1. I'm not a Christian.
I'm not an atheist.
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I'm not Muslim.
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of the United States of America.
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5. Hang on.
Did you get that?
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Hmm?
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don't vote for me.
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12. You know what? Don't vote for me.
Don't. Don't do it.
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don't vote for me. How's that?
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Okay.
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I'd like the governor to hear himself.
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in the preconditions?
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19. No, I know.
We didn't get the specs till last night.
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Okay. Thank you.
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21. They're short, so it makes it hard
for him to read his notes.
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22. Thank you.
See you in a few hours.
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had trouble reading his notes.
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24. He doesn't. Pullman's 5'8".
He's gonna look like a hobbit.
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27. We are one week away
from the Ohio primary.
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of Pennsylvania.
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with 2047 delegates,
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New York and Michigan.
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and Virginia and Missouri.
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34. A win in Ohio could turn it all around
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38. Would you call yourself Christian?
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39. How would that matter?
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40. "I have no
idea what happens when we die.
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41. Maybe nothing. Maybe it's like
before we were born." Unquote.
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42. - You did write this.
- Let me be specific.
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I am not a practicing Catholic.
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what happens after we die.
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46. If the senator does, he should be president.
I'll vote for him.
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- Thank you.
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I'm not Jewish or Muslim.
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you believe in,
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who cannot take care of themselves.
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enough, don't vote for me.
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enough, don't vote for me.
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60. I can't change that
to get elected.
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61. Coffee black.
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62. I just wanted you
to say if you believe in the Bible.
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primary or a general election?
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contest will be running for president.
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Yeah, double.
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72. Out of the park.
Home run.
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73. The alumni of
Miami University of Ohio
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for attending tonight's debate
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until candidates have left the stage.
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if the Democrats
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78. have ever nominated
an atheist before.
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79. Well, we know they've
nominated a jackass before.
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that did that prep work, Stephen.
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You've always had the brains.
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got some brains now too.
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have to steal him from you.
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to happen on the 15th.
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What? What?
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90. What do you think, Stevie?
I think it's ours for the taking. You?
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91. - Yeah. Ben?
- Yeah, we'll win.
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- I'm asking you.
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94. If I had to say, I'd say it'll
be close, but you'll eke it out.
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96. You see?
She's trying to get under my skin.
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97. So, what's gonna happen?
Us by nine.
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you're gonna win.
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99. Certain, no. Confident, yeah.
You said you'll win.
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100. I think we will. I'm not gonna
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his Four Horsemen
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and it wouldn't surprise me.
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103. Six presidentials I've done.
I've never felt this good.
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104. But I'm not gonna sit here and say,
"Yeah, we'll win Ohio."
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105. Not a chance.
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73 Democrats have run for president.
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108. That means 70 guys ran who thought
they had a chance, and they all lost.
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109. So you're saying there's
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112. But he was decorated from the first
Gulf War, protested the second,
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and the fourth-highest education rate.
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that can touch this guy.
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this primary is the presidential.
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is the state of the union.
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119. So, Stephen.
So, Ida.
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120. Stephen, Stephen, Stephen.
Ida, Ida, Ida.
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Yeah.
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122. He's getting on a plane.
That's what you do, yeah.
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He's not going back to headquarters.
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He's not going to Texas.
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He's going to North Carolina.
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130. I can neither confirm nor deny that.
I knew it. Now tell me why.
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131. I cannot do that.
Ugh. I hate you.
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132. You love me.
I love Paul. You, I hate.
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because he gives you the scoops.
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134. Sexual favors.
You're engaged.
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135. If it meant a good scoop,
my fiancé would understand.
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all this crap.
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nonsense.
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I've worked on more campaigns
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by the time they're 40.
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I have drunk it. It's delicious.
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to be leading in the polls
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to have all the right tools.
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than it does about him.
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149. I don't give a fuck if he can win.
He has to win.
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The world's gonna fall apart?
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of everyday fuckers
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and eat and sleep,
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155. You know, if your boy wins,
you get a job in the White House.
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at a consulting firm on K Street.
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You used to know that
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about this guy.
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160. He's a nice guy.
They're all nice guys.
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sooner or later.
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162. This is off-off-off the record.
What?
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Seriously?
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164. The only people who know
are the governor, Stephen and me.
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at Thompson's house.
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After I'm done talking to him.
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He has 356 pledged delegates.
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170. They all travel with him.
Puts us over the top.
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going to endorse anybody.
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172. Well, that's what they all say
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177. Okay, listen up.
These are your new cell phones.
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178. Shelly's preprogrammed
your numbers.
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180. If you lose them,
the DNC will come to your house.
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our enemies are our enemies
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can't be extremism.
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in Pennsylvania.
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Just get rid of it.
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191. - If it plays to his base, why don't...?
- Are you stoned?
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the Republicans are gonna run.
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I'd like to be your commander in chief.
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196. Then it's gonna come out, but it's not
gonna come out paid for by us, pal.
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197. Think there's truth
in Pullman having investments
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but we got it from a blog.
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I just wanna hear him denying it.
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a diamond mine in Liberia.
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- Got it.
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staff meeting this afternoon, so...
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Hey.
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to sign off on this before the meeting.
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I've been waiting for this.
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I have to hand out tonight.
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Our oppo guys do research,
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see what sticks.
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Which paper?
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So it's something big?
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transportation numbers.
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I guess.
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Mm-hm.
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You changed your hair.
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I'm just a lowly intern.
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You're right.
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Now you're starting to see.
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I've heard that.
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Have a drink with the worker bees.
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What's a good night?
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Tonight? Tuesday night?
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Quiet's good.
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I know your name's Mary.
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are high. Mid 40s.
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261. Senator, we have an open
seat in the White House.
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They're disorganized.
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that's not a world-class fuck-up.
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show up to vote for their guy.
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266. If Pullman gets the Democratic nod,
they will show up to vote against him.
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Morris gets the independents.
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Senator, I'm a bit confused.
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would win this for us.
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Estella.
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Paul knows and Paul agrees.
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on national service?
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- Got it right here.
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- Can we print it out?
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Just give me a second, will you?
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the same as the rest of your policy.
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I'm not gonna play this game.
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help people get an education,
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teach young people a trade,
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for their loans.
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All of that's exactly right.
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Mandatory.
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or graduates high school
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to his or her country.
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299. It can be in the military, Peace Corps,
planting fucking trees, I don't care.
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is paid for, period.
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Mm-hm.
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who's over the age of 18 will be for it.
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And all of the others...
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Mm?
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It's your dad.
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and I'll write it in my own words.
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Right. Yeah. Why am I doing him?
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He's flying in.
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Tom Duffy.
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You got a couple minutes?
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What for?
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Give me five minutes.
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I hear you.
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340. Oh, on the contrary, you
are working for the wrong man.
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the other guys don't have.
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What is it exactly?
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No, it's more than that.
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You draw people in.
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Even the ones that hate you love you.
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chessboard and make it look effortless.
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weighing every word, every move.
