1. Previously on
The West Wing:Copy !req
2. You're scared
of Babish.Copy !req
3. Oh, like you're not.Copy !req
4. Oliver, I'm going
to tell you a storyCopy !req
5. and then I need you
to tell me whether or notCopy !req
6. I've engaged 16 people
in a massive criminal conspiracyCopy !req
7. to defraud the public
in order to win a
presidential election.Copy !req
8. Have you ever signed
any documentCopy !req
9. in which you were asked
about your healthCopy !req
10. and did not disclose
you have MS?Copy !req
11. No.Copy !req
12. Toby...Copy !req
13. Yeah?Copy !req
14. Why are you lying to me?Copy !req
15. Charlie...Copy !req
16. When Zoey and Ellie
went to collegeCopy !req
17. they would have had
to fill out a health form.Copy !req
18. Because she was 17,
a parent had to sign it.Copy !req
19. And she left off the MS?Copy !req
20. Yeah.Copy !req
21. Good morning.Copy !req
22. Good morning.Copy !req
23. Did anyone see
you come here?Copy !req
24. I really don't know.Copy !req
25. Why not?Copy !req
26. I really wasn't paying
that much attention.Copy !req
27. I wish you would.Copy !req
28. I walked from my office
to your office.Copy !req
29. Was there press
outside your office?Copy !req
30. Not at 5:30 in
the morning, no.Copy !req
31. When did you find out
about the President's MS?Copy !req
32. Last night
when Leo told me.Copy !req
33. Who else was there?Copy !req
34. Nobody.Copy !req
35. Nobody else was
in the room?
No.Copy !req
36. Have you ever lied about
the President's health?Copy !req
37. Should I have
my lawyer here?Copy !req
38. I'm your lawyer.Copy !req
39. You're the
President's lawyer.Copy !req
40. I'm the White House
Counsel, C.J.Copy !req
41. Have you ever lied about
the President's health?Copy !req
42. When did he tell you?Copy !req
43. I'm sorry?Copy !req
44. When did the
President tell you?Copy !req
45. Six days ago.Copy !req
46. And Josh?Copy !req
47. Two days after that.Copy !req
48. Toby?
Two days before he told me.Copy !req
49. C.J., have you ever lied
about the President's health?Copy !req
50. And Leo he told
more than a year ago.Copy !req
51. Yeah.
And I've had this
for six hours nowCopy !req
52. so maybe giving me some room
wouldn't be totally out of line.Copy !req
53. You know
what I'm saying, Oliver?Copy !req
54. C.J., I'm going to have
to ask you some questionsCopy !req
55. and the less you can
be pissed at the world
for no particular reasonCopy !req
56. the better, I think.Copy !req
57. I don't know you.Copy !req
58. I'm sorry?
I was told to
report to you.Copy !req
59. I don't know you.
You've been here what...?Copy !req
60. Three months.Copy !req
61. Three monthsCopy !req
62. so why should I trust you?Copy !req
63. I don't care if you trust me
or not.Copy !req
64. Imagine my shock.Copy !req
65. I got better things
to do with my imagination.Copy !req
66. I think this is going
really well so far, Oliver.Copy !req
67. It's almost hard to believe
that four different womenCopy !req
68. have sued you
for divorce.Copy !req
69. Well, you can do that
if you want, C.J.Copy !req
70. I've been through itCopy !req
71. a couple times with
Josh and Toby, but
sooner or laterCopy !req
72. you're going to have
to answer questions.Copy !req
73. Either to you or...?
A grand jury.Copy !req
74. Compelled by?Copy !req
75. A Justice Department subpoena.Copy !req
76. Well, I have to tell youCopy !req
77. it'll be the first time
I've been asked outCopy !req
78. in quite awhile, so...Copy !req
79. It's entirely
possibleCopy !req
80. that the President has committed
multiple countsCopy !req
81. of a federal crime
to which you were an accomplice.Copy !req
82. That much has sunk in
in the last six hours.Copy !req
83. Has it?
Yes.Copy !req
84. So why don't you knock offCopy !req
85. the cutie-pie crap
and answer the damn question.Copy !req
86. What was the question?Copy !req
87. Have you ever lied
about the President's health?Copy !req
88. What is your answer?Copy !req
89. Many, many times.Copy !req
90. Mr. Connelly?Copy !req
91. Yes.Copy !req
92. I'm Donna Moss. I'm
Josh Lyman's assistant.Copy !req
93. He's tied up with
Mr. McGarry for just
a couple more minutes.Copy !req
94. I hope you don't
mind waiting.Copy !req
95. No.Copy !req
96. Does anybody know if it's going
to rain this afternoon?Copy !req
97. They're asking me.Copy !req
98. The paper said
mid-afternoon.Copy !req
99. So we know it
won't be that.Copy !req
100. Call the Navy Yard
for me, would you?Copy !req
101. Yeah.Copy !req
102. Donna.Copy !req
103. Yeah.Copy !req
104. Have you seen C.J.?Copy !req
105. No. What's
so funny?Copy !req
106. Ed just got
a fax from...Copy !req
107. I'm sorry.Copy !req
108. Ed just got
a fax fromCopy !req
109. a man named
Byron Talmadge.Copy !req
110. He's the Associate
AdministratorCopy !req
111. of NASA's Office
of Space Cadets.Copy !req
112. Flight.Copy !req
113. Office of
Space Flight.
The OSF?Copy !req
114. What'd the fax say?
A huge Chinese
satelliteCopy !req
115. is going to come
crashing to EarthCopy !req
116. and we don't
know whereCopy !req
117. and we don't
know when.
Seriously?Copy !req
118. Yeah, it's right here
in the fax.Copy !req
119. A satellite is...
crashing to EarthCopy !req
120. and NASA sent us a fax?Copy !req
121. Yeah.Copy !req
122. This is for real?
Yes.Copy !req
123. A satellite is going
to crash into the Earth?Copy !req
124. ( laughing ):
Yes.Copy !req
125. Why are you laughing?Copy !req
126. We thought it was funny.Copy !req
127. I'm an assistant.
What am I supposedCopy !req
128. to do with this information?Copy !req
129. The fax was
for C.J.Copy !req
130. Just give it to her
when you see her.Copy !req
131. Donna, they say it's not
going to rain this afternoon.Copy !req
132. Well, that's a relief.Copy !req
133. All right, hear me out
on this, okay?
Yeah.Copy !req
134. We want to see
some polling.Copy !req
135. Why?Copy !req
136. 'Cause we need
to knowCopy !req
137. what to do next.Copy !req
138. We know what
to do next.
