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I bet you've been
gettin' a lot of, uh...
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Churchills, probably Mandela.
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Some de Gaulles.
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I'd have to go with, uh...
Anwar Sadat.
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Anwar Sadat?
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- The former Egyptian president.
- Right.
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No, no. Two years at the paper,
I never heard that one.
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I'd have to say Sadat.
Talk about standing up to
political and popular pressure.
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I'd like to think
that I had those kind of balls.
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There's a guy who did not die
in vain. He died for peace.
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Any ideas you'd die for,
Governor?
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Obviously I'd die
for this country.
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- I served, you know,
not in Vietnam but Desert Storm.
- Right. The Bronze Star.
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There wasn't a lot of shit
to get into there, but I was in it.
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What I meant was,
would you take a bullet...
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to advance abortion rights, flat taxes,
things you've been behind for years?
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I'd like to think
that I'd die for civil rights.
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Jesus!
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Jesus Christ! What the...
Governor! Governor!
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Governor Hathaway!
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Christ! What the...
Governor! Governor! Jesus!
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Yes! No... A car...
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I'm under a br...
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Somebody's obviously in the car.
The governor is in the water.
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Yes, Governor Hathaway
is in the water.
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You gotta send
somebody out...
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No, no, I want to see the car
come out of the water.
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- Back it up.
- Rewind!
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- You okay?
- I don't know about this, Fiona.
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Governor, excuse me.
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Bottom line. You put your ass on the
line out there. This guy from the Post...
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Paul Smith is his name.
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He's describing what you did as if
you should get the Medal of Honor.
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That isn't the reality, is it? She died.
In the end, that's the reality.
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There's one reality here,
Governor.
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The people have given you
Reagan-like approval numbers.
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- Last week were in the 50s,
today you were at 82.
- Look at it this way.
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That girl died.
That's a tragedy.
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But you did everything
you could possibly do to save her.
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They couldn't save the Alamo, either,
but everyone who died there's a hero.
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- We're at a commercial.
You're almost up, okay?
- Okay.
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Show your remorse,
but don't be broken.
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You're a national leader now.
Think that way.
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- Is Bert on our side?
- Absolutely.
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- Three, two, one.
- This is it.
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After this,
everything will be on our side.
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He has long been considered
at the top of President Evans's list...
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to fill the vacancy left by the death
of the vice president three weeks ago.
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But after the heroics that have become
the stuff of national legend...
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Governor Hathaway has become
the nation's choice...
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to take on the post of
the heir-apparent to the presidency.
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- Governor, thank you for joining us.
- Thank you, Bert.
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That's a nasty bit of business,
what happened on that river. Nasty.
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It's a damn shame you were
the unlucky bastard in that spot.
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Six and a half years in the White House,
press still hasn't gotten wind
of these bastards.
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Yeah, pretty, uh...
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pretty heroic,
what you tried.
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Just like everybody's
been saying, very, uh...
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- Pure Audie Murphy.
- Thank you, sir. I only wish...
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If it was me, I don't know if
I would've dove in there.
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Might have.
But honestly, I don't know.
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Well...
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At least for once, the press
is turning one of us into a hero.
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What was it like?
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It was...
It was cold.
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Oh, sure, this time of year. You were
risking your life saving that woman.
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- The cold alone could've
snapped you like a twig.
- It was dark under the water.
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The headlights were on.
So were the interior lights.
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I could see her face.
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She was very pretty. Young.
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- She was terrified.
- Wow.
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It was like
she was being buried alive.
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She looked at me.
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And then she had
this look of helplessness.
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I, I tried to pull
at the door, but, uh...
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I needed air, you know?
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I couldn't...
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No. By the time I got back down
to the car, she was dead.
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Her face was frozen in that look.
She carried that look of terror...
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right into her death.
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You did more
than most men would.
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I wonder.
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Look, Jack, it's just not gonna happen.
I can't nominate you.
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I can't put you up.
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We can't have
another Chappaquiddick.
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- I tried to save her.
Kennedy ran away, remember?
- You failed.
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Nobody's saying
it was your fault, but you failed.
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It's a bad beef, Jack.
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You're one of the leaders
of this party, a rising star...
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but you've got
a Republican-heavy Judiciary.
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They're not gonna give
a rat's ass about that.
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They're not gonna care
about your years of service
or what you've done for education.
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This would be it.
A girl died and...
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- This administration needs
a smooth confirmation.
- You let it happen.
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We had a rocky time
over the crime bill.
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Can't have any more obstacles
put in front of us.
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Well, I appreciate you
telling me personally, Mr. President.
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I'll, uh...
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I'll support
whoever you select, of course.
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I know that.
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You're the future
of the Democratic Party...
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and you always will be.
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Well, there's a boatload
of press out there.
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I don't think
you should avoid them.
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Take it easy, Jack.
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I don't understand this, Kermit.
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Six years ago I was the best man for
the job, and I'm still the right guy.
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- I have a great relationship
with Runyon...
- Listen to me.
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- Isn't there something
we can do about this?
- Believe me, I've tried.
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He's made up his mind. Filling this slot
may well be his swan song.
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Wants to be careful with it.
Let's not push it.
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Why not keep
in his good graces?
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You're a good man, Jack.
Want to see the governor out?
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- Jerry, you want to come in?
- Yes, sir.
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Mr. President,
Jerry's here.
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That was as rough as it comes.
Never seen anybody look so defeated.
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- Yeah, poor son of a bitch.
- Mr. President?
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Saw the governor out there. Looks like
he had the shit kicked out of him.
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If I have any more caffeine,
I'll be voting for the flat tax.
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I got this tea
from the Greek ambassador.
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Go on, sit. Never thought of Greece
as a tea-producing country...
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but, Jesus Christ,
if this isn't the tea to end all teas.
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Well, looks like Jack Hathaway's
had a shitty week.
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So Hathaway, he's out?
That's solid?
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That leaves us
with Malloy or Hanson.
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It's gotta be Hanson.
Malloy's out.
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- Now, Mr. President, I think you know...
- It's Hanson.
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You know how I feel. Hanson
may have turncoated our way,
but a turncoat's a turncoat.
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We've had a vacancy for three weeks. The
nation's moved from mourning to anxiety.
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I need a vice president. And I need a
person who's gonna reflect my politics.
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- Fill it with Frank Malloy.
- No, no. Malloy's got
an inflammation of ambition.
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He won't be doing his job.
He'll be preparing to do mine.
He's not even my second choice.
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If it doesn't work with Hanson,
we're gonna go back to Hathaway.
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- Do you think Hanson's a team player?
- Senator Hanson is gonna work.
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And it's the job of you two to make sure
that confirmation gets through.
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- I need to know I can count on you.
- Of course you can.
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The president and I discussed several
issues, including the vice presidency.
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- Did the president
offer you the position?
- I asked him to withdraw my name.
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Don't answer it, please.
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I gotta get it.
It's the red line.
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No, no, no, no.
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Hanson here.
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Yeah, of course I'll hold.
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Shh. Quiet.
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Hello, sir!
I'm great, sir, thank you. Yes.
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- As a matter of fact,
we're watching him on C-SPAN now.
- No names were discussed.
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Yes, she is.
One second, sir.
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It's the president.
He wants to talk to you.
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You wanna speak to him?
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Hello, sir.
This is Senator Hanson speaking.
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Oh, Christ.
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That's what the prick said to you?
"We can't have another Chappaquiddick."
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No, not Evans. Newman said
the thing about Chappaquiddick.
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What the fuck
is that supposed to mean?
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That doesn't even make
any sense, Jack.
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You weren't some drunk
who drove your car...
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off a bridge and abandoned the whore
you were fucking to die.
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That's what I told them.
Not in those words.
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This is the second time
they fucked us over.
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- Did he say who he was going with?
- No.
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- It's gonna be Malloy.
Fucking Frank Malloy.
- That's what I'm hearing.
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Jack, he isn't worthy of...
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- This isn't happening to me.
- You can go.
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You're gonna take it up the ass.
Want to bend over and make
their job a little easier?
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You understand
what's going on here?
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This is it.
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The whole fucking plan, Jack,
everything, was to get to this point.
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We have one shot at this,
and it's gone!
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And you're gonna mope around
like some 12-year-old girl
who can't get a date to the dance?
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"Frank Malloy,
that's what I'm hearing."
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- What would you like me to do?
- I'd like you to give a shit.
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I'd like you to call Shelly Runyon back
and get this fucking thing fixed!
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- Why not?
- You've already gone over it.
It's done, ancient history.
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I don't feel reconciled
about it yet.
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- I'll think about it.
- No, I think it's fine.
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Okay, I'm not convinced.
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Thanks.
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You sure you want
to have alcohol on your breath
the first time you meet the president?
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- No, you're right.
- No offense. Just wondering.
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I'm married
to the vice president, huh?
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Whoa, whoa.
I haven't been confirmed yet.
I haven't even been asked yet.
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You know what we gotta do pronto?
We gotta start working Runyon.
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- Runyon's gonna be a problem.
- Why is Runyon gonna be a problem?
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- 'Cause he's head of Judiciary.
- But the Senate takes care...
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Everything but the vice president.
Twenty-fifth amendment
doesn't specify...
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who runs the show
on that confirmation.
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Rumor has it that the House
has advise and consent on this one.
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- Runyon lobbied just hard enough
to get his committee the gig.
- Yeah, I think he did.
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I know his number-two guy, Ted Baker.
We went to college together.
I'll phone him.
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- I'll start pummeling him.
- No, no, no.
Don't say anything to him yet.
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- Why?
- Let's get it on our own merit for now.
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You know what?
I'm not gonna argue with you.
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Not only are you right,
but you're about to meet the president,
and you look great.
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- Doesn't she look great?
- Yeah, she looks great.
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00:13:34,678 --> 00:13:36,718
What do you think, Stevenson?
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00:13:36,790 --> 00:13:40,980
I'd go for the number six,
slightly right of center, sir.
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That's what I was thinking.
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That's what I was thinking.
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How's your average?
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- One forty-five last time out, sir.
- That's not bad.
