1. They wanna know how I didn't know
about the memo.Copy !req
2. Amateur mistakes make me crazy.Copy !req
3. I just got called amateur twice. The
chief of staff can do it, you can't.Copy !req
4. Get Leo candidates who back
campaign finance reform.Copy !req
5. The fight to restore American
democracy begins here in this room!Copy !req
6. - Don't keep things from me.
- I'm friendly with a woman.Copy !req
7. You can't spend time
with a call girl, Sam.Copy !req
8. It's 7:05.Copy !req
9. - It's 10 to 7.
- No, it's not.Copy !req
10. - It's 7:05?
- I'm not making it up.Copy !req
11. - My watch says 10 to 7.
- It sucks.Copy !req
12. My watch is fine.
How do we know it's not 10 to 7?Copy !req
13. Those clocks run by the Navy say your
watch sucks in four time zones.Copy !req
14. - Six is asymmetrical.
- It's fine.Copy !req
15. "Are things going in the right
direction or on the wrong track?"Copy !req
16. - Good point.
- Guys, it's 7:05.Copy !req
17. "Direction" and "track"
are different words.Copy !req
18. - Thank you, Funk & Wagnalls.
- What?Copy !req
19. - They make the dictionary.
- I know.Copy !req
20. - Why'd you ask?
- It's 7:05.Copy !req
21. - The question is asymmetrical.
- It originated decades ago...Copy !req
22. and has been a predictor
of voters' behavior.Copy !req
23. I have a problem with 14.Copy !req
24. "Do you think the president puts
the needs of average people first?"Copy !req
25. "Average" is pejorative.Copy !req
26. 80% of people in this country would
use "average" to describe themselves.Copy !req
27. Being considered an average American
is positive and comforting.Copy !req
28. - C.J.?
- Yes?Copy !req
29. - "He cares about people like me... "
- We went over this.Copy !req
30. - We need to talk about six.
- We don't.Copy !req
31. - Since when are you an expert?
- Since 1993.Copy !req
32. - Since when are you a pain?
- Before that.Copy !req
33. "Bartlet cares about people like me. "
Agree?Copy !req
34. Can't "people like me" be taken
to mean the interviewer?Copy !req
35. - Usually it's, "people like yourself. "
- Or "people like you. "Copy !req
36. - "Yourself" is softer.
- Softer is bad?Copy !req
37. Softer is better.Copy !req
38. Separating the respondent with
"people like yourself" is pejorative.Copy !req
39. Take this up with Josh.Copy !req
40. Eastern Standard Time is at dinner.
The poll is fine.Copy !req
41. It's important.Copy !req
42. If we don't start
the phone banks now...Copy !req
43. I won't have time to leak
the internals to media outlets.Copy !req
44. We've climbed out of the hole,
only we can't tell anybody...Copy !req
45. because we stood here
arguing about asymmetry.Copy !req
46. It's time.Copy !req
47. - Wanna make a prediction?
- Hold at 42% job approval.Copy !req
48. - We'll hold steady.
- I'll be happy if we do.Copy !req
49. It'll be inside the plus or minus.Copy !req
50. - C.J.?
- We're gonna go up five points.Copy !req
51. - President thinks we'll hold.
- He's wrong.Copy !req
52. - You think?
- Yes.Copy !req
53. Let's find out.
Toby, tell Sam to start the banks.Copy !req
54. Sam Seaborn. Okay.Copy !req
55. Let's get our report card.Copy !req
56. Okay, here we go!Copy !req
57. Hey, Sam. How's it going in there?Copy !req
58. I popped Mandy
with my tranquilizer gun.Copy !req
59. - Why does it take 48 hours?
- We need 1500 responses.Copy !req
60. It takes 30 people 48 hours?Copy !req
61. It takes 12 hours to make 1500 calls.
We need 1500 responses, 6000 calls.Copy !req
62. - Only one in four don't hang up?
- If you're lucky.Copy !req
63. The law school graduation is tomorrow.
Were you gonna go see your friend?Copy !req
64. - Laurie?
- Yeah.Copy !req
65. - Call her Laurie.
- You gonna see her graduate?Copy !req
66. Yeah.Copy !req
67. - You can't.
- Okay.Copy !req
68. I believe Steve Onorato knows.
He'll use it to embarrass us.Copy !req
69. Okay.Copy !req
70. They know who this girl is,
they know she's graduating.Copy !req
71. They know it's a place you'll be...Copy !req
72. - Laurie.
