1. He's a lunatic.Copy !req
2. He's colorful.
He's certifiable.Copy !req
3. Who?
Lord John Marbury.Copy !req
4. You really going to let him
loose in the White HouseCopy !req
5. where there's
liquor and women?Copy !req
6. We can hide the womenCopy !req
7. but the man deserves a drink.Copy !req
8. Allow me to present myself.
Lord John Marbury.Copy !req
9. I was summoned
by your President.Copy !req
10. Yes. We've met
ten or 12 times.Copy !req
11. I'm Leo McGarry.Copy !req
12. I thought you were the butler.Copy !req
13. You're the one
who's been sayingCopy !req
14. we need
a radical approach.Copy !req
15. Yes, yes, I haveCopy !req
16. and I got shouted down
in every meeting.Copy !req
17. I prefer not
to paint a pictureCopy !req
18. in the interest
of great oratory.Copy !req
19. The year is one week oldCopy !req
20. the legislative session
hasn't begunCopy !req
21. and we can't put a fork
full of waffles in our mouthCopy !req
22. without coughing up
the ball.Copy !req
23. You got beat.
Yes.Copy !req
24. Figure it out; tell me
what you're going to do.Copy !req
25. Yeah.
Are we patched
into the Pentagon?Copy !req
26. Yeah.
We can hear them?Copy !req
27. We can hear
what they're
saying at Command?Copy !req
28. Yeah.Copy !req
29. Why can't
I hear anything?Copy !req
30. Guys, why aren't we
hearing anything?Copy !req
31. 15 seconds to target launch.Copy !req
32. Okay, why don't
you just tell me
to shut up?Copy !req
33. We have a target
launch sequence. Go flight.Copy !req
34. Kwajalein Atoll, how do you
read?Copy !req
35. We read you 5 by 5, Command.Copy !req
36. Positive target launch sequence.Copy !req
37. Here we go.Copy !req
38. Target launch in five...Copy !req
39. four, three...Copy !req
40. two...Copy !req
41. Target is aloft.Copy !req
42. We confirm target launch.Copy !req
43. How long do I have?
Two minutes, ten seconds.Copy !req
44. I'm going to seeCopy !req
45. if I can get the President
to watch this.Copy !req
46. Mr. Sumatra, I understand
you're a sports fan.Copy !req
47. Yes, sir, Mr. President. Golf.Copy !req
48. Okay, well, golf's not a sport.Copy !req
49. It's fine— don't get me wrong—Copy !req
50. but let's not you and I confuse
it with things that men do.Copy !req
51. Yes, sir.Copy !req
52. We're going to BangkokCopy !req
53. in June, I think.
June, Charlie?Copy !req
54. Yes, sir.
You're staying
at the Oriental.Copy !req
55. Best hotel
in the world, right?Copy !req
56. Your own James Michener
wrote many of his booksCopy !req
57. at the OrientalCopy !req
58. and one of his
typewriters remainsCopy !req
59. in the suite
they named for him.Copy !req
60. Is that right?
Yes, sir.Copy !req
61. Make sure I see that.Copy !req
62. Yes, sir.Copy !req
63. Tom?Copy !req
64. Mr. President,
it is with pleasureCopy !req
65. that I present
His ExcellencyCopy !req
66. Tada Sumatra
of ThailandCopy !req
67. and, by request of
the Secretary of StateCopy !req
68. ask that you accept
his credentialsCopy !req
69. from King Bhumibol AdulyadejCopy !req
70. as Thailand's Ambassador
to the United States.Copy !req
71. Mr. Sumatra,
I accept your
Letter of CredenceCopy !req
72. from King AdulyadejCopy !req
73. and, by affixing
my signature and sealCopy !req
74. do hereby declare you to beCopy !req
75. an Ambassador
Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary.Copy !req
76. May our people know
peace and prosperity.Copy !req
77. Congratulations.Copy !req
78. Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
79. We've got some gifts,
and we'll stand
for pictures.Copy !req
80. Ambassador,
right here.Copy !req
81. Madam, congratulations.Copy !req
82. He's got about
another two minutesCopy !req
83. and then
I've got to pull him.Copy !req
84. Okay.Copy !req
85. Hey, Charlie,
is he done?Copy !req
86. He's got about
another two minutes.Copy !req
87. I'd like him in
the Situation Room.Copy !req
88. Can I pull him?Copy !req
89. Shall I tell him
it's an emergency?Copy !req
90. It's not
an emergencyCopy !req
91. just time-sensitive.Copy !req
92. Okay.Copy !req
93. What are
you looking at?Copy !req
94. You're testingCopy !req
95. that preposterous
contraption again.Copy !req
96. It's not
preposterousCopy !req
97. it's not
a contraptionCopy !req
98. and mind your
own business.Copy !req
99. In my day, we knew
how to protect ourselves.Copy !req
100. In your day, you
could pretty much
turn back the IndiansCopy !req
101. with a Daniel Boone
musket, couldn't you?Copy !req
102. Ah, sarcasm—
the grumpy man's wit.Copy !req
103. Sharpen a pencil,
would you?Copy !req
104. What's up?Copy !req
105. The target's
in the air.
