1. Previously on The West Wing...Copy !req
2. I can't do the job, Abbey.Copy !req
3. Do you understand?
I can't do it.Copy !req
4. He's going to need
a nap midday.Copy !req
5. A nap? He's going
to love that.Copy !req
6. It's you and I,
we're going to have
to run this thing.Copy !req
7. Are we going to stand for
something or just hang around,Copy !req
8. change the sheets for
the President's hospital bed?Copy !req
9. When you coming back?Copy !req
10. Been here an hour
and alreadyCopy !req
11. I need another 30 days
of Sierra Tucson.Copy !req
12. Come with me, I think
this guy may be the real deal.Copy !req
13. I already found my guy.Copy !req
14. Well, the speech was
one of the President's best.Copy !req
15. And thank you for not
making it too long.Copy !req
16. We were aiming for pith.Copy !req
17. And you succeeded.Copy !req
18. We've been speaking
with Toby Ziegler,Copy !req
19. author of
President Bartlet'sCopy !req
20. final State of the Union
address.Copy !req
21. Thank you.
Pleasure.Copy !req
22. Clear.
That was great.Copy !req
23. That section on
prescription drugs,Copy !req
24. I was wondering
if the coverage...Copy !req
25. I'm sorry, I've gotta...Copy !req
26. C.J.'s in her office.
Thanks.Copy !req
27. And here.
It's okay. Sorry.Copy !req
28. Congratulations.Copy !req
29. Don't.Copy !req
30. Dials soared.
Please don't.Copy !req
31. Don't get me started
on the cross tabs.Copy !req
32. Trying not to, in fact.Copy !req
33. Is he here yet?Copy !req
34. Any minute.Copy !req
35. We sure he's ready
for this?Copy !req
36. He says he is.Copy !req
37. Still, 7:00 a.m.Copy !req
38. It's the only time
we could fit itCopy !req
39. into everyone's schedule.Copy !req
40. Says he has some thoughts
he wants to share.Copy !req
41. Some thoughts?Copy !req
42. Fantastic speech, Toby.Copy !req
43. Oh, thank you.Copy !req
44. You really can't
take a compliment.
Oh, no.Copy !req
45. Daily Read even saidCopy !req
46. it was the President's
finest State of the Union.Copy !req
47. Yeah,
'cause it's his last.Copy !req
48. Sir, we're here.Copy !req
49. Yeah.Copy !req
50. Good to have you back,
Mr. McGarry.Copy !req
51. Thanks, Brian.Copy !req
52. Good to have you back,
Mr. McGarry.Copy !req
53. Welcome back, boss.Copy !req
54. Thought we were
keeping this low-key,Copy !req
55. just a couple of us
kicking a few ideas around?Copy !req
56. This is low-key.Copy !req
57. Annabeth wanted to bring in
the Marine Marching Band.Copy !req
58. Ah...Copy !req
59. Word got out and
everybody wanted to come,Copy !req
60. and hear what
you had to say.Copy !req
61. Good to see you, Leo.Copy !req
62. Welcome back, Leo.
Welcome back.Copy !req
63. Thanks. Thanks.Copy !req
64. Ah...Copy !req
65. Man of the hour.Copy !req
66. Come now, no false modesty.Copy !req
67. It's actually self-loathing.Copy !req
68. It was a great speech.Copy !req
69. Charlie, Toby.
Have you met?Copy !req
70. Press response
has been terrific.Copy !req
71. Stop being such a pill.Copy !req
72. Well...Copy !req
73. I really wasn't
expectingCopy !req
74. to have to address
a convention but...
( cell phone ringing )Copy !req
75. Before we get started,Copy !req
76. we all got you
a little something.Copy !req
77. Completely unnecessary.
Truly.Copy !req
78. Just for the record,
I voted for the watch.Copy !req
79. My very own defibrillator.Copy !req
80. Well, like I was saying, um...Copy !req
81. I wasn't really expecting
to discuss thisCopy !req
82. with such a large group,Copy !req
83. but I've been thinkingCopy !req
84. and this might be
an excellent time to...Copy !req
85. ( knocking on door)
Commander.Copy !req
86. Sorry.
No problem.Copy !req
87. I rather unexpectedly
found myselfCopy !req
88. with a bit of spare time
on my handsCopy !req
89. these last few months.Copy !req
90. We've been here seven trips
around the sun.Copy !req
91. ( pager ringing )
Done some things
we're proud of,Copy !req
92. things we're less
pleased about...Copy !req
93. The Vice President.Copy !req
94. I should probably...
Sure.Copy !req
95. Just be a minute.Copy !req
96. I think it may be time for us
to take our own temperature.Copy !req
97. An internal inventory.Copy !req
98. Can I borrow C.J. for a moment?Copy !req
99. Sorry.
Sure.Copy !req
100. What's done,
what's undone...Copy !req
101. what's done
that we'd like to undo...Copy !req
102. or do over...Copy !req
103. do away with...Copy !req
104. Demonstration in Bolivia,
outside our embassy.Copy !req
105. Big one.Copy !req
106. Over the ambassador's
statement.Copy !req
107. It's being seen
as interfering
in their election.Copy !req
108. The guy is a Socialist.
Yeah.Copy !req
109. Who says, if elected,
he'll immediately haltCopy !req
110. their coca
eradication program.
Yep.Copy !req
111. We should get into this.
( pager rings )Copy !req
112. I'll call DOD, Intel,Copy !req
113. the Undersecretary for
Low Grade Conflicts.Copy !req
114. We have an Undersecretary
for Low Grade Conflicts?Copy !req
115. Be glad he's who
I'm calling.Copy !req
116. Fight the seduction of tumult
for tumult's sake.Copy !req
117. I need Charlie.Copy !req
118. Of course.Copy !req
119. There's a situation
in Bolivia.Copy !req
120. Serious?
Low grade evidently.Copy !req
121. Get with Margaret,
see what meetings
you can cover,Copy !req
122. what needs to be moved.