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you make it look easy.
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it, and they love you for it.
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people's respect
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their fear for love.
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I want you to work for us.
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No, not in the least.
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I am not.
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No, six. Doesn't matter.
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No. Fuck, no. No, they hate him.
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they can beat my guy.
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you're gonna see a fucking blitz.
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all those right-wing blogs
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a get-out-the-vote campaign.
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and that's just one step.
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Polls don't mean shit.
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secretary of state.
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It has been over for weeks.
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That is why I want you.
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Bring you in at the top.
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I'm sorry to hear it.
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You know why? I got Morris.
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You know what?
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and it's time we learned from them.
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394. because they wouldn't get down in
the mud with the fucking elephants.
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395. Paul's my friend.
Wanna work for the friend
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396. or do you wanna work
for the president?
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397. Think about it.
You got my number.
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398. Paul.
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399. Hey, they don't
make quaaludes anymore, do they?
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400. Not that I'm aware of.
What's going on with Thompson?
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401. Uh, he wants something, but...
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402. We'll be fine.
What was so important?
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403. Nothing. Figured it out.
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404. All right.
I'll be on my cell if you need me.
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405. I fly to D.C. tomorrow,
back tomorrow night.
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406. Okay. I'll work
on the quaaludes.
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407. Good man.
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408. Check the blogs, see if there's
any chatter, would you?
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409. What kind of chatter?
I don't know.
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410. Just see what they're talking about.
Stevie, you still single?
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411. I'm married to the campaign,
governor.
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412. He's married to the campaign.
Good answer.
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413. Wall Street Journal
has our numbers holding.
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414. Pullman dropped a point.
When did they do that?
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415. Checking now.
Governor, Pullman's down a point.
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416. We're moving
in the right direction.
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417. Ben, are you still single?
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418. Married to the campaign, governor.
Crack team.
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419. Make sure Charlie Rose has those
numbers before he goes on.
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420. I'm on it.
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421. Get a copy of the show
before we leave too.
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422. Is it a difficult decision?
I have to believe it is.
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423. Would I do it? No.
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424. But I can't see myself
or anyone
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425. telling a woman what she
should do with her body.
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426. You would appoint a judge...?
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427. I would consider it arrogant to judge
anyone until I've walked in their shoes.
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428. But you're against
the death penalty?
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429. Because of what it says
about us as a society.
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430. Suppose, governor,
it was your wife.
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431. And she was murdered,
what would I do?
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432. It gets complicated
when it's personal.
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433. Sure.
Well, if I could get to him,
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434. uh, I would find a way to kill him.
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435. So you, you, governor,
would impose a death penalty.
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436. No, I would commit a crime
for which I would happily go to jail.
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437. Then why not let
society do that?
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438. Because society has to be
better than the individual.
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439. If I were to do that,
I would be wrong.
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440. What about guns?
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441. Isn't it time for a commercial?
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442. This is public television.
We don't have commercials.
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443. That's unfortunate.
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444. Where did you go after Iowa?
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445. California.
For Super Tuesday.
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446. Oh.
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447. I had to go to New York.
I know.
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448. You guys needed a lot
more help over there.
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449. Yeah.
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450. So why politics?
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451. Because the pay
is so good, obviously.
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452. It seems like a very odd fit.
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453. My dad is Jack Stearns.
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454. Oh, he's a good guy.
He's an asshole.
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455. But he's your boss.
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456. He's not my boss.
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457. He's the head of the DNC.
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458. You don't work for the
Democratic National Committee?
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459. I work for Paul.
Paul works for Morris.
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460. And if Morris wins,
he's gonna be your dad's boss.
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461. Don't tell my dad that.
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462. Don't tell your dad
a lot of things.
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463. Never.
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464. What time you gotta
work tomorrow?
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465. Nine a.m.
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466. I'm showing the new interns
how to robocall.
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467. It's because I'm the
experienced intern, you see?
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468. I see.
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469. How old are you?
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470. How old do you think I am?
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471. Thirty.
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472. You think I'm 30?
Sorry. How old are you?
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473. Thirty.
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474. How old are you?
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475. How old do you think I am?
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476. Twenty-one?
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477. Twenty.
Yep.
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478. That's young.
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479. Is that too young
to fuck a 30-year-old?
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480. Well...
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481. the laws are different
in different states.
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482. Here, at your hotel here in
Kentucky, it's frowned upon.
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483. Oh.
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484. But if we go across
the bridge into Ohio...
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485. Where your hotel is.
Yeah, surprisingly,
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486. they're very lax about their
child-endangerment laws.
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487. Do you have a car? I don't drive.
I took a cab.
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488. I have the keys
to the campaign bus.
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489. This has been tried before.
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490. Operation Chaos,
as Limbaugh called it,
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491. where Republicans voted for a Democrat
they could beat in the general election.
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492. We asked Senator Pullman's
campaign manager
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493. if he's happy getting the votes
of right-wingers.
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494. Is it decisive? No, of course not.
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495. But we believe the polls
are within the margin of error
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496. and that the senator
will win Ohio.
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497. Yeah, what time's Paul get in?
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498. Shit. Who do we talk to
about polling?
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499. I gotta get some internal polling
on the independents and wing nuts.
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500. Do you want me to go?
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501. What's that guy's name
from the Wall Street Journal?
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502. You sound busy. I should go.
Hold on, I'd like to talk to you.
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503. Adler, yeah. Get him on the line.
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504. Nobody. The cleaning lady.
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505. Tell him we're gonna take
the same position we've always said:
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506. The race is a lot closer
than the polling.
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507. No, don't say that. Don't.
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508. Just get him on the line and call me.
I'll take care of it. I'm sorry.
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509. Cleaning lady?
Yeah.
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510. You called me
the cleaning lady.
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511. You're not mad
about that, are you?
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512. No, why would I be mad?
Right.
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513. I spoke with Jack Stearns.
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514. Oh, hey. Look.
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515. I know you're looking
for a reaction, but listen.
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516. We have two great candidates
in a very tight race.
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517. And at the end of the day,
the voters will decide
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518. who best can
represent this party.
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519. But doesn't this kind disruption
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520. take away from what you
wanna be pushing this year?
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521. You're right.
Your dad is an asshole.
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522. I'm gonna tell him you said that.
Heh. Yeah, do that.
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523. You wanted to talk?
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524. I just wanna be clear.
I don't want there to be any confusion.
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525. I'm not gonna tell anybody
about last night.
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526. That'd be great.
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527. You know how people are.
Yeah.
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528. Really wouldn't look good
if you screwed an intern.
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529. It's not like that.
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530. It's not like I got drunk.
I like you.
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531. I just don't want there
to be any expectations.
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532. You don't have to say anything.
All right.
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533. I just don't want you
to think I'm a player.
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534. You are kind of a player, but...
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535. I was being polite.
Bullshit.
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536. You were trying to pick me up.
No, I wasn't.
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537. You were pretty obvious about it.
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538. I was?
Yeah.
