1 00:00:05,824 --> 00:00:07,652 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:07,827 --> 00:00:10,200 Toby keeps coming back at me with this... . 3 00:00:10,414 --> 00:00:12,703 - He says I let the pitch go by. - What pitch? 4 00:00:12,875 --> 00:00:14,833 I smooth myself out publicly. 5 00:00:15,003 --> 00:00:18,504 You're not just folks. You're not plainspoken. 6 00:00:18,675 --> 00:00:22,294 Do not... Do not... Do not act like it. 7 00:00:22,513 --> 00:00:24,553 I don't wanna be killed. 8 00:00:24,766 --> 00:00:27,768 Then make this election about smart and not. 9 00:00:27,937 --> 00:00:29,977 Qualified and not. 10 00:00:30,148 --> 00:00:32,937 Make it about a heavyweight. You're a heavyweight. 11 00:00:35,322 --> 00:00:37,814 -Morning, Mr. President. - Good to be talking to you. 12 00:00:37,992 --> 00:00:41,078 -You're in the Map Room this morning? - The Mural Room. 13 00:00:41,247 --> 00:00:43,039 Welcome to Sunrise Cincinnati, sir. 14 00:00:44,417 --> 00:00:46,541 I know you only have a moment and wanna talk... 15 00:00:46,712 --> 00:00:49,002 ... about Thursday's prime-time press conference. 16 00:00:49,174 --> 00:00:52,674 Right, and Thursday night we're gonna talk about energy dependence... 17 00:00:52,845 --> 00:00:55,384 ...versus independence and cleaner-burning fuels... 18 00:00:55,557 --> 00:00:58,844 ...that get up to 80 miles per gallon versus oil-based fuels... 19 00:00:59,020 --> 00:01:01,856 ...that pump billions of pounds of pollution into our air... 20 00:01:02,024 --> 00:01:06,487 ...and, perhaps just as important, are vulnerable to very volatile price spikes. 21 00:01:06,655 --> 00:01:09,657 We wanna talk about controlling our destiny through innovation... 22 00:01:09,826 --> 00:01:12,152 ...instead of relying so heavily on foreign oil. 23 00:01:12,330 --> 00:01:14,240 Okay, now, you mentioned foreign oil... 24 00:01:14,458 --> 00:01:18,077 Yeah. 65% of the world's oil reserves are in the Mideast. 25 00:01:18,254 --> 00:01:22,503 3% are here at home. I wouldn't mind sending a little less of my money... 26 00:01:22,677 --> 00:01:25,548 ...over there, and the only alternative is to use less oil. 27 00:01:25,723 --> 00:01:29,009 Last question, Mr. President. Governor Robert Ritchie of Florida... 28 00:01:29,186 --> 00:01:31,677 ... likely Republican nominee for the fall campaign... 29 00:01:31,856 --> 00:01:35,308 ... in his new book, A Promise to Lead, he says we should be exploring... 30 00:01:35,486 --> 00:01:38,820 ... the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve for new sources of energy. 31 00:01:38,990 --> 00:01:41,565 Will this be a hotly contested campaign topic? 32 00:01:41,744 --> 00:01:44,781 I hope so, but there's plenty of time for campaigning come fall. 33 00:01:44,957 --> 00:01:47,246 Thursday night is about America's energy future. 34 00:01:47,418 --> 00:01:49,411 Thank you very much, President Jed Bartlet. 35 00:01:49,588 --> 00:01:52,756 It's 12 past the hour. Don 't go away, we'll be back with traffic... 36 00:01:52,926 --> 00:01:55,133 - ... and weather updates. - We're out. 37 00:01:55,304 --> 00:01:57,297 - Thank you very much, sir. - Thank you, Kim. 38 00:01:57,473 --> 00:01:59,632 - Terry. - Terry. I'm sorry. 39 00:01:59,810 --> 00:02:02,099 -That's all right. - That was my ninth interview. 40 00:02:02,271 --> 00:02:04,229 Are you ready to run against Ritchie? 41 00:02:04,441 --> 00:02:07,229 I guess we'll be ready to run against whoever we have to. 42 00:02:11,325 --> 00:02:13,283 - Well, good luck. - Thank you. 43 00:02:13,453 --> 00:02:16,704 - They wanna talk about Ritchie's book. - We could talk about my book. 44 00:02:16,874 --> 00:02:19,960 Theory and Design of Macroeconomics in Developing Nations? 45 00:02:20,129 --> 00:02:23,997 Okay, sir, we've got 2 minutes and 20 seconds, and it's WKZN in Philadelphia. 46 00:02:24,176 --> 00:02:26,549 - Thanks. - They say"exploring," you say"drilling." 47 00:02:26,721 --> 00:02:29,888 There's a 12-point kick with ANWAR between exploring and drilling. 48 00:02:30,058 --> 00:02:31,886 - What else? - Saudi Arabia, bad. 49 00:02:32,061 --> 00:02:33,390 Got it. 50 00:02:33,563 --> 00:02:35,355 - How's it going? - Good. 51 00:02:35,566 --> 00:02:38,402 - Do you have a minute? - Well, that's all I've got. 52 00:02:45,746 --> 00:02:48,914 Could you do me a favor? I got faxed a letter from Tabatha Fortis. 53 00:02:49,084 --> 00:02:51,161 She's not comfortable with dinner next week... 54 00:02:51,337 --> 00:02:53,460 ...unless she can chastise the administration... 55 00:02:53,632 --> 00:02:55,625 ...for backing off on banning land mines. 56 00:02:55,801 --> 00:02:59,337 It's just a matter of handholding. Would you ask Sam to talk to her? 57 00:02:59,514 --> 00:03:01,923 - I'll do it. - Sam's more familiar with land mines. 58 00:03:02,101 --> 00:03:03,644 - I'll talk to her. - Why? 59 00:03:05,481 --> 00:03:07,225 Because. 60 00:03:11,155 --> 00:03:12,698 What? 61 00:03:13,408 --> 00:03:16,743 Is it possible you've got a little touch of the poet? 62 00:03:16,913 --> 00:03:19,321 Or would like a little touch of the poet? 63 00:03:21,085 --> 00:03:22,877 Yes. 64 00:03:24,923 --> 00:03:27,296 Okay, then learn something about land mines. 65 00:03:27,468 --> 00:03:31,052 We don't wanna cancel. 300 of the finest minds in the country are coming... 66 00:03:31,223 --> 00:03:33,430 ...plus some congressmen. - I'll be fine. 67 00:03:33,643 --> 00:03:35,969 Knock them dead, de Bergerac. 68 00:03:43,615 --> 00:03:45,074 Okay. 69 00:03:45,242 --> 00:03:47,152 Okay, what? 70 00:03:47,579 --> 00:03:49,619 Nothing, I just meant, you know, okay. 71 00:03:49,790 --> 00:03:51,700 We're back from commercial in 20 seconds. 72 00:03:51,876 --> 00:03:53,620 - Drilling/exploring. - Yes, sir. 73 00:03:53,795 --> 00:03:56,334 - Saudi Arabia, bad. - Saudi Arabia, very bad. 74 00:03:56,507 --> 00:03:57,966 - Okay. - Okay. 75 00:03:58,301 --> 00:04:00,544 Why are you smiling? 76 00:04:00,846 --> 00:04:03,338 Happiness is my default position. 77 00:04:04,309 --> 00:04:07,893 Joining us now from the Mural Room of the White House is President Bartlet. 78 00:04:08,148 --> 00:04:10,271 - Good morning. - Morning, thanks for having me. 79 00:04:10,442 --> 00:04:12,768 You wanna talk about Thursday's press conference. 80 00:04:12,946 --> 00:04:14,856 And to shill for my new energy plan... 81 00:04:15,032 --> 00:04:18,153 ...to raise fuel economy standards, working with Detroit... 82 00:04:18,328 --> 00:04:23,241 ...to develop hybrid cars and using tax incentives to promote alternative energy. 83 00:04:23,460 --> 00:04:25,287 Why is alternative energy important? 84 00:04:25,462 --> 00:04:29,129 After a decade of wars with Iraq and the spread of religious extremism... 85 00:04:29,301 --> 00:04:33,799 ...in Saudi Arabia, we still rely on this very dangerous, very uncertain region... 86 00:04:33,974 --> 00:04:36,347 ...for a quarter of our oil reserves. 87 00:04:36,519 --> 00:04:40,434 And l, for one, wouldn't mind not sending quite so much of my money there. 88 00:04:40,608 --> 00:04:44,144 Wouldn 't that suggest that Florida Governor Robert Ritchie was correct... 89 00:04:44,321 --> 00:04:47,525 ... in his book, A Promise to Lead? He says we should open up... 90 00:04:47,700 --> 00:04:49,160 ... the Arctic for exploration? 91 00:04:49,328 --> 00:04:52,495 Exploring is what Magellan did, and Balboa and Jacques Cousteau. 92 00:04:52,665 --> 00:04:56,996 This is drilling, which is the only way you know if there's oil there... 93 00:04:57,171 --> 00:05:00,921 ...and which will forever damage natural treasures like ANWAR. 