- What?Copy !req
73. - You called her "this girl. "
- Sam, you can't.Copy !req
74. - Okay, do you see me arguing with you?
- No.Copy !req
75. - Anything else?
- Nope.Copy !req
76. Biggest day of her life. Huge day.Copy !req
77. She put herself through school.
People in South Carolina...Copy !req
78. - Not just South Carolina.
- I don't understand what business...Copy !req
79. You can't go, Sam.Copy !req
80. - I'm not going.
- Thank you.Copy !req
81. - Leo.
- Is he here?Copy !req
82. - Yeah.
- Wait for a minute, then send him in.Copy !req
83. - Okay. Why do you want me to wait here?
- Because I do.Copy !req
84. Okay.Copy !req
85. - Feels weird not doing anything.
- Yeah.Copy !req
86. - It feels weird because...
- Okay, send him in.Copy !req
87. Okay.Copy !req
88. - Barry.
- Yes.Copy !req
89. - Leo McGarry.
- Barry Haskel.Copy !req
90. Is this your first time
in the White House?Copy !req
91. In the west wing.Copy !req
92. No one's ever invited
you to the White House?Copy !req
93. Not to the west wing. I go
to the Christmas party at OEOB.Copy !req
94. Last Christmas the vice president
stopped in for a moment.Copy !req
95. I wanted to talk to you about
soft-money contributions.Copy !req
96. Right, I had a hunch.Copy !req
97. - Could I have some juice?
- Thirsty?Copy !req
98. This is the first time I've been
called to the chief of staff...Copy !req
99. Little nervous?Copy !req
100. - You walk past a Marine coming in...
- Rodney.Copy !req
101. - I didn't catch his name.
- Rodney's great. Rodney!Copy !req
102. Yes, Mr. McGarry?Copy !req
103. Could you do that thing
you were doing before?Copy !req
104. - Thanks, Rodney.
- Anytime, sir.Copy !req
105. And that rifle's really loaded.Copy !req
106. - Mr. McGarry...
- Leo.Copy !req
107. There's no need to be nervous.
You're one of us.Copy !req
108. I'm sorry?Copy !req
109. I say, we know you're one of us.
Six commissioners on the FEC.Copy !req
110. Two resigned, leaving four, including
you. The belief is that none of you...Copy !req
111. favor a ban on soft-money
contributions. But the truth is you do.Copy !req
112. - That's not true.
- I know it is because you said so.Copy !req
113. You said so to the Newark Star-Ledger
in March 1995. "Money isn't speech. "Copy !req
114. And you said so two years before
that to the Detroit Free Press.Copy !req
115. "We must reverse the 1978 regulatory
decision allowing soft money. "Copy !req
116. I gave those quotes on the condition
of anonymity.Copy !req
117. I went to drug rehab on the condition
of anonymity. Maybe you read about it.Copy !req
118. Barry, you wanna ban soft money.
You're one of us.Copy !req
119. You've been outed.Copy !req
120. Being outnumbered
five to one on the FEC...Copy !req
121. it never made sense to me
to swim against the grain.Copy !req
122. I would've been irrelevant...Copy !req
123. You'd have had a hard time
getting re-upped.Copy !req
124. But if we hadn't gone and found you...Copy !req
125. you'd never have been
invited to the White House.Copy !req
126. When I got the call
from your office...Copy !req
127. my wife and her friends said
this is what would happen.Copy !req
128. What's that?Copy !req
129. That you'd use the trappings
of the White House.Copy !req
130. That there would be
a sort of intimidation...Copy !req
131. No one's intimidating you, Barry,
you're with us.Copy !req
132. You were wandering in the darkness,
but we came and found you.Copy !req
133. - And welcome back to the pack.
- Coercion, then?Copy !req
134. And I notice that I'm sitting here
in the chief of staff's office...Copy !req
135. and my wife says
it's not uncommon for people...Copy !req
136. to get lightheaded and starstruck.Copy !req
137. I've heard the same thing
from others too.Copy !req
138. Nonsense.
Let me show you around the place.Copy !req
139. - If I could just get some water.
- No problem. We keep it in here.Copy !req
140. - Sorry to interrupt.
- We're just having a nightcap.Copy !req
141. I'd like you to meet Barry Haskel
from the FEC.Copy !req
142. May I present Kenneth Kato.Copy !req
143. - Mr. Attorney General.