No, we don't knowCopy !req
139. which is the more
insurmountable problem—Copy !req
140. the perception that...Copy !req
141. We'll call back.Copy !req
142. The perception that he's not
physically up to the jobCopy !req
143. or that he lied about it.Copy !req
144. There's no way to gauge
public opinion on thisCopy !req
145. until the issue occurs.Copy !req
146. Public opinion is going
to be shaped by the
reaction of the press.Copy !req
147. All public opinion is shaped
by the reaction of the pressCopy !req
148. but the fundamental foundation
already existsCopy !req
149. in their current perception
of the President...Copy !req
150. Josh, how the hell
are you going to
take a poll without...?Copy !req
151. We can do it.
Leo...Copy !req
152. I don't trust any of our peopleCopy !req
153. and even if I did, what kind
of questions could they askCopy !req
154. that won't trip an alarm?Copy !req
155. Josh trusts Joey Lucas.Copy !req
156. From California?Copy !req
157. Yeah, she's flying
in right now.Copy !req
158. What did you tell her?Copy !req
159. I told her we were
commissioning a pollCopy !req
160. to explore attitudes
towards subsurface
agricultural products.Copy !req
161. Subsurface agricultural...?
Underground.Copy !req
162. What the hell...?
We think AmericansCopy !req
163. are eating more beets.Copy !req
164. Beets?Copy !req
165. Yeah.Copy !req
166. All right.Copy !req
167. Okay?Copy !req
168. Yeah.Copy !req
169. TobyCopy !req
170. you want to talk
about when we tell Sam?Copy !req
171. I wouldn't do
it right now.Copy !req
172. Why?Copy !req
173. His head is in
the SME speech
for Chicago...Copy !req
174. The thing...
Hang on.Copy !req
175. His head is
in ChicagoCopy !req
176. and that's where
we need it.Copy !req
177. Would you want
to write the speechCopy !req
178. with this other thing
around your neck?Copy !req
179. No.Copy !req
180. The President wants him to knowCopy !req
181. by the end of the day.Copy !req
182. The end of the day then.Copy !req
183. Okay.Copy !req
184. Anything else?Copy !req
185. No. Thanks.Copy !req
186. Thank you.Copy !req
187. Thanks.Copy !req
188. When does
she get here?Copy !req
189. Six o'clock.Copy !req
190. You do this
carefully.Copy !req
191. No kidding.Copy !req
192. You trust
this person?Copy !req
193. I got to trust
somebody right now.Copy !req
194. Good, 'cause I don't
trust anybody right now.Copy !req
195. Josh.Copy !req
196. Yeah.Copy !req
197. A fax was sent
to the press officeCopy !req
198. from the Office
of Space Flight at NASA.Copy !req
199. A Chinese satellite
called ZodiacCopy !req
200. has fallen out
of its orbitCopy !req
201. and will be falling
to EarthCopy !req
202. at an unspecified
time and place.Copy !req
203. What are you
telling me for?Copy !req
204. What am I
telling you for?
Yeah.Copy !req
205. This giant thing
is falling to Earth.Copy !req
206. They're watching
it on radar.Copy !req
207. Isn't there
something we do?Copy !req
208. Like what?Copy !req
209. Like sound the alarm,
I don't know.Copy !req
210. Sound the alarm?Copy !req
211. There is no alarm.Copy !req
212. There's really not.Copy !req
213. Martin?
Yes.Copy !req
214. Sorry to keep
you waiting.
Oh, that's okay.Copy !req
215. Come on back.
Josh...Copy !req
216. The fax is for
the press office.
Give it to them.Copy !req
217. The deputies are
at breakfastCopy !req
218. and I don't know
where C.J. is.Copy !req
219. Uh, Martin, you can have
a seat in my office.Copy !req
220. C.J.'s meeting
with Babish.Copy !req
221. I'll be inside.Copy !req
222. You're not concerned
about this?Copy !req
223. No.Copy !req
224. I apologize again.Copy !req
225. No, that's all right.Copy !req
226. I assume you know
why I'm here.Copy !req
227. I don't, actually.Copy !req
228. Mac Sheridan was going
to talk to you first.Copy !req
229. I have a call
to return to Mac.Copy !req
230. I should wait
until he talks to you.Copy !req
231. Why don't you talk
to me now?Copy !req
232. The case is running
out of money.Copy !req
233. Which case?Copy !req
234. The U.S. v...
You're kidding me.Copy !req
235. No.Copy !req
236. Martin, we spent
$13 million the first yearCopy !req
237. $23 million the second.Copy !req
238. Where's the money going?Copy !req
239. Outside counsel and staff,
depositions, expert witnessesCopy !req
240. processing, database, research.Copy !req
241. Yeah.Copy !req
242. We have 31 lawyers
on a caseCopy !req
243. against five tobacco companies,
just one of which has 342.Copy !req
244. We won't count
the 13 subsidiariesCopy !req
245. that have mounted
their own defense.Copy !req
246. Tobacco has spent $380 million
to the government'sCopy !req
247. $36 million.Copy !req
248. So when I come here
asking for moneyCopy !req
249. it's not 'cause
the Justice DepartmentCopy !req
250. blew its allowance
on video games.Copy !req
251. I should have let Mac
talk to you first.Copy !req
252. Aren't you allowedCopy !req
253. to transfer funds...?Copy !req
254. Yeah, that's what
we've been doing.Copy !req
255. We've been
transferring moneyCopy !req
256. from Commerce
and Health and
Human ServicesCopy !req
257. to pay for the lawsuitCopy !req
258. but then the House
passed HR-260Copy !req
259. and now the
Committees...
Yeah.Copy !req
260. You understand?Copy !req
261. Yeah, let me run it by Leo.Copy !req
262. This is a fight worth winning.Copy !req
263. You don't have to convince me.Copy !req
264. These people perpetrated a fraud
against the public.Copy !req
265. I'm sorry?Copy !req
266. I said they perpetrated a fraud
against the public.Copy !req
267. The tobacco companies?Copy !req
268. Yeah.Copy !req
269. Well, I'm going to talk to LeoCopy !req
270. and I'll tell Mac you were here.Copy !req
271. Thank you.Copy !req
272. C.J.:
Let me just finish this.Copy !req
273. He was hemodynamically stable
with a blood pressure of 140/80.Copy !req
274. Cholesterol level is 185.Copy !req
275. The QRS interval on the EKG
is slightly longCopy !req
276. but otherwise good.Copy !req
277. The President is pronouncedCopy !req
278. in excellent physical health.Copy !req
279. What was that,
March of last year?Copy !req
280. Yeah. How many timesCopy !req
281. have you done that?Copy !req
282. I'd have to go back and check.Copy !req
283. Estimate.Copy !req
284. If that was MarchCopy !req
285. of last year, then that was
his fourth physical.Copy !req
286. Then there were a couple times
during the campaignCopy !req
287. and after the shooting...Copy !req
288. Yeah?Copy !req
289. And the time he rodeCopy !req
290. his bicycle into a tree.Copy !req
291. When he sprained
his ankle.Copy !req
292. Yeah.Copy !req
293. Tell me how it works.Copy !req
294. What do you mean?Copy !req
295. When the President
has a physical.Copy !req
296. The President's
physician— right nowCopy !req
297. it's Admiral Leonard Morrow—
the President's physician callsCopy !req
298. and gives me a short statement
including vitals.Copy !req
299. And then you make
a statement to the press.Copy !req
300. Yeah.Copy !req
301. Do you speak
to the PresidentCopy !req
302. before you make a statement?Copy !req
303. Yes.
Why?Copy !req
304. Because of doctor-patient
confidentiality.Copy !req
305. There's only so much
you're going to get
from the doctor.Copy !req
306. So what do you
ask the President?Copy !req
307. I say, "Is there anything
I should know about your healthCopy !req
308. that the doctors won't
tell me?"