They're goingCopy !req
106. to launch
the intercept
any moment.Copy !req
107. And I'm sure somebodyCopy !req
108. will come along soon thereafter
and tell me it didn't work.Copy !req
109. Why do you take
that attitude?Copy !req
110. 'Cause it's
not going to work.Copy !req
111. What do I get
if it works?Copy !req
112. Yes.
What do you get?Copy !req
113. Well, I can't make youCopy !req
114. Thailand's Ambassador
to the U.S.Copy !req
115. 'cause I just signed
that guy's letter.Copy !req
116. Come with me to
the Situation Room.Copy !req
117. You know what you are?Copy !req
118. You are the Charlie Brown
of missile defense.Copy !req
119. The Pentagon is Lucy.Copy !req
120. I'm not familiar
with the reference, sir.Copy !req
121. Peanuts—
Charlie Brown.Copy !req
122. I've heard of them.Copy !req
123. I'm just not
conversant in them.Copy !req
124. Why?
I've never read
the comics.Copy !req
125. Leo, were you born
at the age of 55?Copy !req
126. I know that
there's a dog.Copy !req
127. Charlie Brown wanted
to kick a footballCopy !req
128. and Lucy would hold itCopy !req
129. except she'd pull it
away at the last minuteCopy !req
130. and Charlie Brown
would fall on his butt.Copy !req
131. That's funny?Copy !req
132. No, but each timeCopy !req
133. Lucy would find a way
to convince Charlie BrownCopy !req
134. that this time she wouldn't
pull the ball awayCopy !req
135. but she would
and, once againCopy !req
136. Charlie Brown would
fall on his butt.Copy !req
137. And that's funny?
It's satirical.Copy !req
138. What's it satirizing?Copy !req
139. The DOD bringing you
to the Situation RoomCopy !req
140. every time they run
a new missile testCopy !req
141. so that you
can come tell me
how great it worksCopy !req
142. so I'll put money
in the NMD system.Copy !req
143. You should put money
in the NMD system.Copy !req
144. It doesn't work.Copy !req
145. It will work—
one day, soon.Copy !req
146. There are a couple
of three-star
generals in there.Copy !req
147. Call them Lucy and
you're on your own.Copy !req
148. Good morning,
Mr. President.Copy !req
149. Hey, where are we?Copy !req
150. The Kill Vehicle
is on a clear trajectory.Copy !req
151. What's its time
to the target?Copy !req
152. 50 seconds.Copy !req
153. Colonel, could you
walk the President through?Copy !req
154. Yes, sir.Copy !req
155. Mr. President,
approximately
three minutes agoCopy !req
156. a missile was launched
with a simulated
nuclear warheadCopy !req
157. from the Kwajalein Atoll
in the South Pacific.Copy !req
158. And it's going to hit my garage
in New Hampshire exactly when?Copy !req
159. Sir, once the missile
cleared cloud coverCopy !req
160. it was detected byCopy !req
161. the early warning
satellites, which
launched an interceptorCopy !req
162. or Kill Vehicle.Copy !req
163. Ten seconds to SRB sep.Copy !req
164. "SRB sep" is "Solid Rocket
Booster separation."Copy !req
165. That means the high-resolution
radar on the groundCopy !req
166. has gotten a "lock-on" signal
from the Kill Vehicle.Copy !req
167. Go SRB sep.Copy !req
168. Confirm Solid Rocket
Booster Separation.Copy !req
169. Kill Vehicle's away.Copy !req
170. 20 seconds to target intercept.Copy !req
171. Go Flight.Copy !req
172. So what happens now?Copy !req
173. In 20 seconds, it collides
with the nuclear warhead.Copy !req
174. Where?
Outer space.Copy !req
175. 17 miles above the
Earth's atmosphere.Copy !req
176. But we don't have anybody
out there right now, do we?Copy !req
177. Ten seconds to intercept.
Sir...Copy !req
178. When we stay at
the Oriental in BangkokCopy !req
179. we have to check out
James Michener's typewriter.Copy !req
180. Intercept in five...Copy !req
181. Here we go.Copy !req
182. three...Copy !req
183. two... one...Copy !req
184. Is that silence usually
a pretty good sign?Copy !req
185. No.Copy !req
186. Negative intercept.Copy !req
187. Have we got sensor readings?Copy !req
188. No.Copy !req
189. Negative intercept.Copy !req
190. KM warhead has overshot
its target.Copy !req
191. It was just enthusiastic.Copy !req
192. By how much?
Uh, Leo...Copy !req
193. By how much did it
miss the target?
Colonel?Copy !req
194. One-three-seven.Copy !req
195. We missed it by 137 feet?Copy !req
196. Miles.Copy !req
197. We missed it by 137 miles?Copy !req
198. When you consider
the size of outer space,
Leo, that's not so bad.Copy !req
199. Sir...
By the way, the words
you're looking for areCopy !req
200. "Oh, good grief."Copy !req
201. C.J.:
For those of you
who haven't seen itCopy !req
202. it's a very lovely ceremony.Copy !req
203. It's relatively informal.Copy !req
204. The ambassadors are led
into the Oval OfficeCopy !req
205. probably with a few friends
and family.Copy !req
206. They chat for a few moments
with the PresidentCopy !req
207. maybe exchange some gifts,
and they're officially presentedCopy !req
208. by the State Department's
Chief of ProtocolCopy !req
209. who asks the President to accept
the ambassador's credentialsCopy !req
210. and the President signs
a letter to that effect. Yes.Copy !req
211. C.J., you're accepting four
new ambassadors this week.Copy !req
212. Is there an order, a protocol,
in which they're seen?Copy !req
213. There is. It's the orderCopy !req
214. in which they arrived
in Washington.Copy !req
215. This morning, the President saw
Ambassador Sumatra of Thailand.Copy !req
216. Then it will be
Peter Hans of SwedenCopy !req
217. followed by Her Excellency
Renee Ernesto of ArgentinaCopy !req
218. Noah Jola of Burkina FasoCopy !req
219. and the newly named British
Ambassador to the United StatesCopy !req
220. will be arriving
in the United StatesCopy !req
221. just as soon as
he's been newly named.Copy !req
222. I thought it was
going to be...Copy !req
223. I've forgotten his name.
Anthony Bratt.Copy !req
224. Anthony Bratt cited
family obligations at homeCopy !req
225. and withdrew over the weekend.Copy !req
226. But weren't they going
to replace him with...Copy !req
227. Sir Christopher
Nealing-Roach, yes.Copy !req
228. No, Sir Christopher has been
diagnosed with a rare formCopy !req
229. of encephalitis
contracted duringCopy !req
230. his recent
posting to Kenya.Copy !req
231. So who's the new
British Ambassador?
I don't know.Copy !req
232. As soon as the State Department
tells me, I'll know.Copy !req
233. In the meantime,
it's pool photographs onlyCopy !req
234. until tomorrow night
when there'll beCopy !req
235. a cocktail reception
for the new ambassadors.Copy !req
236. That's all.Copy !req
237. Anybody want to know
who's been here the longest?Copy !req
238. The Dean of the Diplomatic
Corps? Anybody?Copy !req
239. Guys, you know, I study
these things just for you.Copy !req
240. It's Prince Bandar Bin
Sultan of Saudi Arabia.Copy !req
241. I could've also told
them that Burkina FasoCopy !req
242. has a population
of 11 millionCopy !req
243. and in even years, they host
Africa's largest crafts market.Copy !req
244. I need a chance to
use that knowledge.
Yes.Copy !req
245. C.J.Copy !req
246. Do you know the chief crops
of Burkina Faso?
No.Copy !req
247. Millet, sorghum, rice,
peanuts and cotton.Copy !req
248. You should mention in
your afternoon briefing
that we've acceptedCopy !req
249. a last-minute invitation
for the President to addressCopy !req
250. the Global Defense Council
tomorrow night at the Sheraton.Copy !req
251. I thought we passed
on the GDC.Copy !req
252. We passed on it
three months agoCopy !req
253. when we thought the
President was going
to be in South AmericaCopy !req
254. but the trip got
canceled and they lost
their keynote speakerCopy !req
255. so we're going to use
this to launch CARECopy !req
256. and that's what I want
you to announce at the
afternoon briefing.Copy !req
257. CARE?
Yeah.Copy !req
258. Okay.
Clean Air
Rehabilitation Effort.Copy !req
259. Yeah.
You don't know
what it is.Copy !req
260. The Clean Air
Rehabilitation Effort?
Yes.Copy !req
261. It's an effort by which...
Okay.Copy !req
262. we clean the air
and rehabilitate it.Copy !req
263. I'm not involved
in the nuances of
environmental policy.Copy !req
264. Which will come
as a relief to
environmentalists.Copy !req
265. Sam...
I'll brief you later.Copy !req
266. I knew the crops
of Burkina Faso.Copy !req
267. I'll brief you later.Copy !req
268. Have we heard from Toby?Copy !req
269. No.Copy !req
270. Do we know if he's landed?Copy !req
271. No.Copy !req
272. How's everybody doing in here?Copy !req
273. They're doing fine.Copy !req
274. Is global warming
a real environmental conditionCopy !req
275. or merely
a temporary anomaly?Copy !req
276. Is it a global threat or the
exaggerated claim of alarmists?Copy !req
277. The time for such debate
is over.Copy !req
278. As of today, it shall beCopy !req
279. the unequivocal position
of the United States governmentCopy !req
280. that global warming constitutes
a clear and present dangerCopy !req
281. to the health
and future well-beingCopy !req
282. of this planet
and all its inhabitants.Copy !req
283. Yes.
Did somebody get that?Copy !req
284. I didn't see anyone writing.Copy !req
285. You already wrote it.
I added a thing.Copy !req
286. We got it.
I added, "The time for
such debate is over."Copy !req
287. We got it.
It sets up the reveal.Copy !req
288. Yes.Copy !req
289. Okay, $22 trillion in benefitsCopy !req
290. versus a half a trillion
in compliance costs—Copy !req
291. we're making sure that's right
in a couple places?Copy !req
292. They're making sure.Copy !req
293. Three sources.Copy !req
294. And we don't know
if Toby's back?Copy !req
295. Sam, you'll know
as soon as he's back.Copy !req
296. Sam?
It is Toby?Copy !req
297. Yeah.
Can I have the phone?Copy !req
298. He's standing right there.Copy !req
299. Thanks.Copy !req
300. 22,000 fewer respiratory-related
hospital admissions.Copy !req
301. I don't want to use the stats
unless I have three sources.Copy !req
302. How was the trip?Copy !req
303. It was fine.Copy !req
304. What's going on?Copy !req
305. The President's
going to speakCopy !req
306. at the GDC conference
tomorrow night.Copy !req
307. I'm sorry?
He's going to...Copy !req
308. What are you
talking about?Copy !req
309. He's going
to launch CARE.Copy !req
310. Since when?
Their keynote speaker
fell through.Copy !req
311. When was this decision made?Copy !req
312. Last night.Copy !req
313. Why wasn't I involved?Copy !req
314. You were in Kansas City.
I have a telephone.Copy !req
315. Toby...
I have a damn
telephone, Sam.Copy !req
316. Frankly, I didn't think...Copy !req
317. I thought there'd be
a consensus.Copy !req
318. Who was at this meeting?Copy !req
319. Where?Copy !req
320. Where the decision was made.Copy !req
321. It was me, Carl Taub
of the EPA, Jane Ziskin...Copy !req
322. Toby, we've been looking for
an opportunity to launch...Copy !req
323. Leo wasn't there?
No.Copy !req
324. We've been looking for
a platform, the opportunity...Copy !req
325. I understand.
presented itself.
