCRAT 11 00:00:29,230 --> 00:00:31,165 AND INSTEAD I GOT YOU. 12 00:00:31,232 --> 00:00:37,405 LEO, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE ARE ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE. 13 00:00:40,374 --> 00:00:41,575 Toby: IS IT GOING TO RAIN? 14 00:00:41,642 --> 00:00:43,311 Sam: NO. 15 00:00:43,377 --> 00:00:44,745 IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO RAIN. 16 00:00:44,812 --> 00:00:47,315 IT'S OVERCAST. 17 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:50,418 ISN'T THAT USUALLY WHAT IT IS BEFORE IT RAINS? 18 00:00:50,484 --> 00:00:52,019 BUT IN THIS CASE?YE 19 00:00:52,086 --> 00:00:53,921 IT'S NOT GOING TO RAIN TILL LATER TODAY. 20 00:00:53,987 --> 00:00:55,356 IF IT RAINS, PLEASE REMEMBER 21 00:00:55,423 --> 00:00:56,757 TO CHANGE THE OPENING LINE. 22 00:00:56,824 --> 00:00:59,160 IT'S NOT GOING TO RAIN TILL 1:00, MAYBE 2:00. 23 00:00:59,227 --> 00:01:00,494 YEAH, BUT IF YOU'RE WRONG 24 00:01:00,561 --> 00:01:02,496 YOU GOT TO CHANGE THE OPENING LINE. 25 00:01:02,563 --> 00:01:05,433 I'M NOT GETTING THIS FROM MORNING DRIVE-TIME RADIO, TOBY. 26 00:01:05,499 --> 00:01:08,236 I'M GETTING THIS FROM FIRST LIEUTENANT EMILY LOWENBRAU 27 00:01:08,302 --> 00:01:10,271 OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD, WHO WOULD NOT LET ME DOWN. 28 00:01:10,338 --> 00:01:13,006 SHE HAS A VERY, REALLY, A VERY... COMFORTING VOICE. 29 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:14,742 OKAY, HERE'S MY THING. 30 00:01:14,808 --> 00:01:15,909 IF YOU'RE WRONG... 31 00:01:15,976 --> 00:01:18,879 IF THE COAST GUARD IS WRONG... 32 00:01:18,946 --> 00:01:21,382 THE REMARKS OPEN WITH "AS I LOOK OUT 33 00:01:21,449 --> 00:01:23,284 OVER THIS MAGNIFICENT VISTA." 34 00:01:23,351 --> 00:01:25,686 IF THE EVENT GETS MOVED INDOORS 35 00:01:25,753 --> 00:01:30,057 HE WILL NO LONGER BE LOOKING OUT OVER A VISTA OF ANY KIND. 36 00:01:30,124 --> 00:01:32,025 DO YOU HONESTLY THINK HE CAN'T 37 00:01:33,261 --> 00:01:35,095 DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE IS WHEN HE'S GIVING A SPEECH? 38 00:01:35,163 --> 00:01:36,864 THIS ISN'T A MAJOR POLICY ADDRESS, SAM. 39 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:38,232 THIS IS FIVE MINUTES IN FRONT 40 00:01:38,299 --> 00:01:40,268 OF THE UNITED ORGANIZATION OF TROUT FISHERMEN 41 00:01:40,334 --> 00:01:42,136 I'M SAYING, IF IT GETS MOVED INSIDE. 42 00:01:42,203 --> 00:01:43,904 I GOT THIS FROM THE U.S. COAST GUARD... 43 00:01:43,971 --> 00:01:45,339 FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 44 00:01:45,406 --> 00:01:47,074 THEY USE SATELLITES. 45 00:01:47,141 --> 00:01:48,476 THEY USE TECHNOLOGY. 46 00:01:48,542 --> 00:01:50,844 ( thunder crashing ) 47 00:01:52,713 --> 00:01:54,047 THIS IS THE SAME 48 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:56,217 SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY WE USE TO DETECT 49 00:01:56,284 --> 00:01:58,586 INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES, RIGHT? 50 00:01:58,652 --> 00:02:00,521 YEAH. 51 00:02:00,588 --> 00:02:01,389 ALL RIGHT, THEN. 52 00:02:01,455 --> 00:02:02,923 WE SHOULD MOVE THE THING INSIDE. 53 00:02:02,990 --> 00:02:04,057 SAM SAYS IT'S PROBABLY NOT 54 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:05,426 GOING TO RAIN TILL LATER. 55 00:02:05,493 --> 00:02:07,094 HAVE EITHER OF YOU HEARD ANYTHING 56 00:02:07,161 --> 00:02:08,762 ABOUT A PIECE OF PAPER THAT'S GOING AROUND? 57 00:02:08,829 --> 00:02:09,630 WHAT PIECE OF PAPER? 58 00:02:09,697 --> 00:02:11,165 I DON'T KNOW. 59 00:02:11,232 --> 00:02:13,167 AT THE GAGGLE, DAVE TRILLIN ASKED WHAT I KNEW 60 00:02:13,234 --> 00:02:15,068 ABOUT A PIECE OF PAPER THAT'S GOING AROUND. 61 00:02:15,135 --> 00:02:16,370 MAYBE IT'S FROM THE CAMPAIGN. 62 00:02:16,437 --> 00:02:17,838 I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. 63 00:02:17,905 --> 00:02:18,806 YOU SHOULD FIND OUT.ME EIT 64 00:02:18,872 --> 00:02:20,541 THAT'S GOOD ADVICE, TOBY. 65 00:02:20,608 --> 00:02:22,943 WE'RE IN THE SECOND FLOOR AUDITORIUM IN THE O.E.O.B. 66 00:02:23,010 --> 00:02:25,045 ARE THEY MOVING PEOPLE INSIDE? 67 00:02:25,112 --> 00:02:26,914 THEY MOVED THEM 20 MINUTES AGO. 68 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:29,583 Sam:THE WEATHER REPORT SAID IT WAS GOING TO RAIN. 69 00:02:29,650 --> 00:02:30,918 IT DID? YEAH. 70 00:02:30,984 --> 00:02:32,920 THINK IT'S POSSIBLE 71 00:02:32,986 --> 00:02:34,255 FIRST LIEUTENANT EMILY LOWENBRAU 72 00:02:34,322 --> 00:02:35,723 WAS YANKING ME AROUND? 73 00:02:35,789 --> 00:02:37,090 WHERE'S THE PRESIDENT? 74 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:37,991 HE'S ALREADY OVER THERE. 75 00:02:38,058 --> 00:02:39,493 HOW'S HIS MOOD TODAY? 76 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,929 HE SEEMED VERY UPBEAT, VERY ENERGETIC 77 00:02:43,096 --> 00:02:44,865 VERYHOW LONG DO YOU SUPPOSE ABOUTTHAT'S GOING TO LAST? 78 00:02:44,932 --> 00:02:47,401 President: CAN WE GET THIS GODFORSAKEN EVENT OVER WITH 79 00:02:47,468 --> 00:02:49,437 SO I CAN GET BACK TO PRESIDING OVER A CIVILIZATION 80 00:02:50,538 --> 00:02:51,705 Mrs. Landingham: NICE TALK FOR A PRESIDENT.N A HANDCART? 81 00:02:51,772 --> 00:02:52,406 LEAVE ME ALONE. 82 00:02:52,473 --> 00:02:53,507 YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? 83 00:02:53,574 --> 00:02:54,742 WHAT WHAT IS? YOUR MOOD, SIR. 84 00:02:54,808 --> 00:02:57,378 THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MY MOOD. 85 00:02:57,445 --> 00:02:58,879 YOU'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH ROUGHAGE. 86 00:02:58,946 --> 00:03:00,147 YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT. 87 00:03:00,214 --> 00:03:01,615 I KNOW I'D LIKE TO BEAT YOU SENSELESS 88 00:03:01,682 --> 00:03:03,817 WITH A HEAD OF CABBAGE, THAT'S FOR DAMN SURE. 89 00:03:03,884 --> 00:03:04,885 ONCE AGAIN, YOU DISPLAY 90 00:03:04,952 --> 00:03:06,220 AN IMMATURITY ABOUT VEGETABLES 91 00:03:06,287 --> 00:03:08,222 THAT I THINK IS NOT AT ALL PRESIDENTIAL. 92 00:03:08,289 --> 00:03:10,224 CHARLIE, DOES SOMEBODY HAVE MY REMARKS? 93 00:03:10,291 --> 00:03:11,425 SAM'S BRINGING THEM. 94 00:03:11,492 --> 00:03:13,093 IS TOBY ON HIS WAY? YES, SIR. 95 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:18,031 WHY THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT HEREWAS RAINING, SIR. 96 00:03:18,098 --> 00:03:22,336 WITH THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, CHARLIE. 97 00:03:22,403 --> 00:03:23,571 GOOD MORNING, GOODMR. PRESIDENT. 98 00:03:23,637 --> 00:03:25,105 HELLO. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? 99 00:03:25,172 --> 00:03:26,674 YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS RAINING? 100 00:03:26,740 --> 00:03:28,809 TO OUR CREDIT, SIR, WE KNEW IT WAS RAINING 101 00:03:28,876 --> 00:03:29,877 ONCE IT STARTED TO RAIN. 102 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:30,944 OKAY. 103 00:03:31,011 --> 00:03:32,946 HERE ARE YOUR REMARKS, SIR. 104 00:03:33,013 --> 00:03:34,782 WHO AM I GOING TO BE TALKING TO NOW?N 105 00:03:34,848 --> 00:03:36,650 THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF TROUT FISHERMEN. 106 00:03:36,717 --> 00:03:37,585 NO, SERIOUSLY. 107 00:03:37,651 --> 00:03:38,452 SIR. 108 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:40,354 GIVE ME THE DAMN SPEECH. 109 00:03:40,421 --> 00:03:41,389 THERE'S SOME VERY NICE ANECDOTES IN THERE 110 00:03:41,455 --> 00:03:42,623 ABOUT TROUT FISHING. 111 00:03:42,690 --> 00:03:44,925 HAVE I EVER BEEN TROUT FISHING? 112 00:03:45,859 --> 00:03:46,927 GOOD MORNING,LY NOT. OKAY.MR. PRESIDENT. 113 00:03:46,994 --> 00:03:48,429 WHAT'S GOING ON, JOSH? 114 00:03:48,496 --> 00:03:50,864 THE C.B.O. IS GOING TO REVISE ITS OUTYEAR PROJECTIONS 115 00:03:50,931 --> 00:03:54,302 TWO COMMISSIONERS RESIGNED FROM THE F.E.C. THIS MORNING 116 00:03:54,368 --> 00:03:56,637 AND THE N.G.A. ENDORSED TRIGGER LOCKS. 117 00:03:56,704 --> 00:03:58,872 HOW MUCH? 118 00:03:58,939 --> 00:03:59,773 THE PROJECTIYEAH. 119 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:01,575 UH... MAYBE $200 BILLION. 120 00:04:01,642 --> 00:04:03,210 HANG ON. 121 00:04:03,277 --> 00:04:04,812 TWO F.E.C. COMMISSIONERS RESIGNED? 122 00:04:04,878 --> 00:04:05,846 YES, SIR. 123 00:04:05,913 --> 00:04:07,848 THERE ARE TWO SEATS OPEN ON THE F.E.C.? 124 00:04:07,915 --> 00:04:09,983 YEAH. 125 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:11,719 SIR, THIS IS NOT THTHE WORLD'S BEST TIME 126 00:04:11,785 --> 00:04:13,621 TO GO OFF ON A FLIGHT OF IDEALISTIC... 127 00:04:13,687 --> 00:04:17,190 LEO, TWO SEATS JUST OPENED UP ON THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION. 128 00:04:17,257 --> 00:04:19,427 AND THE SENATE LEADERSHIP WILL FILL THEM. 129 00:04:19,493 --> 00:04:21,395 WHAT IF THIS TIME WE SAY WE WANT OUR GUYS? 130 00:04:21,462 --> 00:04:22,996 WE WON'T WIN. 131 00:04:23,063 --> 00:04:24,732 IN THE WATER. NOT A WE CAN DANGLE OGOOD IDEA. 132 00:04:24,798 --> 00:04:26,233 JOSH... 133 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:27,200 YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT CHANGING 134 00:04:27,267 --> 00:04:28,502 THE NATURE OF DEMOCRACY. 135 00:04:28,569 --> 00:04:30,538 I'M TALKING ABOUT DANGLING OUR FEET IN THE WATER. 136 00:04:30,604 --> 00:04:32,573 JOSH, GET LEO TWO CANDIDATES WHO BACK AGGRESSIVE 137 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,708 CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. 138 00:04:34,775 --> 00:04:37,345 SIR, I GOT TO STAND WITH LEO ON THIS. 139 00:04:37,411 --> 00:04:39,012 I'M NOT SAYING JUMP OFF THE BOAT, JOSH.... 140 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:41,949 I'M SAYING DANGLE OUR FEET. 141 00:04:42,015 --> 00:04:42,916 YES, SIR. 142 00:04:42,983 --> 00:04:43,917 MR. PRESIDENT? 143 00:04:43,984 --> 00:04:45,919 YES. SOMEBODY. 144 00:04:45,986 --> 00:04:47,154 UNITED ORGANIZATION 145 00:04:47,655 --> 00:04:48,789 OF TRTHANK YOU.MEN. 146 00:04:48,856 --> 00:04:50,190 YOU GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON THIS NOW? 147 00:04:50,257 --> 00:04:52,693 OR ON CHANGING THE NATURE OF DEMOCRACY? 148 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,462 I'M THINKING ABOUT TROUT FISHERMEN 149 00:04:54,528 --> 00:04:56,196 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE MY FOCUS SHOULD BE. 150 00:04:56,263 --> 00:04:58,098 YOU WERE IN A BETTER MOOD AN HOUR AGO. 151 00:04:58,165 --> 00:05:00,133 I WAS IN A BETTER MOOD A YEAR AGO. 152 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,802 ABOUT A PIECE OF PAPERDY THAT'S BEEN GOING AROUND? 