1 00:02:09,197 --> 00:02:11,791 I bet you've been gettin' a lot of, uh... 2 00:02:11,866 --> 00:02:17,031 Churchills, probably Mandela. 3 00:02:18,206 --> 00:02:20,140 Some de Gaulles. 4 00:02:22,043 --> 00:02:25,877 I'd have to go with, uh... Anwar Sadat. 5 00:02:25,947 --> 00:02:28,541 Anwar Sadat? 6 00:02:28,616 --> 00:02:30,584 - The former Egyptian president. - Right. 7 00:02:30,651 --> 00:02:33,347 No, no. Two years at the paper, I never heard that one. 8 00:02:33,421 --> 00:02:39,291 I'd have to say Sadat. Talk about standing up to political and popular pressure. 9 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,295 I'd like to think that I had those kind of balls. 10 00:02:42,363 --> 00:02:45,127 There's a guy who did not die in vain. He died for peace. 11 00:02:45,199 --> 00:02:47,133 Any ideas you'd die for, Governor? 12 00:02:47,201 --> 00:02:51,262 Obviously I'd die for this country. 13 00:02:51,339 --> 00:02:53,626 I served, you know, not in Vietnam but Desert Storm. 14 00:02:53,650 --> 00:02:54,900 Right. The Bronze Star. 15 00:02:54,976 --> 00:02:57,416 There wasn't a lot of shit to get into there, but I was in it. 16 00:02:57,478 --> 00:03:00,845 What I meant was, would you take a bullet... 17 00:03:00,915 --> 00:03:05,682 to advance abortion rights, flat taxes, things you've been behind for years? 18 00:03:05,753 --> 00:03:09,382 I'd like to think that I'd die for civil rights. 19 00:03:09,457 --> 00:03:11,925 Jesus! 20 00:03:16,297 --> 00:03:19,824 Jesus Christ! What the... Governor! Governor! 21 00:03:19,901 --> 00:03:22,529 Governor Hathaway! 22 00:03:22,603 --> 00:03:26,164 Christ! What the... Governor! Governor! Jesus! 23 00:03:37,418 --> 00:03:40,387 Yes! No... A car... 24 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:54,393 I'm under a br... 25 00:04:11,786 --> 00:04:15,415 Somebody's obviously in the car. The governor is in the water. 26 00:04:20,728 --> 00:04:23,162 Yes, Governor Hathaway is in the water. 27 00:04:25,533 --> 00:04:27,467 You gotta send somebody out... 28 00:04:34,709 --> 00:04:37,872 No, no, I want to see the car come out of the water. 29 00:04:37,945 --> 00:04:39,879 - Back it up. - Rewind! 30 00:04:42,550 --> 00:04:45,678 - You okay? - I don't know about this, Fiona. 31 00:04:45,753 --> 00:04:47,812 Governor, excuse me. 32 00:04:47,889 --> 00:04:51,586 Bottom line. You put your ass on the line out there. This guy from the Post... 33 00:04:51,659 --> 00:04:53,786 Paul Smith is his name. 34 00:04:53,861 --> 00:04:57,262 He's describing what you did as if you should get the Medal of Honor. 35 00:04:57,331 --> 00:05:01,427 That isn't the reality, is it? She died. In the end, that's the reality. 36 00:05:01,502 --> 00:05:03,470 There's one reality here, Governor. 37 00:05:03,537 --> 00:05:05,682 The people have given you Reagan-like approval numbers. 38 00:05:05,706 --> 00:05:07,669 Last week were in the 50s, today you were at 82. 39 00:05:07,693 --> 00:05:08,732 Look at it this way. 40 00:05:08,809 --> 00:05:11,334 That girl died. That's a tragedy. 41 00:05:11,412 --> 00:05:14,438 But you did everything you could possibly do to save her. 42 00:05:14,515 --> 00:05:17,951 They couldn't save the Alamo, either, but everyone who died there's a hero. 43 00:05:18,019 --> 00:05:21,053 We're at a commercial. You're almost up, okay? 44 00:05:21,077 --> 00:05:22,080 Okay. 45 00:05:22,156 --> 00:05:24,215 Show your remorse, but don't be broken. 46 00:05:24,292 --> 00:05:27,750 You're a national leader now. Think that way. 47 00:05:27,828 --> 00:05:32,162 - Is Bert on our side? - Absolutely. 48 00:05:32,233 --> 00:05:34,201 - Three, two, one. - This is it. 49 00:05:34,268 --> 00:05:36,236 After this, everything will be on our side. 50 00:05:36,304 --> 00:05:39,330 He has long been considered at the top of President Evans's list... 51 00:05:39,407 --> 00:05:43,844 to fill the vacancy left by the death of the vice president three weeks ago. 52 00:05:43,911 --> 00:05:49,679 But after the heroics that have become the stuff of national legend... 53 00:05:49,750 --> 00:05:53,686 Governor Hathaway has become the nation's choice... 54 00:05:53,754 --> 00:05:57,281 to take on the post of the heir-apparent to the presidency. 55 00:05:57,358 --> 00:06:00,259 - Governor, thank you for joining us. - Thank you, Bert. 56 00:06:00,328 --> 00:06:05,925 That's a nasty bit of business, what happened on that river. Nasty. 57 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:11,734 It's a damn shame you were the unlucky bastard in that spot. 58 00:06:11,806 --> 00:06:15,497 Six and a half years in the White House, press still hasn't gotten wind 59 00:06:15,521 --> 00:06:16,743 of these bastards. 60 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,941 Yeah, pretty, uh... 61 00:06:21,015 --> 00:06:23,882 pretty heroic, what you tried. 