94 00:05:01,093 --> 00:05:02,422 What about clean coal? 95 00:05:02,595 --> 00:05:07,175 That's a term pollsters came up with because it polls higher than regular coal. 96 00:05:07,352 --> 00:05:12,430 We want real cleaner-burning fuels, to control our destiny through innovation. 97 00:05:12,609 --> 00:05:14,768 That's what we'll talk about Thursday night. 98 00:05:14,945 --> 00:05:17,318 Mr. President, thank you for being with us today. 99 00:05:17,532 --> 00:05:19,359 - My pleasure. - It's 16 past the hour. 100 00:05:19,535 --> 00:05:23,201 We'll be back with traffic and weather as Wake Up Philadelphia continues. 101 00:05:23,373 --> 00:05:24,916 - Okay. - That was terrific. 102 00:05:25,084 --> 00:05:26,412 - Leslie, right? - Yes, sir. 103 00:05:26,627 --> 00:05:29,166 - Thanks a lot. - I mentioned Governor Ritchie's book... 104 00:05:29,339 --> 00:05:31,167 ... because I hoped you'd rise to the bait. 105 00:05:31,342 --> 00:05:33,750 There will be plenty of bait in September, October. 106 00:05:33,929 --> 00:05:36,218 - Have you read it? - I'll read it when he does. 107 00:05:36,390 --> 00:05:38,265 - What's your read on him? - I don't know. 108 00:05:38,435 --> 00:05:43,597 I think we might be talking about a.22 caliber mind in a.357 Magnum world. 109 00:05:43,817 --> 00:05:47,234 - Okay. - Okay, thanks again. 110 00:05:47,781 --> 00:05:49,406 Who's next? 111 00:05:49,575 --> 00:05:51,117 - You were hot. - What? 112 00:05:51,285 --> 00:05:55,201 When you said that just now, you were hot. They've got it on B-roll. 113 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:03,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 114 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:50,243 - How did the tape get out already? - We were discussing that. 115 00:06:50,411 --> 00:06:52,488 A local AP reporter was at the station. 116 00:06:52,664 --> 00:06:56,034 - They didn't keep it exclusive? - They want their call letters splashed... 117 00:06:56,210 --> 00:06:58,204 And the networks will carry it tonight. 118 00:06:58,380 --> 00:07:01,168 This is amateur crap, Sam. How did it happen? 119 00:07:01,342 --> 00:07:03,336 - First of all, I wasn't there. - Who was? 120 00:07:03,512 --> 00:07:06,264 My boss, the White House director of communications. 121 00:07:06,432 --> 00:07:09,885 It wasn't his fault either. It was 8 seconds, it was his 10th interview. 122 00:07:10,062 --> 00:07:13,764 - He didn't see that the green light was... - You're right. What's first? 123 00:07:13,942 --> 00:07:17,063 - I have the briefing room in 20 minutes. - What are you gonna get? 124 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,653 - Is he saying Governor Ritchie's stupid? - Yes. 125 00:07:19,825 --> 00:07:22,198 - No. -"Yes" is the only answer to that. 126 00:07:22,412 --> 00:07:24,738 Why not,"He has the highest regard for Ritchie... 127 00:07:24,915 --> 00:07:28,036 ...believes he's a broad thinker and a dedicated public servant"? 128 00:07:28,253 --> 00:07:31,754 It's the Press Briefing Room, not the lmprov. She can't walk this back. 129 00:07:31,925 --> 00:07:34,298 She'll sound disingenuous at best, naive at worst. 130 00:07:34,470 --> 00:07:36,297 My concern is how the president sounds. 131 00:07:36,472 --> 00:07:38,845 I've got 80 people who don't make the distinction. 132 00:07:39,018 --> 00:07:41,141 If I pretend Ritchie's a nuclear physicist... 133 00:07:41,312 --> 00:07:44,480 Then don't answer. Our focus is on energy independence this week. 134 00:07:44,692 --> 00:07:47,065 No, we're focusing on this this week. 135 00:07:47,237 --> 00:07:49,563 I can try a non-apology apology. 136 00:07:50,199 --> 00:07:51,908 Try it. 137 00:07:52,077 --> 00:07:55,862 "The president didn't realize the camera was hot, and he said something... 138 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:00,751 ...he shouldn't have, as we all do from time to time." 139 00:08:02,007 --> 00:08:03,881 - Nice. - Yeah. 140 00:08:04,051 --> 00:08:07,255 - It's a head-fake towards contrition. - And we hold our heads high. 141 00:08:07,472 --> 00:08:11,092 All right. Good. We'll see how it goes. 142 00:08:13,146 --> 00:08:14,974 Why is this one so hard to spin? 143 00:08:15,149 --> 00:08:18,650 It's the classic Washington scandal. We screwed up by telling the truth. 144 00:08:19,071 --> 00:08:22,821 All right. Let's try not to do that that much. 145 00:08:27,207 --> 00:08:28,951 I know. 146 00:08:36,427 --> 00:08:38,919 - What's going on? - Hi, sugar-lips. 147 00:08:39,139 --> 00:08:41,429 - I'm sorry? - Donna struck gold. 148 00:08:41,601 --> 00:08:43,844 - What is it? - Lemon-Lyman. Com. 149 00:08:44,021 --> 00:08:45,516 - What is it? - Your fan site. 150 00:08:45,982 --> 00:08:49,019 - What? - A website devoted to all things"Josh." 151 00:08:49,194 --> 00:08:50,523 - You're kidding me. - No. 152 00:08:50,738 --> 00:08:53,064 - Lemon-Lyman. Com? - You have fans, Josh. 153 00:08:53,242 --> 00:08:55,615 Not many of them, but what they lack in numbers... 154 00:08:55,787 --> 00:08:58,492 ...they make up for in fervor. - What do they talk about? 155 00:08:58,665 --> 00:09:01,703 You on Capital Beat, Meet the Press, U.S. News and World Report. 156 00:09:01,878 --> 00:09:04,121 There's a section called "Sightings About Town." 157 00:09:04,298 --> 00:09:07,335 This is reserved for actual Josh encounters of the third kind. 158 00:09:07,511 --> 00:09:09,884 Most seem to take place in restaurants... 159 00:09:10,056 --> 00:09:12,678 ...you've never been to, unless you lead a double life. 160 00:09:12,851 --> 00:09:15,723 - And we know you're not that clever. - Lemon-Lyman. Com? 161 00:09:15,897 --> 00:09:19,563 Right now we're viewing the section devoted to the"Josh Fantasy Date." 162 00:09:19,735 --> 00:09:23,485 This, it should be painfully self-explanatory, is where the women... 163 00:09:23,657 --> 00:09:27,407 ...and more than a few men, I must say, discuss what they'd do with you if... 164 00:09:27,579 --> 00:09:29,905 All right, can everybody who doesn't work here... 165 00:09:30,082 --> 00:09:33,417 ...please go work where they work. - I wanna work here now. 166 00:09:33,629 --> 00:09:35,289 You can get this at your own desk. 167 00:09:35,798 --> 00:09:37,459 You better believe it. 168 00:09:37,634 --> 00:09:39,426 See you at lunch. 169 00:09:39,595 --> 00:09:41,719 You've got Senior Senior Staff at the COS... 170 00:09:41,890 --> 00:09:43,883 ...then Senior Staff at the Roosevelt Room. 171 00:09:44,059 --> 00:09:46,895 Meeting with the economic team to pre-brief for fed chair... 172 00:09:47,063 --> 00:09:50,849 ...then Advance, State and NSC to go over the next 6 months of foreign travel. 173 00:09:51,027 --> 00:09:52,605 Let me look at this thing. 174 00:09:52,779 --> 00:09:56,909 Right. Yes. Let me know when C.J. 's briefing starts. 175 00:10:05,588 --> 00:10:07,747 - Sorry I'm late. - Good morning, Mr. President. 176 00:10:07,925 --> 00:10:10,251 - We hearing from Michigan's delegation? - We will. 177 00:10:10,428 --> 00:10:12,920 They'll want assurances, no mandates, no timetables... 178 00:10:13,098 --> 00:10:15,507 ...make the whole thing voluntary and industry-led. 179 00:10:15,685 --> 00:10:19,102 Polluters won't write environmental laws. And the Energy Workers Union? 180 00:10:19,273 --> 00:10:21,350 They wanna know it's Saudi jobs we're after. 181 00:10:21,568 --> 00:10:23,360 - It is. - The money's in raising... 182 00:10:23,529 --> 00:10:26,614 ...CAFE standards to 40 miles per gallon, that's the meeting. 183 00:10:26,950 --> 00:10:28,943 - What else? - You're gonna be reprimanded... 