153 00:05:01,869 --> 00:05:03,070 WHAT PIECE OI DON'T KNOW. 154 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:04,872 C.J., ARE YOU TALLER THAN USUAL? 155 00:05:04,938 --> 00:05:06,940 NO, I'M MY USUAL HEIGHT. 156 00:05:07,007 --> 00:05:09,142 COULDN'T PICK A TROUT OUT OF A POLICE LINEUP. 157 00:05:09,209 --> 00:05:10,478 FOCUS. 158 00:05:10,544 --> 00:05:12,613 TWO FEDERAL ELECTION SEATS OPEN IN THE SAME DAY? 159 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:16,417 YOU CAN DREAM ALL YOU WANT JOSH, BUT IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. 160 00:05:16,484 --> 00:05:19,453 BUT AFTER YOUR LITTLE PEP TALK JUST NOW... 161 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,121 President: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 162 00:05:21,188 --> 00:05:22,656 IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. 163 00:05:22,723 --> 00:05:23,657 SAM. 164 00:05:23,991 --> 00:05:25,459 DAMN IT.WHAT? 165 00:05:25,526 --> 00:05:27,160 I FORGOT TO DO SOMETHING. 166 00:05:27,227 --> 00:05:30,798 President: AS I LOOK OUT OVER THIS MAGNIFICENT VISTA... 167 00:06:19,713 --> 00:06:21,449 Donna: HOW DOES THE F.E.C. WORK? 168 00:06:21,515 --> 00:06:22,450 Josh: SIX COMMISSIONERS 169 00:06:22,516 --> 00:06:24,452 ARE APPOINTED FOR A SIX-YEAR TERM. 170 00:06:24,518 --> 00:06:26,119 TWO SEATS COME UP EVERY TWO YEARS. 171 00:06:26,186 --> 00:06:27,455 TWO COMMISSIONERS RESIGNED? 172 00:06:27,521 --> 00:06:28,456 AT THE SAME TIME. 173 00:06:28,522 --> 00:06:30,057 HOW MANY TIMES HAS THAT HAPPENED? 174 00:06:30,123 --> 00:06:30,858 INCLUDING THIS TIME? 175 00:06:30,924 --> 00:06:32,359 YEAH. ONCE. 176 00:06:32,426 --> 00:06:33,794 SO THE PRESIDENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY 177 00:06:33,861 --> 00:06:35,195 TO STACK THE F.E.C. WITH OUR PEOPLE 178 00:06:35,262 --> 00:06:37,097 AND MAKE AN IMPACT ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM? 179 00:06:37,164 --> 00:06:38,098 YES. 180 00:06:38,165 --> 00:06:39,199 WELL, DO IT, BABY. 181 00:06:39,266 --> 00:06:39,800 THERE'S A COUPLE OF ROADBLOCKS. 182 00:06:39,867 --> 00:06:41,268 WHAT? 183 00:06:41,334 --> 00:06:44,738 WHENEVERTHE PARTY LEADERSHIP ON BOTH SIDES... 184 00:06:44,805 --> 00:06:46,707 DID YOU JUST CALL ME "BABY" BACK THERE? 185 00:06:47,508 --> 00:06:49,810 YEAH.OKAY. UH... WHEN A VACANCY COMES UP 186 00:06:49,877 --> 00:06:51,712 IT'S UP TO THE PRESIDENT TO FILL IT 187 00:06:51,779 --> 00:06:55,048 BUT THE PARTY LEADERSHIP ON BOTH SIDES ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS 188 00:06:55,115 --> 00:06:57,485 DICTATES TO THE PRESIDENT WHO HE'S GOING TO APPOINT. 189 00:06:57,551 --> 00:06:59,219 ONE REPUBLICAN, ONE DEMOCRAT 190 00:06:59,286 --> 00:07:00,588 WHOEVER THE LEADERSHIP SAYS. 191 00:07:00,654 --> 00:07:02,556 THAT'S HOW YOU KEEP THE PEACE IN DODGE. 192 00:07:02,623 --> 00:07:04,458 YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE ALL THAT, RIGHT? 193 00:07:04,525 --> 00:07:06,527 NO, BUT I'M GOING TO SPEND MOST OF THE WEEK TRYING. 194 00:07:06,594 --> 00:07:07,761 THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT SPIRIT. 195 00:07:07,828 --> 00:07:09,897 YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF DEMOCRACY. 196 00:07:09,963 --> 00:07:12,232 YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M GOING TO NEED A BAGEL. 197 00:07:12,299 --> 00:07:14,001 C.J.: THE EASTER EGG HUNT 198 00:07:14,067 --> 00:07:15,636 ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. 199 00:07:15,703 --> 00:07:16,870 THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S EVENT 200 00:07:16,937 --> 00:07:20,173 IS "LEARNING IS DELIGHTFUL AND DELICIOUS" 201 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:21,575 AS, BY THE WAY, AM I. 202 00:07:21,642 --> 00:07:23,811 THE COLLECTION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON DISPLAY 203 00:07:23,877 --> 00:07:25,946 IN THE EAST COLONNADE OF THE OF THE WHITE HOUSE 204 00:07:26,013 --> 00:07:28,516 FEATURES REAL CHICKEN EGGS DECORATED BY ARTISTS 205 00:07:28,582 --> 00:07:30,350 FROM EACH OF THE 50 STATES AND THE DISTRICT 206 00:07:30,417 --> 00:07:32,185 AND THE ACTIVITIES ARE COORDINATED 207 00:07:32,252 --> 00:07:33,420 BY THE AMERICAN EGG BOARD 208 00:07:33,487 --> 00:07:35,122 AND I'VE HUNG WITH SOME OF THE CATS 209 00:07:35,188 --> 00:07:38,158 FROM THE AMERICAN EGG BOARD, AND THEY ARE PARTY PEOPLE. 210 00:07:38,225 --> 00:07:39,627 ( chuckling ) 211 00:07:39,693 --> 00:07:41,529 THANK YOU. THAT'S IT TILL THIS AFTERNOON. 212 00:07:43,931 --> 00:07:45,232 STEVE. 213 00:07:45,298 --> 00:07:46,099 YEYOU GOT A SECOND? 214 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:48,669 SURE. 215 00:07:49,670 --> 00:07:52,139 ABOUT A PIECE OF PAPER THAT'S OUT THERE? 216 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:53,206 SAME THING YOU'VE HEARD. 217 00:07:53,273 --> 00:07:54,407 WHAT'S THAT? 218 00:07:54,474 --> 00:07:56,076 THERE'S A PIECE OF PAPER OUT THERE. 219 00:07:56,143 --> 00:07:57,477 THAT'S IT? YEAH. 220 00:07:57,545 --> 00:07:59,580 IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING MORE, YOU'LL TELL ME FIRST? 221 00:07:59,647 --> 00:08:00,681 IF I FIND ANYTHING MORE 222 00:08:00,748 --> 00:08:01,982 I'LL TELL MY EDITOR FIRST. 223 00:08:02,049 --> 00:08:03,951 I KEEP FORGETTING YOU DON'T WORK FOR ME. 224 00:08:04,017 --> 00:08:04,952 YES, YOU DO. 225 00:08:05,018 --> 00:08:05,786 C.J. 226 00:08:05,853 --> 00:08:06,954 SEE YA. 227 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:09,022 MANDY, THERE'S A BUZZ ABOUT A PIECE OF PAPER. 228 00:08:09,089 --> 00:08:10,257 YEAH. 229 00:08:10,323 --> 00:08:11,291 YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT? 230 00:08:11,358 --> 00:08:12,593 I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. 231 00:08:12,660 --> 00:08:13,927 WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 232 00:08:13,994 --> 00:08:14,962 I WROTE IT. 233 00:08:18,231 --> 00:08:19,332 WHAT IS IT WE'RE...? 234 00:08:19,399 --> 00:08:20,801 I WROTE A MEMO 235 00:08:20,868 --> 00:08:24,772 WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR RUSSELL, OUTLINING STRATEGIES... 236 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:26,874 KATIE, THEY'RE IN THE, UH, BLUE ROOM. 237 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:28,676 THANKS. 238 00:08:32,780 --> 00:08:35,949 WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR RUSSELL, I WROTE A MEMO 239 00:08:36,016 --> 00:08:38,451 OUTLINING THE WEAKNESSES AND VULNERABILITIES 240 00:08:38,518 --> 00:08:39,820 OF THE BARTLET ADMINISTRATION 241 00:08:39,887 --> 00:08:42,122 AND MAPPING OUT A STRATEGY TO DEFEAT HIM 242 00:08:42,189 --> 00:08:43,991 FOR RENOMINATION. 243 00:08:46,059 --> 00:08:50,798 C.J., THIS IS EMBARRASSING AND A LITTLE MORTIFYING 244 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:54,367 BUT YOU GOT TO REMEMBER HOW PISSED OFF I WAS AT YOU GUYS. 245 00:08:54,434 --> 00:08:57,470 WORKING FOR US AGAIN NOW AND IN BETWEEN YOU WROTE 246 00:08:57,537 --> 00:08:59,172 A PLAYBOOK ON HOW TO BEAT US? 247 00:08:59,239 --> 00:09:00,207 I WAS WORKING FOR RUSSELL 248 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:01,341 AND THE WHOLE IDEA... 249 00:09:01,408 --> 00:09:04,144 I NEED TO SEE A COPY OF IT RIGHT NOW. 250 00:09:05,212 --> 00:09:06,546 C.J.... 251 00:09:16,757 --> 00:09:19,259 MARGARET! 252 00:09:19,326 --> 00:09:20,060 YES. 253 00:09:20,928 --> 00:09:22,229 THEY'RE WORKING I CAN'T E-MAON THE PROBLEM. 254 00:09:22,295 --> 00:09:23,597 WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? 255 00:09:23,664 --> 00:09:25,633 LYNETTE FROM THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL 256 00:09:25,699 --> 00:09:27,601 ON PHYSICAL FITNESS. REMEMBER HER? NO. 257 00:09:27,668 --> 00:09:28,869 SHE'S THE ONE WHERE YOU SAY 258 00:09:28,936 --> 00:09:31,004 "WHO'S THAT?" AND I SAY, "MY FRIEND LYNETTE 259 00:09:31,071 --> 00:09:33,206 FROM THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS." 260 00:09:33,273 --> 00:09:34,407 HEY. HEY, JOSH. 261 00:09:34,474 --> 00:09:35,809 ANYWAY, SHE SENT ME AN E-MAIL 262 00:09:35,876 --> 00:09:37,510 ABOUT THE ACTUAL CALORIE COUNT 263 00:09:38,211 --> 00:09:40,313 THEY'RE SERVING IN THE MESS. 264 00:09:40,380 --> 00:09:41,581 I FORWARDED THE E-MAIL 265 00:09:41,649 --> 00:09:42,816 TO SEVERAL HUNDRED SECRETARIES 266 00:09:42,883 --> 00:09:44,117 AND ASSISTANTS AT O.E.O.B. 267 00:09:44,184 --> 00:09:45,318 AND IN THE WEST WING, AND THAT WAS FINE 268 00:09:45,385 --> 00:09:46,486 BUT JOLENE MILLMAN 269 00:09:46,553 --> 00:09:49,156 WHO WORKS IN POLITICAL LIAISON 270 00:09:49,222 --> 00:09:51,591 THEN HIT "REPLY," WHOH, MARGARET, MARGARET 271 00:09:51,659 --> 00:09:53,493 I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO HAVE... 272 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:54,728 I HUNG IN THERE AS LONG AS I COULD 273 00:09:54,795 --> 00:09:57,264 BUT YOU LONG SINCE PASSED THE POINT 274 00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:58,766 WHEN I STOPPED CARING. 275 00:09:58,832 --> 00:10:01,034 IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, IT WAS AROUND "RAISIN MUFFIN." 276 00:10:03,370 --> 00:10:05,205 I'LL LEAVE YOU TWO ALONE. 277 00:10:05,272 --> 00:10:06,439 AND FIX THE E-MAIL. 278 00:10:06,506 --> 00:10:07,641 YES. 279 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:09,977 SO WHO DID YOU COME UP WITH? 280 00:10:10,043 --> 00:10:12,946 JOHN BACON AND PATRICIA CALHOUN. 281 00:10:13,013 --> 00:10:16,817 DIRECTOR OF THE ROE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC POLICY STUDIES 282 00:10:16,884 --> 00:10:18,652 AT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION. 283 00:10:18,719 --> 00:10:20,954 SHE WORKED IN THE WHITE HOUSE O.M.B. 284 00:10:21,021 --> 00:10:24,557 AND SHE FAVORS UNDCAMPAIGN FINANCE OVERHAUL?TS. 285 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:26,827 THEN THE LEADERSHIP WILL HATE THEM BOTH. 286 00:10:26,894 --> 00:10:30,197 WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? 287 00:10:30,263 --> 00:10:34,534 MEET WITH THE TOP GUYS IN THE LEADERSHIP OFFICES. 288 00:10:34,601 --> 00:10:37,470 ABSOLUTELY NOT. YOU WANT ME TO MI WANT YOU TO WITH THE LEADERSMEET THEIR GUYS 289 00:10:37,537 --> 00:10:39,673 AND I WANT YOU TO DO IT OUTSIDE THE BUILDING OVER A MEAL. 290 00:10:40,741 --> 00:10:43,076 WE'RE GOING TO GET ANYWHERE WITH THIS, CAN HE?INK 291 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:44,644 HMM? 292 00:10:44,712 --> 00:10:46,579 THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET 293 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:48,248 ANYWHERE WITH THIS, RIGHT? 