62 00:06:26,787 --> 00:06:30,883 Just like everybody's been saying, very, uh... 63 00:06:30,958 --> 00:06:34,485 - Pure Audie Murphy. - Thank you, sir. I only wish... 64 00:06:34,562 --> 00:06:36,962 If it was me, I don't know if I would've dove in there. 65 00:06:37,031 --> 00:06:40,489 Might have. But honestly, I don't know. 66 00:06:41,836 --> 00:06:45,397 Well... 67 00:06:45,473 --> 00:06:50,103 At least for once, the press is turning one of us into a hero. 68 00:06:53,314 --> 00:06:56,010 What was it like? 69 00:06:56,083 --> 00:06:59,018 It was... It was cold. 70 00:06:59,086 --> 00:07:03,614 Oh, sure, this time of year. You were risking your life saving that woman. 71 00:07:03,691 --> 00:07:06,065 The cold alone could've snapped you like a twig. 72 00:07:06,089 --> 00:07:07,752 It was dark under the water. 73 00:07:07,828 --> 00:07:11,127 The headlights were on. So were the interior lights. 74 00:07:12,733 --> 00:07:15,201 I could see her face. 75 00:07:15,269 --> 00:07:19,069 She was very pretty. Young. 76 00:07:19,140 --> 00:07:21,404 - She was terrified. - Wow. 77 00:07:21,475 --> 00:07:24,000 It was like she was being buried alive. 78 00:07:24,078 --> 00:07:26,444 She looked at me. 79 00:07:26,514 --> 00:07:31,076 And then she had this look of helplessness. 80 00:07:31,152 --> 00:07:34,679 I, I tried to pull at the door, but, uh... 81 00:07:34,755 --> 00:07:37,849 I needed air, you know? 82 00:07:37,925 --> 00:07:40,860 I couldn't... 83 00:07:40,928 --> 00:07:45,024 No. By the time I got back down to the car, she was dead. 84 00:07:47,935 --> 00:07:52,269 Her face was frozen in that look. She carried that look of terror... 85 00:07:52,339 --> 00:07:54,273 right into her death. 86 00:07:54,341 --> 00:07:56,832 You did more than most men would. 87 00:07:56,911 --> 00:07:59,607 I wonder. 88 00:08:02,450 --> 00:08:07,888 Look, Jack, it's just not gonna happen. I can't nominate you. 89 00:08:07,955 --> 00:08:11,220 I can't put you up. 90 00:08:11,292 --> 00:08:14,056 We can't have another Chappaquiddick. 91 00:08:14,128 --> 00:08:17,401 I tried to save her. Kennedy ran away, remember? 92 00:08:17,425 --> 00:08:18,531 You failed. 93 00:08:18,599 --> 00:08:21,193 Nobody's saying it was your fault, but you failed. 94 00:08:21,268 --> 00:08:24,635 It's a bad beef, Jack. 95 00:08:24,705 --> 00:08:27,265 You're one of the leaders of this party, a rising star... 96 00:08:27,341 --> 00:08:29,741 but you've got a Republican-heavy Judiciary. 97 00:08:29,810 --> 00:08:32,278 They're not gonna give a rat's ass about that. 98 00:08:32,346 --> 00:08:36,646 They're not gonna care about your years of service or what you've done for education. 99 00:08:36,717 --> 00:08:41,814 This would be it. A girl died and... 100 00:08:41,889 --> 00:08:43,374 This administration needs a smooth confirmation. 101 00:08:43,398 --> 00:08:44,119 You let it happen. 102 00:08:44,191 --> 00:08:46,159 We had a rocky time over the crime bill. 103 00:08:46,227 --> 00:08:50,186 Can't have any more obstacles put in front of us. 104 00:08:51,932 --> 00:08:57,131 Well, I appreciate you telling me personally, Mr. President. 105 00:08:57,204 --> 00:08:59,297 I'll, uh... 106 00:08:59,373 --> 00:09:02,069 I'll support whoever you select, of course. 107 00:09:02,143 --> 00:09:04,304 I know that. 108 00:09:04,378 --> 00:09:07,108 You're the future of the Democratic Party... 109 00:09:07,181 --> 00:09:09,649 and you always will be. 110 00:09:11,819 --> 00:09:15,050 Well, there's a boatload of press out there. 111 00:09:15,122 --> 00:09:18,114 I don't think you should avoid them. 112 00:09:20,661 --> 00:09:23,425 Take it easy, Jack. 113 00:09:23,497 --> 00:09:26,125 I don't understand this, Kermit. 114 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,260 Six years ago I was the best man for the job, and I'm still the right guy. 115 00:09:29,336 --> 00:09:31,804 - I have a great relationship with Runyon... - Listen to me. 116 00:09:31,872 --> 00:09:33,539 Isn't there something we can do about this? 117 00:09:33,563 --> 00:09:34,670 Believe me, I've tried. 118 00:09:34,742 --> 00:09:39,543 He's made up his mind. Filling this slot may well be his swan song. 119 00:09:39,613 --> 00:09:42,377 Wants to be careful with it. Let's not push it. 120 00:09:42,449 --> 00:09:44,576 Why not keep in his good graces? 121 00:09:44,652 --> 00:09:47,553 You're a good man, Jack. Want to see the governor out? 122 00:09:47,621 --> 00:09:50,613 - Jerry, you want to come in? - Yes, sir. 123 00:09:52,993 --> 00:09:55,587 Mr. President, Jerry's here. 124 00:09:55,663 --> 00:09:59,963 That was as rough as it comes. Never seen anybody look so defeated. 125 00:10:00,034 --> 00:10:02,628 - Yeah, poor son of a bitch. - Mr. President? 126 00:10:02,703 --> 00:10:05,763 Saw the governor out there. Looks like he had the shit kicked out of him. 127 00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:09,468 If I have any more caffeine, I'll be voting for the flat tax. 128 00:10:09,543 --> 00:10:12,637 I got this tea from the Greek ambassador. 