- Dan Larsen.Copy !req
144. - Rob Konrad.
- It's good to see you.Copy !req
145. Jed Bartlet.
You're thinking about helping us out?Copy !req
146. - That makes me so happy.
- It's an honor to meet you, sir.Copy !req
147. - Barry's thirsty.
- Get him a drink.Copy !req
148. - They'll take good care of you.
- Have a drink.Copy !req
149. Leo.Copy !req
150. - Put him in the boat...
- This could be for nothing.Copy !req
151. If the numbers...
Did we start?Copy !req
152. We put the poll in the field
three hours ago.Copy !req
153. All right. Did the guys
make any predictions?Copy !req
154. - I didn't ask.
- Yes, you did.Copy !req
155. They think we'll hold at 42.
Toby thinks we dropped a few points.Copy !req
156. It could be worse than holding at 42.
If the numbers go down...Copy !req
157. I'm just a guy with Barry Haskel
in his office.Copy !req
158. I'll stop back.Copy !req
159. - A Marine guarding your door?
- Too showy?Copy !req
160. - What's he supposed to be guarding?
- I'll be right in here.Copy !req
161. - Thanks.
- Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
162. You are graduating tomorrow, and...Copy !req
163. And yet you're in a library, studying.Copy !req
164. - It's called the bar exam.
- Are you taking it tonight?Copy !req
165. - No.
- Well, then, let's go out.Copy !req
166. Give me 10 more minutes.Copy !req
167. - Oh, God, is that me?
- That's me.Copy !req
168. - The advantages of being a waitress.
- No bar exam?Copy !req
169. - You won't be a waitress forever.
- Answer your phone.Copy !req
170. Hello?Copy !req
171. - You're in the library?
- It's you.Copy !req
172. On the night before?Copy !req
173. Three years of law school,
I don't understand real estate.Copy !req
174. - Nobody does. Listen...
- You can't come?Copy !req
175. No.Copy !req
176. I understand.Copy !req
177. There's reason to believe a staffer
knows that I know you.Copy !req
178. He's been waiting for the moment
it would cause the most trouble.Copy !req
179. - And that moment's now?
- Yeah.Copy !req
180. - It's okay.
- No, it's not okay, but...Copy !req
181. Don't kill yourself.
I know you'll be thinking about me.Copy !req
182. I will.Copy !req
183. Go knock 'em dead tomorrow.Copy !req
184. - Okay.
- Okay.Copy !req
185. - He can't make it.
- Yeah, I kind of guessed.Copy !req
186. - Don't worry about it.
- That's right. This is your week.Copy !req
187. You know what's fun?Copy !req
188. - Jogging around the Potomac.
- Were you jogging?Copy !req
189. No, I was sitting on a bench,
but jogging looked good to me.Copy !req
190. Bonnie, arrange a meeting with
Ross Kassenbach, as soon as possible.Copy !req
191. - I need two minutes with the president.
- Found one?Copy !req
192. - What?
- Ambassador to Micronesia.Copy !req
193. Is that a real country? Sounds like
a place the Marx brothers...Copy !req
194. The president's got two minutes
in two minutes.Copy !req
195. Come with me for this.Copy !req
196. Based on what
is he making that claim?Copy !req
197. We've been out there for weeks!
Morning.Copy !req
198. We've been out there. Crossfire,
Meet the Press, The Today Show.Copy !req
199. Good Morning Scottsdale, Time,
Newsweek, Popular Mechanics.Copy !req
200. We're talking about treatment,
not legalization.Copy !req
201. The same memo has been generated
by every administration.Copy !req
202. - How do you wanna handle it?
- By saying that it's the same memo.Copy !req
203. It sounds like we're soft.
Onorato says I wanna legalize drugs.Copy !req
204. It's been the exact same memo
for 30 years.Copy !req
205. - That's exactly what you should say.
- Thanks.Copy !req
206. Leo said you guys predicted
we'd hold steady at 42.Copy !req
207. Do you really think
we held our ground?Copy !req
208. - I said we might drop a couple.
- I think we held our ground.Copy !req
209. I didn't say we'd hold steady, sir.
I said we'd gain five points.Copy !req
210. - Yeah?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
211. Well, okay.
Anybody wanna offer C.J. the odds?Copy !req
212. - Talk to the press.
