1. So, tell me what
the problem is, Toby?Copy !req
2. Previously, on The West Wing:Copy !req
3. I'm Sam, sir.Copy !req
4. And I am the Deputy
Communications Director.Copy !req
5. I'm Leo McGarry,
White House Chief of Staff.Copy !req
6. Well, I'm personal aide
to the President.Copy !req
7. I'm the Press Secretary.Copy !req
8. It's an unavoidable
conflict of interest.Copy !req
9. You're the Communications
Director, Toby.Copy !req
10. I'm a speechwriter.Copy !req
11. Matter of fact,
I'm the Deputy Chief of Staff.Copy !req
12. Which I guess makes me
Deputy Deputy Chief of Staff.Copy !req
13. C.J.:
Ladies and gentlemenCopy !req
14. the President of
the United States.Copy !req
15. Thank you.Copy !req
16. Thank you very much.Copy !req
17. Yeah, I'm going to need
Romero and Rydell on a backup.Copy !req
18. I'm going to need them
there in 20.Copy !req
19. In about 20...Copy !req
20. Yes, because we need
a support team out there, over.Copy !req
21. Right.Copy !req
22. Oh, take these right
over there, okay?Copy !req
23. Commander Cale.Copy !req
24. Yeah?Copy !req
25. Joseph Russo, INS.Copy !req
26. It's the container
ship Horizon.Copy !req
27. We're holding them
a half mile out.Copy !req
28. They started from
the Fujian province.Copy !req
29. How many?Copy !req
30. Maybe a hundred.Copy !req
31. Did you call
the State Department?Copy !req
32. Yeah. We're going to need
translators who speak Mandarin.Copy !req
33. We have them.Copy !req
34. Are we talking about
expedited removal or...?Copy !req
35. I'm sorry?Copy !req
36. Are we talking about
expedited removal?Copy !req
37. That's not up to me.Copy !req
38. A small band of pilgrims sought
out a place in the New WorldCopy !req
39. where they could worshipCopy !req
40. according
to their own beliefs...Copy !req
41. and solve crimes.Copy !req
42. Sam...
It'd be good.Copy !req
43. Read the thing.Copy !req
44. By day, they churn
butter and worshipCopy !req
45. according to their
own beliefs.Copy !req
46. By night, they solve crimes.Copy !req
47. Read the thing.
Pilgrim detectives.Copy !req
48. Do you see me laughing?Copy !req
49. You're laughing on the inside.Copy !req
50. Okay.
With the big hats.Copy !req
51. Give me the speech.Copy !req
52. Have either of you heard of...Copy !req
53. I don't know,
the something...Copy !req
54. the Jamestown
Mayflower DaughtersCopy !req
55. of the American Revolution
Preservation Society?Copy !req
56. The Jamestown
Mayflower Daughters?Copy !req
57. I may have
the name wrong.Copy !req
58. They're inviting the White HouseCopy !req
59. to participate
in some kind of, I don't knowCopy !req
60. Thanksgiving Revolutionary War
re-enactment.Copy !req
61. C.J., let's not torture
American historyCopy !req
62. completely to death.Copy !req
63. Who the hell...Copy !req
64. Jamestown was the 16th century.Copy !req
65. The Mayflower landed at Plymouth
in the 17th century.Copy !req
66. The fathers of the DaughtersCopy !req
67. of the American
Revolution fought in...Copy !req
68. the 18th century!Copy !req
69. It's a festivalCopy !req
70. feast of some kind.Copy !req
71. Who cares?Copy !req
72. Somebody needs to learnCopy !req
73. the true meaning
of Thanksgiving.Copy !req
74. Re-enactments and...Copy !req
75. proclamationsCopy !req
76. and Native American corn husk
hanging contests with...Copy !req
77. Corn husk hanging?
Whatever.Copy !req
78. I'm the Thanksgiving
cruise director around here.Copy !req
79. It wasn't like this
last year?Copy !req
80. I wasn't here last year.Copy !req
81. Where were you
last year?Copy !req
82. They sent me home last year.Copy !req
83. You don't remember me
having a 101.7 degree feverCopy !req
84. and flu-like symptoms?
No.Copy !req
85. That's 'cause every time
we come up on a holidayCopy !req
86. you guys check out like seniors
who are done with finals.Copy !req
87. We're writing
an importantCopy !req
88. Thanksgiving
proclamation.Copy !req
89. And possibly a new
action-adventure series.Copy !req
90. Nobody here
has checked out.Copy !req
91. Hey, I was just flipping
a nickel in my office.Copy !req
92. 16 times in a row,
it came up tails.Copy !req
93. I'm going home.Copy !req
94. Have a good night.Copy !req
95. Yeah, yeah.Copy !req
96. 16 times in a row.Copy !req
97. Yeah.Copy !req
98. Excuse me, fellas...Copy !req
99. It's okay, you can come in here.Copy !req
100. This is Morton Horn
from Jasper Farms
in Virginia.Copy !req
101. Tell them what you're
doing here, Morton.Copy !req
102. I'm dropping off
the turkeys.Copy !req
103. He's dropping off
the turkeys.Copy !req
104. What are, uh...Copy !req
105. Nobody left me
instructions.Copy !req
106. He had a pass for
the northwest entrance.Copy !req
107. I'm dropping off
the turkeys.
Yeah.Copy !req
108. Where should I put them?Copy !req
109. C.J.'s office.
C.J.Copy !req
110. I'd definitely put them
in C.J.'s office.
Good idea.Copy !req
111. C.J. Cregg's office.Copy !req
112. Well, C.J.'s office
is right here.Copy !req
113. C.J. handles all the...
birds.
Donna will show you.Copy !req
114. C.J., yeah.Copy !req
115. Okay.Copy !req
116. And, Morton...Copy !req
117. Ms. Cregg is gone
for the nightCopy !req
118. and her office is secure,
so you should feel freeCopy !req
119. to let the turkeys
out of the cageCopy !req
120. and allow them to,
you know, roam freelyCopy !req
121. as they were
meant to do.
Absolutely.Copy !req
122. Okay.Copy !req
123. Okay.Copy !req
124. Show her
who's slacking off.Copy !req
125. Pizza?Copy !req
126. Yeah.Copy !req
127. Josh. They need you
on the phone.Copy !req
128. What's going on?Copy !req
129. A Commander Cale
of the Coast GuardCopy !req
130. is talking to
the Watch CommanderCopy !req
131. in the Situation RoomCopy !req
132. and they want you
to sit in on the call.