Okay.Copy !req
123. What's Leo talking
about in there?Copy !req
124. I'm really not sure.Copy !req
125. Sir, one week
doesn't seem...Copy !req
126. Can we discuss it?Copy !req
127. Didn't we just kind of do this
"taking inventory"?Copy !req
128. Little thing called
the State of the Union.Copy !req
129. The State of the Union
was fine...Copy !req
130. Excuse me, Leo.Copy !req
131. Labor Secretary's panicked
about his press conference.Copy !req
132. I'll be right back.Copy !req
133. Man's an infant.Copy !req
134. It's about time
he got a good spanking.Copy !req
135. I'd better, uh...Copy !req
136. Referee?Copy !req
137. Sorry.Copy !req
138. Welcome back.Copy !req
139. Actually, just came
to get these guys.Copy !req
140. Situation.
Juggling some things.Copy !req
141. Are we done, Mr. McGarry?Copy !req
142. No. Not yet.Copy !req
143. Any numbness, pain?Copy !req
144. Physical or existential?Copy !req
145. Any chance of getting
the odd straight answer?Copy !req
146. Good luck with that.
Nada.Copy !req
147. Spiritual or otherwise.Copy !req
148. You don't have to go.Copy !req
149. They'll think we're
Northeast Yankee elitists.Copy !req
150. And be correct.Copy !req
151. We could make
the occasional effort.Copy !req
152. 500 laps around an oval.Copy !req
153. An entire sport predicated
on the expectationCopy !req
154. of the Grand Guinol.Copy !req
155. Guignol. Guignol.Copy !req
156. If you're going to brag about
your intellectual hauteur,Copy !req
157. at least get your fancy
references right.Copy !req
158. Grand Guignol connoting
the sanguinary.Copy !req
159. Buckets of blood.
Like hockey.Copy !req
160. Leave my Bruins out of this.Copy !req
161. Martinsville Speedway.
You're in for a treat.Copy !req
162. See? There are people
with most of their teethCopy !req
163. that are actual NASCAR fans.Copy !req
164. Are you really a doctor?Copy !req
165. I didn't get a close look
at your credentials.Copy !req
166. First in my class.
University of Daytona.Copy !req
167. Oh, now who's with
the not-so-straight answers.Copy !req
168. He prefers to be
the amusing one.Copy !req
169. Fun for the rest of us.Copy !req
170. So, is he well enough
to join me?Copy !req
171. Pressure,
vitals are fine.Copy !req
172. But I'd rather he
didn't push himself
after last night.Copy !req
173. Dang.
He put you
up to this.Copy !req
174. Enjoy the Grand Guignol.Copy !req
175. Horror and sensationalism,
not blood.Copy !req
176. Look it up.Copy !req
177. The President will see you now.Copy !req
178. Sir, Zalaya's now polling
a close second in Bolivia.Copy !req
179. Wasn't he fourth?Copy !req
180. Maybe our ambassador
can say somethingCopy !req
181. new and inflammatory,Copy !req
182. help him bridge
that final gap.Copy !req
183. There's concern
about riotingCopy !req
184. We need you to make a statement.
affirming our impartiality.Copy !req
185. You mean,
pretend to a disinterestCopy !req
186. no one's gonna believeCopy !req
187. because some diplomat
happened to have too much...Copy !req
188. What do they
drink down there?Copy !req
189. As what I recall,
the ambassador's
not a stickler, sir.Copy !req
190. I'm not declaring
to an indifferenceCopy !req
191. that'll provoke
international guffaws.Copy !req
192. Sir, if Zalaya winsCopy !req
193. he's pledged to re-nationalize
their industries,Copy !req
194. stop payment on their
six billion dollar debt,Copy !req
195. and remove all U.S.
"imperialist forces"
from Bolivia.Copy !req
196. The imperialist forces their
government expressly invited in.Copy !req
197. Up to now they've been one
of our most cooperative allies
in the war on drugs.Copy !req
198. Since no one ever wins
and it never ends,Copy !req
199. maybe we should stop
calling it a war.Copy !req
200. Fine.
But we have 2,000 troopsCopy !req
201. and seven battle ships
in Latin America.Copy !req
202. And our pilots engage
daily in hostile gunfireCopy !req
203. as they spray coca fields.Copy !req
204. But we don't have
to call it a war.Copy !req
205. How about a
low-grade conflict?Copy !req
206. State feels we can
tamp things downCopy !req
207. if you could just walk the
ambassador's statement back.Copy !req
208. "The United States
remains neutralCopy !req
209. "in all free electionsCopy !req
210. and discourages any manner
of external interference."Copy !req
211. I can probably keep
a straight face through that.Copy !req
212. Is it enough?Copy !req
213. You may want to specify
with regard to Bolivia.Copy !req
214. "And this means you,
La Paz."Copy !req
215. So it's reported
in the Latin press.Copy !req
216. The Latin press'll just
have to figure it out.Copy !req
217. What's next?Copy !req
218. You wouldn't be more comfortable
waiting in your office?Copy !req
219. This is fine.Copy !req
220. I'm sure you could
go in and join them.Copy !req
221. I'll wait.Copy !req
222. They should be done any minute.Copy !req
223. Can I get you some water
or anything?Copy !req
224. I'm good, Deb.
I'm sure you gotCopy !req
225. things to worry about
other than me.Copy !req
226. You never called me Deb before.
No?Copy !req
227. President does, sometimes.Copy !req
228. Mm.Copy !req
229. I actually kind of hate it.Copy !req
230. I'm sorry.Copy !req
231. It's okay, you didn't know.Copy !req
232. Ever tell the President?Copy !req
233. Hard to work it in.Copy !req
234. "Sir, the North Koreans
just threatenedCopy !req
235. "to rain nuclear fire
on Japan again,Copy !req
236. "the NASDAQ is tanking,Copy !req
237. "there's a category four
hurricaneCopy !req
238. making landfall in the Keys
and, oh, don't call me Deb."Copy !req
239. You should tell him.Copy !req
240. Leo.Copy !req
241. Sorry about this morning.Copy !req
242. It happens.Copy !req
243. I got this Bolivia thing.Copy !req
244. I understand.Copy !req
245. Love to get
your perspective on it.Copy !req
246. Maybe after I've seen
the President.Copy !req
247. Maybe later.
Whenever.Copy !req
248. Uh, this afternoon?Copy !req
249. Sure, if that's good.Copy !req
250. Yeah, yeah... 3:30?Copy !req
251. See you then.Copy !req
252. Looking forward to it.Copy !req
253. Was that Thomas Paine
always there?Copy !req
254. I thought that
was Nathan Hale.Copy !req
255. "I regret I only
have but one life,"