294 00:10:48,315 --> 00:10:50,050 NO. 295 00:10:50,117 --> 00:10:51,651 OKAY. 296 00:10:52,585 --> 00:10:53,921 WHAT HAPPENED WITH E-MAIL? 297 00:10:53,987 --> 00:10:55,889 OH, I DON'T KNOW. IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO 298 00:10:55,956 --> 00:10:58,225 WITH THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS. 299 00:10:58,291 --> 00:10:59,860 OKAY. 300 00:11:03,063 --> 00:11:04,397 HEY. 301 00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:05,532 WHO'D YOU COME UP WITH? 302 00:11:05,598 --> 00:11:06,834 JOHN BACON AND PATTY CALHOUN. 303 00:11:07,868 --> 00:11:09,970 TELL ME SOMETHING ELSE I SHOULD KNOW. YEARS. 304 00:11:10,037 --> 00:11:12,205 IT'S OUR TURNWHAT ARE WITH THE BOYS.YOU DOING? 305 00:11:12,272 --> 00:11:13,006 HEY, LISTEN. 306 00:11:13,073 --> 00:11:14,007 YEAH. 307 00:11:14,074 --> 00:11:14,808 YOU WANT ME TO DO THE TALKING 308 00:11:14,875 --> 00:11:16,076 WHEN WE GET IN THERE? 309 00:11:16,143 --> 00:11:16,810 NO. WHY? 310 00:11:16,877 --> 00:11:17,745 I'M JUST ASKING. 311 00:11:17,811 --> 00:11:20,748 GOOD MORNING. 312 00:11:20,814 --> 00:11:21,749 WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER. 313 00:11:21,815 --> 00:11:25,018 WHY DON'T WE SIT DOWN 314 00:11:25,085 --> 00:11:27,988 WE'VE BEEN CONDUCTING MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS SENIOR STAFF 315 00:11:28,055 --> 00:11:33,693 FROM THE D.O.D., N.S.C., AND HOUSE AND SENATE ARMED SERVICES. 316 00:11:33,761 --> 00:11:36,496 WE FEEL A LITTLE HAMSTRUNG. 317 00:11:36,563 --> 00:11:39,833 BECAUSE OF THE POLICY INHERITED 318 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:41,935 REGARDING GAYS AND LESBIANS IN THE MILITARY 319 00:11:42,002 --> 00:11:43,570 AND WE'D LIKE AS MUCH 320 00:11:43,636 --> 00:11:45,205 INFORMED INPUT AS POSSIBLE 321 00:11:45,272 --> 00:11:47,875 BEFORE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PRESIDENT. 322 00:11:47,941 --> 00:11:50,978 TOBY, CAN I INTERRUPT YOU FOR A MOMENT? 323 00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:52,379 WHAT DO YOU IMAGINE WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCE 324 00:11:52,445 --> 00:11:54,514 OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION? 325 00:11:54,581 --> 00:11:56,917 WELL, ACTUALLY IT'LL BE SAM'S 326 00:11:56,984 --> 00:11:59,286 RECOMMENDATION TO THE PRESIDENT. 327 00:11:59,352 --> 00:12:01,789 THIS IS ON HIS DESK AND I'M JUST HELPING OUT. 328 00:12:01,855 --> 00:12:04,157 SAM, WHAT DO YOU IMAGINE WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCE? 329 00:12:04,224 --> 00:12:06,794 MAJOR, BEARING IN MIND THAT THE PRESIDENT SELDOM, IF EVER 330 00:12:06,860 --> 00:12:08,295 LISTENS TO MY RECOMMENDATIONS 331 00:12:08,361 --> 00:12:10,798 I WOULD IMAGINE THE CONSEQUENCES TO BE LITTLE. 332 00:12:10,864 --> 00:12:13,000 I WOULD IMAGINE IT TO BE VERY LITTLE, SAM. 333 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,534 CONGRESSMAN, IF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF 334 00:12:14,601 --> 00:12:16,536 ORDERS THAT GAYS CAN SERVE OPENLY IN THE MILITARY 335 00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:18,839 THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE, AND ANYBODY WHO CHOOSES 336 00:12:18,906 --> 00:12:20,874 TO DISOBEY THAT ORDER CAN STAND COURT-MARTIAL 337 00:12:20,941 --> 00:12:22,642 UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 338 00:12:22,709 --> 00:12:26,079 THE PRESIDENT CAN ORDER THE JOINT CHIEFS 339 00:12:26,146 --> 00:12:28,982 IT TAKES AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO AMEND THE UNIFORM CODE 340 00:12:29,049 --> 00:12:31,451 AND THE UNIFORM CODE MAKES SODOMY A CRIME. 341 00:12:31,518 --> 00:12:34,021 THAT'S THE END OF THE STORY. 342 00:12:37,524 --> 00:12:40,160 I GUESS IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY SHORT MEETING. 343 00:12:40,227 --> 00:12:41,594 YEAH. 344 00:12:41,661 --> 00:12:43,663 Donna: C.J. 345 00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:45,632 YEAH. THERE WILL BE 25,000 WOODEN EGGS 346 00:12:45,698 --> 00:12:48,101 IN ADDITION TO THE 7,500 OTHER EGGS. 347 00:12:48,168 --> 00:12:49,769 AND WHAT ARE THE OTHER EGGS MADE OF? 348 00:12:49,837 --> 00:12:51,304 UH... THE OTHER EGGS ARE... 349 00:12:51,371 --> 00:12:52,639 ACTUALLY EGGS. 350 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:54,374 YEAH. WHAT IS JOSH DOING?ICE. 351 00:12:55,976 --> 00:12:57,610 WHEN HE HAS A FREE MOMENT I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM?MNERS. 352 00:12:57,677 --> 00:12:58,711 YEAH. 353 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:00,247 CAROL, 25,000 WOODEN EGGS. 354 00:13:00,313 --> 00:13:02,515 IN ADDITION TO THE 7,500 THAT ARE...? 355 00:13:02,582 --> 00:13:04,017 THEY'RE JUST REGULAR EGGS. 356 00:13:04,084 --> 00:13:05,252 RIGHT. 357 00:13:15,929 --> 00:13:18,131 IS THAT IT? 358 00:13:18,198 --> 00:13:19,332 YEAH. 359 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:27,374 WHO HAS IT? 360 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:28,909 I DON'T KNOW. 361 00:13:28,976 --> 00:13:30,878 BUT SOMEBODY DOES. 362 00:13:30,944 --> 00:13:33,480 YEAH. 363 00:13:35,883 --> 00:13:38,385 OKAY. I'M GOING TO READ IT NOW. 364 00:13:40,553 --> 00:13:42,055 SHOULD I...? 365 00:13:42,122 --> 00:13:45,025 GO BACK TO AND DON'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 366 00:13:48,962 --> 00:13:50,263 YOU'LL... 367 00:13:50,330 --> 00:13:52,132 CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE DONE READING? 368 00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:55,602 I'D COUNT ON IT. 369 00:14:17,925 --> 00:14:20,793 RENDER THE 1974 CAMPAIGN REFORM ACT TOOTHLESS. 370 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:24,164 SOFT MONEY CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH WERE OSTENSIBLY DESIGNED 371 00:14:24,231 --> 00:14:26,699 FOR PARTY-BUILDING, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT MEAN 372 00:14:26,766 --> 00:14:28,168 DO NOTHING BUT EVISCERATE 373 00:14:28,235 --> 00:14:29,669 ANY MEANINGFUL ELECTION CONTROLS. 374 00:14:29,736 --> 00:14:32,505 WE ARE, BY DEFINITION, CORRUPT. 375 00:14:32,572 --> 00:14:33,740 NOW, II KNOW YOU WOULDN'T, SAY THAT.STEVE 376 00:14:33,806 --> 00:14:35,008 BUT THIS MONEY ISN'T COMING IN 377 00:14:35,075 --> 00:14:36,910 IN FIVES AND TENS AND 20s. 378 00:14:36,977 --> 00:14:38,178 IT'S COMING IN IN DENOMINATIONS 379 00:14:38,245 --> 00:14:41,081 OF $100,000, $200,000, $500,000. 380 00:14:41,148 --> 00:14:42,682 IT'S COMING FROM SPECIAL INTERESTS-- 381 00:14:42,749 --> 00:14:45,085 SPECIAL INTERESTS WHOSE INTERESTS AREN'T THE SAME 382 00:14:45,152 --> 00:14:46,186 AS THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE 383 00:14:46,253 --> 00:14:47,820 A HALF A MILLION BUCKS LYING AROUND 384 00:14:47,887 --> 00:14:49,056 AND IT'S NOT GOING TO PARTY-BUILDING. 385 00:14:49,122 --> 00:14:50,523 IT'S GOING TO ISSUE ADS. 386 00:14:50,590 --> 00:14:51,691 IT'S GOING TO CANDIDATES. 387 00:14:51,758 --> 00:14:53,526 YEAH, IT'S CALLED, FREE SPEECH, JOSH. 388 00:14:53,593 --> 00:14:55,262 IF THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY WANTS TO BUY AD TIME 389 00:14:55,328 --> 00:14:57,697 IN 64 MAJOR MARKETS, THEY ARE FREE TO DO SO. 390 00:14:57,764 --> 00:15:00,467 IF THE AIRPLANE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY WANTS TO BACK A CANDIDATE 391 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:02,302 THEY ARE FREE TO SHOUT FROM THE ROOFTOPS. 392 00:15:02,369 --> 00:15:04,437 IF BIG TOBACCO WANTS TO WAVE A SIGN 393 00:15:04,504 --> 00:15:06,039 OR PUT A BUMPER STICKER ON THEIR CAR 394 00:15:06,106 --> 00:15:07,074 THEY ARE FREE TO DO SO. 395 00:15:07,140 --> 00:15:07,975 THAT'S FREE SPEECH. 396 00:15:08,041 --> 00:15:09,442 MONEY ISN'T SPEECH. 397 00:15:09,509 --> 00:15:11,744 I LIKE IT WHEN JOSH COMES UP HERE 398 00:15:11,811 --> 00:15:14,814 AND TEACHES US A LESSON WE SO RICHLY DESERVE.LE 399 00:15:14,881 --> 00:15:16,816 I CAME HERE AS A COURTESY, JERRY. 400 00:15:16,883 --> 00:15:19,352 I CAME AT THE REQUEST OF LEO McGARRY. 401 00:15:19,419 --> 00:15:21,421 THE PRESIDENT IS STRONGLY CONSIDERING... 402 00:15:21,488 --> 00:15:25,025 JOHN BRANFORD BACON AND PATTY CALHOUN 403 00:15:25,092 --> 00:15:26,093 TO FILL THE TWO SEATS. 404 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:28,228 I'M PRETTY SURE WE'VE ALREADY GOT 405 00:15:28,295 --> 00:15:30,097 OUR TWO GUYS, DON'T WE? 406 00:15:30,163 --> 00:15:31,098 IT'S GRANT KALEN. 407 00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:33,100 GRANT KALEN AND JOE BARKLEY. 408 00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:37,470 TWO PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE ANY CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. 409 00:15:37,537 --> 00:15:39,772 Graham: WELL... I THOUGHT YOU LIKED KALEN, JOSH. 410 00:15:39,839 --> 00:15:42,142 HE'S GOTTEN A LOT OF DEMOCRATS ELECTED OUT OF INDIANA. 411 00:15:42,209 --> 00:15:43,776 HE'S RAISED A LOT OF MONEY IN INDIANA 412 00:15:43,843 --> 00:15:46,146 AND JOE BARKLEY SAYS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEND 413 00:15:46,213 --> 00:15:48,081 WHATEVER THEY WANT ON POLITICS. 414 00:15:48,148 --> 00:15:49,916 SO DOES THE SUPREME COURT. 415 00:15:49,983 --> 00:15:51,818 UH, JOSH, LOOK 416 00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:53,586 EVERY TIME THE PRESIDENT WWAKES UP IN THE MORNING 417 00:15:53,653 --> 00:15:55,788 AND DECIDES TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER. 418 00:15:55,855 --> 00:15:58,158 THE PARTY LEADERSHIP'S GOING TO CHOOSE A REPUBLICAN. 419 00:15:58,225 --> 00:16:00,293 THE PARTY LEADERSHIP'S GOING TO CHOOSE A DEMOCRAT. 420 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,728 THAT'S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN. 421 00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:02,829 THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE. 422 00:16:02,895 --> 00:16:05,298 THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. 423 00:16:05,365 --> 00:16:06,333 REALLY? 424 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:07,400 YES. 425 00:16:07,467 --> 00:16:09,002 Josh: THE PRESIDENT APPOINTS 426 00:16:09,069 --> 00:16:10,237 THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION. 427 00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:11,938 AND THE SENATE CONFIRMS THEM. 428 00:16:12,005 --> 00:16:13,973 I'M SPEAKING FOR THE MAJORITY LEADER. 429 00:16:14,041 --> 00:16:16,176 EMBARRASS US LIKE THIS 430 00:16:16,243 --> 00:16:18,045 AND WE WILL GIVE THE SAME BACK TO YOU TENFOLD. 