Why?Copy !req
133. Something about
a boat from China.Copy !req
134. Josh Lyman.Copy !req
135. It's an 800-foot container shipCopy !req
136. called the Horizon.Copy !req
137. 83 Chinese were stowed away
in containers in the hold.Copy !req
138. I heard 96.Copy !req
139. 13 of them died on the way.Copy !req
140. What happened
to the dead bodies?Copy !req
141. They came over
with the 83 live ones.Copy !req
142. INS has them in a temporary
detention facility by the water.Copy !req
143. Brief C.J.Copy !req
144. You doing anything
for Thanksgiving?Copy !req
145. The First Family.
What about you?Copy !req
146. Toby, Sam and I are going
to watch football.Copy !req
147. Brief C.J.
on the Chinese.Copy !req
148. Yeah, Leo, do me a favor,
would you?Copy !req
149. Don't tell the President
we're just watching football.Copy !req
150. He'll want to invite us
for dinner.Copy !req
151. Yes, I'm sure upon
hearing the newsCopy !req
152. you're free, the President
of the United StatesCopy !req
153. will insist that you
join him for dinner.Copy !req
154. I'm just saying,
we've been working hardCopy !req
155. and we'd prefer
to watch footballCopy !req
156. rather than listenCopy !req
157. to a history
of the yam in Latin.Copy !req
158. Brief C.J.Copy !req
159. Yeah.Copy !req
160. Hey.Copy !req
161. Hello.Copy !req
162. Listen...
What?Copy !req
163. About a hundred Chinese
stowed awayCopy !req
164. in the cargo hold
of a container ship.Copy !req
165. INS has them in a
temporary interment campCopy !req
166. in San Diego.Copy !req
167. I'll need more than that.Copy !req
168. I'll have more
in a few minutesCopy !req
169. so stay out of the press
room until you talk to me.Copy !req
170. What about the recess
appointments?Copy !req
171. Toby wants to talk
to the President
about adding a name.Copy !req
172. Who?
Josephine McGarry.Copy !req
173. Really?
Yeah.Copy !req
174. Is this as a favor to Leo?Copy !req
175. This is Toby
sniffing aroundCopy !req
176. for a fight
on school prayer.Copy !req
177. He'll get one.
Yeah.Copy !req
178. Well, I'm going to see
what's next for meCopy !req
179. in this week of unendurable
Thanksgiving nonsense.Copy !req
180. Okay.Copy !req
181. Hey, C.J.Copy !req
182. Hey, Carol.Copy !req
183. Oh, yeah.Copy !req
184. The turkeys came.Copy !req
185. Wait, wait, wait,
wait, I'm coming!Copy !req
186. I didn't think you
were here yet.Copy !req
187. I am.Copy !req
188. The turkeys came.Copy !req
189. So Carol said.Copy !req
190. Excuse me.Copy !req
191. Josh, Toby and Sam said
they should go in your office.Copy !req
192. Yes.Copy !req
193. These are the turkeys.Copy !req
194. Turkeys for what?Copy !req
195. You weren't here last year.Copy !req
196. When?
Oh, for Thanksgiving.Copy !req
197. You were sick.Copy !req
198. Yes.
Every year
on ThanksgivingCopy !req
199. the President pardons a turkey.Copy !req
200. He pardons a turkey.Copy !req
201. Yeah, it's your event, so...Copy !req
202. Why are there two?Copy !req
203. I'm sorry?Copy !req
204. Why are there two turkeys?Copy !req
205. Customarily,
the Press Secretary decides...Copy !req
206. No.Copy !req
207. which of the two finalists
is more photogenic.Copy !req
208. Their names are...Copy !req
209. I don't want to know
their names.Copy !req
210. This one's Eric
and this one's Troy.Copy !req
211. Eric and Troy?Copy !req
212. Yeah.Copy !req
213. And I'm to choose
the more photogenic of the twoCopy !req
214. to receive
a Presidential pardon?Copy !req
215. Yeah.Copy !req
216. Okay, I have a Master's degreeCopy !req
217. from the University of
California at Berkeley.Copy !req
218. That's a good school.Copy !req
219. Yeah.Copy !req
220. They eat grain, or really
whatever's lying around.Copy !req
221. And Troy doesn't like
to be touched.Copy !req
222. Okay, I'd like to be alone now.Copy !req
223. I understand.Copy !req
224. Hey.
Hey, Sam.Copy !req
225. What's going on?Copy !req
226. I'm shopping for
a new carving knife
for the President.Copy !req
227. This President takes carving
knives very seriously.Copy !req
228. Yes, I've discovered.Copy !req
229. I'm going to need
a few minutesCopy !req
230. to talk about the Chinese
in San Diego.Copy !req
231. Something's going on.Copy !req
232. What?
I'm just getting it in now.Copy !req
233. How'd it go?Copy !req
234. I think I've got it
this time.Copy !req
235. Well, I wouldn't get
your hopes up, dear.Copy !req
236. No, this is
a very good knife.Copy !req
237. He's very particular.Copy !req
238. That's one word for it.Copy !req
239. I heard that.Copy !req
240. Mr. President.Copy !req
241. Ah...Copy !req
242. I think you'll find these
to your liking.Copy !req
243. Yes, yes, indeed I do.Copy !req
244. Excellent.Copy !req
245. The Chef's Choice.Copy !req
246. Twice the amount of carbonCopy !req
247. which means it'll hold
a sharp edgeCopy !req
248. up to ten times longer.Copy !req
249. And you can see the handleCopy !req
250. which is texturized
molded polymer.Copy !req
251. It has no rivets
or air pockets.Copy !req
252. Well, I'm glad you're
happy, Mr. President.Copy !req
253. This is an American knife.Copy !req
254. Yes.
No German knives for us.Copy !req
255. No, sir.
Good job.Copy !req
256. Thank you, sir.
Hold on.Copy !req
257. Sir?Copy !req
258. Nah... Nah.Copy !req
259. No, the balance
isn't right.Copy !req
260. I'll take it back, sir.Copy !req
261. Yeah, you know
what we need?Copy !req
262. A German knife?Copy !req
263. Yeah.
I'll get on it.Copy !req
264. And Mr. PresidentCopy !req
265. Sam asked me to give
you a heads up.Copy !req
266. He'll need a few minutes
to talk about San Diego.Copy !req
267. You tell him they already
briefed me.Copy !req
268. He said there might be
something else.Copy !req
269. Okay.
Thank you,
Mr. President.Copy !req
270. The Germans know howCopy !req
271. to make a knife,
Charlie.Copy !req
272. Yes, sir.Copy !req
273. Josephine McGarry?Copy !req
274. She's been put on a lot of short
lists, why not pull the trigger?Copy !req
275. She's a pretty
controversial woman.Copy !req
276. That's not a flaw.Copy !req
277. It is when it's