et cetera, et cetera.Copy !req
256. Paine. "These are the times
that try men's souls."Copy !req
257. Get over yourself, Tom.Copy !req
258. Ways and Means
has some procedural issuesCopy !req
259. with the Earned Income
Tax Credit.Copy !req
260. But I think there's movement.Copy !req
261. Ten billion's the goal,
but it's an election year.Copy !req
262. I'm realistic.Copy !req
263. Overwhelming response
to last night.Copy !req
264. 36 interruptions
for applause.Copy !req
265. I don't know what's
more embarrassing—Copy !req
266. that we count them
or that I care.Copy !req
267. Very impressive.Copy !req
268. I blame him.Copy !req
269. Wasn't me.Copy !req
270. He's doing his annual
sackcloth and ashes bit.Copy !req
271. I used to think
it was a wayCopy !req
272. of harvesting
even more compliments.Copy !req
273. Now I understand
it's just self-abnegationCopy !req
274. and clinical despair.Copy !req
275. Man understands me.Copy !req
276. Mr. President,
Leo McGarry is outside.Copy !req
277. He's been waiting all this time?Copy !req
278. Yes, and you're lateCopy !req
279. for your NSA briefing
on Chechnya.Copy !req
280. Okay. Thanks, guys.
Thank you,
Mr. President.Copy !req
281. Do the thing with the knocking
again in five minutes.Copy !req
282. Yes, sir.
Thanks, Deb.Copy !req
283. Leo, have I said how great it is
having you back?Copy !req
284. A few times.Copy !req
285. Oh. Sorry.Copy !req
286. Everyone has.Copy !req
287. Not quite sure
what you want me doing.Copy !req
288. What you always did;
make me smarter.Copy !req
289. By comparison,
absolutely.Copy !req
290. Congratulations on last night.Copy !req
291. I planned a morning
resting on my laurels,Copy !req
292. but there's this
I-don't-know-what in Bolivia.Copy !req
293. Courtland and his big yap.Copy !req
294. Wonder why he said it.Copy !req
295. He's an idiot.Copy !req
296. He was always an idiot.Copy !req
297. Why you think
we made himCopy !req
298. ambassador to Bolivia?Copy !req
299. What?
Why do you think he said it?Copy !req
300. Have you given some thought to
how I might make myself useful?Copy !req
301. I don't want
to undermine C.J.
( knocking )Copy !req
302. Sorry to interrupt,
Mr. President,Copy !req
303. but President Trenier
is holding for you.Copy !req
304. That's something you can do.Copy !req
305. Talk to the French.Copy !req
306. Non, merci.Copy !req
307. Sorry. I've gotta
take this.
Of course.Copy !req
308. The day's getting
away from me.Copy !req
309. How about dinner tonight?Copy !req
310. Be great.Copy !req
311. I don't care
how many times I've said it;Copy !req
312. it's a great thing you're back.Copy !req
313. See you tonight, Mr. President.Copy !req
314. Bonjour,
Mr. President.Copy !req
315. Yes, I'm really
looking forwardCopy !req
316. to the G-8 in Paris.Copy !req
317. I know what it is,
it just has a dull name.Copy !req
318. Earned Income Tax Credit.Copy !req
319. It's the one government programCopy !req
320. that actually sounds
like what it is.Copy !req
321. Exactly— d-u-l-l.Copy !req
322. Oh. This goes to DNCCopy !req
323. and this one's
a blast fax.Copy !req
324. It was a highlightCopy !req
325. of the President's address
last night.Copy !req
326. By highlightCopy !req
327. you mean a chance
for viewers to wonderCopy !req
328. whether they're going
to have sex that nightCopy !req
329. or plan what they were gonna
wear in the morning.Copy !req
330. Thank you.
And you have...
I know.Copy !req
331. It's important.Copy !req
332. 36 million Americans live below
the poverty line,Copy !req
333. which is a million more
than last year.Copy !req
334. Let's shout that from
the rooftops, why don't we?Copy !req
335. We blame
the Republicans.Copy !req
336. Oh, there's a fresh angle.Copy !req
337. Charlie, you see the HUD
Samaritan bill markup?Copy !req
338. Secretary spoke to the
Budget Director this morning.Copy !req
339. No government program will do
more to lift childrenCopy !req
340. out of poverty
than the EITC.Copy !req
341. Oh, God.
I thought the name was dull.Copy !req
342. The acronym's worse.Copy !req
343. You've been working
on this for two monthsCopy !req
344. and you can't find
a catchier handle?Copy !req
345. "Marriage Penalty".
"Death tax."Copy !req
346. Now, that you remember.Copy !req
347. Leo.
Margaret.Copy !req
348. Who did this to you?Copy !req
349. I got rid of everything.Copy !req
350. I should've gone
with the mahogany.Copy !req
351. I had a feeling...Copy !req
352. I don't want
any clutter.Copy !req
353. It's a look.Copy !req
354. Are those the, um...?Copy !req
355. I'm still looking
for the second inaugural.Copy !req
356. Floor's good.Copy !req
357. Really?
Mm-hmm.Copy !req
358. Tower or pile?Copy !req
359. Surprise me.Copy !req
360. Hey.
Hey.Copy !req
361. I just found out
eight U.S. contractorsCopy !req
362. are being held at gunpoint
in Bolivia.Copy !req
363. Intel's sketchy,
but it looks likeCopy !req
364. it might be
by Zalaya supporters.Copy !req
365. Hmm. Thanks for the tapes.Copy !req
366. People are gathering down
in the Sit Room if you wanna...Copy !req
367. Oh, I'm sure
you can all handle this.Copy !req
368. Let me know if you find
that second inaugural.Copy !req
369. Sure.Copy !req
370. I should...Copy !req
371. Yeah.Copy !req
372. C.J.'s probably looking
for you.Copy !req
373. Right.Copy !req
374. This truly is an age
of possibility,Copy !req
375. of great trials, but
also tremendous opportunities.Copy !req
376. We need to set our nation
on a new course,Copy !req
377. create a new history...Copy !req
378. Ten hut!Copy !req
379. At ease.
What's the story?Copy !req
380. Our contractors were ambushedCopy !req
381. and captured
in the Chapare jungle.Copy !req
382. How many?Copy !req
383. Eight.
Alive?Copy !req
384. As far as we know.Copy !req
385. Captured by who?Copy !req
386. They describe themselves
as Zalaya supporters.Copy !req
387. I have some
enthusiastic supporters.Copy !req
388. They don't go around
holding people at gunpoint...Copy !req
389. much as I'd sometimes
wish they would.Copy !req
390. These are paramilitaries, sir.Copy !req
391. Run for president down there,Copy !req
392. you get your own private army?Copy !req
393. It's South America.Copy !req
394. If Bolivia wasn't landlocked,
he'd have his own navy, too.Copy !req
395. They're claiming the contractors
are CIA, sent downCopy !req
396. to hijack
the election.