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No!
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That's what I get
for my leftist tendencies.
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- Senator Hanson
and her husband are here.
- Bring 'em in.
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Yes, sir.
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00:14:11,125 --> 00:14:14,671
- I'm gonna need some time
with the senator.
- Yes, sir.
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- Senator!
- Mr. President.
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- You remember my husband.
- Will Hanson. The McMahon campaign.
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We tried to steal your husband away.
He runs a hell of a campaign.
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You gave me nightmare visions
of having to return to my law practice.
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- Hi. Jackson Evans.
- Lewis Hollis.
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- What was the first name?
- Hollis.
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- No, Lewis is my first name.
- Lewis. Welcome, Lewis.
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00:14:39,541 --> 00:14:42,803
So, have you guys
been down here before?
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00:14:42,869 --> 00:14:45,073
- No.
- Johnson, he, uh...
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built it in '65.
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Right now some terrorist camp in Libya
is being spared a bombing raid...
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because I'm obsessed
with beating my 150 average.
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00:14:55,221 --> 00:14:59,313
- You guys bowl?
- Once in a while.
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What's your average?
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- Seventy.
- I don't have one.
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Hungry? You want some lunch
before we speak?
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No, thank you, sir.
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I saw this movie once
where the president...
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is just tickled that anything he wants
to eat he can get in a moment's notice.
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Here. Turns out, it's the perk
of the century.
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- Otto?
- Yes, Mr. President?
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Sorry for the late notice. For lunch,
could you arrange coq au vin...
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with a side of penne?
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- Spicy or mild?
- Spicy.
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And, uh... Oh...
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- hazelnut pudding for dessert.
- No problem, sir.
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One day I'll catch him napping.
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- Anyway, how much
did we win that one by?
- 61 to 33, sir.
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It's pretty easy
getting over things when you win.
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I guess Sudan is where the press
will make its first hay.
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I think if we announce,
the press might have
other things on its mind.
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But you know,
Sheldon Runyon and Jack Hathaway
have been friends for years.
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And Runyon is going to come after me
with all guns blazing.
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Senator, why do we have to worry
about Shelly Runyon's guns
when I control the atomic bomb?
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We'll introduce you
to the Cabinet in one hour.
I'll make the announcement then.
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- That's fine, Mr. President.
- That's the way Jerry Ford
did it with Rockefeller.
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I always thought it was pretty damn
classy. Have we notified the networks?
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Oh, yes. All the pundits
are in a guessing feeding frenzy.
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Box of Malomars says
they've already anointed Malloy.
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- You look great, by the way. Just great.
- Thank you, sir.
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Okay, guys, one hour,
the Cabinet Room.
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Off to the races!
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- Senator, is this
what you're gonna wear?
- She looks fine.
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- No, she does.
- You look beautiful, Senator.
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- Thank you.
- Very becoming.
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I think it works.
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Let me explain
how this is gonna work.
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In a minute, POTUS is gonna come in,
make an announcement...
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- introduce you
to the vice presidential designate.
- Jerry.
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We hear the president's decision
is Malloy. Can you confirm this?
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In ten seconds you're gonna have
your answer. So calm down.
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All right. Then after he's made...
Dave.
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I'm gonna give you guys
20 minutes for questions and answers.
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So keep them short
and, hopefully, sweet.
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And you can roll starting now.
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I'll introduce him
in five... thousand...
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four... thousand,
three... thousand, two.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
the president of the United States.
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Welcome. Good afternoon.
Please.
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- Thank you for coming here
on such short notice.
- Laine Hanson, from Ohio.
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As I embarked on the task
of selecting a vice president...
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I was driven by the emotion
of wanting to make a choice...
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that would've made Troy Ellard,
my friend, proud.
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Senator Laine Billings Hanson
of Ohio is that person.
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Sherri, you are first.
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Ms. Hanson, do you feel being
a woman played any type of role
in the president's decision?
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Well, I, uh...
First I would like to say...
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what an honor it is to be here
before you in this position.
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And I hope to serve up to the
standards which President Evans
set for me in that introduction.
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Thank you so much, sir.
To answer your question...
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- First rate, Mrs. Hanson.
- Thank you. I learned
a lot from Will.
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Ah, yes, Will.
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You, sir, are gonna have
to make yourself scarce.
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- No, of course.
I'll give you your privacy.
- No, I mean scarce.
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During the confirmation period,
I want you out of sight.
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- Pardon me?
- A wife there behind her husband...
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is perceived as supportive.
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A husband following around behind
his wife is perceived as a puppeteer.
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00:18:38,995 --> 00:18:41,450
- But I think...
- No, honey. I think
Mr. Newman's right on.
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Let Hollis handle
the day-to-day...
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- and I'll be the man behind the curtain.
- Where do we go from here?
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00:18:46,099 --> 00:18:50,060
The FBI's gonna have to do
an extensive background check.
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- Director Friend
will handle the investigation.
- Yes, we made sure of that.
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Just about every aspect of your life
will be uncovered.
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Your bank accounts,
your medical reports.
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00:18:59,731 --> 00:19:02,862
- What am I forgetting?
- Correspondence to
government agencies, speeches...
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00:19:02,931 --> 00:19:07,186
When Nelson Rockefeller was confirmed,
they had over 300 agents working on him.
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00:19:07,250 --> 00:19:10,382
They had a lot more life
and cash to investigate, huh?
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We'll do our own background
check in case anything falls
through the cracks, to be safe.
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At the same time,
the House will... Come in.
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The House will put together
its bipartisan subcommittee...
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of the Judiciary to interview you and
advise and consent to your nomination.
298
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Shelly Runyon's
running the show there.
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Cheyenne, Wyoming, you're on with
Vice President Designate Laine Hanson.
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- Larry, how are you?
- I'm fine. Thanks for calling.
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I just wanted to say
to the senator that...
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all of Cheyenne is with her.
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We think she's absolutely great for
the country and this administration.
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- Congratulations.
- What's the question, sir?
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00:19:45,587 --> 00:19:49,384
I wanted to ask the senator, if she
could pick one person from history...
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to serve as her model for how to behave
in office, who would that be?
307
00:19:53,011 --> 00:19:55,629
Good question, Senator.
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00:19:55,699 --> 00:19:59,474
Hey, guys.
Nice to see you.
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- Sorry to barge in on you.
- No, no, no, no.
I'm just watching your girl.
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00:20:04,498 --> 00:20:07,847
- First female prime ministers?
- They were great leaders.
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Would you put Thatcher
in that category?
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No, I don't think so.
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- You know what? I would
have to say Thomas Jefferson.
- A man?
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00:20:16,178 --> 00:20:18,960
- She's something, isn't she?
- I don't really know her.
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00:20:19,026 --> 00:20:23,216
We served together
a few years ago, and, I guess...
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we just ended up
in different company.
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- Take a seat.
- Congressman, the president
asked us to come down here.
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He'd like to let you know
he'd appreciate your support
in the senator's confirmation.
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00:20:33,554 --> 00:20:38,605
- Really?
- He asked me directly, Shell.
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00:20:38,674 --> 00:20:41,391
But the president didn't consider it
important enough to ask me personally?
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00:20:41,458 --> 00:20:45,070
You know it's important.
It's the old man's swan song.
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00:20:45,138 --> 00:20:47,626
Putting a woman in office
means something to him.
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00:20:47,698 --> 00:20:50,348
Laine Hanson's
the absolute best choice.
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00:20:50,418 --> 00:20:55,175
You don't believe that.
Come on. You're too smart.
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00:20:55,250 --> 00:20:57,770
Look, I don't mind
she's a woman...
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00:20:57,842 --> 00:21:02,032
but I'm not confirming a woman
just because she's a woman.
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00:21:02,097 --> 00:21:04,967
Laine Hanson
has an extra burden.
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00:21:05,042 --> 00:21:08,108
She's has to come on the world stage
with perfect credentials.
329
00:21:08,178 --> 00:21:10,283
Margaret Thatcher didn't have perfect
credentials. The world respected her.
330
00:21:10,354 --> 00:21:14,609
The world accepted Margaret Thatcher
because they knew she had to answer
to Ronald Reagan.
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00:21:14,674 --> 00:21:19,017
A woman better be pretty damn qualified
to have nobody to answer to...
332
00:21:19,090 --> 00:21:23,400
and Laine Hanson
is not that.
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00:21:23,473 --> 00:21:26,124
Look me in the eyes
and tell me...
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that Laine Hanson is your first choice
for the vice presidency.
335
00:21:32,562 --> 00:21:35,945
Laine Hanson
is my absolute first choice.
336
00:21:38,481 --> 00:21:40,903
I'd so want you
in my poker game.
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00:21:45,649 --> 00:21:48,104
Country needs
a smooth confirmation.
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00:21:48,177 --> 00:21:50,032
The president needs
a smooth confirmation.
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00:21:50,097 --> 00:21:53,610
The country needs
a competent vice president.
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00:21:53,682 --> 00:21:55,951
Excuse me a minute.
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00:21:56,017 --> 00:21:59,847
There's only one person in the world
that has that phone number.
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00:21:59,921 --> 00:22:03,882
So who's the second choice?
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00:22:03,953 --> 00:22:06,506
We haven't really settled
on anybody yet.
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00:22:06,577 --> 00:22:10,439
Tell me, if Laine Hanson were
to be hit by a flying car...
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00:22:10,513 --> 00:22:13,001
who would the president
then select?
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00:22:16,689 --> 00:22:19,853
I think the president
still likes Jack Hathaway, Congressman.
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00:22:26,097 --> 00:22:27,658
You know...
348
00:22:27,730 --> 00:22:32,137
Jack Hathaway, there's a good man...
for a Democrat.
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00:22:32,209 --> 00:22:35,755
There's a man
I would say would have...
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00:22:35,825 --> 00:22:38,410
a smooth confirmation.
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00:22:38,481 --> 00:22:40,969
- Jack Hathaway?
- Smooth as a baby's ass.
352
00:22:41,041 --> 00:22:44,554
- He's already taken himself
out of it, so...
- Right.