129 00:10:12,713 --> 00:10:16,877 Go on, sit. Never thought of Greece as a tea-producing country... 130 00:10:16,951 --> 00:10:21,320 but, Jesus Christ, if this isn't the tea to end all teas. 131 00:10:22,656 --> 00:10:27,958 Well, looks like Jack Hathaway's had a shitty week. 132 00:10:28,028 --> 00:10:32,226 So Hathaway, he's out? That's solid? 133 00:10:32,299 --> 00:10:35,359 That leaves us with Malloy or Hanson. 134 00:10:35,436 --> 00:10:38,564 It's gotta be Hanson. Malloy's out. 135 00:10:38,639 --> 00:10:41,972 - Now, Mr. President, I think you know... - It's Hanson. 136 00:10:42,042 --> 00:10:45,317 You know how I feel. Hanson may have turncoated our way, 137 00:10:45,341 --> 00:10:47,002 but a turncoat's a turncoat. 138 00:10:47,081 --> 00:10:51,279 We've had a vacancy for three weeks. The nation's moved from mourning to anxiety. 139 00:10:51,352 --> 00:10:56,449 I need a vice president. And I need a person who's gonna reflect my politics. 140 00:10:56,523 --> 00:10:58,113 Fill it with Frank Malloy. 141 00:10:58,137 --> 00:11:01,392 No, no. Malloy's got an inflammation of ambition. 142 00:11:01,462 --> 00:11:03,731 He won't be doing his job. He'll be preparing 143 00:11:03,755 --> 00:11:06,024 to do mine. He's not even my second choice. 144 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:08,620 If it doesn't work with Hanson, we're gonna go back to Hathaway. 145 00:11:08,669 --> 00:11:14,164 - Do you think Hanson's a team player? - Senator Hanson is gonna work. 146 00:11:14,241 --> 00:11:18,769 And it's the job of you two to make sure that confirmation gets through. 147 00:11:18,846 --> 00:11:23,010 - I need to know I can count on you. - Of course you can. 148 00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:27,514 The president and I discussed several issues, including the vice presidency. 149 00:11:27,588 --> 00:11:33,254 - Did the president offer you the position? - I asked him to withdraw my name. 150 00:11:33,327 --> 00:11:36,819 Don't answer it, please. 151 00:11:36,897 --> 00:11:40,663 I gotta get it. It's the red line. 152 00:11:40,734 --> 00:11:44,500 No, no, no, no. 153 00:11:44,571 --> 00:11:48,473 Hanson here. 154 00:11:48,542 --> 00:11:50,942 Yeah, of course I'll hold. 155 00:11:51,011 --> 00:11:53,502 Shh. Quiet. 156 00:11:53,580 --> 00:11:58,540 Hello, sir! I'm great, sir, thank you. Yes. 157 00:11:58,619 --> 00:12:01,063 As a matter of fact, we're watching him on C-SPAN now. 158 00:12:01,087 --> 00:12:02,419 No names were discussed. 159 00:12:02,489 --> 00:12:06,892 Yes, she is. One second, sir. 160 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,360 It's the president. He wants to talk to you. 161 00:12:09,430 --> 00:12:13,332 You wanna speak to him? 162 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,302 Hello, sir. This is Senator Hanson speaking. 163 00:12:24,712 --> 00:12:26,907 Oh, Christ. 164 00:12:31,352 --> 00:12:36,790 That's what the prick said to you? "We can't have another Chappaquiddick." 165 00:12:36,857 --> 00:12:38,835 No, not Evans. Newman said the thing about Chappaquiddick. 166 00:12:38,859 --> 00:12:41,293 What the fuck is that supposed to mean? 167 00:12:41,362 --> 00:12:43,796 That doesn't even make any sense, Jack. 168 00:12:43,864 --> 00:12:45,798 You weren't some drunk who drove your car... 169 00:12:45,866 --> 00:12:48,630 off a bridge and abandoned the whore you were fucking to die. 170 00:12:48,702 --> 00:12:51,000 That's what I told them. Not in those words. 171 00:12:51,071 --> 00:12:55,371 This is the second time they fucked us over. 172 00:12:55,442 --> 00:12:57,672 - Did he say who he was going with? - No. 173 00:12:57,745 --> 00:13:00,075 It's gonna be Malloy. Fucking Frank Malloy. 174 00:13:00,099 --> 00:13:01,704 That's what I'm hearing. 175 00:13:01,782 --> 00:13:04,774 Jack, he isn't worthy of... 176 00:13:04,852 --> 00:13:08,344 - This isn't happening to me. - You can go. 177 00:13:08,422 --> 00:13:10,939 You're gonna take it up the ass. Want to bend over and make 178 00:13:10,963 --> 00:13:12,085 their job a little easier? 179 00:13:12,159 --> 00:13:14,457 You understand what's going on here? 180 00:13:14,528 --> 00:13:16,621 This is it. 181 00:13:16,697 --> 00:13:20,599 The whole fucking plan, Jack, everything, was to get to this point. 182 00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:23,158 We have one shot at this, and it's gone! 183 00:13:23,237 --> 00:13:26,744 And you're gonna mope around like some 12-year-old girl 184 00:13:26,768 --> 00:13:28,971 who can't get a date to the dance? 185 00:13:29,042 --> 00:13:31,135 "Frank Malloy, that's what I'm hearing." 