Are they?Copy !req
397. No, sir.
What are they doing there?Copy !req
398. They're private citizens.Copy !req
399. Who happen to take camouflage
gear with them on vacation?Copy !req
400. They're part of the coca
eradication effort, sir.Copy !req
401. They work for the government.Copy !req
402. The Bolivian government?Copy !req
403. U.S. government.Copy !req
404. Sorry.
State has
a $700 millionCopy !req
405. contract with Tarmacorp,
which employs them.Copy !req
406. And they're armed?Copy !req
407. Of course they're armed.Copy !req
408. They're spraying coca fields
run by drug cartels.Copy !req
409. I think what C.J.'s driving at
is the differenceCopy !req
410. between what they call them
and what we call themCopy !req
411. is more like dolphins
and porpoisesCopy !req
412. rather than lions and bats.Copy !req
413. What are the captors' demands?Copy !req
414. That's just it.
They haven't made any.Copy !req
415. We think this may be
an election stunt.Copy !req
416. Zalaya got such a bounce
from our ambassador's statement,Copy !req
417. could be he figuresCopy !req
418. a trumped-up U.S. tampering
charge puts him over the top.Copy !req
419. Our guys were there
spraying coca fields,Copy !req
420. we're certain of that?Copy !req
421. Not necessarily themselves
directly...Copy !req
422. I know they may not attach
the hose to the nozzle,Copy !req
423. but they were doing
eradication work?Copy !req
424. Yes, sir.Copy !req
425. They're weren't freelancing?
Maybe doingCopy !req
426. some electoral strong-arming
in their free time?Copy !req
427. There's no evidence of that.Copy !req
428. Make damn sure,
would you, please?Copy !req
429. Our history down
there is suchCopy !req
430. that people are gonna
find it a lot easierCopy !req
431. to believe Zalaya's charges
than our denials.Copy !req
432. It may not make a hell
of a lot of difference,Copy !req
433. but when we call him a liar
I'd prefer we be right.Copy !req
434. Okay, next crisis: Korea.Copy !req
435. A three-foot hole has appeared
in the DMZ fence.Copy !req
436. Intergovernmental
Affairs needsCopy !req
437. to announce the Indian
Healthcare reauthorization.Copy !req
438. It's gonna get trumped
by this Bolivia thing.Copy !req
439. Where are we on that?Copy !req
440. Making certain
our guys weren't doingCopy !req
441. what Zalaya says
they were.Copy !req
442. Then?
Liar, liar,
pants on fire.Copy !req
443. It won't rhyme
in Spanish.Copy !req
444. I don't want you
to be disappointed.Copy !req
445. The President took
another turn at
whack-a-DCI.Copy !req
446. Guy's gotta quit,
doesn't he?Copy !req
447. God, I hope not,
it's too much fun.Copy !req
448. Besides, it's the only person
the President ever picks on.Copy !req
449. The CIA Director goes,
it could be you
or me, bucko.Copy !req
450. It's already been me.Copy !req
451. Are we at all concerned
about our checkered
history down there:Copy !req
452. Allende, the CIA
and Che Guevara?Copy !req
453. Yeah. We don't have
much credibility.Copy !req
454. You'll talk to
Intergovernmental
Affairs?Copy !req
455. In my spare time.Copy !req
456. Thank the V.P.Copy !req
457. for pitching in on
State of the Union
follow through.Copy !req
458. About that.
Will...Copy !req
459. He's out there,
he's shilling.Copy !req
460. Shilling? You mean showing
loyalty to the administrationCopy !req
461. he happens to be serving in?Copy !req
462. It's the President's agenda.Copy !req
463. I don't recall burning much
midnight oil discussingCopy !req
464. what'd help us in the primaries.Copy !req
465. He'll do his bit this week
because the President can't,Copy !req
466. but after that,
the campaign comes first.Copy !req
467. Yeah, on second thought,
maybe don't thank him so much.Copy !req
468. Governor, everyone,
sorry to keep you waiting.Copy !req
469. The First Lady's going to be
attending a stock car race.Copy !req
470. Hell, yeah!Copy !req
471. Excuse me?Copy !req
472. Colorful regional colloquialism
betokening enthusiasmCopy !req
473. of a visceral-if-not-rowdy
variety.Copy !req
474. You're making this
too complicated.Copy !req
475. I want you to prep her.Copy !req
476. It's a bunch of cars going
real fast around an oval.Copy !req
477. There, I'm done.Copy !req
478. It's a food pyramid,
not the human genome.Copy !req
479. There are fish-out-of-water
concerns.Copy !req
480. This is your dream come true.Copy !req
481. Eliza Doolittle gets
to tutor Henry Higgins.Copy !req
482. I'll see if I can't find my
redneck-to-snob dictionary.Copy !req
483. Here's the message:
eat less bread.Copy !req
484. What, you're offended?Copy !req
485. You're implyingCopy !req
486. I'm some kind
of hayseed-hillbilly-hick?Copy !req
487. I'm sorry.
I didn't mean
to imply it.Copy !req
488. It was more of
an emphatic assertion.Copy !req
489. Watch it. We rubes know how
to throw down.Copy !req
490. Just teach her some terms;
a vocabulary.Copy !req
491. For starters, no one "attends"
a stock car race.Copy !req
492. You're just goin'.
Like as not, goin' drunk.Copy !req
493. Good, but I don't think
Dr. Bartlet'llCopy !req
494. will be getting liquored up.Copy !req
495. Too bad.
Otherwise, it gets kinda boring.Copy !req
496. Teach her when to cheer.Copy !req
497. Stuff like that.Copy !req
498. Just make sure we avoid
a flyover values disaster.Copy !req
499. Sorry?
The people
in the middleCopy !req
500. of the country
who you fly overCopy !req
501. when you're trying to get to...Copy !req
502. Real cities?Copy !req
503. Can't imagine why you're worried
about offending them.Copy !req
504. The Labor Secretary.Copy !req
505. Yeah. Thanks.Copy !req
506. Interdiction withoutCopy !req
507. intervention, eradication
without educationCopy !req
508. leaves root causes
to linger and fester,Copy !req
509. damning our most
vigorous efforts...Copy !req
510. What are you watching?Copy !req
511. State of The Union.Copy !req
512. I don't remember hearing
that last night.Copy !req
513. Second year.
Oh.Copy !req
514. You need something?Copy !req
515. Just felt bad about running
out on you this morning.Copy !req
516. Wanted to see if there was
a time you could catch me up.Copy !req
517. Whatever's good.Copy !req
518. This afternoon?
Mm-hmm.Copy !req
519. Who should I coordinate
the time with?Copy !req
520. That'd be me.Copy !req
521. Okay. How's 6:00?Copy !req
522. That works.Copy !req
523. I'll be here.
I don't mind
going over.Copy !req
524. Could stand the exercise.Copy !req
525. I'll come to you.Copy !req
526. That's fine.Copy !req
527. See you then.Copy !req
528. in both the cost
to our national treasuryCopy !req
529. as well as our citizenry,
trapped in a diseaseCopy !req
530. as insidious as it is neglected.Copy !req
531. You're bailing.Copy !req
532. We're not bailing.Copy !req
533. The Earned Income Tax Credit
is a Democratic issue!Copy !req
534. We can probably push
it out of Committee
at $500 million.Copy !req
535. Great. The President called
for $10 billion.Copy !req
536. That would be more.Copy !req
537. He got an applause breakCopy !req
538. from both sides of the aisle.Copy !req
539. That was last night.Copy !req
540. In the sober light of dawn,Copy !req
541. the Republicans are going to
insist on added enforcements.Copy !req
542. Why is their sobriety
giving me a hangover?Copy !req
543. Fraud prevention,Copy !req
544. accounting measures...Copy !req
