1. It's another TMI story.
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five times in six weeks.
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- It's gonna be
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your boyfriend elected to Congress.
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you didn't use me.
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would risk losing you.
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- Yeah?
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too, until—
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- That's what happened!
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- No.
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five minutes every night
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and how we got here.
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qualified than I am.
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they're not going to have your legs.
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you were qualified.
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but you touch my staff
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to ruining yours.
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putting an edge on the current fight
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to cut this year's spending,
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excuse me—
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Thanks for washing us—
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Let me get out of here.
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the Capitol Report from Washington.
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- Wow.
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- End the broadcast.
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- Attaboy.
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- I'm fine.
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- Think people noticed?
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Stand here on this spot.
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- Administering an eye exam.
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- Read the top line.
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- Next line.
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a problem with health care in this country.
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for congruent,
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of natural elements.
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and get in the studio
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for the West Coast.
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much sleep last night.
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- None.
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- I went to bed at midnight, didn't fall asleep.
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that's happened?
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- Is it the second time?
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with insomnia.
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in the middle of the Triborough Bridge
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in my pajamas.
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thank people for washing us.
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tomorrow at 10:00.
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- Abe.
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62. - Who's Abe?
- Dr. Habib.
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That's wonderful, Will.
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a little therapy.
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I'm glad you're doing that.
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- You've been skipping appointments?
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time you saw him?
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- Yeah.
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- Why did you stop seeing him?
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- What does that mean?
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Wednesday at 10:00. I just don't go.
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for four years?
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- Thank God.
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who does that.
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issue of Cat Fancy cover to cover
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for a long plane ride.
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to your regular doctor?
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he asks me questions.
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before he puts on a stethoscope.
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- I don't know.
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- Asshole.
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- Yeah.
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Come on in.
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89. - I am.
- Nice to meet you.
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- Is your dad inside?
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Come on in.
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and his patients now see me.
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for two years.
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- Yeah. Let's go.
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- All right.
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So unless you're certain
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I haven't heard,
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it was hilarious and move on?
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- So what's going on?
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to help me sleep.
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- I can't sleep.
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- I don't know.
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since college.
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- I invented a new sandwich.
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and melted cheese on toast.
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before I get into bed.
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- I have to scramble the eggs.
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sleeping pill will do.
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Just talk a little bit?
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- No.
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you were on 135mg of Effexor
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- I'm not anymore.
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- I was cured.
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antianxiety medications.
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being able to sleep.
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give me a prescription for—
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- Sure.
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knows about that.
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- No?
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isn't a big deal.
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who's serious about killing you
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beforehand to warn you.
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in the waiting room, he's a bodyguard, right?
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That's the—
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whether a cret is threadible—
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the threat is credible?
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you said one more question.
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what we have tonight.
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"30 more seconds
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"Your Log Cabin closet case
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Daily Double—
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to his sexual orientation."
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He's openly gay.
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180. I also think he showed a lot of courage
coming on the show.
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181. Certainly more courage than it takes
to post an anonymous comment on a website.
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182. Terry Smith's coming up from Washington
with the Capitol Report.
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185. - Neal!
- Believe me, those were the best two we had.
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hit him in the head with a shovel?
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- I'm trying to.
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what happened on the air.
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- Were you outside your body?
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I want to talk about the website.
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the problem right now.
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We're putting up these comments—
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- But we're still doing it.
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The page views offset the ratings drop.
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Or a basset hound?
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when they're hunting.
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- Discontent.
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- It's discontent, not incontent.
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- Discontent.
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In your wildest dreams,
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Here's what I'd love.
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age, occupation,
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- Oh, God.
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William Jennings Bryan, Will Rogers, me.
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- Unless you're Deep Throat
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anonymity is cowardice.
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- Neal?
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- So it is possible?
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- Oh, I want.
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feedback from SurrendrDorothee?
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will ghettoize every other website.
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- Will!
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- We have to talk about what just happened.
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We're just gonna move on.
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A day after the mosque interview.
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of conquered lands.
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- That's exactly right.
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Spain, they tore down churches
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mosques in their place.
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Cordoba in the year 712.
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last happened in the 8th century a trend?
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to be at Ground Zero?"
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instinctually feels wrong.
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Of course it is.
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Of course it is.
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where the 9/11 families
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a shrine to their loved ones stomped upon.
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the influence of creeping Islam.
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for committing adultery.
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the only laws that are enforceable,
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have in the religion business?
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reviewed three times before air.
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you mentioned creeping Islam.
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done on American soil
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black churches,
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murdered civil rights workers,
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and terrorized communities for over a century.
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across the country.
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and The Arm of the Lord
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and federal agents.
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in Oklahoma City,
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of Ronald Reagan,
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of Martin Luther King,
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John Lennon,
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we weren't attacked by Muslims.
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for the criminally insane.
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they go the other direction.
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lowballing Fukushima?
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involved in this story.
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take their word for it it's a level five.
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What do they do?
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- It's my address and apartment number.
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an English professor at OSU.
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by an English professor
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by Alice Cynkar.
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coming right up, please?
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stolen our password.
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- Hard.
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it was catnip for some sophomore at MIT.
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computer 57 days to get in.
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who knows what they're doing.
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the new system been up?
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- Jesus.
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- Everybody relax.
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It's a college kid pledging a frat.
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until this guy's in handcuffs.
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- You're not gonna have a choice.
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- Come on.
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This goes to AWM security right now.
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to the insurance company.
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- What did I do?
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a hostile work environment?
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- Of course.
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tabloid story is before it happens.
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we've switched roles.
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- His daughter's on the diving team.
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- Did you?
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We're catching up.
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due to hydrogen buildup.
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but they're not safe to enter.
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what else is out there so he can—
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- Of course.
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384. - And he's okay with it?
- No, he hates it.
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385. - Fantastic.
- Go to work.
Copy !req
386. - Have you done this before?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
387. - Where do we start?
- Tell me about the complaint.
Copy !req
388. There was a desk producer who saw
Will yell at me about something.
Copy !req
389. - What?
- Doesn't matter.