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539. I thought I was being subtle.
No, you were pretty forward.
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540. You were pretty forward
asking me to the bar.
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541. Well, been trying to fuck you
for a while.
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542. Wow.
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543. It's kind of slutty of me, huh?
Not at all.
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544. I respect it in some strange way.
Good.
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545. You have no idea how to tie a tie.
No, no, not a clue.
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546. You're very mature.
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547. For a teenager.
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548. When are you coming back?
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549. I'll be at the event a little late.
These cocksuckers, fucking dirty shit.
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550. What happened with Thompson?
Nothing. Prick.
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551. We had him all sewed up,
motherfucker.
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552. How bad is it?
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553. I don't know. I just...
I'm running the numbers, Paul.
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554. All right. I'll...
I'll be there in three hours.
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555. I want hard numbers
and a strategy.
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556. Yeah, I'm on it. I gotta go.
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557. You okay?
Yeah. Trying to figure out our stops.
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558. Think the weather
might determine that.
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559. If we get there.
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560. We're gonna be fine.
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561. We have to do it.
It's the right thing to do.
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562. Nothing bad happens
when you're doing the right thing.
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563. Is this your personal theory?
Because I can shoot holes in it.
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564. Roberto Clemente
on a humanitarian flight.
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565. Well, there's...
There's exceptions to every rule.
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566. So how we doing?
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567. I think we're fine now.
No, the campaign. How we doing?
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568. Oh, great.
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569. Stephen, you're not Paul.
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570. I pay Paul to use the word "great."
I pay you to tell me the truth.
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571. I think that we are solid.
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572. Okay, Paul.
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573. Governor, there's a big difference
between Paul and me.
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574. Paul only believes in winning,
so he'll do or say anything to win.
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575. But you wouldn't.
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576. I'll do or say anything
if I believe in it.
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577. But I have to believe in the cause.
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578. You'll make a lousy consultant
when you're out of this line of work.
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579. Well, I won't be out of this line of
work as long as you're in it, sir.
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580. So at best,
you got eight years.
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581. Then you end up at a nice
consultant firm off Farragut North,
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582. making 750 grand a year,
eating at The Palm,
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583. pimping out ex-senators
to Saudi princes.
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584. Pimping out ex-presidents.
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585. Then I better win.
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586. Yeah.
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587. Now, I've been
married for 11 years.
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588. We have a normal marriage.
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589. Which means when we disagree,
she wins.
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590. What we don't disagree on
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591. is how we're gonna leave
this planet for our daughter.
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592. Are we gonna leave it better off
or worse?
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593. The richest people in this country
don't pay their fair share.
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594. And when they're asked to,
they cry socialism.
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595. They use phrases like
"redistribution of wealth."
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596. Yeah.
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597. That scares everybody,
and they all run and they hide.
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598. For the record,
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599. my campaign is vehemently
against the distribution of wealth
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600. to the richest Americans
by our government.
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601. And I will run on that.
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602. I didn't think it was true,
but I should've told you.
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603. Slow down.
I'm sorry.
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604. I met with Tom Duffy yesterday.
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605. What?
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606. You were on a plane.
He called me and asked if we could meet.
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607. I said, "Why?" He said
it was very important, so I did.
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608. And I should have told you.
Stop. Let me get this straight.
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609. You met with Tom Duffy.
Yeah.
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610. What'd he want, Stephen?
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611. The gist? He wants to hire me.
He wants me to jump ship.
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612. This is really fucking bad.
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613. He told me they had poll numbers
that had Pullman ahead.
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614. We're in big trouble.
He laid out their strategy.
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615. Doing robocalls, traffic jams,
fake lit, and Thompson.
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616. They offered Thompson
secretary of state.
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617. Know how you
fight the war on terror?
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618. You don't need their product.
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619. Their product is oil.
Just don't need it and they go away.
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620. We don't have to bomb anyone.
We don't have to invade anyone.
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621. If this is some kind
of fucking practical... I mean...
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622. My fucking blood pressure's
going through the goddamn roof.
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623. Paul, I'm sorry.
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624. Believe me.
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625. I didn't think it was true.
It doesn't matter what you thought.
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626. It matters what you did,
what you didn't do.
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627. You're right.
If this is true,
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628. I made a fucking ass of myself
and I gave away our game plan.
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629. I honestly believed
you were gonna come back
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630. and tell me we have
Thompson in the bag.
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631. I didn't see the point.
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632. It doesn't make it right, and I'm sorry.
Let me think.
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633. Let me think.
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634. If I'm your president,
the first thing I'd put into motion
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635. is 10 years from
the day I take office,
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636. no new car in America is run
on an internal combustion engine.
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637. We will create hundreds
of thousands of new jobs,
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638. we will start the next
technological revolution,
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639. and we will lead the world again,
like we used to.
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640. Get the governor after
he finishes singing "Kumbaya"
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641. and we give him
everything we know.
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642. Who do you want?
You, me and the governor. That's it.
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643. What's he have after?
He has a fundraiser.
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644. He'll be late.
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645. We tell him if he doesn't
offer Thompson the position,
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646. he's not gonna get the nomination.
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647. Is he gonna go for it?
I don't fucking know, Stephen.
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648. Find us a room.
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649. How real are the numbers?
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650. We lose by 3 or 4 percent.
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651. Who fucking knows, governor?
But we can't take the chance.
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652. What do you think?
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653. We fold up the campaign
in Ohio, take a loss,
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654. blame it on Republicans playing
games, head to North Carolina.
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655. I can't run from Ohio. They'll kill us.
Not if you get Thompson.
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656. I'm not gonna do it. What's he want?
Head of the FDA or something?
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657. Cabinet post.
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658. Yeah, what, labor?
State.
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659. Are you kidding?
I'm gonna give secretary of state
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660. to a guy who wants to cut
the top 10 floors off the U.N.?
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661. When we started, I said
I wasn't gonna make those deals.
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662. If you lose Ohio and they get
Thompson's delegates,
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663. then they get North Carolina,
then they get the lead.
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664. A lead you can't beat.
If we walk from Ohio,
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665. take Thompson,
give him the Cabinet post,
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666. then we take North Carolina,
his state,
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667. then Pennsylvania, your state,
and then it's simple math, Mike.
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668. Take his endorsement
and the race is over.
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669. Paul, I respect you.
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670. I respect your opinion.
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671. I'm never gonna do it.
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672. So I suggest we find a way
for me to win Ohio.
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673. Anything else?
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674. - It's not gonna cut it.
- Every car company.
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675. They've booked every van
for Tuesday.
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676. Fuck. I gotta call you back.
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677. All of them?
All of them.
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678. You're killing me.
Here's what I got so far.
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679. Independents aren't biting,
but the Republicans are.
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680. They're not gonna tell a pollster
they're voting Democratic.
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681. I can't find the goddamn polls.
We can get 100 vans out of Kentucky.
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682. - We don't need the vans.
- That's not what I'm saying.
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683. - We don't want Pullman to have vans.
