1 00:00:04,905 --> 00:00:06,640 Previously, on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,742 You know the thing with guys like you? 3 00:00:08,742 --> 00:00:11,112 What's the thing about guys like me? 4 00:00:11,112 --> 00:00:13,114 You want to get hit over the head. 5 00:00:14,115 --> 00:00:15,183 I have to go. 6 00:00:15,183 --> 00:00:16,517 We'll see ya. 7 00:00:16,517 --> 00:00:17,518 I went to rehab. 8 00:00:17,518 --> 00:00:19,587 My friends embraced me when I got out. 9 00:00:19,587 --> 00:00:21,655 You relapse, it's not like that. 10 00:00:21,655 --> 00:00:22,756 "Get away from me." 11 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:24,058 That's what it's like. 12 00:00:24,058 --> 00:00:25,025 Mr. McGarry, the day Jed Bartlett was... 13 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:25,759 No, I'm sorry. 14 00:00:25,759 --> 00:00:27,395 Mr. McGarry 15 00:00:27,395 --> 00:00:29,230 I'm going to resume this after the holidays. What? 16 00:00:29,230 --> 00:00:30,198 Mr. McGarry, that concludes 17 00:00:30,198 --> 00:00:31,165 our questioning for today. 18 00:00:31,165 --> 00:00:32,733 We'll pick it up here 19 00:00:32,733 --> 00:00:35,169 when the Chairman gavels these hearings back to order. 20 00:01:04,265 --> 00:01:05,399 Good evening. 21 00:01:05,399 --> 00:01:06,567 Good evening. Good evening. 22 00:01:06,567 --> 00:01:08,236 What are the police doing outside? 23 00:01:08,236 --> 00:01:09,303 The door? Yeah. 24 00:01:09,303 --> 00:01:10,604 That's the Capitol Police. 25 00:01:10,604 --> 00:01:12,206 I know. What are they doing out there? 26 00:01:12,206 --> 00:01:13,141 Well, I didn't ask for them. 27 00:01:13,141 --> 00:01:14,242 Who did? 28 00:01:14,242 --> 00:01:15,643 Would you prefer they went away? 29 00:01:15,643 --> 00:01:17,178 If you're going to put a deal on the table 30 00:01:17,178 --> 00:01:18,446 I'd prefer there not be armed guards 31 00:01:18,446 --> 00:01:20,047 outside the door to intimidate him. 32 00:01:20,047 --> 00:01:21,515 I'm not that easily intimidated. 33 00:01:21,515 --> 00:01:23,251 I am. The Chairman put 'em there 34 00:01:23,251 --> 00:01:24,552 to insure our privacy. 35 00:01:24,552 --> 00:01:26,154 Tell them to wait at the end of the hall. 36 00:01:26,154 --> 00:01:28,256 Counsel? 37 00:01:42,503 --> 00:01:44,071 They've stepped to the other side of the hall. 38 00:01:44,071 --> 00:01:46,507 Cliff... Oh, you want me to overpower them, Jordan? 39 00:01:46,507 --> 00:01:48,876 I don't care if the police are out there. 40 00:01:48,876 --> 00:01:50,010 Can somebody speak? 41 00:01:50,010 --> 00:01:51,779 Yeah. Mr. McGarry, 42 00:01:51,779 --> 00:01:53,381 this entire conversation's off the record. 43 00:01:53,381 --> 00:01:54,548 You'll see nobody's taking it down. 44 00:01:54,548 --> 00:01:56,317 You mean, what you're about to say 45 00:01:56,317 --> 00:01:58,919 or the five minutes we just did on the Capitol Police? 46 00:01:58,919 --> 00:01:59,820 The whole thing. 47 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:00,921 Okay. 48 00:02:00,921 --> 00:02:02,256 Congressman Gibson. 49 00:02:03,257 --> 00:02:04,658 Yeah. 50 00:02:04,658 --> 00:02:06,227 You know where his testimony was about to go. 51 00:02:06,227 --> 00:02:07,561 Yes. And where it'll pick up 52 00:02:07,561 --> 00:02:09,530 once the hearings convene again. Yes. 53 00:02:09,530 --> 00:02:11,332 We're willing to end the hearings right now. 54 00:02:11,332 --> 00:02:13,033 End his testimony? His testimony 55 00:02:13,033 --> 00:02:15,336 the First Lady's, the balance of the witness list... 56 00:02:15,336 --> 00:02:16,670 the hearings. 57 00:02:16,670 --> 00:02:18,572 We're willing to end them right now. 58 00:02:18,572 --> 00:02:20,073 In exchange for? A joint resolution. 59 00:02:20,073 --> 00:02:21,909 HR 172. 60 00:02:21,909 --> 00:02:23,411 JORDAN: Censure. 61 00:02:23,411 --> 00:02:24,745 Yeah, a resolution condemning the President 62 00:02:24,745 --> 00:02:26,247 for lying to... He didn't lie. 63 00:02:26,247 --> 00:02:27,448 Leo... Condemning the President 64 00:02:27,448 --> 00:02:28,449 for lying to the American people. 65 00:02:28,449 --> 00:02:29,550 Look, I'm not... 66 00:02:29,550 --> 00:02:30,818 The White House can't object. 67 00:02:30,818 --> 00:02:32,620 In fact, it has to welcome the resolution 68 00:02:32,620 --> 00:02:34,255 and let any Democrat who wants to 69 00:02:34,255 --> 00:02:35,356 vote in favor of it. 70 00:02:35,356 --> 00:02:36,490 You keep saying the White House 71 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:37,124 but you mean the President. 72 00:02:37,124 --> 00:02:38,426 Yeah. 73 00:02:38,426 --> 00:02:39,693 Why aren't you talking to the President? 74 00:02:39,693 --> 00:02:41,161 We think if the suggestion 75 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:42,630 comes from you, it'll carry more weight 76 00:02:42,630 --> 00:02:43,997 than if the suggestion comes from 77 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:46,200 the Chairman or the Speaker. Yeah? 78 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,268 Yes, sir. 79 00:02:47,268 --> 00:02:48,236 Okay, well... 80 00:02:49,470 --> 00:02:52,740 I'll just call the President and suggest to him 81 00:02:52,740 --> 00:02:55,243 that he allow a huge bipartisan vote 82 00:02:55,243 --> 00:02:57,044 on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives 83 00:02:57,044 --> 00:02:58,111 calling him a liar 84 00:02:58,111 --> 00:03:00,047 and that he welcome the result. 85 00:03:00,047 --> 00:03:02,983 Then, I'm going to flap my wings and fly to Neverland. 86 00:03:02,983 --> 00:03:03,951 Leo... 87 00:03:03,951 --> 00:03:05,453 You think I am so desperate 88 00:03:05,453 --> 00:03:07,855 to save my ass, I'm going to roll over on Jed Bartlet? 89 00:03:07,855 --> 00:03:09,490 I don't think it's a matter of... 90 00:03:09,490 --> 00:03:11,058 I take a bullet for the President. 91 00:03:11,058 --> 00:03:12,293 He doesn't take one for me. 92 00:03:12,293 --> 00:03:13,261 Is that all you got? 93 00:03:14,562 --> 00:03:15,363 Yeah. 94 00:03:15,363 --> 00:03:17,231 Good night. 95 00:03:26,173 --> 00:03:28,609 Can you give me some time? 96 00:03:28,609 --> 00:03:29,743 One day. 97 00:04:18,659 --> 00:04:20,828 All right, I've got copies. 98 00:04:20,828 --> 00:04:21,829 Have you read it? 99 00:04:21,829 --> 00:04:22,663 Bits and pieces. 100 00:04:22,663 --> 00:04:23,831 How is it? 101 00:04:23,831 --> 00:04:25,533 I'm going to set up a war room downstairs. 102 00:04:25,533 --> 00:04:26,767 It's serious? Yeah. 103 00:04:26,767 --> 00:04:27,335 I'm up! 104 00:04:27,335 --> 00:04:28,035 All right... 105 00:04:28,035 --> 00:04:29,470 this is 106 00:04:29,470 --> 00:04:30,904 The Camera Doesn't Lie: What I Saw 107 00:04:30,904 --> 00:04:33,541 at the Bartlett White House by Ron Burkhalt. 108 00:04:33,541 --> 00:04:34,342 Have you read it? Bits and pieces. 109 00:04:34,342 --> 00:04:35,976 How is it? 110 00:04:35,976 --> 00:04:38,178 I'm setting up a war room downstairs. It's serious? 111 00:04:38,178 --> 00:04:39,980 How many times do you think we're going to have to do this? 112 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:41,248 I'm up. 113 00:04:41,248 --> 00:04:42,750 We're each taking a couple of chapters. 114 00:04:42,750 --> 00:04:44,552 This is just based on what, Ginger? 115 00:04:44,552 --> 00:04:46,019 Going through the index. 116 00:04:46,019 --> 00:04:47,788 So, presumably the chapters you've been assigned 117 00:04:47,788 --> 00:04:48,722 are about you. 118 00:04:48,722 --> 00:04:50,424 If not, trade with somebody. 119 00:04:50,424 --> 00:04:51,759 What we're doing is making note 120 00:04:51,759 --> 00:04:53,394 of anything big or small that's wrong. 121 00:04:53,394 --> 00:04:54,695 Anything I can use to attack credibility. 122 00:04:54,695 --> 00:04:55,629 Okay, right away I see one. 123 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:56,430 What? 124 00:04:56,430 --> 00:04:58,065 I'm Larry, he's Ed. 125 00:04:58,065 --> 00:04:59,867 I usually don't know that. 126 00:04:59,867 --> 00:05:00,968 Sam? Yeah. 127 00:05:00,968 --> 00:05:02,870 Are we taking this a little too seriously? 128 00:05:02,870 --> 00:05:04,271 No. He was a White House photographer. 129 00:05:04,271 --> 00:05:05,606 He was fired. 130 00:05:05,606 --> 00:05:06,640 My recollection is that he was a buffoon. 131 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:07,941 He was a buffoon, which 132 00:05:07,941 --> 00:05:09,410 has always stopped the American public 133 00:05:09,410 --> 00:05:10,544 to say nothing of the press 134 00:05:10,544 --> 00:05:11,712 from taking something seriously. 135 00:05:11,712 --> 00:05:13,213 So what are you saying? 136 00:05:13,213 --> 00:05:14,482 The book's in stores in three weeks. 137 00:05:14,482 --> 00:05:16,149 In a week, the press will have excerpts. 138 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:18,619 That's how much time I have to turn this guy into a punch line. 139 00:05:18,619 --> 00:05:20,854 "Bartlet was playing a round of golf with Toby Ziegler 140 00:05:20,854 --> 00:05:22,790 "the prickly, mumbling Communications Director 141 00:05:22,790 --> 00:05:25,659 "whose inner, bitter darkness spelled the breakup 142 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:27,695 of the one marriage we know about." 143 00:05:30,731 --> 00:05:32,866 It was miniature golf, wasn't it? 144 00:05:34,234 --> 00:05:35,369 Yeah. 145 00:05:36,404 --> 00:05:38,005 Sam, got anything else? 146 00:05:38,005 --> 00:05:39,106 No. Thank you. 147 00:05:42,242 --> 00:05:43,243 Toby? 148 00:05:43,243 --> 00:05:44,244 Yeah. 149 00:05:44,244 --> 00:05:45,278 Listen. 150 00:05:45,278 --> 00:05:47,147 You know Amy Gardner, right? 151 00:05:47,147 --> 00:05:48,015 Women's Leadership Coalition. 