186 00:13:31,211 --> 00:13:35,272 - What would you like me to do? - I'd like you to give a shit. 187 00:13:35,349 --> 00:13:40,150 I'd like you to call Shelly Runyon back and get this fucking thing fixed! 188 00:13:40,220 --> 00:13:41,323 Why not? 189 00:13:41,347 --> 00:13:44,680 You've already gone over it. It's done, ancient history. 190 00:13:44,758 --> 00:13:47,056 I don't feel reconciled about it yet. 191 00:13:53,834 --> 00:13:56,530 - I'll think about it. - No, I think it's fine. 192 00:13:56,603 --> 00:14:00,039 Okay, I'm not convinced. 193 00:14:00,107 --> 00:14:02,234 Thanks. 194 00:14:02,309 --> 00:14:04,228 You sure you want to have alcohol on your breath 195 00:14:04,252 --> 00:14:05,801 the first time you meet the president? 196 00:14:05,879 --> 00:14:08,507 - No, you're right. - No offense. Just wondering. 197 00:14:08,582 --> 00:14:11,142 I'm married to the vice president, huh? 198 00:14:11,218 --> 00:14:15,484 Whoa, whoa. I haven't been confirmed yet. I haven't even been asked yet. 199 00:14:15,556 --> 00:14:17,967 You know what we gotta do pronto? We gotta start working Runyon. 200 00:14:17,991 --> 00:14:21,188 - Runyon's gonna be a problem. - Why is Runyon gonna be a problem? 201 00:14:21,261 --> 00:14:24,230 - 'Cause he's head of Judiciary. - But the Senate takes care... 202 00:14:24,298 --> 00:14:26,436 Everything but the vice president. Twenty-fifth amendment 203 00:14:26,460 --> 00:14:27,165 doesn't specify... 204 00:14:27,234 --> 00:14:29,600 who runs the show on that confirmation. 205 00:14:29,670 --> 00:14:33,106 Rumor has it that the House has advise and consent on this one. 206 00:14:33,173 --> 00:14:36,137 Runyon lobbied just hard enough to get his committee the gig. 207 00:14:36,161 --> 00:14:37,439 Yeah, I think he did. 208 00:14:37,511 --> 00:14:40,323 I know his number-two guy, Ted Baker. We went to college together. I'll phone him. 209 00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:41,753 I'll start pummeling him. 210 00:14:41,777 --> 00:14:44,374 No, no, no. Don't say anything to him yet. 211 00:14:44,451 --> 00:14:47,943 - Why? - Let's get it on our own merit for now. 212 00:14:48,021 --> 00:14:50,717 You know what? I'm not gonna argue with you. 213 00:14:50,791 --> 00:14:54,249 Not only are you right, but you're about to meet the president, and you look great. 214 00:14:54,328 --> 00:14:57,627 - Doesn't she look great? - Yeah, she looks great. 215 00:14:57,698 --> 00:14:59,825 What do you think, Stevenson? 216 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:04,269 I'd go for the number six, slightly right of center, sir. 217 00:15:04,338 --> 00:15:06,306 That's what I was thinking. 218 00:15:07,875 --> 00:15:10,537 That's what I was thinking. 219 00:15:10,611 --> 00:15:12,579 How's your average? 220 00:15:12,646 --> 00:15:17,083 - One forty-five last time out, sir. - That's not bad. 221 00:15:24,658 --> 00:15:27,320 No! 222 00:15:27,394 --> 00:15:30,488 That's what I get for my leftist tendencies. 223 00:15:30,564 --> 00:15:33,624 - Senator Hanson and her husband are here. - Bring 'em in. 224 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:35,634 Yes, sir. 225 00:15:35,702 --> 00:15:38,446 I'm gonna need some time with the senator. 226 00:15:38,470 --> 00:15:39,399 Yes, sir. 227 00:15:39,473 --> 00:15:43,102 - Senator! - Mr. President. 228 00:15:43,176 --> 00:15:46,668 - You remember my husband. - Will Hanson. The McMahon campaign. 229 00:15:46,747 --> 00:15:51,047 We tried to steal your husband away. He runs a hell of a campaign. 230 00:15:51,118 --> 00:15:55,782 You gave me nightmare visions of having to return to my law practice. 231 00:15:55,856 --> 00:15:59,223 - Hi. Jackson Evans. - Lewis Hollis. 232 00:15:59,293 --> 00:16:02,126 - What was the first name? - Hollis. 233 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:05,255 - No, Lewis is my first name. - Lewis. Welcome, Lewis. 234 00:16:05,332 --> 00:16:08,733 So, have you guys been down here before? 235 00:16:08,802 --> 00:16:11,100 - No. - Johnson, he, uh... 236 00:16:11,171 --> 00:16:13,139 built it in '65. 237 00:16:13,206 --> 00:16:17,199 Right now some terrorist camp in Libya is being spared a bombing raid... 238 00:16:17,277 --> 00:16:21,611 because I'm obsessed with beating my 150 average. 239 00:16:21,682 --> 00:16:25,948 - You guys bowl? - Once in a while. 240 00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:27,953 What's your average? 241 00:16:28,021 --> 00:16:29,886 - Seventy. - I don't have one. 242 00:16:29,957 --> 00:16:33,222 Hungry? You want some lunch before we speak? 243 00:16:33,293 --> 00:16:35,853 No, thank you, sir. 244 00:16:35,929 --> 00:16:39,695 I saw this movie once where the president... 245 00:16:39,766 --> 00:16:43,293 is just tickled that anything he wants to eat he can get in a moment's notice. 246 00:16:43,370 --> 00:16:46,032 Here. Turns out, it's the perk of the century. 247 00:16:46,106 --> 00:16:48,040 - Otto? - Yes, Mr. President? 