Copy !req
390. What?
Copy !req
391. Doesn't matter.
Copy !req
392. - I mixed up Georgia the state with—
- No.
Copy !req
393. - Yes, Georgia the country.
- And this was...
Copy !req
394. - Yup. This isn't about me.
- ... during the invasion?
Copy !req
395. You thought the Russians
invaded Atlanta?
Copy !req
396. In retrospect,
it seems farfetched.
Copy !req
397. But that wasn't what
he was actually mad about.
Copy !req
398. The wife of a board member died
and Will asked me to send flowers.
Copy !req
399. I wrote on the card,
"I'm so sorry about your loss. LOL."
Copy !req
400. - LOL?
- I thought it meant "lots of love."
Copy !req
401. How are you still working here?
Copy !req
402. I dodge bullets.
Copy !req
403. Here comes a bullet.
Boom! I'm over here.
Copy !req
404. Ping! Here comes another bullet.
Boom! I'm over here.
Copy !req
405. Ask him if TEPCO's gonna try
to keep the reactors going.
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406. Tanaka-san...
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407. They're classified at level five
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408. and they think they'll be able
to get the reactor going.
Copy !req
409. Guys, do me a favor
and let us have a minute?
Copy !req
410. Anybody know where
Sloan Sabbith is?
Copy !req
411. - Sloan!
- Shh!
Copy !req
412. She's on the phone.
Copy !req
413. All right, she's off the phone.
Copy !req
414. Here are the notes.
It's gonna go to level seven.
Copy !req
415. - Holy shit.
- You got a minute?
Copy !req
416. Fukushima's a lot worse
than they're telling you.
Copy !req
417. - I need you to fill in for Elliot tonight.
- This is what the Japanese do.
Copy !req
418. - They— Wait, what?
- I need you to fill in for Elliot at 10:00.
Copy !req
419. - Why?
- His five-year-old's having a tonsillectomy today.
Copy !req
420. Elliot's gonna spend the night
in the hospital with her.
Copy !req
421. - Was it an emergency?
- No, it was scheduled a week ago.
Copy !req
422. And you're just getting
around to this now?
Copy !req
423. - I...
- Forgot?
Copy !req
424. - Yes.
- You have a staff. They can write these things down.
Copy !req
425. They can, but I have to
remember to tell them to.
Copy !req
426. So what do you say?
You're my first and only choice.
Copy !req
427. - What about Jerome?
- He's in Bermuda.
Copy !req
428. - Kathy?
- It's her parents' 50th anniversary.
Copy !req
429. - Taylor?
- Bronchitis.
Copy !req
430. - So...
- Yes, you were my fourth and only choice.
Copy !req
431. I can't host Elliot's show.
Don't be ridiculous.
Copy !req
432. You host your own
show at 4:00.
Copy !req
433. - About financial news.
- You're expanding.
Copy !req
434. Oh, come on.
I gained four freaking pounds.
Copy !req
435. No, professor.
Copy !req
436. - Right, expanding.
- Yeah.
Copy !req
437. - No, I'm not doing it.
- Your copy will be written for you to approve.
Copy !req
438. You've got Marco Rubio,
Sandra Bernhard—
Copy !req
439. Sandra Bernhard's been
dead for 100 years.
Copy !req
440. - That's Sarah Bernhardt.
- She'd be a good guest.
Copy !req
441. - I hate my life.
- Hmm?
Copy !req
442. Nothing.
And the spokesperson for TEPCO.
Copy !req
443. - I just got off the phone with him.
- See? You're perfect.
Copy !req
444. I was just doing a favor for these guys.
I don't know anything about—
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445. Thank God my first five choices
weren't available.
Copy !req
446. I thought
there were only three.
Copy !req
447. Let's not get
caught up in the math.
Copy !req
448. If you want a wardrobe change
after the 4:00,
Copy !req
449. we have Gucci ready to
send over some choices.
Copy !req
450. - Gucci?
- A whole rack of choices.
Copy !req
451. Your copy will be ready for your approval after 9:00
Copy !req
452. along with your questions,
and I will be in your ear the whole time.
Copy !req
453. Except for Fukushima,
you're mostly throwing to packages.
Copy !req
454. - They've been lowballing the radiation levels.
- I'd take their word for it.
Copy !req
455. - The Japanese have some experience with radiation.
- You think that's something—
Copy !req
456. That is not something
you should mention on the air.
Copy !req
457. - Oh, God.
- Mr. Will McAvoy.
Copy !req
458. You're not here to do my taxes,
right?
Copy !req
459. My name's Lonny Church.
Copy !req
460. Mr. Horn at AWM Security
told you I'd be here at this time.
Copy !req
461. I'll tell you right now
I'm gonna hate this.
Copy !req
462. I'll tell you now
I'm not gonna care.
Copy !req
463. - Let's go in my office for a minute.
- Sure.
Copy !req
464. It's not a real threat.
Copy !req
465. I don't make that decision.
Copy !req
466. Lonny Church?
Did you play college football?
Copy !req
467. Yes, I did.
Defensive tackle.
Copy !req
468. Started three years
for Clemson.
Copy !req
469. - And then?
- Got drafted in the eighth round by the Bengals.
Copy !req
470. - And then?
- Got cut five weeks into training camp.
Copy !req
471. Excellent.
Copy !req
472. Joined the Army, became an MP.
Copy !req
473. - Where were you deployed?
- New Jersey.
Copy !req
474. You see a lot of action
in New Jersey?
Copy !req
475. See a lot of action
in your studio?
Copy !req
476. I'll be doing the jokes, okay?
Copy !req
477. - After you were discharged?
- Honorably.
Copy !req
478. I joined Blue North Security.
Copy !req
479. Who else's body
have you guarded?
Copy !req
480. - We don't talk about that.
- Okay.
Copy !req
481. Kanye.
It was awesome.
Copy !req
482. Are you armed?
Copy !req
483. I secure my weapon in a gun safe
when I come in the building.
Copy !req
484. Keep it there.
I really don't want an armed guard.
Copy !req
485. Maybe if you were drafted in
the first four rounds, I'd feel safer.
