1. Previously on The West Wing:Copy !req
2. This is my last week
working for Ways and Means.Copy !req
3. - Really?
- I've been traded.Copy !req
4. - To where?
- House Government Oversight.Copy !req
5. We need to be investigated by someone
who wants to kill us to watch us die.Copy !req
6. We need someone perceived
by Americans as irresponsible...Copy !req
7. untrustworthy, partisan, ambitious
and thirsty for the limelight.Copy !req
8. Am I crazy, or is this not a job
for the U.S. House of Representatives?Copy !req
9. Mike, come on in.Copy !req
10. - I was on the other side.
- Yeah. Margaret, could you...?Copy !req
11. Yeah.Copy !req
12. - Lot of people up there.
- Yeah. Listen.Copy !req
13. - There were more threats?
- Seven churches in Tennessee counties.Copy !req
14. How many guys on the ground?Copy !req
15. We've got 25,
and ATF is sending in a team.Copy !req
16. - Has the governor been briefed?
- Right now.Copy !req
17. Right, listen, I gotta be here.
I'm stuck with this thing.Copy !req
18. - Will you stay with Josh today?
- Yeah.Copy !req
19. - Josh.
- And can you do me a favor?Copy !req
20. Get me a secure phone hookup
so I can monitor this. I got the cell.Copy !req
21. - Good luck today.
- Go. Josh.Copy !req
22. Threats were made in Tennessee
this morning.Copy !req
23. Mike Casper was just here.
He's with you today.Copy !req
24. - Good.
- You'll be all right?Copy !req
25. - Yeah.
- Because I gotta be here all day.Copy !req
26. - It's gonna take all day.
- Yeah. Keep your head there.Copy !req
27. Would you? Don't call
during every break and check in.Copy !req
28. - Keep your head there.
- I keep it where I want.Copy !req
29. - Leo?
- Yeah.Copy !req
30. - There are ways.
- Don't start again.Copy !req
31. There are ways to get him
out of the room.Copy !req
32. I'll keep my head here.
You keep your head there.Copy !req
33. I did this for a living.
He gets the floor five minutes.Copy !req
34. - I can get him out.
- Don't help me.Copy !req
35. - I'm gonna help. Know why?
- You walk around...Copy !req
36. with guilt about everybody you love
dying, so you're a compulsive fixer?Copy !req
37. No. It's because a guy's walking
down the street...Copy !req
38. and he falls into a hole, see?Copy !req
39. - Yeah.
- Yeah.Copy !req
40. It's my day, Josh.
I gotta take the hit.Copy !req
41. - Leo...
- I'll see you.Copy !req
42. - They're waiting.
- Wanna get breakfast or something?Copy !req
43. - No.
- Breakfast is my favorite meal to eat out.Copy !req
44. - I love tomato juice.
- They're waiting for us, Leo.Copy !req
45. - They can wait.
- They can't.Copy !req
46. Yeah, they really can.
Seven new threats on black churches.Copy !req
47. The governor's coming up.Copy !req
48. We might have to federalize
the Tennessee National Guard.Copy !req
49. That's just the stuff I know about
that's gonna happen.Copy !req
50. And here I am today.Copy !req
51. - You shouldn't be nervous.
- I swear to God, Jordan...Copy !req
52. the last thing I am right now
is nervous.Copy !req
53. Let's go.Copy !req
54. - There he is.
- There we go.Copy !req
55. Did I win a Grammy for something?Copy !req
56. - Were you nominated?
- No.Copy !req
57. - That's ridiculous.
- Well, those things are so political.Copy !req
58. Leo, is there something
you haven't told me?Copy !req
59. There's lots of things
I haven't told you.Copy !req
60. About today?Copy !req
61. Good morning.Copy !req
62. - Leo.
- He can't take any calls now.Copy !req
63. It's the president.Copy !req
64. - Good morning, sir.
- I don't care much about your ass...Copy !req
65. but if you need to perjure yourself
to protect me, you do it.Copy !req
66. Sir, this isn't a secure call.Copy !req
67. So I'm gonna say to the 17 global
intelligence agencies listening in...Copy !req
68. he was kidding just then.Copy !req
69. Whatever it is Josh does,
you let him do it.Copy !req
70. - I don't need Josh...
- Yeah, yeah.Copy !req
71. - How does she look to you?
- Who?Copy !req
72. Her.Copy !req
73. - She looks good.
- What's she wearing?Copy !req
74. - What are you wearing?
- What does it matter?Copy !req
75. - Why don't you ask the president that?
- Gray Armani suit.Copy !req
76. - Spandex.
- I like you and her.Copy !req
77. - It's like a '50s screwball comedy.
- You're like a '50s screwball.Copy !req
78. - What was that?
- Nothing.Copy !req
79. We should do gifts and charitable
donations tomorrow night.Copy !req
80. - I'm not doing anything tomorrow night.
- What's tomorrow night?Copy !req
81. - It's Christmas Eve.
- I forgot.Copy !req
82. - And you don't work then, right?
- Yeah, actually, nobody does.Copy !req
83. The governor's gonna be there at noon,
but I'll be talking to you before then.Copy !req
84. You got about 1000 people
in this building standing with you now.Copy !req
85. I'll be back when I'm done.Copy !req
86. Okay.Copy !req
87. Leo, what's going on?Copy !req
88. Will the first witness rise,
raise your right hand to God...Copy !req
89. and swear the oath
written in front of you?Copy !req
90. Leo.Copy !req
91. Ain't nothing but a family thing.Copy !req
92. "I solemnly swear that the testimony
today will be the truth...Copy !req
93. the whole truth and nothing
but the truth, so help me God."Copy !req
94. Would you state your full name, please?Copy !req
95. Leo Thomas McGarry.Copy !req
96. And would you identify counsel, please?Copy !req
97. - We've never met.