I'm going to ask
you something.Copy !req
309. What?
Do you say, "Is
there anything
I should know?"Copy !req
310. Or do you say,
"Is there anything
I need to know?"Copy !req
311. What does it matter?Copy !req
312. Which do
you say?
What does
it matter?Copy !req
313. "Is there anything
I need to know"Copy !req
314. implies you only want
to know enough to face reportersCopy !req
315. while maintaining deniability.Copy !req
316. It's an expression.Copy !req
317. Did you use it?Copy !req
318. I really don't remember,
I don't.Copy !req
319. I don't choose my words
that carefully.Copy !req
320. With the President?Copy !req
321. You think I was speakingCopy !req
322. to the President in code?Copy !req
323. No, I was just asking.Copy !req
324. Yeah.Copy !req
325. Excuse me.Copy !req
326. C.J., this is a note
from Donna Moss.Copy !req
327. She wanted you
to see it right away.Copy !req
328. Thanks.Copy !req
329. The sky is falling down.Copy !req
330. how large it should be,
how small it should beCopy !req
331. what share should be
received by whom—Copy !req
332. all of this, my friends, is the
wrong debate at the wrong timeCopy !req
333. over the wrong issue. Yes.Copy !req
334. We need to get back
to fundamentals.Copy !req
335. Where is that?
Where is what?Copy !req
336. "We need to get back
to fundamentals."Copy !req
337. It's not in
the speech.Copy !req
338. I'm saying it. We needCopy !req
339. to get back to fundamentals.Copy !req
340. Excuse me.Copy !req
341. Think about fundamentals.Copy !req
342. Ready for some
good news?Copy !req
343. Yeah.Copy !req
344. Not out here.Copy !req
345. This is going to
be a front page
story tomorrow.Copy !req
346. There's a front page
story tomorrowCopy !req
347. I don't know about yet?Copy !req
348. You're going to know
about it in two hours.Copy !req
349. But I'm going to know
about it now, right?Copy !req
350. CBO's going to issue
a new estimate of the surplus.Copy !req
351. They're projecting
it down?
Yeah.Copy !req
352. We don't have as much
money as we thought?
No.Copy !req
353. That's great news.
It's not great news
Yeah.Copy !req
354. that we have less money.
I'm saying...
Yeah.Copy !req
355. 'Cause the floor fight's
going to be easier.Copy !req
356. How much less money?
When they project
eight years outCopy !req
357. It's $200 billion less.Copy !req
358. Nine years outCopy !req
359. it's $400 billion less.Copy !req
360. That is great.
Yeah.Copy !req
361. It's not great
that we have...Copy !req
362. Sam, we get why it's great.Copy !req
363. I can't even tell you
how much this helps.Copy !req
364. I'm drafting the SME speech
for Chicago and I can really...Copy !req
365. That's why we're
telling you.Copy !req
366. There's a line that ATJ
and the Progressive CaucusCopy !req
367. want in the
Chicago speech.Copy !req
368. I got it here.Copy !req
369. "We want a real tax cut
for working familiesCopy !req
370. "to help them pay
for higher educationCopy !req
371. "and housing, while
our opponents want
to help the richCopy !req
372. pay for bigger swimming pools
and faster private jets."Copy !req
373. No, I don't think so.Copy !req
374. They want it in.
No, no, no.Copy !req
375. Why not?
Well, for one thing,
it's very bad writing.Copy !req
376. Change the writing.Copy !req
377. Summer homes and sports cars.Copy !req
378. The poetry's not my problem.Copy !req
379. They want it in Chicago.Copy !req
380. Tell them
to do their own speech.Copy !req
381. This one's for the President.Copy !req
382. You want to tell them that?Copy !req
383. No.Copy !req
384. Okay.Copy !req
385. We have less money?Copy !req
386. Isn't that great?Copy !req
387. Yes, it is. Thanks.Copy !req
388. C.J., are you aware
that a year ago JanuaryCopy !req
389. the President
had an attack?Copy !req
390. I am now.Copy !req
391. You were there
when he collapsed.Copy !req
392. I was outside the room.Copy !req
393. But you went
into the roomCopy !req
394. when he was
unconscious.Copy !req
395. Yes.
What made you go
into the room?Copy !req
396. The sound of
a Steuben glass pitcherCopy !req
397. crashing to the floor.Copy !req
398. What did you think
had happened?Copy !req
399. I didn't know.Copy !req
400. Well, what did
you think?Copy !req
401. Well, at first glance,
I thought he might have a virusCopy !req
402. contracted from a rare
African tsetse flyCopy !req
403. possibly Tropical sprue.Copy !req
404. I'm not an expert, but I did
meet a man once in India.Copy !req
405. Yeah.
It could be anythingCopy !req
406. with these Presidents.Copy !req
407. James Polk had
diverticulitis.Copy !req
408. Yeah?
Couldn't digest nuts.
I'll tell you what else.Copy !req
409. One in 40 American men
wear women's clothingCopy !req
410. and we've had
well over 40 Presidents.Copy !req
411. Yeah.
I'm just sayingCopy !req
412. one of these guys was dancingCopy !req
413. around the Oval Office
in a prom dress.Copy !req
414. Now, let's get
to the bottom of that.Copy !req
415. C.J.
Yeah.Copy !req
416. In my entire lifeCopy !req
417. I've never found
anything charming.Copy !req
418. Really?Copy !req
419. You announced to the
press it was the flu.Copy !req
420. Yes.
Who told you to
say it was the flu?Copy !req
421. I wasn't told to say
it was the flu.Copy !req
422. I was told it was the flu.Copy !req
423. Who told...?
I'm not getting
into that!Copy !req
424. I'm not getting into
who said what.Copy !req
425. We can do that at the nextCopy !req
426. of what I'm sure
will be many sessions.Copy !req
427. Okay.Copy !req
428. Do you know
what time it is?Copy !req
429. It's five past noon.Copy !req
430. I'd like you
to get outCopy !req
431. of the habit
of doing that.Copy !req
432. Doing what?Copy !req
433. Answering more than was asked.Copy !req
434. Do you know what
time it is?Copy !req
435. Yes.Copy !req
436. We'll take
a breakCopy !req
437. and meet again
later today.Copy !req
438. Hey.Copy !req
439. You see this?Copy !req
440. That was nice.Copy !req
441. We got good reviews on
the commencement speech.Copy !req
442. Yeah?
From Leonard Wachtel,
of all places.Copy !req
443. You got a second?
He calls you and meCopy !req
444. the Batman and Robin
of speech-writing.Copy !req
445. Well, I don't think he does.Copy !req
446. He doesn't, but he should,
'cause that's what we are.Copy !req
447. Okay.Copy !req
448. We're Batman and Robin.Copy !req
449. Which one's which?Copy !req
450. Look at me, Sam.
Am I Robin?Copy !req
451. I'm not Robin.
Yes, you are.Copy !req
452. Okay, well, let's move off this.Copy !req
453. You bet, little friend.Copy !req
454. Listen, we're really
not Batman and Robin.Copy !req
455. No, we'll keep those
identities secret.Copy !req
456. I'm Bruce Wayne and
you're my ward.Copy !req
457. Toby...
Dick something.Copy !req
458. Jane Gentry
and Richard WillCopy !req
459. came to see me
with some news.Copy !req
460. The CBO's
projection...