184 00:10:29,119 --> 00:10:31,446 ...tomorrow night on the House floor. - For what? 185 00:10:31,706 --> 00:10:33,367 It's not nice to call people dumb. 186 00:10:33,542 --> 00:10:36,746 Let me ask you something. You're pretty dumb, did you take offense? 187 00:10:36,922 --> 00:10:38,915 - Look, I did it again. - Mr. President? 188 00:10:39,091 --> 00:10:40,586 - Yeah. - She's ready to start. 189 00:10:43,847 --> 00:10:48,511 Seriously, the GOP's lining up a bunch of people for order speeches. 190 00:10:48,687 --> 00:10:50,645 - Calling me impolite? - I guess. 191 00:10:50,815 --> 00:10:53,307 He's here, you can send her in. 192 00:10:53,485 --> 00:10:57,864 Anyway, the whip's got about 150 Democrats ready to rebut. 193 00:10:58,033 --> 00:10:59,742 You have any special preferences? 194 00:10:59,911 --> 00:11:02,782 I don't know, I guess the biggest names. 195 00:11:02,956 --> 00:11:06,077 You know what we'd do if we were smart? We wouldn't send anybody. 196 00:11:06,252 --> 00:11:09,420 We'd look so good by not showing up. Let them whine by themselves. 197 00:11:09,590 --> 00:11:11,215 Morning, C.J. 198 00:11:11,509 --> 00:11:13,716 -Good morning. -Was the president saying... 199 00:11:13,888 --> 00:11:16,724 ... Governor Ritchie isn 't up to the job of being president? 200 00:11:16,892 --> 00:11:20,428 He didn 't realize the camera was hot and said something he shouldn 't have. 201 00:11:20,605 --> 00:11:22,764 - Something we all do from time to time. - Nice. 202 00:11:22,941 --> 00:11:25,314 Isn 't it early in the season to be going negative? 203 00:11:25,486 --> 00:11:27,610 He said something he wouldn 't have... 204 00:11:27,781 --> 00:11:29,739 ... if he knew it was gonna be public. 205 00:11:30,076 --> 00:11:32,615 C.J., has he made the same kind of remarks in private? 206 00:11:32,996 --> 00:11:35,156 There's a reason they call it private, Stuart. 207 00:11:35,333 --> 00:11:37,207 All right, I'm going back to work. 208 00:11:38,420 --> 00:11:40,959 Is he saying he's smarter than Governor Ritchie? 209 00:11:41,132 --> 00:11:43,422 The voters get to make those kinds of judgments. 210 00:11:43,594 --> 00:11:45,801 -C.J.! -Yes? 211 00:11:46,923 --> 00:11:49,296 Governor Ritchie asked the president to apologize. 212 00:11:50,678 --> 00:11:52,007 Will he? 213 00:11:52,180 --> 00:11:55,052 As I said yesterday, he didn't realize the camera was hot... 214 00:11:55,226 --> 00:11:57,219 ...and he said something he shouldn't have. 215 00:11:57,396 --> 00:11:59,389 - Katie? - The Ritchie camp is challenging... 216 00:11:59,565 --> 00:12:04,193 ...the president to sign a pledge, a promise to run a positive campaign. 217 00:12:04,363 --> 00:12:08,777 While the governor is the presumptive Republican nominee, it's presumptive. 218 00:12:08,953 --> 00:12:11,029 So is the president's renomination. 219 00:12:11,206 --> 00:12:13,911 But more important, the president has been a candidate... 220 00:12:14,085 --> 00:12:17,252 ...in seven statewide and national elections, and all have been... 221 00:12:17,422 --> 00:12:20,923 ...substantive, issue-based campaign, one reason why voters elected him... 222 00:12:21,094 --> 00:12:23,965 ...every time his name has appeared on a ballot. Phil? 223 00:12:24,140 --> 00:12:26,513 You're aware news organizations are trying to obtain... 224 00:12:26,685 --> 00:12:29,355 ...Ritchie's transcripts from the University of Florida? 225 00:12:29,522 --> 00:12:31,100 - You mean since yesterday? - Yeah. 226 00:12:31,316 --> 00:12:32,894 - No, I wasn't. - My question is... 227 00:12:33,068 --> 00:12:36,106 ...does he feel college transcripts are an accurate barometer... 228 00:12:36,281 --> 00:12:38,820 ...of a person's fitness to hold high public office? 229 00:12:38,993 --> 00:12:40,867 I've never asked him, but my guess is... 230 00:12:41,037 --> 00:12:44,372 ...he feels a person's college transcript is a reasonable barometer... 231 00:12:44,542 --> 00:12:47,912 ...for how a person did in college. The president graduated... 232 00:12:48,088 --> 00:12:50,497 ...summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame... 233 00:12:50,675 --> 00:12:53,214 ...majored in American Studies with a minor in theology... 234 00:12:53,387 --> 00:12:56,722 ...received a master's and doctorate at London School of Economics... 235 00:12:56,892 --> 00:12:59,728 ...and an honorary doctorate in humane letters at Dartmouth... 236 00:12:59,896 --> 00:13:01,688 ...where he was a tenured professor. 237 00:13:01,857 --> 00:13:05,725 I myself attended Cal Berkeley, go Bears. Thank you very much, talk to you later. 238 00:13:05,904 --> 00:13:07,944 Thanks, C.J. 239 00:13:09,867 --> 00:13:12,655 - All right, so far not bad. - What's next? 240 00:13:12,830 --> 00:13:15,286 - Bud Wachtel's in my office. - Of course he is. 241 00:13:15,458 --> 00:13:17,831 - Don't give him what he wants. - I seldom do. 242 00:13:18,003 --> 00:13:21,539 We can't hold a bipartisan summit on bipartisanism. We'll look ridiculous. 243 00:13:21,716 --> 00:13:22,831 - We're used to that. - Sam... 244 00:13:23,010 --> 00:13:26,261 - I won't give him what he wants. - Is it me, or are Ritchie's people wrong? 245 00:13:26,431 --> 00:13:28,923 - It's not you. - Why keep at it? They won't look good. 246 00:13:29,101 --> 00:13:31,095 "The president was mean to me"? Let it go. 247 00:13:31,271 --> 00:13:34,439 By the way, my Princeton Tigers could whip your Cal Bears anytime. 248 00:13:34,609 --> 00:13:37,860 - At what? - Logarithms, possibly. 249 00:13:39,949 --> 00:13:42,523 - He's in your office. - Thank you. 250 00:13:43,370 --> 00:13:46,990 - Congressman. - It smells of partisanism in the air, Sam. 251 00:13:47,167 --> 00:13:49,374 Actually, you know, they just sprayed for bugs. 252 00:13:49,545 --> 00:13:51,420 How did Ziegler let this happen? 253 00:13:51,590 --> 00:13:53,963 First of all, it wasn't Toby's fault, it was mine. 254 00:13:54,135 --> 00:13:56,971 And it happened quickly and we regret it. 255 00:13:57,639 --> 00:14:00,310 - How's reaction been so far? - Our base is very happy... 256 00:14:00,476 --> 00:14:03,811 ...but when our base is happy there's usually trouble someplace else. 257 00:14:03,981 --> 00:14:06,651 - Moderates talk of bolting the party. - Nobody's bolting. 258 00:14:06,818 --> 00:14:08,147 It was an honest mistake. 259 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,108 And by the way, it had nothing to do with partisanism. 260 00:14:11,324 --> 00:14:13,650 - Something has to be done. - Little can be done... 261 00:14:13,828 --> 00:14:15,987 ...from the Communications Office. 262 00:14:16,748 --> 00:14:18,207 - A summit. - Congressman... 263 00:14:18,375 --> 00:14:22,209 - A summit on bipartisan cooperation. - It'll get laughed out of the room. 264 00:14:22,422 --> 00:14:24,831 - Why? - It's election year. We want partisanism. 265 00:14:25,009 --> 00:14:27,133 - We're trying to beat them. - I've gotta tell... 266 00:14:27,304 --> 00:14:28,929 ...my moderate friends something. 267 00:14:29,098 --> 00:14:31,554 What about a Republican appointment or a promotion? 268 00:14:32,269 --> 00:14:34,642 - We've got Ainsley Hayes. - Name sounds familiar. 269 00:14:34,814 --> 00:14:37,982 She was associate White House counsel, promoted to deputy counsel. 270 00:14:38,152 --> 00:14:40,394 She's slightly to the right of the Kaiser. 271 00:14:40,572 --> 00:14:43,692 - I'd make her visible right now. - Yes, sir, that's a good idea. 272 00:14:44,786 --> 00:14:47,408 And learn to tell the difference between red and green. 273 00:14:47,581 --> 00:14:48,910 Yes, sir. 274 00:14:49,083 --> 00:14:50,910 Okay then. 275 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,682 - Ginger, I need to see Ainsley. - She's on vacation. 