Copy !req
486. - Mr. McAvoy.
- You can call me Will.
Copy !req
487. Yeah, I was gonna
do that anyway.
Copy !req
488. I know you're used
to being the boss.
Copy !req
489. But you're not anymore.
At least for a little while.
Copy !req
490. How long?
Copy !req
491. Until my colleagues chase down
the source of the threat
Copy !req
492. or, of course, if you've been
successfully assassinated.
Copy !req
493. - A joke?
- What'd you think?
Copy !req
494. It was all right.
How does this work?
Copy !req
495. I pick you up at your home in the morning
and escort you to your office.
Copy !req
496. Then I pick you up at your office at night
and escort you to your home.
Copy !req
497. I'm with you any place
that's an unsecured area.
Copy !req
498. What's an unsecured area?
Copy !req
499. Anyplace that isn't
your home or your office.
Copy !req
500. I'm single.
What about a date?
Copy !req
501. I don't think we should
get romantically involved.
Copy !req
502. You get one joke a day.
Copy !req
503. - Come on in.
- I say that.
Copy !req
504. - I'm sorry. You got a second?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
505. I'll leave you.
Copy !req
506. Sloan, this is Lonny.
You'll see him around.
Copy !req
507. - Good to meet you.
- Wow.
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508. - Can I tap your chest?
- Sure.
Copy !req
509. Holy cow.
Copy !req
510. - Have you felt his pecs?
- No, I haven't yet.
Copy !req
511. I'll be downstairs.
Copy !req
512. So I'm hosting
Elliot's show tonight.
Copy !req
513. I know. I'm the one
who suggested you.
Copy !req
514. You really think I can do it?
Copy !req
515. No, I have no idea.
So we're gonna find out.
Copy !req
516. All right. Well, your exuberant
confidence notwithstanding,
Copy !req
517. - I have the spokesperson—
- From TEPCO, I know.
Copy !req
518. He just told me, off the record,
that reactor three
Copy !req
519. is causing what is a level seven,
not a level five radiation leak.
Copy !req
520. What's the trick to getting him
to say it on the record?
Copy !req
521. There is no trick.
You just don't stop until he tells the truth.
Copy !req
522. What do you mean
you don't stop?
Copy !req
523. I mean you don't stop.
Copy !req
524. Sloan, I watch your show at 4:00
and you're brilliant.
Copy !req
525. But you let guests say things
that I know you know aren't true.
Copy !req
526. And then you just move on.
Ask the damn follow-up
Copy !req
527. and then demonstrate with facts
how the guest is lying.
Copy !req
528. You can't just sit there
and be a facilitator
Copy !req
529. for whatever bullshit the guest
wants to feed your viewers.
Copy !req
530. They're not coming on to plug a movie.
It's not Jimmy Kimmel.
Copy !req
531. You knowingly, passively,
allow someone to lie on your air,
Copy !req
532. and maybe you're not a drug dealer,
but you're sure as hell
Copy !req
533. the guy who drives the dealer
around in your car.
Copy !req
534. So maybe you'll get it, maybe you won't.
Show me something.
Copy !req
535. - Got it.
- Do you?
Copy !req
536. Yeah.
Copy !req
537. I just— I don't know.
I was in a bad mood.
Copy !req
538. Honestly, I was just
trying to motivate her.
Copy !req
539. She's the last person
who needs motivation,
Copy !req
540. - so it just ended up...
- Scaring her.
Copy !req
541. I hate that
people are scared of me.
Copy !req
542. - I absolutely hate it.
- Why?
Copy !req
543. Why do I hate when
people are scared of me?
Copy !req
544. For the same reason
everybody does.
Copy !req
545. Everybody doesn't.
Copy !req
546. Some people like it.
Most people don't care.
Copy !req
547. I don't know what to tell you.
I don't like it.
Copy !req
548. And I'm pretty sure
I scared Sloan
Copy !req
549. because she's a veteran reporter
who's never done anything like what she did.
Copy !req
550. What's the condition
of each reactor?
Copy !req
551. - All six reactors are in stable condition.
- Great, let's wrap up.
Copy !req
552. What about the partial
meltdown at reactor three?
Copy !req
553. Wrap up for me.
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554. Excuse me,
that's not what I asked.
Copy !req
555. I'm asking him specifically
Copy !req
556. about the core damage
at reactor three.
Copy !req
557. What's happening?
Copy !req
558. We know of no core damage
at any of the reactors.
Copy !req
559. That's not what
Mr. Tanaka just said.
Copy !req
560. He said our engineers can't
get close enough to confirm that.
Copy !req
561. Please translate
exactly what I'm asking
Copy !req
562. and exactly what
Mr. Tanaka is answering,
Copy !req
563. including what I'm saying now,
Copy !req
564. because I want him to be aware
that he's being misrepresented.
Copy !req
565. Miss Sabbith, I am translating.
He is not being mis—
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566. Ask him if he believed the radiation levels
are going to a seven.
Copy !req
567. Please, please, don't go rogue.
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568. The radiation
was categorized at level four
Copy !req
569. and then recategorized
at level five.
Copy !req
570. And that's where
it should remain.
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571. Ma'am, he didn't say that's
where it should remain. You did.
Copy !req
572. Furthermore, he told me—
You know what? I'm just gonna—
Copy !req
573. Tanaka-san...
Copy !req
574. And now we're doing
the broadcast in Japanese.
Copy !req
575. We'll be right back after this.
Just say that.
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576. Say it in English.
Copy !req
577. She just—
Put me back!
Copy !req
578. Mr. Tanaka, your company had
this incident rated at level four,
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579. then adjusted to level five.
Copy !req
580. How confident are you that
that'll be the highest level we see?
Copy !req
581. At least we're back to English.
Copy !req
582. At this point, we see no reason
Copy !req
583. that level will need
future escalation.
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584. Well, that's simply not what Mr. Tanaka
told me on the phone earlier today.
Copy !req
585. - No, no.
- When I spoke with him earlier,
Copy !req
586. he said there's enough evidence
to raise the level to seven.
Copy !req
587. - Go back to Japanese.