- Jordan Kendall, Mr. Chairman.Copy !req
98. Mr. McGarry, the committee thanks you
for your appearance today.Copy !req
99. Why are we here?
What are we after?Copy !req
100. Many, if not most of us, were surprised
by the president's announcement...Copy !req
101. he's been diagnosed with
relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis...Copy !req
102. for seven years
and never mentioned it...Copy !req
103. while asking us
to vote for him for president.Copy !req
104. But more surprising still,
if not stunning...Copy !req
105. is that his medical condition
could have been kept a secret...Copy !req
106. from those campaign aides
closest to him.Copy !req
107. In this age, when the most minute details
of a candidate's life...Copy !req
108. are brought to light, in a business
where secrets aren't kept secret long...Copy !req
109. this committee would like to know,
quite candidly, how it was pulled off.Copy !req
110. Did people lie?
Were people told to lie?Copy !req
111. Are people lying now?Copy !req
112. You'll be questioned by
majority counsel, then minority counsel.Copy !req
113. And each member
will have five minutes to question...Copy !req
114. alternating back and forth
between the majority and the minority.Copy !req
115. - Mr. Calley.
- Mr. McGarry, I'm Clifford Calley.Copy !req
116. I'm the majority counsel.
Good morning.Copy !req
117. - Good morning.
- What is your current job title?Copy !req
118. - White House chief of staff.
- What's your previous job title?Copy !req
119. General chairman, Bartlet for America.Copy !req
120. How long have you known the president?Copy !req
121. We met for the first time
about 32 years ago...Copy !req
122. but I would say our friendship
began 11 years ago.Copy !req
123. You're the person in the White House
who's known him the longest?Copy !req
124. No, the first lady's
known him the longest.Copy !req
125. Fair enough.
Mr. McGarry...Copy !req
126. it was you who first approached
Jed Bartlet about running for president.Copy !req
127. - Is that right?
- Yes.Copy !req
128. - Where and when did that happen?
- Four years ago last month.Copy !req
129. - At the statehouse in Concord.
- "New Hampshire: It's What's New!"Copy !req
130. "New Hampshire: It's What's New!"Copy !req
131. Thomas Hilton started a fishing village
here in 1623, Allen.Copy !req
132. That's the point, governor. People think
of us as a New England relic.Copy !req
133. - Tourism's our second-largest industry.
- Yeah.Copy !req
134. Point is, if we don't find a way
to be fresh and new...Copy !req
135. While, obviously,
still retaining our charm.Copy !req
136. We'll never be able
to stem the falloff in revenue.Copy !req
137. And a slogan's gonna do that?Copy !req
138. That's just the beginning.
We've got an aggressive strategy.Copy !req
139. - Yeah?
- The Office of Travel and Tourism...Copy !req
140. is gonna run print ads encouraging
people to drive here and view fall foliage.Copy !req
141. Slow down, you're going too fast.Copy !req
142. There's also a new toll-free number
with reservation information.Copy !req
143. This is separate from the campaign
for snowmobiling...Copy !req
144. which brings 367 million
into the state.Copy !req
145. 367 million in snowmobiling?Copy !req
146. That includes the 1. 1 million
in registration fees...Copy !req
147. and 717,000 in gas taxes.
- And the goggles.Copy !req
148. - That includes the goggles?
- I don't know.Copy !req
149. - I'm not sure.
- It must if you...Copy !req
150. Okay. Thanks, guys.
Mrs. Landingham!Copy !req
151. Thanks.Copy !req
152. Yes, sir.Copy !req
153. Speaking of crusty New England relics.Copy !req
154. Governor, does it frustrate you
to aim for humor...Copy !req
155. and yet miss so dramatically?
- No.Copy !req
156. Abbey wants to eat at Patsy's.
Let them know we're coming.Copy !req
157. - Yes, sir.
- What's next?Copy !req
158. That's all for the schedule,
but Leo McGarry's here.Copy !req
159. Leo's here?Copy !req
160. - Leo!
- I'm happy to get him myself...Copy !req
161. as they do in the civilized world.
- Yeah.Copy !req
162. - Hey!
- Hey, governor.Copy !req
163. "New Hampshire: It's What's New"?Copy !req
164. - Jenny and Mallory are okay?
- Yeah.Copy !req
165. - What are you doing here?
- I don't know. What do you got?Copy !req
166. You got leaves.
I came to look at leaves.Copy !req
167. - What are you...?
- I came to talk.Copy !req
168. - Everything's okay?
- Yeah.Copy !req
169. Why didn't you call?Copy !req
170. You would've asked
what I wanted to talk about.Copy !req
171. - Where are you staying?
- At the Marriott.Copy !req
172. - What do you want to talk about?
- About getting back into politics.Copy !req
173. I think that's great, man.
I think it's about time.Copy !req
174. You mean the House, but you should
consider the Senate seat...Copy !req
175. in Illinois in two years.