- Yes.Copy !req
213. Tell them every administration
for 30 years has generated that memo.Copy !req
214. That's it. Thank you.
What do you got?Copy !req
215. - Micronesia.
- Toby says it's a country.Copy !req
216. - It is. You know where?
- In the South Pacific.Copy !req
217. It's actually 607 small islands
in the South Pacific.Copy !req
218. While its total landmass
is only 270 square miles...Copy !req
219. it occupies a million square miles
of the Pacific Ocean.Copy !req
220. The U.S. Embassy is located
in the state of Pohnpei...Copy !req
221. not on the island of Yap.Copy !req
222. - Why would a person know that?
- Parties.Copy !req
223. - Sir?
- I looked at Micronesia.Copy !req
224. - I can't fire our ambassador.
- Why not?Copy !req
225. I won't have an answer
for why I fired him.Copy !req
226. - Sam's got you covered.
- How?Copy !req
227. - You're gonna promote the ambassador.
- To what?Copy !req
228. - Ambassador to Paraguay.
- And what happens to him?Copy !req
229. Ambassador to Bulgaria.Copy !req
230. If everybody keeps moving up one,
I get to go home.Copy !req
231. The ambassador is having an affair
with the prime minister's daughter.Copy !req
232. - That ambassador is Ken Cochran?
- Yes.Copy !req
233. The daughter of the Bulgarian
prime minister?Copy !req
234. Who is said to be upset.Copy !req
235. - I can imagine.
- Do you know him, sir?Copy !req
236. - The prime minister?
- Cochran.Copy !req
237. - I know his wife.
- Ouch.Copy !req
238. - I gotta fire Ken Cochran?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
239. Not because of the girl.Copy !req
240. - Why not?
- I know his wife.Copy !req
241. We can create legitimate grounds
for incompetence.Copy !req
242. Looks to me like there
are legitimate grounds.Copy !req
243. - But come up with different ones.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
244. - All right, let's do it.
- Thank you.Copy !req
245. Charlie!Copy !req
246. - Yes, sir?
- I need to meet Ambassador Cochran.Copy !req
247. He can be found
at the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria.Copy !req
248. Have the State Department
fly his ass here tomorrow.Copy !req
249. - Yes, sir.
- Thank you.Copy !req
250. - Is that Ken Cochran?
- Yeah.Copy !req
251. - Okay.
- What?Copy !req
252. I'm sorry, sir?Copy !req
253. - It looked like you knew who he was.
- No, sir.Copy !req
254. - Okay.
- Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
255. They might put it on the table.Copy !req
256. - They won't...
- They might.Copy !req
257. - If they do put it on the table...
- They won't.Copy !req
258. Is there any possibility
you'll let me finish a sentence?Copy !req
259. You don't have to raise your voice.Copy !req
260. - How the hell do you know if I am?
- I guessed.Copy !req
261. Give me an argument
on English as the official language.Copy !req
262. Don't speculate if the Republicans
put the issue on the table.Copy !req
263. - Okay.
- Good.Copy !req
264. - What'd she say?
- They won't.Copy !req
265. Okay, look...Copy !req
266. Josh, C.J. started talking
about the drug memo.Copy !req
267. The briefing's not till 11.Copy !req
268. - Guess what?
- My watch sucks?Copy !req
269. - Indeed.
- When I get back...Copy !req
270. we'll argue about
what I wanna argue about.Copy !req
271. Do your best not to annoy me.Copy !req
272. It's hard to believe
you're not married.Copy !req
273. Many have tried.Copy !req
274. - Did Toby find a country?
- Micronesia.Copy !req
275. Is that a real country?Copy !req
276. It's southwest of Hawaii,
where you've never taken me.Copy !req
277. When was I supposed to take you?Copy !req
278. - Anytime. It's something bosses do.
- Micronesia?Copy !req
279. They have the best scuba diving.
The mantas on Yap...Copy !req
280. Stop talking now.Copy !req
281. mandatory minimum sentencing
guidelines...Copy !req
282. applied to crack cocaine
are racist.Copy !req
283. A guy takes his assistant to Maui,
it's not unheard of.Copy !req
284. - C.J.
- Hang on.Copy !req
285. Mandatory minimums
require sentencing...Copy !req
286. anyone with five
grams of crack to five years.Copy !req
287. It takes 100 times as much powder
cocaine to get that sentence.Copy !req
288. 70% of drug users are white.