- We were the underdog before.
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684. We continue to be the underdog.
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685. Well, then... Yeah, we always knew
the numbers were gonna get closer.
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686. We're not lowering
expectations.
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687. I mean, have I ever said to you
that we had Ohio locked?
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688. Give me the courtesy
of printing that in your column.
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689. What are you writing?
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690. The greatest speech ever given
on hydrogen power.
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691. The bar is set awfully high
on that one.
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692. Don't I know it.
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693. I was hit up by Mitchell's wife
for you to show up
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694. at her Daughters of
the American Revolution luncheon.
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695. Who's Mitchell?
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696. Congressman from
the First District?
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697. You might wanna remember that.
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698. Fucking congressman.
Could you imagine doing this every two years?
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699. No, I can't.
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700. Let's just do it one more time.
Mm-hm.
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701. In four more years.
That's it.
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702. It's a deal.
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703. Do you think we'll lose Ohio?
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704. I don't know.
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705. If you took Thompson's delegates,
the race would be over.
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706. Ohio wouldn't matter.
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707. Is Paul working on you?
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708. Stephen.
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709. They are good.
Mm.
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710. Is Thompson so bad?
He's a shit.
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711. Is he worse than Pullman?
Yes, Stephen.
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712. Every time, I draw a line in
the sand, and then I move it.
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713. Fundraisers, union deals,
I wasn't gonna do any of it.
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714. Negative ads.
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715. I can't on this one.
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716. Not Thompson.
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717. Tell Mrs. Mitchell
I'll make her goddamn luncheon.
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718. Let the old ladies
pat me on the head.
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719. You've got great hair.
You too, baby.
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720. - Gay marriage.
- It's a silly argument.
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721. Not to 50 percent of Americans.
Over the age of 50.
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722. That's who votes,
that's who shows up at polls.
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723. That's changing. Hopefully, the way
we frame the argument is as well.
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724. From a religious...?
From a religious to a civil-rights issue.
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725. But one could argue a great
difference between gender and race.
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726. We used to ban interracial marriages.
Women couldn't vote.
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727. I have the guy
from Proctor & Gamble.
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728. Keep an eye on the governor.
Okay.
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729. I gotta know what's going on.
Yeah, yeah, okay.
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730. All right, wait, wait.
She's got a point to make. Go ahead.
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731. The argument is that men and women
can be considered separate but equal.
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732. Races cannot.
How so?
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733. You have separate bathrooms
for men and women,
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734. but it would be illegal to have
separate bathrooms for races.
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735. Now.
Yes, now.
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736. See, we're framing the argument...
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737. - What time is this thing airing?
- Nine o'clock.
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738. How'd we do?
We did good.
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739. Yes, I know, but I tried to
reach him, and I couldn't get through.
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740. Yeah, just e-mail it to me.
Just e-mail it to me.
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741. - Yeah.
- Then I can give it to him.
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742. Oh, good. So attach that
and send it as an e-mail to me.
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743. Yeah, I missed
my opportunity there.
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744. - Now.
- Yes, now.
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745. We're framing the
argument on the idea
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746. that you choose to be gay,
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747. not that you were born that way,
like being born African-American.
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748. If you start the discussion
with the idea
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749. that gay is not a life choice
but is actually part of your DNA,
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750. then gay marriage can and must
only be a civil-rights issue.
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751. That's what I believe.
That's where I stand.
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752. Do you think
your candor is your appeal?
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753. Sorry.
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754. Fuck. It's not you.
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755. Molly?
Hello?
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756. Hey, your phone rang.
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757. Hm?
Your phone rang.
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758. It did?
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759. Who's calling you
at 2:30 in the morning?
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760. I don't know.
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761. Really? Because he asked
for you by name.
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762. You answered it?
I thought it was my phone.
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763. Who is it?
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764. I don't know.
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765. Is it one of those interns
drunk-dialing you?
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766. Now, that never happens.
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767. Let me see the number.
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768. Oh, boy.
Give me my...
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769. No. I'm calling him.
Stop it.
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770. It's not funny.
I'm saying I'm your dad.
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771. It's not funny.
Give me my phone. Hang up.
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772. I have a shotgun.
Stephen, hang up the phone.
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773. Why is the governor calling you
at 2:30 in the morning?
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774. Molly.
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775. Why is the governor
calling you at all?
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776. I'm in trouble.
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777. With the governor?
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778. What's going on?
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779. I was working on the campaign
in Iowa.
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780. There was a party in Ben's room
after the rally.
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781. There was a party with you
and Ben and the governor?
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782. No, he wasn't there.
Where was he?
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783. I took him up a hard copy
of the polling numbers.
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784. After the party?
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785. It was around midnight.
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786. I just stood in the doorway
with him,
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787. just talking for a really long time.
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788. He just reached behind me
and closed the door.
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789. Jesus fucking Christ.
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790. Were you drunk?
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791. Not that drunk.
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792. How many times?
It was just that once.
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793. Just the once?
Just once.
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794. Does anybody know?
No one.
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795. Anybody see you?
No.
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796. How could you know?
I know.
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797. Then why is he calling you
right now?
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798. I called him first.
Copy !req
799. Why?
I didn't know who else to go to.
Copy !req
800. And I needed 900 bucks.
Copy !req
801. For what?
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802. I can't go to my dad.
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803. We're Catholic.
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804. So, what should I do?
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805. Stephen?
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806. What's up?
Copy !req
807. What's our limit on petty cash?
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808. It's probably 500. Why?
I need everything we can get.
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809. Everything okay?
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810. Need help with anything?
Yeah. Don't put it on the books.
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811. That's all.
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812. What should I put it down as?
Don't put it down as anything.
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813. Anything over 100, I gotta put down...
Just do it.
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814. Molly.
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815. Okay.
I'll take it back.
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816. That's all.
Copy !req
817. - Yes, Ida?
- Stevie, off the record...
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818. No, I cannot tell you
what happened in North Carolina.
Copy !req
819. That's not what I wanted
to ask you about.
Copy !req
820. Okay. What?
You met with Duffy.
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821. Who told you that?
A little bird.
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822. Who?
Did you meet with him?
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823. Where are you?
Copy !req
824. I know you met him
with at a bar in Cincy
Copy !req
825. just before the press conference.
Copy !req
826. - Duffy ordered buffalo wings.
- Who said that? Duffy?
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827. Anonymous.
What happened with Duffy?
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828. You're supposed to be my friend.
Why you wanna stick the knife in me?
Copy !req
829. You thought we're friends?
I've given you everything you wanted.
Copy !req
830. Every story, every scoop,
your profile on Paul.
Copy !req
831. You've given me a lot,
but get real.
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832. The only reason you treated me well
was that I work for the Times.
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833. You give me what I want,
I write you better stories.
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834. Why'd you meet with Duffy?
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835. Go fuck yourself.
Okay, I'll make it easier on you.
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836. What happened
at Paul and Thompson's meeting?
Copy !req
837. Keep your voice down.
Do you have any idea what this could do to me?