I can help raise money.Copy !req
176. No, I wasn't thinking about the Senate.Copy !req
177. I was thinking about the White House.Copy !req
178. Hey, Leo, I swear to God...Copy !req
179. there's no one I'd rather see
in the Oval Office than you.Copy !req
180. But if you run, there's gonna be a lot
of discussion about Valium and alcohol.Copy !req
181. I mean, it's gonna come out,
this is the world.Copy !req
182. Yeah. See, I wasn't thinking about me.Copy !req
183. Who?Copy !req
184. I've been walking around
in a kind of daze for two weeks.Copy !req
185. And everywhere I go, planes, trains,
restaurants, meetings...Copy !req
186. I find myself scribbling
something down.Copy !req
187. What?Copy !req
188. - He never mentioned his health?
- No.Copy !req
189. - During the first meeting in his office?
- No.Copy !req
190. - Nor during the second at the Marriott?
- No.Copy !req
191. Well, then I'd like to ask you this.
If he had told you about his condition...Copy !req
192. would you have thought it
a good idea he run?Copy !req
193. - I don't know.
- Well, think about it and try answering.Copy !req
194. Listen, I'm gonna talk a little.Copy !req
195. And you nod and talk a little bit
back to me.Copy !req
196. - What are you doing?
- That's good.Copy !req
197. I'm really asking you.Copy !req
198. I think Rathburn's being a little snotty,
I think he's gonna have to wait...Copy !req
199. and I think he's gonna have to wait
with the camera on me.Copy !req
200. - Mr. McGarry.
- One second, please.Copy !req
201. - Listen, what are you doing for lunch?
- I don't know.Copy !req
202. I thought maybe we could have lunch
or something.Copy !req
203. Leo, you've gotta answer the question.Copy !req
204. Congressman, could you repeat
the question, please?Copy !req
205. If Jed Bartlet had told you
about his health...Copy !req
206. either at the first meeting
or second meeting...Copy !req
207. would you have thought
it was a good idea for him to run?Copy !req
208. Yeah, I don't know.Copy !req
209. - Mike?
- Yeah.Copy !req
210. - Come on back.
- Thanks.Copy !req
211. Churches are burning down,
otherwise I'd be hitting on you.Copy !req
212. - I appreciate that.
- Sure.Copy !req
213. - Maybe when it's a better time.
- Let's go.Copy !req
214. - Where are we going?
- Seventeen-month investigation...Copy !req
215. 34 black churches, how is there
no evidence of conspiracy?Copy !req
216. - It's probably because we're stupid.
- Mike.Copy !req
217. The FBI could invent a pattern,
but then that would be against the law.Copy !req
218. - Yeah.
- Okay?Copy !req
219. - You met with Leo this morning?
- Yeah. That was big for me.Copy !req
220. I don't brief the White House
chief of staff.Copy !req
221. All right. Well, let's listen in
on this meeting for a minute.Copy !req
222. Hang on.Copy !req
223. - This wall is curved.
- Yeah. Let's go.Copy !req
224. - I don't have to go in, I can wait here.
- Charlie?Copy !req
225. - Yeah.
- Have you ever questioned...Copy !req
226. whether that would be the case?
- No.Copy !req
227. - Let's go.
- Mr. Chairman, I'd like to...Copy !req
228. Phone calls have been coming
all morning.Copy !req
229. You should know
that Algiss Skyler called.Copy !req
230. Skyler wants you to call up the Guard?Copy !req
231. Skyler wants to know why you haven't.Copy !req
232. Because local law enforcement
is doing plenty.Copy !req
233. Was Eisenhower wrong in '57?
Kennedy in '61?Copy !req
234. This is a different situation.Copy !req
235. We don't know what the situation is,
do we, Josh?Copy !req
236. No, sir. Mr. President,
this is Special Agent Mike Casper...Copy !req
237. who's acting as the FBI's
White House liaison during this situation.Copy !req
238. Do we know what's going on,
Agent Casper?Copy !req
239. - No, sir.
- Edward.Copy !req
240. So far churches have been empty.
There've been no fatalities.Copy !req
241. Tomorrow's Christmas Eve,
they're gonna be packed.Copy !req
242. - Why shouldn't I send troops in?
- Due respect, Mr. President...Copy !req
243. you do it without my consent,
it's a violation of state's rights.Copy !req
244. You would've said the same thing
as governor of New Hampshire.Copy !req
245. This doesn't happen in New Hampshire.Copy !req
246. You got a pretty big black population
in New Hampshire?Copy !req
247. We'll meet this afternoon.
Thank you, governor.Copy !req
248. - Thank you, sir.
- Josh, stick around.Copy !req
249. - Yes, sir.
- I'll be in the bullpen.Copy !req
250. So, what have you got cooking?Copy !req
251. - Sorry?
- I said, what have you got cooking?Copy !req
252. - I don't understand.
- Yes, you do.Copy !req
253. I know what happened at the debate.
He told me.Copy !req
254. I know what's gonna happen
this afternoon.Copy !req
255. What are you gonna do?Copy !req
256. Are you gonna get Gibson out of
the room when it's his turn to question?Copy !req
257. I don't think you
and I should discuss it, sir.Copy !req
258. The red light is on, so I will yield
the floor back to the chairman.Copy !req
259. - Where are we?
- Dearborn will be next.Copy !req
260. Congressman Dearborn,
you have five minutes.Copy !req
261. Mr. McGarry, I would like to use my time
to talk about Edith Wilson.Copy !req
262. - Excuse me one moment.