80% of crack users are black.Copy !req
289. Mandatory minimums for crack
are a war on the black community.Copy !req
290. Are you defending
the rights of drug users?Copy !req
291. - Oh, please. Katie?
- Hang on, C.J., I asked...Copy !req
292. We are committed to reversing
the effects of drug abuse.Copy !req
293. The best way is to treat
addiction as a medical problem.Copy !req
294. We do not believe in a phony war
on drugs or killing black drug users.Copy !req
295. - C.J., are you aware...?
- Onorato says we support legalization?Copy !req
296. Steve Onorato has a memo written
by the assistant surgeon general.Copy !req
297. I'd be happy to produce similar memos
written for every president...Copy !req
298. in the last 30 years, including
four Republicans. That's all.Copy !req
299. - There was no reason to snap at me.
- It was a ridiculous question.Copy !req
300. We aren't crusading for drug
users' rights!Copy !req
301. I know, but don't count on everybody
understanding you when I can't.Copy !req
302. You can't stay pissed at me.
Mandy's thing went away.Copy !req
303. Is there really a need
to continue punishing me...?Copy !req
304. Hang on.Copy !req
305. - They talk about it here, Danny.
- And they blame you?Copy !req
306. - They don't say it.
- But they blame you?Copy !req
307. - Yes.
- And you think you've let them down?Copy !req
308. C.J., you're late
for the G-7 briefing.Copy !req
309. - I have to go back to work.
- Okay.Copy !req
310. - C.J.?
- Check in with the poll.Copy !req
311. - I checked in a half-hour ago.
- Check again.Copy !req
312. - Leo.
- Yeah?Copy !req
313. C.J.'s here.Copy !req
314. - Okay.
- Wanna hear a joke?Copy !req
315. Okay.Copy !req
316. Why do they only eat
one egg for breakfast in France?Copy !req
317. Because in France,
one egg is un oeuf.Copy !req
318. - Okay, C.J.'s here.
- Okay.Copy !req
319. - Hi.
- Hey.Copy !req
320. - The lid is on.
- You told me.Copy !req
321. You called me and told me
it was a full lid.Copy !req
322. Yeah. I'm gonna go to the phone banks,
check in with the poll.Copy !req
323. - Okay.
- Leo, this is a small thing.Copy !req
324. The president mentioned
that you told him...Copy !req
325. that everyone said
we'd hold steady at 42.Copy !req
326. But I said we'd go up five points.Copy !req
327. I meant on average.Copy !req
328. Like lopping off the score
from the East German judge.Copy !req
329. I think it's strange my take wasn't...Copy !req
330. I'm saying,
don't read too much into it.Copy !req
331. - All right?
- Okay.Copy !req
332. Anything else?Copy !req
333. No. I'm gonna go
check the phone banks.Copy !req
334. - Roosevelt said...
- Josh...Copy !req
335. - The Republicans will bring it up.
- No, they won't.Copy !req
336. He said, "We have room
for but one language: English.Copy !req
337. We intend to see
our people turn out as Americans...Copy !req
338. not as dwellers
in a polyglot boarding house. "Copy !req
339. - What kind?
- Polyglot, it means having knowledge...Copy !req
340. - I know what it means.
- Why did you ask?Copy !req
341. - He asked you!
- Would the two of you shut up?Copy !req
342. Or the three of you.
Could half of you stop?Copy !req
343. Mandy's wound a bit tight
during polling.Copy !req
344. - What are you doing here?
- Another laid-back team member.Copy !req
345. - Mandy's supposed to be here.
- What are you doing here?Copy !req
346. I'm morale.
The calls are going great.Copy !req
347. I've got a deadline. You can't stand
here distracting the female callers.Copy !req
348. Have I been distracting
the female callers?Copy !req
349. - Even a little?
- That's it.Copy !req
350. The window's fine,
they're making their quotas.Copy !req
351. - Did he mention he's here for morale?
- And as such, I'm getting coffee.Copy !req
352. A hundred volts of caffeine
is what the doctor ordered.Copy !req
353. You should've been more impressed
that I was able to quote Roosevelt.Copy !req
354. I was impressed
you knew what polyglot meant.Copy !req
355. 760 SAT word, baby.Copy !req
356. You are both drunk and disorderly.Copy !req
357. - Oh, my God.
- Happy graduation.Copy !req
358. - How did you...?