152 00:05:48,015 --> 00:05:49,216 Yeah. Yeah. 153 00:05:49,216 --> 00:05:50,451 I've know her for a while, actually. 154 00:05:50,451 --> 00:05:51,852 She went out with my roommate in college. 155 00:05:51,852 --> 00:05:52,653 Huh. 156 00:05:52,653 --> 00:05:54,221 I saw her a couple of weeks ago 157 00:05:54,221 --> 00:05:55,956 about some language in the Vienna Treaty. I remember. 158 00:05:55,956 --> 00:05:58,158 Mrs. Bartlet sent me there. Yeah. 159 00:05:58,158 --> 00:06:00,661 I don't know, she changed her hair or something 160 00:06:00,661 --> 00:06:02,062 something's going on. 161 00:06:03,597 --> 00:06:04,865 What do you need? 162 00:06:05,899 --> 00:06:08,469 Well, I'm a straight shooter. 163 00:06:08,469 --> 00:06:11,839 I think my record's pretty clear on that. 164 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:12,840 Yeah. 165 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:13,907 I'd like to see her again. 166 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:16,143 Call her. 167 00:06:16,143 --> 00:06:16,844 And ask her out? Yeah. 168 00:06:16,844 --> 00:06:18,111 No, no. 169 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:19,613 'Cause there's a potential she says no 170 00:06:19,613 --> 00:06:20,914 and then I have to move someplace 171 00:06:20,914 --> 00:06:22,382 where it'll never be spoken of again. 172 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:23,817 Yeah. 173 00:06:23,817 --> 00:06:25,553 I need to come in under the cover of business. 174 00:06:25,553 --> 00:06:27,320 'Cause you're a straight shooter. Yeah. 175 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:28,355 I need a point of friction. 176 00:06:28,355 --> 00:06:29,457 An issue where the feministas 177 00:06:29,457 --> 00:06:30,491 and the White House disagree. 178 00:06:30,491 --> 00:06:31,959 That way, I can go to her 179 00:06:31,959 --> 00:06:34,227 break the bad news, stand tough, smooth it over 180 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:35,729 and then, you know, I take it from there. 181 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:37,130 How about the word "feministas"? 182 00:06:37,130 --> 00:06:38,632 Nah. Come on, you've been doing outreach 183 00:06:38,632 --> 00:06:40,233 to the women's groups on the State 184 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:41,735 of the Union-- where are we? They're happy. 185 00:06:41,735 --> 00:06:43,036 Very happy? Yeah. 186 00:06:43,036 --> 00:06:45,005 With the surplus projections changing? 187 00:06:45,005 --> 00:06:46,974 Women are getting a decent break. 188 00:06:46,974 --> 00:06:49,910 Damn-- where the hell are the pro-lifers when you need them? 189 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:52,045 Sons of bitches, don't they know you're trying to get... 190 00:06:52,045 --> 00:06:53,013 Hey, this is not that. 191 00:06:53,013 --> 00:06:53,981 She's got... 192 00:06:53,981 --> 00:06:55,148 I really... I'm... bewitched. 193 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:56,750 I'm ensorcelled. 194 00:06:56,750 --> 00:07:00,187 There's got to be some way we're screwing them over. 195 00:07:04,291 --> 00:07:06,494 There's an anti-family planning amendment on Raleigh's 196 00:07:06,494 --> 00:07:07,528 foreign ops supplemental... 197 00:07:07,528 --> 00:07:08,596 We killed it in Committee. 198 00:07:08,596 --> 00:07:09,930 Pay Equity Act? 199 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:11,164 They're the ones who want to wait. 200 00:07:11,164 --> 00:07:12,566 Breast cancer screenings through Medicare? 201 00:07:12,566 --> 00:07:14,134 Fully funded. 202 00:07:14,134 --> 00:07:15,536 Head Start's okay. What about paid family leave? 203 00:07:15,536 --> 00:07:16,937 They know it's a dream 204 00:07:16,937 --> 00:07:18,472 they don't want us to waste the capital. 205 00:07:18,472 --> 00:07:20,073 We can't just compromise like that. 206 00:07:20,073 --> 00:07:21,475 They want us to compromise, like that. 207 00:07:21,475 --> 00:07:22,810 They should be outraged. 208 00:07:22,810 --> 00:07:24,177 They're not, they just want a study funded. 209 00:07:24,177 --> 00:07:26,346 How much we putting towards the study? 210 00:07:26,346 --> 00:07:27,615 Almost everything they asked for. 211 00:07:27,615 --> 00:07:28,616 Almost? 212 00:07:28,616 --> 00:07:30,417 They wanted $21 million 213 00:07:30,417 --> 00:07:31,852 they're getting $20.5. 214 00:07:31,852 --> 00:07:33,954 Well, that's practically an insult. 215 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:35,222 Yeah. 216 00:07:35,222 --> 00:07:37,157 Paid family leave, there it is. 217 00:07:37,157 --> 00:07:39,359 Yeah, I'd go with paid family leave. 218 00:07:39,359 --> 00:07:40,928 Paid family leave. 219 00:07:40,928 --> 00:07:42,029 There it is. 220 00:07:42,029 --> 00:07:43,130 Okay. 221 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:44,197 Hey. 222 00:07:44,197 --> 00:07:45,866 Yeah. 223 00:07:49,903 --> 00:07:50,871 Listen. 224 00:07:52,973 --> 00:07:53,941 Come here. 225 00:08:00,514 --> 00:08:02,249 You're inside, right? 226 00:08:02,249 --> 00:08:04,117 On what? 227 00:08:07,788 --> 00:08:09,356 Leo? 228 00:08:09,356 --> 00:08:13,260 You were nervous when he took the stand before the break. 229 00:08:13,260 --> 00:08:14,695 So was the President. 230 00:08:14,695 --> 00:08:16,597 Then they called the recess. 231 00:08:16,597 --> 00:08:18,431 I don't know what was going on 232 00:08:18,431 --> 00:08:21,769 that's okay, that's the way somebody wants it. 233 00:08:21,769 --> 00:08:24,071 But you're inside, right? 234 00:08:24,071 --> 00:08:25,573 Yeah. 235 00:08:25,573 --> 00:08:26,874 Good. 236 00:08:29,142 --> 00:08:31,845 If it's something Communications is going to have to work with... 237 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:34,347 The lawyers are talking about it. 238 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:36,483 When I have to know I will. 239 00:08:36,483 --> 00:08:37,484 Yeah. 240 00:08:37,484 --> 00:08:38,652 Okay. 241 00:08:41,454 --> 00:08:42,790 Paid family leave. 242 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:49,697 Charlie. Good morning. 243 00:08:49,697 --> 00:08:50,998 How was your weekend? 244 00:08:50,998 --> 00:08:52,299 It was good, sir. What'd you do? 245 00:08:52,299 --> 00:08:54,267 I was here most of the time with you, sir. 246 00:08:54,267 --> 00:08:55,468 Time well spent. Yeah. 247 00:08:55,468 --> 00:08:56,904 Weren't you going to a flea market? 248 00:08:56,904 --> 00:08:58,505 Yeah, I picked something up for you. 249 00:08:58,505 --> 00:08:59,339 You didn't have to do that. 250 00:08:59,339 --> 00:09:00,808 Yeah? 251 00:09:00,808 --> 00:09:04,011 It's a map of the Holy Land that was drawn in 1709. 252 00:09:04,011 --> 00:09:07,247 It's titled "Canaan, Palestine, or the Holy Land." 253 00:09:07,247 --> 00:09:09,216 Nice sucking up. 254 00:09:09,216 --> 00:09:10,517 Thank you, sir. 255 00:09:10,517 --> 00:09:12,319 Look at these topographical details. 256 00:09:12,319 --> 00:09:15,388 Seriously, I'm going to have this framed, this is great. 257 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:16,857 If you leave it here, I'll send it out. 258 00:09:16,857 --> 00:09:18,391 No, I'm going to play with it some more. 259 00:09:18,391 --> 00:09:20,093 LEO: Good morning. 260 00:09:20,093 --> 00:09:22,095 Look at this map. 261 00:09:22,095 --> 00:09:23,230 1709. 262 00:09:23,230 --> 00:09:27,067 The Dead Sea, Jordan River, Mount Sinai. 263 00:09:27,067 --> 00:09:29,202 That's beautiful. 264 00:09:30,537 --> 00:09:32,572 You want to come inside? 265 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:33,573 Yeah. 266 00:09:33,573 --> 00:09:35,242 Thanks again, Charlie. 267 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:41,148 How'd it go? 268 00:09:41,148 --> 00:09:42,215 Last night? 269 00:09:42,215 --> 00:09:43,283 Yeah. 270 00:09:43,283 --> 00:09:44,484 It was nothing. 271 00:09:44,484 --> 00:09:45,518 What did they offer? 272 00:09:45,518 --> 00:09:46,553 Nothing. 273 00:09:46,553 --> 00:09:48,321 They didn't offer nothing. 274 00:09:48,321 --> 00:09:50,658 It was a non-starter, don't worry about it. 275 00:09:50,658 --> 00:09:52,025 Censure? 276 00:09:52,025 --> 00:09:53,026 Yeah. 277 00:09:53,026 --> 00:09:55,028 Anyway, I'm going to go 278 00:09:55,028 --> 00:09:57,430 to a budget meeting where the OMB and treasury 279 00:09:57,430 --> 00:10:00,100 are going to recommend we drop the child poverty fund 280 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:01,601 from the State of the Union. 281 00:10:01,601 --> 00:10:02,903 Well, I get it 282 00:10:02,903 --> 00:10:04,271 but see what you can do about it, okay? 283 00:10:04,271 --> 00:10:05,673 Yeah, anything else? 284 00:10:05,673 --> 00:10:07,741 No, I've got a security briefing downstairs. 285 00:10:07,741 --> 00:10:08,876 Thank you, Mr. President. 286 00:10:14,147 --> 00:10:15,816 JORDAN: Hi. 287 00:10:15,816 --> 00:10:17,017 Remember me? 288 00:10:17,017 --> 00:10:17,718 Margaret! 289 00:10:17,718 --> 00:10:19,386 I was the one with you 290 00:10:19,386 --> 00:10:21,789 last night when you went to the meeting. Yes. 291 00:10:21,789 --> 00:10:23,891 When you left the meeting I was not with you. Yes? 292 00:10:23,891 --> 00:10:25,292 Is it just an open house in here? 293 00:10:25,292 --> 00:10:26,760 The whole system's gotten out of hand. 294 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:27,394 Yeah. 295 00:10:28,295 --> 00:10:29,396 You left without me. 296 00:10:29,396 --> 00:10:30,597 Well, if you're going to make 297 00:10:30,597 --> 00:10:31,899 a strong exit, you really can't wait 298 00:10:31,899 --> 00:10:33,366 for someone to get their purse together. 299 00:10:33,366 --> 00:10:35,202 How long does it take to get a purse together? 