a recess appointment.Copy !req
278. Recess appointmentCopy !req
279. assumes the Senate'sCopy !req
280. going to have no problem
with the nominee.Copy !req
281. The Senate will have
a considerable problemCopy !req
282. with this nominee.Copy !req
283. That's the Senate's problem.
Toby...Copy !req
284. Mr. President, you want to have
a debate on school prayer.Copy !req
285. Yes, I do.
This will start it.Copy !req
286. I've got to say,
look, I'm just...Copy !req
287. Toby, I'm not wild
about the woman.Copy !req
288. I've known her for 25 yearsCopy !req
289. and I think
she's All About Eve.Copy !req
290. Well, I wouldn't cast her
in a playCopy !req
291. but at the Department
of Education...Copy !req
292. Good morning.Copy !req
293. Want a debate
on school prayer?Copy !req
294. Yeah.
This will start it.Copy !req
295. What are we talking about?Copy !req
296. Recess appointments.Copy !req
297. I've got the final listCopy !req
298. right here.Copy !req
299. Hey, Leo.Copy !req
300. "James ElkinsCopy !req
301. "Assistant SecretaryCopy !req
302. "of Transportation
for AviationCopy !req
303. "Leslie Cryer,
Assistant SecretaryCopy !req
304. "of Commerce for
Economic DevelopmentCopy !req
305. Umberto Sepio, Deputy
Administrator for the EPA."Copy !req
306. Leo, we're adding a name.Copy !req
307. Who?
Josey.Copy !req
308. No, no.Copy !req
309. Assistant Secretary
for PrimaryCopy !req
310. and Secondary Education.Copy !req
311. Did my sister...Copy !req
312. We want the debate.
Did my sister
call youCopy !req
313. and ask you for this?Copy !req
314. She did not call me.Copy !req
315. I'm amazed.Copy !req
316. She called me.Copy !req
317. I'm less amazed.Copy !req
318. Take her name off the list.Copy !req
319. It's not patronage
if she's qualified.Copy !req
320. Sir...
Which she is.Copy !req
321. A Ph.D. in Education,
six years as a principalCopy !req
322. four years
as superintendentCopy !req
323. and a significant
Democrat.Copy !req
324. They'll bring up school prayer.Copy !req
325. No kidding.Copy !req
326. Mr. President, pleaseCopy !req
327. don't hop on the back
of Toby's horse.Copy !req
328. It'll take you to a fight
we're not geared up for.Copy !req
329. We are geared up for itCopy !req
330. and if we're not,
we should get out.Copy !req
331. Sure, you first.Copy !req
332. I'll take the meetings.Copy !req
333. You're damn right.Copy !req
334. And you'll start with aidesCopy !req
335. to the Republican leadershipCopy !req
336. and you'll gauge exactlyCopy !req
337. the volume of dumbness
with no reward we can expect.Copy !req
338. Excuse me, Mr. President.Copy !req
339. Take the meetings.Copy !req
340. I'm very happy to.
Yeah?Copy !req
341. Mr. President, there's a wrinkle
in the situation in San Diego.Copy !req
342. What is it?Copy !req
343. You're not going
to believe it.Copy !req
344. What?
They're claiming
they'reCopy !req
345. Christian evangelicals
fleeing persecution.Copy !req
346. You're kidding me.Copy !req
347. They're seekingCopy !req
348. religious asylum.Copy !req
349. You're kidding me.Copy !req
350. No.Copy !req
351. The Christian community's
going to scream "stay."Copy !req
352. China's going to say
send them back.Copy !req
353. INS is going to say
the law's the law.Copy !req
354. This is a whole new thing.Copy !req
355. Yeah.Copy !req
356. C.J.:
Well, the INS conductsCopy !req
357. something called
a "credible fear" interview.Copy !req
358. This is not a hearing on whether
or not to grant asylumCopy !req
359. just a hearing to determineCopy !req
360. if the detainee has
a credible fearCopy !req
361. that they'll be harmedCopy !req
362. if returned
to their country. Steve.Copy !req
363. C.J., will the White House
be meeting with leadersCopy !req
364. of the Christian community
to hear their input?Copy !req
365. Yes, we will. In
the following daysCopy !req
366. we'll be meeting
with the Reverend
Al CaldwellCopy !req
367. members of
Beijing's Embassy
and INS agents.Copy !req
368. The President has asked
Josh Lyman and Sam SeabornCopy !req
369. to run these meetingsCopy !req
370. so it's entirely possible
that by week's endCopy !req
371. we'll have alienated Christians,
China and our own government.Copy !req
372. That's all I have
on the refugees.Copy !req
373. I was going to release the
list of recess appointmentsCopy !req
374. but I'm going to wait a day.Copy !req
375. I can tell you
the list has been sentCopy !req
376. to the appropriate
committee chairsCopy !req
377. and I imagine one of themCopy !req
378. will leak it to you
sometime this afternoon.Copy !req
379. I'll also remind
you that it's
Thanksgiving weekCopy !req
380. which means the traditional
Presidential pardon, you know...Copy !req
381. of the chosen turkey.Copy !req
382. That will be
Wednesday afternoon.Copy !req
383. Thursday morningCopy !req
384. the President will make
his Thanksgiving proclamationCopy !req
385. in the Rose Garden.Copy !req
386. Among the guests will beCopy !req
387. members of the Boys
and Girls Clubs of AmericaCopy !req
388. and members of Big Brothers
and Big Sisters of America.Copy !req
389. Will you be leading
them in song?Copy !req
390. I'm sorry?Copy !req
391. The Press Secretary
usually leads the kids in song.Copy !req
392. Yes, of course
I will be leading them in songCopy !req
393. for I am the Press Secretary.Copy !req
394. Thank you.Copy !req
395. C.J., happy Thanksgiving.Copy !req
396. I got to learn
some songs.Copy !req
397. Don't bring it up
at the meeting.Copy !req
398. Josh...Copy !req
399. Don't bring it up
at the meeting.Copy !req
400. The guy threatened to
blow up the theater
in the name of God.Copy !req
401. Yes.Copy !req
402. A theater with
people in it.Copy !req
403. Yes.Copy !req
404. But sending
illegal Chinese immigrantsCopy !req
405. back to China
is objectionable.Copy !req
406. Don't bring it up
at the meeting.Copy !req
407. It might slip out.Copy !req
408. Okay.
Shove it back in.Copy !req
409. Morning, Reverend Caldwell.Copy !req
410. Oh, morning,
Josh, Sam.Copy !req
411. La Salle:
Good morning.
