1 00:00:04,305 --> 00:00:06,006 Previously on The West Wing... 2 00:00:06,074 --> 00:00:08,008 Toby keeps coming back at me with this. 3 00:00:08,076 --> 00:00:09,877 He says I let the pitch go bye. 4 00:00:09,943 --> 00:00:10,978 What pitch? 5 00:00:11,045 --> 00:00:13,614 I smooth myself out publicly. 6 00:00:13,681 --> 00:00:15,216 You're not "just folks." 7 00:00:15,283 --> 00:00:17,185 You're not "plain spoken." 8 00:00:17,251 --> 00:00:20,054 Do not... do not... do not act like it. 9 00:00:20,121 --> 00:00:22,323 I don't want to be killed. 10 00:00:22,390 --> 00:00:25,659 Then make this election about smart 11 00:00:25,726 --> 00:00:27,828 and not qualified. 12 00:00:27,895 --> 00:00:29,263 And not make it about heavy weight. 13 00:00:29,330 --> 00:00:30,664 You're a heavy weight. 14 00:00:30,731 --> 00:00:32,400 TV BROADCASTER: Good morning, Mr. President. 15 00:00:32,466 --> 00:00:33,734 Good to have you with us. 16 00:00:33,801 --> 00:00:35,536 PRESIDENT: Good to be talking to you. 17 00:00:35,603 --> 00:00:38,005 You're talking to us from the Map Room this morning? 18 00:00:38,072 --> 00:00:39,473 The Mural Room as a matter of fact. 19 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:41,475 Well, welcome to Sunrise Cincinnati, sir. 20 00:00:41,542 --> 00:00:43,244 And I know you only have a few moments 21 00:00:43,311 --> 00:00:44,778 and you want to talk to us about 22 00:00:44,845 --> 00:00:46,814 Thursday's prime-time press conference. 23 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,549 That's right and Thursday night 24 00:00:48,616 --> 00:00:51,785 we're going to talk about energy dependence versus independence 25 00:00:51,852 --> 00:00:55,055 and cleaner burning fuels that get up to 80 miles per gallon 26 00:00:55,123 --> 00:00:56,624 versus oil-based fuels 27 00:00:56,690 --> 00:01:00,228 that pump billions of pounds of pollution into our air 28 00:01:00,294 --> 00:01:03,297 and perhaps just as important are vulnerable 29 00:01:03,364 --> 00:01:04,665 to very volatile price spikes. 30 00:01:04,732 --> 00:01:06,600 We want to talk about controlling our destiny 31 00:01:06,667 --> 00:01:08,202 through innovation instead of relying 32 00:01:08,269 --> 00:01:10,003 so heavily on foreign oil. 33 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:11,939 Okay, now, you mention foreign oil. 34 00:01:12,005 --> 00:01:16,477 Yeah. 65% of the world's oil reserves are in the Mid East. 35 00:01:16,544 --> 00:01:17,811 Three percent are here at home. 36 00:01:17,878 --> 00:01:19,213 I, for one, wouldn't mind 37 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,215 sending a little less of my money over there 38 00:01:21,282 --> 00:01:23,451 and the only alternative is to use less oil. 39 00:01:23,517 --> 00:01:25,085 Last question, Mr. President. 40 00:01:25,153 --> 00:01:26,987 Governor Robert Ritchie of Florida 41 00:01:27,054 --> 00:01:30,023 the likely Republican nominee for the fall campaign 42 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:32,059 in his new book A Promise to Lead 43 00:01:32,126 --> 00:01:34,061 he says that we should be exploring 44 00:01:34,128 --> 00:01:35,763 the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve 45 00:01:35,829 --> 00:01:37,198 for new sources of energy. 46 00:01:37,265 --> 00:01:39,467 Will this be a hotly-contested campaign topic? 47 00:01:39,533 --> 00:01:40,868 I hope so, but there'll be 48 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:43,271 plenty of time for campaigning come the fall. 49 00:01:43,337 --> 00:01:45,406 Thursday night is about America's energy future. 50 00:01:45,473 --> 00:01:47,441 Thank you, very much, President Jed Bartlet. 51 00:01:47,508 --> 00:01:49,343 It's 12 past the hour. Don't go away. 52 00:01:49,410 --> 00:01:51,945 We'll be back with traffic and weather updates. 53 00:01:52,012 --> 00:01:53,647 Thank you very much, sir. 54 00:01:53,714 --> 00:01:54,715 Thank you, Kim. 55 00:01:54,782 --> 00:01:55,849 Uh... Terry. 56 00:01:55,916 --> 00:01:56,817 I'm-- Terry, I'm sorry. 57 00:01:56,884 --> 00:01:58,051 That's all right. 58 00:01:58,118 --> 00:02:00,254 That was my ninth interview this morning. 59 00:02:00,321 --> 00:02:01,789 Are you ready to run against Ritchie? 60 00:02:01,855 --> 00:02:03,891 Well, I guess we'll be ready to run against 61 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:05,393 whoever we have to run against. 62 00:02:05,459 --> 00:02:06,227 What do you think of him? 63 00:02:06,294 --> 00:02:07,295 Rob Ritchie? 64 00:02:07,361 --> 00:02:09,763 I don't know him very well. 65 00:02:09,830 --> 00:02:10,664 Well, good luck. Thank you. 66 00:02:10,731 --> 00:02:11,999 TOBY: They all want to talk about 67 00:02:12,065 --> 00:02:12,933 Ritchie's book. 68 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,335 We could talk about my book. 69 00:02:14,402 --> 00:02:15,603 Theory and Design of Macro Economics 70 00:02:15,669 --> 00:02:17,505 in Developing Nations? Yeah. 71 00:02:17,571 --> 00:02:20,174 Okay, sir, we have two minutes and 20 seconds and we're at 72 00:02:20,241 --> 00:02:20,808 WKZN in Philadelphia. 73 00:02:20,874 --> 00:02:22,310 Thanks. 74 00:02:22,376 --> 00:02:24,512 When they say "explore" you got to say "drilling." 75 00:02:24,578 --> 00:02:26,180 There's a 12 point kick with ANWAR 76 00:02:26,247 --> 00:02:27,948 between "exploring" and "drilling." 77 00:02:28,015 --> 00:02:29,049 What else? Saudi Arabia, bad. 78 00:02:29,116 --> 00:02:30,083 Got it. 79 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:31,819 How's it going? 80 00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:32,820 Good. 81 00:02:32,886 --> 00:02:33,987 Do you have a minute? 82 00:02:34,054 --> 00:02:36,156 Well, that's all I've got. 83 00:02:42,930 --> 00:02:44,164 Could you do me a favor? 84 00:02:44,232 --> 00:02:46,434 I just got faxed a letter from Tabatha Fortis. 85 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:47,601 She says she's not comfortable 86 00:02:47,668 --> 00:02:48,869 going ahead with the dinner next week 87 00:02:48,936 --> 00:02:50,204 unless she gets to chastise 88 00:02:50,271 --> 00:02:51,672 the administration for backing off its commitment 89 00:02:51,739 --> 00:02:52,873 to banning land mines. 90 00:02:52,940 --> 00:02:54,608 I'm sure it's just a matter of hand-holding. 91 00:02:54,675 --> 00:02:55,843 Would you ask Sam to talk to her? 92 00:02:55,909 --> 00:02:57,911 I'll do it. 93 00:02:57,978 --> 00:03:00,080 I thought Sam 'cause he's more familiar with land mines. 94 00:03:00,147 --> 00:03:01,148 I'll talk to her. 95 00:03:01,215 --> 00:03:02,650 Why? 96 00:03:02,716 --> 00:03:05,386 'Cause. 97 00:03:08,055 --> 00:03:10,023 What? 98 00:03:10,090 --> 00:03:13,694 Is it possible you've got a little touch of the poet? 99 00:03:13,761 --> 00:03:16,830 Or would like a little touch of the poet? 100 00:03:16,897 --> 00:03:18,666 Yes. 101 00:03:22,703 --> 00:03:24,772 Okay, then learn something about land mines, would you? 102 00:03:24,838 --> 00:03:26,039 We don't want to cancel. 103 00:03:26,106 --> 00:03:28,776 About 300 of the finest minds in the country are coming 104 00:03:28,842 --> 00:03:29,743 plus some congressmen. 105 00:03:29,810 --> 00:03:30,911 It'll be fine. 106 00:03:30,978 --> 00:03:32,713 Knock 'em dead, de Bergerac. 107 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:41,955 Okay. 108 00:03:42,022 --> 00:03:44,124 Okay what? 109 00:03:44,191 --> 00:03:46,594 Nothing, I just meant, you know, okay. 110 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:49,597 MAN: They're back from commercial in 20 seconds. 111 00:03:49,663 --> 00:03:51,432 Drilling/exploring. Yes, sir. 112 00:03:51,499 --> 00:03:52,433 And Saudi Arabia bad. 113 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:54,368 Saudi Arabia very bad. 114 00:03:54,435 --> 00:03:55,369 Okay. Okay. 115 00:03:55,436 --> 00:03:56,670 Why are you smiling? 116 00:03:56,737 --> 00:03:59,707 Happiness is my default position. 117 00:04:00,674 --> 00:04:02,376 TV REPORTER: And joining us now 118 00:04:02,443 --> 00:04:04,312 from the Mural Room of the White House 119 00:04:04,378 --> 00:04:05,413 is President Bartlet. 120 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:06,580 Good morning, Mr. President. 121 00:04:06,647 --> 00:04:08,516 Good morning. Thanks for having me. 122 00:04:08,582 --> 00:04:09,950 And you're here to talk about 123 00:04:10,017 --> 00:04:11,652 Thursday's prime-time press conference. 124 00:04:11,719 --> 00:04:13,521 And to shill for my new energy plan 125 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:15,789 which is about raising fuel economy standards 126 00:04:15,856 --> 00:04:17,925 working with Detroit to develop hybrid cars 127 00:04:17,991 --> 00:04:20,661 and using tax incentives to promote alternative energy. 128 00:04:20,728 --> 00:04:22,930 Why is alternative energy important? 129 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:25,032 After a decade of wars with Iraq 130 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:28,336 and the spread of religious extremism in Saudi Arabia 131 00:04:28,402 --> 00:04:30,304 we still rely on this very dangerous 132 00:04:30,371 --> 00:04:34,007 very uncertain region for a quarter of our oil reserves. 133 00:04:34,074 --> 00:04:35,609 And I, for one, wouldn't mind 134 00:04:35,676 --> 00:04:38,111 not sending quite so much of my money there. 135 00:04:38,178 --> 00:04:39,580 Now, wouldn't that suggest 136 00:04:39,647 --> 00:04:42,149 that Florida Governor Robert Ritchie was correct 137 00:04:42,215 --> 00:04:43,684 in his book A Promise to Lead 138 00:04:43,751 --> 00:04:46,454 when he says we should be opening up the Arctic 139 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:47,488 for exploration? 140 00:04:47,555 --> 00:04:49,056 Exploring is what Magellan did 141 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:50,524 and Balboa and Jacques Cousteau. 142 00:04:50,591 --> 00:04:52,125 What you're talking about is drilling 143 00:04:52,192 --> 00:04:54,762 which is the only way you know if there's oil there 144 00:04:54,828 --> 00:04:57,465 and which will forever damage natural treasures like ANWAR. 145 00:04:57,531 --> 00:04:59,400 What about Clean Coal? 146 00:04:59,467 --> 00:05:01,101 Clean Coal is a term 147 00:05:01,168 --> 00:05:02,670 that pollsters came up with 148 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:04,938 'cause it polls higher than regular coal. 149 00:05:05,005 --> 00:05:07,641 What we want are real cleaner burning fuels. 