What's the problem?Copy !req
326. There are a number
of problemsCopy !req
327. any one of which
I could have told you aboutCopy !req
328. had you gotten me
on the phone.Copy !req
329. What's the problem?
For one thingCopy !req
330. we already blew off the AFL-CIOCopy !req
331. telling them the President was
going to be in South America.Copy !req
332. The President was
going to beCopy !req
333. in South America.
Now he's not.Copy !req
334. Instead, he's speaking
to labor's good friend,
the environmental lobby.Copy !req
335. Also, he's the President
of the United States.
He's nobody's understudy.Copy !req
336. You got him going out there
like Joey Bishop.Copy !req
337. I got to say,
I hear all thatCopy !req
338. but the President was
very enthusiastic.Copy !req
339. Of course he was enthusiastic.Copy !req
340. I'm saying I wasn't
in there twisting his arm.Copy !req
341. I told him
this opportunity had opened upCopy !req
342. we had enough notes so that I
could finish the speech in timeCopy !req
343. he asked us a few questions,
we answered them, he said yes.Copy !req
344. All right, all right.Copy !req
345. All right.Copy !req
346. It's going to be
a good speech.Copy !req
347. Yeah.Copy !req
348. They need you.Copy !req
349. Thanks.Copy !req
350. How was the trip?Copy !req
351. Fine.Copy !req
352. I need to see Leo.Copy !req
353. Yeah.Copy !req
354. C.J.:
It's not going to beCopy !req
355. Sir Christopher Nealing-Roach.
I heard.Copy !req
356. I said it's not going to be
Sir Christopher Nealing-Roach.
And I said I heard.Copy !req
357. But I like to say
"Sir Christopher Nealing-Roach."Copy !req
358. Who's it going to be?
I'm waiting to hear from someone
at the State Department.Copy !req
359. Me, too.
Maybe it'll be
Sir Christopher Nealing-Roach.Copy !req
360. Can I stop talking to you now?Copy !req
361. What are you doing?Copy !req
362. I'm standing with my back
straight against the wall.Copy !req
363. Why?Copy !req
364. I was told by doctorsCopy !req
365. it would relax me.Copy !req
366. Josh?Copy !req
367. Got to go.Copy !req
368. Yeah.Copy !req
369. Are you okay?Copy !req
370. Yeah. What?Copy !req
371. Is it true that Leo can't stand
a guy named Lord John Marbury?Copy !req
372. Why?
A reporter asked me.Copy !req
373. What's a reporter
doing talking to you?
It's a friend of a friend.Copy !req
374. Leo McGarry has nothing
but respect and affectionCopy !req
375. for John Marbury.
That's what I said.Copy !req
376. Leo thinks he's a lunatic.Copy !req
377. He's very handsome.Copy !req
378. That may be so, but Leo
thinks he's a lunatic.Copy !req
379. Are you threatened
by his brilliance?
No.Copy !req
380. You seem threatened
by his brilliance.Copy !req
381. How do you know he's brilliant?
I saw his picture.Copy !req
382. I'm not threatened
by his brillianceCopy !req
383. nor am I threatened
by his good looks.Copy !req
384. I'm sorry. I meant Leo.Copy !req
385. Neither Leo or ICopy !req
386. are threatened by his brains,
his looks or his charm.Copy !req
387. He is, however, a lunatic BritCopy !req
388. and we're grateful
there's an ocean between us.Copy !req
389. There isn't anymore.Copy !req
390. There isn't what?Copy !req
391. An ocean between you.Copy !req
392. Please don't tell me...Copy !req
393. He's the new British Ambassador
to the United States.Copy !req
394. Yeah.Copy !req
395. Josh?Copy !req
396. Yeah.Copy !req
397. He's dreamy.Copy !req
398. I'm just going
to stand next
to the wallCopy !req
399. a little while longer.Copy !req
400. Okay.Copy !req
401. Josh?Copy !req
402. Okay, what I need
people to do is knock.Copy !req
403. I did knock.Copy !req
404. But you didn't wait
for a response.Copy !req
405. Why would I?Copy !req
406. Because I could
have been relaxingCopy !req
407. by standing
behind that door.Copy !req
408. All right.Copy !req
409. How was the trip?Copy !req
410. It was fine. So we're
pinch-hitting at the
GDC conference.Copy !req
411. For the record, I
didn't think it was
a good idea and I said so.Copy !req
412. And that seems
to have helped.Copy !req
413. Look, we can't appear to
be at the beck and call
of the environment.Copy !req
414. We could try
insulting them.Copy !req
415. Yes.Copy !req
416. I'm kidding.Copy !req
417. I'm not.Copy !req
418. We were invited.Copy !req
419. Don't care.Copy !req
420. What do you have?Copy !req
421. Environmental terrorists
burned down a ski resortCopy !req
422. and the GDC
didn't comment?Copy !req
423. Why did environmental
terrorists burn down
a ski resort?Copy !req
424. To save the lynx.Copy !req
425. The links?
Yep.Copy !req
426. Environmental terrorists
burned down a ski resortCopy !req
427. to save a golf course?Copy !req
428. It's an animal.Copy !req
429. Sam's going to have
strong objections.Copy !req
430. Yes, I know.Copy !req
431. You want me
to talk to Leo?Copy !req
432. I'm going to talk to him.Copy !req
433. I want you to talk to C.J.Copy !req
434. About what?Copy !req
435. The Will Rogers dinner
is going to askCopy !req
436. Cornelius Sykes
to host.Copy !req
437. You're kidding me.Copy !req
438. Nope.
He didn't laugh
at the joke.Copy !req
439. Yeah.
Talk to C.J.Copy !req
440. Why do you
relax by standing
behind a door?Copy !req
441. I'm not standing
behind the door.Copy !req
442. I'm standing with my
back straight against
the wall, so I...Copy !req
443. I don't care.Copy !req
444. Yeah.Copy !req
445. Keith, I...Copy !req
446. Keith, I can't
tell him that.Copy !req
447. I can't tell
the PresidentCopy !req
448. that nine out of ten things
went right.Copy !req
449. He's going to say, "Yeah,
but we didn't hit anything."Copy !req
450. Would you, please?Copy !req
451. Thank you.Copy !req
452. We had an NMD test
this morning.Copy !req
453. We were successful
on nine out of ten criteria.Copy !req
454. We missed?Copy !req
455. Yeah.Copy !req
456. By how much?Copy !req
457. We were trying
to shoot downCopy !req
458. an incoming Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile.Copy !req