- And now he's not saying it, so I am.
Copy !req
588. - Oh, my God!
- So there it is.
Copy !req
589. The Fukushima nuclear
power plant is saying
Copy !req
590. that the level four radiation leak
that was raised to level five
Copy !req
591. has a chance at being
raised to level seven,
Copy !req
592. which is the difference
between life and gruesome death.
Copy !req
593. We'll be back after this
with Sarah Bernhardt.
Copy !req
594. Sandra Bernhard, you idiot!
Copy !req
595. Oh, what the hell
does it matter?
Copy !req
596. - Okay...
- 'Sup?
Copy !req
597. Okay, I know we were on
sketchy ground ethically
Copy !req
598. and linguistically, but—
Copy !req
599. Whatever you're gonna say,
save it for another 10 seconds.
Copy !req
600. What happens in 10 seconds?
Copy !req
601. Just hang on for another
five seconds and know
Copy !req
602. that we've all been there
at one point or another.
Copy !req
603. What happens in five seconds?
Copy !req
604. What in the name of holy fuck
were you thinking about?
Copy !req
605. First, let me say that Don
was not responsible for that.
Copy !req
606. Yeah, when you severed
communication with the EP,
Copy !req
607. you pretty much absolved him
of responsibility.
Copy !req
608. But that doesn't make the cut
of the top three calamities
Copy !req
609. - that just occurred.
- Charlie—
Copy !req
610. I, along with most people
who don't live in Japan,
Copy !req
611. am not fluent in Japanese,
so I have to ask:
Copy !req
612. Did you just make up statements
Copy !req
613. for somebody
we had live on our air?
Copy !req
614. - I didn't make them up.
- About a deadly radiation leak?
Copy !req
615. I didn't make them up.
Copy !req
616. He told me the reactor
was going to a seven.
Copy !req
617. When? Tonight?
Copy !req
618. I'm asking honestly
because there was a portion
Copy !req
619. of the broadcast that turned
into a Kurosawa movie.
Copy !req
620. These things are measured
on a scale of zero to seven.
Copy !req
621. Five is Three Mile Island,
a seven is Chernobyl.
Copy !req
622. On air, did he say the reactors
were going to seven?
Copy !req
623. He said it to me
in the preinterview.
Copy !req
624. And then the company stuck
an interpreter next to him,
Copy !req
625. and I think her job
was more than interpreting
Copy !req
626. because she wasn't
accurately translating—
Copy !req
627. We don't report
what you think, Sloan.
Copy !req
628. The guy said
all six reactors are stable.
Copy !req
629. The Japanese are
a deferential people.
Copy !req
630. It's very hard for them to explain
when they've done something wrong.
Copy !req
631. I don't give a shit,
Madame Butterfly!
Copy !req
632. And right now the Japanese,
Copy !req
633. who are reading an online report
of your report,
Copy !req
634. are fleeing from
their fucking homes.
Copy !req
635. Now tell me what he said
tonight on air.
Copy !req
636. He said the reactors
were at five.
Copy !req
637. But you said he said
they would move to seven.
Copy !req
638. I made it clear he said that
during the preinterview.
Copy !req
639. First of all,
let's not kid ourselves.
Copy !req
640. There was nothing that was clear
about that interview.
Copy !req
641. He said it to me, and he said it
to a conference room full of staffers.
Copy !req
642. - The staffers weren't there.
- The staffers were not there.
Copy !req
643. I sent them out so we could
speak privately and off—
Copy !req
644. No, finish that sentence.
Copy !req
645. Off the record.
Copy !req
646. Good luck trying to get a source
to talk to you off the record again.
Copy !req
647. You have no value to me
as a reporter now.
Copy !req
648. - Charlie!
- And I have to suspend you.
Copy !req
649. - Come on.
- What?
Copy !req
650. I have to suspend you while
we bring in outside investigators
Copy !req
651. to comb through every report
you've filed in the last two years
Copy !req
652. to find out what other shit
you made up.
Copy !req
653. I didn't make anything up.
I would never make anything up.
Copy !req
654. I know that and you know that
and he knows that,
Copy !req
655. but why the hell should
anyone else know that?
Copy !req
656. You're suspended with pay
until I figure out—
Copy !req
657. - They were lying about a public safety issue.
- You're suspended with pay—
Copy !req
658. I don't want the goddamn pay!
Copy !req
659. Don't front off with me, girl!
Copy !req
660. - Don't call me girl, sir.
- Hey!
Copy !req
661. Everybody calm the fuck down.
Copy !req
662. Sarah Bernhardt
was a turn-of-the-century
Copy !req
663. stage and film actress
from France.
Copy !req
664. Sandra Bernhard is a...
Copy !req
665. I don't know what the hell.
Copy !req
666. There's no way she does that if
I hadn't given her my awesome pep talk.
Copy !req
667. Are you close with Sloan?
Copy !req
668. - Are we close?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
669. - Why?
- Just asking.
Copy !req
670. - You seem very protective.
- We didn't used to be.
Copy !req
671. But she's become, I don't know.
Copy !req
672. I don't know,
like a little sister to me or something.
Copy !req
673. Your father was
an abusive alcoholic?
Copy !req
674. What?
Copy !req
675. Your father,
he was an abusive alcoholic?
Copy !req
676. I didn't say that.
Copy !req
677. But he was, right?
Copy !req
678. You got that in the 40 minutes
Copy !req
679. that I've been sitting here that
seem like a week and a half?
Copy !req
680. It's in the notes my dad left.
Copy !req
681. Can I have a prescription now?
Copy !req
682. - He hit you?
- Come on.
Copy !req
683. He hit you, right?
Copy !req
684. How many times did you
see Good Will Hunting?
Copy !req
685. - He hit you?
- Yes.
Copy !req
686. - He hit your mother?
- Yes.
Copy !req
687. You have a brother and two sisters.
He hit them, right?
Copy !req
688. Look, he didn't hit anybody once
I was old enough to hit him back.
Copy !req
689. And when was that?
Copy !req
690. Will, how old were you
when you had to protect
Copy !req
691. your mother, your brother,
Copy !req
692. and your two little sisters
Copy !req
693. from a grown man
who was drunk and violent?