431 00:16:18,111 --> 00:16:18,978 EVERY PIECE OF LEGISLATION 432 00:16:19,046 --> 00:16:20,380 THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS 433 00:16:20,447 --> 00:16:22,382 OFF THE TABLE WILL MAKE A SUDDEN APPEARANCE. 434 00:16:22,449 --> 00:16:24,217 STEVE'S TALKING OUR GREATEST HITS, JOSH-- 435 00:16:24,284 --> 00:16:25,218 5-4-1 436 00:16:25,285 --> 00:16:27,087 SCHOOL PRAYER, FAMILY SUPPORT ACT 437 00:16:27,154 --> 00:16:28,555 THE ENTERTAINMENT DECENCY ACT... 438 00:16:28,621 --> 00:16:30,123 ENGLISH AS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE. 439 00:16:30,190 --> 00:16:32,292 ENGLISH AS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE IS FIRST UP. 440 00:16:32,359 --> 00:16:34,694 THAT'LL BE OUR LEADOFF HITTER. 441 00:16:34,761 --> 00:16:36,763 TO JUST NOT CONFIRM WOULOUR NOMINEES?SIE 442 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:38,898 OH, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, TOO. 443 00:16:38,965 --> 00:16:42,135 YOU'RE SAYING THAT IN ADDITION TO VOTING DOWN OUR NOMINEE 444 00:16:42,202 --> 00:16:43,603 THERE'S GOING TO BE POLITICAL RETRIBUTION 445 00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:45,772 FOR HAVING NOMINATED THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE? 446 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:47,874 YES. 447 00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:50,210 BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF YOU DO THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE 448 00:16:50,277 --> 00:16:52,645 AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BAD WINNING. 449 00:16:52,712 --> 00:16:54,881 I ALSO REJECT THE SUGGESTION THAT THE BEST WAY 450 00:16:54,947 --> 00:16:57,284 TO MAINTAIN FREE SPEECH IS HAVING GOVERNMENT REGULATE IT. 451 00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:59,052 YOU REJECT WHATEVER YOU WANT. 452 00:16:59,119 --> 00:17:00,820 I SAID, "REJECT WHATEVER YOU WANT." 453 00:17:00,887 --> 00:17:04,191 YOU KNOW, FOUR HOURS AGO, THIS WAS A FOOL'S ERRAND FOR ME 454 00:17:04,257 --> 00:17:05,292 AND THE PRESIDENT KNEW IT. 455 00:17:05,358 --> 00:17:06,626 THIS WAS A TEST BALLOON. 456 00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:08,328 THIS WAS A... "JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY 457 00:17:08,395 --> 00:17:09,762 LET'S SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF" MEETING 458 00:17:09,829 --> 00:17:12,165 BUT YOU'VE MANAGED TO GET ME ON BOARD. 459 00:17:12,232 --> 00:17:13,966 STEVE, WE GOT A CAUCUS. 460 00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:16,136 WE GOT TO GO. 461 00:17:28,915 --> 00:17:29,816 MRS. LANDINGHAM... 462 00:17:29,882 --> 00:17:30,783 I'M GOING TO LUNCH, CHARLIE. 463 00:17:31,751 --> 00:17:33,153 SPEAKING OF LUNCH... THE PRESIDENT'S NOT TOO WILD ABOUT HIS.YES? 464 00:17:33,220 --> 00:17:34,621 WHAT'S THE NATURE OF HIS DISSATISFACTION? 465 00:17:34,687 --> 00:17:36,956 HE SAYS IT'S MADE ALMOST ENTIRELY OF VEGETABLES. 466 00:17:37,023 --> 00:17:38,158 YES, IT'S A SALAD, CHARLIE. 467 00:17:38,225 --> 00:17:39,726 THE PRESIDENT WOULD PREFER A SANDWICH. 468 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:42,262 HE SAYS ROAST BEEF WILL BE FINE, PASTRAMI, SLICED STEAK... 469 00:17:42,329 --> 00:17:44,297 CHARLIE, TELL THE PRESIDENT HE WILL EAT HIS SALAD 470 00:17:44,364 --> 00:17:45,398 AND IF HE DOESN'T LIKE IT 471 00:17:45,465 --> 00:17:46,799 HE KNOWS WHERE TO PUT HIS SALAD. 472 00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:48,601 WELL, I DON'T THINK I WILL TELL THE PRESIDENT THAT 473 00:17:48,668 --> 00:17:51,003 MRS. LANDINGHAM, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. 474 00:17:52,272 --> 00:17:54,307 Man: IF IT AIN'T BROKE, YOU BETDON'T FIX IT, SAM. 475 00:17:54,374 --> 00:17:55,308 Sam: CONGRESSMEN... 476 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:56,876 "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL" WORKS. 477 00:17:57,344 --> 00:17:58,711 YES, IT DOES.T DOESN'T. 478 00:17:58,778 --> 00:18:00,247 Sam: WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT DOESN'T? 479 00:18:00,313 --> 00:18:03,483 1,145 DISCHARGED FOR BEING GAY IN 1998. 480 00:18:03,550 --> 00:18:04,083 THAT'S A RECORD. 481 00:18:04,151 --> 00:18:05,652 IT'S A 92% INCREASE 482 00:18:05,718 --> 00:18:07,820 SINCE "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL." 483 00:18:07,887 --> 00:18:10,690 414 AIR FORCE DISCHARGES-- THE HIGHEST OF TWO DECADES-- 484 00:18:10,757 --> 00:18:12,525 271 OF THEM DURING BASIC TRAINING 485 00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,361 AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE... 486 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:15,562 271 DURING BASIC TRAINING. 487 00:18:15,628 --> 00:18:16,363 Toby: MAJOR... 488 00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:17,530 WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON 489 00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:19,031 AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE? 490 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:20,200 I DON'T LIKE YOUR HUMOR. 491 00:18:20,267 --> 00:18:21,468 I GET THAT A LOT. 492 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:23,069 EXCUSE ME. SORRY. I NEED TOBY. 493 00:18:23,136 --> 00:18:24,137 YEAH. 494 00:18:24,204 --> 00:18:25,538 COME HERE A SEC. 495 00:18:28,141 --> 00:18:29,542 YOU'RE DOING GOOD. 496 00:18:29,609 --> 00:18:30,710 WHAT? 497 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,679 I KNOW WHAT THE PIECE OF PAPER IS. WHAT IS IT? 498 00:18:32,745 --> 00:18:34,481 A RECON-AND-STRATEGY MEMO THAT MANDY WROTE 499 00:18:34,547 --> 00:18:35,448 WHEN SHE WAS WORKING FOR RUSSELL. 500 00:18:35,515 --> 00:18:36,383 A STRATEGY TO DO WHAT? 501 00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:37,884 BEAT US IN THREE YEARS. 502 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:38,885 DID YOU READ IT? YEAH. 503 00:18:38,951 --> 00:18:40,052 IS IT BAD? YEAH. 504 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,654 LET'S GO TO MY OFFICE. 505 00:18:46,058 --> 00:18:47,527 HOW'D IT GO? 506 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:50,897 HOW DO YOU KNOW TO BE STANDING HERE? 507 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,232 I SEE YOU OUT THE WINDOW. 508 00:18:52,299 --> 00:18:53,800 YOU DON'T HAVE A WINDOW. 509 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:55,535 WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY OFFICE?N 510 00:18:55,602 --> 00:18:57,437 LOOKING FOR YOU OUT THE WINDOW. 511 00:18:57,504 --> 00:18:58,571 OKAY. 512 00:18:58,638 --> 00:18:59,572 HOW'D IT GO? 513 00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:00,240 WENT FINE. 514 00:19:00,307 --> 00:19:01,774 JUST "FINE"? 515 00:19:01,841 --> 00:19:03,243 YEAH. YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT? 516 00:19:03,310 --> 00:19:04,877 I DON'T, DONNA 517 00:19:04,944 --> 00:19:07,614 AND THE WAY THAT YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T IS THAT I'M NOT. 518 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:09,249 BUT THIS IS OUR SPECIAL TIME TOGETHER. 519 00:19:09,316 --> 00:19:10,850 I'M REALLY NOT IN THE MOOD TO MESS AROUND. 520 00:19:10,917 --> 00:19:12,885 OKAY. I NEED YOU TO GET ME PREPPED ON SOMETHING. 521 00:19:12,952 --> 00:19:14,086 WHAT? 522 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:15,588 ENGLISH AS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE. 523 00:19:15,655 --> 00:19:16,589 WHY? 524 00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:16,923 MIGHT COME UP. 525 00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:17,924 WHY? 526 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:20,327 BECAUSE... DOESN'T MATTER. 527 00:19:20,393 --> 00:19:22,929 BECAUSE IF WE DO A THING WITH THE F.E.C. 528 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:25,932 OPPONENTS WILL PUT ENGLISH AS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE ON THE TABLE. 529 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:27,133 ARE WE FOR IT OR AGAINST IT? 530 00:19:28,468 --> 00:19:31,103 DONNA... OF MAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE, ARE WE? 531 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:32,405 DONNA... LIKE DUTCH OR SOMETHING. 532 00:19:32,472 --> 00:19:33,940 DONNA, DIDN'T I JUST TELL YOU 533 00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:34,907 THAT I CAN'T MESS AROUND? 534 00:19:34,974 --> 00:19:35,908 YES. 535 00:19:35,975 --> 00:19:37,109 OKAY. 536 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:38,077 BULLET POINTS? 537 00:19:38,144 --> 00:19:39,279 YEAH. 538 00:19:39,346 --> 00:19:40,613 GIVE ME 30 MINUTES? 539 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:41,414 THANK YOU. 540 00:19:41,481 --> 00:19:42,849 OH, AND TOBY SAID TO COME BY 541 00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:43,950 AS SOON AS YOU GOT BACK. 542 00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:44,951 Josh: TOBY? 543 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:45,752 YEAH. 544 00:19:52,492 --> 00:19:53,626 ( knocking ) 545 00:19:54,661 --> 00:19:56,195 I'M NOT TAKING ANY TOBY...CALLS RIGHT NOW, GINGER. 546 00:19:56,263 --> 00:19:57,063 IT'S... 547 00:19:57,129 --> 00:19:58,931 I'LL CALL HIM BACK. 548 00:20:01,067 --> 00:20:04,203 "THE REALITY OF THE BARTLET WHITE HOUSE 549 00:20:04,271 --> 00:20:05,472 "IS A FLOOD OF MISTAKES 550 00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:07,507 "AN AGENDA HOPELESSLY STALLED 551 00:20:07,574 --> 00:20:09,676 "AND LACKING A COHERENT STRATEGY... 552 00:20:09,742 --> 00:20:11,511 AN ADMINISTRATION PLAGUED BY INDECISION." 553 00:20:11,578 --> 00:20:12,779 ( knocking at door ) 554 00:20:12,845 --> 00:20:13,646 GINGER... 555 00:20:13,713 --> 00:20:14,881 WHAT'S GOING ON? 556 00:20:17,384 --> 00:20:20,086 MANDY WROTE AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR RUSSELL 557 00:20:20,152 --> 00:20:21,754 AND IT'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE. 558 00:20:21,821 --> 00:20:23,122 Josh: WHERE? I DON'T KNOW YET. 559 00:20:23,189 --> 00:20:24,324 HOW BAD IS IT? 560 00:20:24,391 --> 00:20:26,259 WELL, SHE TAKES THE THREE OF US TO TOWN. 561 00:20:26,326 --> 00:20:27,827 WE DON'T LOOK LIKE ROCKET SCIENTISTS 562 00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:30,263 BUT, THEN AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ROCKET SCIENTISTS. 563 00:20:30,330 --> 00:20:31,264 WHO IS IT BAD FOR? 564 00:20:31,331 --> 00:20:32,499 THE PRESIDENT... LEO. 565 00:20:32,565 --> 00:20:34,867 THE PRESIDENT AND LEO. 566 00:20:34,934 --> 00:20:36,636 I'M TALKING TO EVERYBODY.OW WHO HAS THIS? 567 00:20:36,703 --> 00:20:38,338 DO IT QUIETLY. Toby: AND QUICKLY. 