- Abbey's about to get spanked.Copy !req
263. Guys, the things we do to women.Copy !req
264. - My wife's a world-class scientist.
- Do you know who Edith Wilson was?Copy !req
265. Edith Wilson was Edith Galt
before she became...Copy !req
266. the second wife of Woodrow Wilson.
- And with the help of her doctors...Copy !req
267. she ran this country while her husband
was incapacitated by a stroke.Copy !req
268. Do you believe that the president
having a stroke...Copy !req
269. falls within the scope
of the 25th Amendment?Copy !req
270. With the Wilsons being dead 80 years,
it doesn't fall within the hearing's scope.Copy !req
271. Abbey Bartlet knew
of her husband's condition?Copy !req
272. - Yes.
- And she kept it to herself.Copy !req
273. Well, I don't know who
she kept it to, congressman.Copy !req
274. - She didn't tell you?
- No.Copy !req
275. Or anyone else in the high command
of the Bartlet campaign.Copy !req
276. - You're smiling.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
277. - Why?
- Because at this point...Copy !req
278. there wasn't much
of a high command.Copy !req
279. All we'd done is show a strong third
in lowa.Copy !req
280. We were working out of a storefront.Copy !req
281. You gotta pop the ball. Pop it.Copy !req
282. - I'm popping it.
- No, you're not.Copy !req
283. - So my feeling...
- Yeah?Copy !req
284. is we're fine playing this song
in South Carolina.Copy !req
285. - I agree.
- Pop it.Copy !req
286. As long as he's running against Wiley,
it's fine he's not a real candidate.Copy !req
287. It's when Wiley drops
and he runs against Hoynes.Copy !req
288. Right.Copy !req
289. They're gonna cover us
to South Dakota.Copy !req
290. Suddenly, we don't wanna be quaint.
People wanna know if he's for real.Copy !req
291. We show them we're
an honest-to-God alternative.Copy !req
292. We've gotta show them we're bigtime.Copy !req
293. Can we get an intern over here?Copy !req
294. What about this? A series
of major national policy addresses.Copy !req
295. We work with Josh,
we pick three issues.Copy !req
296. Yeah. We should start projecting
the image that he thinks he's for real.Copy !req
297. We release his tax returns,
put stocks in a blind trust.Copy !req
298. - You know what else?
- Yeah.Copy !req
299. - He should take a physical.
- Absolutely.Copy !req
300. He's got 10 years on Hoynes.
Release a medical report.Copy !req
301. I'll take it to Leo.Copy !req
302. Okay.
Guys, let's go.Copy !req
303. Let's be working.Copy !req
304. Somebody wanna get the ball?Copy !req
305. I like some of these new people.
I'm gonna miss them.Copy !req
306. Yeah.Copy !req
307. Josh Lyman's special.
Sam Seaborn's very funny.Copy !req
308. Which one's he?Copy !req
309. - The young one.
- They're all young.Copy !req
310. Listen, they want me to do some things
before South Dakota.Copy !req
311. - South Carolina's next.
- Yeah, we're looking past that.Copy !req
312. What do they want you to do?Copy !req
313. - Full financial disclosure.
- I have no problem with that.Copy !req
314. They want me to take a physical.Copy !req
315. What's a physical right now
gonna show?Copy !req
316. It'll... .Copy !req
317. Nothing. I... .Copy !req
318. - You're in remission.
- I'm not lying to anybody, Abbey.Copy !req
319. I'm taking a physical.Copy !req
320. A physical I'm under no legal obligation
to take.Copy !req
321. - I'm doing it voluntarily.
- Yeah.Copy !req
322. Now is when people are listening.
Make my speeches...Copy !req
323. get whupped on Super Tuesday,
and we'll all go home.Copy !req
324. headed for South Carolina,
we're planning for South Dakota.Copy !req
325. And Mrs. Bartlet...
Excuse me, Dr. Bartlet...Copy !req
326. has yet to mention to anyone
that her husband has multiple sclerosis.Copy !req
327. The things we do to women.Copy !req
328. The chair recognizes the gentleman
from Virginia.Copy !req
329. Congressman Kent.Copy !req
330. Chairman, with your permission,
I'd like to skip any statement.Copy !req
331. The chair thanks the gentleman
for his consideration.Copy !req
332. - Listen.
- They're coming back from the break.Copy !req
333. - Yeah.
- You know what I was thinking about?Copy !req
334. About when we threw that basketball
through the window...Copy !req
335. of campaign headquarters
in Manchester.Copy !req
336. Wasn't there. I heard about it.Copy !req
337. - You weren't throwing the ball?
- It was you, Toby and C.J.Copy !req
338. What that must have looked like
to somebody on the sidewalk.Copy !req
339. I need somebody in the steel lobby
to speak to Darren Gibson.Copy !req
340. Sometime toward the end of this hour.Copy !req
341. - Jim Jericho.
- Jim Jericho is who I had.Copy !req
342. He had to leave town, his wife's sick.
Who do we have?Copy !req
343. - One of our people?
- Nick Grindell.Copy !req
344. I'll get somebody.
What's this about?Copy !req
345. - Nothing.
- It's not about nothing.Copy !req
346. - You want Gibson out.