Copy !req
694. Fifth grade.
Copy !req
695. I cracked a bottle of Dewar's
across his face.
Copy !req
696. It's in your notes.
Why are you pursuing this line of—
Copy !req
697. I'm not trying
to be an asshole.
Copy !req
698. I just want a sleeping pill.
Copy !req
699. I'm gonna give you one,
but I doubt it's gonna work.
Copy !req
700. Let's give it a try.
Copy !req
701. You've got another 15 minutes
on your session.
Copy !req
702. I didn't come here
for a session.
Copy !req
703. You could have gotten sleeping pills
from your internist.
Copy !req
704. Shit, you could have
got them online.
Copy !req
705. I didn't go to my internist
because he asks too many questions.
Copy !req
706. You didn't go to your internist because
he doesn't ask you the right questions.
Copy !req
707. I didn't come here
for a session.
Copy !req
708. I think you did.
Copy !req
709. I'm checking on
the opposition research.
Copy !req
710. Maggie was detained by the police
Copy !req
711. for attempting to blow up
her parents' house.
Copy !req
712. He's overstating it.
Copy !req
713. My cousins and I wanted
to shoot guns at soda cans.
Copy !req
714. Where did you place
the soda cans?
Copy !req
715. - On top of the propane tanks.
- Which were in front of?
Copy !req
716. The diesel fuel combine.
But I'm an excellent shot.
Copy !req
717. The Deep South could have used you
when the Russians invaded.
Copy !req
718. Will. How's the opposition
research on Will?
Copy !req
719. He once needed lenses for driving,
then didn't.
Copy !req
720. So he probably had Lasik surgery.
Copy !req
721. He did.
Copy !req
722. He registered for the New York Marathon,
but didn't finish.
Copy !req
723. My fault.
I twisted my ankle at the starting line.
Copy !req
724. He carried me to the first aid tent.
What else?
Copy !req
725. - He was hospitalized with tuberculosis.
- Already knew that.
Copy !req
726. He was credited
on a country album as a guitarist.
Copy !req
727. He's an accomplished guitarist who
occasionally jams with Leonard Cohen.
Copy !req
728. He got a C-minus
in Sociology of Emotion.
Copy !req
729. It was a clerical mistake.
He never registered for the class.
Copy !req
730. - Then a C-minus is pretty good.
- I need something I can use.
Copy !req
731. Wait, are we trying to protect Will
or give you ammunition?
Copy !req
732. Thought we could do both.
Copy !req
733. He contributed $250 to
the failed primary campaign
Copy !req
734. of a congressional candidate
in Nebraska.
Copy !req
735. - While he was a journalist?
- No.
Copy !req
736. Nothing I can do with that.
Copy !req
737. I mean, they—
Nothing they can do with that.
Copy !req
738. Oh, the candidate
was a Republican.
Copy !req
739. - So's Will.
- What?
Copy !req
740. He's a registered Republican.
Copy !req
741. The four of you weren't
able to uncover that?
Copy !req
742. We weren't looking.
Copy !req
743. He was a speechwriter for Bush 41.
What did you think he was?
Copy !req
744. I just thought he did that
as a public service.
Copy !req
745. Or to mess with him
like in The Sting.
Copy !req
746. That's nothing like what
happened in The Sting.
Copy !req
747. Jim got kicked out of
his a study abroad semester.
Copy !req
748. - He went to the Arctic Circle.
- I wanted to see the penguins.
Copy !req
749. - Those are in the Antarctic.
- Lesson learned.
Copy !req
750. Why'd you get kicked out?
Copy !req
751. You're not allowed to
fraternize with the Inuit.
Copy !req
752. He tried to score
with an Eskimo.
Copy !req
753. I was just trying—
Copy !req
754. I was just trying to get past
the disappointment with the penguins.
Copy !req
755. All right, so there's nothing so far.
Copy !req
756. Fox offered him
a ton of money in 2006
Copy !req
757. to come to LA
and get into late-night.
Copy !req
758. - A talk show?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
759. He'd have been good at that.
Copy !req
760. All right,
get back to the news.
Copy !req
761. - Did you say 2006?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
762. - How far did it get?
- A deal memo.
Copy !req
763. - You sure?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
764. All right.
Copy !req
765. You know that this is stupid.
Copy !req
766. Just go do your jobs.
Copy !req
767. I've just heard
something I can't believe.
Copy !req
768. Why don't you
attack this woman?
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769. She doesn't seem
that threatening to me.
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770. She's incredibly threatening.
My life is in constant danger when she's around.
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771. - I'm Lonny Church.
- Mackenzie McHale.
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772. - Attack!
- Nah.
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773. Look, I'll be here at 9:00
unless you're leaving the building.
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774. In which case, press pound five
on your phone and I'll be here.
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775. - Nice meeting you.
- Nice meeting you.
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776. Fox offered you
a late-night talk show.
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777. - Great, when do I start?
- Five years ago.
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778. They offered you the show
when we were together.
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779. It was gonna take you to LA
and it got as far as the deal memo.
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780. What is it you think
you've uncovered?
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781. This whole time you've enjoyed
making me feel guilty
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782. for ruining the life
we would have had together
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783. when, in fact, you never had
any intention of marrying me.
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784. No intention of marrying me.
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785. I mean, you never
even mentioned it.
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786. You were just gonna go to LA
and leave a note?
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787. Let me tell you something,
the days of you being able
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788. to lord my mistake over me
are behind us.
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789. I've lived a life
that is good and pure.
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790. You were deceiving me
while I was deceiving you.
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791. You never had any intention of—
What's this?
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792. I didn't tell you
about the Fox offer
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793. because it was never real.
I knew I was being used as leverage,
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794. and I didn't want
to be embarrassed
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795. in front of you
when it went away.
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796. I was still trying
to impress you.
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797. The ring was meant for me?
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798. But I've lived a life
that's good and pure.
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799. Except for...
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800. Cheating on you.
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801. - Could you speak up?
- Cheating on you.