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00:22:44,625 --> 00:22:47,014
Right!
Well, who the hell knows?
354
00:22:47,089 --> 00:22:50,220
Perhaps Lainey
will shock the world...
355
00:22:50,289 --> 00:22:52,428
by pulling out
her brilliance...
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00:22:52,497 --> 00:22:55,082
and erudition at the hearings
that none of us know she has.
357
00:22:55,153 --> 00:22:57,706
So, Shelly, can we ask
for basic fairness?
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00:22:57,777 --> 00:23:02,120
- Fifty-fifty, Democrat and
Republican at the hearings?
- Of course you can.
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00:23:12,656 --> 00:23:16,039
Congressman! Congressman!
Mr. Runyon.
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00:23:16,113 --> 00:23:19,113
Just wanted to steal you
for a second. I'm Reg Webster.
361
00:23:19,185 --> 00:23:23,375
- Oh, you're one of Stoney's boys?
- Uh, no.
362
00:23:23,441 --> 00:23:25,481
You staff or intern?
363
00:23:25,553 --> 00:23:28,848
Actually I'm a representative.
Reginald Webster of Delaware.
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00:23:28,913 --> 00:23:32,229
Oh, fuck me. I'm sorry, Webster.
What can I do for you?
365
00:23:32,305 --> 00:23:36,396
- I'm running late.
- I was hoping I could grab
your attention for a second.
366
00:23:36,464 --> 00:23:39,563
- What's the skinny?
- Well, uh...
367
00:23:39,633 --> 00:23:44,303
- I'm late, Mr. Webster.
- I understand a chair's
opened up in the committee...
368
00:23:44,369 --> 00:23:46,311
and I'd like
to put my name forward.
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00:23:46,385 --> 00:23:49,003
I believe you'll find me
industrious and hardworking.
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00:23:49,073 --> 00:23:52,302
The Judiciary�s
for senior members.
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00:23:52,368 --> 00:23:55,684
Wheeling was in for five terms
before we let him in.
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00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,127
My hands are tied.
There's nothing I can do.
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00:23:58,192 --> 00:24:00,647
Shelly, I've been trying
to reach you for five days.
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00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,754
- I left you 32 messages.
- Well, leave me a 33rd.
375
00:24:03,825 --> 00:24:06,542
- Where you from?
- Delaware.
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00:24:06,609 --> 00:24:10,733
Oh, yeah, you were...
You knocked Emory Bettis out.
377
00:24:10,801 --> 00:24:13,321
Emory used to be
in the Thursday night game.
378
00:24:13,392 --> 00:24:15,847
He was always good
for a few hundred bucks.
379
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,342
I guess he ran his campaign
like he played poker.
380
00:24:18,416 --> 00:24:22,410
I take it you have
a predisposition.
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00:24:22,481 --> 00:24:26,572
- About the confirmation, I mean.
- No. Actually, I'm 100% objective.
382
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,706
- Mmm. Do you have
a dictionary, Mr. Webster?
- Yeah.
383
00:24:29,776 --> 00:24:33,224
Take a Magic Marker,
cross out the word "objectivity."
384
00:24:33,296 --> 00:24:37,998
Your constituents want you
for your opinions, your philosophy...
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00:24:38,064 --> 00:24:40,617
for your subjectivity.
386
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,589
Laver has to duck
out of the way of that one.
387
00:24:48,656 --> 00:24:52,365
One that Laver can't get.
He's still trying to recover.
388
00:24:54,704 --> 00:24:57,933
And he zings another
powerful forehand past Laver.
389
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,270
See that, Tim-Tim?
Know what we call that?
390
00:25:00,336 --> 00:25:03,532
- We call that topspin.
You know how we get topspin?
- Uh-huh.
391
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,666
- Yeah? Tell me.
- 'Cause Baby Jesus made topspin.
392
00:25:06,736 --> 00:25:08,591
What?
393
00:25:08,656 --> 00:25:10,991
- Baby Jesus gave it topspin.
- Jesus?
394
00:25:11,056 --> 00:25:13,576
Ah! Why do you say that?
395
00:25:13,648 --> 00:25:18,088
- Because Baby Jesus made everything.
- Yeah? Who told you that?
396
00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,527
Miss Moyer in kindergarten,
and Mommy says...
397
00:25:20,591 --> 00:25:23,974
- I have to listen Miss Moyer.
- Wow, this is news to me.
398
00:25:24,048 --> 00:25:28,270
I gave up my career
trying to strike that nonsense
out of the public school system.
399
00:25:28,336 --> 00:25:30,539
Maybe I ought to put him
in public school, then.
400
00:25:30,608 --> 00:25:32,462
Remember what I told you
about moving your grip down...
401
00:25:32,528 --> 00:25:34,983
- and to the left?
- Uh-huh.
402
00:25:35,056 --> 00:25:38,187
- Go see if Dad's found
his bathing suit yet.
- Gimme a hug.
403
00:25:40,368 --> 00:25:42,539
Yeah. Thanks, champ.
404
00:25:47,696 --> 00:25:51,274
- They are paid to teach, not...
- To preach.
405
00:25:51,344 --> 00:25:54,508
I know, but he's six years old, and he
also believes in the tooth fairy...
406
00:25:54,576 --> 00:25:58,983
- and that George Washington
never told a lie.
- Well, it drives me crazy.
407
00:25:59,055 --> 00:26:01,990
- Mary, wanna turn the ball machine off?
- Yes, Mr. Governor.
408
00:26:05,679 --> 00:26:07,534
Thanks for seeing me, Dad.
409
00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:09,934
- Why wouldn't I see you?
- Partisanship.
410
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,448
I gotta love
at least one Democrat.
411
00:26:16,431 --> 00:26:21,799
You know, Dad, I'm getting some reports
that you might not be ready to back me.
412
00:26:21,872 --> 00:26:24,261
That you're opposed
to my confirmation...
413
00:26:24,335 --> 00:26:26,059
- You've heard quotes?
- No, I haven't heard.
414
00:26:26,127 --> 00:26:28,745
Just that we should expect
to be reading of your opposition.
415
00:26:28,815 --> 00:26:31,498
Pardon my Swahili, but you're being led
a line of pure bullshit.
416
00:26:31,568 --> 00:26:36,750
- I haven't said a word.
- Maybe it's just that.
Maybe you've been quiet.
417
00:26:36,815 --> 00:26:39,401
- I hate the press.
- I know, Dad.
418
00:26:39,471 --> 00:26:42,853
- When I left the mansion,
I swore I would never talk to them.
- I remember.
419
00:26:42,927 --> 00:26:47,881
- I suppose you're gonna force
my hand on this, huh?
- You wouldn't have to say much.
420
00:26:47,951 --> 00:26:49,860
- Just a little something.
- Okay, okay.
421
00:26:49,935 --> 00:26:53,164
I, uh...
422
00:26:53,231 --> 00:26:55,304
I'll call back
Joe Glynn at the Times.
423
00:26:55,375 --> 00:26:57,796
He's okay.
He'll write it up well.
424
00:26:57,871 --> 00:27:00,456
I once leaked him
some shit about Buchanan.
Damn near won him the Pulitzer.
425
00:27:00,527 --> 00:27:02,763
- Thanks, Dad.
- Sure.
426
00:27:02,831 --> 00:27:04,686
Thanks.
427
00:27:04,751 --> 00:27:08,231
What would you do,
or have done, in my case?
428
00:27:08,303 --> 00:27:12,427
Well, when your president
asks you to jump...
429
00:27:12,495 --> 00:27:14,884
it's hard not to jump,
that's for sure.
430
00:27:14,959 --> 00:27:17,545
But you remember what Ben Franklin
said about the vice presidency.
431
00:27:17,615 --> 00:27:20,265
What did he say?
I didn't talk to him this week.
432
00:27:20,334 --> 00:27:25,091
He said he ought to be addressed as
"Your Superfluous Excellency."
433
00:27:25,167 --> 00:27:28,363
In the past ten years,
I've enjoyed the kind of power
the vice presidency can't offer.
434
00:27:28,431 --> 00:27:30,886
Why would anybody want
to give that up? Am I crazy?
435
00:27:30,959 --> 00:27:34,307
Baby, power is
where power goes.
436
00:27:34,382 --> 00:27:37,546
- Think you can beat me?
- Uh, yeah. Okay.
437
00:27:37,614 --> 00:27:40,364
Hey, Tony!
438
00:27:40,431 --> 00:27:42,798
Foul!
439
00:27:42,863 --> 00:27:46,507
Can't trust
those fuckin' people.
440
00:27:46,574 --> 00:27:51,244
Speaking of which, Mr. Webster,
it turns out you're a Democrat.
441
00:27:51,310 --> 00:27:54,572
I, uh, wasn't keeping it
a secret.
442
00:27:54,639 --> 00:27:58,894
Sad to say, I don't think I can
bring you aboard the committee, son.
443
00:27:58,958 --> 00:28:02,570
Ray Spies makes all the decisions
regarding the other party.
444
00:28:02,638 --> 00:28:04,678
- It's a courtesy.
- But not a requirement.
445
00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:07,368
- It's not, that's true.
- If Ray Spies interviewed me...
446
00:28:07,438 --> 00:28:09,827
he'd refuse to put me
on the committee even for a minute...
447
00:28:09,902 --> 00:28:11,877
because he'd find out that
when it comes to Laine Hanson...
448
00:28:11,950 --> 00:28:14,339
I went to my dictionary
and crossed off the word "objectivity."
449
00:28:14,414 --> 00:28:18,921
Are you suggesting Mrs. Hanson may not
be your first choice for vice president?
450
00:28:18,991 --> 00:28:23,049
I'm suggesting that Laine Hanson
has stricken our party
with policies and attitudes...
451
00:28:23,118 --> 00:28:25,868
that are best served
across the aisle from where she came.
452
00:28:25,934 --> 00:28:29,317
I take it, like most
members of your party...
453
00:28:29,391 --> 00:28:32,457
your selection would be
Governor Hathaway.
454
00:28:32,527 --> 00:28:34,436
Governor Hathaway's a great man.