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838. That's why I'm giving you a choice.
Copy !req
839. I could get fired.
Copy !req
840. So it's not a difficult one, is it?
Copy !req
841. I've gotta file by 3 p.m. tomorrow.
Copy !req
842. You've got till then
to make up your mind.
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843. - You motherfucker.
- Excuse me?
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844. You leaked it.
Leaked what?
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845. Don't bullshit me, Tom.
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846. I have no idea
what you're talking about.
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847. I just spoke to Ida Horowicz.
Yeah?
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848. She's threatening
to release the story.
Copy !req
849. What fucking story?
That we met. That we fucking met.
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850. How did she find out?
Don't play dumb, Tom.
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851. You think I leaked it to her?
Yeah. Who else?
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852. I didn't leak it to her.
I know I didn't, so that leaves you.
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853. Okay. Well, what does
she know?
Copy !req
854. She knows whatever you told her.
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855. I swear to Jesus
I did not leak it to her.
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856. I don't want this out
any more than you.
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857. Well, too late.
What did she tell you?
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858. She knows where we met,
she knows when we met,
Copy !req
859. she knows you had
fucking buffalo wings.
Copy !req
860. She has a source?
Yeah, she has a source.
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861. And you have no idea
who it could be?
Copy !req
862. Yeah, you.
Copy !req
863. Well, for the record, it wasn't me, and
I didn't have fucking buffalo wings.
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864. So it's gotta be someone else.
Copy !req
865. Did you tell anyone?
No. Did you?
Copy !req
866. No.
Did you admit to meeting with me?
Copy !req
867. No.
All right.
Copy !req
868. Then we stonewall her
and she's got nothing.
Copy !req
869. She's gonna take the story to Drudge
or Roll Call or some shit like that.
Copy !req
870. You can't stop her?
Copy !req
871. She's trying to blackmail me.
She wants info about Thompson.
Copy !req
872. Well, then tell her
what she wants to know.
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873. I can't do that.
Copy !req
874. You can't let this get out.
I'm not gonna be blackmailed.
Copy !req
875. You don't have much
choice here, Steve.
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876. If I tell her about Thompson,
I have to tell her he's endorsing you.
Copy !req
877. Then tell her. I can handle it
from my side if I start getting calls.
Copy !req
878. No fucking way.
Copy !req
879. Paul told her we had Thompson.
It's gonna make him look like a fool.
Copy !req
880. He's gonna look like a fool anyway
when Thompson endorses us.
Copy !req
881. I can't do it.
Copy !req
882. You know,
you're on a sinking ship.
Copy !req
883. Tell her what she wants to know
and jump.
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884. Come over to our side.
We can control this thing.
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885. Steve?
I gotta go.
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886. I'm up here.
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887. You scared the shit out of me.
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888. Here.
Copy !req
889. It's almost 1800 bucks.
Copy !req
890. You gotta make the appointment now,
like today, from a pay phone.
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891. I'll take you to the clinic
and pick you up, but no one else.
Copy !req
892. You understand?
Copy !req
893. Yeah.
Copy !req
894. Take the rest of the money
and buy yourself a ticket home.
Copy !req
895. Can't be here.
We can't afford it.
Copy !req
896. Not with everything that's
gonna happen in the next week.
Copy !req
897. And this situation
just can't be here.
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898. You mean I can't be here.
Right.
Copy !req
899. Stephen,
I wouldn't tell anyone.
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900. I hope not.
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901. Then why?
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902. Because you fucked up.
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903. He and I both fucked up.
That's true.
Copy !req
904. But I have a responsibility to him and,
more importantly, to this campaign.
Copy !req
905. I could go to North Carolina
and work.
Copy !req
906. Molly, you gotta wake the fuck up.
This is the big leagues. It's mean.
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907. When you make a mistake,
you lose the right to play.
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908. Make the appointment.
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909. Tell me when
and where we have to go.
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910. Listen to this.
I got the placement in the Times.
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911. Bumped like 600 fucking articles.
Tom Duffy, 2008:
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912. "This is a matchup
between hope vs. fear."
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913. Nine times out of 10, the fear candidate
tends to be most experienced.
Copy !req
914. But in our presidential races,
the least-experienced candidate wins.
Copy !req
915. JFK vs. Nixon. Carter vs. Ford.
Bush vs. Gore.
Copy !req
916. "I like our chances with
the new kid on the block."
Copy !req
917. End quote.
Thomas fucking Duffy.
Copy !req
918. He's gotta be having
a stroke right now.
Copy !req
919. So just call me
when you can leave, okay?
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920. I hate this shit.
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921. I'm gonna come back,
and this is all gonna be over.
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922. Yeah.
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923. Absolutely.
There's no question about it.
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924. Yeah, but we gotta think
broader strokes here.
Copy !req
925. Just rethink everything.
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926. Uh... Well, yeah,
I know how to handle it.
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927. Um, look, Stevie just got here.
Can I call you back in a few minutes?
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928. Okay, bye.
Ahem. The governor.
Copy !req
929. We had a good long talk
on the way back.
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930. He's up to speed
with everything.
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931. How'd he take it?
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932. Better than I thought he would.
Copy !req
933. Still won't take
Thompson's endorsement.
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934. I gotta tell you something
I don't know how to tell you.
Copy !req
935. What's up?
Copy !req
936. Ida knows that I met
with Duffy.
Copy !req
937. I don't know how she knows,
but she knows.
Copy !req
938. And she tried to blackmail me.
Copy !req
939. She's gonna release the story
unless I tell her
Copy !req
940. about your meeting
with Thompson.
Copy !req
941. So it's gonna hit the papers.
Copy !req
942. Probably.
Copy !req
943. And whoever she takes it to is
gonna call me for a statement.
Copy !req
944. If I deny the whole thing but Duffy
admits to it, it's gonna look worse.
Copy !req
945. And if I just say, "No comment,"
they're not gonna let up.
Copy !req
946. I leaked it to Ida.
Copy !req
947. At the event.
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948. I don't understand.
We made a deal.
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949. Paul, they're gonna...
Copy !req
950. They're gonna print that story
in the paper tomorrow.
Copy !req
951. I know.
Copy !req
952. So why'd you do it?
Why would you do that?
Copy !req
953. Why would you do that
to the campaign?
Copy !req
954. The campaign will survive.
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955. Why would you do that to me?
Makes it easier to let you go.
Copy !req
956. What?
Copy !req
957. Why'd you meet with Duffy?
Copy !req
958. I made a mistake.
I made a stupid mistake.
Copy !req
959. No, you didn't make a mistake,
you made a choice.
Copy !req
960. You left a message to call
you back, it was important.
Copy !req
961. When I did,
you told me to forget it.
Copy !req
962. You chose not to tell me.
Why'd you make that choice?
Copy !req
963. Because I didn't think
it was important.
Copy !req
964. Oh, fuck, yes, you did.
Copy !req
965. You went because you were curious.
You felt flattered, you felt special.