248 00:16:48,108 --> 00:16:52,477 Sorry for the late notice. For lunch, could you arrange coq au vin... 249 00:16:52,546 --> 00:16:55,743 with a side of penne? 250 00:16:55,816 --> 00:16:58,148 - Spicy or mild? - Spicy. 251 00:16:58,218 --> 00:17:02,052 And, uh... Oh... 252 00:17:02,122 --> 00:17:05,853 - hazelnut pudding for dessert. - No problem, sir. 253 00:17:05,926 --> 00:17:08,486 One day I'll catch him napping. 254 00:17:08,562 --> 00:17:12,931 - Anyway, how much did we win that one by? - 61 to 33, sir. 255 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,959 It's pretty easy getting over things when you win. 256 00:17:17,037 --> 00:17:20,996 I guess Sudan is where the press will make its first hay. 257 00:17:21,074 --> 00:17:25,408 I think if we announce, the press might have other things on its mind. 258 00:17:25,479 --> 00:17:30,041 But you know, Sheldon Runyon and Jack Hathaway have been friends for years. 259 00:17:30,117 --> 00:17:33,746 And Runyon is going to come after me with all guns blazing. 260 00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:37,285 Senator, why do we have to worry about Shelly Runyon's guns 261 00:17:37,309 --> 00:17:39,156 when I control the atomic bomb? 262 00:17:39,226 --> 00:17:43,356 We'll introduce you to the Cabinet in one hour. I'll make the announcement then. 263 00:17:43,430 --> 00:17:44,427 That's fine, Mr. President. 264 00:17:44,451 --> 00:17:46,456 That's the way Jerry Ford did it with Rockefeller. 265 00:17:46,533 --> 00:17:49,593 I always thought it was pretty damn classy. Have we notified the networks? 266 00:17:49,670 --> 00:17:53,162 Oh, yes. All the pundits are in a guessing feeding frenzy. 267 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,676 Box of Malomars says they've already anointed Malloy. 268 00:17:56,743 --> 00:18:00,770 - You look great, by the way. Just great. - Thank you, sir. 269 00:18:00,847 --> 00:18:05,409 Okay, guys, one hour, the Cabinet Room. 270 00:18:05,485 --> 00:18:07,885 Off to the races! 271 00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:11,617 - Senator, is this what you're gonna wear? - She looks fine. 272 00:18:11,692 --> 00:18:13,956 - No, she does. - You look beautiful, Senator. 273 00:18:14,027 --> 00:18:16,052 - Thank you. - Very becoming. 274 00:18:16,129 --> 00:18:18,063 I think it works. 275 00:18:18,432 --> 00:18:20,195 Let me explain how this is gonna work. 276 00:18:20,267 --> 00:18:22,792 In a minute, POTUS is gonna come in, make an announcement... 277 00:18:22,869 --> 00:18:25,101 introduce you to the vice presidential designate. 278 00:18:25,125 --> 00:18:25,861 Jerry. 279 00:18:25,939 --> 00:18:29,170 We hear the president's decision is Malloy. Can you confirm this? 280 00:18:29,242 --> 00:18:33,110 In ten seconds you're gonna have your answer. So calm down. 281 00:18:33,180 --> 00:18:37,617 All right. Then after he's made... Dave. 282 00:18:37,684 --> 00:18:40,847 I'm gonna give you guys 20 minutes for questions and answers. 283 00:18:40,921 --> 00:18:43,685 So keep them short and, hopefully, sweet. 284 00:18:43,757 --> 00:18:46,191 And you can roll starting now. 285 00:18:46,259 --> 00:18:49,456 I'll introduce him in five... thousand... 286 00:18:49,529 --> 00:18:54,432 four... thousand, three... thousand, two. 287 00:18:54,501 --> 00:18:58,437 Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. 288 00:19:01,842 --> 00:19:05,744 Welcome. Good afternoon. Please. 289 00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:08,703 Thank you for coming here on such short notice. 290 00:19:08,727 --> 00:19:10,545 Laine Hanson, from Ohio. 291 00:19:10,617 --> 00:19:14,519 As I embarked on the task of selecting a vice president... 292 00:19:14,588 --> 00:19:17,352 I was driven by the emotion of wanting to make a choice... 293 00:19:17,424 --> 00:19:21,053 that would've made Troy Ellard, my friend, proud. 294 00:19:21,128 --> 00:19:25,155 Senator Laine Billings Hanson of Ohio is that person. 295 00:19:25,232 --> 00:19:27,325 Sherri, you are first. 296 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:31,003 Ms. Hanson, do you feel being a woman played any type of role 297 00:19:31,027 --> 00:19:32,702 in the president's decision? 298 00:19:32,773 --> 00:19:36,368 Well, I, uh... First I would like to say... 299 00:19:36,443 --> 00:19:40,140 what an honor it is to be here before you in this position. 300 00:19:40,213 --> 00:19:43,110 And I hope to serve up to the standards which President Evans 301 00:19:43,134 --> 00:19:44,673 set for me in that introduction. 302 00:19:44,751 --> 00:19:48,517 Thank you so much, sir. To answer your question... 303 00:19:48,588 --> 00:19:52,752 - First rate, Mrs. Hanson. - Thank you. I learned a lot from Will. 304 00:19:52,826 --> 00:19:55,454 Ah, yes, Will. 305 00:19:55,529 --> 00:19:57,520 You, sir, are gonna have to make yourself scarce. 