150 00:05:07,708 --> 00:05:09,643 We want to control our destiny through innovation 151 00:05:09,710 --> 00:05:12,112 and that's what we're going to be talking about Thursday night. 152 00:05:12,179 --> 00:05:14,314 Mr. President, thank you very much for being with us today. 153 00:05:14,382 --> 00:05:15,315 My pleasure. 154 00:05:15,383 --> 00:05:16,717 It's 16 past the hour. 155 00:05:16,784 --> 00:05:18,586 We'll be back with traffic and weather 156 00:05:18,652 --> 00:05:20,087 as Wake-up Philadelphia continues. 157 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:21,455 MAN: Okay. 158 00:05:21,522 --> 00:05:22,556 Thank you, sir. That was terrific. 159 00:05:22,623 --> 00:05:23,424 Leslie, right? Yes, sir. 160 00:05:23,491 --> 00:05:24,692 Thanks a lot. 161 00:05:24,758 --> 00:05:26,494 I mentioned Governor Ritchie's book 162 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,629 because I hoping you'd rise to the bait. 163 00:05:28,696 --> 00:05:31,031 There'll plenty of bait in September-October. 164 00:05:31,098 --> 00:05:32,600 Have you read the book? I'll read it when he does. 165 00:05:32,666 --> 00:05:34,435 What's your read on him so far? 166 00:05:34,502 --> 00:05:35,903 I don't know, Leslie. 167 00:05:35,969 --> 00:05:39,206 I think we might be talking about a .22 caliber mind 168 00:05:39,272 --> 00:05:40,841 in a .357 Magnum world. 169 00:05:40,908 --> 00:05:41,942 Okay. 170 00:05:42,009 --> 00:05:44,277 Okay, thanks again. 171 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:45,879 Who's next? 172 00:05:45,946 --> 00:05:47,347 You were hot. 173 00:05:47,415 --> 00:05:48,582 What? 174 00:05:48,649 --> 00:05:51,218 When you said that just now. You were hot. 175 00:05:51,284 --> 00:05:52,853 They've got on it b-roll. 176 00:06:44,137 --> 00:06:45,405 How'd the tape get out already? 177 00:06:45,473 --> 00:06:46,874 We were just talking about that. 178 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:49,443 There was a local AP reporter at the station in Philly. 179 00:06:49,510 --> 00:06:51,512 They didn't want to keep it for an exclusive? 180 00:06:51,579 --> 00:06:53,313 It's better for them to have their call letters 181 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:54,615 splashed on every-- and the networks 182 00:06:54,682 --> 00:06:56,083 will carry it tonight. 183 00:06:56,149 --> 00:06:56,984 This is amateur crap, Sam. 184 00:06:57,050 --> 00:06:58,318 How did it happen? 185 00:06:58,385 --> 00:06:59,553 Well, first of all, I wasn't there. 186 00:06:59,620 --> 00:07:00,353 Who was there? 187 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:01,889 My boss. 188 00:07:01,955 --> 00:07:04,191 The White House Director of Communications. 189 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:05,225 It wasn't his fault, either. 190 00:07:05,292 --> 00:07:06,193 It was eight seconds. 191 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:07,595 It was his tenth interview. 192 00:07:07,661 --> 00:07:08,729 He didn't see that the green light was... 193 00:07:08,796 --> 00:07:09,797 All right, you're right. 194 00:07:09,863 --> 00:07:10,831 What's first? 195 00:07:10,898 --> 00:07:12,265 I have the briefing room in 20 minutes. 196 00:07:12,332 --> 00:07:14,468 What do you think you're going to get? 197 00:07:14,535 --> 00:07:16,303 Is the President saying Governor Ritchie's stupid? 198 00:07:16,369 --> 00:07:17,638 Yes. No. 199 00:07:17,705 --> 00:07:19,473 Yes is the only answer to that question. 200 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:21,074 Why not the President 201 00:07:21,141 --> 00:07:22,676 has the highest regard for Governor Ritchie. 202 00:07:22,743 --> 00:07:23,877 Believes he's a broad thinker 203 00:07:23,944 --> 00:07:25,412 and a dedicated public servant? 204 00:07:25,479 --> 00:07:26,947 Because it's the Press Briefing Room 205 00:07:27,014 --> 00:07:28,015 not the Improv. 206 00:07:28,081 --> 00:07:29,717 There's no way for her to walk this back. 207 00:07:29,783 --> 00:07:31,018 She'll sound disingenuous at best. 208 00:07:31,084 --> 00:07:32,586 Naive at worst. 209 00:07:32,653 --> 00:07:33,721 I'm more concerned with how the President sounds. 210 00:07:33,787 --> 00:07:34,788 I've got 80 boys and girls 211 00:07:34,855 --> 00:07:36,590 who don't make the distinction. 212 00:07:36,657 --> 00:07:38,258 And if I pretend Bobby Ritchie's a nuclear physicist... 213 00:07:38,325 --> 00:07:39,793 Then don't answer it. 214 00:07:39,860 --> 00:07:41,729 We're focusing on energy and dependence this week. 215 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:44,498 No. We're focusing on this this week. 216 00:07:44,565 --> 00:07:46,867 I can try a non-apology apology. 217 00:07:46,934 --> 00:07:48,536 Try it. 218 00:07:48,602 --> 00:07:52,472 "The President didn't realize the camera was hot 219 00:07:52,540 --> 00:07:55,743 "and he said something he shouldn't have 220 00:07:55,809 --> 00:07:58,512 as we all do from time to time." 221 00:07:58,579 --> 00:08:00,080 Nice. 222 00:08:00,147 --> 00:08:02,983 Yeah. It's a head-fake towards contrition. 223 00:08:03,050 --> 00:08:04,552 And we hold our heads high. 224 00:08:04,618 --> 00:08:07,087 All right. Good. 225 00:08:07,154 --> 00:08:09,189 We'll see how it goes. 226 00:08:09,256 --> 00:08:12,860 Why do you suppose this one's so hard to spin? 227 00:08:12,926 --> 00:08:14,427 'Cause it's the classic Washington scandal. 228 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:15,963 We screwed up by telling the truth. 229 00:08:16,029 --> 00:08:20,033 All right. Let's try not to do that that much. 230 00:08:26,907 --> 00:08:30,744 ( whispering and giggling ) 231 00:08:33,647 --> 00:08:34,982 What's going on? 232 00:08:35,048 --> 00:08:36,183 Hi, sugar lips. 233 00:08:36,249 --> 00:08:37,551 I'm sorry? 234 00:08:37,618 --> 00:08:38,686 Donna struck gold. 235 00:08:38,752 --> 00:08:39,687 What is it? 236 00:08:39,753 --> 00:08:41,054 LemonLyman.com. 237 00:08:41,121 --> 00:08:41,755 What is it? 238 00:08:41,822 --> 00:08:42,790 It's your fan site. 239 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:44,057 What are you talking about? 240 00:08:44,124 --> 00:08:45,158 There's Web Site devoted 241 00:08:45,225 --> 00:08:46,193 to all things "Josh." 242 00:08:46,259 --> 00:08:47,661 You're kidding me? No. 243 00:08:47,728 --> 00:08:49,697 LemonLyman.com? 244 00:08:49,763 --> 00:08:50,864 You have fans, Josh. 245 00:08:50,931 --> 00:08:51,965 Not many of them from the looks of it 246 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:53,100 but what they lack in numbers 247 00:08:53,166 --> 00:08:54,602 they more than make up for in fervor. 248 00:08:54,668 --> 00:08:56,203 What do they talk about? 249 00:08:56,269 --> 00:08:57,905 You. You on Capital Beat. You on Meet the Press. 250 00:08:57,971 --> 00:08:59,006 You in U.S. News and World Report. 251 00:08:59,072 --> 00:09:00,240 Well, there's also the section 252 00:09:00,307 --> 00:09:01,208 called "Sightings About Town." 253 00:09:01,274 --> 00:09:02,475 DONNA: This is for reserved 254 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:04,144 for actual Josh encounters of the third kind. 255 00:09:04,211 --> 00:09:05,713 Most of which seem to have taken place 256 00:09:05,779 --> 00:09:06,780 in restaurants and haberdasheries 257 00:09:06,847 --> 00:09:08,115 to which you've never been 258 00:09:08,181 --> 00:09:09,717 unless you're leading a double life 259 00:09:09,783 --> 00:09:11,652 and I think we both know you're not that clever. 260 00:09:11,719 --> 00:09:12,686 LemonLyman.com. 261 00:09:12,753 --> 00:09:14,087 Right now we're viewing 262 00:09:14,154 --> 00:09:16,624 the section devoted to the Josh Fantasy Date. 263 00:09:16,690 --> 00:09:17,725 This, it should be 264 00:09:17,791 --> 00:09:19,492 painfully self-explanatory 265 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,963 is where the women, and more than a few men I've got to say 266 00:09:23,030 --> 00:09:25,699 discuss what they would do with you if... 267 00:09:25,766 --> 00:09:27,701 All right, can everybody who doesn't work here 268 00:09:27,768 --> 00:09:28,869 please go work where they work. 269 00:09:28,936 --> 00:09:30,671 I want to work here, now. 270 00:09:30,738 --> 00:09:32,472 You can get this at your own desk. 271 00:09:32,539 --> 00:09:35,175 You better believe it. 272 00:09:35,242 --> 00:09:36,977 See you at lunch. 273 00:09:37,044 --> 00:09:39,212 All right, you've got Senior Senior staff at C.O.S. 274 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:40,981 then Senior Staff in the Roosevelt Room. 275 00:09:41,048 --> 00:09:42,349 There's a meeting with the economic team 276 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:43,984 to pre-brief for Fed Chair 277 00:09:44,051 --> 00:09:46,353 and that's followed immediately by Advance, State and NSC 278 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:48,722 to go over the next six months of foreign travel. 279 00:09:48,789 --> 00:09:49,857 Let me look at this thing. 280 00:09:49,923 --> 00:09:50,691 Josh...? 281 00:09:50,758 --> 00:09:51,959 Right. Yes. 282 00:09:52,025 --> 00:09:55,228 Let me know when C.J.'s briefing starts. 283 00:10:02,602 --> 00:10:03,536 Sorry I'm late. 284 00:10:03,603 --> 00:10:04,738 Good morning, Mr. President. 285 00:10:04,805 --> 00:10:05,973 We hearing from the Michigan delegation? 286 00:10:06,039 --> 00:10:07,207 We will. 287 00:10:07,274 --> 00:10:09,910 They'll want assurances no mandates, no timetables 288 00:10:09,977 --> 00:10:11,278 make the whole thing voluntary 289 00:10:11,344 --> 00:10:12,412 and industry-led. 290 00:10:12,479 --> 00:10:13,413 Polluters aren't going to write 291 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,682 the environmental laws. 292 00:10:14,748 --> 00:10:16,249 What about the Energy Workers Union? 293 00:10:16,316 --> 00:10:18,618 They just want to know what Saudi jobs we're after. 294 00:10:18,686 --> 00:10:19,552 It is. 295 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:20,788 The money's in raising 296 00:10:20,854 --> 00:10:22,222 the CAFE standards to 40 miles per gallon. 297 00:10:22,289 --> 00:10:23,490 That's the meeting that's coming to my door. 298 00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:24,825 What else? 299 00:10:24,892 --> 00:10:26,459 You're going to be reprimanded tomorrow night 300 00:10:26,526 --> 00:10:27,460 on the house floor. 