459. Once you miss, it really
doesn't matter by how much.Copy !req
460. I suppose.Copy !req
461. 137 miles.Copy !req
462. Sam just told me
about the speech.Copy !req
463. Which speech?Copy !req
464. The GDC.Copy !req
465. Yeah.
Leo...Copy !req
466. How did...?
I wasn't
in the meeting.Copy !req
467. It happened fast.Copy !req
468. I'm saying...Copy !req
469. It happened fast.Copy !req
470. Sam pitched it
and the PresidentCopy !req
471. wanted to do it.Copy !req
472. How could you not
be in that meeting?Copy !req
473. 'Cause I'm trying to get
the President to warm upCopy !req
474. to a missile shield
that's supposed to save humanityCopy !req
475. and there is a limit
to the numberCopy !req
476. of rooms I can be in at once.Copy !req
477. You want to file
a complaint?Copy !req
478. No.Copy !req
479. Good.Copy !req
480. Here's what I think.Copy !req
481. Screw the environmental lobby?Copy !req
482. Did I say that?Copy !req
483. Did I say, "Screw
the environmental lobby"?Copy !req
484. You didn't say
anything.Copy !req
485. That right, and before
I even open my mouthCopy !req
486. you decide I'm going
to say, "Screw the... "Copy !req
487. I apologize.Copy !req
488. There's an extent to whichCopy !req
489. we've got to screw
the environmental lobby.Copy !req
490. Yeah.
A clear and public demonstration
that the President'sCopy !req
491. not beholden to them
isn't a bad idea right now.Copy !req
492. You think he should walk
into their ballroom and
smack them around?Copy !req
493. I really do, for 30 seconds
out of a 40-minute addressCopy !req
494. announcing an initiative
they love.Copy !req
495. How do you think they're going
to feel about the 30 seconds?Copy !req
496. Not that good, but
that's the point.Copy !req
497. We don't have
to move to our rightCopy !req
498. if there's an opportunity
to spank the people to our left.Copy !req
499. Anything in particular
we want to spank them for?Copy !req
500. Failing to publicly admonish
acts of eco-terrorism.Copy !req
501. The GDC doesn't engage
in acts of eco-terrorism.Copy !req
502. Yes, but they failCopy !req
503. to publicly admonish
those who do.Copy !req
504. For example?Copy !req
505. A $12-millionCopy !req
506. Colorado ski developmentCopy !req
507. that was under construction
was set on fireCopy !req
508. because it threatened the
habitat of a rare local lynx.Copy !req
509. Is a lynx a...?Copy !req
510. I don't know.Copy !req
511. I think it's likeCopy !req
512. a possum or
something.Copy !req
513. All right, tell Sam
to find a place to out it.Copy !req
514. I don't want it
in the advance textCopy !req
515. and I don't want Sam
and his 14 objections.Copy !req
516. It should just be a drop-in.Copy !req
517. I'll talk to the President.Copy !req
518. Anything else?Copy !req
519. 137 miles?Copy !req
520. Yeah.Copy !req
521. Is that a lot?Copy !req
522. Yeah.Copy !req
523. Okay.Copy !req
524. We have 30 minutes
at the ballroomCopy !req
525. after the speech to spinCopy !req
526. and obviously,
the next morning as well.Copy !req
527. Among the things you'll want
to be emphasizing are what?Copy !req
528. America is the biggest emitter
of carbon dioxide.Copy !req
529. We have four percent
of the population.Copy !req
530. We're responsible for 25%
of the greenhouse emissions.Copy !req
531. How are we going to reduce
those levelsCopy !req
532. of greenhouse emissions,
you ask?Copy !req
533. Through the Clean Air
Rehabilitation Effort.Copy !req
534. Yes, which you can read about
in bullet pointsCopy !req
535. beginning on page 11.
Please don't skip the footnotesCopy !req
536. and please don't just
read what's underlined.Copy !req
537. C.J.:
Question.
Yes.Copy !req
538. Did girls go out with you
in high school?Copy !req
539. Yes.
Really?Copy !req
540. Under these regulationsCopy !req
541. there will be a
cap on the volume
of carbon dioxideCopy !req
542. a company could emit in a year,
but what's the good news?Copy !req
543. If a company comes
in lower than the cap,
they can sell the balanceCopy !req
544. of their emissions
allowance to
another company.Copy !req
545. Creating what?
A cash incentive.Copy !req
546. A cash incentive.Copy !req
547. Can you tell us anything
else about that, C.J.?Copy !req
548. No, but I can tell you
that lumber, cocoa beansCopy !req
549. aluminum and petroleum products
are the major exportsCopy !req
550. of Cameroon.Copy !req
551. Then you're all set.
Yeah.Copy !req
552. Can I have her for a second?Copy !req
553. Yeah.
Why do you ask
him and not me?Copy !req
554. He looked in charge.Copy !req
555. Of where I go?
Can we please?Copy !req
556. Did you hear they named
John MarburyCopy !req
557. British Ambassador?Copy !req
558. Yes, I did.Copy !req
559. Lord John Marbury?Copy !req
560. I know. It's got to beCopy !req
561. like Davy Jones
is showing up.Copy !req
562. Don't make fun
of Davy Jones, all right?Copy !req
563. He once wrote me a letter.Copy !req
564. He took that kind of time,
and he still tours.Copy !req
565. Plus, my love
for John Marbury is real.Copy !req
566. It's not a schoolgirl crush.Copy !req
567. He calls me Principessa.Copy !req
568. Does he?
Yes.Copy !req
569. He calls Leo Gerald.Copy !req
570. He's eccentric.
Yeah.Copy !req
571. What do you need?Copy !req
572. Janice Barry is saying
they're going to askCopy !req
573. Cornelius Sykes to host
the Will Rogers dinner.Copy !req
574. They know for sure?Copy !req
575. They're going to ask him
on Monday.Copy !req
576. Yeah.
They're trying
to stir this up again?Copy !req
577. He didn't laugh at the joke.
How many more ways are thereCopy !req
578. for me to say that?
He didn't laugh at the joke.Copy !req
579. You guys are friends;
I was thinking...Copy !req
580. We're not friends.
You know each other.Copy !req
581. I don't hang out
with Corey Sykes.Copy !req
582. Yeah, but you know him.Copy !req
583. Where is he?Copy !req
584. He's in New York doing stand-up.Copy !req
585. Since you'll
be there...