- Surprise!Copy !req
359. - We worked in cahoots.
- You planned this?Copy !req
360. - This is why you dragged me back here.
- Are you glad?Copy !req
361. Well, then, be quiet.
And I'll be upstairs.Copy !req
362. - Good night, Janeane.
- Good night, Janeane.Copy !req
363. - What'd you get me?
- Graduation gift.Copy !req
364. Is it a briefcase?
Did I just ruin it?Copy !req
365. I ask because it's a typical gift.
I don't mean boring, I mean basic.Copy !req
366. When I say basic,
I don't mean boring, either.Copy !req
367. Open the box.Copy !req
368. - You bought me a pen.
- It's a good one.Copy !req
369. - You can use that pen in outer space.
- Where's my present?Copy !req
370. - Happy graduation, counsel.
- Thank you.Copy !req
371. - Way to go, Laurie.
- Thank you.Copy !req
372. I have to go.
You spend the night here, or...Copy !req
373. I'm gonna go upstairs. She's got a...Copy !req
374. Did you see anybody get in that car?Copy !req
375. - He'll see us.
- What'd he say?Copy !req
376. - "Get your ass over here. "
- I wrote a letter of resignation.Copy !req
377. That would deny me the pleasure
of throwing you out of a window.Copy !req
378. - You have every right to say that.
- I should keep you on a leash.Copy !req
379. I'm talking to C.J., then to you.Copy !req
380. I'd bolt you to your desk
and have someone feed you.Copy !req
381. The president referred
to the NASDAQ Composite...Copy !req
382. not the 30-year Treasury Yield.Copy !req
383. Not the Dow Industrials,
the NASDAQ Composite.Copy !req
384. Someone here
is gonna get back to you.Copy !req
385. - How do you not tell me until now?
- We didn't know anything last night.Copy !req
386. - Sam called you.
- He saw a suspicious car.Copy !req
387. I'm not gonna call at night
because someone started a car.Copy !req
388. I was handling it. It took me three
hours to confirm there was a picture.Copy !req
389. - Who has it?
- The London Daily Mirror.Copy !req
390. They paid a friend of hers $50,000
to confirm that she was a call girl.Copy !req
391. When's it running?Copy !req
392. Later today. American press
has it tomorrow morning.Copy !req
393. - He was giving her a present?
- Yeah.Copy !req
394. - Work the Post and the Times.
- Yeah.Copy !req
395. - You never paid her for sex?
- No.Copy !req
396. - They had sex once. He didn't know.
- That makes two of us.Copy !req
397. Sam's always been aboveboard
about his relationship with Laurie.Copy !req
398. - Laurie's the girl?
- Yes.Copy !req
399. He told us about it
after his first contact.Copy !req
400. Her putting herself through
law school has to mean something.Copy !req
401. - And Sam's word is unimpeachable.
- Are you sticking up for Sam?Copy !req
402. I know it's strange,
but I'm feeling a certain...Copy !req
403. big-brotherly connection right now.
Obviously, I want it to go away soon.Copy !req
404. But now we should stand by Sam and
go after the people who set him up.Copy !req
405. Sam, you're gonna spend the morning
finding out if you broke any laws.Copy !req
406. - Call the girl. What's her name?
- Laurie.Copy !req
407. Tell her the White House regrets
the inconvenience she'll experience.Copy !req
408. And that she probably has a cause
of action against the paper.Copy !req
409. Tell her if she passes her bar exam,
the U.S. Attorney General...Copy !req
410. will personally see
that she's admitted to the bar.Copy !req
411. Tell her the president says
congratulations on getting her degree.Copy !req
412. - Yes, sir.
- That's all.Copy !req
413. Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
414. It's nice when we can do something
for prostitutes once in a while.Copy !req
415. - Mr. President.
- Ready?Copy !req
416. Cochran's in the Mural Room.Copy !req
417. - Where are we putting Lobell?
- Roosevelt Room.Copy !req
418. He has a lot of staff.
I don't know what they do...Copy !req
419. but there they are.
Wherever Lobell goes, 15 guys.Copy !req
420. I'm gonna take care of this first.Copy !req
421. - Who's in the Mural Room?
- Cochran.Copy !req
422. - You did it again.
- Sir?Copy !req
423. You said it like you knew him.
I have a sense about these things.Copy !req
424. - Finely honed.