301 00:10:27,527 --> 00:10:28,628 For what? 302 00:10:28,696 --> 00:10:30,363 It's not nice to call people dumb. 303 00:10:30,430 --> 00:10:31,799 Let me ask you something. 304 00:10:31,865 --> 00:10:33,901 You're pretty dumb, did you take offense? 305 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:35,268 Look at that. I did it again. 306 00:10:35,335 --> 00:10:36,770 CHARLIE: Mr. President? Yeah? 307 00:10:36,837 --> 00:10:37,905 She's ready to start. 308 00:10:41,174 --> 00:10:43,243 Seriously. The GOP's lining up 309 00:10:43,310 --> 00:10:45,746 a bunch of people for order speeches. 310 00:10:45,813 --> 00:10:46,980 Calling me impolite? 311 00:10:47,047 --> 00:10:48,081 I guess. 312 00:10:48,148 --> 00:10:50,684 AIDE: He's here. You can send her in. 313 00:10:50,751 --> 00:10:54,654 Anyway, the Whip's got about 150 Democrats ready to rebut. 314 00:10:54,722 --> 00:10:56,656 You have any special preferences? 315 00:10:56,724 --> 00:10:57,825 I don't know. 316 00:10:57,891 --> 00:10:59,592 I guess the biggest names. 317 00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:01,995 You know what we'd do if we were smart? 318 00:11:02,062 --> 00:11:03,630 We wouldn't send anybody. 319 00:11:03,697 --> 00:11:05,699 We'd look so good by not showing up. 320 00:11:05,766 --> 00:11:07,100 Let them whine by themselves. 321 00:11:07,167 --> 00:11:07,868 REPORTERS: Good morning, C.J. 322 00:11:07,935 --> 00:11:09,169 Good morning. 323 00:11:09,236 --> 00:11:11,271 REPORTER 1: C.J., was the President saying 324 00:11:11,338 --> 00:11:13,941 that Governor Ritchie isn't up to the job of being President? 325 00:11:14,007 --> 00:11:15,943 The President didn't realize the camera was hot 326 00:11:16,009 --> 00:11:17,677 and he said something he shouldn't have. 327 00:11:17,745 --> 00:11:18,545 Something we all do from time to time. 328 00:11:18,611 --> 00:11:20,213 Nice. 329 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:21,681 REPORTER 2: Isn't it early to be going negative? 330 00:11:21,749 --> 00:11:23,116 C.J.: Yeah, again, he said something 331 00:11:23,183 --> 00:11:24,617 he shouldn't have and he wouldn't have 332 00:11:24,684 --> 00:11:26,720 if he knew it was going to be for public consumption. 333 00:11:26,787 --> 00:11:29,456 REPORTER 3: C.J., has he made the same kind of remarks in private? 334 00:11:29,522 --> 00:11:31,624 There's a reason they call it private, Stuart. 335 00:11:31,691 --> 00:11:33,126 All right, I'm going back to work. 336 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:34,161 All right. 337 00:11:34,227 --> 00:11:36,163 REPORTER 1: C.J., is the President saying 338 00:11:36,229 --> 00:11:37,998 that he's smarter than Governor Ritchie? 339 00:11:38,065 --> 00:11:39,967 The voters get to make those kinds of judgments. 340 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:41,168 REPORTERS: C.J.! C.J.! 341 00:11:41,234 --> 00:11:42,469 Yes? 342 00:11:44,171 --> 00:11:45,572 MARK: Governor Ritchie is calling 343 00:11:45,638 --> 00:11:46,740 on the President to apologize. 344 00:11:46,807 --> 00:11:47,607 C.J.: Yes. Will he? 345 00:11:47,674 --> 00:11:49,009 As I said yesterday 346 00:11:49,076 --> 00:11:51,111 the President didn't realize the camera was hot 347 00:11:51,178 --> 00:11:52,846 and he said something he shouldn't have. 348 00:11:52,913 --> 00:11:54,281 Katie? The Ritchie camp 349 00:11:54,347 --> 00:11:56,649 is also challenging the President to sign a pledge 350 00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:57,885 basically a promise to run 351 00:11:57,951 --> 00:11:59,319 a positive, issue-oriented campaign. 352 00:11:59,386 --> 00:12:01,188 Well, for one thing, while the Governor 353 00:12:01,254 --> 00:12:03,556 is the presumptive Republican nominee, it's presumptive. 354 00:12:03,623 --> 00:12:05,993 For that matter, so is the President's renomination. 355 00:12:06,059 --> 00:12:07,294 But more important than that 356 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,096 the President has been a candidate 357 00:12:09,162 --> 00:12:10,630 in seven statewide and national elections 358 00:12:10,697 --> 00:12:11,965 and every one of them 359 00:12:12,032 --> 00:12:14,001 has been a substantive, issue-based campaign 360 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:16,736 which is one of several reasons why the voters have elected him 361 00:12:16,804 --> 00:12:19,840 each and every time his name has appeared on a ballot. Phil? 362 00:12:19,907 --> 00:12:21,641 Were you aware that several news organizations 363 00:12:21,708 --> 00:12:24,111 have been trying to obtain Governor Ritchie's transcripts 364 00:12:24,177 --> 00:12:25,578 from the University of Florida? 365 00:12:25,645 --> 00:12:26,914 You mean since yesterday? Yeah. 366 00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:28,481 No, I wasn't. I guess my question is 367 00:12:28,548 --> 00:12:30,550 does the President feel college transcripts 368 00:12:30,617 --> 00:12:32,786 are an accurate barometer of a person's fitness 369 00:12:32,853 --> 00:12:34,221 to hold a high public office? 370 00:12:34,287 --> 00:12:36,189 I've never asked him, but my guess is 371 00:12:36,256 --> 00:12:38,625 the President feels that a person's college transcript 372 00:12:38,691 --> 00:12:41,494 is a reasonable barometer for how a person did in college. 373 00:12:41,561 --> 00:12:44,297 For the record, the President graduated Summa Cum Laude 374 00:12:44,364 --> 00:12:46,066 from the University of Notre Dame 375 00:12:46,133 --> 00:12:48,936 with a major in American Studies and a minor in theology. 376 00:12:49,002 --> 00:12:50,703 He received a Masters and a Doctorate 377 00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:52,172 at the London School of Economics 378 00:12:52,239 --> 00:12:54,541 and an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters 379 00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:55,775 from Dartmouth University 380 00:12:55,843 --> 00:12:57,210 where he was a tenured professor. 381 00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:59,246 I myself attended Cal Berkeley, go Bears. 382 00:12:59,312 --> 00:13:01,714 Thank you very much, I'll talk to you later. 383 00:13:01,781 --> 00:13:02,816 REPORTERS: Thank you, C.J. 384 00:13:02,883 --> 00:13:03,817 ( sighs ) 385 00:13:03,884 --> 00:13:05,152 ( door opening ) 386 00:13:05,218 --> 00:13:06,786 All right, so far not bad. What's next? 387 00:13:06,854 --> 00:13:08,555 Well, But Wachtell's in my office right now. 388 00:13:08,621 --> 00:13:10,757 Of course he is. Don't give him what he wants. 389 00:13:10,824 --> 00:13:12,759 I'm told I seldom give anybody what they want. 390 00:13:12,826 --> 00:13:14,194 We can't hold a bipartisan summit 391 00:13:14,261 --> 00:13:15,996 on bipartisanism, we'll look ridiculous. 392 00:13:16,063 --> 00:13:17,330 We're used to that, aren't we? 393 00:13:17,397 --> 00:13:19,066 Sam... I'm not giving him what he wants. 394 00:13:19,132 --> 00:13:20,400 Is it me, or are Ritchie's people 395 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:21,601 handling this wrong? 396 00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:22,936 It's not you. Why keep it alive? 397 00:13:23,003 --> 00:13:24,571 There's no way for them to look good. 398 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:26,606 The President was mean to me? Let it go. 399 00:13:26,673 --> 00:13:27,975 By the way, my Princeton Tigers 400 00:13:28,041 --> 00:13:30,077 could whip your Cal Bears any day of the week. 401 00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:31,078 At what? 402 00:13:31,144 --> 00:13:32,980 Logarithms, possibly. 403 00:13:34,681 --> 00:13:36,416 He's in your office. 404 00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:37,817 Thank you. 405 00:13:38,418 --> 00:13:39,652 Congressman. 406 00:13:39,719 --> 00:13:42,455 There's a heavy stench of partisanism in the air, Sam. 407 00:13:42,522 --> 00:13:45,025 Actually, you know, they just sprayed for bugs. 408 00:13:45,092 --> 00:13:47,827 How in the hell did Ziegler let something like this happen? 409 00:13:47,895 --> 00:13:50,597 Well, first of all, it wasn't Toby's fault, it was mine. 410 00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:52,699 And it happened quickly and we regret it. 411 00:13:52,765 --> 00:13:54,201 How's reaction been so far? 412 00:13:54,267 --> 00:13:56,870 Our base is very happy, but when our base is happy 413 00:13:56,937 --> 00:13:58,738 there's usually trouble someplace else. 414 00:13:58,805 --> 00:14:01,341 The moderates are talking about bolting the party. 415 00:14:01,408 --> 00:14:04,111 Nobody's bolting the party, it was an honest mistake. 416 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:06,613 And, by the way, had nothing to do with partisanism. 417 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:07,814 Well, something has to be done. 418 00:14:07,881 --> 00:14:09,282 There's very little that can be done 419 00:14:09,349 --> 00:14:11,618 from the Communications Office. 420 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:12,485 A summit... 421 00:14:12,552 --> 00:14:13,520 Congressman... 422 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:15,388 A summit on bipartisan cooperation. 423 00:14:15,455 --> 00:14:17,590 I can bring it up but it'll get laughed out of the room. 424 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:19,126 Why? It's an election year. 425 00:14:19,192 --> 00:14:21,128 We want to be partisan. We're trying to beat them. 426 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:22,829 Well, I've got to be able to go back 427 00:14:22,896 --> 00:14:24,331 and tell my moderate friends something. 428 00:14:24,397 --> 00:14:26,900 What about a Republican appointment, or promotion? 429 00:14:26,967 --> 00:14:29,236 We've got Ainsley Hayes. 430 00:14:29,302 --> 00:14:30,403 That name sounds familiar. 431 00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:31,871 She was Associate White House Counsel 432 00:14:31,939 --> 00:14:33,406 got promoted to Deputy Counsel 433 00:14:33,473 --> 00:14:35,708 and she's just slightly to the right of the Kaiser. 