276 00:15:02,893 --> 00:15:04,602 - When's she coming back? - Next week. 277 00:15:05,271 --> 00:15:06,731 Not so much, no. 278 00:15:08,859 --> 00:15:11,434 - Donna! - Yeah. 279 00:15:11,655 --> 00:15:13,613 We're gonna post a response on the site. 280 00:15:13,783 --> 00:15:15,111 - What site? - Lemon-Lyman... 281 00:15:15,285 --> 00:15:17,325 - No. - Yeah, we gotta post a response. 282 00:15:17,496 --> 00:15:18,825 - It's a bad idea. - Why? 283 00:15:18,998 --> 00:15:21,157 - You don't know these people. - Neither do you. 284 00:15:21,334 --> 00:15:22,794 - I do. - What's wrong with them? 285 00:15:23,003 --> 00:15:24,628 - Nobody knows. - These people... 286 00:15:24,797 --> 00:15:27,633 ...take an interest in government. They should be applauded. 287 00:15:27,801 --> 00:15:30,673 - Applaud, but stay off the site. - These are the people talking. 288 00:15:30,847 --> 00:15:32,223 - I'm not an elitist. - You are. 289 00:15:32,391 --> 00:15:35,096 I am, but I have respect for people who don't measure up. 290 00:15:35,270 --> 00:15:37,643 People on these sites tend to be hysterical. 291 00:15:37,815 --> 00:15:39,855 - We gotta correct something. - What? 292 00:15:40,068 --> 00:15:45,444 Irmatrude writes,"Three nights ago on Nightline, Josh said we'll be asking... 293 00:15:45,617 --> 00:15:50,494 ...for a GAO study of Medicare drug pricing. Apparently, no one's told Josh... 294 00:15:50,665 --> 00:15:54,000 ...that only Congress can ask the GAO to do anything." 295 00:15:54,212 --> 00:15:57,416 How cool is it that they know what the GAO can and can't do. 296 00:15:57,591 --> 00:15:59,964 - Oh, it's cool as all giddyup. - Sit down. 297 00:16:00,178 --> 00:16:01,970 - Please don't do this. - Sit down. 298 00:16:05,351 --> 00:16:07,261 Irmatrude... 299 00:16:09,899 --> 00:16:11,727 ...thanks for watching me on Nightline. 300 00:16:11,902 --> 00:16:15,023 Yes, I do know that only Congress can instruct the GAO. 301 00:16:15,198 --> 00:16:20,325 When I said,"we'll be asking," I meant Democrats and not the White House. 302 00:16:20,497 --> 00:16:25,789 Thank you for your concern. Josh"Lemon-Lyman." 303 00:16:27,715 --> 00:16:31,085 - You sure you wanna sign off like that? - It's playful. 304 00:16:32,221 --> 00:16:34,013 Okay. 305 00:16:34,766 --> 00:16:36,676 You could get more in the spirit of this. 306 00:16:36,852 --> 00:16:38,394 - The people? - Yes. 307 00:16:38,562 --> 00:16:41,137 What Josh doesn't know is that some of these people... 308 00:16:41,316 --> 00:16:43,725 ...haven't taken their medication. 309 00:16:44,111 --> 00:16:46,603 Let's watch what happens now. 310 00:16:49,619 --> 00:16:53,071 - Excuse me. - Hey. You're done. 311 00:16:58,047 --> 00:16:59,707 Is this tie all right? 312 00:17:00,467 --> 00:17:04,086 - I'm sorry? - This necktie, does it go with the jacket? 313 00:17:04,847 --> 00:17:08,467 God, I don't know, Toby. The tie, is it red or is it green? 314 00:17:08,644 --> 00:17:11,480 Congratulations, you're the 100th person to make that joke. 315 00:17:11,648 --> 00:17:14,222 - The tie's fine. Why? - I'm meeting someone. 316 00:17:14,444 --> 00:17:16,271 When? 317 00:17:16,947 --> 00:17:18,655 Now. 318 00:17:19,701 --> 00:17:21,195 Excuse me. 319 00:17:36,473 --> 00:17:39,510 - Ms. Fortis? - Yeah. 320 00:17:40,186 --> 00:17:41,562 I'm Toby Ziegler. 321 00:17:41,772 --> 00:17:44,394 I've been thinking a lot about it since you called. 322 00:17:44,567 --> 00:17:46,276 Yeah? 323 00:17:46,486 --> 00:17:48,729 There's nothing that rhymes with Ziegler. 324 00:17:48,906 --> 00:17:52,111 - It's why no one writes about me. - They could write in blank verse. 325 00:17:52,286 --> 00:17:54,742 - Dylan could do it. - Yeah, but he hasn't yet. 326 00:17:56,083 --> 00:17:59,250 Am I really weird right off the bat? 327 00:18:00,046 --> 00:18:02,289 Do you wanna be? 328 00:18:03,217 --> 00:18:06,172 - No. - Then you're not. 329 00:18:08,140 --> 00:18:09,683 I think you're just being nice. 330 00:18:09,851 --> 00:18:12,888 I think if you ask around, you'll discover that's unlikely. 331 00:18:13,063 --> 00:18:16,516 - You wanna come back to my office? - Yeah. 332 00:18:19,864 --> 00:18:22,356 So you know what everybody's talking about out there? 333 00:18:22,534 --> 00:18:24,077 The president's open-mike gaffe. 334 00:18:24,245 --> 00:18:26,322 - That's exactly what I was gonna say. - Toby. 335 00:18:26,498 --> 00:18:30,711 Sam, say hello to the newly minted U.S. poet laureate, Tabatha Fortis. 336 00:18:30,879 --> 00:18:33,003 - Hi. - Yes, indeed. 337 00:18:33,174 --> 00:18:35,547 - Poetry, I must tell you... - That's fine. 338 00:18:35,719 --> 00:18:37,379 - Nice meeting you. - You too. 339 00:18:37,555 --> 00:18:40,675 - You guys poetry fans around here? - Can't get enough of it. 340 00:18:40,892 --> 00:18:44,097 - Oh, yeah? Who's your favorite? - You. 341 00:18:44,355 --> 00:18:46,977 - Nice. - Come on in. 342 00:18:47,818 --> 00:18:50,856 - Nice office. - Exactly 63 feet from the Oval Office. 343 00:18:51,031 --> 00:18:54,116 If you don't think we measure, you're out of your mind. 344 00:18:54,994 --> 00:18:56,952 Okay. So... . 345 00:18:57,581 --> 00:19:00,667 - Hello. - How you doing? 346 00:19:00,836 --> 00:19:02,164 We have a problem? 347 00:19:04,424 --> 00:19:06,216 Yes. 348 00:19:06,718 --> 00:19:11,049 We have arranged a dinner in your honor. We've invited 300 important people. 349 00:19:11,224 --> 00:19:13,467 We've invited press, we've shined our shoes. 350 00:19:13,644 --> 00:19:15,638 You gotta sign the land mine treaty, Toby. 351 00:19:17,691 --> 00:19:19,685 What happened to the nuance of diplomacy? 352 00:19:19,903 --> 00:19:22,573 - I'm sorry, the shoes are shined. - No, we're there now. 353 00:19:22,740 --> 00:19:25,445 - You can't go back. - Sorry. 354 00:19:28,205 --> 00:19:30,697 - Right. - 142 countries have signed it. 355 00:19:30,876 --> 00:19:33,913 84 have ratified, 12 destroyed their entire stock. 356 00:19:34,130 --> 00:19:36,373 - Yes. - You know who hasn't signed it? 357 00:19:36,592 --> 00:19:40,211 - Us and Cuba. - You know who initiated it? Us. 358 00:19:40,388 --> 00:19:42,797 And the nations of the world rallied around it... 359 00:19:42,975 --> 00:19:45,894 ...in yet another impressive display of American leadership. 360 00:19:46,063 --> 00:19:47,807 - And then? - We bolted. 361 00:19:47,982 --> 00:19:49,358 - Right. - The reason we did... 362 00:19:49,526 --> 00:19:52,730 ...is because we love anti-personnel land mines. We love them. 363 00:19:53,322 --> 00:19:56,573 We think the government should be selling them, like the post office. 364 00:19:56,743 --> 00:19:59,200 The post office is the venue we're considering. 365 00:19:59,372 --> 00:20:01,579 - Toby, l... - It's Korea, Tabatha. 366 00:20:01,750 --> 00:20:04,289 There are 900,000 North Korean soldiers in the DMZ. 367 00:20:04,462 --> 00:20:07,381 The only thing stopping them from walking into South Korea... 368 00:20:07,550 --> 00:20:11,086 ...are 37,000 U.S. troops and about a million land mines along the border. 369 00:20:11,263 --> 00:20:14,882 We have said over and over that we would be thrilled to sign this treaty... 370 00:20:15,060 --> 00:20:18,679 ...if we could have an exemption for South Korea, and we have been rebuffed. 371 00:20:18,981 --> 00:20:21,936 Rebuffed, I say. 372 00:20:23,488 --> 00:20:26,988 Look, so we disagree on this. 373 00:20:27,701 --> 00:20:30,407 Clearly. What's the big deal? 374 00:20:31,415 --> 00:20:34,701 - It's not a big deal at all. - Except? 375 00:20:36,380 --> 00:20:41,043 If you voice your disagreement at a party in your honor... 376 00:20:41,220 --> 00:20:44,590 ...hosted by the president, with the press in attendance... 