455
00:28:34,510 --> 00:28:38,055
He's a visionary,
a bona fide hero.
456
00:28:38,126 --> 00:28:42,283
- But he withdrew his name
from consideration.
- Minds can be changed.
457
00:28:42,350 --> 00:28:46,823
- How much discretion
can I count on from you?
- A hundred percent, sir.
458
00:28:46,894 --> 00:28:49,032
- Even from your own leadership?
- I said a hundred percent.
459
00:28:49,102 --> 00:28:53,642
Good. Good man.
Good man.
460
00:28:53,710 --> 00:28:57,288
I think if I make the rounds,
do the Sunday morning talk shows...
461
00:28:57,358 --> 00:29:00,554
raise the level of the game a bit,
outtalk her on the issues...
462
00:29:00,622 --> 00:29:05,194
Issues? What kind of fucking campaigns
are they running in Virginia?
463
00:29:05,262 --> 00:29:08,840
Not the kind I'm used to.
Jack, this whole thing
with the girl drowning...
464
00:29:08,910 --> 00:29:10,765
It's bullshit!
465
00:29:10,830 --> 00:29:13,864
- I was there, Shelly.
The president told me himself.
- It's an excuse.
466
00:29:13,934 --> 00:29:18,407
Jackson Evans has chosen to make
putting a woman in office his swan song.
467
00:29:18,478 --> 00:29:21,958
Laine Hanson is the only
reasonable choice in your party.
468
00:29:22,030 --> 00:29:25,445
He's not going with Boxer.
She's too liberal.
469
00:29:25,518 --> 00:29:28,300
He's not going with Jones
because she's older than he is.
470
00:29:28,365 --> 00:29:31,300
- There's Winslet.
- She's not coming off
the Supreme Court.
471
00:29:31,374 --> 00:29:35,018
Laine Hanson is attractive.
She's a looker.
472
00:29:35,085 --> 00:29:39,111
The mere fact that she was
a Republican means that she
can't be too far to the left.
473
00:29:39,181 --> 00:29:41,123
It's a perfect pedigree.
474
00:29:41,198 --> 00:29:45,453
We can't get you in by convincing him
you're the right man for the job.
475
00:29:45,518 --> 00:29:49,708
We have to convince him that
she's wrong. Once we do that, you're in.
476
00:29:49,774 --> 00:29:52,523
And Toliver,
he's as much as told me...
477
00:29:52,590 --> 00:29:54,662
I'm not going for a low blow.
It's not my way.
478
00:29:54,734 --> 00:29:56,621
You won't have to.
479
00:29:56,686 --> 00:29:59,533
We have to go after her. We have
to make her wade in her own blood.
480
00:29:59,597 --> 00:30:02,379
- Who did you say you were?
- I'm Makerowitz.
481
00:30:02,445 --> 00:30:05,096
- Makerowitz.
- I'm sorry. That doesn't
mean much to me.
482
00:30:05,165 --> 00:30:08,231
- Web got somebody...
- A friend of the Hathaway campaign.
483
00:30:08,301 --> 00:30:10,985
Who is footing the not-too-unimpressive
bill of Mr. Makerowitz.
484
00:30:11,054 --> 00:30:12,909
Private citizen wants to do
their own investigation...
485
00:30:12,974 --> 00:30:17,578
What exactly are you trying to find out?
Campaign irregularities, bribes?
486
00:30:17,645 --> 00:30:19,587
- Isn't that the FBI's responsibility?
- Yes, it is.
487
00:30:19,661 --> 00:30:22,596
But the FBI would not
find anything. All of her money
is tied up in blind trusts.
488
00:30:22,670 --> 00:30:27,143
The kind of improprieties
you're talking about,
I think that only helps her.
489
00:30:27,213 --> 00:30:31,076
Personally, I think the nation
would be relieved to know that
just because she's a woman...
490
00:30:31,149 --> 00:30:34,826
- it doesn't mean she can't be
as ruthless as the rest of us.
- Governor?
491
00:30:34,893 --> 00:30:38,025
You ever stabbed a man
in the navel? You?
492
00:30:38,093 --> 00:30:40,646
Me? No, I haven't.
493
00:30:40,718 --> 00:30:42,856
Stab a man in the navel,
and that's all she wrote.
494
00:30:42,925 --> 00:30:45,827
Bleeding is so swift and severe,
it wouldn't matter if Jesus put
His healing hand on the wound...
495
00:30:45,901 --> 00:30:47,756
the bastard is dead.
496
00:30:47,821 --> 00:30:49,960
We have to gut the bitch
in the belly.
497
00:30:50,029 --> 00:30:52,298
We all have to understand,
we're going to obliterate her life...
498
00:30:52,365 --> 00:30:55,562
but it will get you
the vice presidency.
499
00:31:11,373 --> 00:31:13,762
- Hey, Dog!
- Lewis, how you doin'?
500
00:31:13,837 --> 00:31:17,350
Wow, that's a plate of food!
501
00:31:17,421 --> 00:31:19,722
You didn't have
to dress up for me.
502
00:31:19,789 --> 00:31:23,050
I had to accompany the senator
to the Gridiron Lunch.
503
00:31:23,116 --> 00:31:27,906
If John Q. Public could see
the money that the knuckleheads
that run this country...
504
00:31:27,981 --> 00:31:30,631
spend on these lunches,
there would be a second revolution.
505
00:31:30,701 --> 00:31:35,916
I'm telling you, there is some money
spent on these stupid lunches.
506
00:31:38,637 --> 00:31:41,222
- What is this?
- It's the reason you're here.
507
00:31:41,293 --> 00:31:44,010
You can't let anybody know
where you got this from.
508
00:31:44,077 --> 00:31:46,630
If Runyon found out
I gave this to you...
509
00:31:46,701 --> 00:31:49,636
he'd fire me,
and I don't want him as an enemy.
510
00:31:49,709 --> 00:31:53,254
That's Lainey Hanson
getting gang-banged.
511
00:31:53,324 --> 00:31:55,779
Looks like something
out of Hustler.
512
00:31:55,852 --> 00:31:58,470
That's her for sure.
513
00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:07,916
I know it's hard to tell with her...
her face in someone's crotch...
514
00:32:07,980 --> 00:32:10,947
but that's her, man.
515
00:32:11,020 --> 00:32:13,770
Why are you showing me this?
516
00:32:13,837 --> 00:32:16,455
I will not be party
to an ambush.
517
00:32:18,540 --> 00:32:20,874
Why are you
showing me this, Ted?
518
00:32:22,508 --> 00:32:25,094
Okay.
519
00:32:25,164 --> 00:32:29,703
I want out of Runyon's office.
And I thought maybe you could
get me on staff...
520
00:32:29,772 --> 00:32:32,620
This is the best you could
come up with? This shit?
521
00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:35,269
This is shit.
522
00:32:36,748 --> 00:32:39,814
Read the deposition
of the LaVamere lady.
523
00:32:41,484 --> 00:32:44,713
She was putting on a sex show.
524
00:32:44,780 --> 00:32:47,366
- How long did this go on for?
- It was hours.
525
00:32:47,437 --> 00:32:49,608
- How many hours?
- Three or four.
526
00:32:49,676 --> 00:32:52,010
Which one? Three or four?
527
00:32:52,076 --> 00:32:54,532
Three, I guess.
528
00:32:54,604 --> 00:32:57,833
In her defense,
she was drunk.
529
00:32:57,900 --> 00:33:00,834
To be honest, once she finished fucking
and sucking those two assholes...
530
00:33:00,908 --> 00:33:04,585
she was carried into another room, and
boys were going in and out of there...
531
00:33:04,652 --> 00:33:06,757
but I don't know
if she was fucking them.
532
00:33:06,828 --> 00:33:10,177
When she came out,
she was covered in cum. It was awful.
533
00:33:10,252 --> 00:33:13,994
Excuse me, Counselor.
I, um...
534
00:33:14,060 --> 00:33:15,970
- May I?
- Of course.
535
00:33:16,044 --> 00:33:21,673
Just to clarify, why exactly
was Mrs. Laine Hanson...
536
00:33:21,740 --> 00:33:25,864
Strike that.
Laine Billings involved in this, uh...
537
00:33:25,932 --> 00:33:28,071
appalling and disgusting behavior?
538
00:33:28,140 --> 00:33:30,049
- That's... That's what's important.
- Exactly.
539
00:33:30,124 --> 00:33:33,473
Thank you.
It's great to see you guys.
540
00:33:33,548 --> 00:33:35,752
There you go.
541
00:33:35,820 --> 00:33:38,503
Thank you so much
for your support. Thank you.
542
00:33:39,883 --> 00:33:41,738
Thank you.
543
00:33:47,852 --> 00:33:49,707
- Hey.
- Hey, Madam Senator.
544
00:33:49,772 --> 00:33:51,659
- How you doing?
- I'm okay.
545
00:33:51,723 --> 00:33:54,757
I wish you'd heard the speech.
That line you gave me about...
546
00:33:54,828 --> 00:33:57,762
"If we can put a man
on the moon, then why can't we
put all men on the moon?"
547
00:33:57,835 --> 00:33:59,723
It was perfect.
It really broke the ice.
548
00:33:59,788 --> 00:34:03,137
- Great audience for that, huh?
- Yeah, it was great.
549
00:34:04,620 --> 00:34:06,921
What's goin' on?
550
00:34:06,987 --> 00:34:09,092
Uh...
551
00:34:09,163 --> 00:34:11,782
well, it looks like Runyon
or somebody close to him...
552
00:34:11,852 --> 00:34:14,470
has been running
a little private investigation...
553
00:34:14,540 --> 00:34:17,801
looking for stuff that the Feds
wouldn't even touch.
554
00:34:17,868 --> 00:34:20,355
- It's, um...
- Yeah?
555
00:34:22,412 --> 00:34:24,550
What is it?
556
00:34:46,859 --> 00:34:49,248
What...
557
00:35:09,643 --> 00:35:12,163
- He doesn't know anything about it.
- You're asking me to step down?