434 00:14:35,775 --> 00:14:37,344 I'd make her visible right now. 435 00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:39,046 Yes, sir, that's a good idea. 436 00:14:39,112 --> 00:14:42,649 And learn to tell the difference between red and green. 437 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:43,550 Yes, sir. 438 00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:45,986 Okay then. 439 00:14:54,494 --> 00:14:55,695 Ginger... 440 00:14:55,762 --> 00:14:56,930 I need to see Ainsley. 441 00:14:56,997 --> 00:14:57,965 She's on vacation. 442 00:14:58,031 --> 00:14:59,032 When's she coming back? 443 00:14:59,099 --> 00:15:00,934 Next week. Mmm... 444 00:15:01,001 --> 00:15:02,135 not so much, no. 445 00:15:03,103 --> 00:15:05,138 JOSH: Donna! 446 00:15:05,205 --> 00:15:06,906 Yeah? 447 00:15:06,974 --> 00:15:08,475 Sit down we're going to post a response 448 00:15:08,541 --> 00:15:09,242 on the site. What site? 449 00:15:09,309 --> 00:15:11,411 LemonLyman... No. 450 00:15:11,478 --> 00:15:13,080 Yeah, we got to post a response to someone. 451 00:15:13,146 --> 00:15:14,147 It's a bad idea. Why? 452 00:15:14,214 --> 00:15:15,248 You don't know these people. 453 00:15:15,315 --> 00:15:17,184 Neither do you. Oh, yes, I do. 454 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:18,986 What's wrong with them? Nobody knows. 455 00:15:19,052 --> 00:15:21,321 These are people taking a very healthy interest in government. 456 00:15:21,388 --> 00:15:22,655 They should be applauded. 457 00:15:22,722 --> 00:15:24,791 Then applaud them, but stay off the site. 458 00:15:24,857 --> 00:15:26,926 These are the people talking. I'm not an elitist. 459 00:15:26,994 --> 00:15:28,795 You are an elitist. I am an elitist 460 00:15:28,861 --> 00:15:30,730 but I have respect for people who don't measure up. 461 00:15:30,797 --> 00:15:32,632 People on these sites tend to be a little hysterical. 462 00:15:32,699 --> 00:15:34,834 We've got to correct something. What? 463 00:15:34,901 --> 00:15:38,938 Irmatrude writes, "Three nights ago on Nightline 464 00:15:39,006 --> 00:15:42,275 "Josh said, 'We'll be asking for a GAO study 465 00:15:42,342 --> 00:15:44,444 "of Medicare drug pricing.' 466 00:15:44,511 --> 00:15:46,313 "Apparently, no one's told Josh 467 00:15:46,379 --> 00:15:48,881 that only Congress can ask the GAO to do anything." 468 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:50,383 First of all, how cool is that 469 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:52,319 that they know what the GAO can and can't do? 470 00:15:52,385 --> 00:15:54,221 Oh, it's cool as all giddyup. 471 00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:55,922 Sit down. Please, don't do this. 472 00:15:55,989 --> 00:15:57,157 Sit down. 473 00:15:57,224 --> 00:15:58,925 ( Donna sighing ) 474 00:15:58,992 --> 00:16:03,530 Irmatrude... 475 00:16:03,596 --> 00:16:06,299 Thanks for watching me on Nightline. 476 00:16:06,366 --> 00:16:10,203 Yes, I do know that only Congress can instruct the GAO. 477 00:16:10,270 --> 00:16:12,272 When I said, "we'll be asking" 478 00:16:12,339 --> 00:16:15,208 I mean Democrats and not the White House. 479 00:16:15,275 --> 00:16:17,077 Thank you for your concern. 480 00:16:17,144 --> 00:16:21,181 Josh "Lemon" Lyman. 481 00:16:22,449 --> 00:16:24,417 Are you sure you want to sign off like that? 482 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:26,586 It's playful. 483 00:16:26,653 --> 00:16:29,522 ( softy ): Okay... 484 00:16:29,589 --> 00:16:31,558 You could get more in the spirit of this, you know. 485 00:16:31,624 --> 00:16:32,792 The people? Yes. 486 00:16:32,859 --> 00:16:36,163 What Josh doesn't know is that some of these people 487 00:16:36,229 --> 00:16:38,265 haven't taken their medication. 488 00:16:38,331 --> 00:16:42,001 Let's watch what happens now. 489 00:16:42,069 --> 00:16:43,603 ( knocking ) 490 00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:45,972 Excuse me. 491 00:16:46,039 --> 00:16:47,307 Hey! You're done. 492 00:16:47,374 --> 00:16:50,310 ( clears throat ) 493 00:16:52,379 --> 00:16:54,847 Is this tie all right? 494 00:16:54,914 --> 00:16:56,216 I'm sorry? 495 00:16:56,283 --> 00:16:59,052 This necktie, does it go with the jacket? 496 00:16:59,119 --> 00:17:01,221 God, I don't know, Toby. 497 00:17:01,288 --> 00:17:04,124 The tie, is it red or is it green? 498 00:17:04,191 --> 00:17:05,658 Congratulations, you're the hundredth person 499 00:17:05,725 --> 00:17:07,026 to make that joke. 500 00:17:07,094 --> 00:17:09,096 The tie is fine, why? I'm meeting someone. 501 00:17:09,162 --> 00:17:10,430 When? 502 00:17:10,497 --> 00:17:13,600 Now. 503 00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:15,235 Excuse me. 504 00:17:30,983 --> 00:17:32,552 Ms. Fortis? 505 00:17:32,619 --> 00:17:34,854 Yes. 506 00:17:34,921 --> 00:17:36,423 I'm Toby Ziegler. 507 00:17:36,489 --> 00:17:38,858 I've been thinking a lot about it since you called. 508 00:17:38,925 --> 00:17:40,327 Yeah? 509 00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:43,396 There's nothings that rhymes with Ziegler. 510 00:17:43,463 --> 00:17:45,398 That's why no one write poetry about me. 511 00:17:45,465 --> 00:17:47,066 They could write in blank verse. 512 00:17:47,134 --> 00:17:48,034 Dylan could do it. 513 00:17:48,101 --> 00:17:49,402 Yeah, but he hasn't yet. 514 00:17:49,469 --> 00:17:53,906 Am I, uh, really weird right off the bat? 515 00:17:53,973 --> 00:17:56,075 Do you want to be? 516 00:17:57,610 --> 00:17:59,011 No. 517 00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:01,080 Then you're not. 518 00:18:02,249 --> 00:18:04,884 I think you're just being nice. 519 00:18:04,951 --> 00:18:07,487 I think if you ask around you'll discover that's unlikely. 520 00:18:07,554 --> 00:18:09,589 Do you want to come back to my office? 521 00:18:09,656 --> 00:18:11,424 Yeah. 522 00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:17,197 Uh, so, you know what everybody talking about out there? 523 00:18:17,264 --> 00:18:18,565 The President's open-mike gaffe. 524 00:18:18,631 --> 00:18:20,433 That's exactly what I was going to say. 525 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:21,468 Toby...? 526 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:23,136 Sam, say hello to the newly-minted 527 00:18:23,203 --> 00:18:24,904 United States Poet Laureate, Tabatha Fortis. 528 00:18:24,971 --> 00:18:26,439 Hi. Yes, indeed. 529 00:18:26,506 --> 00:18:30,243 Poetry, I must tell you... That's fine. 530 00:18:30,310 --> 00:18:32,145 Nice meeting you. You, too. 531 00:18:32,212 --> 00:18:34,080 You guys poetry fans around here? 532 00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:35,215 We can't get enough of it. 533 00:18:35,282 --> 00:18:36,783 Oh, yeah, who's your favorite? 534 00:18:36,849 --> 00:18:38,451 You. 535 00:18:38,518 --> 00:18:39,786 Nice. 536 00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:41,888 Come on in. 537 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:43,223 Nice office. 538 00:18:43,290 --> 00:18:45,425 Exactly 63 feet from the Oval Office. 539 00:18:45,492 --> 00:18:48,094 If you don't think we measure you're out of your mind. 540 00:18:48,161 --> 00:18:51,398 Okay. So. 541 00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:54,367 Hello. How are you doing? 542 00:18:54,434 --> 00:18:56,703 We have a problem. 543 00:18:57,770 --> 00:19:01,208 Yes. 544 00:19:01,274 --> 00:19:03,243 We have arranged a dinner in your honor. 545 00:19:03,310 --> 00:19:05,178 We've invited 300 important people 546 00:19:05,245 --> 00:19:06,413 we've invited the press 547 00:19:06,479 --> 00:19:07,914 we've shined our shoes... 548 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,049 You've got to sign the land mine treaty, Toby. 549 00:19:10,116 --> 00:19:14,153 Whoa... What happened to the nuance of diplomacy? 550 00:19:14,221 --> 00:19:16,256 Oh, sorry, the shoes are shined. 551 00:19:16,323 --> 00:19:18,591 No, we-we're there now, you-you can't go back. 552 00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:20,293 Sorry. 553 00:19:22,061 --> 00:19:23,830 Right. 554 00:19:23,896 --> 00:19:25,298 142 countries have signed it 555 00:19:25,365 --> 00:19:28,368 84 have ratified, 12 destroyed their entire stock. 556 00:19:28,435 --> 00:19:29,502 Yes. 557 00:19:29,569 --> 00:19:30,803 You know who hasn't signed it? 558 00:19:30,870 --> 00:19:33,039 Us and Cuba. 559 00:19:33,105 --> 00:19:34,641 You know who initiated it? Us. 560 00:19:34,707 --> 00:19:37,143 And the nations of the world rallied around it 561 00:19:37,210 --> 00:19:40,280 in yet another impressive display of American leadership. 562 00:19:40,347 --> 00:19:41,781 And then? We bolted. 563 00:19:41,848 --> 00:19:42,915 Right. 564 00:19:42,982 --> 00:19:44,917 And the reason we did is because we love 565 00:19:44,984 --> 00:19:47,086 anti-personnel land mines. We love 'em. 566 00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:49,322 And we think the government should be in the business 567 00:19:49,389 --> 00:19:50,723 of selling them, like the Post Office. 568 00:19:50,790 --> 00:19:52,492 In fact, the Post Office is the sales venue 569 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:53,493 we've been considering. 570 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:55,127 Toby, I-I... It's Korea. 571 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:58,164 Tabatha. There are 900,000 North Korean soldiers in the DMZ 572 00:19:58,231 --> 00:20:01,501 and the only thing stopping them from walking into South Korea 573 00:20:01,568 --> 00:20:02,835 are 37,000 U.S. troops 574 00:20:02,902 --> 00:20:05,572 and about a million land mines along the border. 575 00:20:05,638 --> 00:20:07,006 We have said over and over 576 00:20:07,073 --> 00:20:09,409 that we would be thrilled to sign this treaty 577 00:20:09,476 --> 00:20:11,511 if we could have an exemption for South Korea 578 00:20:11,578 --> 00:20:13,012 and we have been rebuffed. 579 00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:14,814 Rebuffed... 580 00:20:14,881 --> 00:20:16,649 I say. 581 00:20:16,716 --> 00:20:18,985 Look, so 582 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:21,521 we disagree on this... 583 00:20:21,588 --> 00:20:24,857 clearly, what's the big deal? 584 00:20:24,924 --> 00:20:27,494 Not a big deal at all. 585 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,028 Except? 