I'll see him tomorrow night.Copy !req
586. Thank you.Copy !req
587. He didn't laugh
at the joke.Copy !req
588. Yes.
You'll see him
tomorrow night?Copy !req
589. Josh...
Would you see
that a meeting is arrangedCopy !req
590. for tomorrow night in New YorkCopy !req
591. Yeah.
with C.J. and Cornelius Sykes
and no one else?Copy !req
592. Thank you.Copy !req
593. And I was thinking...Copy !req
594. Yeah?
When Marbury gets here?Copy !req
595. Yeah?
You can encourage himCopy !req
596. to introduce me to any
royal and single men
he might know.Copy !req
597. That's a good idea.
I'm going to do that.Copy !req
598. You're not really,
though, are you?Copy !req
599. No.Copy !req
600. You know what I think?Copy !req
601. A lot of people don't realizeCopy !req
602. that Swedes have lived in Sweden
more than 5,000 years longerCopy !req
603. than nearly any other
European people.Copy !req
604. That's right, sir.Copy !req
605. In fact,
Gothic tribes from SwedenCopy !req
606. played a major role
in the disintegrationCopy !req
607. of the Roman Empire,
did they not?Copy !req
608. They did.Copy !req
609. So you've got that
to answer for.Copy !req
610. Yes, sir.Copy !req
611. Uh, Mr. President,
it is with pleasureCopy !req
612. that I present
His ExcellencyCopy !req
613. Peter Hans of SwedenCopy !req
614. and by request
of the Secretary of StateCopy !req
615. ask that you accept
his credentials from
King Carl GustafCopy !req
616. as Sweden's Ambassador
to the United States.Copy !req
617. Mr. Hans, I accept
your Letter of CredenceCopy !req
618. from King GustafCopy !req
619. and by affixing
my signature and sealCopy !req
620. do hereby declare you
to be an AmbassadorCopy !req
621. Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary.Copy !req
622. Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
623. Congratulations.Copy !req
624. Mr. Ambassador.Copy !req
625. Family, please.Copy !req
626. Congratulations,
Ambassador.Copy !req
627. Leo.Copy !req
628. Is he still holding
you responsibleCopy !req
629. for the fall of
the Roman Empire?Copy !req
630. Oh, yes.Copy !req
631. Welcome to my world.Copy !req
632. I'll see you
at the reception, right?Copy !req
633. Yes, sir.
Congratulations.Copy !req
634. Mr. Ambassador, you
and your family
can step this way.Copy !req
635. Sweden has a 100%
literacy rate, Leo.Copy !req
636. 100%. How do they do that?Copy !req
637. Well, maybe they don't,
and they also can't count.Copy !req
638. Maybe.Copy !req
639. Sir, I really think
you should know...Copy !req
640. Yes?Copy !req
641. That nine out
of the ten criteriaCopy !req
642. that the DOD lays
down for success in
these tests were met.Copy !req
643. The tenth being?
They missed the target.Copy !req
644. Damn! So close.
Sir...Copy !req
645. Mr. President...
It's that tenth one.Copy !req
646. See, if thereCopy !req
647. were just nine...Copy !req
648. Look, the tracking software
on the KM vehicleCopy !req
649. clearly acquired
a read on both the
target and the decoyCopy !req
650. and for the
first time everCopy !req
651. successfully
rendered a cleanCopy !req
652. identification
differential.Copy !req
653. Leo, seriously, when they were
telling you that on the phoneCopy !req
654. how stupid did you think
you'd sound saying it to me?Copy !req
655. This project
needs money.Copy !req
656. It doesn't work.Copy !req
657. Neither did several
phases of Apollo 11Copy !req
658. but Neil Armstrong
claims it was a success.Copy !req
659. Do we need
to decide this right now?Copy !req
660. No.
Okay.Copy !req
661. So, about the
GDC speech?Copy !req
662. Yeah.Copy !req
663. Since we're giving them
exactly what they wantCopy !req
664. Toby thinks
it's not such a bad ideaCopy !req
665. if we signal
our independence as well.Copy !req
666. How?
A drop-in.Copy !req
667. Eco-terrorism that's gone
un-admonished by the GDC.Copy !req
668. For example?Copy !req
669. A ski development in ColoradoCopy !req
670. that threatened a rare lynx
was burned in protest.Copy !req
671. And we can't take it for grantedCopy !req
672. that everyone pretty much
fundamentally opposes arson?Copy !req
673. A year and
a half agoCopy !req
674. you stood in the Mural RoomCopy !req
675. and took Al Caldwell's head off
because the Christian LeagueCopy !req
676. hadn't publicly admonished
religious extremists.Copy !req
677. It would be hypocrisyCopy !req
678. Yes.
not to hold our friends
to the same standardCopy !req
679. and yet it feels strange
to score political pointsCopy !req
680. by doing
the right thing.
Yeah.Copy !req
681. I'm victim
to my ownCopy !req
682. purity of character.Copy !req
683. Whatever. We got you
some information on the lynxCopy !req
684. which is a kind
of possum, I think.Copy !req
685. Okay, well,
it's not a kind of a possumCopy !req
686. so why don't you get me
that information?Copy !req
687. Toby doesn't want it
in the speech?Copy !req
688. Just a drop-in.Copy !req
689. Did you hear?Copy !req
690. About Marbury?
Isn't it great?Copy !req
691. Yes, sir, and I assumeCopy !req
692. you're enjoying
my suffering?Copy !req
693. Absolutely.Copy !req
694. Anything else?
No.Copy !req
695. Thank you,
Mr. President.Copy !req
696. 2,000 environmentalists
are going to tryCopy !req
697. to kill me
tomorrow night.Copy !req
698. They're going
to come at meCopy !req
699. with vegan food
and pitchforks.Copy !req
700. That doesn't really sound
like something people do.Copy !req
701. Still, I'd like you
to get between meCopy !req
702. and any boiled seaweed
you see coming my way.Copy !req
703. Mr. President?Copy !req
704. Leo just talked to me.Copy !req
705. About the GDC tonight?Copy !req
706. Yeah. I'm not doing this
for the politics.Copy !req
707. I'm doing it 'cause
it's the right thing to do.Copy !req
708. Well, I'm doing it
for the politics.Copy !req
709. A lynx isn't a possum.Copy !req
710. I think it's in
the possum family.Copy !req
711. It's a cat.Copy !req
712. Oh, and we don't
have enough of those.Copy !req
713. How does Sam feel
about this?Copy !req
714. Toby?Copy !req
715. This isn't
Government Camp.Copy !req
716. It's not like...Copy !req
717. It's not important that
everybody gets to play.Copy !req
718. I'm not going to tell you
how to run your office, Toby.Copy !req
719. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
720. Vegan food coming at me
all night long.Copy !req
721. C.J.?Copy !req
722. Yeah?Copy !req
723. Where you going?Copy !req
724. New York, New York, Toby.Copy !req
725. The town so nice
they named it twice.Copy !req
726. What are you doing there?Copy !req
727. I'm receiving
the Matrix AwardCopy !req
728. from New York Women
in Communications.Copy !req
729. For what?Copy !req
730. I discovered a comet.Copy !req
731. What do you mean
"for what"?Copy !req
732. Past winners, by the wayCopy !req
733. include Cokie Roberts, Diane
Sawyer and Ms. Leslie Stahl.Copy !req
734. Did Josh
talk to you about...?Copy !req
735. I'm meeting him for a
drink after the thing.Copy !req
736. And you're briefed on
the Clean Air Rehabilitation...?Copy !req
737. Yeah.Copy !req
738. Okay. You might need this.Copy !req
739. "The President
has always spoken outCopy !req
740. "against moderate groupsCopy !req
741. "not taking responsibility
for extremismCopy !req
742. "and he isn't going to stop
with the environmental lobby.Copy !req
743. Friends are honest
with each other."Copy !req
744. He's going to
do a drop-in?Copy !req
745. I'll see you
tomorrow night.Copy !req
746. Hey, Toby, you want
to see the speech?Copy !req
747. Sam's writing
a good one.Copy !req
748. Oh.Copy !req
749. Climate changes
have accelerated.Copy !req
750. Glaciers are shrinking.Copy !req
751. Polar sea ice is what?Copy !req
752. It's thinning.Copy !req
753. The polar sea ice is thinningCopy !req
754. causing a rise in sea levels
around the globe.Copy !req
755. And what do we say
when they sayCopy !req
756. "But the proposals
in the Clean AirCopy !req
757. "Rehabilitation Effort
would seriously chokeCopy !req
758. the auto, trucking
and utility business?"Copy !req
759. $22 trillion
in benefits producedCopy !req
760. versus a half a trillion
in compliance cost.Copy !req
761. Public health benefits?Copy !req
762. We'll make that clear.Copy !req
763. Where's C.J.?Copy !req
764. She's in New York.Copy !req
765. What's she doing
in New York?Copy !req
766. She had a lunch.Copy !req
767. Media Women,
Women of Media.Copy !req
768. That was
this afternoon.Copy !req
769. She had to
stay around.Copy !req
770. So it's just me?Copy !req
771. Yeah. Call me
from the place.