- I'd like them all out.Copy !req
347. Josh.Copy !req
348. What's Gibson got?Copy !req
349. You'll get a guy for me?Copy !req
350. Yeah.Copy !req
351. I would like our 10-minute breaks
to be closer to 15 minutes...Copy !req
352. than to a half-hour.Copy !req
353. And with that, the chair recognizes
the gentleman from Pennsylvania.Copy !req
354. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to
compliment your committee leadership.Copy !req
355. Now, Mr. McGarry,
you're familiar, are you not...Copy !req
356. with Article Il, Section 1, Clause 6
of the U.S. Constitution?Copy !req
357. - We're gonna have to do this again.
- He's being snotty?Copy !req
358. Yeah.Copy !req
359. So I was thinking maybe,
you know, dinner...Copy !req
360. Listen to me. I don't like this.Copy !req
361. You pay me $650 an hour.
You tell me everything.Copy !req
362. What do I have to pay
to only tell you some things?Copy !req
363. I don't know, but you have to pay it
to another lawyer.Copy !req
364. - So, what are you saying about dinner?
- I'm not kidding around.Copy !req
365. - Yes.
- If something happens to the president...Copy !req
366. the vice president assumes his duties.Copy !req
367. No, it says the vice president
assumes his duties...Copy !req
368. if the president dies.Copy !req
369. Short of that, impeachment or
the 25th Amendment being invoked...Copy !req
370. the vice president
stays vice president.Copy !req
371. Who picked John Hoynes
to be running mate?Copy !req
372. - The president.
- He have help?Copy !req
373. - Yes.
- Do you think...Copy !req
374. people might have benefited...Copy !req
375. from knowing about
the president's condition?Copy !req
376. I don't see how. No.Copy !req
377. With the possibility that the president
might die in office?Copy !req
378. - Hold it.
- A greater possibility with this president.Copy !req
379. No, sir. That isn't true.
MS isn't fatal.Copy !req
380. And while on national television,
it is criminal to imply otherwise...Copy !req
381. in an offer to score
some cheap points.Copy !req
382. You owe an apology to fathers
of children suffering from this disease.Copy !req
383. - Mr. McGarry...
- The president chose his running mate...Copy !req
384. using the only yardstick
that means anything:Copy !req
385. Ability to assume the duties
of the presidency.Copy !req
386. And with John Hoynes, we got our man.Copy !req
387. And the vice president was immediately
told of the president's condition.Copy !req
388. I can tell you that when Jed Bartlet
takes this stage 72 hours from now...Copy !req
389. these delegates are gonna go
absolutely crazy.Copy !req
390. They've scheduled 20 minutes
for a demonstration, but I don't think...Copy !req
391. Toby?Copy !req
392. - Yeah.
- Josh?Copy !req
393. Yeah.Copy !req
394. - Sam?
- Yeah, I think so.Copy !req
395. - C.J.?
- Yeah.Copy !req
396. - All right, let's do it.
- All right.Copy !req
397. John?Copy !req
398. Hi, Leo.Copy !req
399. - Hello, Abbey.
- Hello, John.Copy !req
400. - Senator.
- Good evening.Copy !req
401. I'd like you to be the vice president.Copy !req
402. Sit with Abbey and me
for a few minutes.Copy !req
403. Can I have the room, please?Copy !req
404. - You want anything? Coffee or anything?
- No.Copy !req
405. Bartlet! Bartlet! Bartlet!Copy !req
406. You ran a good campaign.Copy !req
407. You're a young man.
You'll be back.Copy !req
408. Thank you.Copy !req
409. There's something you need to know.
It's why I asked everyone to leave.Copy !req
410. A few years ago, I was diagnosed
with a relapsing/remitting course of MS.Copy !req
411. - I'm sorry?
- Multiple sclerosis.Copy !req
412. - Did you just tell me that you have MS?
- Yeah.Copy !req
413. Which you never mentioned
during the campaign?Copy !req
414. I told you because it's something
you need to know.Copy !req
415. But also because
I wanted to show that I trust you.Copy !req
416. - Oh, you do?
- Yeah.Copy !req
417. That's supposed to be me accepting
the nomination Thursday night.Copy !req
418. But I suppose your trusting me
is consolation prize enough.Copy !req
419. Well, what do you say?Copy !req
420. - I'd like to think about it.
- I'd like your answer now, John.Copy !req
421. You'll have it when I give it, Jed.Copy !req
422. I'm gonna stretch my legs.Copy !req
423. If he could please give him
that message as soon as he gets in...Copy !req
424. or, you know,
when he returns the page.Copy !req
425. Cindy, if I could tell you what
it was regarding, I'd have told you.Copy !req
426. Sorry. Thank you.Copy !req
427. - They want you.
- Where have you been?Copy !req
428. - You sent me to the Hill.
- Has Sam called?Copy !req
429. - No.
- He didn't maybe drop off...Copy !req
430. a piece of paper with a name on it?
- No.Copy !req
431. - They want you in the Mural Room.
- Okay.Copy !req
432. - Josh.
- And where have you been?Copy !req
433. - We got it.
- The president's gonna make a decision...Copy !req
434. - What?
- We got it.Copy !req
435. - What do you mean?
- Gilbert Murdock...Copy !req
436. a 17-year-old high school dropout, was
pulled over for a failing left brake light.Copy !req
437. When the officers approached,
he sped off.Copy !req
438. - Why?
- He thought he was pulled over...Copy !req
439. for planning to make
a Molotov cocktail.Copy !req
440. - Why?
- Because he was planning to make one.Copy !req
441. - Name friends?
- He's a tough nut to crack.Copy !req
442. - Took almost 20 minutes.