586 00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:33,566 If you voice your disagreement at a party in your honor 587 00:20:33,633 --> 00:20:37,937 hosted by the President with the press in attendance 588 00:20:38,004 --> 00:20:39,872 then it's a gigantic deal 589 00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:43,976 which travels the 63 feet right to this office. 590 00:20:48,348 --> 00:20:51,684 All right then. 591 00:20:51,751 --> 00:20:55,087 I'm sorry we can't have the party. 592 00:20:55,154 --> 00:20:59,559 But I like talking to you. 593 00:20:59,626 --> 00:21:04,364 TABATHA: Yeah, you're cute, and, uh... 594 00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:07,567 I love the way you write. 595 00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:17,644 ( door closes ) 596 00:21:22,549 --> 00:21:24,984 Was the President calling Governor Ritchie stupid? 597 00:21:25,051 --> 00:21:25,918 Oh, my God, Day three. 598 00:21:25,985 --> 00:21:27,320 Was he? 599 00:21:27,387 --> 00:21:28,888 Well, I think this one may be unspinnable. 600 00:21:28,955 --> 00:21:30,323 And that's certainly saying something 601 00:21:30,390 --> 00:21:31,524 coming from my office. 602 00:21:31,591 --> 00:21:32,825 Yeah, he was calling him stupid. 603 00:21:32,892 --> 00:21:34,327 WOMAN: How's his mood been 604 00:21:34,394 --> 00:21:36,529 the last few days? Has he regretted it? 605 00:21:36,596 --> 00:21:38,130 He hasn't been able to feed or bathe himself. 606 00:21:38,197 --> 00:21:39,532 ( laughing ) 607 00:21:39,599 --> 00:21:41,601 The Governor's kicking off a ten-state tour 608 00:21:41,668 --> 00:21:43,736 and his campaign has indicated that they'll be trying 609 00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:45,972 to rally the nation around his clean campaign pledge. 610 00:21:46,038 --> 00:21:47,940 I'm quoting a senior campaign official now. 611 00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:49,909 "A different kind of politics is sweeping the nation 612 00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:51,744 and once the President understands the hearts 613 00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:53,446 and minds of the American people 614 00:21:53,513 --> 00:21:55,415 he'll have no choice but to sign the pledge. 615 00:21:55,482 --> 00:21:57,650 Mark, I swear to God, as soon as the President 616 00:21:57,717 --> 00:21:59,552 needs help understanding the hearts and minds 617 00:21:59,619 --> 00:22:01,287 of the American people, he'll call 618 00:22:01,354 --> 00:22:02,755 the Republican Governor of Florida. 619 00:22:02,822 --> 00:22:04,223 But this week, we're focused 620 00:22:04,290 --> 00:22:05,758 on tomorrow night's press conference 621 00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:07,527 wherein we unveil our national strategy 622 00:22:07,594 --> 00:22:09,195 for energy independence. 623 00:22:09,261 --> 00:22:12,064 Speaking of which, this country has been dependent on foreign oil 624 00:22:12,131 --> 00:22:13,566 for far too long. 625 00:22:13,633 --> 00:22:16,235 65% of our crude oil reserves come from the Gulf. 626 00:22:16,302 --> 00:22:17,770 Only three percent here at home. 627 00:22:17,837 --> 00:22:19,506 Policy is the President's forte. 628 00:22:19,572 --> 00:22:22,008 Are you guys trying to bait Governor Ritchie 629 00:22:22,074 --> 00:22:24,677 into an argument on energy 'cause you know you'll win? 630 00:22:24,744 --> 00:22:26,813 Yeah, well, we all tried to convince the President 631 00:22:26,879 --> 00:22:29,248 that talking about policy was just plain unsportsmanlike 632 00:22:29,315 --> 00:22:30,917 but we didn't get anywhere. 633 00:22:30,983 --> 00:22:33,352 Listen, I've had a lot of fun, and I know you have, too. 634 00:22:33,420 --> 00:22:34,454 I'll see you later. 635 00:22:34,521 --> 00:22:37,156 ALL: Thank you, C.J. 636 00:22:37,223 --> 00:22:38,157 C.J.? 637 00:22:38,224 --> 00:22:39,459 Chuckles. 638 00:22:39,526 --> 00:22:40,993 The President would like another pre-brief 639 00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:42,729 and another run-through tonight after dinner. 640 00:22:42,795 --> 00:22:44,230 Sure. Full-blown run-through. 641 00:22:44,296 --> 00:22:45,965 Yeah. Maybe that can be when you can explain 642 00:22:46,032 --> 00:22:47,734 your problem with drilling ANWAR for oil. 643 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,802 Huh? If we want to be energy independent 644 00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:51,804 if we've been relying too long on foreign oil 645 00:22:51,871 --> 00:22:53,506 what's wrong with drilling in Alaska? 646 00:22:53,573 --> 00:22:55,775 It will do huge and lasting damage to the environment 647 00:22:55,842 --> 00:22:57,810 and will not, in the long run, reap that much oil. 648 00:22:57,877 --> 00:22:59,712 It will have zero impact on the environment. 649 00:22:59,779 --> 00:23:02,549 And how do you know how much oil is down there, until you explore? 650 00:23:02,615 --> 00:23:03,315 "Explore?" Yes. 651 00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:04,651 You mean, drill? 652 00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:06,453 That's how you get where the oil's at. 653 00:23:06,519 --> 00:23:07,887 You've been reading his book. 654 00:23:07,954 --> 00:23:09,288 Excuse me? 655 00:23:09,355 --> 00:23:10,490 A Promise to Lead, Ritchie's book. 656 00:23:10,557 --> 00:23:11,958 Whoever ghosted it isn't bad. 657 00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:13,560 Carol, would you put together a page 658 00:23:13,626 --> 00:23:15,495 on the environmental impact of drilling 659 00:23:15,562 --> 00:23:17,096 the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve? 660 00:23:17,163 --> 00:23:18,297 Yeah. Make sure you note 661 00:23:18,364 --> 00:23:19,966 exactly how many caribou we made unhappy. 662 00:23:20,032 --> 00:23:20,967 Thank you. 663 00:23:21,033 --> 00:23:23,002 You bet. 664 00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:24,804 ( knocking ) 665 00:23:24,871 --> 00:23:26,405 SAM: Come in. 666 00:23:26,473 --> 00:23:27,874 Hey, welcome back. 667 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:29,442 What?! 668 00:23:29,509 --> 00:23:31,010 How was the vacation? 669 00:23:31,077 --> 00:23:33,145 It was 40 hours long. 670 00:23:33,212 --> 00:23:34,146 Where'd you go? 671 00:23:34,213 --> 00:23:35,181 Hilton Head. 672 00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:35,882 What'd you do? 673 00:23:37,049 --> 00:23:38,585 I unpacked, and then I packed. 674 00:23:38,651 --> 00:23:40,252 By the way, congratulations. 675 00:23:40,319 --> 00:23:42,388 Babish is promoting you to deputy. 676 00:23:42,455 --> 00:23:44,657 When did this happen? 677 00:23:44,724 --> 00:23:46,859 Right after I told Bud Wachtel that we already had. 678 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:48,795 What the hell is going on? 679 00:23:48,861 --> 00:23:51,330 Well, Monday morning, there was a little incident 680 00:23:51,397 --> 00:23:52,732 during the satellite interviews. 681 00:23:52,799 --> 00:23:54,467 I read about it. How could you let 682 00:23:54,534 --> 00:23:55,702 something like that happen? 683 00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:57,003 ( sighing ): Okay. 684 00:23:57,069 --> 00:23:59,071 For everybody who works outside the building 685 00:23:59,138 --> 00:24:00,206 I'll fall on the sword. 686 00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:02,374 But for everybody who works inside the building 687 00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:03,409 ( shouting ): I wasn't there! 688 00:24:03,476 --> 00:24:05,277 Okay. 689 00:24:05,344 --> 00:24:07,146 Didn't get much of a tan. 690 00:24:07,213 --> 00:24:08,615 What do you need? 691 00:24:08,681 --> 00:24:10,517 Capital Beat, Capital Gang, Inside Politics. 692 00:24:10,583 --> 00:24:11,651 To say what? 693 00:24:11,718 --> 00:24:12,719 The President isn't an elitist. 694 00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:14,220 He respects everyone. 695 00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:16,188 And that's why he made a Southern Republican 696 00:24:16,255 --> 00:24:18,224 who disagrees with him a deputy counsel. 697 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:19,526 Congratulations again, by the way. 698 00:24:19,592 --> 00:24:20,426 He is an elitist. 699 00:24:20,493 --> 00:24:21,928 Uh-oh. 700 00:24:21,994 --> 00:24:24,230 It's elitist, geocentric, Ivy League snobbery 701 00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:26,833 to think if you haven't written six journal articles 702 00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:28,400 on monetary support mechanisms 703 00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:29,468 you're not fit to lead. 704 00:24:29,536 --> 00:24:30,903 We're of the belief 705 00:24:30,970 --> 00:24:32,438 that if you're going to setpolicy 706 00:24:32,505 --> 00:24:34,273 it'd be a bonus to understand it. 707 00:24:34,340 --> 00:24:35,642 And at this point, we'd be astonished 708 00:24:35,708 --> 00:24:36,909 to discover that Ritchie had read 709 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:38,645 as many as six journal articles 710 00:24:38,711 --> 00:24:40,613 on anything other than athletic support mechanisms. 711 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,081 There's a difference between 712 00:24:42,148 --> 00:24:43,683 intellect and instinct. 713 00:24:43,750 --> 00:24:45,417 252 million people in the country. 714 00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:46,753 You don't think we ought to be able 715 00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:48,187 to elect somebody who's got both? 716 00:24:48,254 --> 00:24:49,455 I'm saying 717 00:24:49,522 --> 00:24:51,791 presidents can have good advisors. 718 00:24:51,858 --> 00:24:53,325 Good advisors can better advise informed 719 00:24:53,392 --> 00:24:54,994 and curious presidents. 720 00:24:55,061 --> 00:24:56,896 But what happens when Ivy League presidents surround 721 00:24:56,963 --> 00:24:58,430 themselves with intellectual snobs? All right. 722 00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:00,232 Let's clear up a couple of things 723 00:25:00,299 --> 00:25:02,735 'cause that's the second time you've invoked the "Evil Eight." 724 00:25:02,802 --> 00:25:04,737 First of all, Notre Dame isn't a member of the Ivy League. 