545. These are families
at the bottom rung of
the educational ladder.Copy !req
546. Adding paperwork's
just going to confuse them.Copy !req
547. Tell them I'll be there
in a few minutes.Copy !req
548. It's all right.
We're done.Copy !req
549. No, we're not done
and you're not bailing.Copy !req
550. It's a Republican Congress.
We have to be flexible.Copy !req
551. Why does no one ever come
in here and say,Copy !req
552. "This is
a Democratic White House.Copy !req
553. Maybe we should start
reflecting it"?Copy !req
554. We don't have the votes.Copy !req
555. Day after the State
of the Union,Copy !req
556. Presidents customarily go
barnstorming to sell it.Copy !req
557. Don't lecture usCopy !req
558. on how to wield this
White House's clout.Copy !req
559. She really said that?Copy !req
560. If she wasn't a woman,
we might've had
to throw down.Copy !req
561. Regional colloquialism.Copy !req
562. So, what's the next step?Copy !req
563. I'm not sure
there is one.Copy !req
564. The EITC's just dead?Copy !req
565. No, no, Timmy.Copy !req
566. It's at a nice farm
in the countryCopy !req
567. where it can play
with other dogs.Copy !req
568. How did last night
turn into this morning?Copy !req
569. A Bolivian blowup,Copy !req
570. bad employment numbers,
a hole in a fence...Copy !req
571. And this.Copy !req
572. The Majority Leader's
been in the Treaty Room since,Copy !req
573. well, he says since Tuesday—Copy !req
574. the NOA administrator called
about the flood area in Hawaii.Copy !req
575. He's setting up a conference
call with FEMACopy !req
576. and the Governor.Copy !req
577. And you have
a meeting with Leo.Copy !req
578. If things are too wild,Copy !req
579. I can always
find you later.Copy !req
580. Carol's looking for you.Copy !req
581. Something about the Labor
Secretary threatening to quit.Copy !req
582. You saw the new furniture?Copy !req
583. Leo, I'm sorry. I'm
afraid I'm going...Copy !req
584. Sure, we'll get to it.Copy !req
585. Majority Leader,
natural disaster.Copy !req
586. Busy day.Copy !req
587. Yeah.Copy !req
588. One week.Copy !req
589. Can we not do this?Copy !req
590. One week in support
of the manCopy !req
591. who plucked him out
of obscurity.Copy !req
592. He was a widely known
congressman.Copy !req
593. As a joke. You and I
made fun of him together.Copy !req
594. You guys picked him.
I wasn't in that room.Copy !req
595. You think I was?Copy !req
596. Then be mad at the President,
or Leo,Copy !req
597. or whoever else was there.Copy !req
598. And pick a position.Copy !req
599. You can't think
he's a complete joke
and embarrassmentCopy !req
600. and then be upset
he's not out there
helping you more.Copy !req
601. Yes, I can.Copy !req
602. Look, he's supportive.Copy !req
603. He'll continue to be.Copy !req
604. If it's in his interest.Copy !req
605. Oh, I'm sorry.
Have the rules of politics
been suspended this year?Copy !req
606. The rules of politics
should be suspendedCopy !req
607. any chance we get.
It's disloyalty!Copy !req
608. The Vice President has been
nothing but steadfast.Copy !req
609. I wasn't talking about him.Copy !req
610. to widen the circle
of opportunity,Copy !req
611. to deepen the meaning
of our freedom.Copy !req
612. Hey, Leo.
Hey.Copy !req
613. Whatcha watching?Copy !req
614. Old State of The Unions.Copy !req
615. What for?Copy !req
616. Just curious.
How you doing?Copy !req
617. A little whiplashed.Copy !req
618. Last night was such a high.Copy !req
619. There is a staffer
sitting at the adult table.Copy !req
620. Watched it at home.Copy !req
621. My sister threw me a partyCopy !req
622. 'cause I got a line
in the speech.Copy !req
623. "We must help those working
hardest to help themselves."e?Copy !req
624. I see your fingerprints
all over it.Copy !req
625. Only, EITC's
already in trouble.Copy !req
626. The whiplash.
Yeah.Copy !req
627. House Dems?Copy !req
628. They're defeatist,Copy !req
629. and Annabeth doesn't like
its name.Copy !req
630. She's not wrong.Copy !req
631. I don't get excitedCopy !req
632. when I hear EITC, do you?Copy !req
633. Maybe if it had
a more memorable name,Copy !req
634. it'd be easier to fight for?Copy !req
635. I think if we could define it
more clearly as a tax cutCopy !req
636. so a vote against it is seen
as raising taxesCopy !req
637. on the working poor.Copy !req
638. I don't see
how you easily oppose it.Copy !req
639. I had just dropped off
my kids at school.Copy !req
640. Thank God, because I don't
know what to tell them.Copy !req
641. Who is...Copy !req
642. Contractor's wife.Copy !req
643. they said
call my congressman.Copy !req
644. I called him, he said
call the State Department.Copy !req
645. No one is taking responsibility.Copy !req
646. Toby.Copy !req
647. Yeah?Copy !req
648. My husband is an engineer,
not a soldier.Copy !req
649. Not in there.Copy !req
650. Oh.
I don't have anything.Copy !req
651. He's in the residence.Copy !req
652. Oh, okay.Copy !req
653. Napping.Copy !req
654. Not to be disturbed
unless there's an emergency.Copy !req
655. It wasn't on my schedule.Copy !req
656. Or mine.Copy !req
657. Will you
let me know whenCopy !req
658. he comes
back down?Copy !req
659. My first call.Copy !req
660. Oh...Copy !req
661. are you the one who's goingCopy !req
662. to teach me
proper speedway decorum?Copy !req
663. How to win friends and
influence yokels, yes, ma'am.Copy !req
664. Ah, now, if I'd made
a crack like thatCopy !req
665. you'd think me a terrible snob.Copy !req
666. What did you turn down
to make room for Martinsville?Copy !req
667. NIH symposium on molecular
structures and bio-imaging.Copy !req
668. Not a lot of NASCAR crossover.Copy !req
669. Let's start with the dress code.Copy !req
670. Jeans. T-shirt.Copy !req
671. Oh, and can you borrowCopy !req
672. the President's leather
flight jacket?Copy !req
673. You don't find that
a tad inappropriate?Copy !req
674. Well, there'll
be women thereCopy !req
675. in bikinis on lounge
chairs in the RV park.Copy !req
676. Inappropriate's
still a ways off.Copy !req
677. I've given this a lot
of thought and I knowCopy !req
678. something that we
can bond over so far asCopy !req
679. stock cars
are concerned.Copy !req
680. That would be?Copy !req
681. We're both women.Copy !req
682. Okay...Copy !req
683. Women make up 55%Copy !req
684. of the audience
for NASCAR events.Copy !req
685. More than any other
major league sport.Copy !req
686. Well, I wonder why.Copy !req
687. Well, everyone has
their theories,Copy !req
688. but I'm gonna
tell you plain.Copy !req
689. It's the drivers.Copy !req
690. They're a bunch of studs.Copy !req
691. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
692. Well-built hotties
running aroundCopy !req
693. in tight-fitting
fire suits.Copy !req
694. Hotties.Copy !req
695. Hotsy-tot, Hottentot
hotties, ma'am.Copy !req
696. Well, that's all very
well and good, but I don't...Copy !req
697. Oh, my.
He'll be there.Copy !req
698. And him...Copy !req
699. Oh, and this one...Copy !req
700. The one with the eyes?Copy !req
701. One of the favorites.Copy !req
702. I would imagine.Copy !req
703. You see the wife?Copy !req
704. Yeah.Copy !req
705. You're going
to have to brief.Copy !req
706. These guys...Copy !req
707. absolutely, positively not CIA?Copy !req
708. Definitely,
definitively not.Copy !req
709. Don't lean
on that, Toby.