377 00:20:44,891 --> 00:20:49,887 ...then it's a gigantic deal which travels the 63 feet right to this office. 378 00:20:54,571 --> 00:20:56,315 All right then. 379 00:20:58,451 --> 00:21:01,121 I'm sorry we can't have the party. 380 00:21:01,288 --> 00:21:03,827 But I like talking to you. 381 00:21:06,211 --> 00:21:09,379 Yeah, you're cute... 382 00:21:11,260 --> 00:21:13,419 ...and I love the way you write. 383 00:21:26,104 --> 00:21:29,605 C.J., could you give it to us unvarnished? Was the president calling... 384 00:21:30,986 --> 00:21:33,692 ...Governor Ritchie stupid? - Oh, my God, day three. 385 00:21:33,865 --> 00:21:36,535 - Was he? - I think this one may be unspinable. 386 00:21:36,702 --> 00:21:39,075 And that's saying something coming from my office. 387 00:21:39,247 --> 00:21:40,790 Yeah, he was calling him stupid. 388 00:21:40,958 --> 00:21:43,532 How has his mood been the last few days? Does he regret it? 389 00:21:43,753 --> 00:21:46,755 He hasn't been able to feed or bathe himself. 390 00:21:46,924 --> 00:21:49,926 The governor's doing a 10-state tour. His campaign indicates... 391 00:21:50,095 --> 00:21:53,262 ...they'll try to rally the nation around his clean campaign pledge. 392 00:21:53,474 --> 00:21:57,094 A quote,"A different kind of politics is sweeping the nation. 393 00:21:57,271 --> 00:21:59,977 Once the president understands the American people... 394 00:22:00,150 --> 00:22:02,439 ...he'll have no choice but to sign the pledge." 395 00:22:02,862 --> 00:22:06,196 Mark, I swear to God, as soon as the president needs help... 396 00:22:06,366 --> 00:22:08,158 ...understanding the American people... 397 00:22:08,327 --> 00:22:10,570 ...he'll call Florida's Republican governor. 398 00:22:10,747 --> 00:22:13,286 But this week, we're focused on the press conference... 399 00:22:13,459 --> 00:22:16,331 ...on our National Strategy for Energy Independence. 400 00:22:16,505 --> 00:22:19,957 Speaking of which, we've been dependent on foreign oil for far too long. 401 00:22:20,135 --> 00:22:24,300 65% of our crude oil reserves come from the Gulf, only 3% here at home. 402 00:22:24,474 --> 00:22:26,847 C.J., policy is the president's forte. 403 00:22:27,019 --> 00:22:29,226 Are you guys trying to bait Governor Ritchie... 404 00:22:29,397 --> 00:22:31,806 ...into an argument on energy because you'll win? 405 00:22:32,026 --> 00:22:35,147 We tried to convince the president that talking about policy... 406 00:22:35,322 --> 00:22:37,814 ...was unsportsmanlike, but we didn't get anywhere. 407 00:22:37,992 --> 00:22:41,611 Listen, I've had a lot of fun, I know you have too. I'll see you later. 408 00:22:41,830 --> 00:22:43,907 Thank you, C.J. 409 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:46,752 - C.J. - Chuckles. 410 00:22:46,921 --> 00:22:49,876 The president wants another pre-brief and run-through tonight. 411 00:22:50,050 --> 00:22:51,675 - Sure. - Full-blown run-through. 412 00:22:51,844 --> 00:22:53,386 Maybe then you can explain... 413 00:22:53,554 --> 00:22:55,631 ...your problem with drilling ANWAR for oil. 414 00:22:55,807 --> 00:23:00,387 If we wanna be energy-independent, what's wrong with drilling in Alaska? 415 00:23:00,564 --> 00:23:03,138 It'll do huge and lasting damage to the environment... 416 00:23:03,317 --> 00:23:06,522 ...and won't reap that much oil. - It won't impact the environment. 417 00:23:06,697 --> 00:23:09,105 You won't know how much is there until you explore. 418 00:23:09,284 --> 00:23:10,613 - Explore? - Yes. 419 00:23:10,786 --> 00:23:13,871 - You mean drill? - That's how you get where the oil is at. 420 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,033 - You've been reading his book. - Excuse me? 421 00:23:16,210 --> 00:23:19,377 -A Promise to Lead, Ritchie's book. - Whoever ghosted it isn't bad. 422 00:23:19,547 --> 00:23:22,170 Carol, put together a page on the impact of drilling... 423 00:23:22,343 --> 00:23:24,466 ...the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. 424 00:23:24,638 --> 00:23:27,010 Note exactly how many caribou we've made unhappy. 425 00:23:27,224 --> 00:23:29,550 - Thank you. - You bet. 426 00:23:31,897 --> 00:23:33,392 Come in. 427 00:23:33,816 --> 00:23:36,522 - Hey, welcome back. - What? 428 00:23:36,737 --> 00:23:40,522 - How was the vacation? - It was 40 hours long. 429 00:23:40,701 --> 00:23:42,195 - Where did you go? - Hilton Head. 430 00:23:42,370 --> 00:23:43,745 What did you do? 431 00:23:43,913 --> 00:23:46,322 I unpacked and then I packed. 432 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:49,502 By the way, congratulations. Babish is promoting you to deputy. 433 00:23:50,589 --> 00:23:53,295 - When did this happen? - Right after I told Bud Wachtel... 434 00:23:53,468 --> 00:23:55,960 ...that we already had. - What the hell is going on? 435 00:23:56,138 --> 00:24:00,089 Well, Monday morning there was a little incident during the satellite interviews. 436 00:24:00,268 --> 00:24:03,187 I read about it. How could you let something like that happen? 437 00:24:03,356 --> 00:24:07,402 Okay, for everybody who works outside the building, I'll fall on the sword. 438 00:24:07,570 --> 00:24:10,322 But for everybody who works inside, I wasn't there! 439 00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:12,282 Okay. 440 00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:15,455 - Didn't get much of a tan. - What do you need? 441 00:24:15,664 --> 00:24:17,741 Capital Beat, Capital Gang, Inside Politics. 442 00:24:17,917 --> 00:24:20,206 - To say what? - The president isn't an elitist. 443 00:24:20,379 --> 00:24:22,502 - He respects everyone. - That's why he made... 444 00:24:22,673 --> 00:24:25,592 ...a Southern Republican a deputy counsel. 445 00:24:25,761 --> 00:24:28,431 - Congratulations, again, by the way. - He is an elitist. 446 00:24:28,598 --> 00:24:31,304 It's elitist, geocentric, lvy League snobbery to think... 447 00:24:31,477 --> 00:24:33,803 ...if you haven't written six journal articles... 448 00:24:33,980 --> 00:24:36,816 ...on monetary support mechanisms, you're not fit to lead. 449 00:24:36,984 --> 00:24:40,650 We believe that if you're gonna set policy, it'd be a bonus to understand it. 450 00:24:40,823 --> 00:24:43,908 At this point, we'd be astonished to discover Ritchie had read... 451 00:24:44,077 --> 00:24:47,779 ...six journal articles on anything, other than athletic support mechanisms. 452 00:24:47,957 --> 00:24:50,710 There's a difference between intellect and instinct. 453 00:24:50,919 --> 00:24:54,171 252 million people in the country, you don't think we should elect... 454 00:24:54,341 --> 00:24:58,126 ...somebody who's got both? - Presidents can have good advisors. 455 00:24:58,304 --> 00:25:01,591 And good advisors can better advise informed and curious presidents. 456 00:25:01,767 --> 00:25:05,636 But what if the lvy League presidents are surrounded by intellectual snobs? 457 00:25:05,856 --> 00:25:08,348 Let's clear up things. That's the second time... 458 00:25:08,526 --> 00:25:12,027 ...you've invoked the Evil 8. First of all, Notre Dame isn't lvy League. 459 00:25:12,198 --> 00:25:14,868 Their football is independent. Basketball, in the Big East. 460 00:25:15,035 --> 00:25:17,443 Second, education is important in this White House. 461 00:25:17,622 --> 00:25:20,742 What's wrong with the lvy League? Should we discourage parents... 462 00:25:20,918 --> 00:25:23,374 ...from hoping their kids get into Princeton and Yale? 463 00:25:23,546 --> 00:25:26,465 All I know is, we got into Vietnam via the Beltway Chapter... 