Yeah.Copy !req
772. Final draft?Copy !req
773. Well, it's
the 12th draft.Copy !req
774. Whether it's the final draft
is really up to you.Copy !req
775. Was that sass?Copy !req
776. Yeah.Copy !req
777. Okay.Copy !req
778. The difference between a good
speech and a great speechCopy !req
779. is the energy
with which the audienceCopy !req
780. comes to their feet at the end.Copy !req
781. Is it polite? Is it a chore?Copy !req
782. Are they standing up because
their boss just stood up? No.Copy !req
783. We want it to come
from their socks.Copy !req
784. We got a half an hour.Copy !req
785. Let's read this again.Copy !req
786. Every time one of
these tests failsCopy !req
787. Congressional
DemocratsCopy !req
788. jump on it as a reason
to kill the program.Copy !req
789. You're not going to turn
the President aroundCopy !req
790. on the missile shield.Copy !req
791. Well, I'm not going to
turn him around todayCopy !req
792. and probably not tomorrowCopy !req
793. but as long as somebody
has the moneyCopy !req
794. to keep trying to make
it work, then I'm fine.Copy !req
795. Leo?Copy !req
796. Yeah.Copy !req
797. There's someone here to see you.Copy !req
798. Who?Copy !req
799. Gerald!Copy !req
800. Oh, God.Copy !req
801. Gerald, old friend.Copy !req
802. Good to see you,
Ambassador.Copy !req
803. It's as if
the gods themselvesCopy !req
804. insist that we be
not long apart, you and I.Copy !req
805. They do seem to strongly
insist upon that, yes.Copy !req
806. Your assistant, Margaret,
is looking positively buxom.Copy !req
807. Thank you, I'll tell her.Copy !req
808. Thank you.Copy !req
809. Yes, well done.Copy !req
810. John?Copy !req
811. Oh, oh, my aide, Caprice.Copy !req
812. How do you do?Copy !req
813. Leo McGarry.Copy !req
814. Good to see you,
Ambassador.Copy !req
815. God bless you, Josh.Copy !req
816. The prayers of millions
were answered.Copy !req
817. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
818. I have come.
Yes.Copy !req
819. I am Lord John Marbury, along
with my aide, Caprice, and I'mCopy !req
820. hereby presenting
my credentialsCopy !req
821. in the fervent hope that...Copy !req
822. John, we do that later
with the President.Copy !req
823. Excellent.Copy !req
824. I will tell you, though,
that I personally welcome youCopy !req
825. and I look forward
to our new partnership.Copy !req
826. As do I.Copy !req
827. I know we've had our
differences in the pastCopy !req
828. but I think you know
I respect you.Copy !req
829. I congratulate you
on this auspicious occasionCopy !req
830. and, as a matter of fact,
the timingCopy !req
831. How so?
of your arrival
couldn't be better.Copy !req
832. Leo's trying to convince
the President to give
the NMD more time.Copy !req
833. You're an expert in the fieldCopy !req
834. and I hope I can count
on your support.Copy !req
835. You may hope for it,
but you'll not have it.Copy !req
836. Because the NMD
Why not?Copy !req
837. is an absurdly wasteful
military boondoggleCopy !req
838. that will never produce
a working missile.Copy !req
839. It violates any number
of elements of the ABM treatyCopy !req
840. and any argument
you make in its defenseCopy !req
841. will surely be moronic.Copy !req
842. Ah... detente.Copy !req
843. I'm sorry, Gerald.Copy !req
844. We're going
to have this out.