306 00:19:57,597 --> 00:20:00,573 No, of course. I'll give you your privacy. 307 00:20:00,597 --> 00:20:02,261 No, I mean scarce. 308 00:20:02,335 --> 00:20:04,599 During the confirmation period, I want you out of sight. 309 00:20:04,671 --> 00:20:07,333 - Pardon me? - A wife there behind her husband... 310 00:20:07,407 --> 00:20:09,773 is perceived as supportive. 311 00:20:09,843 --> 00:20:14,940 A husband following around behind his wife is perceived as a puppeteer. 312 00:20:15,015 --> 00:20:17,575 - But I think... - No, honey. I think Mr. Newman's right on. 313 00:20:17,651 --> 00:20:19,585 Let Hollis handle the day-to-day... 314 00:20:19,653 --> 00:20:22,373 - and I'll be the man behind the curtain. - Where do we go from here? 315 00:20:22,422 --> 00:20:26,552 The FBI's gonna have to do an extensive background check. 316 00:20:26,626 --> 00:20:28,628 Director Friend will handle the investigation. 317 00:20:28,652 --> 00:20:30,027 Yes, we made sure of that. 318 00:20:30,096 --> 00:20:33,395 Just about every aspect of your life will be uncovered. 319 00:20:33,466 --> 00:20:36,560 Your bank accounts, your medical reports. 320 00:20:36,636 --> 00:20:37,551 What am I forgetting? 321 00:20:37,575 --> 00:20:39,901 Correspondence to government agencies, speeches... 322 00:20:39,973 --> 00:20:44,410 When Nelson Rockefeller was confirmed, they had over 300 agents working on him. 323 00:20:44,477 --> 00:20:47,742 They had a lot more life and cash to investigate, huh? 324 00:20:47,814 --> 00:20:50,422 We'll do our own background check in case anything falls 325 00:20:50,446 --> 00:20:51,910 through the cracks, to be safe. 326 00:20:51,985 --> 00:20:55,944 At the same time, the House will... Come in. 327 00:20:56,022 --> 00:20:58,582 The House will put together its bipartisan subcommittee... 328 00:20:58,658 --> 00:21:02,890 of the Judiciary to interview you and advise and consent to your nomination. 329 00:21:02,963 --> 00:21:05,295 Shelly Runyon's running the show there. 330 00:21:05,365 --> 00:21:09,324 Cheyenne, Wyoming, you're on with Vice President Designate Laine Hanson. 331 00:21:09,402 --> 00:21:11,768 - Larry, how are you? - I'm fine. Thanks for calling. 332 00:21:11,838 --> 00:21:15,069 I just wanted to say to the senator that... 333 00:21:15,141 --> 00:21:17,268 all of Cheyenne is with her. 334 00:21:17,344 --> 00:21:21,280 We think she's absolutely great for the country and this administration. 335 00:21:21,348 --> 00:21:24,374 - Congratulations. - What's the question, sir? 336 00:21:24,451 --> 00:21:28,410 I wanted to ask the senator, if she could pick one person from history... 337 00:21:28,488 --> 00:21:32,117 to serve as her model for how to behave in office, who would that be? 338 00:21:32,192 --> 00:21:34,922 Good question, Senator. 339 00:21:34,995 --> 00:21:38,931 Hey, guys. Nice to see you. 340 00:21:38,999 --> 00:21:40,733 Sorry to barge in on you. 341 00:21:40,757 --> 00:21:44,096 No, no, no, no. I'm just watching your girl. 342 00:21:44,170 --> 00:21:47,662 - First female prime ministers? - They were great leaders. 343 00:21:47,741 --> 00:21:49,868 Would you put Thatcher in that category? 344 00:21:49,943 --> 00:21:52,275 No, I don't think so. 345 00:21:52,345 --> 00:21:55,285 You know what? I would have to say Thomas Jefferson. 346 00:21:55,309 --> 00:21:56,309 A man? 347 00:21:56,349 --> 00:21:59,250 - She's something, isn't she? - I don't really know her. 348 00:21:59,319 --> 00:22:03,688 We served together a few years ago, and, I guess... 349 00:22:03,757 --> 00:22:06,817 we just ended up in different company. 350 00:22:06,893 --> 00:22:07,857 Take a seat. 351 00:22:07,881 --> 00:22:10,795 Congressman, the president asked us to come down here. 352 00:22:10,864 --> 00:22:14,391 He'd like to let you know he'd appreciate your support in the senator's confirmation. 353 00:22:14,467 --> 00:22:19,734 - Really? - He asked me directly, Shell. 354 00:22:19,806 --> 00:22:22,685 But the president didn't consider it important enough to ask me personally? 355 00:22:22,709 --> 00:22:26,475 You know it's important. It's the old man's swan song. 356 00:22:26,546 --> 00:22:29,140 Putting a woman in office means something to him. 357 00:22:29,215 --> 00:22:31,979 Laine Hanson's the absolute best choice. 358 00:22:32,052 --> 00:22:37,012 You don't believe that. Come on. You're too smart. 359 00:22:37,090 --> 00:22:39,718 Look, I don't mind she's a woman... 360 00:22:39,793 --> 00:22:44,162 but I'm not confirming a woman just because she's a woman. 361 00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:47,222 Laine Hanson has an extra burden. 362 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:50,497 She's has to come on the world stage with perfect credentials. 