- We got a conspiracy.Copy !req
443. - Let's go.
- Where?Copy !req
444. To brief the president.Copy !req
445. No. The director will brief the president.Copy !req
446. Mike, that's your task force out there.Copy !req
447. The only reason you're not
out there with them...Copy !req
448. is you're a woman or something.Copy !req
449. I am desk-assigned for health reasons.
A decision I appealed vigorously.Copy !req
450. - Let's go.
- We don't take curtain calls.Copy !req
451. You'll take a handshake. Let's go.Copy !req
452. Of course there's a legal basis.Copy !req
453. Religious freedom is a civil right.Copy !req
454. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
raises these threats to a federal level.Copy !req
455. Credible threats, and no one is trying
to take away your civil rights.Copy !req
456. - Sin of omission by any other name.
- Mr. President.Copy !req
457. - Yeah.
- Your decision just got a lot easier.Copy !req
458. Tell me.Copy !req
459. Sir, the FBI is ready to call this
a credible threat.Copy !req
460. - We have a conspirator in custody.
- Conspirator?Copy !req
461. - Yes, sir.
- Here come the Tennessee volunteers.Copy !req
462. Reverend, have the pastors
encourage the women...Copy !req
463. to bake those guys something.Copy !req
464. They're spending Christmas Eve
where they don't wanna be.Copy !req
465. Ed, you get to be a hero
to the blacks in your state.Copy !req
466. Anybody doesn't like it,
the FBI is calling the shots.Copy !req
467. - What could you do?
- Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
468. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
469. - I'm sorry, I've forgotten your name.
- Michael Casper.Copy !req
470. - How'd you get him?
- Pulled over for a bad brake light...Copy !req
471. and thought it was something else.
- Two-year investigation...Copy !req
472. gets its first crack from a taillight.Copy !req
473. In 13 years with the bureau,
I've discovered no amount of money...Copy !req
474. manpower or knowledge can equal the
person you're looking for being stupid.Copy !req
475. Some of the world's
stupidest criminals...Copy !req
476. are working in America.
I've always been proud of that.Copy !req
477. - Yes, sir.
- Thank you, Agent Casper.Copy !req
478. Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
479. Mr. McGarry, a different case
has been made regarding...Copy !req
480. So, what's going on?Copy !req
481. I gotta call him and tell him,
you know... .Copy !req
482. - It's not gonna happen?
- I don't think so.Copy !req
483. It was a long shot, anyway.Copy !req
484. Look, I wanted to see him spared this,
but Leo's made out of leather.Copy !req
485. His face has a map of the world on it.
Leo comes back.Copy !req
486. - Okay.
- All right.Copy !req
487. and at no point did you have
such personal knowledge?Copy !req
488. That's right.Copy !req
489. At no point did he even raise the matter,
truthfully or otherwise?Copy !req
490. - No, sir.
- Damn it.Copy !req
491. - At no point did he lie?
- No.Copy !req
492. - And at no point did you lie?
- No.Copy !req
493. At no point did he encourage
others to lie?Copy !req
494. - No.
- And at no point...Copy !req
495. has he been unable
to discharge his duties?Copy !req
496. - No.
- Thank you.Copy !req
497. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.Copy !req
498. The chair recognizes the gentleman
from Michigan, Mr. Gibson...Copy !req
499. for five minutes.
- Thank you, Mr. Chairman.Copy !req
500. Two years ago January, the president
collapsed in the Oval Office.Copy !req
501. Is that correct?Copy !req
502. I'm not sure what the medical term
would be.Copy !req
503. - He involuntarily fell to the ground?
- Yes.Copy !req
504. Will minority counsel stipulate
that we can call that collapsing?Copy !req
505. Let the record reflect minority counsel
has nodded his head...Copy !req
506. so as to indicate
an affirmative response.Copy !req
507. - So ordered.
- Is it the only time...Copy !req
508. since the president took
the Oath of Office that he's collapsed?Copy !req
509. - So far as I know.
- Is it the only time...Copy !req
510. since the beginning of the campaign
that he's collapsed?Copy !req
511. No, it's not.Copy !req
512. I'd like to take you back to 30 October
in St. Louis, Missouri.Copy !req
513. Jed Bartlet is the Democratic nominee
for president.Copy !req
514. He is about to participate
in the final debate.Copy !req
515. Mr. Chairman, I would like to request
a short recess.Copy !req
516. - We just got back from one.
- We took breaks...Copy !req
517. at the request of nearly every member
of this committee.Copy !req
518. The witness has asked for none.
One time, Mr. Chairman.Copy !req
519. We'll take a five-minute break.
Please, let's keep it to 10 minutes.Copy !req
520. Come with me.Copy !req
521. - Yeah, it will all come out.
- Excuse me. What's going on?Copy !req
522. - I was asking the same thing.
- I don't know...Copy !req
523. about testimony from October.
- I got it.Copy !req
524. - No, you don't got it.
- We better go someplace and talk.Copy !req
525. - Yeah?
- Leo?Copy !req
526. - I couldn't make it happen.
- Don't worry about it.Copy !req
527. You have to tell me what's going on
or I'm walking out the door.Copy !req
528. - Look...