464 00:25:26,634 --> 00:25:28,426 ...of the Harvard Alumni Association. 465 00:25:28,595 --> 00:25:32,344 Yeah, except, that's not all you know, because you're bright and curious... 466 00:25:32,516 --> 00:25:35,969 ...you worked hard and got into Smith, and got your law degree where? 467 00:25:36,146 --> 00:25:39,232 Cambridge, Massachusetts. You lose, I win, 'twas ever thus. 468 00:25:40,068 --> 00:25:41,729 I was on vacation. 469 00:25:42,572 --> 00:25:44,695 Life's tough in the aluminum siding business. 470 00:25:44,866 --> 00:25:46,860 Check the press office on your TV schedule. 471 00:25:47,036 --> 00:25:49,742 I will do the TV shows because I serve the president. 472 00:25:49,915 --> 00:25:52,074 But I do not want a promotion I didn't earn. 473 00:25:52,376 --> 00:25:55,462 - I'll talk to Babish. - Let me check the pay differential first. 474 00:25:55,631 --> 00:25:57,209 You bet. 475 00:26:00,095 --> 00:26:01,506 - Toby. - Yes. 476 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,801 Four networks are carrying the press conference instead of one. 477 00:26:04,976 --> 00:26:06,768 - Are you kidding? - No. 478 00:26:06,937 --> 00:26:09,560 - I guess we shouldn't be surprised. - No. 479 00:26:09,733 --> 00:26:11,192 - Where you going? - Sightseeing. 480 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:13,437 - Really? - Tabatha's never been to Washington. 481 00:26:13,613 --> 00:26:15,772 You're gonna get that thing done, or should I? 482 00:26:15,949 --> 00:26:17,575 - It's gonna be fine. - You sure? 483 00:26:17,743 --> 00:26:20,366 She's a poet. She's new to things like consequences. 484 00:26:20,539 --> 00:26:22,283 - Okay. - All four networks? 485 00:26:22,458 --> 00:26:26,243 Listen, I have a crazy thought. Is it possible...? 486 00:26:26,756 --> 00:26:28,583 What? 487 00:26:30,344 --> 00:26:32,752 Never mind. I'll see you later. 488 00:26:33,139 --> 00:26:34,598 Okay. 489 00:26:36,226 --> 00:26:38,849 - Donna! - Yeah? 490 00:26:39,147 --> 00:26:41,603 - Something weird has happened here. - What? 491 00:26:42,276 --> 00:26:44,602 - Lemon-Lyman... - No. 492 00:26:44,780 --> 00:26:47,153 They didn't take my response in the spirit... 493 00:26:47,325 --> 00:26:49,567 ...in which it was intended. - Yeah. 494 00:26:49,745 --> 00:26:52,450 Seems to be a very unusual social structure. 495 00:26:52,623 --> 00:26:55,542 For instance, there's a leader who seems to pride herself... 496 00:26:55,711 --> 00:26:58,084 ...on her organizational skills and discipline. 497 00:26:58,256 --> 00:27:02,207 - That's what's called a control freak. - She does do an awful lot of scolding. 498 00:27:02,386 --> 00:27:04,961 "You posted it in the wrong place." "Stay on topic." 499 00:27:05,140 --> 00:27:08,142 "No capital letters." "I don't have time to tell you twice." 500 00:27:08,311 --> 00:27:12,180 Clearly, she does have time to tell us twice. But that's not the problem. 501 00:27:12,358 --> 00:27:17,485 "Someone needs to deal with Josh's planet-sized ego... 502 00:27:17,657 --> 00:27:19,401 ...by teaching him Government 101. 503 00:27:19,576 --> 00:27:21,984 Who made him overlord of the Democratic Party?" 504 00:27:22,163 --> 00:27:25,034 And someone else writes, "Is Josh delusional... 505 00:27:25,209 --> 00:27:28,329 ...or is he actively trying to destroy the separation of powers?" 506 00:27:28,630 --> 00:27:30,172 - Well, are you? - No! 507 00:27:30,340 --> 00:27:32,797 Then turn off the computer, and go back to work. 508 00:27:32,969 --> 00:27:36,505 - I need to clarify my post. - There's a press conference tomorrow... 509 00:27:36,682 --> 00:27:39,055 ...on a new energy policy that you've spent months... 510 00:27:39,227 --> 00:27:42,313 ...shepherding down the field. And now... - Sit down in the chair. 511 00:27:42,482 --> 00:27:45,982 - Has the pressure to get the energy pack... - Sit down in the chair. 512 00:27:50,033 --> 00:27:52,786 I think you've gone 'round the bend. 513 00:27:53,162 --> 00:27:55,322 I'm dictating now. 514 00:27:58,753 --> 00:28:01,506 I don't think it falls under the category of outrageous... 515 00:28:01,674 --> 00:28:05,210 ...to suggest that I might have friends on the other end of the Avenue... 516 00:28:05,387 --> 00:28:07,380 ...who have the phone number of the GAO. 517 00:28:07,557 --> 00:28:11,638 Let me put this more plainly. The White House can get a GAO review... 518 00:28:11,812 --> 00:28:16,310 ...of anything it wants without posing a threat to the separation of powers. 519 00:28:16,485 --> 00:28:19,690 And I believe I'll use capital, lowercase or Sanskrit... 520 00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:24,575 ...right up until the moment the font police cuff me and read me Miranda. 521 00:28:25,247 --> 00:28:28,000 - That'll show them. - These are good people by and large... 522 00:28:28,168 --> 00:28:30,706 ...but they're under the thumb of a dictatorial ruler. 523 00:28:30,879 --> 00:28:33,632 So as with a small, Central American country... 524 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,419 ...my role is to incite the people to topple her. 525 00:28:37,597 --> 00:28:40,349 You're way 'round the bend. Can I get you a damp towel? 526 00:28:40,517 --> 00:28:42,178 - No, but do we have Yoo-hoo? - Yeah. 527 00:28:42,353 --> 00:28:44,311 - I'll take one. - I'm on it. 528 00:28:45,399 --> 00:28:48,520 - What are you doing? - Crossing off the FDR Memorial... 529 00:28:48,695 --> 00:28:52,112 ...the Atrium and the Folger Library. 530 00:28:52,533 --> 00:28:56,117 I like crossing off lists, it's very satisfying. 531 00:28:56,288 --> 00:28:57,867 Do you like lists? 532 00:28:58,041 --> 00:29:00,283 - Yes. - You like crossing things off? 533 00:29:00,461 --> 00:29:02,501 I'll let you know if it happens. 534 00:29:02,672 --> 00:29:04,831 Hey, how did you know what hotel I was at? 535 00:29:05,008 --> 00:29:07,215 We have you watched when you're in D.C. 536 00:29:07,387 --> 00:29:09,344 - Are you serious? - No. 537 00:29:09,514 --> 00:29:11,092 Good. 538 00:29:11,267 --> 00:29:13,343 We always have you watched. 539 00:29:15,689 --> 00:29:17,979 So you know what I was thinking might be fun? 540 00:29:18,151 --> 00:29:20,440 If I came to the White House dinner and shut up? 541 00:29:20,612 --> 00:29:22,820 That's not what I was gonna say at all. 542 00:29:23,116 --> 00:29:25,738 - What were you gonna say? - If you came to the dinner... 543 00:29:25,911 --> 00:29:28,617 ...wore a beautiful dress and shut the hell up. 544 00:29:31,878 --> 00:29:37,170 I got a list of nine former l-Corps commanders who served in Korea... 545 00:29:37,343 --> 00:29:41,425 ...who say land mines aren't necessary to protect our troops anywhere. 546 00:29:41,599 --> 00:29:44,221 - We're aware of all nine. - And we have, do we not... 547 00:29:44,394 --> 00:29:48,643 ...other weapons that are more effective and less deadly to our side... 548 00:29:48,817 --> 00:29:52,519 ...that are part of a U.S. response plan to the North crossing the DMZ? 549 00:29:52,697 --> 00:29:54,986 I work in communications. 550 00:29:55,576 --> 00:29:59,824 And land mines would actually slow a counterinvasion. 551 00:30:02,001 --> 00:30:04,493 You have an answer to any of this? 552 00:30:04,838 --> 00:30:09,585 The president of the United States requests the honor of your presence... 553 00:30:09,761 --> 00:30:12,549 ...and I'm sorry, but you show up. 554 00:30:12,891 --> 00:30:15,596 And I'm sorry, but I tell the truth. 555 00:30:15,811 --> 00:30:18,350 Not every minute of the damn day, Tabatha. 