363 00:22:50,570 --> 00:22:52,815 Margaret Thatcher didn't have perfect credentials. The world respected her. 364 00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:56,155 The world accepted Margaret Thatcher because they knew she had to answer 365 00:22:56,179 --> 00:22:57,276 to Ronald Reagan. 366 00:22:57,344 --> 00:23:01,872 A woman better be pretty damn qualified to have nobody to answer to... 367 00:23:01,948 --> 00:23:06,442 and Laine Hanson is not that. 368 00:23:06,519 --> 00:23:09,283 Look me in the eyes and tell me... 369 00:23:09,356 --> 00:23:14,020 that Laine Hanson is your first choice for the vice presidency. 370 00:23:15,996 --> 00:23:19,523 Laine Hanson is my absolute first choice. 371 00:23:22,168 --> 00:23:24,693 I'd so want you in my poker game. 372 00:23:29,642 --> 00:23:32,202 Country needs a smooth confirmation. 373 00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:34,212 The president needs a smooth confirmation. 374 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,943 The country needs a competent vice president. 375 00:23:38,018 --> 00:23:40,384 Excuse me a minute. 376 00:23:40,453 --> 00:23:44,446 There's only one person in the world that has that phone number. 377 00:23:44,524 --> 00:23:48,654 So who's the second choice? 378 00:23:48,728 --> 00:23:51,390 We haven't really settled on anybody yet. 379 00:23:51,464 --> 00:23:55,491 Tell me, if Laine Hanson were to be hit by a flying car... 380 00:23:55,568 --> 00:23:58,162 who would the president then select? 381 00:24:02,008 --> 00:24:05,307 I think the president still likes Jack Hathaway, Congressman. 382 00:24:11,818 --> 00:24:13,445 You know... 383 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:18,116 Jack Hathaway, there's a good man... for a Democrat. 384 00:24:18,191 --> 00:24:21,888 There's a man I would say would have... 385 00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:24,657 a smooth confirmation. 386 00:24:24,731 --> 00:24:27,325 - Jack Hathaway? - Smooth as a baby's ass. 387 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:31,063 - He's already taken himself out of it, so... - Right. 388 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:33,628 Right! Well, who the hell knows? 389 00:24:33,706 --> 00:24:36,971 Perhaps Lainey will shock the world... 390 00:24:37,043 --> 00:24:39,273 by pulling out her brilliance... 391 00:24:39,345 --> 00:24:42,041 and erudition at the hearings that none of us know she has. 392 00:24:42,115 --> 00:24:44,777 So, Shelly, can we ask for basic fairness? 393 00:24:44,851 --> 00:24:47,978 Fifty-fifty, Democrat and Republican at the hearings? 394 00:24:48,002 --> 00:24:49,379 Of course you can. 395 00:25:00,366 --> 00:25:03,893 Congressman! Congressman! Mr. Runyon. 396 00:25:03,970 --> 00:25:07,098 Just wanted to steal you for a second. I'm Reg Webster. 397 00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:11,542 - Oh, you're one of Stoney's boys? - Uh, no. 398 00:25:11,611 --> 00:25:13,738 You staff or intern? 399 00:25:13,813 --> 00:25:17,249 Actually I'm a representative. Reginald Webster of Delaware. 400 00:25:17,317 --> 00:25:20,775 Oh, fuck me. I'm sorry, Webster. What can I do for you? 401 00:25:20,854 --> 00:25:21,909 I'm running late. 402 00:25:21,933 --> 00:25:25,120 I was hoping I could grab your attention for a second. 403 00:25:25,191 --> 00:25:28,422 - What's the skinny? - Well, uh... 404 00:25:28,495 --> 00:25:29,856 I'm late, Mr. Webster. 405 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,364 I understand a chair's opened up in the committee... 406 00:25:33,433 --> 00:25:35,458 and I'd like to put my name forward. 407 00:25:35,535 --> 00:25:38,265 I believe you'll find me industrious and hardworking. 408 00:25:38,338 --> 00:25:41,705 The Judiciary's for senior members. 409 00:25:41,774 --> 00:25:45,232 Wheeling was in for five terms before we let him in. 410 00:25:45,311 --> 00:25:47,779 My hands are tied. There's nothing I can do. 411 00:25:47,847 --> 00:25:50,407 Shelly, I've been trying to reach you for five days. 412 00:25:50,483 --> 00:25:53,646 - I left you 32 messages. - Well, leave me a 33rd. 413 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,553 - Where you from? - Delaware. 414 00:25:56,623 --> 00:26:00,923 Oh, yeah, you were... You knocked Emory Bettis out. 415 00:26:00,994 --> 00:26:03,622 Emory used to be in the Thursday night game. 416 00:26:03,696 --> 00:26:06,256 He was always good for a few hundred bucks. 417 00:26:06,332 --> 00:26:08,857 I guess he ran his campaign like he played poker. 418 00:26:08,935 --> 00:26:13,099 I take it you have a predisposition. 419 00:26:13,173 --> 00:26:17,439 - About the confirmation, I mean. - No. Actually, I'm 100% objective. 420 00:26:17,510 --> 00:26:19,896 Mmm. Do you have a dictionary, Mr. Webster? 421 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:20,707 Yeah. 422 00:26:20,780 --> 00:26:24,375 Take a Magic Marker, cross out the word "objectivity." 