558
00:35:12,235 --> 00:35:15,137
I'm asking you to do what's in
the best interest of the party...
559
00:35:15,211 --> 00:35:17,731
and this president.
560
00:35:17,802 --> 00:35:22,691
Well, I'm sorry.
I can't do it, not over this.
561
00:35:22,763 --> 00:35:24,617
He's not going to allow me
or himself...
562
00:35:24,683 --> 00:35:27,781
to get shot down over what would've
been a private sexual encounter.
563
00:35:27,851 --> 00:35:31,877
- Some swan song for the old man, huh?
- It's fuckin' awful.
564
00:35:31,947 --> 00:35:36,617
The senator got a little wild
when she was 19. What is the big deal?
565
00:35:36,683 --> 00:35:38,788
Let me explain
the big deal to you.
566
00:35:38,859 --> 00:35:41,892
The people of this nation
can stomach quite a bit.
567
00:35:41,962 --> 00:35:46,534
But one thing they can't stomach
is the image of a vice president
with a mouthful of cock.
568
00:35:46,602 --> 00:35:51,359
You don't have to use... Look.
Let's use the word "alleged."
569
00:35:51,435 --> 00:35:55,657
They got photos! They got witnesses!
They got the "alleged" slut...
570
00:35:55,723 --> 00:35:57,577
Hey! Let me tell you something.
571
00:35:57,643 --> 00:35:59,879
I'm her husband first.
I don't tolerate talk like that.
572
00:35:59,946 --> 00:36:03,558
- Will, calm down.
- You better get used to it, Will.
573
00:36:03,627 --> 00:36:07,588
Especially when not even your wife
will defend herself.
574
00:36:12,267 --> 00:36:16,707
Give me something, Laine.
Anything.
575
00:36:16,778 --> 00:36:20,553
Hell, just deny it.
Why don't you just deny it?
576
00:36:24,458 --> 00:36:27,273
It is simply
beneath my dignity.
577
00:36:42,987 --> 00:36:45,572
Dignity! Right.
578
00:36:47,179 --> 00:36:51,913
We'll just have to make this all
not worthwhile for Mr. Runyon.
579
00:36:51,979 --> 00:36:54,597
What have you got on the
distinguished gentleman from Illinois?
580
00:36:54,666 --> 00:36:57,186
Some pretty good stuff.
581
00:36:57,258 --> 00:37:00,040
- S.E.C. Investigation, 1985.
- You got stocks?
582
00:37:00,106 --> 00:37:02,495
I want something embarrassing!
583
00:37:02,570 --> 00:37:05,734
Something sexual!
584
00:37:05,802 --> 00:37:07,809
Little boys, midgets,
that sort of thing.
585
00:37:07,882 --> 00:37:10,752
- Cows! I don't give a goddamn!
- Come on, Kermit.
586
00:37:10,826 --> 00:37:12,768
If we do that,
we're no better than he is.
587
00:37:12,842 --> 00:37:15,810
We are no better than he is.
588
00:37:15,881 --> 00:37:19,198
There's nothing there.
He got married when he was 21.
589
00:37:19,274 --> 00:37:21,161
There's no evidence
he ever cheated on his wife.
590
00:37:21,226 --> 00:37:24,128
Too bad we're not running in France.
We could really nail him on that one.
591
00:37:26,570 --> 00:37:28,610
When do you have
your lunch with him?
592
00:37:28,682 --> 00:37:31,332
With Shelly Runyon?
I'm not having lunch with him.
593
00:37:31,401 --> 00:37:33,768
Friday, 1:00.
It's scheduled tomorrow.
594
00:37:33,834 --> 00:37:36,200
It's automatic.
He's committee chairman.
595
00:37:36,266 --> 00:37:38,851
It was set up. S.O.P.
596
00:37:58,697 --> 00:38:00,705
- Laine.
- Shelly.
597
00:38:02,217 --> 00:38:05,512
I'm sorry I started.
You were late.
598
00:38:05,578 --> 00:38:07,999
- I'm not too late, I hope.
- A minute or two.
599
00:38:08,074 --> 00:38:11,390
- Were you tied up with anything?
- No, sorry. I'm just late.
600
00:38:11,465 --> 00:38:14,280
- Hi, Clem. You too.
- Senator, nice to see you.
601
00:38:14,345 --> 00:38:17,214
- I ordered you the porterhouse.
- No, I don't eat meat.
602
00:38:17,289 --> 00:38:20,453
- I'll have the penne.
- You should really... Mmm.
603
00:38:20,521 --> 00:38:23,838
- Try the steak. Ask Hugo
to burn it on the outside.
- No, thank you.
604
00:38:23,913 --> 00:38:26,335
I really don't eat meat.
I'll just go ahead with the penne.
605
00:38:26,410 --> 00:38:28,865
- Spicy?
- Yes, please. Thanks.
606
00:38:31,658 --> 00:38:36,578
So, how are...
Will and the boy?
607
00:38:36,649 --> 00:38:38,624
Let's forego
the small talk today, Shelly.
608
00:38:38,697 --> 00:38:43,039
- It'll make me feel cheap.
- Let the big talk begin.
609
00:38:46,153 --> 00:38:48,575
Have you seen this?
610
00:38:48,649 --> 00:38:51,398
That's my... That's my file
on you, Senator.
611
00:38:51,465 --> 00:38:53,800
- Mm-hmm.
- How did you get it?
612
00:38:53,865 --> 00:38:56,898
Have you read it yet?
613
00:38:56,969 --> 00:38:58,879
How did you get it?
614
00:39:01,161 --> 00:39:04,325
Have you read it?
615
00:39:04,393 --> 00:39:08,288
- What do you have to say for yourself?
- With all due respect...
616
00:39:08,361 --> 00:39:10,248
um, Senator...
617
00:39:10,313 --> 00:39:13,128
- it doesn't matter what
I have to say for myself.
- Oh, it doesn't?
618
00:39:13,193 --> 00:39:18,595
It seems to me, Mr. Chairman,
all you can claim about me...
claim, is that I had sex...
619
00:39:18,665 --> 00:39:20,770
- Deviant sex.
- Who says it was deviant?
620
00:39:20,841 --> 00:39:22,695
I do.
621
00:39:22,761 --> 00:39:25,216
And what I say, the people will believe.
And you know why?
622
00:39:25,289 --> 00:39:29,118
Because I'll have a very big microphone
in front of me.
623
00:39:30,953 --> 00:39:33,506
Wow, you must
really hate me, Shelly.
624
00:39:33,577 --> 00:39:37,439
I don't hate you.
It's not possible to hate you. You're...
625
00:39:37,512 --> 00:39:40,774
What the hell was it that Reynolds
called you the other day?
626
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:44,069
Groovy.
You're a groovy chick.
627
00:39:44,136 --> 00:39:47,748
No, what I, um, do detest
is your selfishness.
628
00:39:47,816 --> 00:39:51,078
I have served this nation
without regard for personal
income for over ten years.
629
00:39:51,145 --> 00:39:55,455
You are selfish because you want to take
on a job that positions you to assume...
630
00:39:55,529 --> 00:39:57,700
a mantle of gigantic
responsibility...
631
00:39:57,768 --> 00:40:00,102
and you do it full well
with the knowledge...
632
00:40:03,240 --> 00:40:05,412
Of what?
633
00:40:05,481 --> 00:40:07,335
What?
634
00:40:08,425 --> 00:40:11,654
Greatness is
the orphan of urgency, Laine.
635
00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:14,851
Greatness only emerges
when we need it most...
636
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:18,815
in times of war
or calamity.
637
00:40:18,888 --> 00:40:22,183
I can't ask somebody
to be a Kennedy or a Lincoln.
638
00:40:22,248 --> 00:40:24,867
They were men
created by their times.
639
00:40:24,937 --> 00:40:28,930
What I can ask for
is the promise of greatness.
640
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,099
And that, Madam Senator...
641
00:40:32,169 --> 00:40:34,111
you don't have.
642
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,095
Well, then...
643
00:40:40,168 --> 00:40:43,168
I just wouldn't be using sex
as leverage...
644
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:46,501
if I were you, Sheldon.
645
00:40:46,569 --> 00:40:49,121
Because there's one thing
you don't want.
646
00:40:49,192 --> 00:40:53,087
It's a woman with her finger
on the button who isn't getting laid.
647
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:57,633
Will that be the argument the senator
offers up before the committee?
648
00:41:23,304 --> 00:41:27,101
Sir? Can I get you
something to drink?
649
00:41:27,176 --> 00:41:29,118
- Uh, no, I'm fine. Thank you.
- You sure?
650
00:41:29,192 --> 00:41:31,461
No, great.
Thanks a lot.
651
00:42:03,624 --> 00:42:05,893
- Ah, Mr. Webster.
- Mr. President.
652
00:42:05,959 --> 00:42:07,814
- Good to see you.
- It's an honor, sir.
653
00:42:07,879 --> 00:42:10,465
- I've been meaning to have you
up here for some time.
- Really?
654
00:42:10,536 --> 00:42:15,554
Excuse me. Willie?
Thank you, Willie.
655
00:42:15,623 --> 00:42:19,006
Yeah, you betcha. You unseated
that old bastard Bettis.
656
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:21,469
He must've voted against me
70 percent of the time.
657
00:42:21,544 --> 00:42:25,089
You know what this is?
That's a shark steak sandwich.
658
00:42:25,159 --> 00:42:27,330
Fucking shark steak.
659
00:42:27,399 --> 00:42:30,465
- You want half?
- Uh, no, thank you.
660
00:42:30,535 --> 00:42:34,659
- Are you a vegan? Had lunch?
- No. Uh...
661
00:42:34,727 --> 00:42:39,484
So you choose not to break bread with
the president of the United States?
662
00:42:40,904 --> 00:42:43,292
Thank you.
663
00:42:43,367 --> 00:42:47,491
When I was in the Senate, Bettis
could always be counted to leave
half a grand at the poker table.
664
00:42:47,559 --> 00:42:50,756
Always stayed in, never folded.
Always wanted that miracle card.