725 00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:05,872 They play football as an independent. 726 00:25:05,938 --> 00:25:07,807 They play basketball in the Big East. 727 00:25:07,874 --> 00:25:10,376 Second, we're very interested in education in this White House 728 00:25:10,442 --> 00:25:12,945 so can you tell me what's wrong with the Ivy League? 729 00:25:13,012 --> 00:25:15,582 Should we be discouraging parents from hoping their kids 730 00:25:15,648 --> 00:25:17,584 get into Princeton and Yale and Dartmouth? 731 00:25:17,650 --> 00:25:19,118 All I know is, we got into Vietnam 732 00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:20,753 courtesy of the Beltway Chapter 733 00:25:20,820 --> 00:25:22,689 of the Harvard Alumni Association. 734 00:25:22,755 --> 00:25:24,724 Yeah, except, that's not all you know 735 00:25:24,791 --> 00:25:26,325 because you're bright and you're curious 736 00:25:26,392 --> 00:25:28,427 and you worked hard, and you got into Smith 737 00:25:28,494 --> 00:25:29,662 and you got your law degree where? 738 00:25:29,729 --> 00:25:30,830 Cambridge, Massachusetts. 739 00:25:30,897 --> 00:25:32,298 You lose, I win. 'Twas ever thus. 740 00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:34,767 I was on vacation. 741 00:25:34,834 --> 00:25:37,103 Life's tough in the aluminum siding business. 742 00:25:37,169 --> 00:25:39,338 Check the press office on your TV schedule. 743 00:25:39,405 --> 00:25:41,574 I will do the TV shows, because I serve 744 00:25:41,641 --> 00:25:43,209 at the pleasure of the President 745 00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:45,111 but I do not want a promotion that I didn't earn. 746 00:25:45,177 --> 00:25:47,213 I'll talk to Babish. Well, let me check out 747 00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:48,514 the pay differential first. 748 00:25:48,581 --> 00:25:51,183 You bet. 749 00:25:52,852 --> 00:25:53,853 C.J.: Toby? Yes. 750 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,287 We've gone from one network 751 00:25:55,354 --> 00:25:57,523 carrying the press conference tomorrow night to four. 752 00:25:57,590 --> 00:25:58,858 Are you kidding? No. 753 00:25:58,925 --> 00:26:00,993 I guess we shouldn't be surprised. 754 00:26:01,060 --> 00:26:01,761 No. 755 00:26:01,828 --> 00:26:03,129 Where are you going? 756 00:26:03,195 --> 00:26:03,963 Sightseeing. 757 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:05,097 Really? 758 00:26:05,164 --> 00:26:06,565 Tabatha's never been to Washington. 759 00:26:06,633 --> 00:26:07,800 You going to get that thing done 760 00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:09,268 or you want me to talk to her? 761 00:26:09,335 --> 00:26:10,269 It's going to be fine. 762 00:26:10,336 --> 00:26:11,137 You sure? 763 00:26:11,203 --> 00:26:12,304 She's a poet. 764 00:26:12,371 --> 00:26:14,106 She's new to things like consequences. 765 00:26:14,173 --> 00:26:15,107 Okay. 766 00:26:15,174 --> 00:26:16,275 All four networks... 767 00:26:16,342 --> 00:26:18,044 Listen, I have a crazy thought. 768 00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:19,511 Is it possible...? 769 00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:22,314 What? 770 00:26:22,381 --> 00:26:24,283 Hmm, never mind. 771 00:26:24,350 --> 00:26:25,952 I'll see you later. 772 00:26:26,018 --> 00:26:27,854 Okay. 773 00:26:29,521 --> 00:26:30,456 Donna? 774 00:26:30,522 --> 00:26:31,758 Yeah? 775 00:26:31,824 --> 00:26:33,893 Something weird has happened here. 776 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:34,661 Where? 777 00:26:34,727 --> 00:26:35,928 LemonLyman... 778 00:26:35,995 --> 00:26:37,063 No. 779 00:26:37,129 --> 00:26:39,031 They don't seem to be taking my response 780 00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:41,200 in the spirit in which it was intended. 781 00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:42,534 Yeah. 782 00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:44,570 Seems to be a very unusual social structure. 783 00:26:44,637 --> 00:26:46,072 For instance, there's a leader 784 00:26:46,138 --> 00:26:48,875 who seems to pride herself on her organizational skills 785 00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:50,810 and a certain amount of discipline. 786 00:26:50,877 --> 00:26:52,845 Right. That's what's called a control freak. 787 00:26:52,912 --> 00:26:53,813 Well, she does seem to do 788 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,147 an awful lot of scolding. 789 00:26:55,214 --> 00:26:56,916 "You've posted in the wrong place." 790 00:26:56,983 --> 00:26:58,951 "Stay on topic, people." "Don't use capital letters." 791 00:26:59,018 --> 00:27:00,653 "I don't have time to tell you twice" 792 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,121 when clearly, she does have time 793 00:27:02,188 --> 00:27:03,422 to tell us twice. 794 00:27:03,489 --> 00:27:04,523 But that's not the problem. No. 795 00:27:04,590 --> 00:27:05,992 ( clears throat ) 796 00:27:06,058 --> 00:27:09,561 "Someone needs to deal with Josh's planet-sized ego 797 00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:11,731 "by teaching him government 101. 798 00:27:11,798 --> 00:27:14,867 Who made him overlord of the Democratic party?" 799 00:27:14,934 --> 00:27:16,736 And someone else writes 800 00:27:16,803 --> 00:27:19,171 "Is Josh delusional, or is he actively trying 801 00:27:19,238 --> 00:27:21,407 to destroy the separation of powers?" 802 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:22,608 Well, are you? No. 803 00:27:22,675 --> 00:27:24,276 Then turn off the computer 804 00:27:24,343 --> 00:27:25,912 shut these people up, and let's go back to work. 805 00:27:25,978 --> 00:27:27,079 I think I need to clarify 806 00:27:27,146 --> 00:27:28,380 my original post. Josh, there's 807 00:27:28,447 --> 00:27:30,216 a prime time press conference tomorrow 808 00:27:30,282 --> 00:27:32,118 and a new energy policy that you have spent months 809 00:27:32,184 --> 00:27:34,653 shepherding down the field, and now, on the one-yard line... 810 00:27:34,721 --> 00:27:36,055 Sit down in the chair. Has the pressure 811 00:27:36,122 --> 00:27:37,623 for you to get the energy package...? 812 00:27:37,690 --> 00:27:39,792 Sit down in the chair. 813 00:27:42,895 --> 00:27:46,298 I think you've gone 'round the bend. 814 00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:49,201 I'm dictating now. 815 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:54,907 I don't think it falls under the category of "outrageous" 816 00:27:54,974 --> 00:27:57,009 to suggest that I might have friends 817 00:27:57,076 --> 00:27:58,811 on the other end of the Avenue 818 00:27:58,878 --> 00:28:00,980 who have the phone number of the GAO. 819 00:28:01,047 --> 00:28:02,915 Let me put this more plainly. 820 00:28:02,982 --> 00:28:06,418 The White House can get a GAO review of anything it wants 821 00:28:06,485 --> 00:28:09,889 without posing a threat to the separation of powers. 822 00:28:09,956 --> 00:28:13,392 And I believe I'll use capital, lower case or Sanskrit 823 00:28:13,459 --> 00:28:14,861 right up until the moment 824 00:28:14,927 --> 00:28:17,663 the Font Police cuff me and read me Miranda. 825 00:28:17,730 --> 00:28:19,098 That'll show them. 826 00:28:19,165 --> 00:28:21,300 See, I think these are good people, by and large 827 00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:24,003 but they've come under the thumb of a dictatorial ruler. 828 00:28:24,070 --> 00:28:26,806 So, as with a small, Central American country 829 00:28:26,873 --> 00:28:29,441 my role is to incite the people to topple her. 830 00:28:29,508 --> 00:28:30,709 Josh? Yeah? 831 00:28:30,777 --> 00:28:31,978 You're way 'round the bend. 832 00:28:32,044 --> 00:28:33,712 Can I get you a damp towel or something? 833 00:28:33,780 --> 00:28:35,347 No, but do we have any Yoo-Hoo? 834 00:28:35,414 --> 00:28:36,348 Yeah. I'll take one. 835 00:28:36,415 --> 00:28:37,649 I'm on it. 836 00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,685 What are you doing? 837 00:28:39,752 --> 00:28:41,988 Crossing off the FDR Memorial 838 00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:44,757 the Atrium and the Folger Library. 839 00:28:44,824 --> 00:28:46,759 I like crossing off lists. 840 00:28:46,826 --> 00:28:48,627 It's very satisfying. 841 00:28:48,694 --> 00:28:50,930 You like lists? 842 00:28:50,997 --> 00:28:51,964 Yes. 843 00:28:52,031 --> 00:28:53,599 You like crossing things off? 844 00:28:53,665 --> 00:28:55,367 I'll let you know if it happens. 845 00:28:55,434 --> 00:28:58,037 Hey, how'd you know what hotel I was at? 846 00:28:58,104 --> 00:29:00,472 We have you watched when you're in DC. 847 00:29:00,539 --> 00:29:01,573 Are you serious? 848 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:02,975 No. 849 00:29:03,042 --> 00:29:03,843 Oh. 850 00:29:03,910 --> 00:29:06,445 We always have you watched. 851 00:29:06,512 --> 00:29:08,114 Aha. 852 00:29:08,180 --> 00:29:10,149 So, you know what I was thinking 853 00:29:10,216 --> 00:29:11,683 might be fun? 854 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:14,286 If I came to the White House dinner and shut the hell up? 855 00:29:14,353 --> 00:29:16,222 That's not what I was going to say at all. 856 00:29:16,288 --> 00:29:17,656 Oh, what were you going to say? 857 00:29:17,723 --> 00:29:18,991 If you came to the dinner 858 00:29:19,058 --> 00:29:20,860 wore a beautiful dress and shut the hell up. 859 00:29:20,927 --> 00:29:23,129 ( laughs ) 860 00:29:25,264 --> 00:29:28,334 I got a list of nine former I-Corps Commanders 861 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:29,768 who served in Korea 862 00:29:29,836 --> 00:29:32,504 who say that land mines aren't necessary 863 00:29:32,571 --> 00:29:34,640 to protect our troops anywhere. 864 00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:36,042 We're aware of all nine. 865 00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:38,310 And we have, do we not, other weapons 866 00:29:38,377 --> 00:29:41,213 that are more effective and less deadly to our side 867 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,916 that are already part of a U.S. response plan 868 00:29:43,983 --> 00:29:45,784 to the North crossing the DMZ? 869 00:29:45,852 --> 00:29:49,021 I work in communications. 870 00:29:49,088 --> 00:29:53,860 And land mines would actually slow a counter-invasion. 