- It's failing you, sir.Copy !req
425. Cochran's in the Mural Room?
Sit with him and send in Ted Mitchel.Copy !req
426. - Mr. President?
- Yes, of course. Thanks.Copy !req
427. - Ted!
- Mr. President.Copy !req
428. - Thanks for coming.
- My pleasure.Copy !req
429. - You're looking good. How's Mary?
- She sends her love.Copy !req
430. - Let me tell you that I need a favor.
- Of course.Copy !req
431. - I need you to hire a guy.
- Who?Copy !req
432. The former ambassador to Bulgaria.
Ken Cochran.Copy !req
433. Isn't he the current ambassador?Copy !req
434. Not for long. He's a good man.
He'd be a good corporate officer.Copy !req
435. - Why is he being fired?
- Gross incompetence. I'll be back.Copy !req
436. - Morning, sir.
- Nancy.Copy !req
437. - Lobell's in the Roosevelt Room.
- Be right in.Copy !req
438. Mr. President. Good to see you.Copy !req
439. - Thank you for flying in.
- Of course, Mr. President.Copy !req
440. - What can I do for you?
- Resign.Copy !req
441. Excuse me?Copy !req
442. You had an affair with the prime
minister's daughter. That won't work.Copy !req
443. Neither does a newspaper article
saying you're having an affair.Copy !req
444. You're gonna get a job offer
for a lot more money.Copy !req
445. That's why you left the embassy.
I'll be back.Copy !req
446. Well, this is outrageous.Copy !req
447. - I'll tell him when he comes back in.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
448. - Have we met?
- Sir?Copy !req
449. You look familiar. Have we met?Copy !req
450. - Yes, sir.
- Where?Copy !req
451. I was a waiter
at the Gramercy Club.Copy !req
452. - Charlie?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
453. - Charlie!
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
454. - It's good to see you again.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
455. Under strained circumstances,
which I'll explain.Copy !req
456. - I resigned my membership.
- Did you?Copy !req
457. Yeah. I find exclusive clubs
to be repugnant.Copy !req
458. It didn't stop you from joining up.Copy !req
459. Now, that's out of line.
That shouldn't have been said.Copy !req
460. - You're addressing a U.S. ambassador.
- I apologize, sir.Copy !req
461. I'm sorry to do this, but I'd like
to speak to your supervisor.Copy !req
462. I'm personal aide to the president.
My supervisor's busy...Copy !req
463. looking for a back door
to shove you out of.Copy !req
464. I'll let him know
you'd like to complain.Copy !req
465. - Thanks for waiting.
- Mr. President.Copy !req
466. Clearly, this young man has told you
about our past, and I'd like to...Copy !req
467. That doesn't have anything to do...
Wait a second.Copy !req
468. You two have a past?
You mocked my finely honed sense.Copy !req
469. You stood there in my face...
It's done, Ken.Copy !req
470. Ted Mitchel will put you
on the board of directors.Copy !req
471. Remember, I like your wife. I would
hate to see her be made a fool of.Copy !req
472. I think it would be appropriate
now to make a confession.Copy !req
473. - What's that?
- I never voted for you.Copy !req
474. Well, thanks for trying,
but here I am anyway. Gotta go.Copy !req
475. - All set?
- Look, 14 staffers.Copy !req
476. - You have a large staff too.
- But I don't walk around with them.Copy !req
477. - Good morning.
- Good morning, Mr. President.Copy !req
478. Allow me to introduce
Bob Simon, Peter...Copy !req
479. Max, I don't need to know
all the names. Please sit.Copy !req
480. - All right.
- You know what we're doing here?Copy !req
481. - Talking about soft money.
- We'll do more than talk.Copy !req
482. Okay.Copy !req
483. - We agree on nothing, Max.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
484. Education, guns,
school prayer, gays...Copy !req
485. defense spending, taxes.
You name it, we disagree.Copy !req
486. - You know why?
- Because I'm a lily-livered...Copy !req
487. bleeding heart communist.Copy !req
488. Yes, sir. And I'm a gun-toting,
redneck son of a bitch.Copy !req
489. - Yes, you are.
- We agree on that.Copy !req
490. - We also agree on campaign finance.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
491. So, Max, let's work together
on campaign finance.Copy !req
492. - You don't have House votes.