665
00:42:50,823 --> 00:42:52,514
- That's good, isn't it?
- Mm-hmm.
666
00:42:52,584 --> 00:42:55,301
Now, Truman,
he was a poker player.
667
00:42:55,367 --> 00:42:58,301
Damn fine one,
as I understand it.
668
00:42:58,375 --> 00:43:00,742
Son, I understand you may be
making a mess of our plans...
669
00:43:00,807 --> 00:43:03,109
to put Laine Hanson
into the vice president mansion.
670
00:43:03,175 --> 00:43:06,590
Right now, sir, I cannot see
supporting Laine Hanson.
671
00:43:06,663 --> 00:43:09,762
- How old are you?
- Me, I'm 28.
672
00:43:09,831 --> 00:43:15,494
And at that age and experience,
you think you're the one
to sit and judge Mrs. Hanson?
673
00:43:15,559 --> 00:43:18,047
Well, that's the whole point,
isn't it?
674
00:43:18,119 --> 00:43:20,486
I am, sir.
675
00:43:22,343 --> 00:43:27,013
Mr. Webster,
I'm asking you to lay off...
676
00:43:27,079 --> 00:43:29,119
as a personal favor.
677
00:43:29,191 --> 00:43:32,060
It's one thing to break ranks
and vote against my candidate...
678
00:43:32,135 --> 00:43:34,688
but to actively attack her
from the bench, that's another.
679
00:43:34,759 --> 00:43:37,541
Mr. President, I just don't believe
in Laine Hanson...
680
00:43:37,606 --> 00:43:39,941
especially when we have
at our disposal Governor Hathaway.
681
00:43:40,007 --> 00:43:42,211
He's a party loyalist
and genuine hero.
682
00:43:42,279 --> 00:43:46,469
And I cannot and shall not vote for a
candidate simply because she's a woman.
683
00:43:46,535 --> 00:43:49,666
I am nothing if I do not
follow my heart, sir.
684
00:43:49,734 --> 00:43:52,123
I envy you.
685
00:43:52,199 --> 00:43:54,588
I do. You know why?
686
00:43:54,663 --> 00:43:59,397
Because someday, years from now, you're
gonna come in here with your family...
687
00:43:59,463 --> 00:44:02,594
and you're gonna look up
at my painting...
688
00:44:02,663 --> 00:44:05,532
and you'll be able to say to them,
your kids and grandkids...
689
00:44:05,606 --> 00:44:09,251
"Way back then
I defied my president.
690
00:44:09,319 --> 00:44:13,443
It cost me my reelection,
kept me out of politics forever.
691
00:44:13,511 --> 00:44:17,220
I was on the track
to maybe one day end up here...
692
00:44:17,286 --> 00:44:20,156
destined to make the kind of changes
in this country...
693
00:44:20,231 --> 00:44:23,045
that only great men, given the right
time and place, can make...
694
00:44:23,111 --> 00:44:27,388
and I have none of that now,
but that's okay...
695
00:44:27,463 --> 00:44:31,619
because I did
what was in my heart."
696
00:44:31,686 --> 00:44:35,996
The heart, it can never be wrong,
can it, Mr. Webster?
697
00:44:38,375 --> 00:44:42,847
Mmm. Delicious.
You got a little...
698
00:44:47,334 --> 00:44:49,538
Hi.
699
00:44:49,606 --> 00:44:51,744
I'm Jack Hathaway.
How are you?
700
00:44:51,814 --> 00:44:55,230
Hi, sir. Um...
701
00:44:55,302 --> 00:44:59,492
Ow. I'm Special Agent Willomina.
Sure is good of you to meet me.
702
00:44:59,558 --> 00:45:02,525
It's a pleasure.
How can I help you?
703
00:45:02,598 --> 00:45:07,715
I know you're busy, so this
will be as routine as it gets.
704
00:45:07,782 --> 00:45:11,677
- Did my girl offer you coffee
or something to drink?
- Oh, yes, she did.
705
00:45:11,750 --> 00:45:13,855
She was very nice, your girl.
706
00:45:13,926 --> 00:45:15,901
Yes, she is.
She's very nice.
707
00:45:15,974 --> 00:45:20,131
So like I said, I just want to cross
a couple of T's, little stuff.
708
00:45:20,198 --> 00:45:24,027
It's all just part
of the process.
709
00:45:24,102 --> 00:45:27,233
By the way, sir, I was real impressed
with your graciousness...
710
00:45:27,301 --> 00:45:30,531
- on the whole Senator Hanson thing.
- Oh?
711
00:45:30,598 --> 00:45:32,802
You know, in supporting her.
Real gracious.
712
00:45:32,870 --> 00:45:37,092
Well, as you know, I withdrew my name
from consideration.
713
00:45:37,157 --> 00:45:38,750
Right. Right.
714
00:45:38,821 --> 00:45:42,531
And I think she's a real fine choice.
Anybody that knows her knows that.
715
00:45:42,598 --> 00:45:45,565
How long have you known her?
716
00:45:45,637 --> 00:45:49,631
- Oh, well, actually, I don't really...
- I'm sorry.
717
00:45:49,702 --> 00:45:51,807
When you said,
"Anybody that knows her"...
718
00:45:51,878 --> 00:45:54,911
- I know people who know her.
- Uh-huh.
719
00:45:54,982 --> 00:45:59,073
- I'm happy to give you
their names, if you'd like.
- Great.
720
00:45:59,141 --> 00:46:02,938
I don't really know her, but I've
seen her several times at functions...
721
00:46:03,014 --> 00:46:07,618
and, uh, I think
she'll do a real good job.
722
00:46:09,189 --> 00:46:11,523
Sir, can I just say that...
723
00:46:11,590 --> 00:46:14,339
I was really hoping
you'd go for the position...
724
00:46:14,405 --> 00:46:16,544
especially after what happened
on the Apachaway.
725
00:46:16,613 --> 00:46:18,555
I think people would think,
in the back of their minds...
726
00:46:18,630 --> 00:46:22,853
"This here's a guy who takes risks
when the right thing's at stake."
727
00:46:22,918 --> 00:46:26,398
- Lifesaver?
- No, thanks.
728
00:46:26,469 --> 00:46:30,397
Anyway, some real bad luck,
your being right there.
729
00:46:30,469 --> 00:46:32,771
Not if I'd been able
to save her.
730
00:46:32,837 --> 00:46:37,310
No, no, in the crabbing area.
731
00:46:37,381 --> 00:46:40,381
It's just that
you were fishing for bass, so...
732
00:46:40,454 --> 00:46:43,836
That probably explains why
we didn't catch anything.
733
00:46:43,909 --> 00:46:49,124
You fish in the Apachaway
a lot, so I thought that
you would know that, but...
734
00:46:49,189 --> 00:46:51,197
I don't fish a lot.
735
00:46:51,270 --> 00:46:55,164
- I thought your equipment
was pretty sophisticated, but...
- There's a difference...
736
00:46:55,237 --> 00:46:57,604
between wanting to fish
and having time to fish.
737
00:46:57,669 --> 00:46:59,131
Tell me about it.
738
00:46:59,205 --> 00:47:03,874
- And he freed the slaves
and won the Civil War.
- That's right!
739
00:47:03,941 --> 00:47:05,851
He was probably
our greatest president.
740
00:47:05,925 --> 00:47:09,470
- Even greater than George Washington?
- It's a running debate.
741
00:47:09,541 --> 00:47:12,640
- Laine Hanson.
- Oh, Mr. President.
742
00:47:12,709 --> 00:47:15,164
And you must be
one Timothy Hanson.
743
00:47:15,237 --> 00:47:18,815
Timothy Muskie Hanson.
744
00:47:18,885 --> 00:47:22,780
Well, Timothy Muskie Hanson, how would
you like a great big cookie? Any kind.
745
00:47:22,853 --> 00:47:25,308
- No, thank you.
- Any kind at all.
746
00:47:25,381 --> 00:47:26,941
Oatmeal, white chocolate...
747
00:47:27,013 --> 00:47:29,434
Actually, we just had dinner,
but thanks.
748
00:47:29,509 --> 00:47:33,022
In that case, shall we have
our picture taken, young man? Hmm?
749
00:47:33,093 --> 00:47:37,119
- How do I look?
- Your tie's a little crooked.
750
00:47:37,189 --> 00:47:40,538
Well, can't take a picture like that.
Will you straighten it for me?
751
00:47:45,188 --> 00:47:49,280
Your mommy tells me you know more about
the presidents than most grown-ups.
752
00:47:49,349 --> 00:47:52,251
- I like to study them.
- Mmm! Me too.
753
00:47:52,325 --> 00:47:54,910
I think we're ready
for business, Dennis.
754
00:47:54,981 --> 00:47:58,178
- Sir.
- You must be very proud of your mom.
755
00:47:58,245 --> 00:48:01,889
Yeah, being the vice president
is better than being the president.
756
00:48:01,956 --> 00:48:04,127
Oh, I'm sure you're right.
757
00:48:04,196 --> 00:48:07,545
'Cause nobody wants to shoot
the vice president.
758
00:48:09,061 --> 00:48:13,087
So, you must be feeling
pretty excited about now. Please sit.
759
00:48:13,157 --> 00:48:15,840
- Hmm?
- Well, I think I'm a little nervous.
760
00:48:15,908 --> 00:48:19,039
Well, good! Good.
Night before a confirmation hearing.
761
00:48:19,108 --> 00:48:21,727
Anything else,
I would've withdrawn your name.
762
00:48:21,797 --> 00:48:24,863
- What about this Webster, sir?
- Ah, one second. Anybody here hungry?
763
00:48:24,933 --> 00:48:27,999
- No, thanks.
- No, sir, I'm not. Thanks.
764
00:48:28,069 --> 00:48:33,186
Otto, could you whip up some
Kung Pao chicken, but with walnuts?
765
00:48:33,252 --> 00:48:35,107
No problem, sir.
766
00:48:35,172 --> 00:48:39,133
Ah, the kid. Met him. You know
this young congressman, Webster?
767
00:48:39,204 --> 00:48:41,473
No, sir, I don't.