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802. - Except for cheating on you!
- There it is.
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803. Okay. Well, then...
back to work.
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804. Yeah.
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805. Listen, when you do
propose to someone,
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806. that's the ring that'll do it.
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807. Mm-hmm.
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808. Yeah.
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809. So as soon as you heard
they were doing opposition research,
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810. you ran over to Tiffany
and bought the ring?
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811. That's insane.
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812. I had to send my agent or
it would have shown up in the papers.
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813. - Will.
- I'm gonna return it.
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814. Does that seem normal to you?
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815. The world is made up
of two kinds of people.
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816. The ones who think they're normal
and the ones who know there's no such thing.
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817. Great, you took one semester
of Intro to Adult Psych.
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818. But the world is made up of
a lot more than two kinds of people.
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819. And I was speaking in the
psychiatric sense of the word.
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820. - Does going out and buying a ring...
- Which I'm going to return.
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821. As a bizarre—
I don't know what to call it—
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822. seem normal to you?
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823. You weren't around
for the exposition.
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824. She had an affair
with her ex-boyfriend.
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825. For four months
while she was with me.
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826. - It's four years later.
- And you know why I don't talk about it?
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827. Because I'm tired of people telling me
it's a "just get over it" situation.
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828. Fuck you.
You don't know what it's like in my head.
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829. Sloan Sabbith.
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830. It's a Japanese news report
from a few hours ago.
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831. We know they're talking about you,
but we don't know what they're saying.
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832. "After releasing incorrect information
to the American journalist Sloan Sabbith"--
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833. That's a picture of Elliot and he didn't
release incorrect information. I did.
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834. And it wasn't incorrect.
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835. "After releasing incorrect information
to the American journalist Sloan Sabbith...
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836. TEPCO spokesman Daisuke Tanaka
has offered to resign today.
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837. He said, 'I apologize
to my company,
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838. my government,
and my country.'"
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839. Please, I have to fix this now.
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840. Help me.
I need wisdom.
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841. - I have wisdom.
- Kenzie, I love you,
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842. but a Japanese man's honor
is at stake,
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843. and sometimes your wisdom
leads to...
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844. like...
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845. - No, I get it.
- Yeah.
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846. Will?
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847. She'd just been suspended and
she's thinking about the other guy's job.
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848. Honor, actually,
is what she said.
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849. Meanwhile,
she's a punch line on the Internet.
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850. - And he's got students, too.
- Who?
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851. Sloan. She teaches
at Columbia twice a week.
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852. You said he.
He's got students.
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853. And you feel that's
a breakthrough moment?
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854. That my subconscious
revealed something?
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855. 'Cause I'll be honest. I'm pretty sure
the reason I said he instead of she
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856. is that I've been awake
for a really long time now.
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857. But those comments
weren't on your site, right?
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858. No, because nobody's gonna say that
unless they're anonymous.
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859. And if you don't count the death threat,
it worked.
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860. It was bully kryptonite.
No more LollypopLollypop.
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861. - What did SurrendrDorothee mean when—
- Huh?
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862. The screen name
of the person—
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863. - It's what the—
- Yeah, the screen name of the person—
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864. - Yeah.
- On the last night you showed anonymous posts.
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865. It's what the witch
wrote in the sky—
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866. I'm not asking what
the screen name means.
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867. I'm asking what the person
that when he or she said
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868. that your guest that night had
hit the Uncle Tom Daily Double.
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869. The guest he or she
was talking about
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870. was a man named Sutton Wall,
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871. who was the deputy chief of staff
to Rick Santorum,
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872. former senator for Pennsylvania
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873. who just announced
his intention to run
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874. for President
of the United States.
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875. The list of
prospective candidates
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876. for the Republican
nomination for president
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877. may yet include another name.
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878. Earlier this week,
former Pennsylvania senator
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879. Rick Santorum convened
an exploratory committee...
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880. And Sutton Wall
is both black and gay.
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881. The senator is perhaps best known
for his full-throated
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882. advocacy of social issues.
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883. Here to discuss how
those positions and others
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884. may shape Mr. Santorum's
bid for the White House
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885. is his former deputy chief of staff
Sutton Wall,
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886. an adjunct professor of American Studies
at Temple University,
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887. who will be serving as an advisor
to the campaign throughout this process.
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888. He teaches at Temple?
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889. Yeah.
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890. So he has students?
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891. Yes, he has students.
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892. And LollypopLollypop
said you almost made him cry.
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893. That— That was absolutely
not my intention.
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894. Well, you're hardwired
to hate bullies.
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895. Like the way comic book heroes
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896. are born out of
a childhood trauma.
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897. Santorum was the bully
in that situation.
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898. Speaking to the
New York Times in May 2005,
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899. Senator Santorum said,
"Gay marriage threatens my marriage.
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900. It threatens all marriages.
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901. It threatens the traditional
values of this country."
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902. Mr. Wall, how does gay marriage
threaten Mr. Santorum's marriage?
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903. The senator believes
that marriage is defined
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904. as the union of one man
and one woman.
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905. I understand that's what
the former senator believes,
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906. but what he said was that gay marriage
threatens his marriage and all marriages.
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907. And I'm asking you exactly
how it's a threat.
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908. Sanctity of life
is the number one issue
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909. with Rick Santorum,
and he believes—
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910. Mr. Wall, we'll get to purposely vague words
like sanctity in a moment.
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911. But I'd like you to try
to answer the question.
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912. How is Mr. Santorum's marriage
threatened
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913. by the gay couple two houses down
also being married?
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914. Will, I was proud to serve
on the senator's staff,
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915. and I'll be proud to serve and support him
should he choose to run for president.
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916. But that doesn't mean
I necessarily agree with him
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917. on every single issue.
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918. Gay marriage is now legal
in five states
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919. as well as
the District of Columbia.
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920. Has Mr. Santorum's marriage
been suffering as a result?
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921. Has he complained to you
that he and Mrs. Santorum
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922. seem to be fighting more
or talking less?
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923. - Of course not.
- Has there been any infidelity
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924. in the last seven years or
an inability to relate to their children
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925. as a result of five states
legalizing same-sex marriage?