Really?Copy !req
461. Yes. Has us
$200 billion lowerCopy !req
462. eight years out.Copy !req
463. That's
fantastic news.
Yes.Copy !req
464. When is this real?Copy !req
465. This afternoon.Copy !req
466. The projections are lower?Copy !req
467. Measurably lower.Copy !req
468. I'm so happy
I could spit.Copy !req
469. This is really the first
administration in historyCopy !req
470. to favor slower
economic growth.Copy !req
471. I favor it when it gives us
a bat and a ball on tax cuts.Copy !req
472. Yeah.Copy !req
473. We offer them a deal.Copy !req
474. We lower the bottom rateCopy !req
475. from 15 to ten percent,
but we stand our groundCopy !req
476. on no tax cut
in the top bracketCopy !req
477. and you know why?Copy !req
478. Because it turns outCopy !req
479. we might not be able
to afford it.Copy !req
480. Isn't it great?Copy !req
481. Yeah, it's Christmas in ParisCopy !req
482. but there's a
line ATJ and the
Progressive CaucusCopy !req
483. want me to put in
the draft for Chicago.Copy !req
484. What?Copy !req
485. That we want to
do great thingsCopy !req
486. but our opponents want
bigger swimming poolsCopy !req
487. and faster private jets.Copy !req
488. Their private jets
are too slow?Copy !req
489. Toby...
Change the writing.Copy !req
490. It's not the writing.Copy !req
491. I know.Copy !req
492. Listen.Copy !req
493. Yeah?Copy !req
494. Nothing.Copy !req
495. Okay.Copy !req
496. Don't worry about it.Copy !req
497. So...Copy !req
498. I have to go to a meeting.Copy !req
499. You should talk to somebody
at ATJ or the Caucus.Copy !req
500. Okay, I'm going
to do that then.Copy !req
501. Yeah.
Okay.Copy !req
502. Hey, Donna.Copy !req
503. Hey, Charlie.Copy !req
504. Is thereCopy !req
505. anything you need?Copy !req
506. Nope. Just came in to say hi.Copy !req
507. How you doing?Copy !req
508. Good.Copy !req
509. So, NASA's OSF tells usCopy !req
510. that the 30th Space Wing
at Vandenberg Air Force BaseCopy !req
511. believes that
a Chinese satelliteCopy !req
512. has fallen out of its orbital...
flight plan.Copy !req
513. The last detection the 30th hadCopy !req
514. placed it in what they call
a "degrading orbital path"Copy !req
515. and it's now dropped
off their radarCopy !req
516. suggesting it's begun
a rapid fallCopy !req
517. towards the Earth's
atmosphere.Copy !req
518. Cool.
No, it's not.Copy !req
519. What's the matter
with you people?
What'd I do?Copy !req
520. A thing the size
of a garbage truckCopy !req
521. is going to be in
a 2,000-mile-an-hour free fallCopy !req
522. and no one knows
where it's going to hit.Copy !req
523. I'm voting
for Zurich.Copy !req
524. Charlie...
I've had it
up to hereCopy !req
525. with the Swiss.
You don't...Copy !req
526. Hang on. Excuse me.Copy !req
527. Good afternoon.Copy !req
528. Welcome back,
Mrs. Bartlet.Copy !req
529. Thank you.Copy !req
530. A couple
of reminders.Copy !req
531. You're at the BoardCopy !req
532. of the Children's
Cancer Fund at the Sheraton.Copy !req
533. That's at 3:00.Copy !req
534. Before that,
I want to be...Copy !req
535. Yeah, you're
going to readCopy !req
536. at the Head Start program
in Southeast.Copy !req
537. Welcome back,
Mrs. Bartlet.Copy !req
538. That's a snappy suit,
Bobby.Copy !req
539. I got a medevac helicopter
named after me. ay?Copy !req
540. Yeah?Copy !req
541. An AS335 F1 Twinstar
named Abigail.Copy !req
542. I got to break a bottle
of cider over its nose.Copy !req
543. Charlie.
Welcome back, ma'am.Copy !req
544. Thank you.
Where's the President?Copy !req
545. He's waiting
for you inside.Copy !req
546. Thank you.Copy !req
547. Hey.Copy !req
548. Hi.Copy !req
549. Welcome back.Copy !req
550. How come I just
found out about this?Copy !req
551. How was the flight?Copy !req
552. Jed.Copy !req
553. How come I just
found out about this?Copy !req
554. When Leo talked to
you on the planeCopy !req
555. he thought you
already knew.Copy !req
556. You think I'm saying
this is Leo's fault?Copy !req
557. I'm asking, how come you
didn't tell me last week?Copy !req
558. And I'm saying
we still do this.Copy !req
559. We're husband and
wife and parentsCopy !req
560. and before we launch
into palace intrigueCopy !req
561. we do "Welcome back.
How was the flight?"Copy !req
562. What happened?Copy !req
563. One of the forms Zoey had
to fill out for GeorgetownCopy !req
564. asked for a family
medical history.Copy !req
565. Yes.Copy !req
566. Did Leo tell you the rest?Copy !req
567. Not after he realized
that you hadn't told me alreadyCopy !req
568. which is a subject,
I assure you, we'll beCopy !req
569. returning to
in a moment.Copy !req
570. Zoey wasn't 18 yetCopy !req
571. when she started.Copy !req
572. A parent had to sign the form.Copy !req
573. Did you sign it?Copy !req
574. No, you did, hot pants.Copy !req
575. I signed it?Copy !req
576. It's going to be okay.Copy !req
577. Why didn't you tell me
on the phone?Copy !req
578. Look.Copy !req
579. We talk on the phoneCopy !req
580. three times a day!Copy !req
581. 'Cause I didn't!