300 00:10:35,202 --> 00:10:38,005 A question I've been asking my entire adult life. 301 00:10:38,005 --> 00:10:39,072 It's a nonbinding resolution. 302 00:10:39,072 --> 00:10:40,774 Do you know what that means? 303 00:10:40,774 --> 00:10:42,676 No, could you tell me, 'cause I've really started 304 00:10:42,676 --> 00:10:44,277 to take an interest in government lately. 305 00:10:44,277 --> 00:10:46,613 Do you know how much force and effect it has? Jordan... 306 00:10:46,613 --> 00:10:48,215 None. No force and effect. 307 00:10:48,215 --> 00:10:51,785 The following is a sampling of nonbinding joint resolutions 308 00:10:51,785 --> 00:10:52,786 from the 106th Congress. 309 00:10:52,786 --> 00:10:54,154 I have a meeting. 310 00:10:54,154 --> 00:10:56,089 A resolution in support of Ohio's state motto. 311 00:10:56,089 --> 00:10:58,692 A resolution fostering friendship and cooperation 312 00:10:58,692 --> 00:10:59,526 with the people of Mongolia. 313 00:10:59,526 --> 00:11:00,460 I have a meeting. 314 00:11:00,460 --> 00:11:02,129 A resolution recognizing 315 00:11:02,129 --> 00:11:04,297 the contributions of Bristol, Tennessee, to the development 316 00:11:04,297 --> 00:11:05,432 of country music. 317 00:11:05,432 --> 00:11:07,334 I'm sorry, I have a budget meeting. 318 00:11:07,334 --> 00:11:09,536 A resolution in support of Little League baseball. 319 00:11:09,536 --> 00:11:11,204 Jordan... A resolution recogniz... 320 00:11:11,204 --> 00:11:12,405 This isn't that! 321 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:16,143 This is 535 Congressmen and Senators standing up 322 00:11:16,143 --> 00:11:18,712 and saying the President lied 323 00:11:18,712 --> 00:11:20,180 and should be ashamed of himself. 324 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:21,915 And this is us standing up and saying 325 00:11:21,915 --> 00:11:23,250 you're right. 326 00:11:23,250 --> 00:11:24,785 This would be the first time in history 327 00:11:24,785 --> 00:11:26,453 a President has been censured. 328 00:11:26,453 --> 00:11:27,988 Congress isn't talk radio. 329 00:11:27,988 --> 00:11:31,024 It's the seat of democracy, their opinion matters 330 00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:33,761 and their condemnation doesn't have to come with handcuffs 331 00:11:33,761 --> 00:11:35,562 to be devastating to this President. 332 00:11:35,562 --> 00:11:37,030 That is the force and effect 333 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:39,266 and it's not going to happen because of me. 334 00:11:40,801 --> 00:11:43,703 I have a budget meeting, Jordan. 335 00:11:54,314 --> 00:11:55,615 Hey. 336 00:11:55,615 --> 00:11:57,818 Hey. 337 00:11:57,818 --> 00:11:59,019 Listen. 338 00:11:59,019 --> 00:12:00,187 Yeah. 339 00:12:00,187 --> 00:12:01,521 How's it going with the thing? 340 00:12:01,521 --> 00:12:02,689 My chapters? Yeah. 341 00:12:02,689 --> 00:12:03,690 I'm done. 342 00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:04,724 And? 343 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:06,493 I'm fine with it. 344 00:12:06,493 --> 00:12:07,394 What do you mean? 345 00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:08,561 I'm fine with it. 346 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:09,897 You're saying it's all true? 347 00:12:09,897 --> 00:12:11,598 No. Hardly any of it's true. 348 00:12:11,598 --> 00:12:12,766 Then it's not true. 349 00:12:12,766 --> 00:12:13,967 Well, my name is Toby Ziegler 350 00:12:13,967 --> 00:12:15,435 and I'm the Communications Director 351 00:12:15,435 --> 00:12:17,004 though there's a typo in "communications" 352 00:12:17,004 --> 00:12:18,238 at one point. 353 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:19,239 Perhaps... 354 00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:20,774 perhaps... 355 00:12:20,774 --> 00:12:22,275 perhaps I mumble from time to time 356 00:12:22,275 --> 00:12:23,376 but prickly? 357 00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:24,411 I do not think so. 358 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:26,079 Nonetheless, I'm fine with it. 359 00:12:26,079 --> 00:12:28,281 Toby, no kidding, I need a fact/fiction paper. 360 00:12:28,281 --> 00:12:30,617 I'd really rather not have one over my signature. 361 00:12:30,617 --> 00:12:32,085 There's a ticking clock. 362 00:12:32,085 --> 00:12:34,054 It has to get discredited before it's real. 363 00:12:34,054 --> 00:12:35,155 I remember this guy 364 00:12:35,155 --> 00:12:36,756 as a not very talented 365 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:38,458 not very pleasant malcontent 366 00:12:38,458 --> 00:12:40,127 who wasn't here very long. 367 00:12:40,127 --> 00:12:41,862 Am I remembering the right guy? 368 00:12:41,862 --> 00:12:43,396 Yeah. 369 00:12:43,396 --> 00:12:45,065 Yeah, well, I don't want him to know 370 00:12:45,065 --> 00:12:45,899 I remember him at all. 371 00:12:45,899 --> 00:12:47,334 That's nice. 372 00:12:47,334 --> 00:12:49,069 Now if we can only get 200 million other people 373 00:12:49,069 --> 00:12:50,503 to think that way. 374 00:12:50,503 --> 00:12:52,005 Yeah, I... Conventional wisdom in Washington 375 00:12:52,005 --> 00:12:53,206 is like concrete-- it hardens. 376 00:12:53,206 --> 00:12:54,741 There's nothing you can do about it. 377 00:12:54,741 --> 00:12:57,277 So, let's... Is there anything in particular? 378 00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:58,278 In your chapters? 379 00:12:58,278 --> 00:13:00,113 Yeah. 380 00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:02,115 It says you and I were sent out of the Oval Office 381 00:13:02,115 --> 00:13:04,617 to write an introduction for a Teacher of the Year ceremony 382 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:06,553 while others stayed for a serious discussion 383 00:13:06,553 --> 00:13:07,687 on Latin America. 384 00:13:07,687 --> 00:13:09,222 We weren't sent out of the room. 385 00:13:09,222 --> 00:13:12,059 We left voluntarily to work on a major education address 386 00:13:12,059 --> 00:13:13,593 instead of waiting another ten minutes 387 00:13:13,593 --> 00:13:14,794 while White House operators 388 00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:16,296 kept trying to connect the President 389 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:17,730 with the President of Ecuador 390 00:13:17,730 --> 00:13:19,432 who was only calling to complain one more time 391 00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:21,134 about how we resolved the banana crisis. 392 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:22,402 We weren't sent out of the room. 393 00:13:22,402 --> 00:13:23,570 Will you put that down in a memo? 394 00:13:23,570 --> 00:13:25,505 Yeah. 395 00:13:28,408 --> 00:13:30,277 ( sighs ) 396 00:13:31,578 --> 00:13:34,247 He's going to be ready for you in just a minute. 397 00:13:34,247 --> 00:13:36,316 Okay. 398 00:13:38,952 --> 00:13:40,954 On Carol's birthday, did you happen to attend 399 00:13:40,954 --> 00:13:42,856 a seance where they tried to contact 400 00:13:42,856 --> 00:13:44,124 Margaret's grandmother? 401 00:13:45,926 --> 00:13:47,594 No, right? 402 00:13:47,594 --> 00:13:50,463 ( phone rings ) 403 00:13:50,463 --> 00:13:52,933 Yes, sir? 404 00:13:55,102 --> 00:13:56,703 You can go on in. 405 00:13:56,703 --> 00:13:58,738 Thanks. 406 00:13:58,738 --> 00:14:00,340 ( door opens ) 407 00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:02,309 Hey. 408 00:14:02,309 --> 00:14:03,476 Good afternoon, Mr. President. 409 00:14:03,476 --> 00:14:05,212 There seems to be a growing consensus 410 00:14:05,212 --> 00:14:06,880 that no one's going to believe 411 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,217 I'm serious about paying down a trillion dollars of the debt 412 00:14:10,217 --> 00:14:11,885 when I'm willing to spend $200 billion 413 00:14:11,885 --> 00:14:13,086 on the child poverty fund. 414 00:14:13,086 --> 00:14:14,421 I agree with the growing consensus. 415 00:14:14,421 --> 00:14:16,423 I'm not saying we're not going to do it. 416 00:14:16,423 --> 00:14:18,691 We're just going to find a different way of saying 417 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:19,826 we're going to do it. 418 00:14:19,826 --> 00:14:21,361 We're on it. Anything else? 419 00:14:21,361 --> 00:14:23,263 ALL: Thank you, Mr. President. 420 00:14:23,263 --> 00:14:24,631 Thank you. 421 00:14:24,631 --> 00:14:27,567 ( soft groan ) 422 00:14:27,567 --> 00:14:29,903 What's going on? 423 00:14:29,903 --> 00:14:31,304 Well, I guess you should know 424 00:14:31,304 --> 00:14:33,406 we have galleys of a book that's coming out 425 00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:34,374 in a few weeks. 426 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:35,575 A kiss-and-tell by a photographer 427 00:14:35,575 --> 00:14:37,177 who worked for me for about a half hour. 428 00:14:37,177 --> 00:14:38,611 Fiction or nonfiction? 429 00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:39,512 Science fiction really. 430 00:14:39,512 --> 00:14:41,081 What else? 431 00:14:41,081 --> 00:14:43,550 Everything else is the State of the Union. 432 00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:46,219 All right. Hey, you want to see something? 433 00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:48,155 Charlie gave this to me. 434 00:14:48,155 --> 00:14:50,924 It's a map of the Holy Land, drawn in 1709. 435 00:14:50,924 --> 00:14:52,459 He got at a flea market. 436 00:14:52,459 --> 00:14:54,427 It's hand-colored, copper engraved. 437 00:14:54,427 --> 00:14:56,596 I was going to put it in the outer office. 438 00:14:56,596 --> 00:14:57,630 This outer office? 