556 00:30:19,691 --> 00:30:23,773 I've seen what I've seen, and I've been told what I've been told... 557 00:30:23,989 --> 00:30:27,489 ...and I have an audience with the person who can do something about it. 558 00:30:27,702 --> 00:30:31,368 To smile for a photo-op and recite 64 couplets on the American experience... 559 00:30:31,540 --> 00:30:33,997 ...that's treasonous. - Can we stop with the drama? 560 00:30:34,169 --> 00:30:36,412 - Toby... - You don't know what you're doing. 561 00:30:36,589 --> 00:30:39,959 This isn't kid's stuff. If you stand up in the president's face... 562 00:30:40,177 --> 00:30:43,381 ...that's the story and nobody will care about what you care about. 563 00:30:43,556 --> 00:30:46,642 Nobody is going to care about what you care about. 564 00:30:48,313 --> 00:30:52,561 And it'll be bad for you, for us, for the land mines. Everybody. 565 00:30:52,735 --> 00:30:55,406 Can we just not talk for a minute? 566 00:30:56,616 --> 00:30:57,944 Yeah. 567 00:30:59,328 --> 00:31:03,956 Yeah. I gotta give a lecture tomorrow night at Georgetown. 568 00:31:04,126 --> 00:31:05,918 I just need to... 569 00:31:06,087 --> 00:31:08,495 I need to not talk for a minute. 570 00:31:10,676 --> 00:31:12,468 Yeah. 571 00:31:25,487 --> 00:31:27,279 - Wait a second. -"Sunny honeymoon"... 572 00:31:27,448 --> 00:31:29,940 ...is what you were looking for. - No, wait a second. 573 00:31:30,119 --> 00:31:32,527 He's absolutely right. Hang on. 574 00:31:38,213 --> 00:31:40,965 Excuse me. Sorry for interrupting. No, keep your seats. 575 00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:44,052 - Leo, you're absolutely right. - About what? 576 00:31:44,221 --> 00:31:47,258 We shouldn't show up. Tell the whip we wanna yield all our time. 577 00:31:47,433 --> 00:31:50,352 While they complain on camera about me making fun of Ritchie... 578 00:31:50,521 --> 00:31:53,191 ...Democrats caucus on literacy and tuition tax credits. 579 00:31:53,358 --> 00:31:55,232 - We wanna yield all our time. - Yes, sir. 580 00:31:55,402 --> 00:31:56,980 Thank you. 581 00:32:05,658 --> 00:32:08,031 The president begins his press conference at 9... 582 00:32:08,203 --> 00:32:11,869 ...or more accurately, the walk down the red carpet will happen at 9:01:30... 583 00:32:12,041 --> 00:32:13,417 ...per the network's request. 584 00:32:14,795 --> 00:32:17,334 He'll open with his strategy for energy independence. 585 00:32:17,507 --> 00:32:21,043 That will last about 15 minutes, then he'll take questions for 45 minutes. 586 00:32:21,512 --> 00:32:24,550 C.J., a senior official in the communications office... 587 00:32:24,725 --> 00:32:28,261 ...of the Ritchie campaign said, "If the president thinks his candidate... 588 00:32:28,438 --> 00:32:31,606 ...is stupid, he should just come right out and say so." 589 00:32:31,818 --> 00:32:33,894 - Really? - Really. 590 00:32:35,573 --> 00:32:39,109 Let's start a pool to guess how long the senior communications official... 591 00:32:39,286 --> 00:32:43,866 ... is gonna keep his job if once a day he suggests we call his candidate stupid. 592 00:32:44,042 --> 00:32:46,664 This has to stop. We're the only ones scoring points... 593 00:32:46,838 --> 00:32:48,498 ... and we're not even playing. Mark? 594 00:32:48,673 --> 00:32:50,216 She's got a point there. 595 00:32:50,384 --> 00:32:53,719 Does it concern you that the smartest presidents have been the worst? 596 00:32:53,889 --> 00:32:57,223 - I don't grant your premise. - John Quincy Adams was full of himself. 597 00:32:57,393 --> 00:33:00,645 He could hardly build a coalition around having eggs for breakfast. 598 00:33:00,815 --> 00:33:05,145 Wilson's grand theories on international relations were dead on arrival in Congress. 599 00:33:05,321 --> 00:33:06,649 - I don't care. - Why? 600 00:33:06,823 --> 00:33:09,611 Before I look for anything, I look for a mind at work. 601 00:33:10,286 --> 00:33:13,656 Nobody's saying a president needs to have a tenured chair in semiotics. 602 00:33:13,832 --> 00:33:15,291 - But you have to have... - What? 603 00:33:15,876 --> 00:33:18,333 -Gravitas. - And how do you measure that? 604 00:33:18,505 --> 00:33:20,712 You don't, but we know it when we see it. 605 00:33:20,883 --> 00:33:23,553 And Republicans tend to mock it when they do. 606 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,595 - You think I'm wrong? - I do not. 607 00:33:25,765 --> 00:33:29,811 No, you don't. The way I know you don't is I saw you say so on television. 608 00:33:31,063 --> 00:33:32,772 Hey, Toby. 609 00:33:33,859 --> 00:33:36,814 - Why are you here? - The TV isn't working in my office. 610 00:33:38,156 --> 00:33:40,196 - You did good on TV. - Thanks. 611 00:33:40,367 --> 00:33:41,910 I'll be in my office. 612 00:33:49,046 --> 00:33:51,716 - How's it going with the poet? - I'm not sure. 613 00:33:51,883 --> 00:33:53,876 Does she have a strong history of activism? 614 00:33:54,052 --> 00:33:57,007 She has no history of activism. 615 00:33:57,223 --> 00:34:01,353 She said something yesterday. She was talking about land mines. 616 00:34:01,521 --> 00:34:04,855 She said,"From everything I've seen and everything I've been told..." 617 00:34:05,025 --> 00:34:06,603 You think she's getting pressure? 618 00:34:06,778 --> 00:34:08,106 - Toby? - Yeah? 619 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,614 It's someone from Georgetown University. I think there's a problem. 620 00:34:17,041 --> 00:34:20,127 - The Internet people have gone crazy. - You're kidding! 621 00:34:20,296 --> 00:34:22,966 They're calling the GAO "General Josh's Standing Army"... 622 00:34:23,133 --> 00:34:25,173 ...and saying I don't understand its purpose. 623 00:34:25,344 --> 00:34:27,468 They say if I can get a review of anything... 624 00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:31,934 ...I should start by reviewing the job of deputy COS. One guy compares me... 625 00:34:32,103 --> 00:34:35,473 ...to a poor man's Clark Clifford and a page and a half of posts... 626 00:34:35,649 --> 00:34:39,102 ...debating whether I was mocking Egyptians with the Sanskrit reference. 627 00:34:39,279 --> 00:34:41,902 - I said they're hysterical. - I thought you meant funny. 628 00:34:42,075 --> 00:34:44,317 - They're not. - I know! It's Lord of the Flies! 629 00:34:44,495 --> 00:34:47,413 - Who invited you in the first place? - It's got my name on it. 630 00:34:47,582 --> 00:34:49,659 Look, I don't wanna hear about it anymore. 631 00:34:49,835 --> 00:34:52,623 - We've got an energy plan in 10 minutes. - Oh, Josh! 632 00:34:52,839 --> 00:34:54,250 - Yeah. - The Federal Page... 633 00:34:54,466 --> 00:34:57,919 ...of The Washington Post called to confirm you're the one who stated... 634 00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:02,178 ...on a website that the White House could order a GAO review of anything. 635 00:35:02,602 --> 00:35:05,094 Without threatening the separation of powers. 636 00:35:05,272 --> 00:35:08,856 - You posted on a website? - I was communicating with the people. 637 00:35:09,027 --> 00:35:10,487 Really? 638 00:35:11,990 --> 00:35:16,570 C.J., it's a crazy place. It's got this dictatorial leader... 639 00:35:16,746 --> 00:35:19,618 ...who, surely, wears a muumuu and chain-smokes Parliaments. 640 00:35:19,833 --> 00:35:24,296 - Why did you go there in the first place? - It's called Lemon-Lyman. Com. 641 00:35:24,465 --> 00:35:29,009 Let me explain something to you, this is my field. The people on these sites? 642 00:35:29,179 --> 00:35:31,588 They're the cast of One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest. 643 00:35:31,766 --> 00:35:34,602 The muumuu-wearing Parliament smoker? That's Nurse Ratched. 