'Cause that's...Copy !req
582. 'Cause I didn't.Copy !req
583. I talked to Zoey this morning.Copy !req
584. She's going to ace her finals.Copy !req
585. She told me.Copy !req
586. I hate Ellie's boyfriend.Copy !req
587. She told me.Copy !req
588. I need you to speak to
the White House Counsel, Abbey.Copy !req
589. I know.Copy !req
590. Hey.Copy !req
591. The First Lady's back?Copy !req
592. Yeah.Copy !req
593. I was talking to
her on the phoneCopy !req
594. and I mentioned
Zoey's applicationCopy !req
595. without realizing the President
hadn't told her yet.Copy !req
596. Why hadn't the President
told her yet?Copy !req
597. What do you want from me?Copy !req
598. $30 million.Copy !req
599. No.Copy !req
600. Martin ConnellyCopy !req
601. who's an Assistant
Attorney GeneralCopy !req
602. in the Civil DivisionCopy !req
603. says they're
out of money.Copy !req
604. On the suit?
Yeah.Copy !req
605. They're always out of money.Copy !req
606. We don't give them enough.Copy !req
607. We passed a law last summerCopy !req
608. that says they can transfer
funds from CommerceCopy !req
609. from Health and Human Services.Copy !req
610. They can take it from
Veterans' Affairs up to what?Copy !req
611. I think $12 million.Copy !req
612. Yeah, but the problem is
the law saysCopy !req
613. that those transfers
are subject to approvalCopy !req
614. by various House Committees,
each of which has a chairmanCopy !req
615. elected with the $8 million
tobacco spentCopy !req
616. in the last electionCopy !req
617. and even if the transfers
were approvedCopy !req
618. it wouldn't matterCopy !req
619. 'cause $12 million isn't
going to get it done.Copy !req
620. Neither is $30 million.Copy !req
621. Then let's give them more.Copy !req
622. No. 'Cause we're
going to lose.
Why?Copy !req
623. So you give them
enough to win.Copy !req
624. We'd have to liquidate
the Grand Tetons.Copy !req
625. They're saying $30 millionCopy !req
626. and I think it's a steal
at twice the price.Copy !req
627. Well, staff it out
to some peopleCopy !req
628. and report it
to me in what...?Copy !req
629. Two, three days?Copy !req
630. Good.Copy !req
631. I'm going out to the airport.Copy !req
632. All right.Copy !req
633. Do a job.Copy !req
634. Yeah.Copy !req
635. Hi.Copy !req
636. Hey, Sam.Copy !req
637. Henry, Helen.Copy !req
638. Hey, Bruce.Copy !req
639. How you
doing, Sam?Copy !req
640. Lewis. We just have
a few minutes, right?Copy !req
641. There's a caucus.Copy !req
642. Well, you've already heard
the good news.Copy !req
643. The CBO, when they
project eight years outCopy !req
644. has the budget
surplus coming inCopy !req
645. $200 billion lower
than we thought.Copy !req
646. That's great.Copy !req
647. Yeah, okay,
there's something wrongCopy !req
648. with all of us,
but that's for a different time.Copy !req
649. What I wanted to mention was
Jane Gentry and Richard WillCopy !req
650. say you guys want a line
in the Chicago draft.Copy !req
651. "Jet planes and swimming pools."Copy !req
652. Yeah, that "our opponents
want to help the richCopy !req
653. pay for bigger swimming pools
and faster private jets."Copy !req
654. Yeah, hit
them hard.Copy !req
655. Well, we are hitting them hardCopy !req
656. but I'm not going to use
the line.Copy !req
657. Why not?Copy !req
658. First of all,
it's bad writing.