439 00:14:57,630 --> 00:14:58,565 Yeah. No. 440 00:14:58,565 --> 00:14:59,799 Why? 441 00:14:59,799 --> 00:15:01,268 Why? Yeah. 442 00:15:01,268 --> 00:15:03,670 'Cause some people are going to find it offensive. 443 00:15:03,670 --> 00:15:05,038 Why? 444 00:15:05,038 --> 00:15:06,873 It doesn't recognize Israel. 445 00:15:06,873 --> 00:15:08,275 It was drawn in 1709. 446 00:15:08,275 --> 00:15:09,276 Yeah. 447 00:15:09,276 --> 00:15:11,044 There was no Israel. Right. 448 00:15:11,044 --> 00:15:12,245 Israel wouldn't happen 449 00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:13,613 for another 250 years. Yeah. 450 00:15:13,613 --> 00:15:15,482 So, what's the problem with the map? 451 00:15:15,482 --> 00:15:17,350 Some people are going to find it offensive. 452 00:15:17,350 --> 00:15:19,552 Why? It doesn't recognize Israel. 453 00:15:19,552 --> 00:15:21,354 Take lunch, would you? 454 00:15:21,354 --> 00:15:24,024 Hey, your favorite movie 455 00:15:24,024 --> 00:15:25,592 was on TV last night. 456 00:15:25,592 --> 00:15:28,928 "By God, I'm 50, alive, and the King 457 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:30,497 all at the same time." 458 00:15:30,497 --> 00:15:32,532 I turned it on just as they got to the scene 459 00:15:32,532 --> 00:15:35,168 when Richard, Jeffrey and John were locked in the dungeon 460 00:15:35,168 --> 00:15:37,637 and Henry was coming down to execute them. 461 00:15:37,637 --> 00:15:40,040 Richard tells his brothers not to cower 462 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,674 but to take it like men. 463 00:15:41,674 --> 00:15:43,443 And Jeffrey says, "You fool! 464 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:44,577 "As if it matters 465 00:15:44,577 --> 00:15:46,246 how a man falls down." 466 00:15:46,246 --> 00:15:47,814 And Richard says... 467 00:15:47,814 --> 00:15:51,384 BOTH: "When the fall is all that's left... 468 00:15:51,384 --> 00:15:53,853 it matters a great deal." 469 00:15:53,853 --> 00:15:56,990 It matters a great deal. 470 00:15:56,990 --> 00:15:59,026 Are you trying to tell me something? 471 00:16:00,293 --> 00:16:02,095 No, Mr. President, of course not. 472 00:16:04,031 --> 00:16:05,565 Okay. 473 00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:07,700 Thank you, sir. 474 00:16:11,838 --> 00:16:14,074 ( phone ringing ) 475 00:16:16,209 --> 00:16:18,311 Josh Lyman's office. 476 00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:19,446 Hi, Amy, it's Donna Moss. 477 00:16:19,446 --> 00:16:20,513 I'll take it. I'll take it. 478 00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:21,681 That's for me. 479 00:16:21,681 --> 00:16:23,116 Yeah, I'm not sure if he's in, Amy. 480 00:16:23,116 --> 00:16:24,684 Let me check. 481 00:16:24,684 --> 00:16:26,686 ( whispering ): Press hold, and I will pick up 482 00:16:26,686 --> 00:16:28,121 the phone in my office. 483 00:16:28,121 --> 00:16:29,722 I'm sorry, how does a telephone work again? 484 00:16:29,722 --> 00:16:31,391 ( loud thud ) 485 00:16:31,391 --> 00:16:33,126 Hang on just a second, Amy. 486 00:16:39,432 --> 00:16:40,800 Amy. 487 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:41,934 ( breathlessly ): Hey, J. 488 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:42,935 How you doing? 489 00:16:42,935 --> 00:16:43,936 Good. And you? 490 00:16:43,936 --> 00:16:45,004 Good. 491 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:46,573 My office said you called. 492 00:16:46,573 --> 00:16:48,275 Are you wrestling with someone right now? 493 00:16:48,275 --> 00:16:50,043 You in the middle of a match or something? 494 00:16:50,043 --> 00:16:52,945 I'm at the gym. 495 00:16:52,945 --> 00:16:54,481 You spend a lot of time at the gym. 496 00:16:54,481 --> 00:16:55,848 ( machine beeps ) Compared to whom? 497 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:57,350 ( chuckling ): Compared to me. 498 00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:58,551 Ah! 499 00:16:58,551 --> 00:17:00,787 Listen, uh, we need to talk about something. 500 00:17:00,787 --> 00:17:02,589 What's that? 501 00:17:04,791 --> 00:17:06,526 Josh? 502 00:17:08,928 --> 00:17:10,297 Paid family leave. 503 00:17:10,297 --> 00:17:13,500 Sorry, there was a dog in here for a second. 504 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:15,835 A dog? 505 00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:17,904 A nice one. It was okay. 506 00:17:17,904 --> 00:17:20,340 So, what about paid family leave? 507 00:17:20,340 --> 00:17:22,475 Well, I-I'd like to talk about this in person. 508 00:17:22,475 --> 00:17:23,810 Any chance we could get together? 509 00:17:23,810 --> 00:17:26,513 Sure. Can you have a late dinner tonight? 510 00:17:26,513 --> 00:17:28,047 Yes. As late as you like. 511 00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:28,981 Great. 512 00:17:28,981 --> 00:17:30,350 I have a date 513 00:17:30,350 --> 00:17:32,385 but I should be able to meet you by 11:00. 514 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:33,753 Well, I don't want 515 00:17:33,753 --> 00:17:35,455 to bust up your date or anything. 516 00:17:35,455 --> 00:17:36,423 No. 517 00:17:36,423 --> 00:17:37,690 We're going to the ballet. 518 00:17:37,690 --> 00:17:38,758 I can meet you at 11:00. 519 00:17:38,758 --> 00:17:39,826 How's the Ritz-Carlton? 520 00:17:39,826 --> 00:17:41,261 Uh, 11:00. 521 00:17:41,261 --> 00:17:42,662 See you then. 522 00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:48,535 Anything? 523 00:17:48,535 --> 00:17:49,035 Phone messages. 524 00:17:49,035 --> 00:17:50,503 Thank you. 525 00:17:50,503 --> 00:17:52,839 I'm moving the 4:00 with Treasury. Okay. 526 00:17:52,839 --> 00:17:55,642 They upped the prediction to 18 inches by morning. 527 00:17:55,642 --> 00:17:58,044 And Jordon Kendall's still in your office. 528 00:17:58,044 --> 00:18:01,013 A resolution recognizing the important contributions 529 00:18:01,013 --> 00:18:02,882 of Americans of Austrian descent. 530 00:18:02,882 --> 00:18:04,016 Margaret? 531 00:18:04,016 --> 00:18:05,084 I'm sorry. 532 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:06,119 Was our meeting over? 533 00:18:07,354 --> 00:18:08,655 Yes? 534 00:18:08,655 --> 00:18:10,022 Close the door. 535 00:18:10,022 --> 00:18:11,358 JORDON: A resolution 536 00:18:11,358 --> 00:18:12,959 remembering the life of George Washington 537 00:18:12,959 --> 00:18:14,461 'cause there was a chance 538 00:18:14,461 --> 00:18:16,196 we were going to forget who he was. Look... 539 00:18:16,196 --> 00:18:17,897 "What's that tall thing at the end of the mall?" 540 00:18:17,897 --> 00:18:19,499 "I don't know. A monument to somebody." 541 00:18:19,499 --> 00:18:20,767 Where are we again? Jordon... 542 00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:22,602 No. The opinion of Congress matters? 543 00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,437 Yes. And they're rattling it off 544 00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:26,038 every day on television. 545 00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:27,039 It's not the opinion... 546 00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:28,074 Your reputation is saved... 547 00:18:28,074 --> 00:18:29,342 My reputation isn't... 548 00:18:29,342 --> 00:18:30,610 He put... he put you on the hot seat. 549 00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:32,579 This is not your thing. It is my thing 550 00:18:32,579 --> 00:18:35,248 and I'm sorry, but I can't allow you to talk like that in here. 551 00:18:35,248 --> 00:18:36,883 I wasn't seeking your permission. 552 00:18:36,883 --> 00:18:38,785 You need to get... You need to get 553 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:41,020 that I am the White House Chief of Staff. 554 00:18:41,020 --> 00:18:42,455 And how much longer do you think 555 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:44,157 you're going to be able to keep that job 556 00:18:44,157 --> 00:18:45,392 if you tell the story 557 00:18:45,392 --> 00:18:46,859 they're going to make you tell?! 558 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:49,729 Play the tape through to the end, Leo. 559 00:18:49,729 --> 00:18:51,898 It's not my decision. 560 00:18:51,898 --> 00:18:54,967 I think it is. 561 00:18:54,967 --> 00:18:56,769 In fact, I know it. 562 00:18:56,769 --> 00:18:58,538 And you know it, too. 563 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,509 I have a meeting. 564 00:19:07,914 --> 00:19:10,183 ( door opens, closes ) 565 00:19:29,402 --> 00:19:30,903 What are you still doing here? 566 00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:31,904 C.J.'s here. 567 00:19:31,904 --> 00:19:32,905 The book? 568 00:19:32,905 --> 00:19:34,106 Yeah. 569 00:19:34,106 --> 00:19:35,074 You know if it started 570 00:19:35,074 --> 00:19:36,008 snowing yet? 571 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:37,244 It hasn't. 572 00:19:37,244 --> 00:19:38,578 How is it supposed to be 18 inches 573 00:19:38,578 --> 00:19:40,413 by the morning if it hasn't started yet? 574 00:19:40,413 --> 00:19:43,683 Accumulates by a magnitude, does a thing, I don't know. 575 00:19:43,683 --> 00:19:44,684 Okay. 576 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:45,785 Josh? 577 00:19:45,785 --> 00:19:47,320 Yeah? 578 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,923 You wanted me to tell you when it's 10:45. 579 00:19:50,923 --> 00:19:52,959 See ya. 580 00:19:52,959 --> 00:19:55,528 I'll get home fine. 581 00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:58,898 What's the problem? 582 00:19:58,898 --> 00:20:02,168 It's not fit for man nor beast out there. 583 00:20:02,168 --> 00:20:04,304 Has it started snowing yet? 584 00:20:04,304 --> 00:20:06,506 It accumulates by a magnitude. 