Reverend.Copy !req
412. Good morning,
everybody. Welcome.Copy !req
413. Morning, Mary.Copy !req
414. Josh, the White
House will faceCopy !req
415. considerable
embarrassmentCopy !req
416. if the President
continues to maintainCopy !req
417. his stranglehold
on indifferenceCopy !req
418. when it comes
to persecuted
ChristiansCopy !req
419. around the world.Copy !req
420. Okay, we're done
with "good morning."Copy !req
421. These are people
from a countryCopy !req
422. that oppresses
Christians.Copy !req
423. The President has
to grant their
asylum request.Copy !req
424. The President doesn't grant
asylum requests.Copy !req
425. The INS judge does.Copy !req
426. The INS judge is going to doCopy !req
427. what the President
urges him to doCopy !req
428. and if the
President doesn't
urge the INS judgeCopy !req
429. to grant the asylum,
he's going to wish he had.Copy !req
430. Mary, I swear to God,
you're not goingCopy !req
431. to get anywhere in this building
by threatening me.Copy !req
432. Do we know that they
were persecuted in China?Copy !req
433. Excuse me?Copy !req
434. Do we know they
were persecuted?Copy !req
435. They're Christians.Copy !req
436. I believe that.Copy !req
437. I'm asking if they
were persecuted.Copy !req
438. Yes.Copy !req
439. They stuffed
How do you know?Copy !req
440. themselves in 20 by 20-foot
container compartmentsCopy !req
441. for a month and a half.Copy !req
442. Why else would
they be here?Copy !req
443. The leaders of
the Fangcheg ChurchCopy !req
444. were thrown
into labor camps.Copy !req
445. Last August,
three Taiwanese-born
American evangelicalsCopy !req
446. were arrested in
Henan province...Copy !req
447. For— I'm quoting now—Copy !req
448. "activities
incompatibleCopy !req
449. with tourist status
under which they
entered China."Copy !req
450. In other words, for
spreading the GospelCopy !req
451. 100 of their followers
were detainedCopy !req
452. and one woman was
beaten by the police.Copy !req
453. Chinese Catholics are being
arrested by the wagon loadCopy !req
454. for recognizing
the Vatican's authority.Copy !req
455. An 82-year-old bishop
was releasedCopy !req
456. after 30 years
in prison, then
arrested again.Copy !req
457. An 84-year-old bishop
was tortured until
he passed out.Copy !req
458. He's now in a coma.Copy !req
459. China harasses Christians, Josh.Copy !req
460. The State Department says so.Copy !req
461. Amnesty International says so.Copy !req
462. I say so.Copy !req
463. It is fact.Copy !req
464. And the scores
of millionsCopy !req
465. of American ChristiansCopy !req
466. and Christians
around the worldCopy !req
467. will not stand
blithely byCopy !req
468. while religious freedom
is threatened.Copy !req
469. Sure, you will.Copy !req
470. Sam...Copy !req
471. No, they will stand
blithely byCopy !req
472. while religious freedom
is threatened.Copy !req
473. They're just not doing it
this time.Copy !req
474. Okay.Copy !req
475. Is this about the play?Copy !req
476. A guy writes a playCopy !req
477. called ApostlesCopy !req
478. in which Jesus Christ is gay,
and you protest— fine—Copy !req
479. but when a guy threatens
to blow up the theaterCopy !req
480. you guys are nowhere
to be heard from.Copy !req
481. That play was disgusting.Copy !req
482. So you're committed
to religious freedomCopy !req
483. for all people unless you don't
like what they have to say.Copy !req
484. That's not what I'm...
Don't look now, but I think
the playwright'sCopy !req
485. headed to China.Copy !req
486. Josh?Copy !req
487. Yeah.Copy !req
488. Sorry about that.Copy !req
489. No, Sam's right,
and it's a point
well taken.Copy !req
490. I just don't want
to get bogged downCopy !req
491. in a Mary Marsh mud-fight.Copy !req
492. Yes, sir.Copy !req
493. This is too important.Copy !req
494. Yes, it is.Copy !req
495. And I want you to
know, I want the
President to know:Copy !req
496. My church will pay
out the bond for each
of the refugees.Copy !req
497. Well, we might be talking
about more money...Copy !req
498. I know how much
we're talking about.Copy !req
499. My church'll pay it.Copy !req
500. If they won't, I will.Copy !req
501. Okay, thank you, Reverend.Copy !req
502. I'll pass that along.Copy !req
503. Thank you.Copy !req
504. Good morning, Toby.Copy !req
505. Good morning,
Reverend.Copy !req
506. You look determined.Copy !req
507. I am, sir.Copy !req
508. Good boy.Copy !req
509. Before we get
to anything elseCopy !req
510. I want to object
to the totally crappy wayCopy !req
511. we were informed
about this.Copy !req
512. You knew you were getting
the list of recess appointments.Copy !req
513. Toby, what makes you think
you can just...?Copy !req
514. Article II, Section 2:
"The President shall haveCopy !req
515. "the power to fill all vacancies
that may happenCopy !req
516. "during the recess of the Senate
by granting commissionsCopy !req
517. which shall expire
at the end of their
next session."Copy !req
518. You can't just slip
her in, Toby.Copy !req
519. Slip who in?Copy !req
520. Don't be cute.Copy !req
521. I can't help it.Copy !req
522. McGarry's sister.
It's Mr. McGarryCopy !req
523. and her name
is Dr. Josephine McGarry.Copy !req
524. She has a Ph.D. in Education
from Cornell.Copy !req
525. She's published many
scholarly essays on
public education.Copy !req
526. She was superintendent
of the Atlanta School DistrictCopy !req
527. servicing 58,000 studentsCopy !req
528. with some of the highest
standardized test scoresCopy !req
529. in the country.Copy !req
530. What in particular troublesCopy !req
531. the senators you work for
about her resume?Copy !req
532. I think you know.Copy !req
533. I do,
but I'd like you to say it.Copy !req
534. She's anti-religion, Toby.Copy !req
535. Is she?Copy !req
536. Yes, she is.Copy !req
537. Hmm... She's on the Board
of Visitors at her church.Copy !req
538. She teaches
Sunday morningsCopy !req
539. at the Immaculate Heart of Mary
school.Copy !req
540. You know what we're
talking about.Copy !req
541. She's against prayer.Copy !req
542. She's against prayer?Copy !req
543. School prayer.Copy !req
544. Ah.Copy !req
545. As she's published
many times in her
scholarly essays.Copy !req
546. You want to know
who else is against it?Copy !req
547. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals.Copy !req
548. Organized prayer
in public schools
is prohibitedCopy !req
549. and your problem with herCopy !req
550. is that, while superintendent,
she enforced the law.Copy !req
551. A law that
70% say is wrong.Copy !req
552. 70% of the people say...Copy !req
553. Laws don't work like that,
Wayne.Copy !req
554. We don't ask
for a show of hands.Copy !req
555. You understand
that the Senate Republicans...Copy !req
556. No, I don't.Copy !req
557. Can you explain it to me slowlyCopy !req
558. using small words
and visual aids?Copy !req
559. Toby...Copy !req
560. The Senate RepublicansCopy !req
561. will hold up the confirmations
of other nominees.Copy !req
562. This is an abuse
of the recess
appointment.Copy !req
563. It's there
for convenience.Copy !req
564. It's not there
to circumventCopy !req
565. the Senate's
Constitutional right
to confirm nominees.Copy !req
566. Neither is the filibuster.Copy !req
567. I'll put down my gun
when you put down yours.Copy !req
568. The fact is,
if you don't thinkCopy !req
569. she'd be confirmed,
then it's outrageous that...Copy !req
570. No, what is outrageous is that
this would never come to voteCopy !req
571. if we did it
in session.Copy !req
572. There's no way
the Senate could
not confirm her.Copy !req
573. She's too qualified.Copy !req
574. This would never
come to a vote!Copy !req
575. So... hold up
all the appointments you wantCopy !req
576. shut down the governmentCopy !req
577. 'cause a teacher did
as she was told.Copy !req
578. You'll have given
us a second termCopy !req
579. and we won't even have
to leave the building.Copy !req
580. But not because
I'm right and you're wrongCopy !req
581. though I am and you areCopy !req
582. but just because
I am better at this than you.Copy !req
583. Not this time.Copy !req
584. I'm sorry?Copy !req
585. You're not better this time.Copy !req
586. This... is a picture of her.Copy !req
587. Doing what?Copy !req
588. Enforcing the law.Copy !req
589. It was a home game.Copy !req
590. There was
an organized prayerCopy !req
591. and she's
breaking it up.Copy !req
592. Yes, she is.Copy !req
593. It's not good,
but it's not...Copy !req
594. These are high school students.Copy !req
595. Two of them
are on their knees prayingCopy !req
596. while being handcuffedCopy !req
597. with my sister
standing next
to the copCopy !req
598. whose hand is
on his nightstick.Copy !req
599. He's resting it
on his nightstick.Copy !req
600. I'm sure that explanation
will be in the caption.Copy !req
601. Leo...Copy !req
602. One of the students
is wearingCopy !req
603. his marching
band uniform.Copy !req
604. One of the students is black.Copy !req
605. Listen...
And you say,
"It's not good"?Copy !req
606. Yeah, look...
That's a penetrating
diagnosisCopy !req
607. from the White House
Communications Director.Copy !req
608. It's not like we weren't aware
of the incident.Copy !req
609. We didn't know there was art.Copy !req
610. It's a local paper.Copy !req
611. It's not local anymore!Copy !req
612. Well, I can save it.Copy !req
613. Does she know
she was submitted?