568 00:20:38,405 --> 00:20:39,539 WHOSE PAPER IS IT IN TOMORROW? 569 00:20:39,606 --> 00:20:41,374 WE HAVE TO KNOW RIGHT AWAY. YEP. 570 00:20:43,109 --> 00:20:44,010 SORRY. 571 00:20:46,212 --> 00:20:47,947 ( clearing throat ) 572 00:20:50,450 --> 00:20:51,884 OUR SECOND YEAR DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GOING 573 00:20:51,951 --> 00:20:56,022 A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN OUR FIRST, DOES IT? 574 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:57,690 NO. 575 00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:11,704 MARGARET, DOES HE HAVE A MINUTE? 576 00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:13,540 HE'S FINISHING UP WITH THE CHAIRMAN. 577 00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:14,674 THEY ALMOST DONE? 578 00:21:14,741 --> 00:21:15,808 YEAH. 579 00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:16,976 I'LL WAIT. 580 00:21:23,483 --> 00:21:26,719 YOU HAVING PROBLEMS WITH YOUR E-MAIL? 581 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:29,088 TECHNICAL SUPPORT SAYS THE PIPELINE'S YEAH. 582 00:21:29,155 --> 00:21:30,823 BEEN FLOODED. 583 00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:32,792 APPARENTLY, IT HAPPENED WHEN I FORWARDED AN E-MAIL 584 00:21:32,859 --> 00:21:35,828 TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AND ONE OF THEM TRIED TO REPLY. 585 00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:38,164 EVERYONE'S E-MAIL BOX IS CLOGGED WITH REPLIES 586 00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:40,367 WHICH ARE NOW AUTOMATICALLY 587 00:21:40,433 --> 00:21:42,602 AND CONSTANTLY BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH 588 00:21:42,669 --> 00:21:46,072 AT SUBATOMIC SPEED. 589 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:50,777 I PASSED THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE INTERESTED, HAVEN'T I?a 590 00:21:50,843 --> 00:21:53,279 YEAH. 591 00:21:53,346 --> 00:21:54,347 Leo: THANK YOU, FITZ. 592 00:21:54,414 --> 00:21:55,047 Fitzwallace: THANK YOU. 593 00:21:55,114 --> 00:21:56,248 HEY, TOBY. 594 00:21:57,116 --> 00:21:58,551 TOBY, YOU HERE GOOD AFTERNOON,TO SEE ME? YEAH.AL. 595 00:21:58,618 --> 00:21:59,852 FITZ, THE PRESIDENT'S GOING TO WANT TO KNOW 596 00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:01,554 IS THE PHILIPPINES REDUNDANT, THAT'S ALL. 597 00:22:01,621 --> 00:22:03,723 IT IS REDUNDANT, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT. 598 00:22:03,790 --> 00:22:05,992 YOU'LL HAVE TO CONVINCE THE PRESIDENT OF ITS BEAUTY. 599 00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:06,859 I WILL. 600 00:22:06,926 --> 00:22:08,294 IF YOU SAY SO. 601 00:22:08,361 --> 00:22:09,862 SAY, WHO ARE THOSE GUYS ACROSS THE HALL? 602 00:22:09,929 --> 00:22:11,864 THEY'RE MEETING WITH SAM ON GAYS IN THE MILITARY. 603 00:22:11,931 --> 00:22:13,132 WHY? 604 00:22:13,199 --> 00:22:15,635 SAM'S TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A COHERENT POSITION. 605 00:22:15,702 --> 00:22:17,203 WHEN HE COMES UP WITH ONE, LET ME KNOW, WILL YA? 606 00:22:17,269 --> 00:22:18,505 YES, SIR. BY THE WAY 607 00:22:18,571 --> 00:22:20,239 I THINK THERE MAY BE A MAJOR SECURITY BREACH 608 00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:21,674 WITH THE WHITE HOUSE COMPUTERS. 609 00:22:21,741 --> 00:22:23,976 WHITE HOUSE COMPUTERS AREN'T SECURE. 610 00:22:24,043 --> 00:22:27,880 WELL, THAT EXPLAINS THAT. 611 00:22:32,485 --> 00:22:34,654 HE WANTS TO PUT A1/M1s IN MANILA. 612 00:22:34,721 --> 00:22:37,223 THE PRESIDENT'S GOING TO SAY IT'S REDUNDANT. 613 00:22:37,289 --> 00:22:38,190 HOW MUCH YEDOES IT COST? 614 00:22:38,257 --> 00:22:41,327 NOT MUCH-- $20 BILLION. 615 00:22:41,394 --> 00:22:44,797 SO, THERE'S GOING TO BE A THING. 616 00:22:44,864 --> 00:22:47,233 MANDY WROTE AN OPPOSITION RESEARCH MEMO FOR RUSSELL 617 00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:48,801 AND SOMEBODY'S GOT IT. 618 00:22:48,868 --> 00:22:49,602 WHO? 619 00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:51,203 C.J.'s FINDING OUT. 620 00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:53,506 WELL, IT'S POLITICS, TOBY. 621 00:22:53,573 --> 00:22:55,675 SHE WAS PLAYING FOR THE OTHER GUYS. 622 00:22:55,742 --> 00:22:58,110 YEAH. 623 00:22:58,177 --> 00:22:59,812 THERE'S SOME OBSERVATIONS 624 00:22:59,879 --> 00:23:03,249 THE PRESIDENT'S NOT GOING TO BE WILD ABOUT. 625 00:23:03,315 --> 00:23:04,884 I MOVE HIM TO THE MIDDLE? 626 00:23:04,951 --> 00:23:08,488 THE SENSE IS THAT HIS INSTINCT IS TO BE AGGRESSIVE 627 00:23:08,555 --> 00:23:09,789 AND YOU TAKE HIM 628 00:23:09,856 --> 00:23:11,223 TO SAFE GROUND. 629 00:23:11,290 --> 00:23:12,825 OKAY. 630 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:14,326 LEO... DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 631 00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:15,428 HEY, LOOK... 632 00:23:15,495 --> 00:23:17,363 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 633 00:23:17,430 --> 00:23:18,831 WANT TO SEE A COPY? 634 00:23:18,898 --> 00:23:21,468 NO. 635 00:23:25,271 --> 00:23:26,806 OKAY. 636 00:23:33,446 --> 00:23:34,881 JOSH? 637 00:23:34,947 --> 00:23:37,717 SIX PAGES ON ENGLISH AS YETHE NATIONAL LANGUAGE. 638 00:23:37,784 --> 00:23:39,819 I GAVE YOU SOME GOOD STUFF ON IS IT GOJAMES MADISON... 639 00:23:39,886 --> 00:23:42,088 JAMES MADISON? 640 00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:44,190 I DIDN'T ASK FOR A DAMN SOCIAL STUDIES PAPER. 641 00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:45,692 DON'T SNAP AT ME, JOSH. 642 00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:46,893 DONNA... 643 00:23:46,959 --> 00:23:49,228 LOOK AT THE MEMO-- I GAVE YOU WHAT YOU ASKED FOR. 644 00:23:49,295 --> 00:23:53,299 DON'T SNAP AT ME. 645 00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:56,135 WHAT'S WRONG WITH EVERYONE TODAY? 646 00:23:56,202 --> 00:23:58,037 IT'S BEEN ALL DAY. 647 00:23:58,104 --> 00:23:59,071 IS IT MANDY'S MEMO? 648 00:23:59,138 --> 00:24:00,272 NO. 649 00:24:00,339 --> 00:24:01,908 ( exasperated sigh ) 650 00:24:02,975 --> 00:24:06,012 LIKE THEY KNOW WHY THEY'VE ALREADY LOST?ROUND 651 00:24:07,346 --> 00:24:08,447 I WASN'T SNAPPING AT YOU. 652 00:24:08,515 --> 00:24:10,850 I JUST... I-I, I DIDN'T REALIZE 653 00:24:10,917 --> 00:24:13,385 THAT YOU ALSO GAVE ME THE STUFF I ASKED FOR. 654 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:15,221 I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST... 655 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:18,858 I THOUGHT YOU JUST GAVE ME JAMES MADISON. 656 00:24:18,925 --> 00:24:20,392 WELL, LOOK AT THE JAMES MADISON. 657 00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:23,963 IT'S GOING TO HELP YOU. 658 00:24:24,030 --> 00:24:28,234 THANKS. 659 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,435 HI. 660 00:24:29,502 --> 00:24:30,369 HOW'S JAMES MADISON 661 00:24:30,436 --> 00:24:31,303 GOING TO HELP YOU? 662 00:24:31,370 --> 00:24:33,005 I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 663 00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:34,440 I MEANT THAT... THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO PUT 664 00:24:34,507 --> 00:24:36,776 TWO REFORMERS ON THE F.E.C. 665 00:24:36,843 --> 00:24:38,310 ONORATO SAYS THEY'LL RETALIATE 666 00:24:38,377 --> 00:24:40,980 BY OPENING UP ENGLISH AS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE. 667 00:24:41,047 --> 00:24:43,415 THE PRESIDENT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK GOOD 668 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:46,986 I'VE WORKED HERE 14 MONTHS; TELL ME WHAT ELSE I SHOULD KNOW. 669 00:24:47,053 --> 00:24:48,254 THAT THE PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO LOOK GOOD 670 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:49,589 FIGHTING AGAINST THAT ONE. 671 00:24:49,656 --> 00:24:51,157 MANDY... YOU TAKE AN OPPOSITION 672 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:52,491 TO A FLAG BURNING AMENDMENT 673 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:54,260 SCHOOL PRAYER, AND GAYS IN THE MILITARY 674 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:56,796 YOU PILE ON "NO" TO ENGLISH AS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE 675 00:24:56,863 --> 00:24:58,164 AND THEY WILL PAINT A PICTURE... 676 00:24:58,230 --> 00:25:01,333 I UNDERSTAND, MANDY. 677 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,970 FINE. 678 00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:06,205 I'M JUST SAYING IT'S MY JOB TO TELL YOU THAT. 679 00:25:06,272 --> 00:25:08,340 TODAY ISN'T REALLY THE BEST DAY FOR YOU TO TELL ME 680 00:25:08,407 --> 00:25:10,409 WHAT YOUR JOB IS. 681 00:25:10,476 --> 00:25:12,011 I WROTE AN OP MEMO, JOSH. 682 00:25:12,078 --> 00:25:13,412 YOU AND I HAVE WRITTEN 20 OF THEM. 683 00:25:13,479 --> 00:25:15,748 YOU NEVER HEARD OF A BURN BAG? 684 00:25:15,815 --> 00:25:16,783 THEY GOT IT OFF MY HARD DISK. 685 00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:17,850 DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS IT? 686 00:25:18,985 --> 00:25:22,889 THEN THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO FOR US TODAY. 687 00:25:22,955 --> 00:25:25,324 YOU SHOULDN'T LET THE PRESIDENT GET INTO A DEBATE 688 00:25:25,391 --> 00:25:26,492 ON ENGLISH AS THE NATIONAL... 689 00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:27,359 MANDY, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 690 00:25:27,426 --> 00:25:28,494 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 691 00:25:28,561 --> 00:25:29,896 IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 692 00:25:29,962 --> 00:25:31,397 THE PRESIDENT'S NOT GOING TO NOMINATE WHO HE WANTS 693 00:25:31,463 --> 00:25:32,331 TO THE F.E.C. 694 00:25:32,398 --> 00:25:36,002 WHY NOT? 695 00:25:38,037 --> 00:25:42,074 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO. 696 00:25:44,243 --> 00:25:46,345 ALL RIGHT. 697 00:25:46,412 --> 00:25:48,480 I'LL LEAVE YOU ALONE. 698 00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:50,950 THANKS. 699 00:25:57,990 --> 00:26:00,092 IT'S EVERYONE THAT'S FEELING THIS WAY TODAY? 700 00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:01,193 YEAH. 701 00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:03,095 OH, OKAY. 702 00:26:03,162 --> 00:26:04,731 THANKS. 703 00:26:07,299 --> 00:26:09,836 I'M SAYING... Man: A LOT OF THOSE CASES... 704 00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:10,937 THIS REPORT, BY THE WAY... 705 00:26:11,003 --> 00:26:14,173 WE CAN READ; WE KNOW THE REPORT. 