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926. This is a preposterous
line of questioning, sir.
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927. I'm afraid it has to be, sir,
because it's a preposterous assertion.
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928. Now, are you able
to name one way
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929. in which Mr. Santorum's marriage
to Mrs. Santorum
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930. is threatened by gay couples
also having the right to marry?
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931. I—
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932. - I am not able to name a way.
- Thank you.
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933. I could have just
stopped it there.
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934. Does it bother you that
Mr. Santorum thinks
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935. there's something wrong with you
that should be fixed?
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936. Hang on, because I am sick
and tired of these attacks,
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937. these wrongheaded attacks against a great man
and a great public servant.
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938. Reasonable people can disagree
about how great a man
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939. or how great a public
servant Rick Santorum is,
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940. but they can't disagree about
the fact that he thinks
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941. you're a sick deviant who's threatening
the fabric of society.
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942. I have known this man
for almost a decade,
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943. and I can tell you that he has treated me
with nothing but respect.
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944. This is Senator Santorum
speaking to Fox News.
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945. - Easy does it, Will.
- No, we're gonna do this thing.
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946. That this is the equivalent,
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947. that being black and being gay
is the same is simply not true.
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948. There are all sorts
of studies out there
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949. that suggest just the contrary,
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950. and there are people who were gay
and lived a gay lifestyle
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951. and aren't anymore.
I don't know if that's the similar situation.
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952. I don't think that's the case
with anybody that's black.
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953. Mr. Santorum is forgiving you
for being black
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954. because there's nothing
you can do about that.
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955. But you don't have to be gay.
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956. I will say it again.
Mr. Santorum is a great man
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957. who would make
a great president.
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958. He has never treated me
with anything but the utmost respect.
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959. Except for finding
you disgusting.
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960. - That is a lie.
- Will, don't—
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961. Has Rick Santorum on
the floor of the US Senate
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962. compared homosexuality
to incest and bestiality?
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963. Those remarks have been taken
out of context over the years—
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964. Feel free to put the remarks
in the proper context.
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965. He makes a clear distinction between
homosexuality and homosexual acts.
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966. So he only finds you disgusting
when you act like a homosexual?
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967. - He doesn't find me disgusting.
- Yes, he does.
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968. And he also thinks
you're less than a man.
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969. - No, he certainly does not.
- Come on.
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970. Our Declaration
contains the words
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971. "We hold these truths
to be self-evident
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972. that all men are created equal."
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973. In order to arrive at the conclusion
that homosexual love
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974. is something less than
heterosexual love,
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975. you have to begin
with the premise
Copy !req
976. that a homosexual is something
less than a man. That's inescapable.
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977. And so I'm asking you
to explain to me
Copy !req
978. why you would work for a man
who believes that you're inferior?
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979. - That you're damaged. That you're ill.
- Stop hitting him.
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980. Unnatural.
A threat to children.
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981. Unfit to serve in the military.
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982. Unfit to be a parent.
And unloved by God.
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983. - I'm asking you, sir—
- Stop! Just stop!
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984. I believe in the sanctity of life.
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985. And if that word is too vague for you,
then look it up.
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986. I support the senator because
of all the candidates in the field,
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987. I believe he is
the only one whose passion
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988. on the issue of abortion
equals my own.
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989. And I believe he has the skills
to make a fantastic president.
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990. I am not talking—
That's not—
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991. You will not interrupt
me again, sir!
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992. I am more than one thing.
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993. How dare you reduce me
to the color of my skin
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994. or my sexual orientation?
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995. There are people
who look just like me,
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996. thousands and thousands
who died for the freedom
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997. to define their own lives
for themselves.
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998. How dare you presume to decide
what I should think is important?
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999. Yes, when it comes to equality
for the gay community,
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1000. Senator Santorum is wrong.
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1001. But I am far more insulted
by your high-handed implication
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1002. - that I need your protection.
- Sir, I—
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1003. Shut up!
I'll let you know when I'm finished.
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1004. I came on this program
because Rick Santorum
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1005. believes that the right
to kill an unborn child
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1006. is not inalienable.
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1007. And I stand with Rick Santorum.
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1008. And I stand with
the Catholic Church.
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1009. I am not defined by
my blackness.
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1010. I am not defined by my gayness.
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1011. And if that doesn't fit
your narrow-minded expectation
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1012. of who I'm supposed to be,
I don't give a damn
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1013. because I'm not defined
by you either.
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1014. So get this through your head.
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1015. I don't need your help.
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1016. Mr. Wall?
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1017. Does Mr. Santorum
think you're fit to be a teacher?
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1018. No.
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1019. We'll be back after this.
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1020. He has students.
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1021. And parents.
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1022. And friends.
Copy !req
1023. And colleagues.
And strangers.
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1024. I was the bully.
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1025. I was the bully.
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1026. Mm-hmm.
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1027. You've got to give me credit for uniting
the far right, the gay community,
Copy !req
1028. and blacks
in their dislike of me.
Copy !req
1029. The Internet exploded.
Copy !req
1030. Everybody thought
I'd become unhinged.
Copy !req
1031. It sort of brought
back this thing
Copy !req
1032. that happened about
a year ago at Northwestern.
Copy !req
1033. When you yelled at a student.
Copy !req
1034. I scared her.
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1035. All right.
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1036. All right.
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1037. That's News Night.
Thanks for washing us— Watching us.
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1038. - Let me get out of here.
- End the broadcast.
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1039. - I'm Will McAvoy.
- Attaboy.
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1040. Terry Smith is coming up, mercifully,
with the Capitol Report from Washington.
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1041. Good night.
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1042. If you're here to make me feel better,
it's not necessary.
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1043. You think I'm here
to make you feel better?
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1044. The story is right.
In this one case,
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1045. I don't give a damn about on the record,
off the record.
Copy !req
1046. - And no one in Fukushima does either.
- I do.
Copy !req
1047. The story is right.
Copy !req
1048. - His spokesman denied it on the air.
- He said it to me.
Copy !req
1049. And you got proof of that
I can bounce off our satellite?