Why?Copy !req
710. They're U.S. paid mercenaries.Copy !req
711. Former military, most of them.Copy !req
712. Special Ops, SEALS, Marines.Copy !req
713. We're in distinction
without a difference land.Copy !req
714. Little bit.
I don't see it
that way.Copy !req
715. It's not your job to.Copy !req
716. They weren't doing
what they've been accused of.Copy !req
717. That's our statement.
And I'm late.Copy !req
718. Anyone talk to Leo?Copy !req
719. He's in his office watching
State of the Unions.Copy !req
720. Unions?Copy !req
721. Old ones.Copy !req
722. Yeah?Copy !req
723. We said 3:30?Copy !req
724. We did.Copy !req
725. So...Copy !req
726. What's your day
been like?Copy !req
727. It's quiet. Yours?Copy !req
728. Not quiet.Copy !req
729. Bolivia.
Yeah.Copy !req
730. Korea.
Things down in Burundi.Copy !req
731. What?
Oh, just...Copy !req
732. These contractors operateCopy !req
733. under such vague guidelinesCopy !req
734. just because that's the way
everyone wants it.Copy !req
735. There's no congressional
oversight, no controls,Copy !req
736. and a whole lot
of money changing hands.Copy !req
737. You know these guys?Copy !req
738. Not these, but...Copy !req
739. Yeah, I know these guys.Copy !req
740. And it's not just
that it's futile, you know.Copy !req
741. I mean, as long as Americans
are willing to payCopy !req
742. $60 a gram for cocaine,
some peasant farmerCopy !req
743. earning $60 a year
is going to grow it.Copy !req
744. But it's just so geopolitically
counterproductive.Copy !req
745. We turn their villages
into war zones,Copy !req
746. we destroy their land, we poison
their families with herbicidesCopy !req
747. and then we're
all surprisedCopy !req
748. when they go vote
for the Socialist.Copy !req
749. ( sighs ):
Sorry.Copy !req
750. It's a, um...
crappy day.Copy !req
751. It's my annivorcery.Copy !req
752. Anni-what?Copy !req
753. Annivorce.Copy !req
754. It's the anniversary
of my divorce.Copy !req
755. Didn't know you'd been married.Copy !req
756. Couple times.Copy !req
757. Hopeless romantic.Copy !req
758. Hopeless, anyway. You?Copy !req
759. Yeah.Copy !req
760. What did you want to talk about?Copy !req
761. Sorry.Copy !req
762. Ms. Harper, they need you
in the Situation Room.Copy !req
763. Maybe later.Copy !req
764. Debbie!Copy !req
765. That wasn't very long.Copy !req
766. I couldn't sleep.Copy !req
767. Couldn't or wouldn't?Copy !req
768. I have three daughters
and a wife,Copy !req
769. two of whom
are also doctors.Copy !req
770. If you presumeCopy !req
771. I don't get enough
of that sort of comment,Copy !req
772. you're not really using
your imagination.Copy !req
773. Naps are restorative.
Churchill took them.Copy !req
774. Churchill also maintained
a 24-hour buzz.Copy !req
775. These days, people who drink
that much during the dayCopy !req
776. are encouraged
to attend meetings.Copy !req
777. An individual perhaps more
for veneration than emulation.Copy !req
778. And I don't know where all this
restorative nonsense comes from.Copy !req
779. Every nap I've ever
taken in my lifeCopy !req
780. has left me feeling
groggy and on edge.Copy !req
781. I hadn't noticed.Copy !req
782. The NSA called,
Secretary of State,Copy !req
783. NSA again,
saying talk to herCopy !req
784. before you talk
to the Secretary of State.Copy !req
785. You're right.Copy !req
786. About so much.Copy !req
787. To which specific
or category of thingsCopy !req
788. are you presently referring?Copy !req
789. The Earned Income Tax
Credit needs a better name.Copy !req
790. To brand it.Copy !req
791. Not just something
zippier or catchier.Copy !req
792. Something to help you
fight for it.Copy !req
793. To make it harder
to fight against it.Copy !req
794. Deputy Secretary
Morrison again.Copy !req
795. Workfare's taken.
Work Aid?Copy !req
796. Sounds like a handout.Copy !req
797. Employment Incentive.Copy !req
798. Oh, no.
That's terrible.Copy !req
799. Work Tax.Copy !req
800. It's all a work tax.Copy !req
801. Poverty Tax.Copy !req
802. Mm, that's closer.Copy !req
803. Poor Tax.Copy !req
804. It's simple, direct...Copy !req
805. Poor Tax.Copy !req
806. It's good.Copy !req
807. Do you want me to say
you'll call her back?Copy !req
808. No, I'll be right there.Copy !req
809. Hard to argueCopy !req
810. on the floor of CongressCopy !req
811. to institute a Poor Tax.Copy !req
812. Yeah.Copy !req
813. Thanks.Copy !req
814. This is Annabeth.Copy !req
815. Hey.Copy !req
816. Hey.Copy !req
817. Sorry about this morning.Copy !req
818. Oh, it happens.Copy !req
819. Heard you were watching
old State of the Unions.Copy !req
820. And Inaugurals.Copy !req
821. Something wrong
with this year's speech?Copy !req
822. What do you think?Copy !req
823. I wrote it.Copy !req
824. You seemed remarkablyCopy !req
825. uncomfortable accepting praise,
even for you.Copy !req
826. What are you doing here, Leo?Copy !req
827. Watching old speechesCopy !req
828. and reading about
the founding fathers?Copy !req
829. We don't have time for you to
sit around like a garden Buddha,Copy !req
830. parsing out
fortune cookie wisdom.Copy !req
831. We're getting buried alive here.Copy !req
832. Get up and grab a shovel.Copy !req
833. "While the assault weapons
ban may have ended,Copy !req
834. "the debate has not,
and I willCopy !req
835. fight this Congress as long..."Copy !req
836. "As the senseless, needless
violence continues."Copy !req
837. Second Inaugural.Copy !req
838. "The promise
of stem cell researchCopy !req
839. "has again been delayed
by congressional ban.Copy !req
840. Imagine a child paralyzed
by a spinal cord injury..."Copy !req
841. "By a spinal cord injury,
watching, waiting,Copy !req
842. knowing that politics
is the obstacle to a cure."Copy !req
843. Third State of the Union.Copy !req
844. I know what we said.
We all know what we said.Copy !req
845. Last night's State of the Union,
you pulled your punches.Copy !req
846. It was well received.Copy !req
847. It's easy to applaud for
something that no one'sCopy !req
848. gonna make you
stand up and pass.Copy !req
849. "By any measure,Copy !req
850. "we're losing the war on drugs.Copy !req
851. "Demand is exactly the same...Copy !req
852. Supply is the same,
but prices..."