Yes.Copy !req
614. How?
I called her.Copy !req
615. Toby...!
I can save this.Copy !req
616. Margaret!Copy !req
617. Leo...Copy !req
618. Oh, a football game,
high school marching bandCopy !req
619. on their knees.Copy !req
620. The only thing breaking
up Normal RockwellCopy !req
621. are the cops, the handcuffs,
the nightstickCopy !req
622. and my sister.
Yeah?Copy !req
623. Get Josephine on the phone.Copy !req
624. Yeah.Copy !req
625. I begged you to go slow
with this nomination.Copy !req
626. The post needed to...Copy !req
627. The post did not
desperately needCopy !req
628. to be filled.Copy !req
629. Neither the economy
nor national securityCopy !req
630. nor infrastructure
will collapseCopy !req
631. without an Assistant SecretaryCopy !req
632. of Primary
and Secondary Education.Copy !req
633. It brings the problem
front and center.Copy !req
634. Great.Copy !req
635. And what prize do we get
for that?Copy !req
636. Leo...
What prize
do we getCopy !req
637. for bringing it
front and center?Copy !req
638. Leo?Copy !req
639. What?Copy !req
640. Your sister.Copy !req
641. I'll be in my office.Copy !req
642. It brings your problem
front and centerCopy !req
643. Toby.Copy !req
644. Leave the newspaper.Copy !req
645. Hey, Jo.Copy !req
646. C.J.:
Donna?
Hey, C.J.Copy !req
647. Can I borrow you
for just a minute?Copy !req
648. Hey, C.J.Copy !req
649. You know, I'd love
to stand around and
talk with you, JoshCopy !req
650. but I have a
turkey pardoning
in five minutes.Copy !req
651. I thought that was tomorrow.Copy !req
652. No. Tomorrow's
the singing.Copy !req
653. You're singing?Copy !req
654. I'm leading the
children in song.Copy !req
655. Excellent!
Yes.
I need Donna.Copy !req
656. You need help
with the song?Copy !req
657. I don't need
help with the
song. Donna?Copy !req
658. The INS guys will be here
in a minute.
Yep.Copy !req
659. "We Gather Together."
That's the song.Copy !req
660. That's
the usual song.
So you know it?Copy !req
661. Everybody knows it.
I don't know it.Copy !req
662. Didn't you go
to elementary school?Copy !req
663. Yes. Right before
being a National
Merit scholar.Copy !req
664. The madrigals
will know the song.Copy !req
665. The madrigals?
A couple of guys
wearing costumesCopy !req
666. and playing the lute.
It's no problem.Copy !req
667. Y-you're not the
one conducting a
musical on CNN.Copy !req
668. You want me
to teach you the song?Copy !req
669. Yes.Copy !req
670. Now?
Not now.Copy !req
671. Right now I have,
you know, actual...Copy !req
672. serious work to do.Copy !req
673. Okay. Show time, guys.Copy !req
674. I've observed you
under a number of conditionsCopy !req
675. and this is the final.Copy !req
676. I can't have you wigging out
in the President's face—Copy !req
677. "I just don't like the photo."Copy !req
678. So...Copy !req
679. You both did fine.Copy !req
680. Troy, I want you to know
it was neck and neckCopy !req
681. but I'm giving it to Eric.Copy !req
682. You were in it
right to the end, but it'sCopy !req
683. the flapping thing
you got going on.Copy !req
684. I'll tell you what's
of some concern to me—Copy !req
685. that I've been talking out loud
this whole time.Copy !req
686. That's very unsettling.Copy !req
687. Okay, Eric, here we go.Copy !req
688. Come on, Eric, let's go.Copy !req
689. The guy said to support him
under his hindquarters.Copy !req
690. Well, I don't
know where his
hindquarters areCopy !req
691. and I'm not going
to look that hard.Copy !req
692. Come on, Eric.Copy !req
693. Troy?Copy !req
694. Passage usually costs
anywhere from $20 to $40,000.Copy !req
695. $40,000 buys
them a spot in
the container?Copy !req
696. Yeah.Copy !req
697. How do these people
have $40,000?Copy !req
698. They don't.Copy !req
699. That's the problem.Copy !req
700. They have to pay
off the smugglersCopy !req
701. when they get hereCopy !req
702. so they become
indentured servants.Copy !req
703. Sweat shops?
Drugs, prostitution.Copy !req
704. You should knowCopy !req
705. that Al Caldwell and
the Christian LeagueCopy !req
706. have offered
to pay their bond.Copy !req
707. Caldwell should know
it's not uncommonCopy !req
708. for them to
be coached.Copy !req
709. On religious persecution?Copy !req
710. It's a good alibi.Copy !req
711. Listen, it's not
for me to sayCopy !req
712. but you got to
be serious about
illegal immigrationCopy !req
713. and you got to do these things
within existing laws.Copy !req
714. Thanks for coming by.Copy !req
715. Good seeing you.Copy !req
716. Take it easy.Copy !req
717. You, too.Copy !req
718. A lot of them
left their families.Copy !req
719. Two months on the
water in a container.Copy !req
720. Dead bodies in there.Copy !req
721. They had to want it.Copy !req
722. Mr. President?Copy !req
723. Yeah?Copy !req
724. We're all set.Copy !req
725. What am I doing?Copy !req
726. Pardoning a turkey.Copy !req
727. Okay.Copy !req
728. Mr. President?Copy !req
729. Excellent.Copy !req
730. I think you'll like this.Copy !req
731. The Messermeister.Copy !req
732. Meridian 3000 series.Copy !req
733. One-piece forged blade,
riveted pom handles.Copy !req
734. Terrific.Copy !req
735. I don't like the handles.Copy !req
736. Okay.
Mr. President?Copy !req
737. How's it going?Copy !req
738. Sir, we've taken
a couple dozen meetingsCopy !req
739. in the last two days.Copy !req
740. You met with Chinese
embassy officials?Copy !req
741. Last night.
They say...Copy !req
742. Christians aren't
persecuted in China.Copy !req
743. Since they're not oppressedCopy !req
744. they don't qualify
for refugee status...Copy !req
745. under U.S.
or U.N. conditions, yeah.Copy !req
746. They also make the point
that they broke Chinese lawCopy !req
747. when they left
the country illegallyCopy !req
748. and should be sent backCopy !req
749. to their country
of origin.Copy !req
750. It's a fair point.Copy !req
751. The INS agents also feelCopy !req
752. it's not uncommon
in this situationCopy !req
753. for refugees to—Copy !req
754. how do I put it—Copy !req
755. feign faith.Copy !req
756. Yeah. They'll be coached.Copy !req
757. How do you tell
the difference...?Copy !req
758. You guys know
what a shibboleth is?Copy !req
759. It's a catchphrase,
isn't it?Copy !req
760. A cliche.Copy !req
761. Comes from the Bible:Copy !req
762. "Then said
now unto himCopy !req
763. "'Say now shibboleth!'Copy !req
764. "And he said, 'Sibboleth'Copy !req
765. for he could not frame
to pronounce it right."Copy !req
766. It was a password—
a way the army usedCopy !req
767. to distinguish true Israelites
from impostorsCopy !req
768. sent across the river
Jordan by the enemy.