Copy !req
1050. - No.
- Is Maggie into Jim?
Copy !req
1051. For Christ's sake,
we're talking about radia— What?
Copy !req
1052. Am I losing Maggie?
Copy !req
1053. No.
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1054. Are you good
at knowing these things?
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1055. No.
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1056. Make sure he's at Dr. Habib's office
at 10:00 tomorrow.
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1057. When are you and me
gonna get busy, huh?
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1058. I'm flattered,
but you'd crush me.
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1059. That's true.
That's happened before.
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1060. Dress up like a tailback and he
won't be able to lay a hand on you.
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1061. Shrimp boat, if I wasn't
being paid to keep you alive...
Copy !req
1062. - Let's go.
- Hey, girl!
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1063. Do you really have
to call her that?
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1064. She's packing up her office.
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1065. She's gonna unpack her office
'cause I figured a way out.
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1066. What?
Copy !req
1067. The Japanese words
for four and seven sound alike.
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1068. - Hey, girl!
- Yes?
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1069. Come on down.
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1070. I am here.
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1071. What's the Japanese
word for four?
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1072. Shi.
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1073. What's the Japanese
word for seven?
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1074. - Shichi.
- Those words are easy to mix up.
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1075. - No, they're not.
- Yes, they are.
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1076. Not for someone
who's fluent in Japanese.
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1077. - You're not fluent in Japanese.
- Yes, I am.
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1078. No, you're not.
That's how you mixed up the numbers
Copy !req
1079. when you were talking to
Tanaka in the preinterview.
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1080. No, it's for exactly
that reason
Copy !req
1081. that there are two words for four
and two words for seven.
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1082. Yon and nana.
And it went from a four to a five to a seven.
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1083. That sounds very complicated.
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1084. Not if you're fluent
in Japanese.
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1085. You're not anymore.
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1086. You're gonna go on TV tonight
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1087. during Elliot's show,
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1088. which I pray to God
Elliot is hosting.
Copy !req
1089. - He is.
- And you're going to apologize and explain your error.
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1090. In exchange,
Daisuke Tanaka is going to say
Copy !req
1091. that you made it clear
that you were on the record
Copy !req
1092. and he doesn't have to resign
and you don't have to be suspended.
Copy !req
1093. We're all just going to lie
and I'm going to look stupid.
Copy !req
1094. - You bet. One more thing.
- What?
Copy !req
1095. Fukushima's announcing
the radiation levels are a seven.
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1096. Thank you.
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1097. I don't know what the hell
you're thanking me for.
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1098. Well, it takes a big man
to admit he was wrong.
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1099. That isn't even remotely
what I am doing.
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1100. Hang on, she's got to go on the air
and say she made a mistake,
Copy !req
1101. that her Japanese is poor—
Copy !req
1102. - Which it certainly is not.
- Just— God.
Copy !req
1103. She's gonna go on the air
and say she thought it was a seven
Copy !req
1104. when it's really a four
that then moved up to a five
Copy !req
1105. and she's really sorry,
but also now it's really a seven?
Copy !req
1106. It won't be our proudest moment,
but it'll save the guy's job.
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1107. Save his honor.
Copy !req
1108. Help very slightly with our increasingly
dinged-up reputation,
Copy !req
1109. and it'll help the girl
who we will now go back
Copy !req
1110. to addressing as Sloan
or Miss Sabbith.
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1111. Will.
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1112. You want me to lie?
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1113. On television?
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1114. From a news desk
with the ACN bug in the corner?
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1115. I do.
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1116. And if there's any fallout,
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1117. I'll be standing
right next to you and in front.
Copy !req
1118. I'll always be standing
right next to you and in front.
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1119. We fucked up.
Copy !req
1120. Let's just live with that now.
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1121. We lied on television
from the news desk.
Copy !req
1122. It was a pretty harmless lie,
wasn't it?
Copy !req
1123. You know how many air hours
I've spent railing against lying?
Copy !req
1124. Calling people out on it?
Copy !req
1125. We're the news and we're all gonna know
we lied for the rest of our lives.
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1126. All right, so it turns out
you know what you're doing.
Copy !req
1127. So I'm sorry I've been a jerk.
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1128. Obviously the reason I can't sleep
is the Santorum aide.
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1129. And I haven't talked to anyone about it,
so I was trying—
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1130. - Bacon.
- What?
Copy !req
1131. The bacon, egg,
and cheese sandwiches.
Copy !req
1132. Bacon has tyramine, which increases
the release of norepinephrine,
Copy !req
1133. - which is a neurostimulant.
- When did you figure that out?
Copy !req
1134. When you said you made bacon,
egg, and cheese sandwiches.
Copy !req
1135. - That was like an hour ago!
- Yeah.
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1136. Will, listen, and I'm going to write
you a mild prescription,
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1137. but you should come back.
Copy !req
1138. If you don't like me,
see someone else.
Copy !req
1139. But see someone.
You've had a lot going on for a long time.
Copy !req
1140. Very serious stuff.
And, by the way,
Copy !req
1141. you should be at an Al-Anon meeting
at least once a week.
Copy !req
1142. You have a lot going on now.
Copy !req
1143. You're being hunted.
Copy !req
1144. In the press,
Copy !req
1145. on the Internet,
Copy !req
1146. very possibly literally.
Copy !req
1147. This whole file here
from four years ago,
Copy !req
1148. every page is about Mackenzie.
Copy !req
1149. In these notes
are a lot of evidence
Copy !req
1150. that you're experiencing
acute depression
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1151. and doing a masterful job
covering it.
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1152. That's done.
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1153. Buying the ring
was not normal.
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1154. I don't know what else to call it.
It wasn't normal.
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1155. It really doesn't take a team
of Viennese specialists
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1156. to see that you have unresolved issues
with Mackenzie.
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1157. No, my feelings
are completely resolved.
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1158. She's a good friend
and my most trusted partner.
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1159. The ring was just a prank.
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1160. I know what you think
of all this.
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1161. But I would really urge you
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1162. to spend an hour a week
faking it.
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1163. That's it.
Our time's up.
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