- I don't need them.Copy !req
493. 1978, the FEC voted a rule
that opened the door to soft money.Copy !req
494. The FEC can close it again
with four of the six votes.Copy !req
495. How will you get the four votes?Copy !req
496. Two seats opened up,
I nominated Bacon and Calhoun.Copy !req
497. That's two.Copy !req
498. Haskel is with us,
we took him out of the closet.Copy !req
499. - How'll you get the fourth?
- Toby'll take care of that.Copy !req
500. Max, can I count on your support
to confirm my candidates?Copy !req
501. And what do I get in exchange?Copy !req
502. The thanks of a grateful president.Copy !req
503. Good answer, sir.Copy !req
504. Go.Copy !req
505. Thank you.Copy !req
506. Mr. Kassenbach.Copy !req
507. - Toby Ziegler.
- Nice to meet you.Copy !req
508. The president thinks you've done
a great job on the FEC...Copy !req
509. - ... and extends his congratulations.
- On what?Copy !req
510. On being named the next ambassador
to the Federated States of Micronesia.Copy !req
511. It's in.Copy !req
512. - Yeah.
- You talk to them?Copy !req
513. They sealed it in an envelope,
sent it by courier.Copy !req
514. - So Joey mentioned she talked to you.
- Yeah.Copy !req
515. She said you think there are
only so many times...Copy !req
516. you can walk into the Oval Office
and sing a song.Copy !req
517. - She said "sing a song"?
- That's what I thought she said.Copy !req
518. I'm trying to learn sign.
We're using letters of the alphabet.Copy !req
519. Turns out she said you think
there are only so many times...Copy !req
520. - ... you can say you're wrong.
- He hasn't called my number much.Copy !req
521. He did on this.
The media strategy was yours.Copy !req
522. Holding at 42 is good.
You shouldn't expect a 5-point bump.Copy !req
523. - I do expect that.
- Okay.Copy !req
524. He thinks of you
like a daughter, C.J.Copy !req
525. That's not a good enough reason
to keep me here.Copy !req
526. - You'll come when you get it?
- Yeah.Copy !req
527. - Because we're all waiting over there.
- Yeah.Copy !req
528. They're delivering it to her?
And she's gonna bring it right here?Copy !req
529. Okay.Copy !req
530. Thank you.Copy !req
531. Kassenbach was okay?Copy !req
532. - I'm sorry, sir?
- Kassenbach was okay?Copy !req
533. He's gonna be an ambassador.
He feels pretty good.Copy !req
534. - Did you tell him about the weather?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
535. - Scuba diving?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
536. - Full diplomatic immunity?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
537. Though there aren't
a lot of laws in Micronesia.Copy !req
538. Sure.Copy !req
539. - Good evening.
- Good evening, Josh.Copy !req
540. I just saw C.J.
She'll be here in a minute.Copy !req
541. Joey and I are working on
a counter to de Tocqueville.Copy !req
542. - We're having a fight with him?
- Don't get him started.Copy !req
543. Joey, what say you to the position
that with ethnic warfare spreading...Copy !req
544. it will eventually
reach our shores...Copy !req
545. and making English
our official language...Copy !req
546. safeguards our national identity
and avoids ethnic strife?Copy !req
547. That's what I deal with.Copy !req
548. 72% of Hispanics are strongly
opposed to such a law.Copy !req
549. The Republicans won't
put it on the table.Copy !req
550. They'll lose the second-largest
ethnic bloc of voters.Copy !req
551. But if you need a counterargument,
I'd say to Monsieur de Tocqueville...Copy !req
552. aside from being unconstitutional,
no laws need to be created...Copy !req
553. to protect the language
of Shakespeare.Copy !req
554. That's all I was looking for.
That one line took you four days.Copy !req
555. - She did it again.
- Yeah.Copy !req
556. What kind of briefcase
did you get her, Sam?Copy !req
557. - Sir?
- What kind of briefcase?Copy !req
558. Coach Beekman in British tan
with brass hardware.Copy !req
559. - That's nice.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
560. Andara makes a nice model.
Comes in black or brown...Copy !req
561. hand-stained.
You can fit a laptop...Copy !req
562. This conversation is surreal.Copy !req
563. Trieste in Milan
makes a nice briefcase.Copy !req
564. The polling book is 400 pages long,
and it's still being put together.Copy !req
565. - I have the top sheet results.
- What does it say?Copy !req
566. I was wrong.
We went up nine points.Copy !req
567. Okay, what's next?Copy !req
568. We should talk about
the new projections...Copy !req