Sir...Copy !req
769. I'm having one of the Chinese
refugees flown here.Copy !req
770. I'll meet with him tonight.Copy !req
771. Mr. President,
I can't, you know...Copy !req
772. indefinitely with the turkey.Copy !req
773. Yeah.
Excuse me.Copy !req
774. what are you going to ask
the Chinese refugee?Copy !req
775. I'm going to ask him
to say shibboleth.Copy !req
776. Leo?Copy !req
777. She's here?Copy !req
778. Yeah.Copy !req
779. Okay.Copy !req
780. I understand
they've already startedCopy !req
781. beating the drums
over the me.Copy !req
782. Yeah.Copy !req
783. I don't think
I need to tell youCopy !req
784. that I'm not going to shrink
from a fight.Copy !req
785. No, you don't.Copy !req
786. In fact, you look for them.Copy !req
787. Just like my brother.Copy !req
788. I don't look
for fights, Josey.Copy !req
789. There are enough
that look for me.Copy !req
790. Leo...!
And I am trying
to stage manageCopy !req
791. an undisciplined
White HouseCopy !req
792. through what I would say
was a difficult timeCopy !req
793. except I haven't
experienced an
easy one yet.Copy !req
794. This is going to be
a big victoryCopy !req
795. for us, Leo.Copy !req
796. I will have support lined up
from the AFT, the NEA.Copy !req
797. I will have...Copy !req
798. Josey, I want you to
withdraw your name
from consideration.Copy !req
799. Why?Copy !req
800. You feel you can do more
as Superintentent in Atlanta.Copy !req
801. No, I mean, wh...?Copy !req
802. 'Cause the president won'tCopy !req
803. and even if he would,
it'd look bad.Copy !req
804. No, I'm asking you
why you've...?Copy !req
805. They've got a
newspaper picture.Copy !req
806. Of what?Copy !req
807. You know of what.Copy !req
808. There were a lot
of pictures, Leo.Copy !req
809. This one
is special.Copy !req
810. This one is game's over.Copy !req
811. The handcuffs.Copy !req
812. Yeah.Copy !req
813. And you wouldn't even considerCopy !req
814. sticking by me?Copy !req
815. A few years agoCopy !req
816. on a campaign swing
through the SouthCopy !req
817. I met a stringer photographer
named Odabee Jones.Copy !req
818. It was an
unusual nameCopy !req
819. and so I've
remembered it.Copy !req
820. He told me he had you to thankCopy !req
821. for starting his career
in photojournalismCopy !req
822. 'cause you'd give him a heads upCopy !req
823. when there was
going to beCopy !req
824. something
worth shooting.Copy !req
825. Leo, what in God's name...?Copy !req
826. Look at the photo credit
on the picture.Copy !req
827. You called
the photographer.Copy !req
828. You wanted a picture
taken of that.Copy !req
829. Those kids are commendable.Copy !req
830. In this day and age,
those kids are phenomenal.Copy !req
831. Now we have laws,
and they are difficultCopy !req
832. and they have to be enforcedCopy !req
833. and it's right
that they're enforced.Copy !req
834. But we do not strut... ever.Copy !req
835. Is there something
you need me to sign?Copy !req
836. Anything else?Copy !req
837. Kiss your kids hello for me.Copy !req
838. She'll get over it.Copy !req
839. She hasn't gotten over
my making her returnCopy !req
840. the stolen Milk Duds.Copy !req
841. You were right.Copy !req
842. I know.Copy !req
843. Josey was the wrong face
to put on this.Copy !req
844. Yes.Copy !req
845. But I'll tell you why
it should be front and center.Copy !req
846. It's not the
First Amendment.Copy !req
847. It's not religious freedom.Copy !req
848. It's not Church and State.Copy !req
849. It's not... abstract.Copy !req
850. What is it?Copy !req
851. It's the fourth-grader who gets
his ass kicked at recessCopy !req
852. 'cause he sat out the voluntary
prayer in homeroom.Copy !req
853. It's another way of making kids
different from other kids...Copy !req
854. and they're required by law
to be there.Copy !req
855. That's why you want it
front and center.Copy !req
856. Fourth grader.Copy !req
857. That's the prize.Copy !req
858. What'd they do to you?Copy !req
859. Leo?Copy !req
860. Yeah.Copy !req
861. You're right
about that part.Copy !req
862. That part needs to
be talked about more.Copy !req
863. It does.Copy !req
864. Okay.Copy !req
865. What are you doing
for dinner tomorrow?Copy !req
866. 'Cause Josh and Sam and ICopy !req
867. are watching the game.Copy !req
868. I'm with the First Family.Copy !req
869. Okay. Hey, Leo, do me a favor.Copy !req
870. Don't tell the President...Copy !req
871. Oh, the President could
honestly give a damnCopy !req
872. what you guys are
doing tomorrow, Toby.Copy !req
873. Yeah.Copy !req
874. That's...Copy !req
875. Mrs.
Ah, Mr. President.Copy !req
876. Is he here?Copy !req
877. Yes, sir.Copy !req
878. Good.Copy !req
879. Did we get
an interpreter?Copy !req
880. He speaks English.Copy !req
881. He's a chemistry
professor.Copy !req
882. Yeah?Copy !req
883. There was a while
there I wanted to be
a chemistry professor.Copy !req
884. What happened?Copy !req
885. I never actually
studied chemistry.Copy !req
886. A lot of these college
chemistry departmentsCopy !req
887. are really demanding
that way.