585 00:20:06,506 --> 00:20:07,774 ( phone rings ) 586 00:20:07,774 --> 00:20:09,108 See you. 587 00:20:09,108 --> 00:20:10,777 You want this? 588 00:20:10,777 --> 00:20:12,812 No. 589 00:20:12,812 --> 00:20:14,013 Josh Lyman's office. 590 00:20:14,013 --> 00:20:15,014 CLIFF: Donna? 591 00:20:15,014 --> 00:20:16,015 Yeah. 592 00:20:16,015 --> 00:20:17,116 It's Cliff. 593 00:20:17,116 --> 00:20:19,619 Yeah. 594 00:20:19,619 --> 00:20:21,388 I need to meet with you for a minute 595 00:20:21,388 --> 00:20:23,356 and I need for nobody else to know it's happening. 596 00:20:23,356 --> 00:20:24,724 Can you meet me right now? 597 00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:25,525 Why? 598 00:20:25,525 --> 00:20:26,826 Look, it's not social. 599 00:20:26,826 --> 00:20:28,227 No way. 600 00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:29,329 I can't. 601 00:20:29,329 --> 00:20:30,630 There's nothing wrong with it. 602 00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:31,931 It's not against the law. 603 00:20:31,931 --> 00:20:33,966 How do I know? 604 00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:35,034 I'm a lawyer. 605 00:20:35,034 --> 00:20:36,303 You're not my lawyer. 606 00:20:36,303 --> 00:20:37,637 Look, I'm going to be 607 00:20:37,637 --> 00:20:39,439 at the Georgetown Law Library in 20 minutes. 608 00:20:39,439 --> 00:20:41,308 I'll be in the Federal Case Law section. 609 00:20:41,308 --> 00:20:43,242 Cliff, I'm a senior assistant. 610 00:20:43,242 --> 00:20:45,545 This is way over my head, and it doesn't feel right. 611 00:20:45,545 --> 00:20:47,580 I can't go Deep Throating in the middle... 612 00:20:49,349 --> 00:20:51,318 Cliff? 613 00:20:53,420 --> 00:20:55,955 Are you there? 614 00:20:55,955 --> 00:20:57,524 ( sighs ) 615 00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:01,060 Sir? 616 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:02,595 PRESIDENT: Yeah? C.J. 617 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:04,263 Thanks. 618 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:05,832 Good evening, Mr. President. 619 00:21:05,832 --> 00:21:07,967 Hey, C.J. 620 00:21:07,967 --> 00:21:09,135 You're working late. 621 00:21:09,135 --> 00:21:10,503 You, too. What's up? 622 00:21:10,503 --> 00:21:12,505 Well, this might sound ridiculous. 623 00:21:12,505 --> 00:21:15,007 Let's lay odds. You know we're trying to vet this book. 624 00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:16,175 I've heard about the book. 625 00:21:16,175 --> 00:21:18,645 So... 626 00:21:18,645 --> 00:21:19,912 Yes? 627 00:21:19,912 --> 00:21:21,781 "It is well known in the Bartlet White House 628 00:21:21,781 --> 00:21:23,416 "that after having two daughters 629 00:21:23,416 --> 00:21:25,184 "Jed Bartlet wanted a son and sought advice 630 00:21:25,184 --> 00:21:27,587 "from the book How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby 631 00:21:27,587 --> 00:21:30,089 "by Dr. Landrum B. Shettles. 632 00:21:30,089 --> 00:21:32,759 "The book recommends that the father-to-be avoid 633 00:21:32,759 --> 00:21:34,461 "'jockey shorts, jock straps 634 00:21:34,461 --> 00:21:37,530 and other tight- fitting clothes.'" 635 00:21:38,865 --> 00:21:41,401 Yeah? 636 00:21:41,401 --> 00:21:42,902 So, I can put you down for a "no?" 637 00:21:42,902 --> 00:21:44,837 When you're going to be a father, 638 00:21:44,837 --> 00:21:48,174 you're rooting for ten fingers and ten toes, and that's it. 639 00:21:48,174 --> 00:21:49,342 Thank you, Mr. President. 640 00:21:49,342 --> 00:21:50,743 Wait. 641 00:21:50,743 --> 00:21:52,879 I want to show you this great map Charlie found. 642 00:21:52,879 --> 00:21:55,081 Sir, I know about it. You can't put it up in the West Wing. 643 00:21:55,081 --> 00:21:56,315 C.J.?! 644 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:57,417 It doesn't recognize Israel. 645 00:21:57,417 --> 00:21:59,185 There was no Israel in 1709. 646 00:21:59,185 --> 00:22:00,387 That's right. 647 00:22:00,387 --> 00:22:01,921 So, it's not on the map. 648 00:22:01,921 --> 00:22:04,023 Which is what some people are going to find offensive. 649 00:22:04,023 --> 00:22:04,857 That's ridiculous. 650 00:22:04,857 --> 00:22:06,325 You know what would be great? 651 00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:07,794 If I put it someplace else? Yes. 652 00:22:07,794 --> 00:22:09,929 Leo has-- in what used to be his house 653 00:22:09,929 --> 00:22:12,699 when he was married-- a map of the United States. 654 00:22:12,699 --> 00:22:16,736 The first third of it is the 13 original colonies. 655 00:22:16,736 --> 00:22:19,005 The second third of it is the French territory of Louisiana. 656 00:22:19,005 --> 00:22:21,007 And the third third is Mexico. 657 00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:24,377 In this map of the United States, there is not a single state. 658 00:22:24,377 --> 00:22:25,878 That's because when this map was made 659 00:22:25,878 --> 00:22:27,880 there was no United States. 660 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,549 I am the President of the United States 661 00:22:29,549 --> 00:22:30,983 and I'm not offended by it. 662 00:22:30,983 --> 00:22:32,419 Well, you're bigger than ten men, sir. 663 00:22:32,419 --> 00:22:34,421 What do you say we put it out of the way? 664 00:22:34,421 --> 00:22:36,155 I'm having it enlarged and bolting it 665 00:22:36,155 --> 00:22:37,657 to the hood of my limo. 666 00:22:37,657 --> 00:22:40,527 They don't want us to put up our map, Charlie. 667 00:22:40,527 --> 00:22:42,729 They're philistines in the fight for freedom 668 00:22:42,729 --> 00:22:44,897 but that doesn't bother us, does it? 669 00:22:44,897 --> 00:22:46,198 Huh? 670 00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:47,834 Never mind. 671 00:22:47,834 --> 00:22:49,969 It's not like I'm agreeing with the people 672 00:22:49,969 --> 00:22:51,404 who are going to be offended. 673 00:22:51,404 --> 00:22:52,939 It's just that you're asking 674 00:22:52,939 --> 00:22:55,307 for a whole lot of pain, in exchange for which 675 00:22:55,307 --> 00:22:56,909 you get nothing but an old map. 676 00:22:56,909 --> 00:22:58,878 That's the key. An old map. 677 00:22:58,878 --> 00:23:00,513 An old map. Spin that. 678 00:23:00,513 --> 00:23:02,915 See, now you got me out there spinning things. 679 00:23:02,915 --> 00:23:04,484 Anything else? 680 00:23:04,484 --> 00:23:06,853 You didn't have special underwear, right? 681 00:23:06,853 --> 00:23:08,220 Thank you. 682 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:09,789 Thank you, Mr. President. 683 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:34,647 CLIFF: Donna? 684 00:23:36,315 --> 00:23:37,149 What's going on? 685 00:23:37,149 --> 00:23:38,050 Thanks for coming. 686 00:23:38,050 --> 00:23:39,418 What's going on? 687 00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:41,387 I need you to set up a meeting for me and Josh. 688 00:23:41,387 --> 00:23:42,622 A phone conversation will be fine 689 00:23:42,622 --> 00:23:43,990 but I need it to happen right away. 690 00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:46,125 Is this why your office has been calling all day? 691 00:23:46,125 --> 00:23:48,528 We wouldn't be here right now if you'd returned the call. 692 00:23:48,528 --> 00:23:51,197 I return the calls Josh tells me to. 693 00:23:51,197 --> 00:23:52,465 I need the conversation. 694 00:23:52,465 --> 00:23:53,265 Why? 695 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:54,634 I can't say why. 696 00:23:54,634 --> 00:23:56,969 I can't. I can't tell Josh I spoke to you. 697 00:23:56,969 --> 00:23:59,138 There's no jeopardy here. I'd be going behind the backs 698 00:23:59,138 --> 00:24:01,140 of the Counsel's Office, Legislative Affairs... 699 00:24:01,140 --> 00:24:02,441 I'm trying to help Leo McGarry. 700 00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:03,776 Since when are you in the business 701 00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:05,845 of helping Leo McGarry? 702 00:24:14,754 --> 00:24:17,056 You're the one who had the recess called. 703 00:24:19,492 --> 00:24:21,528 Before the Christmas break. 704 00:24:21,528 --> 00:24:24,096 You're the reason they adjourned. 705 00:24:24,096 --> 00:24:25,932 I'm not. 706 00:24:25,932 --> 00:24:27,299 You had the recess called. 707 00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:28,134 It was the Chairman. 708 00:24:28,134 --> 00:24:29,736 You got him to do it. 709 00:24:29,736 --> 00:24:31,871 Something was about to happen, and a recess was called 710 00:24:31,871 --> 00:24:33,540 and Josh was relieved. 711 00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:35,174 What was about to happen? 712 00:24:35,174 --> 00:24:36,709 I can't tell you that. 713 00:24:39,445 --> 00:24:41,514 It was you. 714 00:24:41,514 --> 00:24:43,983 I need to talk to Josh. 715 00:24:50,289 --> 00:24:52,091 I'm leaving now. 716 00:24:54,193 --> 00:24:56,062 Wait by your phone. 717 00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:10,342 ( piano music playing ) 718 00:25:10,342 --> 00:25:13,312 Hey, Kim. How are you? 719 00:25:13,312 --> 00:25:14,947 Hello. 720 00:25:14,947 --> 00:25:15,815 Hi. 721 00:25:15,815 --> 00:25:17,116 How was the ballet? 722 00:25:17,116 --> 00:25:18,184 It was wonderful. 723 00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:19,819 Which one was it? 724 00:25:19,819 --> 00:25:21,487 Do you know ballet? I know The Nutcracker 725 00:25:21,487 --> 00:25:22,822 although I've never been. 726 00:25:22,822 --> 00:25:24,323 There are others. 727 00:25:24,323 --> 00:25:25,892 But I should start with The Nutcracker, right? 728 00:25:25,892 --> 00:25:27,393 You don't like the ballet. 