What's wrong with it?Copy !req
659. It sounds like it was written
by a high school girl.Copy !req
660. Is there something wrong
with the way a woman writes?Copy !req
661. There usually is
when she's in high school.Copy !req
662. Sam...Copy !req
663. It's not the writing.Copy !req
664. Come on, Henry.Copy !req
665. "Faster private jets
and swimming pools"?Copy !req
666. We can take out
the heavy bats now.Copy !req
667. And do what with them?Copy !req
668. The line works.Copy !req
669. So does "How 'bout dem Cowboys?"Copy !req
670. when you're playing
a club in DallasCopy !req
671. but the line isn't going
to change the mindCopy !req
672. of anyone who doesn't
already agree with us.Copy !req
673. Sam, are you in favor of
tax cuts for the wealthy?Copy !req
674. I am not.Copy !req
675. I am in favor of tax cutsCopy !req
676. for those for whom
it will do the most goodCopy !req
677. and that's a tough
enough battleCopy !req
678. and it looks like all
of a sudden, we've
got a fair fight.Copy !req
679. But I'm not talking
about policy.Copy !req
680. I'm talking about rhetoricCopy !req
681. and the men
you work forCopy !req
682. need to dial it
down to five.Copy !req
683. Henry, last fall,
every time your bossCopy !req
684. got on the stump and saidCopy !req
685. "It's time for the rich
to pay their fair share"Copy !req
686. I hid under a couch
and changed my name.Copy !req
687. I left Gage-Whitney
making $400,000 a yearCopy !req
688. which means I paid 27 times the
national average in income tax.Copy !req
689. I paid my fair shareCopy !req
690. and the fair share
of 26 other peopleCopy !req
691. and I'm happy toCopy !req
692. 'cause that's the only
way it's going to workCopy !req
693. and it's in my best
interest that everybodyCopy !req
694. be able to go
to schoolsCopy !req
695. and drive on roadsCopy !req
696. but I don't get 27 votes
on Election DayCopy !req
697. the Fire Department
doesn't come 27
times fasterCopy !req
698. and the water doesn't
come out of my faucet
27 times hotter.Copy !req
699. The top one percent of wage
earners in this countryCopy !req
700. pay for 22% of this country.Copy !req
701. Let's not call them names
while they're doing itCopy !req
702. is all I'm saying.Copy !req
703. You're not using the line?
No.Copy !req
704. Or anything like it?
No.Copy !req
705. And I hope you'll make it
clear to your peopleCopy !req
706. that this had nothing to
do with diluting our position
or cozying up to Republicans.Copy !req
707. No, why would they
think that?Copy !req
708. We've got a caucus.Copy !req
709. I know plenty of women
who can write, Helen.Copy !req
710. I know womenCopy !req
711. who can blow the walls
off brick buildings.Copy !req
712. This sounds like a girl.Copy !req
713. Airlines flight 1106
now arriving from Los Angeles.Copy !req
714. Joey!Copy !req
715. Joey...Copy !req
716. how you doing?Copy !req
717. Hey.Copy !req
718. I'm Josh Lyman.Copy !req
719. Dale Bracket.Copy !req
720. What happened to Kenny?Copy !req
721. He's on vacation.Copy !req
722. So, you're the substitute
interpreter?Copy !req
723. Yeah.Copy !req
724. You came here to pick me up
at the airport?Copy !req
725. Not exactly.Copy !req
726. Dale, I'm going
to ask youCopy !req
727. to wait over here, okay?Copy !req
728. Uh, Joey, you're going
to read my lipsCopy !req
729. and if I can't understand
what you're sayingCopy !req
730. you'll write it down,
all right?Copy !req
731. Okay.Copy !req
732. Excuse us.Copy !req
733. Dale?Copy !req
734. Yes.Copy !req
735. Pretty good-looking
for an interpreterCopy !req
736. wouldn't you say?Copy !req
737. He's good-looking
for anybody.Copy !req
738. Dale Bracket?Copy !req
739. Yes.Copy !req
740. He's not
a television detective?Copy !req
741. We can't talk about
this in the car?Copy !req
742. I'm sorry?Copy !req
743. We can't talk about
this in the car?Copy !req
744. You're not getting
in the car.Copy !req
745. Why?Copy !req
746. 'Cause you're getting
back on a planeCopy !req
747. in an hour and
ten minutes.Copy !req
748. All right, if we
sit like thisCopy !req
749. can Dale Bracket,
PI, read my lips?Copy !req
750. No.Copy !req
751. Okay...Copy !req
752. You're not
talking to meCopy !req
753. about an agriculture poll.Copy !req
754. No kidding.Copy !req
755. You guessed that?Copy !req
756. We think we're
eating more beets?Copy !req
757. Well, we are, but...
that's not important.Copy !req
758. What's important?Copy !req
759. Hi, what can I get for you?Copy !req
760. Uh, cranberry juice
and club sodaCopy !req
761. and, um, I'll have
a large glass
of ice water.Copy !req
762. I told Leo McGarry
that we could trust youCopy !req
763. and Toby backed me up.Copy !req
764. What's important?Copy !req
765. Eight years ago, the President
was diagnosed with an illnessCopy !req
766. that was never disclosed.Copy !req
767. Yes.Copy !req
768. What is it?Copy !req
769. Cranberry and clubCopy !req
770. and a large glass
of ice water.Copy !req
771. Yeah.Copy !req
772. Excuse me, the First Lady.Copy !req
773. Thank you.Copy !req
774. Oliver.Copy !req
775. Good afternoon,
Mrs. Bartlet.Copy !req
776. How are you?
I'm fine, thank you.Copy !req
777. I haven't been
in this office
since you moved in.Copy !req
778. It looks great.Copy !req
779. Thank you.Copy !req
780. I haven't come in hereCopy !req
781. because it seems
like every time I doCopy !req
782. there's a new
White House Counsel.Copy !req
783. I think Leo keeps them
in the basementCopy !req
784. like those two ladies in
Arsenic and Old Lace.Copy !req
785. Yeah?Copy !req
786. Anyway, the President
is very glad you're hereCopy !req
787. particularly in this
time of nonsense.Copy !req
788. Ma'am, would you mindCopy !req
789. if I asked you
a few questions?Copy !req
790. I'm not as experienced in this
as the senior staff.Copy !req
791. I've read a book
about Daniel Webster.Copy !req
792. I've read a book
about Benjamin Disraeli.Copy !req
793. It seems the little experience
I do have is with dead lawyers.Copy !req
794. Just out of curiosity, ma'am,
how'd they die?Copy !req
795. If you're under
the impressionCopy !req
796. you're the fifth
White House CounselCopy !req
797. instead of the first
White House CounselCopy !req
798. because of me,
you're mistaken, Oliver.Copy !req
799. I wasn't under that impression,
but I think we should stickCopy !req
800. to the matter
if it's all right with you.Copy !req
801. You want to ask me
some questions?Copy !req
802. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
803. About Zoey's health form?Copy !req
804. Yep.Copy !req
805. It was a form.Copy !req
806. It asked for,
among other thingsCopy !req
807. the family's
medical history.Copy !req
808. It was left blank.Copy !req
809. It was a form;
it was one of many forms.Copy !req
810. I signed it without reading it.Copy !req
811. Was anyone else in the room
when you signed it?Copy !req
812. It was over a year ago.
I really don't remember.Copy !req
813. Was the President
in the room?
I really don't remember.Copy !req
814. You understand that when I ask
the President that question,
he's going to tell the truth.Copy !req
815. And I imagine the PresidentCopy !req
816. will also resent
your implicationCopy !req
817. that I didn't just do the same.Copy !req
818. So the President wasn't in
the room when you signed it?Copy !req
819. I don't remember;
he doesn't remember.Copy !req
820. Mrs. Bartlet...Copy !req
821. Oliver, you have kids,
there are forms.Copy !req
822. School trips
and soccerCopy !req
823. and band uniforms
and report cardsCopy !req
824. and notes to get out of gym.Copy !req
825. You've signed those
forms for your kids.Copy !req
826. Their mother
usually signs them.Copy !req
827. And so do ICopy !req
828. and by the way,
when you're the daughterCopy !req
829. of the Governor of New HampshireCopy !req
830. and the President
of the United StatesCopy !req
831. there's a lot more forms
on top of that.Copy !req
832. I understand.
Do you?Copy !req
833. Yes, but a lawyer
half my sizeCopy !req
834. while cross-examining you
during depositionCopy !req
835. will the say the following.Copy !req
836. He will say, "Mrs. Bartlet, do
you have an MD from Harvard?"Copy !req
837. Yes.Copy !req
838. "Are you board certified
in Internal Medicine?"
Yes.Copy !req
839. "Are you board certified
in Thoracic Surgery?"
Yes.Copy !req
840. "Are you an Adjunct Professor
of Thoracic SurgeryCopy !req
841. at Harvard Medical School?"
Yes.Copy !req
842. "Are you on the staffCopy !req
843. of Boston Mercy Hospital
and Columbia Presbyterian?"
Yes.Copy !req
844. "Have you been practicing
medicine for 26 years?"