Yeah.Copy !req
888. Mr. President.Copy !req
889. Jhin Wei?Copy !req
890. Yes, sir.Copy !req
891. I'm Jed Bartlet,
this is Leo McGarry.Copy !req
892. How do you do?Copy !req
893. Thank you for comingCopy !req
894. all this way.Copy !req
895. Yes, sir.Copy !req
896. Fellas...Copy !req
897. would you mind
waiting outside?Copy !req
898. Would you care
to sit down?Copy !req
899. It's perfectly all right.Copy !req
900. There are some
sandwiches here.Copy !req
901. If you get hungry,
you should feel freeCopy !req
902. to eat as much
as you please.Copy !req
903. Yes, sir.Copy !req
904. There are questionsCopy !req
905. as to the veracity
of your claim
to asylum.Copy !req
906. Yes, sir.Copy !req
907. How did you
become a Christian?Copy !req
908. I began attending
a house churchCopy !req
909. with my wife in Fujian.Copy !req
910. Eventually,
I was baptized.Copy !req
911. How do you practice?Copy !req
912. We share Bibles—
we don't have enough.Copy !req
913. We sing hymns.Copy !req
914. We hear sermons.
We recite the Lord's Prayer.Copy !req
915. We are charitable.Copy !req
916. Who's the head
of your church?Copy !req
917. The head of our parish
is an 84-year-old manCopy !req
918. named Wen Ling.Copy !req
919. He's been beaten and
imprisoned many times.Copy !req
920. The head of our church
is Jesus Christ.Copy !req
921. Can you name
any of Jesus' apostles?Copy !req
922. If you can't, that's okay.Copy !req
923. I usually can't remember
the names of my kidsCopy !req
924. or for that matter...Copy !req
925. Peter, Andrew, John, Philip,
Bartholomew, ThomasCopy !req
926. Matthew, Thaddeus, Simon,
Judas and James.Copy !req
927. Mr. President, Christianity
is not demonstratedCopy !req
928. through a recitation of facts.Copy !req
929. You're seeking evidence of faithCopy !req
930. a wholehearted acceptance
of God's promiseCopy !req
931. of a better world.Copy !req
932. "For we hold that manCopy !req
933. is justified
by faith alone"Copy !req
934. is what Saint Paul said.Copy !req
935. "Justified by faith alone."Copy !req
936. Faith is the true...Copy !req
937. uh... I'm trying to...Copy !req
938. shibboleth.Copy !req
939. Faith is the true shibboleth.Copy !req
940. Yes, it is.Copy !req
941. And you, sir, just said
the magic wordCopy !req
942. in more ways
than one.Copy !req
943. Thank you.Copy !req
944. It was a pleasure
to meet you.Copy !req
945. Thank you,
Mr. President.Copy !req
946. We're trying to sell
more 747s to ChinaCopy !req
947. already a big
customer.Copy !req
948. We want China to crack downCopy !req
949. on violators
of American copyrights.Copy !req
950. We're trying to get ChinaCopy !req
951. to negotiate a settlement
with Tibet...Copy !req
952. Right.Copy !req
953. Right.Copy !req
954. We don't have
to grant asylum.Copy !req
955. If you're suggesting
what I think you areCopy !req
956. you should know
it's happened before.Copy !req
957. Where are they?Copy !req
958. An INS detention
facility in Otay Mesa.Copy !req
959. They're being guarded
by INS agents,
aided by membersCopy !req
960. of the 22nd Division
of the California
National Guard.Copy !req
961. Not the Coast Guard?Copy !req
962. No.Copy !req
963. Before... when it
happened before...Copy !req
964. how did it work?Copy !req
965. Well, you don't want
to piss off ChinaCopy !req
966. and you don't want
to send them backCopy !req
967. so you got
to ask yourselfCopy !req
968. how secure is the INS
detention facility?Copy !req
969. Mrs. Landingham?Copy !req
970. Yes, sir.Copy !req
971. I need to talk
to the Governor of California.Copy !req
972. Carol.
Yeah.Copy !req
973. We're starting
in five minutes.Copy !req
974. You can move the press
to the Rose Garden.Copy !req
975. Yeah.Copy !req
976. Hey, Toscanini.
I'm busy.Copy !req
977. You learning
the song?Copy !req
978. I know the song.
You don't know
the song.Copy !req
979. "We gather together
to ask the Lord's blessing.Copy !req
980. He chastens and hastens
his will to make known."Copy !req
981. Know what it means?Copy !req
982. I don't have
to know what it means.Copy !req
983. I don't know
what you're doing
for dinner tonightCopy !req
984. but Josh and Sam
and I...Copy !req
985. It's about damn time
you asked me.Copy !req
986. I have been sitting
here for two weeksCopy !req
987. turning down all kindsCopy !req
988. of very, frankly,
glamorous invitationsCopy !req
989. from people I like
a lot more than you.Copy !req
990. You can't ask a girl
at the last minute...Copy !req
991. Well, if you can't
come, that's okay.Copy !req
992. No, I can come,
I can come.
Good.Copy !req
993. Should I bring anything?Copy !req
994. Yeah, do you know
how to, you know,
cook food?Copy !req
995. We're in the Rose Garden
in five minutes.Copy !req
996. C.J., this is
Morton Horn.Copy !req
997. He's from Jasper Farms.Copy !req
998. He's here to take one
of the turkeys back.Copy !req
999. What do you mean?Copy !req
1000. Well, I got to take
one of the turkeys back.Copy !req
1001. No, no, these
turkeys are goingCopy !req
1002. to a petting zoo
in Delaware.Copy !req
1003. Well, one of them is.Copy !req
1004. Yeah, but I'm going
to send both of them.Copy !req
1005. C.J., Jasper Farms
donated one turkeyCopy !req
1006. and then the other one...Copy !req
1007. Right, but I'm going
to take them both.Copy !req
1008. No, I got to take
a turkey back.Copy !req
1009. I'm going to buy
him from you.Copy !req
1010. What's he, 30 bucks?Copy !req
1011. These turkeys
are $275.Copy !req
1012. For a turkey!Copy !req
1013. They're specially
raised.Copy !req
1014. At the Waldorf?Copy !req
1015. Ma'am, I...
I'll pay it.Copy !req
1016. It's already
been sold.Copy !req
1017. Give them a different turkey.Copy !req
1018. Well, all the
turkeys have
been sold.Copy !req
1019. C.J., I think...Copy !req
1020. Ma'am, it was
my understandingCopy !req
1021. that one of these
turkeys was to
be pardonedCopy !req
1022. the other one sent
back to Jasper Farms.Copy !req
1023. Yes, and I chose EricCopy !req
1024. 'cause Troy doesn't like
to be touchedCopy !req
1025. which, surely, we're not
going to execute him for.Copy !req
1026. Ma'am, I have
a job and I...Copy !req
1027. Come with me, please.Copy !req
1028. Ma'am!Copy !req
1029. Grab the turkey
and come with me.Copy !req
1030. All right.Copy !req
1031. Mrs. Landingham,
can I look at a copyCopy !req
1032. of the Thanksgiving
proclamation?Copy !req
1033. Sir, why don't you use
the intercom?Copy !req
1034. 'Cause...Copy !req
1035. 'Cause you don'tCopy !req
1036. know how
to use the intercom.Copy !req
1037. I was standing
at the door.Copy !req
1038. Maybe after this ceremonyCopy !req
1039. you can get one
of the fourth gradersCopy !req
1040. to come in and show youCopy !req
1041. how to use
the intercom.Copy !req
1042. Can I look at a copy...Copy !req
1043. Sam is bringing it.Copy !req
1044. Mr. President.Copy !req
1045. What you got, Charles?Copy !req
1046. A winner, Mr. President.Copy !req
1047. The 1985 Komin YomadaCopy !req
1048. made in Japan from
the best materials
available.Copy !req
1049. Lighter weight blade.Copy !req
1050. Which facilitates
cutting and reduces
user fatigue.Copy !req
1051. I once test-drove
the Komin Yomada.