729 00:25:27,393 --> 00:25:29,395 No. And you've reached that conclusion 730 00:25:29,395 --> 00:25:31,898 without ever having been to one. 731 00:25:31,898 --> 00:25:34,266 Well, I've never been to Bosnia either, Amy, and I don't think 732 00:25:34,266 --> 00:25:35,367 I'm going to go. 733 00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:36,769 You don't mind sending Marines 734 00:25:36,769 --> 00:25:38,871 though, do you? Not a bit. 735 00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:40,472 Hey, can I get you something? 736 00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:42,709 Uh, Absolut martini on the rocks. 737 00:25:42,709 --> 00:25:45,444 Two olives, please. 738 00:25:45,444 --> 00:25:46,713 What do you want, J.? 739 00:25:46,713 --> 00:25:48,014 I'm sorry? 740 00:25:48,014 --> 00:25:49,782 What did you want to talk to me about? 741 00:25:49,782 --> 00:25:51,784 Paid family leave. 742 00:25:51,784 --> 00:25:53,219 What about it? 743 00:25:53,219 --> 00:25:54,987 It's not going to happen. 744 00:25:54,987 --> 00:25:55,655 I know. 745 00:25:55,655 --> 00:25:57,223 At least not this year. 746 00:25:57,223 --> 00:25:58,858 I know. 747 00:25:58,858 --> 00:26:00,492 I mean, we can't even go for it. 748 00:26:00,492 --> 00:26:03,095 We asked you not to go for it. We can't. 749 00:26:05,698 --> 00:26:07,900 Josh, our lobbyists sat with Legislative Affairs 750 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:11,170 and everybody decided it would cost too much in political capital. 751 00:26:11,170 --> 00:26:14,006 Who was the date? 752 00:26:14,006 --> 00:26:15,074 Excuse me? 753 00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:16,375 At the ballet? 754 00:26:16,375 --> 00:26:18,544 A guy I've been seeing. 755 00:26:18,544 --> 00:26:20,112 And he likes the ballet? 756 00:26:20,112 --> 00:26:21,614 He likes me. 757 00:26:21,614 --> 00:26:23,415 I think he likes the ballet. 758 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:24,784 What the hell is that supposed to mean? 759 00:26:24,784 --> 00:26:27,486 Thank you. 760 00:26:27,486 --> 00:26:29,088 Thank you for the extra olive. 761 00:26:29,088 --> 00:26:31,590 Sure. 762 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:33,559 "Sure." 763 00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:35,027 That's your type, isn't it? 764 00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:36,729 Won't catch her at the ballet. 765 00:26:36,729 --> 00:26:38,665 Or in a library either. 766 00:26:38,665 --> 00:26:39,565 She seemed smart to me. 767 00:26:39,565 --> 00:26:40,767 What do you want? 768 00:26:40,767 --> 00:26:44,203 How can you be blasé about this? 769 00:26:44,203 --> 00:26:45,872 About what? 770 00:26:45,872 --> 00:26:48,340 The United States is one of only six other countries 771 00:26:48,340 --> 00:26:49,676 out of 152 that has 772 00:26:49,676 --> 00:26:51,978 no national policy regarding paid maternal leave. 773 00:26:51,978 --> 00:26:54,413 Neither does Papua New Guinea, so we're fine. 774 00:26:54,413 --> 00:26:56,515 Really? What are you talking to me for? 775 00:26:56,515 --> 00:26:57,549 Get it for us. Can't do it. 776 00:26:57,549 --> 00:26:58,851 I know. But money has been 777 00:26:58,851 --> 00:27:00,086 put aside for a study. 778 00:27:00,086 --> 00:27:01,821 And that's great. The thing is... 779 00:27:01,821 --> 00:27:03,122 and here's the bad news. 780 00:27:03,122 --> 00:27:03,923 Yeah? 781 00:27:03,923 --> 00:27:05,191 You guys wanted $21 million? 782 00:27:05,191 --> 00:27:07,159 Yeah? 783 00:27:07,159 --> 00:27:10,262 It's going to be $20 million 500,000. 784 00:27:10,262 --> 00:27:13,933 You want to take my head off, go ahead. 785 00:27:13,933 --> 00:27:15,601 What the hell's going on? 786 00:27:15,601 --> 00:27:17,203 Things are tight all over. 787 00:27:17,203 --> 00:27:18,905 Is it possible that you are so addled 788 00:27:18,905 --> 00:27:21,007 that you've constructed some nonsense problem 789 00:27:21,007 --> 00:27:22,742 so that you'd have an excuse to see me? 790 00:27:26,946 --> 00:27:30,616 I mean, i-is it possible? 791 00:27:30,616 --> 00:27:32,384 I suppose you can say... 792 00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:33,519 I don't believe you. 793 00:27:33,519 --> 00:27:35,254 Hey, you threw a water balloon at me. 794 00:27:35,254 --> 00:27:37,890 And? I don't know, I was just throwing that out there. 795 00:27:37,890 --> 00:27:39,258 Look... Like there's not a reason 796 00:27:39,258 --> 00:27:41,060 you're here right now? I'm here 797 00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:43,229 because I thought there was a problem. All I know is 798 00:27:43,229 --> 00:27:45,264 you're here, I'm here and Nijinsky's home watching Leno. 799 00:27:45,264 --> 00:27:47,033 Oh, by all means, make fun of my boyfriend 800 00:27:47,033 --> 00:27:48,334 seeing as how you've never met him. 801 00:27:48,334 --> 00:27:49,435 Your boyfriend? 802 00:27:49,435 --> 00:27:50,970 Why can't you pick up a phone 803 00:27:50,970 --> 00:27:53,005 and say, "Would you like to go out sometime?" Why? 804 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:53,773 Look... I'll tell you why. 805 00:27:53,773 --> 00:27:55,107 Do you need me 806 00:27:55,107 --> 00:27:57,009 in this conversation or are you okay by yourself? 807 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:58,410 Because this is what you like, this. 808 00:27:58,410 --> 00:27:59,912 Not anything else. This is the fun part. 809 00:27:59,912 --> 00:28:01,347 That's not true. 810 00:28:01,347 --> 00:28:03,082 Yes, it is. We're not in the dorm anymore. 811 00:28:03,082 --> 00:28:05,117 I get paid a lot of money to do an important job 812 00:28:05,117 --> 00:28:06,418 and I'm not into getting diddled around 813 00:28:06,418 --> 00:28:07,854 by guys like you. 814 00:28:07,854 --> 00:28:10,122 Okay, that's like the fifth time you've said 815 00:28:10,122 --> 00:28:11,457 "guys like you." It is not. 816 00:28:11,457 --> 00:28:12,624 It's the second time. 817 00:28:12,624 --> 00:28:13,625 Fine. 818 00:28:13,625 --> 00:28:15,962 What's with guys like me? 819 00:28:18,297 --> 00:28:21,467 If this thing went five minutes longer than you wanted it to go 820 00:28:21,467 --> 00:28:22,501 you'd run for the hills. 821 00:28:22,501 --> 00:28:24,203 You're "Hit-and-Run Josh." 822 00:28:26,773 --> 00:28:28,540 That's not true. 823 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:30,009 ( phone ringing ) 824 00:28:35,214 --> 00:28:36,883 Excuse me. 825 00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:40,519 Hello. 826 00:28:40,519 --> 00:28:42,755 Donna, I'm kind of in the middle of something. 827 00:28:44,757 --> 00:28:47,827 What were you doing talking to...? 828 00:28:49,796 --> 00:28:51,330 Okay, tell him yeah. 829 00:28:57,269 --> 00:28:59,371 I have to go. 830 00:28:59,371 --> 00:29:01,240 Yes, indeed. 831 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:02,008 I'm sorry. 832 00:29:02,008 --> 00:29:05,044 I-I can't explain. 833 00:29:05,044 --> 00:29:07,213 ( clears throat ) 834 00:29:07,213 --> 00:29:08,848 I have to go. 835 00:29:22,995 --> 00:29:25,231 CHARLIE: Mr. President? 836 00:29:25,231 --> 00:29:26,365 Can you see Sam? 837 00:29:26,365 --> 00:29:27,834 Sure. 838 00:29:30,569 --> 00:29:32,038 Good evening, sir. 839 00:29:32,038 --> 00:29:34,073 Everybody's working late. 840 00:29:34,073 --> 00:29:35,374 I live here in January. 841 00:29:35,374 --> 00:29:36,508 How's it going? 842 00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:37,810 It's going well, I think. 843 00:29:37,810 --> 00:29:39,879 But I don't know. Who knows at this point? 844 00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:41,080 The early drafts look good. 845 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,481 Thank you, but, actually, I didn't 846 00:29:42,481 --> 00:29:44,050 come in to talk about the State of the Union. 847 00:29:44,050 --> 00:29:45,051 There's going to be a book coming out 848 00:29:45,051 --> 00:29:45,651 in about three weeks. 849 00:29:45,651 --> 00:29:47,586 I heard. 850 00:29:47,586 --> 00:29:49,822 Look, I'm really not going to talk to you about my underwear. 851 00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:52,424 That's... disappointing, Mr. President. 852 00:29:52,424 --> 00:29:55,527 But I wanted to ask you... the guy claims 853 00:29:55,527 --> 00:29:57,696 that while you don't poll on matters of foreign policy 854 00:29:57,696 --> 00:30:00,399 that at the first formal meeting of the Joint Chiefs 855 00:30:00,399 --> 00:30:01,567 you upbraided them 856 00:30:01,567 --> 00:30:03,035 for bloated Pentagon spending 857 00:30:03,035 --> 00:30:05,071 and told them 73% of the public was with you on it. 858 00:30:05,071 --> 00:30:07,273 I don't remember any such poll being done, do you? 859 00:30:07,273 --> 00:30:08,875 No, but I guess that doesn't mean it wasn't. 860 00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:10,509 Do you remember saying that 861 00:30:10,509 --> 00:30:13,145 at the first meeting with the Joint Chiefs? I don't. 862 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:14,780 Could you have said anything like it? 863 00:30:14,780 --> 00:30:16,482 I don't even remember the meeting. 864 00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:17,783 Okay. 865 00:30:17,783 --> 00:30:19,151 Thank you, sir. 866 00:30:19,151 --> 00:30:21,420 Why does it matter? 867 00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:23,122 Excuse me? 868 00:30:23,122 --> 00:30:25,024 I said, "Why does it matter?" 869 00:30:25,024 --> 00:30:27,826 Well, 'cause I don't think it's such a good idea 870 00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:29,461 to be casual about the truth. 