871 00:29:55,194 --> 00:29:57,830 You have an answer to any of this? 872 00:29:57,897 --> 00:30:00,766 The President of the United States 873 00:30:00,833 --> 00:30:03,535 requests the honor of your presence 874 00:30:03,602 --> 00:30:05,938 and I'm sorry, but you show up. 875 00:30:06,005 --> 00:30:08,975 And I'm sorry, but I tell the truth. 876 00:30:09,041 --> 00:30:11,810 Not every minute of the damn day, Tabatha. 877 00:30:11,878 --> 00:30:13,913 I've seen what I've seen. 878 00:30:13,980 --> 00:30:17,049 And I've been told what I've been told. 879 00:30:17,116 --> 00:30:19,118 And I have an audience with the person 880 00:30:19,185 --> 00:30:20,953 who can do something about it. 881 00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:23,189 To smile for a photo op and recite 64 couplets 882 00:30:23,255 --> 00:30:24,857 on the American experience? 883 00:30:24,924 --> 00:30:25,858 That's treasonous. 884 00:30:25,925 --> 00:30:27,960 Can we stop with the drama? 885 00:30:28,027 --> 00:30:28,928 Toby? Tabatha, you don't know 886 00:30:28,995 --> 00:30:29,929 what you're doing. 887 00:30:29,996 --> 00:30:31,197 This isn't kid's stuff. 888 00:30:31,263 --> 00:30:33,165 If you stand up in the President's face 889 00:30:33,232 --> 00:30:34,666 that's going to be the story 890 00:30:34,733 --> 00:30:37,369 and nobody's going to care about what you care about. 891 00:30:37,436 --> 00:30:39,906 Nobody is going to care about what you care about. 892 00:30:39,972 --> 00:30:41,874 And... it'll be bad... 893 00:30:41,941 --> 00:30:43,175 for you, for us 894 00:30:43,242 --> 00:30:45,945 for the land mines, everybody. 895 00:30:46,012 --> 00:30:48,714 Can we just not talk for a minute? 896 00:30:48,780 --> 00:30:51,417 Yeah. 897 00:30:51,483 --> 00:30:53,585 Yeah. 898 00:30:53,652 --> 00:30:57,756 I-I got to give a lecture tomorrow night at Georgetown. 899 00:30:57,823 --> 00:30:59,191 I just... I need to... 900 00:30:59,258 --> 00:31:01,493 I need to not talk for a minute. 901 00:31:03,462 --> 00:31:04,763 Yeah. 902 00:31:04,830 --> 00:31:06,032 PRESIDENT: * Another sky * 903 00:31:06,098 --> 00:31:09,001 * Another June 904 00:31:09,068 --> 00:31:11,103 * Another something 905 00:31:11,170 --> 00:31:13,906 * That rhymes with June 906 00:31:13,973 --> 00:31:16,708 * Another reason, another season * 907 00:31:16,775 --> 00:31:19,111 * For making... Wait a sec. 908 00:31:19,178 --> 00:31:21,513 Yes, "sunny honeymoon" is what you were looking for. 909 00:31:21,580 --> 00:31:22,881 No, wait a sec. 910 00:31:22,949 --> 00:31:26,052 He's absolutely right. Hang on. 911 00:31:29,488 --> 00:31:30,856 ( knocks ) 912 00:31:30,923 --> 00:31:32,591 Excuse me. I'm sorry for interrupting. 913 00:31:32,658 --> 00:31:34,293 No, no. Keep your seats. 914 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:35,127 Leo? 915 00:31:35,194 --> 00:31:36,828 You're absolutely right. 916 00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:38,965 About what? We shouldn't show up. 917 00:31:39,031 --> 00:31:40,432 Tell the Whip we want to yield all our time. 918 00:31:40,499 --> 00:31:42,268 While they're going in front of the cameras 919 00:31:42,334 --> 00:31:43,702 complaining about me making fun of Ritchie 920 00:31:43,769 --> 00:31:45,671 the Democrats will be caucusing on literacy 921 00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:48,374 We want to yield and tuitall our time.ts. 922 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:49,308 Yes, sir. 923 00:31:49,375 --> 00:31:50,509 Thank you. 924 00:32:00,652 --> 00:32:02,654 or more accurately, the walk down the red carpet 925 00:32:02,721 --> 00:32:04,790 will happen at 9:01:30, per the network's request. 926 00:32:04,856 --> 00:32:06,192 He'll deliver an opening statement 927 00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:08,194 on his National Strategy for Energy Independence 928 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:09,795 we expect that'll last about 15 minutes 929 00:32:09,861 --> 00:32:12,298 and then the President will take questions for 45 minutes. 930 00:32:12,364 --> 00:32:13,632 C.J.? 931 00:32:13,699 --> 00:32:15,767 A senior official in the communications office 932 00:32:15,834 --> 00:32:17,236 of the Ritchie campaign 933 00:32:17,303 --> 00:32:19,671 said if the President thinks his candidate is stupid 934 00:32:19,738 --> 00:32:22,208 he should just come right out and say so. 935 00:32:22,274 --> 00:32:24,243 Really. 936 00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:25,144 Really. 937 00:32:25,211 --> 00:32:26,578 Let's start a pool to guess 938 00:32:26,645 --> 00:32:28,680 how long the senior communications official 939 00:32:28,747 --> 00:32:31,450 is going to keep his job if once a day he suggest 940 00:32:31,517 --> 00:32:33,252 that we call his candidate stupid. 941 00:32:33,319 --> 00:32:35,554 Somebody's got to step in and stop this fight 942 00:32:35,621 --> 00:32:37,956 'cause we're the only ones scoring points 943 00:32:38,024 --> 00:32:39,558 and we're not even playing. Mark? 944 00:32:39,625 --> 00:32:40,726 She's got a point there. 945 00:32:42,161 --> 00:32:44,830 that the smartest Presidents have Dobeen the worst?ou 946 00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:46,565 I don't grant your premise, but... 947 00:32:46,632 --> 00:32:48,400 John Quincy Adams was so full of himself 948 00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:49,835 he could hardly build a coalition 949 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:51,370 around having eggs for breakfast. 950 00:32:51,437 --> 00:32:53,572 How many grand theories of international relations 951 00:32:53,639 --> 00:32:54,673 did Wilson come up with 952 00:32:54,740 --> 00:32:56,208 that were dead on arrival in Congress. 953 00:32:56,275 --> 00:32:57,443 I don't care. Why? 954 00:32:57,509 --> 00:32:59,378 Because before I look for anything 955 00:32:59,445 --> 00:33:00,946 I look for a mind at work. 956 00:33:01,013 --> 00:33:03,015 Nobody's saying a President 957 00:33:03,082 --> 00:33:04,583 needs to have a tenured chair in semiotics 958 00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:05,617 but you have to have... 959 00:33:05,684 --> 00:33:06,752 What? 960 00:33:06,818 --> 00:33:08,820 Gravitas. 961 00:33:08,887 --> 00:33:11,057 And how do you measure that? 962 00:33:11,123 --> 00:33:12,824 You don't, but we know it when we see it 963 00:33:12,891 --> 00:33:15,027 and Republican tend to mock it when they do. 964 00:33:15,094 --> 00:33:16,095 You think I'm wrong? 965 00:33:16,162 --> 00:33:17,996 I do not. No you don't 966 00:33:18,064 --> 00:33:19,131 and the way I know you don't 967 00:33:19,198 --> 00:33:20,166 is I saw you say so 968 00:33:20,232 --> 00:33:21,933 on television. 969 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,570 Hey, Toby. 970 00:33:24,636 --> 00:33:26,938 Why are you here? 971 00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:28,240 The TV isn't working in my office. 972 00:33:28,307 --> 00:33:30,376 You did good on TV. 973 00:33:30,442 --> 00:33:31,810 Thanks. 974 00:33:31,877 --> 00:33:33,379 I'll be in my office. 975 00:33:38,517 --> 00:33:42,054 How's it going with the poet? 976 00:33:42,121 --> 00:33:44,256 I'm not sure. 977 00:33:44,323 --> 00:33:45,791 Does she have a strong history of activism? 978 00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:47,326 She has no history of activism. 979 00:33:47,393 --> 00:33:49,761 She said something yesterday, when I was with her 980 00:33:49,828 --> 00:33:52,264 she said-- she was talking about land mines-- 981 00:33:52,331 --> 00:33:54,032 she said, "From everything I've seen 982 00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:55,601 and everything I've been told..." 983 00:33:55,667 --> 00:33:56,935 You think 984 00:33:57,002 --> 00:33:57,703 she's getting some pressure? 985 00:33:57,769 --> 00:33:58,837 I don't... 986 00:33:58,904 --> 00:34:00,272 GINGER: Toby? Yeah. 987 00:34:00,339 --> 00:34:01,873 It's someone from Georgetown University. 988 00:34:01,940 --> 00:34:03,309 I think there's a problem. 989 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,782 The Internet people have gone crazy. 990 00:34:10,849 --> 00:34:11,783 You're kidding. 991 00:34:11,850 --> 00:34:12,951 They're calling the GAO 992 00:34:13,018 --> 00:34:14,453 "General Josh's Standing Army" 993 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,888 and saying I don't understand its mandate and purpose. 994 00:34:16,955 --> 00:34:19,658 They're saying if I can get a review of anything I want 995 00:34:19,725 --> 00:34:22,361 I should start by reviewing the job of Deputy C.O.S. 996 00:34:22,428 --> 00:34:24,930 Then one guy compares me to a poor man's Clark Clifford 997 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:27,699 and a page and a half of posts debating whether or not 998 00:34:27,766 --> 00:34:30,302 I was mocking Egyptians with the Sanskrit reference. 999 00:34:30,369 --> 00:34:32,138 I told you they were hysterical. 1000 00:34:32,204 --> 00:34:33,439 I thought you meant they were funny. 1001 00:34:33,505 --> 00:34:35,073 They're not. I know they're not! 1002 00:34:35,141 --> 00:34:36,342 It's Lord of the Flies in there. 1003 00:34:36,408 --> 00:34:37,909 Well, who invited you in the first place? 1004 00:34:37,976 --> 00:34:39,378 It's got my name on it. 1005 00:34:39,445 --> 00:34:41,180 Look, I don't want to hear about it anymore. 1006 00:34:41,247 --> 00:34:43,014 We've got an energy plan in ten minutes. 1007 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:44,216 I'm gonna... Oh, Josh! 1008 00:34:44,283 --> 00:34:45,817 Yeah? The Federal Page 1009 00:34:45,884 --> 00:34:47,953 of the Washington Post just called Carol to confirm 1010 00:34:48,019 --> 00:34:49,121 that you're the Josh Lyman 1011 00:34:49,188 --> 00:34:50,589 who stated on an Internet web site 1012 00:34:50,656 --> 00:34:52,658 that the White House could order a GAO review 1013 00:34:52,724 --> 00:34:53,725 of anything it wants. 1014 00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:56,027 Without threatening the separation of powers 1015 00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:57,095 is what I was saying. 1016 00:34:57,163 --> 00:34:58,364 You posted on a web site? 1017 00:34:58,430 --> 00:35:00,031 I was communicating with the people. 