And?Copy !req
1052. Not wild about it—
How about this?Copy !req
1053. Okay, Mr. PresidentCopy !req
1054. I say this with all
possible respectCopy !req
1055. but each of these knivesCopy !req
1056. cuts, you know, meat.Copy !req
1057. Why is it important...Copy !req
1058. Because it's
something
we pass on.Copy !req
1059. It's something
with a history,
so we can sayCopy !req
1060. "My father gave
this to meCopy !req
1061. "and his father
gave it to himCopy !req
1062. and now I'm giving
it to you."Copy !req
1063. Well, okay, sir,
but if that's trueCopy !req
1064. then why don't you
already have one?Copy !req
1065. I do have one.Copy !req
1066. Why do you need
a new one?Copy !req
1067. I'm giving mine away.Copy !req
1068. To who?Copy !req
1069. Whom.Copy !req
1070. To whom?Copy !req
1071. Funny you should ask.Copy !req
1072. Charlie, my father
gave this to meCopy !req
1073. and his father
gave it to himCopy !req
1074. and now I'm giving
it to you.Copy !req
1075. Take a look.Copy !req
1076. The fully tapered
bolster allows forCopy !req
1077. sharpening the entire
edge of the blade.Copy !req
1078. It says "P.R."Copy !req
1079. I thought I knew them allCopy !req
1080. but I don't recognize
the manufacturer.Copy !req
1081. Yeah, these were made
for my familyCopy !req
1082. by a Boston silversmith
named Paul Revere.Copy !req
1083. Mr. President.Copy !req
1084. I'm proud of you, Charlie.Copy !req
1085. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
1086. Five minutes
in the Rose Garden.Copy !req
1087. Yeah.Copy !req
1088. Mr. President?Copy !req
1089. Yeah.Copy !req
1090. Hi.Copy !req
1091. Hi.Copy !req
1092. I'm sorry to ask you
this, sir, but...Copy !req
1093. Not too late to stop yourself.Copy !req
1094. I need you to pardon a turkey.Copy !req
1095. I already pardoned the turkey.Copy !req
1096. I need you
to pardon another one.Copy !req
1097. Didn't I do it right?Copy !req
1098. You did it great, but I need youCopy !req
1099. to come out
and pardon another one.Copy !req
1100. Aren't I going
to get a reputationCopy !req
1101. for being soft on turkeys?Copy !req
1102. Sir, can you come out hereCopy !req
1103. and just get this over with?Copy !req
1104. No, I'm not going to...Copy !req
1105. What the hell's going on?Copy !req
1106. They sent me two turkeys.Copy !req
1107. The more photo friendly
of the twoCopy !req
1108. gets a Presidential
pardonCopy !req
1109. and a full life
at a children's zoo.Copy !req
1110. The runner-up gets eaten.Copy !req
1111. If the Oscars were like that,
I'd watch.Copy !req
1112. Mr. President...Copy !req
1113. Just buy the second turkey.Copy !req
1114. They already sold it.Copy !req
1115. There's not
much I can do.Copy !req
1116. You can pardon the turkey.Copy !req
1117. The turkey hasn't committed
a crime.Copy !req
1118. Sir...Copy !req
1119. C.J., I have really no judicialCopy !req
1120. jurisdiction
over birds.Copy !req
1121. Yes, I know that
and you know thatCopy !req
1122. but Morton Horn
doesn't know that.Copy !req
1123. He's the high
school kidCopy !req
1124. from the... turkey place.Copy !req
1125. He's in high school
and he doesn't know I
can't pardon his turkey?Copy !req
1126. That's what I'm betting.Copy !req
1127. C.J., if we don't,
and I mean completelyCopy !req
1128. overhaul public educationCopy !req
1129. in this
country...Copy !req
1130. Yes, sir, but maybe
this is not the...Copy !req
1131. Where the hell is he?Copy !req
1132. Right out here.Copy !req
1133. Morton, this is
President Bartlet.Copy !req
1134. Hey, Morton.Copy !req
1135. Wow.Copy !req
1136. Well said.Copy !req
1137. Is that the turkey?Copy !req
1138. Yes.
You're pardoned.Copy !req
1139. Sir?
What do you want?Copy !req
1140. Well, you know.Copy !req
1141. By the power
vested in meCopy !req
1142. by the Constitution
of the United StatesCopy !req
1143. I hereby pardon you.Copy !req
1144. Okay.Copy !req
1145. No, it's not okay.Copy !req
1146. Sir...Copy !req
1147. Morton, I can't
pardon a turkey.Copy !req
1148. If you think I can
pardon a turkeyCopy !req
1149. then you have got
to go back to your schoolCopy !req
1150. and insist that you
be better preparedCopy !req
1151. to go out in the world.Copy !req
1152. You can't pardon
a turkey?Copy !req
1153. No.Copy !req
1154. I tell you
what I can do.Copy !req
1155. I'm drafting
this turkeyCopy !req
1156. into military service.Copy !req
1157. In the meantimeCopy !req
1158. somebody will be
drafting a checkCopy !req
1159. which will have
my signature on itCopy !req
1160. so the folks can buy
themselves a Butterball.Copy !req
1161. Okay.Copy !req
1162. C.J.:
Donna, would you haveCopy !req
1163. Morton take Troy backCopy !req
1164. to his pen and
remember to supportCopy !req
1165. his hind quarters.Copy !req
1166. What's wrong with him?Copy !req
1167. The turkey's
hindquarters.Copy !req
1168. I'm still waiting
for the thing.Copy !req
1169. Right here.Copy !req
1170. Let's go in.Copy !req
1171. Sir?Copy !req
1172. Give me two minutes.Copy !req
1173. I'm going to step
out thereCopy !req
1174. and begin the singing
and lute playing.Copy !req
1175. Whatever.Copy !req
1176. I'm assuming
you've heard.Copy !req
1177. By the way, the Latin
word for "yam"Copy !req
1178. is "dioscorea."Copy !req
1179. You've heard.Copy !req
1180. About the Chinese
refugees?Copy !req
1181. They escaped.Copy !req
1182. I know.
Can you believe it?Copy !req
1183. No, as a matter of fact,
neither of usCopy !req
1184. can believe it, sir.Copy !req
1185. That detention center
was being guardedCopy !req
1186. by the 22nd Division of
the California National Guard.Copy !req
1187. Now, what does it say
about our reserve army?Copy !req
1188. That 73 men, women and children
who haven't eaten in two monthsCopy !req
1189. staged a prison break?Copy !req
1190. Let me read this.Copy !req
1191. "Well over three-and-
a-half centuries agoCopy !req
1192. "strengthened by faithCopy !req
1193. "and bound by a common
desire for libertyCopy !req
1194. "a small band of pilgrimsCopy !req
1195. "sought out a place
in the New WorldCopy !req
1196. "where they could worship
according to their own beliefs.Copy !req
1197. "Now, therefore,
I, Josiah BartletCopy !req
1198. "President of the United StatesCopy !req
1199. "by virtue of the authority
and laws vested in meCopy !req
1200. do hereby proclaim this to be
a National Day of Thanksgiving."Copy !req
1201. I'll see you out there, sir.Copy !req
1202. You asked the Governor
to stand down the 22nd Division.Copy !req
1203. And call in the Red Cross.Copy !req
1204. We didn't do anything illegal.Copy !req
1205. You're not involved
in any massive
criminal conspiracy.Copy !req
1206. There's no way I was
letting them goCopy !req
1207. and we needed
to help China save faceCopy !req
1208. so now they can
tell their peopleCopy !req
1209. that the mighty American
military was overpowered by...Copy !req
1210. Yeah.Copy !req
1211. So, the guy passed
the test, huh?Copy !req
1212. You think I would have
sent him backCopy !req
1213. if he'd failed catechism?Copy !req
1214. Let me tell you something.Copy !req
1215. We can be
the world's policemanCopy !req
1216. we can be the world's bankCopy !req
1217. the world's factory,
the world's farm.Copy !req
1218. What does it mean,
if we're not also...Copy !req
1219. They made it
to the New World, Josh.Copy !req
1220. You know what I get
to do now?Copy !req
1221. I get to proclaim
a National Day of Thanksgiving.Copy !req
1222. Man
Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girlsCopy !req
1223. the President
of the United States.Copy !req
1224. This is a great job.Copy !req