871 00:30:30,762 --> 00:30:33,465 Neither do I. 872 00:30:33,465 --> 00:30:35,234 Thank you, sir. 873 00:30:40,472 --> 00:30:42,875 ( door closes ) 874 00:30:55,955 --> 00:30:58,024 ( liquid pouring ) 875 00:31:03,295 --> 00:31:04,596 Leo? 876 00:31:04,596 --> 00:31:05,764 Yeah. 877 00:31:05,764 --> 00:31:06,865 What are you doing down here? 878 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,034 Change of scenery. 879 00:31:08,034 --> 00:31:10,937 What are you doing? 880 00:31:10,937 --> 00:31:12,905 Well, I'd like to talk to you 881 00:31:12,905 --> 00:31:15,141 about the deal they're offering. 882 00:31:15,141 --> 00:31:18,044 Please, keep your voice down. 883 00:31:18,044 --> 00:31:20,112 There's nobody here, and my voice is down. 884 00:31:20,112 --> 00:31:21,547 Who have you been talking to? 885 00:31:21,547 --> 00:31:22,748 Cliff Calley. 886 00:31:22,748 --> 00:31:24,550 How did you get hooked up with Calley? 887 00:31:24,550 --> 00:31:25,985 Doesn't matter. 888 00:31:25,985 --> 00:31:27,653 It does matter. 889 00:31:27,653 --> 00:31:29,855 I'm not pushing you, okay? 890 00:31:29,855 --> 00:31:31,924 I just want to hear your reasons. 891 00:31:31,924 --> 00:31:33,092 What are your reasons? 892 00:31:33,092 --> 00:31:34,560 Gets it over and done 893 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,462 instead of dragging it through the primary season. 894 00:31:36,462 --> 00:31:39,565 Moreover, you don't take the stand on Monday. 895 00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:42,401 It's ridiculous to think that this would end it. 896 00:31:42,401 --> 00:31:45,171 All it means is that we go down in history. 897 00:31:45,171 --> 00:31:46,738 It's a press release. 898 00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:48,240 When the British Ambassador 899 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:49,942 told the German Foreign Minister 900 00:31:49,942 --> 00:31:51,643 that they were going to war 901 00:31:51,643 --> 00:31:54,446 over Belgium's violation of the neutrality treaty 902 00:31:54,446 --> 00:31:56,548 the German Foreign Minister said 903 00:31:56,548 --> 00:31:58,917 "You're going to war over a piece of paper?" 904 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:00,219 Leo... 905 00:32:00,219 --> 00:32:01,753 It is an historical judgment. 906 00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:05,057 Andrew Jackson knew that. 907 00:32:05,057 --> 00:32:07,659 Jackson was censured? 908 00:32:07,659 --> 00:32:10,096 Over the Bank of the U.S. 909 00:32:10,096 --> 00:32:11,763 Guess what. 910 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:14,133 I didn't know that. 911 00:32:14,133 --> 00:32:15,968 What's your point? 912 00:32:15,968 --> 00:32:17,669 History forgets these things. 913 00:32:17,669 --> 00:32:19,338 Presidents don't. 914 00:32:19,338 --> 00:32:21,740 They never get over it. 915 00:32:21,740 --> 00:32:24,443 This one won't. 916 00:32:24,443 --> 00:32:28,080 He'd act like it's fine, but... 917 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:29,615 he'd never get over it. 918 00:32:29,615 --> 00:32:31,750 So... 919 00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:34,453 that's my reason. 920 00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:36,922 All right. 921 00:32:36,922 --> 00:32:37,923 You're going home? 922 00:32:37,923 --> 00:32:39,758 Yeah. Sure. 923 00:32:39,758 --> 00:32:41,994 Have a good night. 924 00:32:41,994 --> 00:32:43,562 You, too. 925 00:32:49,068 --> 00:32:53,305 TOBY: McDeere shot 1 for 23 from the field last night. 926 00:32:55,107 --> 00:32:56,642 Missed his first 18 attempts. 927 00:32:56,642 --> 00:32:59,478 Wouldn't you think after the first 17 misses 928 00:32:59,478 --> 00:33:02,481 the coach would say, "Mickey, this isn't your night"? 929 00:33:02,481 --> 00:33:04,250 You don't have work to do? 930 00:33:04,250 --> 00:33:05,584 I have a lot of work to do. 931 00:33:05,584 --> 00:33:06,752 And? 932 00:33:06,752 --> 00:33:07,953 Can't rush these things. 933 00:33:07,953 --> 00:33:09,455 No. 934 00:33:09,455 --> 00:33:11,757 1 for 23. 935 00:33:11,757 --> 00:33:14,960 That's exactly one better than my mother would have done. 936 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,228 She's been dead 12 years. 937 00:33:16,228 --> 00:33:17,796 ( knocking ) 938 00:33:17,796 --> 00:33:18,564 Excuse me. 939 00:33:18,564 --> 00:33:19,831 Hi. 940 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:21,967 I asked the President about that first meeting. 941 00:33:21,967 --> 00:33:22,868 Which meeting? 942 00:33:22,868 --> 00:33:23,735 With the Joint Chiefs. 943 00:33:23,735 --> 00:33:24,636 What'd he say? 944 00:33:24,636 --> 00:33:25,804 He didn't remember 945 00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:27,239 whether or not we did a poll. 946 00:33:27,239 --> 00:33:29,275 Yeah, I don't either. 947 00:33:29,275 --> 00:33:30,342 Toby... How long ago was it? 948 00:33:30,342 --> 00:33:31,443 It was... I don't know. 949 00:33:31,443 --> 00:33:32,844 It was, like... I don't know. 950 00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:34,480 It was two years ago. How many polls ago? 951 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:35,747 We can't sit on... I'm sorry. 952 00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:37,049 We can't sit 953 00:33:37,049 --> 00:33:38,217 on the sidelines and ignore this crap. 954 00:33:38,217 --> 00:33:39,218 I'm not going to. 955 00:33:39,218 --> 00:33:40,719 Why am I the only one taking 956 00:33:40,719 --> 00:33:42,354 this seriously? That's a reasonable question 957 00:33:42,354 --> 00:33:43,855 and we should explore that for a minute. 958 00:33:43,855 --> 00:33:45,857 It's not the reason you think. You hired the guy. 959 00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:47,826 Yes, I hired the guy, but that's not... 960 00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:48,960 Legitimate news organizations 961 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:50,362 are going to cover this 962 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:52,431 to say nothing of the people who hate us 963 00:33:52,431 --> 00:33:54,633 who are going to run it over, over, over, over, over... 964 00:33:54,633 --> 00:33:56,835 This guy was here for three minutes 965 00:33:56,835 --> 00:33:57,803 and he was fired. 966 00:33:57,803 --> 00:33:58,970 He is not credible. 967 00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:00,372 I'm a lawyer, I'm telling you. 968 00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:01,707 That has to be made clear. 969 00:34:01,707 --> 00:34:03,609 Every time he makes a factual mistake 970 00:34:03,609 --> 00:34:05,844 we got to come out with a press release. 971 00:34:05,844 --> 00:34:07,646 Every time he misquotes or misidentifies anyone 972 00:34:07,646 --> 00:34:09,715 we need to have an affidavit swearing to the truth 973 00:34:09,715 --> 00:34:11,750 if there's a comma in the wrong place. 974 00:34:11,750 --> 00:34:13,552 He needs to be killed until he is dead 975 00:34:13,552 --> 00:34:15,221 and he needs to be killed again 976 00:34:15,221 --> 00:34:17,323 or he is going to keep biting at our ankles 977 00:34:17,323 --> 00:34:18,824 and I mean all through the campaign. 978 00:34:18,824 --> 00:34:21,059 He needs to be a joke, or we're going to be. 979 00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:22,661 ( snapping fingers rhythmically ) 980 00:34:24,296 --> 00:34:27,233 * Boy, boy, crazy boy 981 00:34:27,233 --> 00:34:29,401 * Keep cool, boy... 982 00:34:29,401 --> 00:34:31,002 I'm not screwing around. 983 00:34:31,002 --> 00:34:32,504 Me neither. Sit down. 984 00:34:36,175 --> 00:34:38,310 I'm not going to be a victim of this. 985 00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:39,811 Let me tell you something 986 00:34:39,811 --> 00:34:41,347 I've learned in my years. 987 00:34:41,347 --> 00:34:42,848 There are victims of fires. 988 00:34:42,848 --> 00:34:45,117 There are victims of car accidents. 989 00:34:45,117 --> 00:34:47,319 This kind of thing, there are no victims-- 990 00:34:47,319 --> 00:34:48,487 just volunteers. 991 00:34:48,487 --> 00:34:50,722 Of course we'll get in the game. 992 00:34:50,722 --> 00:34:52,658 I'll talk to the editors of the major papers 993 00:34:52,658 --> 00:34:54,025 but we're not going to publicly refute 994 00:34:54,025 --> 00:34:55,394 every bogus charge. 995 00:34:55,394 --> 00:34:57,129 First of all, there are too many of them. 996 00:34:57,129 --> 00:34:59,365 Second of all, I'm not going to give this guy and his book 997 00:34:59,365 --> 00:35:00,532 the weight of the White House. 998 00:35:00,532 --> 00:35:01,867 As far as the press is concerned 999 00:35:01,867 --> 00:35:03,602 I've read the book because I had to. 1000 00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:05,704 You have a vague recollection of the guy 1001 00:35:05,704 --> 00:35:07,739 but he wasn't here long enough to make a lasting impression. 1002 00:35:07,739 --> 00:35:09,175 Have you read the book? Of course not. 1003 00:35:09,175 --> 00:35:10,876 You're too busy doing a job. 1004 00:35:10,876 --> 00:35:12,578 While you're convincing the Post and the Times 1005 00:35:12,578 --> 00:35:14,546 that it's ridiculous... Sam! 1006 00:35:14,546 --> 00:35:16,448 Once again, we don't know what's going on in the Oval Office. 1007 00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:17,783 Obviously, there's a problem. 1008 00:35:17,783 --> 00:35:19,351 When it's our turn to worry about it 1009 00:35:19,351 --> 00:35:21,420 they won't be shy about telling us. 1010 00:35:21,420 --> 00:35:23,455 Let's not fixate on the knuckleheaded stuff 1011 00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:25,157 we think we can fix in the meantime. 1012 00:35:25,157 --> 00:35:27,893 And it feels a lot like... that's what you're doing. 1013 00:35:33,299 --> 00:35:35,000 Are you inside? 