1018 00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:01,433 Really? 1019 00:35:03,435 --> 00:35:05,937 C.J., it's a... crazy place. 1020 00:35:06,004 --> 00:35:07,739 It's got this dictatorial leader 1021 00:35:07,806 --> 00:35:11,310 who I'm sure wears a muumuu and chain smokes Parliaments. 1022 00:35:11,377 --> 00:35:13,279 What did you go there for in the first place? 1023 00:35:13,345 --> 00:35:16,081 It's called LemonLyman.com. 1024 00:35:16,148 --> 00:35:17,883 Let me explain something to you 1025 00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:18,917 this is sort of my field. 1026 00:35:18,984 --> 00:35:20,586 The people on these sites? 1027 00:35:20,652 --> 00:35:23,589 They're the cast of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. 1028 00:35:23,655 --> 00:35:24,656 The muumuu wearing 1029 00:35:24,723 --> 00:35:26,492 Parliament smoker? That's Nurse Ratched. 1030 00:35:26,558 --> 00:35:28,026 When Nurse Ratched is unhappy 1031 00:35:28,093 --> 00:35:29,027 the patients are unhappy. 1032 00:35:29,094 --> 00:35:30,196 You? You're McMurphy. 1033 00:35:30,262 --> 00:35:31,363 You swoop in there with your card games 1034 00:35:31,430 --> 00:35:32,598 and your fishing trips... 1035 00:35:32,664 --> 00:35:33,999 I didn't swoop in, I came in 1036 00:35:34,065 --> 00:35:35,501 exactly the same way everybody else did. 1037 00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:37,869 Well, now I'm telling you to open the ward room window 1038 00:35:37,936 --> 00:35:39,104 and climb on out 1039 00:35:39,171 --> 00:35:40,672 before they give you a pre-frontal lobotomy 1040 00:35:40,739 --> 00:35:43,409 and I have to smother you with a pillow. 1041 00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:45,211 You're Chief Brom... I'm Chief Bromden 1042 00:35:45,277 --> 00:35:46,945 yes, at this particular moment. 1043 00:35:47,012 --> 00:35:49,415 I'm assigning an intern from the press office to that web site. 1044 00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:51,783 They're going to check it every night before they go home. 1045 00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:53,752 If they discover you've been there I'm going to shove 1046 00:35:53,819 --> 00:35:57,155 a motherboard so far up your ass... What? 1047 00:35:57,223 --> 00:35:59,858 Well... technically, I outrank you. 1048 00:35:59,925 --> 00:36:01,327 So far up your ass! 1049 00:36:01,393 --> 00:36:02,428 Okay. Okay? 1050 00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:04,263 How you doing? Are we ready? 1051 00:36:04,330 --> 00:36:05,797 We are. I believe we are. 1052 00:36:05,864 --> 00:36:06,898 You want to walk over? 1053 00:36:08,133 --> 00:36:11,503 Donna, let's go, it's time! 1054 00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:15,307 Excuse me. 1055 00:36:15,374 --> 00:36:16,975 Are you Mr. Zeigler? 1056 00:36:17,042 --> 00:36:18,477 What happened? 1057 00:36:18,544 --> 00:36:20,679 Well, she was giving her lecture 1058 00:36:20,746 --> 00:36:23,882 and then towards the end, something... I don't know. 1059 00:36:23,949 --> 00:36:25,217 I think she's okay 1060 00:36:25,284 --> 00:36:28,186 but I asked her if there was anyone I could call. 1061 00:36:28,254 --> 00:36:29,488 Where is she? 1062 00:36:29,555 --> 00:36:30,989 She's sitting out on the steps. 1063 00:36:31,056 --> 00:36:33,625 Okay. Thanks. 1064 00:36:33,692 --> 00:36:34,726 Mm-hmm. 1065 00:36:35,694 --> 00:36:38,897 Was there any press there tonight? 1066 00:36:38,964 --> 00:36:40,866 For a poetry lecture? 1067 00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:42,301 Right. 1068 00:37:09,461 --> 00:37:14,733 There was a man in Banja Luka that I met. 1069 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:22,073 He took his son and I... to go fishing in the Sava River. 1070 00:37:22,140 --> 00:37:30,449 And the little boy, uh... hooked a piece of garbage... 1071 00:37:30,516 --> 00:37:36,355 and when he tried to take it off the line, it blew him up. 1072 00:37:36,422 --> 00:37:39,358 Right in front of his father. 1073 00:37:39,425 --> 00:37:42,661 And, uh... right in front of me. 1074 00:37:47,032 --> 00:37:49,034 What happened tonight? 1075 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:51,637 ( sighs heavily ) 1076 00:37:51,703 --> 00:37:54,640 Um... I decided to highlight poets 1077 00:37:54,706 --> 00:37:57,709 who were never chosen Poet Laureate 1078 00:37:57,776 --> 00:38:00,712 'cause they were too rebellious. 1079 00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:05,050 Adrienne Rich, Anne Sexton, Allen Ginsberg 1080 00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:07,719 and I went into "Howl." 1081 00:38:07,786 --> 00:38:12,724 I know "Howl" like you know voting districts. 1082 00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:15,861 "I saw the best minds of my generation 1083 00:38:15,927 --> 00:38:17,429 "destroyed by madness 1084 00:38:17,496 --> 00:38:20,265 "starving hysterical naked 1085 00:38:20,332 --> 00:38:23,469 dragging themselves through..." 1086 00:38:23,535 --> 00:38:26,338 and then, uh... 1087 00:38:27,205 --> 00:38:29,608 What? 1088 00:38:29,675 --> 00:38:33,412 I couldn't remember anymore. 1089 00:38:33,479 --> 00:38:35,947 I couldn't, uh... 1090 00:38:36,014 --> 00:38:40,051 you know, I-I couldn't remember anymore. 1091 00:38:44,556 --> 00:38:46,925 You think I think 1092 00:38:46,992 --> 00:38:51,830 that an artist's job is to speak the truth. 1093 00:38:51,897 --> 00:38:55,767 An artist's job... is to captivate you 1094 00:38:55,834 --> 00:39:00,839 for however long we've asked for your attention. 1095 00:39:00,906 --> 00:39:05,343 If we stumble into truth, we got lucky 1096 00:39:05,411 --> 00:39:10,482 and I don't get to decide what truth is. 1097 00:39:10,549 --> 00:39:14,753 What you said about South Korea makes sense 1098 00:39:14,820 --> 00:39:18,890 you know, uh, people know more than I do. 1099 00:39:18,957 --> 00:39:22,761 I... I shouldn't be, uh... you know... 1100 00:39:22,828 --> 00:39:28,434 I write poetry, Toby, that's how I enter the world. 1101 00:39:31,837 --> 00:39:33,772 I was think maybe, you know... 1102 00:39:33,839 --> 00:39:36,307 I-I don't know if you can do this, but... 1103 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:39,210 I was thinking if I could get 1104 00:39:39,277 --> 00:39:42,514 a few minutes alone with the President 1105 00:39:42,581 --> 00:39:44,983 so that I could tell him 1106 00:39:45,050 --> 00:39:51,356 what I saw in Banja Luka? 1107 00:39:51,423 --> 00:39:55,160 Then it wouldn't have to be thing 1108 00:39:55,226 --> 00:40:01,032 you know, at the dinner... in there I could, uh... 1109 00:40:01,099 --> 00:40:05,170 I have 64 couplets on the American experience 1110 00:40:05,236 --> 00:40:08,540 that I think might be appropriate. 1111 00:40:10,341 --> 00:40:14,079 Yeah, we could do that. 1112 00:40:24,890 --> 00:40:26,458 What's that say? 1113 00:40:26,525 --> 00:40:28,727 "Meet Tabatha Fortis." 1114 00:40:34,332 --> 00:40:36,768 ( chuckles ) 1115 00:40:39,037 --> 00:40:41,873 I have to be at a press conference. 1116 00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:43,942 Right. 1117 00:40:45,877 --> 00:40:48,146 C.J.: So as a matter of cold fact, Chipper 1118 00:40:48,213 --> 00:40:50,582 you'll see that it's the Porcupine Caribou 1119 00:40:50,649 --> 00:40:52,450 and ANWAR's their calving ground 1120 00:40:52,518 --> 00:40:54,586 and you can't put a price tag on that 1121 00:40:54,653 --> 00:40:56,321 but that's hardly the point. 1122 00:40:56,387 --> 00:40:59,057 36 species of fish, 36 land mammals 1123 00:40:59,124 --> 00:41:01,326 160 different bird species. 1124 00:41:01,392 --> 00:41:04,162 I admit, this is a lot of wildlife. 1125 00:41:04,229 --> 00:41:05,897 Well, forget the wildlife 1126 00:41:05,964 --> 00:41:07,766 it hurts flesh and blood subsistence hunters in the area 1127 00:41:07,833 --> 00:41:08,934 changes migratory patterns 1128 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,602 in ways we don't even understand 1129 00:41:10,669 --> 00:41:12,738 increases freezing depths of rivers and lakes... 1130 00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:14,305 And the emissions from drilling. 1131 00:41:14,372 --> 00:41:17,208 Welcome home, it'll cause pollutant haze and acid rain 1132 00:41:17,275 --> 00:41:18,443 and all this in exchange for? 1133 00:41:18,510 --> 00:41:19,711 Not a lot of oil to begin with. 1134 00:41:19,778 --> 00:41:21,046 PRESIDENT: All right, here we go. 1135 00:41:21,112 --> 00:41:22,113 What time is it? 1136 00:41:22,180 --> 00:41:23,281 9:00, sir. 1137 00:41:23,348 --> 00:41:24,950 We'll see you inside. 1138 00:41:25,016 --> 00:41:26,217 Thank you, everyone. 1139 00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:30,155 C.J.? 1140 00:41:30,221 --> 00:41:31,256 Yes, sir? 1141 00:41:31,322 --> 00:41:33,491 I've been meaning to tell you 1142 00:41:33,559 --> 00:41:34,726 you've done really well this week 1143 00:41:34,793 --> 00:41:35,961 with the open-mike thing. 1144 00:41:36,027 --> 00:41:37,663 Thank you. Didn't turn out too bad. 1145 00:41:37,729 --> 00:41:39,698 No, sir, it didn't turn out too bad at all. 1146 00:41:39,765 --> 00:41:41,967 In fact, the whole country's talking about whether 1147 00:41:42,033 --> 00:41:44,002 Ritchie's smart enough to be President. 1148 00:41:44,069 --> 00:41:46,337 And you didn't take a hit, 'cause it was an accident. 1149 00:41:46,404 --> 00:41:47,839 You know, it occurs to me 1150 00:41:47,906 --> 00:41:50,576 that even your choice of language was interesting. 1151 00:41:50,642 --> 00:41:52,744 "A .22 caliber mind in a .357 magnum world." 1152 00:41:52,811 --> 00:41:54,913 That's unusual for you, a gun metaphor. 1153 00:41:57,015 --> 00:42:00,018 Toby mentioned to me that when each interview was over 1154 00:42:00,085 --> 00:42:03,421 all the interviewers wanted to talk to you about was Ritchie 1155 00:42:03,488 --> 00:42:05,223 and you took a pass each time. 1156 00:42:05,290 --> 00:42:07,559 Until Philadelphia. 1157 00:42:11,162 --> 00:42:12,698 Mr. President 1158 00:42:12,764 --> 00:42:16,001 is it possible you saw the green light was on? 1159 00:42:17,703 --> 00:42:19,504 MAN: Ladies and gentlemen 1160 00:42:19,571 --> 00:42:22,107 the President of the United States. 1161 00:42:28,580 --> 00:42:29,848 That was old school. 1162 00:42:31,482 --> 00:42:32,784 Go knock'em dead.