Copy !req
966. To think that Duffy wanted
to speak to you instead of me.
Copy !req
967. You thought, "Maybe I can
get something out of this."
Copy !req
968. Because it made you feel big.
Copy !req
969. You know, the first campaign I ran,
it was a tiny little race in Kentucky.
Copy !req
970. State Senate seat,
Copy !req
971. working for some redneck nobody
named Sam McGuthrie.
Copy !req
972. No staff, no money,
no fucking office.
Copy !req
973. Everyone thought
we didn't stand a chance.
Copy !req
974. No way we can compete, right?
About this time,
Copy !req
975. this guy running this campaign
a few districts over
Copy !req
976. gives me a call, and he says,
Copy !req
977. "I really like what you're able to do
for poor old Sam, but he's a goner.
Copy !req
978. Why don't you come work
for me?" What did I do?
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979. Well, Stephen, this is where
you and I are different.
Copy !req
980. I told Sam about the call.
And Sam says to me,
Copy !req
981. "Paul, if you think this other guy's
got a chance at winning"
Copy !req
982. and he can pay you more
Copy !req
983. "and if it's what you need to do,
then I won't get in your way."
Copy !req
984. And I say,
"Sam, you took a chance on me
Copy !req
985. and hired me when I was even more
of a nobody than you are.
Copy !req
986. "I'll be damned if I'm gonna jump ship
just because the shit hits the fan."
Copy !req
987. We lost that race, but when Sam
decided to run for governor,
Copy !req
988. who do you think he called?
Copy !req
989. We won that race, and 20 years later,
I am where I am fucking now.
Copy !req
990. There's only one thing I value
in this world, and that's loyalty.
Copy !req
991. Without it, you're nothing
and you have no one.
Copy !req
992. And in politics,
in fucking politics,
Copy !req
993. it's the only currency
you can count on.
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994. That's why I'm letting you go.
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995. Not because you're not good
enough or I don't like you.
Copy !req
996. But I value trust over skill, and I
don't fucking trust you anymore.
Copy !req
997. It doesn't matter whether you trust me.
It matters whether the governor does.
Copy !req
998. The governor already knows,
Copy !req
999. and he thinks
it's the right thing to do.
Copy !req
1000. He does?
Yeah, and you know what?
Copy !req
1001. If I were you,
I'd get a good night's sleep,
Copy !req
1002. because you're gonna get pounded by
calls from the press in the morning.
Copy !req
1003. - Hey.
- Hey. Where were you today?
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1004. Um, I'm not feeling great today, Ben.
Copy !req
1005. You picked a hell of a day
to call in sick.
Copy !req
1006. Jesus, it was a fucking wild-ass day.
Why? What happened?
Copy !req
1007. Stephen's off the campaign.
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1008. Paul fired him.
Some setup about loyalty.
Copy !req
1009. Stephen may have been
doubling down with Duffy.
Copy !req
1010. I was sitting in the room when
Paul told Stephen he was fired.
Copy !req
1011. Stephen said, "Who's gonna take over?
" And Paul said me.
Copy !req
1012. I know, and I'm like,
"Easy there, soldier."
Copy !req
1013. Stephen goes apeshit,
Paul gives him this speech
Copy !req
1014. and then shits on Stephen
like I've never seen before.
Copy !req
1015. Humiliating shit.
When was this?
Copy !req
1016. Molly, listen to me.
Copy !req
1017. I'm gonna run the campaign
under Paul.
Copy !req
1018. Stephen's going to Duffy.
I just jumped three years ahead.
Copy !req
1019. So starting tomorrow morning,
we go into full damage control.
Copy !req
1020. And I'm telling you,
Stephen's going apeshit.
Copy !req
1021. He said he's taking everybody down
on his way out. Morris, everybody.
Copy !req
1022. Shit. I gotta take this.
Do you need anything?
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1023. No.
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1024. Paul. What's up?
I'm mailing you all those files.
Copy !req
1025. Where's Duffy?
You got an appointment?
Copy !req
1026. Can we have the room
for a minute?
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1027. Okay.
Thank you.
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1028. It's not too bright
walking in here like that, Steve.
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1029. I'm in.
Copy !req
1030. I'm coming to work for you.
A reporter phoned me this afternoon.
Copy !req
1031. Yeah.
I know who leaked it.
Copy !req
1032. Who?
Paul.
Copy !req
1033. You told Paul?
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1034. I told Paul, and he leaked it.
Oh, Steve.
Copy !req
1035. You shouldn't have told him that.
I felt like I should.
Copy !req
1036. Yeah. I've worked with Paul.
He gets paranoid.
Copy !req
1037. Obviously.
So he fired you.
Copy !req
1038. I quit.
No, you're lying to me. Come on.
Copy !req
1039. I quit. I'm gonna
give you everything.
Copy !req
1040. I'm gonna give you Morris,
his whole strategy...
Copy !req
1041. I already have it.
Paul gave it all to Thompson.
Copy !req
1042. What if I had something else?
Copy !req
1043. You would do that
to Morris? To Paul?
Copy !req
1044. Yeah.
Oh, no.
Copy !req
1045. Revenge makes people
unpredictable.
Copy !req
1046. I can't have someone who's
unpredictable, unstable.
Copy !req
1047. I'm not.
If this had been a clean break,
Copy !req
1048. if you had left Morris
before the story broke,
Copy !req
1049. that, we could control.
Copy !req
1050. But like this?
Copy !req
1051. Paul fires you, and then you
wanna come work for me?
Copy !req
1052. It makes me look like
I'm picking up scraps.
Copy !req
1053. It puts Morris in the driver's seat.
I can't have that.
Copy !req
1054. What if I had something big?
Like what?
Copy !req
1055. Something big.
Copy !req
1056. Something that'll put
Morris down.
Copy !req
1057. What is it?
Copy !req
1058. Give me the job.
Copy !req
1059. No, that's not gonna happen.
I'm sorry.
Copy !req
1060. Go take a nice long vacation.
You're a smart guy.
Copy !req
1061. Everything that I said
the other day is absolutely true.
Copy !req
1062. But, you know,
maybe politics isn't for you.
Copy !req
1063. Politics is my life.
Copy !req
1064. You know what? Do yourself a favor.
Get out now, while you still can.
Copy !req
1065. Go into entertainment
or business.
Copy !req
1066. Go open a fucking restaurant
in Costa Rica. Anything.
Copy !req
1067. Do something that's gonna
make you happy, okay?
Copy !req
1068. You stay in this business,
you're gonna get jaded.
Copy !req
1069. Like you.
Yeah, just like me.
Copy !req
1070. You knew I was gonna
fucking tell Paul, didn't you?
Copy !req
1071. No, I didn't know.
I thought you might, but I didn't know.
Copy !req
1072. You knew I was gonna tell him,
and you knew he was gonna fire me.
Copy !req
1073. That's the thing about Paul.
He's big on loyalty.
Copy !req
1074. Yeah, I know.
I just got a big speech on it.