Yes.Copy !req
845. "Are you not able to recognize
a standard medical historyCopy !req
846. when it is put
in front of your face?"Copy !req
847. I didn't read it.
I didn't think
it was important.Copy !req
848. "What else have you signed
without thinking it was
important? Prescriptions?"Copy !req
849. No.Copy !req
850. "Patient instructions?"Copy !req
851. No!Copy !req
852. "So just this?"Copy !req
853. Oliver, I am notCopy !req
854. an expert on the diseasesCopy !req
855. of the central nervous systemCopy !req
856. but I can tell
you that MS is
not hereditary.Copy !req
857. The President's conditionCopy !req
858. has absolutely no relevance
to Zoey's health status.Copy !req
859. Well, now you're changing
your story, Mrs. Bartlet.Copy !req
860. No, I'm not.Copy !req
861. Did you sign it
because you were
absentmindedCopy !req
862. or did you sign it
because you knew best?Copy !req
863. I signed it 'cause...Copy !req
864. I just signed it.Copy !req
865. It was a formCopy !req
866. and I think making
a big thing out of itCopy !req
867. is what makes it
into a big thing.Copy !req
868. Really?Copy !req
869. And I'm not 100% sureCopy !req
870. that that's not what
you're going for.Copy !req
871. Why would I want
to make it a big thing?Copy !req
872. Because defending the
President in prime timeCopy !req
873. looks good on a resume.Copy !req
874. Well, I've got
a pretty good-looking resumeCopy !req
875. already, Mrs. BartletCopy !req
876. and it's not a big thing
because I say so, ma'am.Copy !req
877. It's a big thing.Copy !req
878. You're going to get
all the questionsCopy !req
879. I just asked you
and quite a few moreCopy !req
880. and then they're going to ask
the PresidentCopy !req
881. if he was in the room
when you signed itCopy !req
882. and that's when he's going to
give everyone's favorite answerCopy !req
883. from a President who has
just announced he has MS:Copy !req
884. "I don't remember."Copy !req
885. When are you going to go public?Copy !req
886. Probably in a week.Copy !req
887. They're still strategizing.Copy !req
888. Probably a live interview
on the networks?Copy !req
889. Yeah.Copy !req
890. Jim Lehrer, Tim Russert,
Barbara Walters...Copy !req
891. you... somebody...Copy !req
892. the President
sitting in a den.Copy !req
893. Yeah.Copy !req
894. Followed by a live conference.Copy !req
895. They're working on the strategy.Copy !req
896. "I regret that I concealed
my condition from the public.Copy !req
897. "I regret the appearance that
I tried to deceive the votersCopy !req
898. in order to win an election."Copy !req
899. Yes.Copy !req
900. And if we don't
make it a big thingCopy !req
901. they won't make it
a big thing?Copy !req
902. Mrs. Bartlet, I'm not sure you
have an appropriate appreciationCopy !req
903. of the size
of what happens next.Copy !req
904. When are you
going public?Copy !req
905. Probably in
about a week.Copy !req
906. A week?
Yeah.Copy !req
907. How?
We're deciding.Copy !req
908. Probably a live interviewCopy !req
909. followed by a press conference.Copy !req
910. So we need to know
what we're talking about.Copy !req
911. Joey, we need you
to put a poll in
the field.Copy !req
912. You got to come up with a model
that gets us the answers we needCopy !req
913. without asking the questions
we can't ask.Copy !req
914. You got to come up
with a model by yourself.Copy !req
915. You got to break down
the results by yourself.Copy !req
916. Not even the callersCopy !req
917. can understand
the questions they're askingCopy !req
918. and you got to do it
all in 96 hours.Copy !req
919. Is what I'm describing possible?Copy !req
920. We make it a Governor.Copy !req
921. A Governor?Copy !req
922. Of an industrial state.Copy !req
923. I-I...Copy !req
924. The Governor
of an industrial state.Copy !req
925. Michigan.Copy !req
926. And you give him
a degenerative illness?Copy !req
927. Joey, you understandCopy !req
928. that before this is over,
we're probably all goingCopy !req
929. to be spending some time
in front of a grand jury.Copy !req
930. You can do this?Copy !req
931. No problem.Copy !req
932. Los Angeles passengersCopy !req
933. pre-boarding
for flight number 1217...Copy !req
934. That's your flight.Copy !req
935. Josh...
Yeah?Copy !req
936. How's the President?Copy !req
937. He's fine.Copy !req
938. He's fine.Copy !req
939. I'll tell him you asked.Copy !req
940. 96 hours?Copy !req
941. Yeah.Copy !req
942. I have to go to work now.Copy !req
943. The Chinese Embassy won't evenCopy !req
944. admit it's their satellite.Copy !req
945. We know it's
their satellite.Copy !req
946. We've been looking at it
for seven years.Copy !req
947. It's like looking
through a telescopeCopy !req
948. and knowing Mars is Mars.Copy !req
949. Donna, please tell
me you didn't call
the Chinese Embassy.Copy !req
950. I didn't call
the Embassy.Copy !req
951. People called the Embassy.Copy !req
952. It's not like this isn't
cause for concern.Copy !req
953. That's right.
That's right.Copy !req
954. The Chinese news networks
aren't reporting itCopy !req
955. 'cause they won't
admit it's happening.Copy !req
956. Why do you suppose the
American news networks
aren't reporting it?Copy !req
957. That's a fascinating
question to me.Copy !req
958. To all of us.Copy !req
959. We don't even
know what kind of
satellite it is.Copy !req
960. Could be anything.Copy !req
961. Communications.
That's right.Copy !req
962. Weather.
Yep.Copy !req
963. Could be a spy
satellite.Copy !req
964. Could have plutonium.
That's right.Copy !req
965. Plutonium?Copy !req
966. Yeah.Copy !req
967. Plutonium.Copy !req
968. Well, nuclear reactors
on a satelliteCopy !req
969. aren't that common,
but you never know.Copy !req
970. No, I suppose you don't.Copy !req
971. Hey, Donna.Copy !req
972. Good evening, ma'am.
Welcome back.Copy !req
973. Thank you.Copy !req
974. How was the trip?Copy !req
975. Well, I got a medevac
helicopter named after me.Copy !req
976. Hello, how are you?Copy !req
977. I'm fine, but there's
a giant objectCopy !req
978. hurtling its way
toward usCopy !req
979. at a devastating
velocity.Copy !req
980. Tell me about it.Copy !req
981. C.J.Copy !req
982. Good evening, ma'am.Copy !req
983. Can I talk to you
for a second?Copy !req
984. Sure.Copy !req
985. How was your day?Copy !req
986. Well, I got
pretty well bitch-slappedCopy !req
987. by the White House Counsel,
ma'am, how about you?Copy !req
988. I wanted to be here
when you were told.Copy !req
989. I didn't know they were going
to tell you last night.Copy !req
990. You know, Leo called me
into the Oval Office.Copy !req
991. It was about 11:00Copy !req
992. and I was standing with Toby
when Leo called me inCopy !req
993. and Toby said, uh...Copy !req
994. "I'll be right here
in my office when you're done."Copy !req
995. I... I didn't know what he meant
or why he said it.Copy !req
996. Yeah.Copy !req
997. Babish said there's a difference
between asking the PresidentCopy !req
998. "Is there anything else