644 00:35:34,770 --> 00:35:37,344 When Nurse Ratched is unhappy, the patients are too. 645 00:35:37,565 --> 00:35:40,982 You're McMurphy. You swoop in with your card games and fishing trips... 646 00:35:41,154 --> 00:35:43,527 I didn't swoop. I came in like everybody else did. 647 00:35:43,699 --> 00:35:46,190 Well, open the wardroom window and climb out... 648 00:35:46,411 --> 00:35:48,618 ...before they give you a prefrontal lobotomy... 649 00:35:48,789 --> 00:35:50,829 ...and I have to smother you with a pillow. 650 00:35:53,795 --> 00:35:55,872 - You're Chief Bromden? - Yes, at this moment. 651 00:35:56,048 --> 00:35:58,006 I'm assigning an intern to that website. 652 00:35:58,176 --> 00:36:01,214 They'll check it. If they discover you've been there... 653 00:36:01,389 --> 00:36:04,806 ...I'm gonna shove a motherboard so far up your ass... What? 654 00:36:05,311 --> 00:36:09,559 - Well, technically, I outrank you. - So far up your ass! 655 00:36:09,775 --> 00:36:11,400 - Okay. - Okay? 656 00:36:11,569 --> 00:36:13,194 - How you doing? - Are we ready? 657 00:36:13,363 --> 00:36:16,235 - We are. - I believe we are. You wanna walk over? 658 00:36:17,327 --> 00:36:19,486 Donna, let's go. It's time. 659 00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:25,171 - Excuse me. - Are you Mr. Ziegler? 660 00:36:25,379 --> 00:36:26,708 What happened? 661 00:36:27,674 --> 00:36:31,969 Well, she was giving her lecture, and then towards the end, something... 662 00:36:32,138 --> 00:36:34,428 I don't know. I think she's okay. 663 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,807 But I asked her if there was anyone I can call. 664 00:36:36,978 --> 00:36:39,185 - Where is she? - She's sitting out on the steps. 665 00:36:40,149 --> 00:36:41,644 Okay, thanks. 666 00:36:44,405 --> 00:36:46,362 Was there any press there tonight? 667 00:36:46,532 --> 00:36:48,573 For a poetry lecture? 668 00:36:49,036 --> 00:36:50,946 Right. 669 00:37:17,908 --> 00:37:22,073 There was a man in Banja Luka that I met. 670 00:37:23,749 --> 00:37:26,122 He took his son and I... 671 00:37:27,212 --> 00:37:30,083 ...to go fishing in the Sava River. 672 00:37:31,175 --> 00:37:33,418 And the little boy... 673 00:37:34,305 --> 00:37:37,176 ...hooked a piece of garbage... 674 00:37:39,603 --> 00:37:43,472 ...and when he tried to take it off the line, it blew him up. 675 00:37:45,319 --> 00:37:50,481 Right in front of his father, and right in front of me. 676 00:37:55,249 --> 00:37:57,456 What happened tonight? 677 00:38:01,674 --> 00:38:06,053 I decided to highlight poets who were never chosen poet laureate... 678 00:38:06,222 --> 00:38:08,631 ...because they were too rebellious. 679 00:38:08,892 --> 00:38:12,642 Adrienne Rich, Anne Sexton, Allen Ginsberg. 680 00:38:12,939 --> 00:38:18,612 And I went into"Howl." I know"Howl" like you know voting districts. 681 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,820 I saw the best minds Of my generation destroyed by madness 682 00:38:25,665 --> 00:38:27,824 Starving hysterical naked 683 00:38:28,001 --> 00:38:30,920 Dragging themselves through... 684 00:38:32,132 --> 00:38:34,042 And then... . 685 00:38:35,636 --> 00:38:37,511 What? 686 00:38:38,015 --> 00:38:40,589 I couldn't remember anymore. 687 00:38:41,936 --> 00:38:43,894 I couldn't... . 688 00:38:44,148 --> 00:38:47,518 You know, I couldn't remember anymore. 689 00:38:52,826 --> 00:38:58,070 You think I think that an artist's job is to speak the truth. 690 00:38:59,919 --> 00:39:02,327 An artist's job... 691 00:39:02,672 --> 00:39:07,669 ...is to captivate you for however long we've asked for your attention. 692 00:39:08,972 --> 00:39:12,425 If we stumble into truth, we got lucky. 693 00:39:13,479 --> 00:39:16,730 And I don't get to decide what truth is. 694 00:39:18,610 --> 00:39:21,019 What you said about South Korea makes sense. 695 00:39:21,197 --> 00:39:24,698 You know, people know more than I do. 696 00:39:24,869 --> 00:39:26,696 I shouldn't be... . 697 00:39:26,871 --> 00:39:28,699 You know. 698 00:39:31,503 --> 00:39:35,502 I write poetry, Toby, that's how I enter the world. 699 00:39:40,014 --> 00:39:42,138 I was thinking maybe, you know... 700 00:39:42,309 --> 00:39:45,014 I don't know if you can do this... 701 00:39:45,313 --> 00:39:50,736 ...but I was thinking if I could get a few minutes alone with the president... 702 00:39:51,154 --> 00:39:55,734 ...so that I can tell him what I saw in Banja Luka. 703 00:39:59,790 --> 00:40:03,741 Then it wouldn't have to be a thing. You know, the dinner. 704 00:40:03,921 --> 00:40:06,163 And there I could... . 705 00:40:09,053 --> 00:40:11,461 I have 64 couplets on the American experience... 706 00:40:11,639 --> 00:40:14,178 ...that I think might be appropriate. 707 00:40:18,941 --> 00:40:21,100 Yeah, we can do that. 708 00:40:32,375 --> 00:40:34,285 What's that say? 709 00:40:34,545 --> 00:40:37,333 "Meet Tabatha Fortis." 710 00:40:47,312 --> 00:40:49,982 I have to be at a press conference. 711 00:40:50,149 --> 00:40:52,059 Right. 712 00:40:53,403 --> 00:40:56,074 So as a matter of cold fact, Chipper... 713 00:40:56,241 --> 00:41:00,026 ...you'll see it's the porcupine caribou and ANWAR's their calving ground... 714 00:41:00,204 --> 00:41:04,155 ...and you can't put a price tag on that. But that's hardly the point. 715 00:41:04,335 --> 00:41:09,675 36 species of fish, 36 land mammals, 160 different bird species. 716 00:41:09,842 --> 00:41:12,630 - I admit, this is a lot of wildlife. - Forget the wildlife. 717 00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:16,221 It hurts subsistence hunters in the area, changes migratory patterns... 718 00:41:16,393 --> 00:41:20,142 ...in ways we don't know, increases freezing depths of rivers and lakes... 719 00:41:20,314 --> 00:41:22,522 - And the emissions from drilling. - Welcome home. 720 00:41:22,693 --> 00:41:25,730 It'll cause pollutant haze, acid rain. All this in exchange for? 721 00:41:25,947 --> 00:41:29,198 - Not a lot of oil to begin with. - Here we go. What time is it? 722 00:41:29,368 --> 00:41:30,697 9:00, sir. 723 00:41:30,870 --> 00:41:33,196 - We'll see you inside. - Thank you, everyone. 724 00:41:33,373 --> 00:41:35,367 Thank you, sir. 725 00:41:36,503 --> 00:41:38,330 C.J. 726 00:41:38,881 --> 00:41:40,791 - Yes. - I've been meaning to tell you... 727 00:41:41,009 --> 00:41:43,251 ...you've done well with the open-mike thing. 728 00:41:43,429 --> 00:41:45,137 - Thank you. - Didn't turn out too bad. 729 00:41:45,306 --> 00:41:47,299 No, sir, it didn't turn out too bad at all. 730 00:41:47,476 --> 00:41:51,142 The whole country's talking about if Ritchie's smart enough to be president. 731 00:41:51,314 --> 00:41:53,640 You didn't take a hit because it was an accident. 732 00:41:54,068 --> 00:41:57,070 It occurs to me even your choice of language was interesting. 733 00:41:57,239 --> 00:42:00,157 "A.22 caliber mind in a.357 Magnum world"... 734 00:42:00,326 --> 00:42:03,494 ...that's unusual for you, a gun metaphor. 735 00:42:04,874 --> 00:42:07,580 Toby mentioned to me that when each interview was over... 736 00:42:07,753 --> 00:42:10,291 ...the interviewers wanted to talk to you about Ritchie... 737 00:42:10,465 --> 00:42:12,458 ...and you took a pass each time. 738 00:42:12,634 --> 00:42:14,509 Until Philadelphia. 739 00:42:18,434 --> 00:42:23,062 Mr. President, is it possible you saw the green light was on? 740 00:42:25,860 --> 00:42:30,025 Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. 741 00:42:35,915 --> 00:42:38,039 That was old-school. 742 00:42:38,961 --> 00:42:40,290 Go knock them dead. 743 00:42:41,305 --> 00:42:47,683 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org