768
00:48:41,540 --> 00:48:46,297
No matter. He reminds me of me
when I was his age. That's bad.
769
00:48:48,100 --> 00:48:52,061
K, you need to put out word
that no matter what this kid does...
770
00:48:52,132 --> 00:48:54,303
nobody's to give him
a hard time.
771
00:48:54,372 --> 00:48:58,147
He's misguided, but he's got something.
And one day, who knows?
772
00:48:58,212 --> 00:49:02,555
All right, sir. I'm sure the senator
can handle Mr. Webster.
773
00:49:02,628 --> 00:49:04,538
There is one concern
we need to...
774
00:49:04,612 --> 00:49:08,027
Oh, right, concern. Laine?
775
00:49:08,100 --> 00:49:12,377
K told me about your little
sexual romp in college.
776
00:49:12,452 --> 00:49:15,550
Shit. Tomorrow is the 17th.
777
00:49:15,620 --> 00:49:18,686
- Glenda?
- Yes, sir?
778
00:49:18,755 --> 00:49:22,782
Tomorrow is Jacobson's birthday.
Have you got something
for the son of a bitch?
779
00:49:22,852 --> 00:49:25,186
Yes, sir. You got him
a leather-bound Don Quixote.
780
00:49:25,252 --> 00:49:28,002
Oh, good. Good gift.
Metaphorical gift.
781
00:49:28,068 --> 00:49:31,297
He'll be trying to figure out
why I got him that forever.
782
00:49:31,364 --> 00:49:33,503
Ah, were you married
at the time?
783
00:49:33,572 --> 00:49:36,888
Uh, I was a freshman in...
784
00:49:36,964 --> 00:49:40,095
You know, sir, I'm just not going
to comment on the whole thing.
785
00:49:40,164 --> 00:49:42,139
It's beneath me
and it's beneath the press.
786
00:49:42,212 --> 00:49:44,633
That's the way to go. Fuck the press.
Senator Hanson does not kiss and tell.
787
00:49:44,708 --> 00:49:49,377
- It's perfect.
- Maybe I was too rough
on Shelly in Hartford.
788
00:49:49,444 --> 00:49:54,113
Then this would all be moot,
'cause you wouldn't be president, sir.
789
00:49:54,179 --> 00:49:56,034
You know what?
790
00:49:56,099 --> 00:49:59,416
Married, unmarried, One guy, two guys,
the whole football team.
791
00:49:59,491 --> 00:50:01,630
Who the fuck cares?
792
00:50:01,700 --> 00:50:07,068
You just look those bastards
in the eye and tell them exactly that.
793
00:50:07,140 --> 00:50:09,049
These guys,
they're gonna confirm you.
794
00:50:09,124 --> 00:50:12,059
But they want to embarrass you
in the process.
795
00:50:12,131 --> 00:50:15,263
They want to send you into
this administration as a virus.
796
00:50:15,332 --> 00:50:17,187
So you have only one choice.
797
00:50:17,252 --> 00:50:21,659
- Yes, sir?
- Don't... be embarrassed.
798
00:50:25,411 --> 00:50:28,095
Two hours, gentlemen.
799
00:50:28,164 --> 00:50:32,703
It is now up to us
to light the spark...
800
00:50:32,772 --> 00:50:36,001
which will result in a moral uprising,
so that we may have...
801
00:50:36,067 --> 00:50:40,573
a new birth
of national honesty...
802
00:50:40,643 --> 00:50:42,749
and decency.
803
00:50:42,820 --> 00:50:45,722
And sometimes in this process...
804
00:50:45,795 --> 00:50:48,795
you will question
even yourselves.
805
00:50:48,867 --> 00:50:51,769
And that's good,
that's healthy.
806
00:50:51,843 --> 00:50:56,699
For what are we
if we are not what we believe?
807
00:50:56,772 --> 00:51:00,033
Laine Hanson...
is a cancer.
808
00:51:00,099 --> 00:51:03,231
A cancer of liberalism.
809
00:51:03,299 --> 00:51:05,917
A cancer of disloyalty.
810
00:51:05,987 --> 00:51:10,177
Her nomination itself is the cancer
of affirmative action.
811
00:51:11,875 --> 00:51:15,999
What we will sing
with voices stentorian...
812
00:51:16,067 --> 00:51:21,152
is that she is the cancer
of virtuous decay.
813
00:51:21,219 --> 00:51:26,402
Clausewitz said that war
is the natural extension of politics.
814
00:51:26,467 --> 00:51:31,289
But politics is also
the extension of war.
815
00:51:31,363 --> 00:51:34,330
They are one and the same.
816
00:51:34,403 --> 00:51:38,396
In this war,
there will be casualties.
817
00:51:38,466 --> 00:51:40,833
But so help me God...
818
00:51:40,899 --> 00:51:42,808
not among us.
819
00:51:52,579 --> 00:51:55,612
Senator, could we have a word?
820
00:52:07,299 --> 00:52:09,787
The president canceled
his golf game with me.
821
00:52:09,859 --> 00:52:14,114
- He always cancels his golf game.
Don't worry about it.
- Not with me.
822
00:52:14,179 --> 00:52:16,928
- Kermit, can I talk to you a second?
- We'll talk later.
823
00:52:16,995 --> 00:52:19,548
They're home,
they're watching, they're proud.
824
00:52:19,619 --> 00:52:22,880
Lewis, this is it. Thank you.
825
00:52:31,299 --> 00:52:35,008
Order. Order.
826
00:52:40,226 --> 00:52:45,442
Ladies and gentlemen,
my name is Sheldon B. Runyon
from the great state of Illinois.
827
00:52:45,507 --> 00:52:48,354
It is my privilege
and my honor...
828
00:52:48,418 --> 00:52:51,767
to serve as the chairman
of these special hearings.
829
00:52:51,842 --> 00:52:55,672
We are here today for only
the third time in our history...
830
00:52:55,746 --> 00:52:58,397
to ensure the proper implementation
of the 25th amendment...
831
00:52:58,466 --> 00:53:00,605
and for the first time...
832
00:53:00,674 --> 00:53:04,700
the House has taken on
that responsibility.
833
00:53:04,770 --> 00:53:08,731
Myself and my esteemed
colleagues are determined...
834
00:53:08,802 --> 00:53:14,137
to ensure that this very
important matter be handled with...
835
00:53:14,210 --> 00:53:16,282
expedition and dignity.
836
00:53:16,354 --> 00:53:19,737
We are proud to welcome
our friend and colleague, Laine Hanson.
837
00:53:19,810 --> 00:53:23,225
Madam Senator,
I welcome you.
838
00:53:23,298 --> 00:53:27,292
Thank you, Mr...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
839
00:53:27,362 --> 00:53:32,031
Will the "gentlelady" from Ohio
please rise and raise your right hand?
840
00:53:35,010 --> 00:53:37,465
Madam Senator,
do you swear to tell the truth...
841
00:53:37,538 --> 00:53:39,742
the whole truth and nothing
but the truth, so help you God?
842
00:53:39,810 --> 00:53:41,665
- I do.
- Please be seated.
843
00:53:41,730 --> 00:53:43,770
Mr. Chairman, point of order.
844
00:53:43,842 --> 00:53:46,689
The Chair recognizes
Mr. Webster of Delaware.
845
00:53:46,753 --> 00:53:49,753
Mr. Chairman, I direct
your attention to page 16...
846
00:53:49,826 --> 00:53:53,852
tab C-25 of the ledger,
a transcript of the Q-and-A session...
847
00:53:53,921 --> 00:53:56,343
between the nominee and several students
from Harvard University.
848
00:53:56,418 --> 00:54:00,608
- Page 16?
- Page 16 at the bottom of the page.
849
00:54:00,674 --> 00:54:03,129
You'll see the following remarks
in reference to a question...
850
00:54:03,202 --> 00:54:05,340
regarding the separation
of church and state.
851
00:54:05,410 --> 00:54:07,776
The nominee said, and I quote,
"The separation exists...
852
00:54:07,842 --> 00:54:10,395
because we cannot have a fairy tale
govern a nation."
853
00:54:10,466 --> 00:54:13,084
What, sir, is the point?
854
00:54:13,154 --> 00:54:15,707
The senator just swore an oath
to an entity she does not believe in.
855
00:54:15,778 --> 00:54:19,455
Madam Senator,
you understand...
856
00:54:19,522 --> 00:54:22,489
that you have promised
to be truthful to this committee?
857
00:54:22,562 --> 00:54:27,134
- And that lying to this body
is perjury, punishable by law?
- Yes, I do understand that.
858
00:54:28,705 --> 00:54:31,553
Well, I think
we're all agreed...
859
00:54:31,617 --> 00:54:36,287
that even though the senator
has shown a disdain...
860
00:54:36,354 --> 00:54:38,809
for religion
and those practicing it...
861
00:54:38,882 --> 00:54:41,565
which is her constitutional right...
862
00:54:41,633 --> 00:54:44,186
that does not necessarily,
Mr. Webster, make her a liar.
863
00:54:44,257 --> 00:54:47,323
I'm confident we can proceed.
864
00:54:47,393 --> 00:54:49,498
- Madam?
- Yes?
865
00:54:49,569 --> 00:54:52,319
For the record, would you
state your name and address?
866
00:54:52,385 --> 00:54:53,912
Yes. My name is Laine Hanson.
867
00:54:53,986 --> 00:54:55,709
My address is...
868
00:54:57,122 --> 00:54:59,227
You can just do that,
pull phone records?
869
00:54:59,298 --> 00:55:01,370
I work
for a pretty powerful guy.
870
00:55:01,441 --> 00:55:05,696
Yeah, we're close,
we were close for a while.
871
00:55:05,761 --> 00:55:10,999
That's till recently, of course.
Our career paths sort of went
in different directions.
872
00:55:11,073 --> 00:55:15,033
At least you have your life.
There's nothing sinister going on here.
873
00:55:15,105 --> 00:55:16,960
At this point,
we just need...
874
00:55:17,025 --> 00:55:20,571
to look at every aspect of her life
and find everyone that knew her.