706 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,542 A LOT OF THOSE CASES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 707 00:26:16,609 --> 00:26:18,377 CAME FROM VOLUNTARY STATEMENTS.ISCHARGED 708 00:26:18,444 --> 00:26:21,113 AND A LOT OF THESE ARE NOT VOLUNTARY STATEMENTS 709 00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:24,083 NOT BY ANY DEFINITION GIVEN BY ANY CIVILIAN COURT 710 00:26:24,150 --> 00:26:25,752 IT IS NOT A VOLUNTARY STATEMENT 711 00:26:25,818 --> 00:26:27,386 WHEN IT'S GIVEN TO A PSYCHOTHERAPIST 712 00:26:27,453 --> 00:26:30,022 AS IN THE CASE OF FORMER MARINE CORPORAL DAVID BLESSING. 713 00:26:30,089 --> 00:26:31,758 IT IS NOT A VOLUNTARY STATEMENT 714 00:26:31,824 --> 00:26:33,392 WHEN IT'S MADE IN A PERSONAL DIARY 715 00:26:33,459 --> 00:26:35,962 AS IN THE CASE OF FORMER WEST POINT CADET NICOLE GARRISON. 716 00:26:36,028 --> 00:26:38,731 IT IS NOT WHEN IT'S MADE AFTER BEING ASKED 717 00:26:38,798 --> 00:26:41,233 AS IN THE CASE OF MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER DIANE KELLI. 718 00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:45,137 AND IT IS NOT WHEN IT IS COERCED OUT OF AS SERVICE MEMBER 719 00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:48,941 THROUGH DEATH THREATS, AND THREATS OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION 720 00:26:49,008 --> 00:26:51,077 AS IN THE CASE OF FORMER AIR FORCE MAJOR BOB KIDDIS 721 00:26:51,143 --> 00:26:53,212 FORMER MARINE GUNNERY SERGEANT KEVIN KEYS 722 00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:56,015 AND FOUR SAILORS ABOARD THE U.S.S. ESSEX. 723 00:26:56,082 --> 00:26:58,017 YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR GUYS; WE'LL TAKE CARE OF OURS. 724 00:26:58,084 --> 00:26:59,585 YOU'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF THEM. 725 00:26:59,652 --> 00:27:00,887 YOUR GUYS ARE OUT LOOKING FOR JOBS. 726 00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:02,755 THOSE WEREN'T OUR GUYS. 727 00:27:02,822 --> 00:27:03,389 OH, MY GOD... 728 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:04,724 ATTENTION. 729 00:27:04,791 --> 00:27:05,692 Fitzwallace: GOOD AFTERNOON, SAM. 730 00:27:05,758 --> 00:27:08,327 MR. CHAIRMAN. CONGRESSMAN. 731 00:27:09,095 --> 00:27:10,730 HOW DO YOU DO, ADGOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, KEN. 732 00:27:10,797 --> 00:27:11,731 WE HAVEN'T MET. 733 00:27:11,798 --> 00:27:13,265 MIKE SATCHEL. 734 00:27:13,332 --> 00:27:14,266 FROM OREGON. YES, SIR. 735 00:27:14,333 --> 00:27:15,467 PERCY FITZWALLACE. 736 00:27:15,534 --> 00:27:16,736 IT'S AN HONOR TO MEET YOU, ADMIRAL. 737 00:27:16,803 --> 00:27:17,904 I IMAGINE IT WOULD IT BE, YES. 738 00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:19,338 MAJOR TATE, MAJOR THOMPSON 739 00:27:19,405 --> 00:27:21,273 THIS IS CHAIRMAN FITZWALLACE. 740 00:27:21,340 --> 00:27:22,574 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SPEAK 741 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:24,711 UNTIL I SPEAK TO THEM, SAM. 742 00:27:24,777 --> 00:27:26,312 THEY'RE PRETTY WELL TRAINED. 743 00:27:26,378 --> 00:27:27,747 STAND EASY, FELLAS. 744 00:27:27,814 --> 00:27:29,949 IS THIS DANISH FOR ANYBODY? 745 00:27:30,016 --> 00:27:31,650 OH, YES, SIR. THANK YOU. 746 00:27:31,718 --> 00:27:34,286 WE'RE DISCUSSING GAYS IN THE MILITARY, HUH? 747 00:27:34,353 --> 00:27:35,421 YES, SIR. 748 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:37,256 HMM. WHAT DO YOU THINK? 749 00:27:39,425 --> 00:27:41,527 I SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 750 00:27:41,593 --> 00:27:43,930 I KNOW. I'M ASKING YOU WHAT YOU THINK. HELP... 751 00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:46,198 SIR, WE'RE NOT PREJUDICED TOWARD HOMOSEXUALS. 752 00:27:46,265 --> 00:27:49,568 YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES. 753 00:27:49,635 --> 00:27:52,271 'CAUSE THEY POSE A THREAT TO UNIT DISCIPLINE AND COHESION?N'T. 754 00:27:52,338 --> 00:27:53,572 YES, SIR. 755 00:27:53,639 --> 00:27:54,741 THAT'S WHAT I THINK, TOO. 756 00:27:54,807 --> 00:27:56,075 I ALSO THINK THE MILITARY 757 00:27:56,142 --> 00:27:57,710 WASN'T DESIGNED TO BE AN INSTRUMENT 758 00:27:57,777 --> 00:27:59,779 OF SOCIAL CHANGE. YES, SIR. 759 00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:03,315 THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SAYING ABOUT ME 50 YEARS AGO--S 760 00:28:03,382 --> 00:28:05,084 BLACKS SHOULDN'T SERVE WITH WHITES. 761 00:28:05,151 --> 00:28:06,719 IT WOULD DISRUPT THE UNIT. 762 00:28:06,786 --> 00:28:08,755 YOU KNOW WHAT? IT DID DISRUPT THE UNIT. 763 00:28:08,821 --> 00:28:10,656 THE UNIT GOT OVER IT. 764 00:28:10,723 --> 00:28:12,424 THE UNIT CHANGED. 765 00:28:12,491 --> 00:28:13,860 I'M AN ADMIRAL IN THE U.S. NAVY 766 00:28:13,926 --> 00:28:16,595 AND CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. 767 00:28:16,662 --> 00:28:18,865 BEAT THAT WITH A STICK. 768 00:28:18,931 --> 00:28:20,232 WE'LL SEE YOU, KEN. 769 00:28:23,569 --> 00:28:25,972 EXCUSE ME. 770 00:28:27,740 --> 00:28:30,076 MR. CHAIRMAN. 771 00:28:32,044 --> 00:28:33,813 JUST... THANKS FOR STOPPING IN. 772 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,248 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYWHERE. 773 00:28:36,315 --> 00:28:39,986 THE PRESIDENT JUST WANTED SOME EXPLORATORY MEETINGS. 774 00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:42,121 YEAH. 775 00:28:47,059 --> 00:28:47,526 DANNY... 776 00:28:47,593 --> 00:28:48,560 HEY. 777 00:28:48,627 --> 00:28:50,729 I WAS HOPING TO FIND YOU HERE. 778 00:28:50,797 --> 00:28:52,364 I WANTED TO ASK YOU... HANG ON. 779 00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:55,534 I WANTED TO ASK... 780 00:28:55,601 --> 00:28:57,169 HANG ON. 781 00:29:07,113 --> 00:29:08,614 DANNY, IS IT THE MAGNA CARTA...? 782 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:09,515 I'M TRYING TO FINISH A THOUGHT HERE. 783 00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:14,453 GO AHEAD. 784 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:15,321 I'M FINISHED. 785 00:29:15,387 --> 00:29:16,588 OKAY. 786 00:29:16,655 --> 00:29:19,591 YOU'VE HEARD THERE'S A PIECE OF PAPER OUT THERE, RIGHT? 787 00:29:19,658 --> 00:29:20,692 YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? 788 00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:22,228 IT'S A STRATEGY MEMO FOR RUSSELL? 789 00:29:22,294 --> 00:29:24,463 THAT'S RIGHT. 790 00:29:24,530 --> 00:29:26,899 YOU GOT TO KNOW... 791 00:29:26,966 --> 00:29:29,168 I DON'T LIKE EXPLOITING OUR FRIENDSHIP IN ANY WAY 792 00:29:29,235 --> 00:29:30,803 AND I CERTAINLY DON'T LIKE TAKING ADVANTAGE 793 00:29:30,870 --> 00:29:32,704 OF ANY FEELINGS BEYOND FRIENDSHIP 794 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:33,973 YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR ME... 795 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:35,341 RIGHT, YOU HAVE THEM FOR ME, TOO. 796 00:29:35,407 --> 00:29:36,408 I DON'T. 797 00:29:36,475 --> 00:29:37,844 OKAY. 798 00:29:37,910 --> 00:29:41,147 I NEED TO BE READY FOR THIS. 799 00:29:43,082 --> 00:29:44,316 DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS IT? 800 00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:46,252 YES. 801 00:29:46,318 --> 00:29:49,155 WHO HAS IT? 802 00:29:51,357 --> 00:29:53,592 I DO. 803 00:29:53,659 --> 00:29:55,928 YOU HAVE IT? 804 00:29:55,995 --> 00:29:57,663 AND YOU'RE GOING YEAH.TO WRITE ABOUT IT? 805 00:29:57,729 --> 00:29:58,397 SUWHY? 806 00:29:58,464 --> 00:29:59,899 LOOK... WHY? 807 00:29:59,966 --> 00:30:02,301 'CAUSE IT'S NEWS, C.J... IT'S NOT NEWS... 808 00:30:02,368 --> 00:30:04,803 IT'S NOT NEWS JUST BECAUSE IT'S ENTERTAINING, DANNY. 809 00:30:04,871 --> 00:30:06,372 IT'S NEWS 'CAUSE THE MEDIA DIRECTOR 810 00:30:06,438 --> 00:30:08,374 OF A SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WROTE A MEMO 811 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:09,775 TO A LEADER OF THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY 812 00:30:09,842 --> 00:30:12,344 DESCRIBING HIS WEAKNESSES. 813 00:30:12,411 --> 00:30:14,046 THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY-- 814 00:30:14,113 --> 00:30:15,514 A LOT OF THEM BUY MY NEWSPAPER-- 815 00:30:15,581 --> 00:30:18,550 AND THEY'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MANDY THINKS. 816 00:30:18,617 --> 00:30:21,153 MANDY WAS WORKING FOR THE PRESIDENT THAT'S NOAT THE TIME... 817 00:30:21,220 --> 00:30:23,655 I DON'T CARE IF SHE WAS WORKING FOR BASKIN-ROBBINS 818 00:30:23,722 --> 00:30:25,624 WHEN SHSHE'S A KEY PLAYER THISIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 819 00:30:25,691 --> 00:30:28,327 AND SHE SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS STAGGERINGLY VULNERABLE. 820 00:30:28,394 --> 00:30:30,662 AND THAT MAY NOT BE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU, C.J. 821 00:30:30,729 --> 00:30:32,764 BUT IT'S NEWS. 822 00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:34,233 AT THIS MORNING'S BRIEFING 823 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:36,702 YOU ASKED US TO WRITE ABOUT EASTER EGGS 824 00:30:36,768 --> 00:30:38,204 SO I WOULDN'T BE... FINE. 825 00:30:38,270 --> 00:30:40,039 WE'LL HAVE A COMMENT FOR YOU BY THE END OF THE DAY. 826 00:30:40,106 --> 00:30:43,542 NONE OF THIS IS OUR FAULT, C.J.! 827 00:30:43,609 --> 00:30:45,777 A PRETTY ACCURATE ANALYSIS AND YOU KNOW IT.TTER'S 828 00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:46,812 YOU KNEW WHY SHE WAS WORKING FOR RUSSELL. 829 00:30:46,879 --> 00:30:49,015 YOU KNEW SHE WROTE A MEMO. 830 00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:51,250 WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK HER FOR IT WHEN YOU HIRED HER? 831 00:30:51,317 --> 00:30:52,919 "MANDY, TELL US EVERYTHING YOU THINK WE'RE DOING WRONG." 832 00:30:52,985 --> 00:30:53,886 'CAUSE YOU KNEW WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO SAY. 833 00:30:53,953 --> 00:30:55,354 YOU KNEW SHE WAS RIGHT. 834 00:30:55,421 --> 00:30:57,623 YOU KNEW THERE WAS NOTHING YOU COULD DO ABOUT IT. 835 00:30:57,689 --> 00:31:00,759 YOU GUYS ARE STUCK IN THE MUD AROUND HERE 836 00:31:00,826 --> 00:31:04,130 AND NONE OF IT IS THE FAULT OF THE PRESS. 837 00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:06,332 I KNOW YOU'RE FRUSTRATED. 838 00:31:06,398 --> 00:31:08,834 BUT IT AIN'T NOTHING COMPARED TO THE FRUSTRATION 839 00:31:08,901 --> 00:31:11,270 SO DON'T COME IN HERE OF THE AND QUESTION MY...OR YOU 840 00:31:11,337 --> 00:31:14,373 "WE'LL HAVE A COMMENT FOR YOU BY THE END OF THE DAY"? 