Copy !req
1075. You were never gonna hire me.
Copy !req
1076. Put yourself in my shoes,
Steve.
Copy !req
1077. Your opponent has the best media mind
in the country working for his team.
Copy !req
1078. What are you gonna do?
Copy !req
1079. You're either gonna hire him,
or you're gonna work it
Copy !req
1080. so if you can't have him,
the other team can't either.
Copy !req
1081. This is a win-win situation for me.
Copy !req
1082. You come work for me, great.
Paul doesn't have you.
Copy !req
1083. Then again, Paul fires you,
I don't want you, fine.
Copy !req
1084. Paul still doesn't have you.
Copy !req
1085. Either way, I win.
Copy !req
1086. And the moment I got you
to sit down in that chair...
Copy !req
1087. I knew I'd won.
This is...
Copy !req
1088. It's my life
that you're talking about.
Copy !req
1089. It doesn't make me happy doing this.
Don't think it gives me any pleasure.
Copy !req
1090. No, I'm sorry for you.
I really am.
Copy !req
1091. Take care of yourself.
Copy !req
1092. The third floor. I'm coming to you.
Copy !req
1093. Nothing.
Copy !req
1094. No. No, ma'am.
She's not breathing.
Copy !req
1095. I don't know.
Fifteen minutes.
Copy !req
1096. Do you know her?
Copy !req
1097. She's gone.
Copy !req
1098. I'm sorry, what?
Copy !req
1099. Oh, yes, now,
I can hear them now.
Copy !req
1100. We're on the third floor.
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1101. Yes.
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1102. Yes, ma'am.
Copy !req
1103. Yes, ma'am.
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1104. Yes, ma'am.
Copy !req
1105. Um...
Copy !req
1106. Where are you?
It's, uh... It's 4-something.
Copy !req
1107. They're gonna close up
in a few minutes.
Copy !req
1108. Stephen, it's Ben.
Listen, what the fuck?
Copy !req
1109. Jesus. What are you gonna do?
Copy !req
1110. Stephen, um, I just heard from Ben.
Copy !req
1111. Please don't do anything
fucked up.
Copy !req
1112. Goddamn it, you motherfucker,
pick up the phone.
Copy !req
1113. Don't do this.
Copy !req
1114. I'm not going away.
Copy !req
1115. The coroner stated that based
on evidence found in that hotel room,
Copy !req
1116. this was an accidental overdose,
Copy !req
1117. a lethal cocktail
of alcohol and drugs.
Copy !req
1118. Police Chief Darryl Matthews
has called for a full investigation
Copy !req
1119. pending a toxicology report,
which could take up to two weeks.
Copy !req
1120. Just a terrible, terrible situation
Copy !req
1121. for the former senator,
now-DNC chairman Jack Stearns
Copy !req
1122. and his family.
Copy !req
1123. I want on the ticket.
Copy !req
1124. You need me on that ticket,
and you could use my delegates.
Copy !req
1125. And you need them
before Tuesday.
Copy !req
1126. Make a fine story on
the Sunday-morning news cycle.
Copy !req
1127. So I expect to hear from you
by noon tomorrow
Copy !req
1128. or I endorse Pullman
and take that Cabinet seat.
Copy !req
1129. Anything else you wanna
talk about, Stephen?
Copy !req
1130. The entire staff is...
We're in a state of shock.
Copy !req
1131. We send our condolences to Jack and
Joanna Stearns and their family.
Copy !req
1132. Of course,
our hearts go out to them.
Copy !req
1133. It's hard to imagine
what they must be going through.
Copy !req
1134. What we know right now is that
it appears to have been a drug...
Copy !req
1135. An accidental
prescription overdose.
Copy !req
1136. - Ida?
- Is suicide ruled out?
Copy !req
1137. We have no reason to believe...
Copy !req
1138. I don't think we have that information,
but there will be a full investigation.
Copy !req
1139. We just wanted to say
that our hearts go out,
Copy !req
1140. our prayers go out,
to the entire family.
Copy !req
1141. She really is...
She was part of our family.
Copy !req
1142. Yeah.
Did you know her well?
Copy !req
1143. Not well, but I did know her.
Copy !req
1144. And what I saw was
a hard-working young woman
Copy !req
1145. with a great spirit.
Copy !req
1146. It's just a sad day
for the campaign.
Copy !req
1147. And it's a sad day for
those of us who know Jack.
Copy !req
1148. Governor, how long
has she interned for you?
Copy !req
1149. Uh... You wanna...?
Yeah.
Copy !req
1150. She had only been on the road
with us for a few weeks.
Copy !req
1151. Maybe four weeks,
I think. I can check.
Copy !req
1152. Will you be continuing
with your schedule today?
Copy !req
1153. Yes, we will most
certainly stay on schedule.
Copy !req
1154. Seems like you have something
you wanna talk to me about.
Copy !req
1155. Does it seem that way?
Copy !req
1156. If you have something
you wanna get off your chest,
Copy !req
1157. then why don't you?
Copy !req
1158. How about I do the talking
and you do the listening?
Copy !req
1159. Okay.
Copy !req
1160. As of tomorrow, there's gonna be
a few changes to your campaign.
Copy !req
1161. Paul's out. I'm your
senior campaign manager.
Copy !req
1162. I'll draft a statement.
Copy !req
1163. "The campaign got to a point
where we needed to make changes."
Copy !req
1164. You can put your own words in there.
Why would I do that?
Copy !req
1165. Because you wanna win.
Copy !req
1166. Because you broke
the only rule in politics.
Copy !req
1167. You wanna be president?
Copy !req
1168. You can start a war,
you can lie, you can cheat,
Copy !req
1169. you can bankrupt the country,
but you can't fuck the interns.
Copy !req
1170. They'll get you for that.
Copy !req
1171. What do you think
you have, Stephen?
Copy !req
1172. Troubled young girl tells you a story.
Troubled young pregnant girl.
Copy !req
1173. That what she told you?
who needed cash for an abortion.
Copy !req
1174. You give her money?
Copy !req
1175. Maybe she needed cash and you
were the perfect guy to hit up.
Copy !req
1176. Is that your best play?
You need a job that bad?
Copy !req
1177. You come in here with your dick in your hand?
You got nothing.
Copy !req
1178. Then how did I get in here?
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1179. You're right, Mike, there's nothing.
No voice messages, no texts,
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1180. no e-mails, no pictures,
no tape.
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1181. And yet I'm standing right here.
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1182. Yeah, well, go home.
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1183. She left a note.
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1184. How would you know that?
I was cleaning up your mess.
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1185. I took her phone,
and I found a note.
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1186. I thought it was an accident.
I don't know.
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1187. You're gonna have to tell me.
You're the last person she called.
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1188. Note says she's pregnant,
got an abortion,
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1189. and doesn't wanna hurt you.
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1190. Then why would she leave a note
that could only do that?
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1191. Because she's 20.
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1192. What do you want?
Paul's gone. Today.
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1193. I set a meeting with Thompson.