I should know?"Copy !req
999. And, "Is there anything else
I need to know?"Copy !req
1000. He seemed to thinkCopy !req
1001. "need to know" implies
I know something alreadyCopy !req
1002. but I don't want it confirmed
in order to maintain...Copy !req
1003. deniability.Copy !req
1004. Well, he's a lawyer, C.J.Copy !req
1005. He's vetting; it's his job.Copy !req
1006. I told him I couldn't remember
which one I say.Copy !req
1007. There were a lot of things
I couldn't remember.Copy !req
1008. Abbey...Copy !req
1009. during the campaign,
we were in Manhattan, KansasCopy !req
1010. at a Sheraton
or a Marriott—Copy !req
1011. I can't remember—Copy !req
1012. but we were in Manhattan, KansasCopy !req
1013. and I came to your suite early
to tell youCopy !req
1014. we'd be doing Nightline
that nightCopy !req
1015. and we had to get
to an ABC affiliateCopy !req
1016. and I think by then,
the two of youCopy !req
1017. were so used to people
walking in and out of your roomCopy !req
1018. that you didn't hear
me open the doorCopy !req
1019. and I was almost sure
I saw you giving the PresidentCopy !req
1020. an injection of something.Copy !req
1021. It was Betaseron.Copy !req
1022. It reduces the frequency
of the attacks.Copy !req
1023. When the President
has his physicalCopy !req
1024. and I do the releaseCopy !req
1025. I only ever ask, "Is there
anything else I need to know?"Copy !req
1026. Come on in.Copy !req
1027. She's in.Copy !req
1028. What's she going to do?Copy !req
1029. "If the Governor
of a major industrial stateCopy !req
1030. "had a degenerative illnessCopy !req
1031. "which he hadn't disclosed
during the electionCopy !req
1032. "but has yet to impair
his job performanceCopy !req
1033. would you still support him?"Copy !req
1034. Which governor?Copy !req
1035. Michigan.Copy !req
1036. Well...Copy !req
1037. then we'll wait.Copy !req
1038. Yeah.Copy !req
1039. Listen, about this Justice
appropriation...Copy !req
1040. You're going
to do a report?Copy !req
1041. Yeah.Copy !req
1042. Then can I read the reportCopy !req
1043. before you ask me
to green lightCopy !req
1044. another multimillion-dollar
battleCopy !req
1045. that'll have no support
in Congress?Copy !req
1046. Yeah.Copy !req
1047. I just brought it upCopy !req
1048. because this assistant AG,
Martin ConnellyCopy !req
1049. when he left my office
this morningCopy !req
1050. he turned and saidCopy !req
1051. "They perpetrated a fraudCopy !req
1052. against the public."Copy !req
1053. And the look on his face
when he said it...Copy !req
1054. They want to get these people.Copy !req
1055. We're not big tobacco.Copy !req
1056. Yeah.Copy !req
1057. He's expecting me.Copy !req
1058. Okay.Copy !req
1059. Good evening,
Mr. President.Copy !req
1060. Leo, how could you tell Abbey
about the health formCopy !req
1061. before I did?Copy !req
1062. I didn't know
you hadn't told her.Copy !req
1063. My wife and I
are fighting battlesCopy !req
1064. on several fronts at the moment,
including one with each other.Copy !req
1065. Can you and I be men?Copy !req
1066. Can we have a bond?Copy !req
1067. We're putting a poll
in the field.Copy !req
1068. How?Copy !req
1069. We're using a woman
Josh and Toby trustCopy !req
1070. named Joey Lucas.Copy !req
1071. I met Joey Lucas.Copy !req
1072. She's basically giving MS
to the Governor of Michigan.Copy !req
1073. How's he going to feel
about that?Copy !req
1074. Don't worry about it.Copy !req
1075. This is a bad idea.Copy !req
1076. We've got to do it.Copy !req
1077. I'm coming clean.
I'm doing it voluntarily.Copy !req
1078. Anyone finds outCopy !req
1079. it's going to look like I did it
'cause a poll told me to.Copy !req
1080. Then it'd be a good idea
if nobody found out.Copy !req
1081. All right.Copy !req
1082. Why don't you get Sam.Copy !req
1083. So...Copy !req
1084. Yeah.Copy !req
1085. I think I may have offended...Copy !req
1086. Oh, God.
Yeah.Copy !req
1087. Who?Copy !req
1088. Well, I met
with some of the staffersCopy !req
1089. for Americans for Tax Justice
and the Progressive Caucus.Copy !req
1090. And you think you may haveCopy !req
1091. offended them?Copy !req
1092. Yeah, and girls, possibly.Copy !req
1093. Were you right?Copy !req
1094. Yeah. Toby, it's class...Copy !req
1095. That's all you need to tell me.Copy !req
1096. I trust you.Copy !req
1097. Sam?
Yeah.Copy !req
1098. Come see the President
and me a minute, would you?Copy !req
1099. Yeah.Copy !req
1100. Sam?
Yeah?Copy !req
1101. I'll be here in my office
when you're done.Copy !req
1102. Yeah, okay.Copy !req
1103. C.J.Copy !req
1104. Hey.Copy !req
1105. You walking?Copy !req
1106. Yeah.Copy !req
1107. I met with
Joey Lucas today.Copy !req
1108. I heard.Copy !req
1109. So now the President's
got Leo worriedCopy !req
1110. it's going to look
like we announced itCopy !req
1111. 'cause we took a poll.Copy !req
1112. What do you think?Copy !req
1113. What?Copy !req
1114. The President and Leo
are worried about that?Copy !req
1115. Yeah.Copy !req
1116. What?Copy !req
1117. You guys are like
Butch and SundanceCopy !req
1118. peering over the edge of a cliffCopy !req
1119. to the boulder-filled rapids
300 feet belowCopy !req
1120. thinking you better not jumpCopy !req
1121. 'cause there's a chance
you might drown.Copy !req
1122. The President has
this diseaseCopy !req
1123. and has been lying about it,
and you guys are worriedCopy !req
1124. that the polling
might make us look bad?Copy !req
1125. It's the fall
that's gonna kill you.Copy !req
1126. Us.Copy !req
1127. What?Copy !req
1128. You said...Copy !req
1129. "It's the fall
that's gonna kill you."Copy !req
1130. You meant "us."Copy !req
1131. Where you
going, C.J.?Copy !req
1132. I'm going home.Copy !req
1133. No, I meant...
I know what you meant.Copy !req
1134. I want to sleep for a while.Copy !req
1135. I'm going home.Copy !req
1136. You know, uh...Copy !req
1137. Donna got hold
of this faxCopy !req
1138. that was sent to
the press officeCopy !req
1139. from the OSF at NASA.Copy !req
1140. What, something falling
out of the sky?Copy !req
1141. Yeah.Copy !req
1142. We get that fax
once a week.Copy !req
1143. Yeah, but Donna
doesn't know that.Copy !req
1144. She thinks it's
an emergency.Copy !req
1145. And you didn't want
to tell her?Copy !req
1146. No, 'cause
the other wayCopy !req
1147. you get a day's worth
of entertainmentCopy !req
1148. without leaving
the office.Copy !req
1149. She doesn't know
that these thingsCopy !req
1150. fall out of the sky
all the time...Copy !req
1151. once every ten days,
as a matter of fact.Copy !req
1152. Since the first yearCopy !req
1153. we started putting
manmade objects in spaceCopy !req
1154. 17,000 have come back,
and remarkablyCopy !req
1155. not one person
has been hit.Copy !req
1156. So I suppose there's
an argument to be madeCopy !req
1157. that we're due.Copy !req
1158. Yeah.Copy !req
1159. You picked me
right up there, Josh.Copy !req
1160. See you tomorrow.Copy !req
1161. Yeah.Copy !req