841 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,075 WHEN I WANT THE WHITE HOUSE TO COMMENT ON A STORY OF MINE 842 00:31:16,142 --> 00:31:20,279 I'LL ASK FOR IT, C.J. 843 00:31:22,381 --> 00:31:24,583 I GOT TO DO THIS, I HAVE TO DO THIS WORK. 844 00:31:24,650 --> 00:31:27,553 OKAY. 845 00:31:41,767 --> 00:31:43,102 Man: I'D LIKE TO GO ON RECORD AS SAYING... 846 00:31:43,169 --> 00:31:45,137 Sam: CONGRESSMAN... 847 00:31:45,204 --> 00:31:46,973 THERE IS NO RECORD.TO GO WE'RE JUST TALKING.. 848 00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:48,474 I'D LIKE TO GO ON RECORD SAYING 849 00:31:48,540 --> 00:31:50,876 THAT I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO WHAT SOMEBODY DOES 850 00:31:50,943 --> 00:31:52,478 IN THE PRIVACY OF THEIR OWN HOME. 851 00:31:52,544 --> 00:31:54,313 BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLROOMS 852 00:31:54,380 --> 00:31:56,515 OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BOY SCOUTS 853 00:31:56,582 --> 00:31:58,550 AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ARMY BARRACKS... 854 00:31:58,617 --> 00:32:00,052 KEN, THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO ASK YOU. 855 00:32:01,053 --> 00:32:02,821 MEAN YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF?ING GAY 856 00:32:02,888 --> 00:32:06,158 WHAT KIND OF PRIDE ARE THE ARMED FORCES WILLING TO LAY CLAIM 857 00:32:06,225 --> 00:32:07,526 TO RESTRAINT IN THAT AREA? 858 00:32:07,593 --> 00:32:09,561 YOU WANT ME TO GET THE FILE ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT 859 00:32:09,628 --> 00:32:11,030 IN THE D.O.D.? WANT TO ASK THESE GUYS ABOUT TAILHOOK? 860 00:32:11,097 --> 00:32:12,064 I'VE HAD ENOUGH. 861 00:32:12,131 --> 00:32:13,599 I'VE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH. 862 00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:16,568 SAM, DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL, DON'T PURSUE IS THE LAW. 863 00:32:16,635 --> 00:32:19,071 IT'S FEDERAL LAW, AND IT TAKES AN ACT OF CONGRESS 864 00:32:19,138 --> 00:32:19,972 TO CHANGE IT. 865 00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:21,440 IF THE PRESIDENT 866 00:32:21,507 --> 00:32:23,409 WAS SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGING IT, HE'D BE SERIOUS. 867 00:32:23,475 --> 00:32:25,077 HE WOULD NOT SEND YOU IN HERE WITH ME. 868 00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:26,945 HE WOULD NOT SEND YOU IN HERE 869 00:32:27,013 --> 00:32:28,947 WITH TWO RELATIVELY JUNIOR D.O.D. STAFFERS. 870 00:32:29,015 --> 00:32:31,017 HE'D CALL HIS STAFF TOGETHER 871 00:32:31,083 --> 00:32:33,952 HE'D SAY, "I WANT A RESOLUTION IN THE HOUSE. 872 00:32:34,020 --> 00:32:36,355 "I WANT 50 HIGH-PROFILE COSPONSORS 873 00:32:36,422 --> 00:32:38,390 I WANT A DEAL AND I WANT IT NOW." 874 00:32:38,457 --> 00:32:40,326 HAS THE PRESIDENT DONE THAT? 875 00:32:40,392 --> 00:32:42,261 THE PRESIDENT'S VERACITY ON THIS... 876 00:32:42,328 --> 00:32:45,497 HAS THE PRESIDENT DONE THAT, SAM? 877 00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,500 NO. 878 00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:51,137 OKAY, THEN. 879 00:32:51,203 --> 00:32:54,440 IS THIS MEETING ANYTHING MORE THAN A WASTE OF TIME? 880 00:32:58,910 --> 00:33:00,479 NO. 881 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,450 OKAY THEN. 882 00:33:10,189 --> 00:33:14,993 I.T. SUPPORT IS NOW ACCUSING ME OF BEING A HACKER. 883 00:33:15,061 --> 00:33:18,064 THEY'RE ACCUSING ME OF SPAMMING OR SMURFING. 884 00:33:18,130 --> 00:33:20,832 THEY ASKED ME IF I WAS RUNNING A TROJAN HORSE. 885 00:33:20,899 --> 00:33:22,501 I SAID, "NO, I..." 886 00:33:22,568 --> 00:33:24,303 I WAS SIMPLY INFORMING THE OTHERS 887 00:33:24,370 --> 00:33:27,073 THAT THE CALORIE COUNT IN THE RAISIN MUFFIN WAS WRONG. 888 00:33:27,139 --> 00:33:28,006 AND IT IS, TOBY. 889 00:33:28,074 --> 00:33:30,008 YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME. 890 00:33:30,076 --> 00:33:31,277 YOU SHOULD TAKE ONE OF THOSE MUFFINS 891 00:33:31,343 --> 00:33:33,011 AND TAKE IT DOWN TO THE LAB. 892 00:33:33,079 --> 00:33:34,546 I'LL DO THAT. 893 00:33:34,613 --> 00:33:35,447 WILL YOU? 894 00:33:35,514 --> 00:33:36,515 GET ME A MUFFIN. 895 00:33:36,582 --> 00:33:38,084 BE CAREFUL NOT TO HANDLE IT YOURSELF. 896 00:33:38,150 --> 00:33:39,218 YOU WANT TO USE GLOVES. 897 00:33:39,285 --> 00:33:41,053 SLIP IT TO ME IN A PLASTIC BAG. 898 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:42,454 I'LL SEND IT OFF TO THE LAB. 899 00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:45,124 YOU'RE MOCKING ME NOW, AREN'T YOU? 900 00:33:46,658 --> 00:33:47,726 YES. 901 00:33:51,563 --> 00:33:53,232 Leo: COME IN. 902 00:33:53,299 --> 00:33:55,334 MARGARET THINKS THE FBI's 903 00:33:55,401 --> 00:33:58,370 GOING TO BUST IN HERE ANY MINUTE. 904 00:33:59,838 --> 00:34:04,110 I'VE GOT MY SECOND BIT OF BAD NEWS FOR YOU TODAY, LEO. 905 00:34:04,176 --> 00:34:05,544 YOU'VE GOT NEW NUMBERS? 906 00:34:05,611 --> 00:34:07,179 YEAH. 907 00:34:07,246 --> 00:34:08,580 HOW BAD IS IT? 908 00:34:08,647 --> 00:34:11,917 CNN/USA TODAY PUTS OUR JOB APPROVAL AT 42%. 909 00:34:11,983 --> 00:34:13,585 WE DROPPED FIVE POINTS? 910 00:34:13,652 --> 00:34:14,620 IN A WEEK? 911 00:34:14,686 --> 00:34:15,887 YEAH. 912 00:34:15,954 --> 00:34:18,757 HIS UNFAVORABLES ARE HIGHER THAN HIS FAVORABLES 913 00:34:18,824 --> 00:34:21,026 54% OF THE COUNTRY FIS LIKELY TO VOTE 914 00:34:21,093 --> 00:34:23,629 FOR A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE IN NOVEMBER. 915 00:34:23,695 --> 00:34:26,132 WE DROPPED FIVE POINTS IN THE WEEK? 916 00:34:26,198 --> 00:34:27,099 YEAH. 917 00:34:27,166 --> 00:34:27,766 WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING 918 00:34:27,833 --> 00:34:28,467 LAST WEEK. 919 00:34:28,534 --> 00:34:31,203 I'LL SAY. 920 00:34:31,270 --> 00:34:33,772 TOBY, WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT JUMPING SHIP 921 00:34:33,839 --> 00:34:35,107 YOU'LL LET ME KNOW, RIGHT? 922 00:34:35,174 --> 00:34:36,908 ONE VICTORY IN A YEAR, LEO. 923 00:34:36,975 --> 00:34:38,144 TOBY... 924 00:34:39,378 --> 00:34:42,914 THIS PRESIDENT WAS ELECTED WITH 48% OF THE VOTE. 925 00:34:42,981 --> 00:34:44,216 YES, BUT HE WAS ELECTED. 926 00:34:44,283 --> 00:34:45,217 WITHOUT A MANDATE. 927 00:34:45,284 --> 00:34:46,218 THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE 928 00:34:46,285 --> 00:34:47,119 VOTED FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. 929 00:34:47,186 --> 00:34:49,255 I DON'T CARE, LEO. 930 00:34:49,321 --> 00:34:50,789 HE WAS ELECTED, HE WAS SWORN IN. 931 00:34:50,856 --> 00:34:53,024 I WAS STANDING TEN FEET FROM THE CHIEF JUSTICE. 932 00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:55,026 IT'S NOT THE EASIEST CIRCUMSTANCE... 933 00:34:56,061 --> 00:34:57,296 ONE VICTORY IN A YEAR WHO SAISN'T SO BAD.E EASY? 934 00:34:57,363 --> 00:34:58,930 ONE VICTORY IN A YEAR STINKS 935 00:34:58,997 --> 00:35:00,432 IN THE LIFE OF AN ADMINISTRATION. 936 00:35:00,499 --> 00:35:02,634 BUT IT'S NOT THE ONES WE LOSE THAT BOTHER ME, LEO. 937 00:35:03,269 --> 00:35:06,104 WE DON'T IT'S THE ONSUIT UP FOR. 938 00:35:06,172 --> 00:35:08,039 AND I'M NOT TOO CRAZY ABOUT 939 00:35:08,106 --> 00:35:11,109 YOU QUESTIONING MY LOYALTY JUST THEN. 940 00:35:11,177 --> 00:35:12,978 ( knocking ) 941 00:35:13,044 --> 00:35:13,879 YEAH? 942 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:15,080 HEY. 943 00:35:15,147 --> 00:35:16,415 HEY, C.J. 944 00:35:16,482 --> 00:35:18,184 THE PRESIDENT'S READING MANDY'S MEMO. 945 00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:19,285 I JUST GAVE IT TO HIM. 946 00:35:19,351 --> 00:35:21,487 I WISH YOU HADN'T DONE THAT. 947 00:35:21,553 --> 00:35:23,189 IT'S JUST GOING TO PISS HIM OFF. 948 00:35:23,255 --> 00:35:24,790 IT'LL BE IN THE NEWSPAPERS TOMORROW. 949 00:35:25,257 --> 00:35:27,058 WHO HAS IT? YOU FIND OUT 950 00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:28,994 DANNY. 951 00:35:29,060 --> 00:35:30,629 AND HE'S WRITING IT? 952 00:35:30,696 --> 00:35:33,765 YEAH. IT SHOULD RUN RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEW POLLING NUMBERS. 953 00:35:33,832 --> 00:35:35,734 HOW'D WE DROP FIVE POINTS IN A WEEK? 954 00:35:35,801 --> 00:35:37,035 Leo: IT HAPPENED. 955 00:35:37,102 --> 00:35:38,237 LET'S MOVE ON. 956 00:35:38,304 --> 00:35:39,638 WHAT I THINK IS 957 00:35:39,705 --> 00:35:41,607 THE SENATE WILL CONFIRM BACON AND CALHOUN. 958 00:35:41,673 --> 00:35:42,708 THEY'LL HAVE TO 959 00:35:43,642 --> 00:35:45,076 BECAUSE TAND THE VOTERS WANT ARCAMPAIGN REFORM. 960 00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:46,378 AS A PUNISHMENT 961 00:35:46,445 --> 00:35:48,347 THEY'LL ROLL OUT A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA 962 00:35:48,414 --> 00:35:49,848 DESIGNED TO FORCE THE PRESIDENT TO COME DOWN 963 00:35:49,915 --> 00:35:51,983 ON THE UNPOPULAR SIDE OF EVERYTHING. 964 00:35:52,050 --> 00:35:54,553 THEY'LL BRING OUT ENGLISH AS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE. 965 00:35:54,620 --> 00:35:55,887 WE WON'T LET IT ON THE TABLE. 966 00:35:55,954 --> 00:35:56,888 WE SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID... 967 00:35:56,955 --> 00:35:57,756 JOSH... 968 00:35:57,823 --> 00:35:58,590 WE SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID 969 00:35:58,657 --> 00:36:00,125 TO GET INTO IT ON ENGLISH... 970 00:36:00,192 --> 00:36:01,660 HE WON'T LET IT ON THE TABLE. 971 00:36:01,727 --> 00:36:04,029 THEN WE'LL LIVE WITH THEIR CANDIDATES FOR THE F.E.C. 972 00:36:04,095 --> 00:36:04,963 AS WE ALWAYS HAVE. 973 00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:07,165 YES. 974 00:36:07,233 --> 00:36:09,067 Leo: WHAT ABOUT YOU? 975 00:36:09,134 --> 00:36:10,202 MY MEETING? 976 00:36:10,269 --> 00:36:11,102 YEAH. 977 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:12,838 IT WAS THE SAME MEETING 978 00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:14,706 WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR... 979 00:36:14,773 --> 00:36:16,708 IT WAS FINE. 980 00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:27,453 YEAH? 981 00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:29,455 I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 982 00:36:43,369 --> 00:36:45,304 WHO'S GOT THIS? 983 00:36:45,371 --> 00:36:46,872 DANNY CONCANON. 984 00:36:46,938 --> 00:36:49,441 WHY AM I JUST FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS NOW? 985 00:36:49,508 --> 00:36:50,542 WE SPENT MOST OF THE DAY 986 00:36:50,609 --> 00:36:51,877 LEARNING ABOUT IT OURSELVES. 