Excellent.Copy !req
845. Let's go get you knightedCopy !req
846. or whatever the hell it is
we do.Copy !req
847. Hey.Copy !req
848. Hey, how you doing?Copy !req
849. Not bad.Copy !req
850. Thanks for taking the time.Copy !req
851. Yeah. I got to get
back pretty soon.Copy !req
852. I won't take long.Copy !req
853. You want to stay
for the show?Copy !req
854. I got to get the 7:00 shuttle.Copy !req
855. You want something to drink?Copy !req
856. Uh, club soda.Copy !req
857. Alicia, can I get
some club soda?Copy !req
858. Oh, I haven't seen
the movie yet.Copy !req
859. You should see it.
It's good.Copy !req
860. That's what everyone's saying.Copy !req
861. Well, I appreciate that.Copy !req
862. So, you know, this is
about the Will Rogers dinner.Copy !req
863. Yeah.Copy !req
864. They're going to ask you to hostCopy !req
865. and, obviously, the President's
going to be there.Copy !req
866. We, uh...Copy !req
867. appreciate the support...Copy !req
868. You want me to say no.Copy !req
869. We think the press will
go back two yearsCopy !req
870. Let them.
and bring up the whole...Copy !req
871. I don't want to.Copy !req
872. You know, you know
how I feel about you.Copy !req
873. You know I don't mean
you disrespect...Copy !req
874. You don't?Copy !req
875. No.Copy !req
876. I've raised money for you.Copy !req
877. I've registered voters for you.Copy !req
878. I've done commercials for youCopy !req
879. and I've voted for you.Copy !req
880. Because of something I never did
wrong two years agoCopy !req
881. you don't want to be on
the same dais with me.Copy !req
882. That's not...Copy !req
883. It takes a special
kind of arroganceCopy !req
884. not to think that
that's disrespectful.Copy !req
885. Ah, thanks, Alicia.Copy !req
886. Make your case.Copy !req
887. I got to be funny in a while.Copy !req
888. It missed by 137 miles.Copy !req
889. Yes.Copy !req
890. It could've missed
by 37 fewer milesCopy !req
891. and it would've
still missed by
a hundred miles.Copy !req
892. It doesn't work.Copy !req
893. That depends
what your definition is.Copy !req
894. My definition is precisely
the same as everyone else's.Copy !req
895. John!Copy !req
896. Mr. President.Copy !req
897. It's good to have you here.Copy !req
898. Your servant,
as always.Copy !req
899. What made you agree
to take the post?Copy !req
900. I suppose it's possible
I was drunk.Copy !req
901. Reasonable bet.Copy !req
902. Listen, I got to go
a few blocks across townCopy !req
903. and give an address
on global warmingCopy !req
904. and the future of our planet.Copy !req
905. That's not something
you're interested in?Copy !req
906. Oh, good God, no.Copy !req
907. Okay. Stay here and fight
with Leo about something.Copy !req
908. We'll get you some dinner.
I'll be back in an hour.Copy !req
909. We'll do your thing
and then enjoy the reception.Copy !req
910. Excellent.
Indeed.Copy !req
911. Charlie?
Here we go.Copy !req
912. Eagle's moving.Copy !req
913. An hour, did he say?Copy !req
914. Yes.Copy !req
915. I'll need
some amusement.Copy !req
916. Good evening, Your Lordship.Copy !req
917. Excellent.Copy !req
918. Wait a second.
Let me finish.Copy !req
919. It was not a benign joke.Copy !req
920. You don't tell
benign jokes.Copy !req
921. That's a matter...Copy !req
922. It was a joke
about New York City copsCopy !req
923. shooting black men.Copy !req
924. I'm black man.Copy !req
925. I'm in a room full of rich
Democrats in an election year.Copy !req
926. You thought I was going
to talk about airline food?Copy !req
927. It was a political
fund-raiser in the heatCopy !req
928. of a national campaign.Copy !req
929. You weren't doing a 2:00 a.m.
set at Catch a Rising Star.Copy !req
930. You know how many years
it's beenCopy !req
931. since I worked
Catch a Rising Star?Copy !req
932. You made the joke, and
inoffensive as you think
it may have beenCopy !req
933. there was
enormous pressure
on the candidateCopy !req
934. to disavow your remarks,
and he did not.Copy !req
935. And I'm supposed...Copy !req
936. Corey...
I'm supposed to feel
good about that?Copy !req
937. That he didn't disavow me?Copy !req
938. That I wasn't disavowed?Copy !req
939. We were courting
law enforcement, Corey.Copy !req
940. Don't be naive.Copy !req
941. You were also courting
the black vote, C.J.Copy !req
942. I'm not naive.Copy !req
943. What'd you expect us to do?Copy !req
944. I expected
that when I was calledCopy !req
945. in any of number of places
a Hollywood sleazeCopy !req
946. that you might have said a
few words, maybe, on my behalf.Copy !req
947. I expected that you
we're going to sayCopy !req
948. "We in the
Bartlet campaignCopy !req
949. "don't believe Cornelius Sykes
is a Hollywood sleaze.Copy !req
950. "We believe
he's a world-class humoristCopy !req
951. "and millions
of Americans agree.Copy !req
952. "We believe
his humor can be
disconcerting to someCopy !req
953. "but those who are making noise
right nowCopy !req
954. "are feigning their concernCopy !req
955. in an effort to frighten
white men."Copy !req
956. But what you said wasCopy !req
957. he didn't laugh at the joke.Copy !req
958. Corey...Copy !req
959. He did laugh at the joke.Copy !req
960. Yeah.Copy !req
961. He laughed at the joke, C.J.Copy !req
962. I've been doing this 20 years.Copy !req
963. You don't think I know
if I had him?Copy !req
964. I killed that night.Copy !req
965. That was a very
big deal for me.Copy !req
966. To play in front
of that audienceCopy !req
967. to get that man to laugh?Copy !req
968. And the next dayCopy !req
969. my parents read in the paper
that I am Hollywood sleaze.Copy !req
970. But that's okayCopy !req
971. 'cause the candidate didn't
think I was funny.Copy !req
972. I understand.Copy !req
973. I don't want to cause
any trouble for the President.Copy !req
974. You knew that
when you walked in here.Copy !req
975. I'll pass on the dinner.Copy !req
976. I'll tell them...Copy !req
977. it was 'cause I couldn't get out
of a booking.Copy !req
978. But the President laughed
at the joke, C.J.Copy !req
979. I killed that night.Copy !req
980. You did.Copy !req
981. Okay, I got to go.Copy !req
982. I'll see you next time.Copy !req
983. Is the President
offstage yet?Copy !req
984. Just about.Copy !req
985. Anyone know
how it's going?Copy !req
986. Toby?
Yeah.Copy !req
987. It's Sam.
Yeah.Copy !req
988. Yeah?Copy !req
989. Sam...
He admonished them.Copy !req
990. He went off the speech
right at the endCopy !req
991. and slapped them down
for not speaking outCopy !req
992. Yeah. Listen...
on eco-terrorism.Copy !req
993. Sam, listen...
He just flew
right off the speech.Copy !req
994. Something about
a Colorado ski resort.Copy !req
995. Sam, are you listening?
Here's what you say:
Talk to me.Copy !req
996. Friends are honest
with each other.Copy !req
997. The President has always spoken
out on moderate groupsCopy !req
998. not taking responsibility
for terrorismCopy !req
999. and he isn't going to stop
with the environmental lobby.Copy !req
1000. God bless you all,
and God bless America.Copy !req
1001. Got that?
Yeah.Copy !req
1002. What's happening?Copy !req
1003. Sam, what's happening?Copy !req
1004. They're not standing.Copy !req
1005. So, you're actual royalty?Copy !req
1006. Well, yes.Copy !req
1007. It's not just an
honorary thing?Copy !req
1008. No. In fact,
there's little honorCopy !req
1009. attached to it at all.Copy !req
1010. Tell me about yourself.Copy !req
1011. Well, my mother
was a descendantCopy !req
1012. of the third of the nine
children of Queen Victoria.Copy !req
1013. Victoria was the
granddaughter of
George IIICopy !req
1014. who was the great
grandson of George I.Copy !req
1015. George I was the great
nephew of Charles ICopy !req
1016. who was the son of James ICopy !req
1017. and, uh, James's mother
was Mary, Queen of Scots.Copy !req
1018. And are you
and Caprice an item?Copy !req
1019. Uh, no.Copy !req
1020. Mr. Ambassador?Copy !req
1021. Is he back?Copy !req
1022. He's back,
but he's receiving credentialsCopy !req
1023. from Her Excellency
Renee Ernesto of ArgentinaCopy !req
1024. and asks for your patience.Copy !req
1025. My patience
he shall have.Copy !req
1026. C.J...Copy !req
1027. Yeah?Copy !req
1028. You just get back?
Yeah.Copy !req
1029. You heard
what happened?Copy !req
1030. Yeah, and here's what it is:Copy !req
1031. The President has always
spoken out on moderate groupsCopy !req
1032. not taking responsibility
for extremismCopy !req
1033. and he isn't going to stop
at the environmental lobby.Copy !req
1034. Friends are honest
with each other.Copy !req
1035. Sam?Copy !req
1036. Have you spoken to Toby?Copy !req
1037. When?Copy !req
1038. Since after the
speech tonight?Copy !req
1039. No.Copy !req
1040. Okay.Copy !req
1041. They're setting up
for the reception?Copy !req
1042. Yeah.Copy !req
1043. $60 billion can be spent
on other things.Copy !req
1044. I'm all for retention pay.Copy !req
1045. I'm all for health benefits.Copy !req
1046. I'm all for procurement.Copy !req
1047. I'm talking about
Abrams tanksCopy !req
1048. and Apache helicopters,
which we know work.Copy !req
1049. An Apache helicopterCopy !req
1050. will not stop a Shahab-3
long-range StilettoCopy !req
1051. or a North Korean ICBM.Copy !req
1052. Well, so far,
neither can anything else.Copy !req
1053. Hey, Sam?Copy !req
1054. I'm going back in there.Copy !req
1055. Have you been
getting questions?Copy !req
1056. I'm sorry?Copy !req
1057. Have you been
getting questions?Copy !req
1058. Yeah.Copy !req
1059. From the press, or...?Copy !req
1060. The press'll
be tomorrow.Copy !req
1061. So, who's asking...?Copy !req
1062. The chairman of the
GDC, four congressmenCopy !req
1063. the Secretary
of the Interior.Copy !req
1064. Who'd you think would
be talking to me?