1014 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,537 Josh is. 1015 00:35:38,537 --> 00:35:40,572 But let me ask you this. 1016 00:35:40,572 --> 00:35:42,541 A guy shoots 1 for 23 from the field. 1017 00:35:42,541 --> 00:35:43,509 McDeere? 1018 00:35:43,509 --> 00:35:44,676 Yeah. 1019 00:35:44,676 --> 00:35:47,078 But he goes 8 for 8 1020 00:35:47,078 --> 00:35:49,548 My question is, why are you fouling this guy at all? 1021 00:35:49,548 --> 00:35:52,017 I'd just get out of the way and point him toward the basket. 1022 00:35:52,017 --> 00:35:53,018 Yeah. 1023 00:35:53,018 --> 00:35:54,019 So we're done 1024 00:35:54,019 --> 00:35:55,020 talking about this now. 1025 00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:55,987 Is there any beer? 1026 00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:57,088 You two have offices. 1027 00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:58,123 It's out in the refrigerator. 1028 00:35:58,123 --> 00:35:59,291 Hey. 1029 00:35:59,291 --> 00:36:00,826 C.J.: What? 1030 00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:03,362 It started snowing. 1031 00:36:16,208 --> 00:36:18,143 You owe me a half a million dollars 1032 00:36:18,143 --> 00:36:19,745 and a drink. 1033 00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:23,282 I paid for the drinks. 1034 00:36:23,282 --> 00:36:25,417 All right, then 500 grand. 1035 00:36:25,417 --> 00:36:27,085 What are you doing here? 1036 00:36:27,085 --> 00:36:28,354 I'm just hanging out. 1037 00:36:28,354 --> 00:36:30,188 Why? Do you live here? 1038 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:32,224 I do. 1039 00:36:32,224 --> 00:36:35,627 I'm sorry I had to leave quickly before. 1040 00:36:35,627 --> 00:36:37,763 I still can't tell you why. 1041 00:36:37,763 --> 00:36:41,099 Was it a matter of national security? 1042 00:36:41,099 --> 00:36:42,167 No. 1043 00:36:42,167 --> 00:36:43,502 Would you tell me 1044 00:36:43,502 --> 00:36:45,136 if it was a matter of national security? 1045 00:36:45,136 --> 00:36:46,305 No. 1046 00:36:46,305 --> 00:36:48,674 Okay. 1047 00:36:48,674 --> 00:36:51,443 You didn't talk to me much at school. 1048 00:36:51,443 --> 00:36:54,913 You were having quite a bit of sex with Chris. 1049 00:36:54,913 --> 00:36:56,615 There were times I wasn't. 1050 00:36:56,615 --> 00:36:58,684 I studied a lot in school. 1051 00:36:58,684 --> 00:37:01,487 I studied hard in high school and at Harvard 1052 00:37:01,487 --> 00:37:02,988 and in law school. 1053 00:37:02,988 --> 00:37:07,158 My IQ doesn't break the bank, and I wanted to do this 1054 00:37:07,158 --> 00:37:09,127 so I studied all the time. 1055 00:37:09,127 --> 00:37:10,629 And I missed something 1056 00:37:10,629 --> 00:37:12,364 or it's like I skipped a year 1057 00:37:12,364 --> 00:37:14,266 'cause I never learned what you do 1058 00:37:14,266 --> 00:37:16,234 after you think you like somebody-- 1059 00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:17,403 what you do next. 1060 00:37:17,403 --> 00:37:20,472 And ev-everybody did learn. 1061 00:37:20,472 --> 00:37:23,709 A lot of other people, anyway. 1062 00:37:23,709 --> 00:37:26,878 I didn't walk out tonight. 1063 00:37:26,878 --> 00:37:29,448 When my phone rings at 11:00, it's important. 1064 00:37:29,448 --> 00:37:30,916 Not important to me. Important. 1065 00:37:30,916 --> 00:37:33,151 And I'm not puffing myself so-so that you're... 1066 00:37:33,151 --> 00:37:34,553 You know what? 1067 00:37:34,553 --> 00:37:37,956 Maybe not so much for you with the talking. 1068 00:37:50,502 --> 00:37:53,905 Thanks for the drink. 1069 00:38:20,999 --> 00:38:22,300 Excuse me. 1070 00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:24,903 Good evening, Mr. President. 1071 00:38:24,903 --> 00:38:27,906 You want to step in for a second? 1072 00:38:39,317 --> 00:38:41,553 Are you up reading? 1073 00:38:41,553 --> 00:38:44,790 Yeah. No. A little bit. 1074 00:38:44,790 --> 00:38:48,594 Mostly, I've been talking with Babish and some of the deputies. 1075 00:38:48,594 --> 00:38:49,828 The Chairman, Trent 1076 00:38:49,828 --> 00:38:51,863 the Speaker, the Minority Leader. 1077 00:38:51,863 --> 00:38:53,999 No. 1078 00:38:53,999 --> 00:38:55,701 Yeah, I'm going to do it. 1079 00:38:55,701 --> 00:38:56,868 Sir... 1080 00:38:56,868 --> 00:38:58,704 Yeah. 1081 00:38:58,704 --> 00:39:00,806 It doesn't get Abbey off the hook. 1082 00:39:00,806 --> 00:39:01,873 She's still going to have to deal with the AMA. 1083 00:39:01,873 --> 00:39:03,008 Yeah. 1084 00:39:03,008 --> 00:39:04,943 It doesn't clear us up for the campaign. 1085 00:39:04,943 --> 00:39:06,978 It's just a different looking stage weight around our ankle 1086 00:39:06,978 --> 00:39:08,714 and now it comes with the Congressional Seal. 1087 00:39:08,714 --> 00:39:11,216 It doesn't give us any room to argue the point. 1088 00:39:11,216 --> 00:39:13,852 We've got two, maybe as many as three dozen 1089 00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:18,457 House Democrats in tight races, and you've still got MS. 1090 00:39:32,938 --> 00:39:35,106 Doing this to save me the embarrassment 1091 00:39:35,106 --> 00:39:36,374 I've got coming to me 1092 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:38,677 is about the dumbest reason I can think... 1093 00:39:38,677 --> 00:39:40,278 There's another reason. 1094 00:39:40,278 --> 00:39:42,047 What? 1095 00:39:42,047 --> 00:39:44,983 I was wrong. 1096 00:39:44,983 --> 00:39:47,653 I was. I was just... I was wrong. 1097 00:39:47,653 --> 00:39:49,821 Come on, we know that. 1098 00:39:49,821 --> 00:39:53,659 Lots of times we don't know what right or wrong is, 1099 00:39:53,659 --> 00:39:55,627 but lots of times we do, 1100 00:39:55,627 --> 00:39:57,996 and, come on, this is one. 1101 00:40:00,298 --> 00:40:04,102 I may not have had sinister intent at the outset, 1102 00:40:04,102 --> 00:40:06,738 but there were plenty of opportunities 1103 00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:08,707 for me to make it right. 1104 00:40:10,876 --> 00:40:13,612 No one in government takes responsibility 1105 00:40:13,612 --> 00:40:15,180 for anything anymore. 1106 00:40:15,180 --> 00:40:18,116 We foster, we obfuscate, we rationalize. 1107 00:40:18,116 --> 00:40:21,052 "Everybody does it." That's what we say. 1108 00:40:21,052 --> 00:40:24,255 So we come to occupy a moral safe house 1109 00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:28,359 where everyone's to blame so no one's guilty. 1110 00:40:28,359 --> 00:40:30,361 ( sighs ) 1111 00:40:30,361 --> 00:40:32,964 I'm to blame. 1112 00:40:32,964 --> 00:40:34,466 I was wrong. 1113 00:40:47,479 --> 00:40:50,749 You're ready for a Joint Resolution. 1114 00:40:50,749 --> 00:40:53,719 As a matter of fact, it's not a Joint Resolution. 1115 00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:56,822 The President still has to sign a Joint Resolution, 1116 00:40:56,822 --> 00:40:59,658 so, technically, it's a Concurrent Resolution. 1117 00:40:59,658 --> 00:41:04,963 House Concurrent Resolution 172. 1118 00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:07,899 The lawyers will haggle over the wording in the next few days. 1119 00:41:12,504 --> 00:41:15,541 So, at least I'll make history, huh? 1120 00:41:15,541 --> 00:41:17,576 No. 1121 00:41:17,576 --> 00:41:22,313 I thought so, too, until I was talking to Josh. 1122 00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:24,516 Andrew Jackson, 1834. 1123 00:41:25,851 --> 00:41:27,919 He was censured in '34. 1124 00:41:27,919 --> 00:41:30,321 He got it expunged in '36. 1125 00:41:30,321 --> 00:41:32,190 Good point. 1126 00:41:34,926 --> 00:41:37,428 It's not that cold out. 1127 00:41:37,428 --> 00:41:38,930 No. 1128 00:41:40,566 --> 00:41:41,833 Let me ask you something. 1129 00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:43,669 You may be the last sane voice around here. 1130 00:41:43,669 --> 00:41:44,870 Hang on, before I forget. 1131 00:41:44,870 --> 00:41:46,705 That map that Charlie gave you. 1132 00:41:46,705 --> 00:41:47,773 Make sure you don't put it 1133 00:41:47,773 --> 00:41:49,174 where people can see it. 1134 00:41:49,174 --> 00:41:50,175 I don't believe this. 1135 00:41:50,175 --> 00:41:51,409 Recognizing Israel's 1136 00:41:51,409 --> 00:41:52,611 a pretty hot button, wouldn't you say? 1137 00:41:52,611 --> 00:41:53,679 In Lebanon. 1138 00:41:53,679 --> 00:41:55,513 Not here. 1139 00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:57,182 It's not like I'm thinking 1140 00:41:57,182 --> 00:41:59,484 "God, I was going to recognize Israel 1141 00:41:59,484 --> 00:42:01,519 but now that I've seen this map..." You know what? 1142 00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,288 Let's just sit here quietly. 1143 00:42:03,288 --> 00:42:05,223 Yes, sir. 1144 00:42:13,031 --> 00:42:18,036 SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: Would the Secretary read 1145 00:42:18,036 --> 00:42:19,771 SECRETARY: "Whereas, in his conduct 1146 00:42:19,771 --> 00:42:21,907 "of the Office of the President of the United States 1147 00:42:21,907 --> 00:42:23,775 "Josiah Bartlet has engaged 1148 00:42:23,775 --> 00:42:26,444 "in a course of deceitful and dishonest conduct 1149 00:42:26,444 --> 00:42:29,247 "designed to impede and deny the disclosure 1150 00:42:29,247 --> 00:42:31,449 "of vital matters of public concern, 1151 00:42:31,449 --> 00:42:34,352 "the United States Congress hereby condemns him 1152 00:42:34,352 --> 00:42:35,821 "for acting in a manner 1153 00:42:35,821 --> 00:42:37,989 "contrary to his trust as President 1154 00:42:37,989 --> 00:42:40,091 "to the great prejudice of the cause of justice 1155 00:42:40,091 --> 00:42:43,228 and to the manifest injury of the American people."