- Tell me now.Copy !req
529. On the day of the final debate,
I was meeting with two potential donors.Copy !req
530. It was nine days till election,
we were too close to call...Copy !req
531. and I didn't wanna be the guy
who ran out of money first.Copy !req
532. You look nervous, Leo.Copy !req
533. Don't worry about it,
I brought my wallet.Copy !req
534. Anybody wanna eat?
I got steak sandwiches on the way.Copy !req
535. - Yeah, and let's have some drinks.
- Sure.Copy !req
536. The president was at the debate site
walking the stage.Copy !req
537. A podium is a holy place for him.
He makes it his own...Copy !req
538. like it's an extension of his body.Copy !req
539. You ever see a pitcher
work the mound...Copy !req
540. so the dirt does what his feet
want it to do? That's the president.Copy !req
541. He sees it as a genuine opportunity
to change minds.Copy !req
542. Also as his best way of contributing
to the team.Copy !req
543. He likes teams.
I love him so much.Copy !req
544. - What was going on in your room?
- I like the little things.Copy !req
545. - I didn't hear you.
- I said, I like the little things.Copy !req
546. The way a glass feels in your hand.
A good glass...Copy !req
547. thick, with a heavy base.Copy !req
548. I love the sound an ice cube makes...Copy !req
549. when you drop it
from just the right height.Copy !req
550. Too high and it'll chip when you drop it.Copy !req
551. Chip the ice and it'll melt too fast
in the Scotch.Copy !req
552. You ever try this, Leo?
It's Johnnie Walker Blue.Copy !req
553. Bartenders are selling it
for 30 bucks a shot.Copy !req
554. Good Scotch sits in a charcoal barrel
for 12 years.Copy !req
555. Very good Scotch gets smoked
for 29 years.Copy !req
556. Johnnie Walker Blue
is 60-year-old Scotch.Copy !req
557. I don't care.
What happened in the room, Leo?Copy !req
558. I'm trying to tell you what happened.Copy !req
559. Should we get to it?Copy !req
560. You don't wanna find out
what a $30 sip of Scotch tastes like?Copy !req
561. No, I gotta stay sharp for tonight.Copy !req
562. - Why not just say,"I'm an alcoholic"?
- They're two CEOs.Copy !req
563. I'm trying to get them to give me
half a million apiece.Copy !req
564. It's not really the best time
to mention it.Copy !req
565. The president's still at the debate site.Copy !req
566. - How do you feel about the temperature?
- Good.Copy !req
567. - It's not too cold?
- It won't be later.Copy !req
568. This is a 550-seat theater, and they'll
be seated a half-hour before we start.Copy !req
569. So the temperature will be up
4 to 6 degrees.Copy !req
570. - The hotel room, Leo.
- We already gave to the RNC.Copy !req
571. We're worried we backed
the wrong horse.Copy !req
572. You wanna hedge your bet.Copy !req
573. - That's why we're here.
- Good.Copy !req
574. Give me a sip of that.Copy !req
575. That's what I remember.Copy !req
576. - You had a drink?
- I'm an alcoholic.Copy !req
577. I don't have one drink.Copy !req
578. I don't understand people
who have one drink.Copy !req
579. I don't understand people who leave
half a glass of wine on the table.Copy !req
580. I don't understand people
who say they've had enough.Copy !req
581. How can you have enough
of feeling like this?Copy !req
582. How can you not wanna
feel like this longer?Copy !req
583. My brain works differently.Copy !req
584. Who was the third person in the room?Copy !req
585. Well, now we've arrived at our problem.Copy !req
586. - Count on it.
- You wanna be careful there.Copy !req
587. You're not the big-money party, we are.Copy !req
588. Did I mention that he's thinking
about running for Congress?Copy !req
589. I'm thinking about it.Copy !req
590. - You were drunk in front of Gibson?
- I don't get drunk in front of people...Copy !req
591. I get drunk alone.Copy !req
592. They were going over something
at the debate site.Copy !req
593. - I don't wanna hear about the site.
- The debate site is what happened.Copy !req
594. The debate site is how
he gets to bring this up here.Copy !req
595. - Where's Leo?
- I'd like to go over...Copy !req
596. the Social Security answer.
We gotta get it to 90 seconds.Copy !req
597. - It's down to 90 seconds.
- It's not. They'll cut him off.Copy !req
598. I'll put a stopwatch on him
when he speeds up.Copy !req
599. When he speeds up, he speeds up.
When he doesn't, it's 90 seconds.Copy !req
600. - We need to cut.
- Which words?Copy !req
601. Governor, what do you think?
Governor?Copy !req
602. - We were saying the Social Security...
- No.Copy !req
603. - It's a tight 90 seconds and...
- No, no, not now.Copy !req
604. Well, we gotta do it now, sir.Copy !req
605. - Something's wrong.
- Governor?Copy !req
606. - Yeah.
- Governor?Copy !req
607. - Gabby.
- You wanna sit down?Copy !req
608. - Let me get some water.
- Gabby.Copy !req
609. - He's saying,"Get Abbey."
- Get Abbey!Copy !req
610. C.J.Copy !req
611. - He had an attack?
- I mean, the doctor said...Copy !req
612. it was an inner-ear infection.Copy !req
613. But all Josh knew when he called
was he collapsed.Copy !req
614. I was supposed to be
down there already.Copy !req
615. I was supposed to be down there
an hour ago.Copy !req
616. - Yeah?
- Leo, the governor's sick.Copy !req
617. - Okay.
- He collapsed. You gotta get down here.Copy !req
618. - Leo.
- Okay.Copy !req
619. - It's Gibson.