What did...?Copy !req
1065. I said, "Sometimes friends have
to be honest with each other."Copy !req
1066. I said exactly
what you told me to sayCopy !req
1067. which, coincidentally, is
exactly what C.J. told me to sayCopy !req
1068. which is remarkable
when you considerCopy !req
1069. during the event and didn't
speak to you afterward. YorkCopy !req
1070. I mean, it's almost
as if there were peopleCopy !req
1071. who already knew it
was going to happen.Copy !req
1072. Sam...
Get away from me.Copy !req
1073. Hey, Sam.Copy !req
1074. Is it possible I could
get in for just a minute?Copy !req
1075. He's pretty tight right now.Copy !req
1076. I don't thinkCopy !req
1077. I can get you in.Copy !req
1078. Oh, well, yes,
uh, certainly.Copy !req
1079. There's, uh, Edward,
Earl of Ulster.Copy !req
1080. He's the son of Richard,
Duke of GloucesterCopy !req
1081. who's the son of Henry,
Duke of Gloucester.Copy !req
1082. Edward, Earl of Ulster?Copy !req
1083. Yes.Copy !req
1084. You think he'd like me?Copy !req
1085. Do you date
younger men?Copy !req
1086. Sure. How old is he?Copy !req
1087. Five.Copy !req
1088. Okay, well, let's stick a pin
in that for a momentCopy !req
1089. and move on.Copy !req
1090. Hello.
Hello.Copy !req
1091. Am I interrupting?Copy !req
1092. Not at all.Copy !req
1093. Ambassador Marbury
was just telling meCopy !req
1094. about how royal men
are schooled in the
ways of courtship.Copy !req
1095. King George III,
for exampleCopy !req
1096. sailed his bride
up the River ThamesCopy !req
1097. to music that was
specially composed.Copy !req
1098. Yeah. That was just
a few yearsCopy !req
1099. before we opened up a big can
of whup-ass on him at Yorktown.Copy !req
1100. Leo, uh...Copy !req
1101. How can you lookCopy !req
1102. at North Korea,
which 24 months agoCopy !req
1103. fired a Taepodong missile...Copy !req
1104. Uh, which failed.Copy !req
1105. And with some modificationsCopy !req
1106. it'll be able to reach Alaska.Copy !req
1107. Well, I don't
live in Alaska.Copy !req
1108. I live in England,
which, by the wayCopy !req
1109. is not protected by the shield.Copy !req
1110. Not that anybody else is
at the moment, either.Copy !req
1111. You've also forgotten
that we're both signatoriesCopy !req
1112. to the '72 ABM Treaty,
of which this shield
is in clear violation.Copy !req
1113. You've forgotten
that it willCopy !req
1114. compel China to strengthen
their nuclear arsenal.Copy !req
1115. You've forgotten that
the European alliesCopy !req
1116. have strong
reservations
about the shieldCopy !req
1117. and you've forgotten
that it doesn't work.Copy !req
1118. You know what
I haven't forgotten?Copy !req
1119. What?Copy !req
1120. That we opened upCopy !req
1121. a big can of whup-ass on you
at Yorktown.Copy !req
1122. All right.Copy !req
1123. Leo?Copy !req
1124. Excuse me.Copy !req
1125. Excuse me.Copy !req
1126. I'm going to correspond
with Edward, Earl of UlsterCopy !req
1127. once he learns
how to read and write.Copy !req
1128. Okay.Copy !req
1129. Here you go.Copy !req
1130. No, no, Alice,
I got it.Copy !req
1131. It's all right.Copy !req
1132. No, I got it.Copy !req
1133. You want a beer?Copy !req
1134. Yeah, thanks.Copy !req
1135. You don't ever go into
the Oval Office mad.Copy !req
1136. Look...
No. No, no.Copy !req
1137. No, Sam, you don't ever
go in there mad.Copy !req
1138. I think the President's remarks
were... ill-advisedCopy !req
1139. to say the least.Copy !req
1140. Well, you're wrong.Copy !req
1141. The drop-in's the story
now, Toby, not the
energy package.Copy !req
1142. The energy package
doesn't need to beCopy !req
1143. a story. It's
going to be a law.Copy !req
1144. You'd don't think we needCopy !req
1145. the environmental lobby?Copy !req
1146. I think
we need them.Copy !req
1147. I just don't think
we're going to lose them.Copy !req
1148. And I think you're
tragically misguided.Copy !req
1149. Sam, I...Copy !req
1150. Many, if not most
environmentalistsCopy !req
1151. are absolutists
who will use this insult to pullCopy !req
1152. their support under cover
we cut a deal with Detroit.Copy !req
1153. Well, then,
they can grow up, Sam.Copy !req
1154. "Use this insult"?Copy !req
1155. They just got the energy package
they wantedCopy !req
1156. they just got the President
at their dinnerCopy !req
1157. and they should shut up!Copy !req
1158. Well, you shouldCopy !req
1159. explain it to them
just that way, TobyCopy !req
1160. 'cause they're really pretty
receptive to that argument.Copy !req
1161. When they look down
the ballot and see
the alternativesCopy !req
1162. they get receptive
in a hurry.Copy !req
1163. Was there anything else,
or can I sit here now?Copy !req
1164. Yeah, you can sit here.Copy !req
1165. I'll see you tomorrow.Copy !req
1166. Yeah.Copy !req
1167. Sam, I'm looking
at opposition pollingCopy !req
1168. that scares the
hell out of me.Copy !req
1169. I'm looking at
internal numbersCopy !req
1170. that change by the hour.Copy !req
1171. I'm listening to
economists that tell
me there's weather...Copy !req
1172. You left me out.Copy !req
1173. Yeah.Copy !req
1174. You think I'm the reason
you got beatCopy !req
1175. on the Leadership breakfast?Copy !req
1176. I got creamed, Sam.Copy !req
1177. You think I'm the reason?Copy !req
1178. I didn't want
the discussion!Copy !req
1179. Then what are you doing hereCopy !req
1180. talking to me?Copy !req
1181. Now you want
the discussion.Copy !req
1182. You and the President may think
they deserved itCopy !req
1183. but the cynicism
of attacking your friendsCopy !req
1184. for political protection
offends them and it offends me.Copy !req
1185. It offends you, and there's
really nothing I can doCopy !req
1186. to make you feel better
about that.Copy !req
1187. We can't govern if we don't win.Copy !req
1188. You should talk to me
about the numbers more.Copy !req
1189. Yeah.Copy !req
1190. Anyway, I have
this beer, so...Copy !req
1191. Yeah.Copy !req
1192. I was just going to
sit down and drink it.Copy !req
1193. Yeah.Copy !req
1194. I mean, we don't have
to talk or anything.Copy !req
1195. Yeah.Copy !req
1196. That was
Chairwoman Shelly LoobisCopy !req
1197. I just got off the phone with.Copy !req
1198. Before that was a conference
call with Jamie SchwartzCopy !req
1199. from the Environmental
Defense FundCopy !req
1200. Bryce Davis
from the Sierra ClubCopy !req
1201. and three Democratic CongressmenCopy !req
1202. from the Subcommittee
on Energy and the Environment.Copy !req
1203. The number
of different wordsCopy !req
1204. they had
for "manipulative..."Copy !req
1205. Leo, there's no way
they didn't haveCopy !req
1206. a thesaurus open
in front of them.Copy !req
1207. Bryce Davis said
if I keep this upCopy !req
1208. he's going to encourage
Seth GilletteCopy !req
1209. in a third-party bid.Copy !req
1210. What'd you say?Copy !req
1211. I said for 50 bucks
and a ride to the airportCopy !req
1212. Gillette could have the job
right now.Copy !req
1213. What'd you say?Copy !req
1214. I politely reminded them
that it's probablyCopy !req
1215. not a good idea to threaten
the President. Nancy!Copy !req
1216. I want to know,
when you're pushing meCopy !req
1217. towards the missile shieldCopy !req
1218. it's not 'cause you want me
to look strong on defense.Copy !req
1219. Yes, sir?Copy !req
1220. Would you tell Charlie
I'm ready?
Yes, sir.Copy !req
1221. Don't.
I'm not. I'm
pushing youCopy !req
1222. toward the shield
'cause I think it works.Copy !req
1223. Based on what?Copy !req
1224. Confidence...Copy !req
1225. and the understanding
that there's been a timeCopy !req
1226. in the evolution
of everything that worksCopy !req
1227. when it didn't work.Copy !req
1228. You know, can
I say this?Copy !req
1229. Why don't we just
give the $60 billionCopy !req
1230. to North Korea
in exchange for
not bombing us?Copy !req
1231. It's almost hard to believeCopy !req
1232. that you're not on
the National Security Council.Copy !req
1233. I know. I feel like they're
missing an important voice.Copy !req
1234. Good evening.Copy !req
1235. John!Copy !req
1236. Let me explain why
you've been waiting.Copy !req
1237. I have to see people
in the order in
which they arriveCopy !req
1238. and you got beat
by Argentina.Copy !req
1239. Oh, uh, well, yes.Copy !req
1240. You also lost out
on preferred seatingCopy !req
1241. for the State
of the Union.Copy !req
1242. I'm required to attend
the State of the Union?Copy !req
1243. Yes!Copy !req
1244. Well, then,
attend it I shall.Copy !req
1245. Okay. Tom?Copy !req
1246. it is with pleasure
that I present His ExcellencyCopy !req
1247. Lord John Marbury
of Great BritainCopy !req
1248. and by request
of the Secretary of StateCopy !req
1249. ask that you accept
his credentialsCopy !req
1250. from Her Royal Majesty,
Queen Elizabeth IICopy !req
1251. as Great Britain's Ambassador
to the United States.Copy !req
1252. Hmm...Copy !req
1253. Where are you on
the missile shield?Copy !req
1254. Well, I think it's dangerous,
illegal, fiscally irresponsibleCopy !req
1255. technologically unsoundCopy !req
1256. and a threat
to all people everywhere.Copy !req
1257. Leo?Copy !req
1258. I think the world
invented a nuclear weapon.Copy !req
1259. I think the world
owes it to itselfCopy !req
1260. to see if it can't
invent somethingCopy !req
1261. that it would make
it irrelevant.Copy !req
1262. Well, that's
the right sentimentCopy !req
1263. and certainly a credible oneCopy !req
1264. from a man who's fought
in a war.Copy !req
1265. You think you can
make it stop?Copy !req
1266. Well, you can't.Copy !req
1267. We build a shield.Copy !req
1268. Somebody will build
a better missile.Copy !req
1269. Well, it's a discussion
for serious men.Copy !req
1270. They say a statesmanCopy !req
1271. is a politician
who's been dead for 15 years.Copy !req
1272. I'd like us to be statesmen
while we're still alive.Copy !req
1273. Lord Marbury, I acceptCopy !req
1274. your Letter of Credence
from Queen ElizabethCopy !req
1275. and by affixing my
signature and sealCopy !req
1276. do hereby
declare you to beCopy !req
1277. an Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary.Copy !req
1278. Well, thank you, sir.Copy !req
1279. Congratulations.Copy !req
1280. God bless America.Copy !req
1281. God save the Queen.Copy !req
1282. Let's go.Copy !req