"Supply is the same, but pricesCopy !req
853. "have gone down.Copy !req
854. "It's time for a
comprehensive new approachCopy !req
855. to this nation's
dependence on drugs."Copy !req
856. That was in your rough draftCopy !req
857. of last
night's speech.Copy !req
858. I cut it.Copy !req
859. Who told you to?
Nobody.
Nobody had to.Copy !req
860. You've had a heart attack
and he can't stand up.Copy !req
861. Day after every other
State of the Union,Copy !req
862. the President launches
a month-long road showCopy !req
863. to stump for what was in it.Copy !req
864. This year I get
Bingo Bob and a week.Copy !req
865. Ten-hut.Copy !req
866. Let's see it.Copy !req
867. My name is Jonathan Creasy.Copy !req
868. I am a private American citizen
working for Tarmacorp,Copy !req
869. under a contract
with the U.S. government.Copy !req
870. I'm being held
with seven Americans.Copy !req
871. We will be released
subject to completionCopy !req
872. of a fair and free electionCopy !req
873. of the Bolivian Presidential
contest.Copy !req
874. CJ:
"Fair and free"Copy !req
875. translating
to a Zalaya victory.Copy !req
876. "A private citizenCopy !req
877. under contract with
the U.S. government."Copy !req
878. Cognitive dissonance, anyone?Copy !req
879. Where are we on this?Copy !req
880. A P-3 off the Misawa.Copy !req
881. PACCOM is coordinating
the search.Copy !req
882. Anything?
No.Copy !req
883. It's a jungle
out there.Copy !req
884. And the Bolivian government?Copy !req
885. Rock and a hard place.Copy !req
886. They want to help their
good friend the U.S.,Copy !req
887. but are terrified of looking
like they were helpingCopy !req
888. in case Zalaya wins.Copy !req
889. They don't want to be up hereCopy !req
890. in two weeks time
seeking political asylum.Copy !req
891. We find them,
who mounts a rescueCopy !req
892. if not the Bolivians,
Tarmacorp, us?Copy !req
893. Not us.Copy !req
894. Tarmacorp's flying
Vietnam era Hueys.Copy !req
895. They go down, we end upCopy !req
896. with more contractors
to find and rescue.Copy !req
897. They're not U.S. troops.Copy !req
898. Why? Because we pay them
through a middleman?Copy !req
899. Nobody forced them
to go down there.Copy !req
900. Maybe you'll get to explain
that to their widows.Copy !req
901. When's the election?Copy !req
902. CJ:
Ten days.Copy !req
903. Do we believe thatCopy !req
904. Zalaya will
release them?Copy !req
905. If he wins.Copy !req
906. If he doesn't?Copy !req
907. C.J.:
Will we find them?Copy !req
908. A jungle, they know
the best hiding places.Copy !req
909. We'll need a tip.Copy !req
910. These are tough guys.Copy !req
911. They gonna hold out
till the election?Copy !req
912. You saw the video.Copy !req
913. When you're being held,
ten days is a long time.Copy !req
914. Have you ever been held?Copy !req
915. I've held other people.Copy !req
916. 24 hours is a long time.Copy !req
917. Yeah?Copy !req
918. Oh, is it 6:00 already?Copy !req
919. I can come back.Copy !req
920. No, no. Come in.
Come in.Copy !req
921. How you doing?Copy !req
922. Oh, you know.Copy !req
923. Have to head back to New
Hampshire tomorrow afternoon.Copy !req
924. We're up ten points
in the polls.Copy !req
925. Getting tired
of people treating meCopy !req
926. like I've sold
my soul to the devil.Copy !req
927. You think you have?Copy !req
928. Well, I don't think
the V.P.'s the devil.Copy !req
929. And I don't think
I've sold my soul.Copy !req
930. I may have rented it
out for a bit.Copy !req
931. Why do you say that?Copy !req
932. Well, I was
mostly joking.Copy !req
933. I don't think
he's the devil.Copy !req
934. I don't know what
I think of him, really.Copy !req
935. Catalogue his qualities.Copy !req
936. The negative ones
everyone knows,Copy !req
937. and never ceases delighting
in reminding me about.Copy !req
938. His other qualities?Copy !req
939. He's...
plain-spoken.Copy !req
940. He's clear and direct.Copy !req
941. Doesn't have a multitrack mindCopy !req
942. like the President,Copy !req
943. but that's not
always a bad thing.Copy !req
944. The truth is,Copy !req
945. and I'm not sure I ever even
realized this before now,Copy !req
946. I've spent the last year
and a halfCopy !req
947. looking for
what you saw in him,Copy !req
948. you and the President,Copy !req
949. when you gave him this job.Copy !req
950. You picked Russell,Copy !req
951. him, to serve as V.P.Copy !req
952. to a President with a serious
health condition.Copy !req
953. You were aware you were picking
a potential successor.Copy !req
954. On some level, I've
just trusted thatCopy !req
955. and assumed I'd eventually
discover what you knew then.Copy !req
956. Have you?Copy !req
957. Tell me what it was,
we'll compare notes.Copy !req
958. I know, doesn't
work like that.Copy !req
959. He's my guy, I have to figure
him out on my own.Copy !req
960. Sorry to interrupt, but you've
got to see the First Lady.Copy !req
961. Let's see it.Copy !req
962. Such a good sport.Copy !req
963. To take one like that
for the fly-over states.Copy !req
964. Did you brief her
about the kiss?Copy !req
965. They loved it.Copy !req
966. The First Lady,
for both of you.Copy !req
967. Who gets pissed about
kissing a NASCAR driver?Copy !req
968. Another hour of
my life gone.Copy !req
969. Of course we want to avert
disaster in South Dakota,Copy !req
970. but I can't take this
to the President just yet.Copy !req
971. No.Copy !req
972. Thank you, Governor.Copy !req
973. Trouble
in South Dakota?Copy !req
974. In about a thousand years.Copy !req
975. Mt. Rushmore's on the move.Copy !req
976. How far has
it gone so far?Copy !req
977. About an inch.Copy !req
978. I hope you don't mind.Copy !req
979. Looks great.Copy !req
980. Nobody ever
thought to putCopy !req
981. fresh cut flowers
on my desk,Copy !req
982. despite 18 acres
of gardens outside.Copy !req
983. Majority Leader.Copy !req
984. Oh, you should
take that.Copy !req
985. I'll call him back.Copy !req
986. I could've used you
in the Sit Room today.Copy !req
987. I heard you had it
under control.Copy !req
988. Didn't
feel like it.