875
00:55:20,641 --> 00:55:22,616
You never know
what you're gonna find.
876
00:55:22,689 --> 00:55:25,472
- Did you find anything?
- No, no, not really.
877
00:55:25,537 --> 00:55:27,293
Not really?
You mean...
878
00:55:27,361 --> 00:55:29,216
A little bit, actually.
879
00:55:29,281 --> 00:55:32,096
I did speak to other classmates,
and they told me she was pretty wild.
880
00:55:32,161 --> 00:55:34,016
Wild? Yeah, she was wild.
881
00:55:34,081 --> 00:55:36,699
Wild enough you can be sure the tabloids
are gonna have a field day.
882
00:55:36,769 --> 00:55:38,558
Have you spoken to them?
883
00:55:38,625 --> 00:55:42,236
Um, me? No.
But somebody somewhere's gonna talk.
884
00:55:42,304 --> 00:55:46,079
- But not you.
- Uh-uh, no.
885
00:55:46,144 --> 00:55:49,592
- It's okay if you have.
We're not gonna lock you up.
- No, I haven't.
886
00:55:52,129 --> 00:55:55,806
So no one like,
maybe, the National Enquirer...
887
00:55:55,873 --> 00:55:58,622
or one of those
silly television programs...
888
00:55:58,689 --> 00:56:01,307
- that show, um... Access...
- Confidential?
889
00:56:01,377 --> 00:56:04,224
No, no, no.
I don't know anything.
890
00:56:04,288 --> 00:56:06,557
The last time I talked to her it
was just, "The kid this, the kid that."
891
00:56:06,625 --> 00:56:12,254
According to our records,
you spoke to her on the 15th.
892
00:56:12,320 --> 00:56:14,295
- Three weeks ago?
- Yeah.
893
00:56:14,369 --> 00:56:16,474
Yeah, that makes sense.
894
00:56:16,545 --> 00:56:19,098
I... She was going to Vegas.
895
00:56:19,169 --> 00:56:21,307
Oh, is that right? Vegas?
896
00:56:21,376 --> 00:56:24,159
She asked me to go along with her.
It was gonna be her treat.
897
00:56:24,225 --> 00:56:26,080
I couldn't go
because I had to work.
898
00:56:26,145 --> 00:56:30,236
We were gonna stay at one of those
ritzy new places. The, um, Bellage..?
899
00:56:30,304 --> 00:56:33,054
- The Bellagio? Right.
- Yeah.
900
00:56:33,121 --> 00:56:35,903
- With the contortionist.
- I've never been.
901
00:56:41,568 --> 00:56:44,121
You've been going through my desk.
902
00:56:51,424 --> 00:56:53,726
It never crossed my mind
when I was a younger woman...
903
00:56:53,792 --> 00:56:56,377
that I'd be this age
and not have kids.
904
00:56:56,448 --> 00:56:59,165
Somehow in my mind, kids.
905
00:56:59,232 --> 00:57:01,949
Raising them,
making them good people.
906
00:57:02,016 --> 00:57:04,121
That's what I wanted.
907
00:57:04,192 --> 00:57:06,713
Then I met you,
and I realized that I'd be...
908
00:57:06,784 --> 00:57:10,810
trading my dreams
so that we could live yours.
909
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:14,175
We sacrificed all of that
so we could do good.
910
00:57:14,240 --> 00:57:16,095
We have done good.
911
00:57:16,160 --> 00:57:20,317
I was never prouder
when you fought to make hate crimes
a capital and federal offense.
912
00:57:20,384 --> 00:57:24,442
You stood so tall,
defying the world, and you won.
913
00:57:24,512 --> 00:57:28,984
It was then that I realized that all
of our sacrifices were not in vain...
914
00:57:29,056 --> 00:57:31,991
that you were a good man.
915
00:57:32,064 --> 00:57:34,813
And now, everything you have
ever achieved will be eliminated...
916
00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:38,491
because, with this horrible filth...
917
00:57:38,559 --> 00:57:42,356
you'll go down
as a second-rate Joe McCarthy.
918
00:57:42,432 --> 00:57:46,655
Your problem, Shelly, is that
you have no sense of history.
919
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:49,818
She's no good.
920
00:57:53,856 --> 00:57:57,402
Come on!
921
00:57:57,472 --> 00:57:59,610
Come on.
922
00:57:59,679 --> 00:58:02,614
See, Daphne? This is
how you get to the top.
923
00:58:03,775 --> 00:58:05,630
Lew?
924
00:58:05,695 --> 00:58:07,550
Lew?
925
00:58:12,767 --> 00:58:15,517
I have an issue to speak of,
and I'm most gravely concerned.
926
00:58:15,584 --> 00:58:18,748
If this body will indulge me,
I have before me...
927
00:58:18,816 --> 00:58:23,573
a perfect example of the need
for this institution...
928
00:58:23,647 --> 00:58:26,779
to pass the Internet Libel
Protection Act.
929
00:58:26,848 --> 00:58:29,717
In the Nichols Report piece...
930
00:58:29,791 --> 00:58:33,620
posted to 40 million
Internet subscribers...
931
00:58:33,695 --> 00:58:36,248
it is claimed that you,
Senator...
932
00:58:36,319 --> 00:58:39,286
were involved in a sexual imbroglio
while in college.
933
00:58:39,359 --> 00:58:41,214
That is...
934
00:58:41,279 --> 00:58:44,662
trading favors...
935
00:58:44,736 --> 00:58:48,380
with several partners in exchange
for entry into a sorority.
936
00:58:48,447 --> 00:58:51,611
Though I will not waste
the committee's time with such...
937
00:58:51,679 --> 00:58:54,199
nefarious and sleazy innuendoes...
938
00:58:54,271 --> 00:58:59,225
I will not deny the senator
her right to respond.
939
00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:03,294
Mr. Chairman,
I have nothing to...
940
00:59:03,359 --> 00:59:05,879
I will not respond
to this article.
941
00:59:05,951 --> 00:59:07,861
I say "Bravo" to you, Senator.
942
00:59:07,936 --> 00:59:10,456
Bravo to you.
943
00:59:10,527 --> 00:59:12,982
First let me state...
944
00:59:13,055 --> 00:59:16,633
that I encourage
every American...
945
00:59:16,703 --> 00:59:21,973
and every citizen
on this planet to boycott...
946
00:59:22,047 --> 00:59:23,902
the Nichols Report.
947
00:59:23,967 --> 00:59:28,473
This is the type of filth
and degenerate pornography...
948
00:59:28,543 --> 00:59:31,096
that should not see
the light of day.
949
00:59:31,167 --> 00:59:35,422
I can only assume, Senator,
that you will...
950
00:59:35,487 --> 00:59:39,960
not only bring suit
against the perpetrators of...
951
00:59:40,031 --> 00:59:44,089
www.nicholsreport.com...
952
00:59:44,159 --> 00:59:48,796
but also against
the remarkable look-alike
who appears in these disgusting photos.
953
00:59:48,863 --> 00:59:53,565
And when you do file suit, know that it
comes with my full support.
954
00:59:53,631 --> 00:59:58,813
Your refusal to deny this report
of sexual deviance...
955
00:59:58,878 --> 01:00:01,147
will not have an effect
on this committee...
956
01:00:01,215 --> 01:00:04,695
on whether or not it votes to advise
and consent to your nomination.
957
01:00:04,767 --> 01:00:08,509
Mr. President, do you have
a comment on the allegations
made on the Internet today?
958
01:00:08,574 --> 01:00:12,219
I'm not gonna discuss any allegations,
especially those on the Internet.
959
01:00:12,287 --> 01:00:16,727
But, sir, the sexual allegations
were made very public today
by Congressman Runyon.
960
01:00:16,799 --> 01:00:20,094
And I'm sure he quite regrets that.
961
01:00:20,158 --> 01:00:25,112
Sir, if you agree with the allegations,
or agree the allegations are accurate...
962
01:00:25,183 --> 01:00:29,852
do you think that Senator Hanson
is morally fit to take office?
963
01:00:29,918 --> 01:00:31,773
I'll tell you what.
964
01:00:31,838 --> 01:00:34,773
I'm sure that
President Mateo and I...
965
01:00:34,846 --> 01:00:37,017
would both welcome the votes
of only those people...
966
01:00:37,086 --> 01:00:39,421
with sexual indiscretions
in their past.
967
01:00:39,487 --> 01:00:41,342
We'd be landslide victors
every time.
968
01:00:43,935 --> 01:00:45,790
Hey, Sheila.
969
01:00:45,855 --> 01:00:49,084
- They've been waiting for you
for about ten minutes.
- Okay. Hey.
970
01:00:49,150 --> 01:00:51,932
- Henry, I gotta talk to you
in five minutes, okay?
- Okay.
971
01:00:57,630 --> 01:01:00,532
How about "Her involvement
in prostitution"?
972
01:01:00,607 --> 01:01:03,956
No, no. You gotta couch it
like it's something...
973
01:01:04,030 --> 01:01:07,511
for the FB...
the AG to investigate.
974
01:01:07,583 --> 01:01:10,004
- Hi, Reggie.
- Hi.
975
01:01:10,078 --> 01:01:13,907
Well, how about,
"How embarrassing it is...
976
01:01:13,982 --> 01:01:16,219
- that the..." No, no, no.
- Who...
977
01:01:16,286 --> 01:01:18,839
- What?
- Where's Gilmore?
978
01:01:18,910 --> 01:01:23,644
- Gilmore.
- Um, Idaho? Iowa?
979
01:01:23,710 --> 01:01:26,906
Can I interrupt for one second?
We're all set with America Live.
980
01:01:26,974 --> 01:01:28,829
What are you guys
talking about?
981
01:01:28,894 --> 01:01:32,855
We're just going over
our statement...
982
01:01:32,926 --> 01:01:34,998
in response to
The Washington Post story.
983
01:01:35,069 --> 01:01:39,347
- What story?
- The one that says the secret
investigation is ongoing...
984
01:01:39,422 --> 01:01:42,585
to determine whether
she accepted money...