987 00:36:53,979 --> 00:36:56,181 I REALLY DID WAKE UP ENERGIZED THIS MORNING. 988 00:36:56,248 --> 00:36:57,549 I KNOW. 989 00:36:57,616 --> 00:36:59,050 I NEVER GO TO BED THAT WAY. 990 00:36:59,117 --> 00:37:01,653 I KNOW. 991 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:04,390 JUST ONCE, IN THIS JOB, I'D LIKE TO END A DAY 992 00:37:04,456 --> 00:37:07,959 FEELING AS GOOD AS I DID WHEN THE DAY STARTED. 993 00:37:08,026 --> 00:37:09,961 ARE YOU BOTHERED BY THIS? 994 00:37:10,028 --> 00:37:11,096 THE MEMO? 995 00:37:11,162 --> 00:37:12,998 YEAH. 996 00:37:13,064 --> 00:37:15,601 YES. 997 00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:17,002 WE'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE, LEO. 998 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:19,170 YOU DRIVE ME TO THE POLITICAL SAFE GROUND. 999 00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:20,506 IT'S NOT TRUE. 1000 00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:22,140 I KNOW IT'S NOT TRUE. 1001 00:37:22,207 --> 00:37:23,575 GOOD. 1002 00:37:23,642 --> 00:37:25,877 YOU DRIVE ME THERE. 1003 00:37:28,314 --> 00:37:29,515 WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY? 1004 00:37:29,581 --> 00:37:30,716 AND YOU KNOW IT, TOO. 1005 00:37:30,782 --> 00:37:31,750 LEO... 1006 00:37:31,817 --> 00:37:33,819 WE'RE STUCK IN NEUTRAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE 1007 00:37:33,885 --> 00:37:36,054 YOU TELL ME TO STAY. YOU'RE WRONG. 1008 00:37:36,121 --> 00:37:37,389 NO, I'M NOT, SIR. 1009 00:37:40,426 --> 00:37:41,493 YOU WANT TO DO THIS NOW? 1010 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:42,494 SIR? 1011 00:37:42,561 --> 00:37:43,762 YOU CAME TO MY HOUSE... MR. PRESIDENT... 1012 00:37:43,829 --> 00:37:45,931 YOU CAME TO MY HOUSE, LEO, AND YOU SAID 1013 00:37:45,997 --> 00:37:48,166 "JED, LET'S RUN FOR PRESIDENT," AND I SAID, "WHY?" 1014 00:37:48,233 --> 00:37:50,636 AND YOU SAID, "SO THAT YOU CAN OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY WHAT YOU THINK." 1015 00:37:50,702 --> 00:37:51,470 SIR... 1016 00:37:51,537 --> 00:37:52,438 WHERE'D THAT PART GO, LEO? 1017 00:37:52,504 --> 00:37:54,139 YOU TELL ME, MR. PRESIDENT. 1018 00:37:54,205 --> 00:37:55,507 I DON'T SEE A SHORTAGE OF CAMERAS 1019 00:37:55,574 --> 00:37:57,242 OR MICROPHONES AROUND HERE. 1020 00:37:57,309 --> 00:37:58,944 WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU WAITING FOR? 1021 00:37:59,010 --> 00:38:00,145 LOOK... EVERYTHING YOU DO... 1022 00:38:00,211 --> 00:38:01,146 THIS MORNING... 1023 00:38:01,212 --> 00:38:02,648 EVERYTHING YOU DO SAYS: 1024 00:38:02,714 --> 00:38:04,550 "FOR GOD SAKES, LEO, I DON'T WANT TO BE 1025 00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:05,917 A ONE-TERM PRESIDENT." 1026 00:38:05,984 --> 00:38:08,420 DID I NOT SAY PUT OUR GUYS ON THE F.E.C.? 1027 00:38:08,487 --> 00:38:09,521 NO, SIR, YOU DID NOT. 1028 00:38:09,588 --> 00:38:10,622 YOU SAID-- NO-- 1029 00:38:10,689 --> 00:38:12,858 YOU SAID, "LET'S DANGLE OUR FEET 1030 00:38:12,924 --> 00:38:15,527 "IN THE WATER OF WHATEVER HELL IT IS WE DANGLE 1031 00:38:15,594 --> 00:38:17,796 OUR FEET IN WHEN WE WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WE'RE TRYING 1032 00:38:17,863 --> 00:38:19,665 WITHOUT PISSING TOO MANY PEOPLE OFF. 1033 00:38:19,731 --> 00:38:22,067 YOU'RE WRITING A FASCINATING VERSION OF HISTORY, MY FRIEND. 1034 00:38:23,201 --> 00:38:26,372 OH, TAKEAND YOU'LL READY'S MEMO, A FASCINATING VERSION OF IT. 1035 00:38:26,438 --> 00:38:27,706 YOU BROUGHT ME IN ON TEACHERS 1036 00:38:27,773 --> 00:38:29,708 YOU BROUGHT ME IN ON CAPITAL GAINS 1037 00:38:29,775 --> 00:38:31,677 YOU BROUGHT ME IN ON CHINA 1038 00:38:31,743 --> 00:38:34,212 AND YOU BROUGHT ME IN ON GUNS. 1039 00:38:34,279 --> 00:38:35,681 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN OUT THERE BROUGHT YON GUNS.OM WHERE? 1040 00:38:35,747 --> 00:38:38,384 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN OUT THERE ON TEACHERS. 1041 00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:40,419 AND I'M THE HALL MONITOR YOU AROUND HERE.FEET 1042 00:38:40,486 --> 00:38:42,454 IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE SURE NOBODY RUNS TOO FAST 1043 00:38:42,521 --> 00:38:44,122 OR GOES OFF TOO FAR. 1044 00:38:44,189 --> 00:38:46,425 I TELL JOSH TO GO THE HILL ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE. 1045 00:38:46,492 --> 00:38:47,926 HE KNOWS NOTHING'S GOING TO COME OF IT. 1046 00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:48,960 THAT'S CRAP. 1047 00:38:49,027 --> 00:38:50,762 SAM CAN'T REAL ON DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL 1048 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:54,433 AND EVERY GUY SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE FROM HIM KNOWS THAT. 1049 00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:58,904 LEO, IF I EVER TOLD YOU TO GET AGGRESSIVE ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE 1050 00:38:58,970 --> 00:39:00,872 YOU WOULD TELL ME, OR"DON'T RUN TOO FASTRY 1051 00:39:00,939 --> 00:39:02,307 OR GO TOO FAR." 1052 00:39:02,374 --> 00:39:04,543 IF YOU EVER TOLD ME TO GET AGGRESSIVE ABOUT ANYTHING 1053 00:39:04,610 --> 00:39:07,679 I'D SAY I SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE PRESIDENT. 1054 00:39:07,746 --> 00:39:09,548 BUT WE'LL NEVER KNOW, SIR 1055 00:39:09,615 --> 00:39:11,149 BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU'RE EVER GOING TO SAY-- 1056 00:39:11,216 --> 00:39:13,018 I HAVE SAID IT AND NOTHING'S EVER HAPPENED! 1057 00:39:13,084 --> 00:39:15,286 YOU WANT TO SEE ME ORCHESTRATE THIS RIGHT NOW? 1058 00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:17,222 YOU WANT TO SEE ME MOBILIZE THESE PEOPLE? 1059 00:39:17,288 --> 00:39:19,357 THESE PEOPLE WHO WOULD WALK INTO FIRE 1060 00:39:19,425 --> 00:39:20,759 IF YOU TOLD THEM TO. 1061 00:39:20,826 --> 00:39:22,928 THESE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP TO LEAD. 1062 00:39:22,994 --> 00:39:26,164 THESE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP TO FIGHT. 1063 00:39:26,231 --> 00:39:27,599 THAT GUY GETS DEATH THREATS 'CAUSE HE'S BLACK 1064 00:39:27,666 --> 00:39:29,034 AND HE DATES YOUR DAUGHTER. 1065 00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:30,368 HE WAS WARNED: DO NOT SHOW UP 1066 00:39:30,436 --> 00:39:32,604 TO THIS PLACE, YOUR LIFE WILL BE IN DANGER. 1067 00:39:32,671 --> 00:39:34,406 HE SAID, "TO HELL WITH THAT; I'M GOING, ANYWAY." 1068 00:39:34,473 --> 00:39:35,507 YOU SAID, "NO." 1069 00:39:35,574 --> 00:39:37,008 PRUDENT OR NOT PRUDENT 1070 00:39:37,075 --> 00:39:39,978 THIS 21-YEAR-OLD, AT $600 A WEEK 1071 00:39:40,045 --> 00:39:43,782 SAID, "I'M GOING WHERE I WANT TO BECAUSE A MAN STANDS UP." 1072 00:39:45,884 --> 00:39:47,686 EVERYONE'S WAITING FOR YOU. 1073 00:39:47,753 --> 00:39:49,921 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER. 1074 00:39:52,491 --> 00:39:55,427 I DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE THIS ANYMORE. 1075 00:39:55,494 --> 00:39:56,995 YOU DON'T HAVE TO. 1076 00:39:57,062 --> 00:39:59,598 I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SLEEP LIKE THIS. 1077 00:39:59,665 --> 00:40:01,467 YOU DON'T HAVE TO. 1078 00:40:01,533 --> 00:40:04,402 I WANT TO SPEAK. 1079 00:40:04,470 --> 00:40:06,772 SAY IT OUT LOUD. SAY IT TO ME. 1080 00:40:08,474 --> 00:40:10,609 THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN REELECTION. 1081 00:40:10,676 --> 00:40:11,543 I WANT TO SPEAK NOW. 1082 00:40:11,610 --> 00:40:12,678 SAY IT AGAIN. 1083 00:40:12,744 --> 00:40:14,079 THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT 1084 00:40:14,145 --> 00:40:15,581 THAN REELECTION. 1085 00:40:15,647 --> 00:40:16,682 I WANT TO SPEAK NOW. 1086 00:40:16,748 --> 00:40:18,383 NOW WE'RE IN BUSINESS. 1087 00:40:18,450 --> 00:40:20,519 WE GOT OUR ASSES KICKED WHAT'SIN THE FIRST QUARTER 1088 00:40:20,586 --> 00:40:22,420 BUT IT'S TIME TO GET UP OFF THE MAT. 1089 00:40:22,488 --> 00:40:23,555 YES! SAY IT. 1090 00:40:23,622 --> 00:40:25,557 THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN REELECTION. 1091 00:40:25,624 --> 00:40:27,192 I WANT TO SPEAK NOW. 1092 00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:28,627 I'M GOING TO TALK TO THE STAFF. 1093 00:40:28,694 --> 00:40:29,861 I'LL TAKE THEM OFF THE LEASH. 1094 00:40:29,928 --> 00:40:31,329 YOU HAVE A STRATEGY FOR ALL THIS? 1095 00:40:31,396 --> 00:40:32,330 THE BEGINNINGS OF ONE. 1096 00:40:32,397 --> 00:40:33,131 WHAT IS IT? 1097 00:40:34,700 --> 00:40:36,835 I'M GOING TO TRY THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 1098 00:40:43,842 --> 00:40:45,343 LISTEN UP-- 1099 00:40:45,410 --> 00:40:46,845 OUR GROUND GAME ISN'T WORKING. 1100 00:40:46,912 --> 00:40:49,314 WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE BALL IN THE AIR. 1101 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:50,682 IF WE'RE GOING TO WALK INTO WALLS 1102 00:40:50,749 --> 00:40:52,383 I WANT US RUNNING INTO THEM 1103 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:55,053 FULL SPEED. 1104 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:56,755 WELL, YOU CAN START BY TELLING THE HILL 1105 00:40:56,822 --> 00:41:00,892 THE PRESIDENT'S NAMED HIS NOMINEES TO THE F.E.C. 1106 00:41:03,762 --> 00:41:06,131 AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE SOME OF THESE BATTLES 1107 00:41:06,197 --> 00:41:08,166 AND WE MIGHT EVEN LOSE THE WHITE HOUSE 1108 00:41:08,233 --> 00:41:10,736 BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THREATENED BY ISSUES. 1109 00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:13,639 WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM FRONT AND CENTER. 1110 00:41:13,705 --> 00:41:14,973 WE'RE GOING TO RAISE THE LEVEL 1111 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:18,209 OF PUBLIC DEBATE IN THIS COUNTRY. 1112 00:41:18,276 --> 00:41:20,779 AND LET THAT BE OUR LEGACY. 1113 00:41:22,981 --> 00:41:25,083 THAT SOUND ALL RIGHT TO YOU, JOSH? 1114 00:41:27,519 --> 00:41:30,421 OF THE PRESIDENT IOF THE UNITED STATES. 1115 00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:32,090 YEAH? 1116 00:41:32,157 --> 00:41:35,794 I SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE PRESIDENT. 1117 00:41:37,128 --> 00:41:39,998 I SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF PRESIDENT BARTLET. 1118 00:41:40,065 --> 00:41:42,067 TOBY? 1119 00:41:42,133 --> 00:41:45,771 I SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE PRESIDENT. 1120 00:41:49,274 --> 00:41:51,109 GOOD. 1121 00:41:54,379 --> 00:41:56,047 THEN LET'S GET IN THE GAME.