Never does.Copy !req
989. You're doing great.Copy !req
990. The President's
in the residence.Copy !req
991. Does he want
me to...Copy !req
992. No, I'm sorry,
that's for me.Copy !req
993. Let him know I'm
coming right up.Copy !req
994. We're having dinner.Copy !req
995. Probably should have run that
by the Chief of Staff.Copy !req
996. Oh, Chief of Staff
has enough on her plate.Copy !req
997. I'm sorry we didn't
get to talk today,Copy !req
998. We'll find
time tomorrow.Copy !req
999. Sure.Copy !req
1000. It was easier for me.Copy !req
1001. You as my press
secretary,Copy !req
1002. Sam, Josh, Toby...Copy !req
1003. Toby?Copy !req
1004. Toby's always been Toby.Copy !req
1005. Still took me a year to figure
out what the hell I was doing,Copy !req
1006. and those were the easy years.Copy !req
1007. We had easy years?Copy !req
1008. Easier than this.Copy !req
1009. Margaret.Copy !req
1010. What's next?Copy !req
1011. How's yours?Copy !req
1012. This heart healthy stuff,Copy !req
1013. I have to keep reminding
myself it's good for me.Copy !req
1014. At least it resembles
actual food.Copy !req
1015. Abbey's got me on this
macrobiotic diet.Copy !req
1016. That does look a little grim.Copy !req
1017. What I wouldn't give
for a burger and fries.Copy !req
1018. A cream sauce.Copy !req
1019. I'd like to have the occasional
light cream sauceCopy !req
1020. without everyone reacting like
it's a suicide attempt.Copy !req
1021. So, tonight, Abbey's
out of town.Copy !req
1022. We can turn
the residenceCopy !req
1023. into a fort
and sword fightCopy !req
1024. with empty paper
towel rolls.Copy !req
1025. So you feel pretty good about
last night's State of the Union?Copy !req
1026. According to at least
six op eds,Copy !req
1027. I set an ambitious
national agenda.Copy !req
1028. Is that what you think?Copy !req
1029. You have a chance to figure outCopy !req
1030. what you'd
like to do around here?Copy !req
1031. Have you?Copy !req
1032. Don't do this, Leo.Copy !req
1033. Not the day after
the State of the Union.Copy !req
1034. Everyone's walking around here
like we're finished.Copy !req
1035. We got 365 more days.Copy !req
1036. It's year eight,Copy !req
1037. it's a Republican Congress
and I'm hemorrhaging staff.Copy !req
1038. Four years ago we announcedCopy !req
1039. a Blue Ribbon Commission
on entitlements.Copy !req
1040. Why wasn't
it mentioned?Copy !req
1041. Two years ago,
you announcedCopy !req
1042. a commitment
to stem cell research.Copy !req
1043. The legislation
died in Congress.Copy !req
1044. Leo, you held the wake.Copy !req
1045. What happened to the drug
treatment policy last night?Copy !req
1046. We had to narrow our focus.Copy !req
1047. Now's the time to widen,
not narrow focus.Copy !req
1048. What are you saving your
political capital for?Copy !req
1049. I have a responsibility
to the party.Copy !req
1050. You have a responsibility
to the country, sir.Copy !req
1051. The American people
sent you here for two terms.Copy !req
1052. Eight years.Copy !req
1053. So the last one's
gonna be harder.Copy !req
1054. I've never known you
to shy away from a fight.Copy !req
1055. And I've never had
to make a speechCopy !req
1056. based on the maximum amount
of time I could stand up.Copy !req
1057. Those excuses I kept
hearing all day?Copy !req
1058. Nobody mentioned MS.Copy !req
1059. 272 words.Copy !req
1060. That's all Lincoln said
at the Gettysburg Address.Copy !req
1061. It took four minutes,Copy !req
1062. and set the tone
for the next century.Copy !req
1063. You wanted to talk about
what I could do here.Copy !req
1064. It's this.Copy !req
1065. Said the man
with the double bypass.Copy !req
1066. The both of us, sir,
this is our last game.Copy !req
1067. Let's leave it all
out on the field.Copy !req
1068. You know why
we got called in?Copy !req
1069. No idea.Copy !req
1070. Well, I almost got
to eat dinner.Copy !req
1071. You want to hear
something depressing?Copy !req
1072. This disrupts my evening
not one bit.Copy !req
1073. Ten o'clock?Copy !req
1074. I had a date.Copy !req
1075. You had a date
tonight?Copy !req
1076. I always have a date.Copy !req
1077. Welcome back.Copy !req
1078. What's going on?Copy !req
1079. The President should
be down in a minute.Copy !req
1080. Everybody here?Copy !req
1081. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1082. Follow me.Copy !req
1083. What's this all about?Copy !req
1084. Stock market crash
in Guyana, perhaps.Copy !req
1085. And me with all my money
in sapodilla futures.Copy !req
1086. Hey.
Hey.Copy !req
1087. Welcome.Copy !req
1088. Thank you all for coming
back in on a school night.Copy !req
1089. I had dinner with
an old friend tonight.Copy !req
1090. I thought everyone should
hear what he had to say.Copy !req
1091. I want to read you something.Copy !req
1092. "The harder
the conflict,Copy !req
1093. "the more glorious the triumph.Copy !req
1094. "What we obtain too cheap,
we esteem too lightly;Copy !req
1095. 'tis dearness only that gives
everything its value."Copy !req
1096. You?Copy !req
1097. Thomas Paine.Copy !req
1098. He said "'tis."
Might have been a clue?Copy !req
1099. Busy day around here today.Copy !req
1100. What'd you spend it on?Copy !req
1101. Uh, Bolivia.Copy !req
1102. Well, no,
you spent it onCopy !req
1103. a situation in Bolivia,
a crisis.Copy !req
1104. I understand thatCopy !req
1105. gravitational pull.Copy !req
1106. North Korea pokes
a hole in the fence,Copy !req
1107. it gets your
attention.Copy !req
1108. As do whiny Cabinet members,Copy !req
1109. floods,Copy !req
1110. and new employment figures.Copy !req
1111. Pretty soon it's
the whole day.Copy !req
1112. Problem is,
we're running out of them.Copy !req
1113. That's how much time
we have left.Copy !req
1114. We have the ability to affectCopy !req
1115. more change in a day
at the White HouseCopy !req
1116. than we'll have in a lifetime
once we walk out these doors.Copy !req
1117. What do you
want to do with them?Copy !req
1118. We should finally get
serious about health care,Copy !req
1119. whether it calls
attentionCopy !req
1120. to the President's
MS or not.Copy !req
1121. A new approach to Latin America.Copy !req
1122. A real commitment
to drug treatment.Copy !req
1123. What else?
The Vice
President and ICopy !req
1124. think it's time to talk
about race in this country.Copy !req
1125. He's right.
I've got some
ideas on howCopy !req
1126. to increase opportunityCopy !req
1127. for the working
poor.
We both do.Copy !req
1128. Talking about repackaging
the EITC.Copy !req
1129. Poor Tax.Copy !req