You promise him the ticket.
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1194. You get 356 pledged delegates,
you get North Carolina,
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1195. you take office,
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1196. and make right what
so many people have made wrong.
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1197. All the things we both believe in.
I don't believe in extortion.
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1198. I don't believe in tying myself
to you for eight years.
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1199. Four years.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
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1200. Huh.
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1201. What were you doing
in her room?
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1202. Housekeeping
before you made Page 1.
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1203. You were fired, you were out.
What were you doing in her room?
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1204. I was fixing a situation.
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1205. Someone from the hotel
thought I could help and called.
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1206. So you were off the campaign,
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1207. but you thought it was important
to fix things?
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1208. It was your voice
the other night on the phone.
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1209. You were fucking her.
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1210. What'd you do, Stephen?
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1211. I lent her money and gave her a ride.
I bet you did.
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1212. There's no note.
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1213. Okay, there's no note.
Show it to me.
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1214. You think I brought it here?
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1215. That's how people get hurt.
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1216. Okay, let's play this out.
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1217. You're not wearing a wire, because
everything you suggested is illegal.
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1218. And you wouldn't fare too well
in federal prison.
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1219. You were fucking her, and she
told you about her situation.
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1220. There are no records
or conversations between us,
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1221. and since she's had an abortion,
there's no DNA evidence.
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1222. So if there's no note...
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1223. then it's your word
against mine.
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1224. Your word.
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1225. A fired, disgruntled employee.
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1226. Or a sitting governor.
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1227. There's no note.
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1228. It's your call, governor.
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1229. Paul, you got a minute?
Yeah.
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1230. How much
could a shake-up like this,
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1231. days before the Ohio primary,
hurt a campaign?
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1232. I asked Paul Zara how his firing
could help the candidate.
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1233. The governor and I felt that
in light of these changing numbers
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1234. that it was best to put
a new face on the campaign.
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1235. Stephen is very talented,
uh, very smart.
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1236. You always hear people talk
about events out of sequence,
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1237. the order of things.
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1238. There is no greater grief
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1239. than a parent
laying their child to rest.
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1240. She was a little girl trying to make it
in a very grown-up world.
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1241. A world where every mistake
is magnified.
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1242. And she was smart and pretty
and so, so young.
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1243. Father, you ask us
to accept God's plan,
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1244. to not question his judgment.
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1245. With all due respect,
I don't accept this judgment.
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1246. She made the world better.
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1247. Not just for me,
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1248. but for everyone she touched.
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1249. You should hire Jack
for a speechwriter.
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1250. I'll keep it in mind.
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1251. You come here to see me?
No. Friends of the family.
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1252. Got her the internship.
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1253. I've known her since she was born.
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1254. I'm sorry.
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1255. Governor couldn't make the flight?
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1256. He's meeting with Thompson.
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1257. Look at you.
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1258. All grown up with tits and all.
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1259. I learned from the best.
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1260. Well, one day we'll grab a beer,
and you can tell me
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1261. what you had on the governor
that put me out.
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1262. How do you know I didn't
have something on you?
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1263. Well, you better get going.
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1264. You have a campaign to run,
I've got offices to look at.
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1265. Farragut North?
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1266. Nice consultant firm
right off of K Street.
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1267. Million a year.
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1268. No one to fuck you over.
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1269. Sounds relaxing.
Doesn't it?
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1270. The right man to
lead this great nation of ours
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1271. in these challenging times,
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1272. and the next president of
the United States of America,
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1273. Governor Mike Morris.
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1274. We like Mike!
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1275. And let me ask.
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1276. That all of us stand shoulder
to shoulder, arm in arm,
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1277. in a united Democratic Party.
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1278. So I strongly urge
the 356 loyal delegates
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1279. that I have carried
as a badge of honor
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1280. throw their support
to the governor.
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1281. Let's put this primary behind us
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1282. and get on with the business
of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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1283. Thank you, God bless you,
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1284. and God bless
the United States of America.
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1285. Governor Mike Morris,
ladies and gentlemen.
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1286. Senator Thompson, thank you.
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1287. All right, Mr. President!
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1288. Well, the polls aren't quite
closed, but I congratulate Senator Pullman
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1289. and his Republican constituents
on their win here in Ohio.
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1290. Senator Thompson, I am honored
to stand here with you today.
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1291. And I am humbled by your kind words.
Thank you.
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1292. Today marks the beginning of
a fight between two sets of ideals.
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1293. Either we're gonna move forward,
or we're going to live in the past.
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1294. Either we're going to lead
the world in technology
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1295. or we are going to bury
our heads in the sand.
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1296. The sands of Saudi Arabia,
the sands of Iraq.
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1297. Either we're going to let
greed and corruption
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1298. ruin our industries
and our shorelines
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1299. or we are going to take back
our country.
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1300. We are not a nation
used to coming in second
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1301. or third.
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1302. No, it's not decisive.
We still have several contests to go.
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1303. Those states are gonna
wanna have their say.
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1304. It looks like we're gonna win Ohio.
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1305. You must concede, sir,
that these 356 delegates
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1306. put the pledged delegates
out of reach.
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1307. The superdelegates are breaking
3 to 1 for Morris...
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1308. We still have several contests to
go, and Ohio was a big win for us.
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1309. Then do you have the funds?
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1310. Of course we have the funds.
We get new donations daily.
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1311. Hey, Ben?
Yep?
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1312. I was told to talk to you.
I'm supposed to get a phone.
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1313. And you are...?
Jill Morris.
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1314. No relation.
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1315. You a Bearcat, Jill Morris?
No, I'm from Columbus.
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1316. I'm a Buckeye.
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1317. You're making me look bad.
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1318. How so?
I filed the story that said
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1319. you're off the campaign and
Thompson's going to Pullman.
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1320. Can't believe everything
you read.
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1321. Wanna give you an opportunity
to comment on my next story.
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1322. It says you delivered Thompson.
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1323. You got the 356 delegates,
you delivered the nomination.
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1324. All you asked in return
was Paul's job.
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1325. Any chance of you confirming?
No press behind this point.
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1326. I'll read about it in the funny papers.
Come on, Stephen.
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1327. Aren't we friends anymore?
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1328. You're my best friend, Ida.
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1329. Jay, this is Sean in New York.
Can you get him to run a mike check?
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1330. If you could
count to 10 for me.
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1331. One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, 10.
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1332. Good. Okay.
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1333. Senator Thompson, I am proud
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1334. that you have brought integrity
back to this election.
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1335. Because that's what this
integrity.
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1336. Stand by.
Who we are.
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1337. Because how we project ourselves
to the world matters.
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1338. Dignity matters. Integrity matters.
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1339. Our future depends on it.
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1340. Morris! Morris! Morris!
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1341. We have Governor Morris'
senior campaign adviser,
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1342. Stephen Meyers, coming to us
from Xavier University
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1343. where Senator Thompson
has endorsed Governor Morris,
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this primary race.
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1345. Stephen, can you give us
some insight
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unfolded?
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