- Okay!Copy !req
620. Okay!Copy !req
621. Okay.Copy !req
622. - Hey.
- Forgot my briefcase.Copy !req
623. - You having a party?
- I gotta get to the debate site.Copy !req
624. The governor collapsed.Copy !req
625. I don't understand how
you could have a drink.Copy !req
626. I don't understand how
after everything you worked for...Copy !req
627. how on that day, of all days,
you could be so stupid.Copy !req
628. That's because you think it has
something to do with smart and stupid.Copy !req
629. Do you have any idea
how many alcoholics are in Mensa?Copy !req
630. You think it's a lack of willpower?Copy !req
631. That's like thinking somebody
with anorexia nervosa...Copy !req
632. has an overdeveloped sense of vanity.Copy !req
633. My father was an alcoholic,
his father was an alcoholic.Copy !req
634. - So in my case...
- Ain't nothing but a family thing.Copy !req
635. That's right.Copy !req
636. - Who knows?
- Josh Lyman and the president.Copy !req
637. - Why nobody else?
- Because.Copy !req
638. That's a little boy's answer.Copy !req
639. I went to rehab, my friends
embraced me when I got out.Copy !req
640. You relapse, it's not like that.Copy !req
641. "Get away from me,"
that's what it's like.Copy !req
642. - We're back in a minute.
- Thank you.Copy !req
643. Just out of curiosity...Copy !req
644. why have you asked me to have
a meal with you every five minutes?Copy !req
645. I like you. I've been trying to get it in
under the wire.Copy !req
646. You'll answer the questions
simply and directly.Copy !req
647. I don't wanna hear about Mensa.
That'll be my job.Copy !req
648. Okay.Copy !req
649. - Yes, by the way.
- Yes, what?Copy !req
650. Yes, I'd like to have dinner
with you tonight.Copy !req
651. Okay.Copy !req
652. - That's where you're going?
- Yeah.Copy !req
653. - Just to embarrass the guy?
- "Just"?Copy !req
654. Leo McGarry's sobriety isn't the subject
of these hearings.Copy !req
655. These hearings are to investigate
if any rules, ethical or otherwise...Copy !req
656. were broken by Jed Bartlet
while he was running for president.Copy !req
657. That's nice.
I live in the actual world...Copy !req
658. where the object of the hearings
is to win.Copy !req
659. - No, it's not.
- It's the object of the majority.Copy !req
660. Not while I'm majority counsel, it's not.
This is bush-league.Copy !req
661. This is why good people hate us.
This. Right here. This thing.Copy !req
662. This isn't what these hearings are about.Copy !req
663. He can't have been prepared
by counsel for these questions...Copy !req
664. nor should he
have to answer them publicly.Copy !req
665. If you proceed with this line of
questioning, I will resign this committee.Copy !req
666. And wait in the tall grass for you,
congressman...Copy !req
667. because you are killing the party.Copy !req
668. Who the hell is this?Copy !req
669. You don't have to make up your mind,
Mr. Chairman.Copy !req
670. You don't. Declare a recess
till after the holidays.Copy !req
671. Buy yourself two weeks.Copy !req
672. And give him two weeks
to circle the wagons?Copy !req
673. How do you think the speaker's gonna
feel about it? To say nothing of the RNC.Copy !req
674. I need a minute.Copy !req
675. I tried everybody.Copy !req
676. - It's all right.
- I tried everybody. It was a tough fit.Copy !req
677. - I couldn't tell them what it was about...
- They're back.Copy !req
678. Let's come to order.Copy !req
679. Mr. Gibson, you can proceed
with your questioning.Copy !req
680. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.Copy !req
681. Mr. McGarry, 30 October
in St. Louis, Missouri.Copy !req
682. - The day Jed Bartlet was...
- No, I'm sorry.Copy !req
683. Mr. McGarry, it's been a long day.
Unless counsel has an objection...Copy !req
684. I'm gonna resume this
after the holidays.Copy !req
685. What?Copy !req
686. - Mr. Chairman...
- That concludes questioning for today.Copy !req
687. We'll pick it up here when the chairman
gavels these hearings back to order.Copy !req
688. - I'm sorry?
- You're done, sir.Copy !req
689. The House Reform and Government
Oversight Committee is in recess...Copy !req
690. until January the 5th and the chair
wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.Copy !req
691. - What the hell?
- I don't know.Copy !req
692. We have two weeks.Copy !req
693. - I really had to tell you the damn story?
- Shut up. I'm going to dinner with you.Copy !req
694. Yeah.Copy !req
695. Hey, listen.Copy !req
696. You wanna do it
tomorrow night instead?Copy !req
697. - What's tomorrow night?
- It's Christmas Eve.Copy !req
698. - Okay.
- Okay.Copy !req
699. Well, well, well.
Dodged a bullet.Copy !req
700. - For the moment.
- Which is more than I can say...Copy !req
701. for me at Rosslyn.
- Yeah.Copy !req
702. - Did you get a date with her?
- It's none of your business.Copy !req
703. I just came back to catch up
on some work.Copy !req
704. See how badly you screwed up
this church thing in Tennessee.Copy !req
705. I did the church thing in Tennessee okay
and did it without you.Copy !req
706. You mind if I make calls, make sure
Tennessee's still a state and stuff?Copy !req
707. So anyway, I have a present for you.Copy !req
708. Merry Christmas, Leo.Copy !req
709. That was awfully nice of you.Copy !req