423 00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:29,353 Your constituents want you for your opinions, your philosophy... 424 00:26:29,422 --> 00:26:32,084 for your subjectivity. 425 00:26:37,530 --> 00:26:40,397 Laver has to duck out of the way of that one. 426 00:26:40,466 --> 00:26:44,334 One that Laver can't get. He's still trying to recover. 427 00:26:46,773 --> 00:26:50,140 And he zings another powerful forehand past Laver. 428 00:26:50,210 --> 00:26:52,576 See that, Tim-Tim? Know what we call that? 429 00:26:52,645 --> 00:26:55,133 We call that topspin. You know how we get topspin? 430 00:26:56,049 --> 00:26:59,246 - Yeah? Tell me. - 'Cause Baby Jesus made topspin. 431 00:26:59,319 --> 00:27:01,253 What? 432 00:27:01,321 --> 00:27:03,755 - Baby Jesus gave it topspin. - Jesus? 433 00:27:03,823 --> 00:27:06,451 Ah! Why do you say that? 434 00:27:06,526 --> 00:27:11,156 - Because Baby Jesus made everything. - Yeah? Who told you that? 435 00:27:11,231 --> 00:27:13,699 Miss Moyer in kindergarten, and Mommy says... 436 00:27:13,766 --> 00:27:17,293 - I have to listen Miss Moyer. - Wow, this is news to me. 437 00:27:17,370 --> 00:27:21,773 I gave up my career trying to strike that nonsense out of the public school system. 438 00:27:21,841 --> 00:27:24,139 Maybe I ought to put him in public school, then. 439 00:27:24,210 --> 00:27:26,188 Remember what I told you about moving your grip down... 440 00:27:26,212 --> 00:27:28,772 - and to the left? - Uh-huh. 441 00:27:28,848 --> 00:27:31,160 Go see if Dad's found his bathing suit yet. 442 00:27:31,184 --> 00:27:32,184 Gimme a hug. 443 00:27:34,387 --> 00:27:36,651 Yeah. Thanks, champ. 444 00:27:42,028 --> 00:27:45,759 - They are paid to teach, not... - To preach. 445 00:27:45,832 --> 00:27:49,131 I know, but he's six years old, and he also believes in the tooth fairy... 446 00:27:49,202 --> 00:27:51,897 and that George Washington never told a lie. 447 00:27:51,921 --> 00:27:53,798 Well, it drives me crazy. 448 00:27:53,873 --> 00:27:56,933 - Mary, wanna turn the ball machine off? - Yes, Mr. Governor. 449 00:28:00,780 --> 00:28:02,714 Thanks for seeing me, Dad. 450 00:28:02,782 --> 00:28:05,216 - Why wouldn't I see you? - Partisanship. 451 00:28:05,285 --> 00:28:08,880 I gotta love at least one Democrat. 452 00:28:11,991 --> 00:28:17,588 You know, Dad, I'm getting some reports that you might not be ready to back me. 453 00:28:17,664 --> 00:28:20,155 That you're opposed to my confirmation... 454 00:28:20,233 --> 00:28:22,030 - You've heard quotes? - No, I haven't heard. 455 00:28:22,101 --> 00:28:24,831 Just that we should expect to be reading of your opposition. 456 00:28:24,904 --> 00:28:27,702 Pardon my Swahili, but you're being led a line of pure bullshit. 457 00:28:27,774 --> 00:28:29,413 I haven't said a word. 458 00:28:29,437 --> 00:28:33,178 Maybe it's just that. Maybe you've been quiet. 459 00:28:33,246 --> 00:28:35,942 - I hate the press. - I know, Dad. 460 00:28:36,015 --> 00:28:38,648 When I left the mansion, I swore I would never talk to them. 461 00:28:38,672 --> 00:28:39,542 I remember. 462 00:28:39,619 --> 00:28:42,620 I suppose you're gonna force my hand on this, huh? 463 00:28:42,644 --> 00:28:44,784 You wouldn't have to say much. 464 00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:46,848 - Just a little something. - Okay, okay. 465 00:28:46,926 --> 00:28:50,293 I, uh... 466 00:28:50,363 --> 00:28:52,524 I'll call back Joe Glynn at the Times. 467 00:28:52,598 --> 00:28:55,123 He's okay. He'll write it up well. 468 00:28:55,201 --> 00:28:57,946 I once leaked him some shit about Buchanan. Damn near won him the Pulitzer. 469 00:28:57,970 --> 00:29:00,302 - Thanks, Dad. - Sure. 470 00:29:00,373 --> 00:29:02,307 Thanks. 471 00:29:02,375 --> 00:29:06,004 What would you do, or have done, in my case? 472 00:29:06,079 --> 00:29:10,379 Well, when your president asks you to jump... 473 00:29:10,450 --> 00:29:12,941 it's hard not to jump, that's for sure. 474 00:29:13,019 --> 00:29:15,715 But you remember what Ben Franklin said about the vice presidency. 475 00:29:15,788 --> 00:29:18,552 What did he say? I didn't talk to him this week. 476 00:29:18,624 --> 00:29:23,584 He said he ought to be addressed as "Your Superfluous Excellency." 477 00:29:23,663 --> 00:29:25,363 In the past ten years, I've enjoyed the kind 478 00:29:25,387 --> 00:29:26,996 of power the vice presidency can't offer. 479 00:29:27,066 --> 00:29:29,626 Why would anybody want to give that up? Am I crazy? 480 00:29:29,702 --> 00:29:33,194 Baby, power is where power goes. 481 00:29:33,272 --> 00:29:36,571 - Think you can beat me? - Uh, yeah. Okay. 482 00:29:36,642 --> 00:29:39,509 Hey, Tony! 483 00:29:39,579 --> 00:29:42,047 Foul! 484 00:29:42,115 --> 00:29:45,915 Can't trust those fuckin' people. 485 00:29:45,985 --> 00:29:50,854 Speaking of which, Mr. Webster, it turns out you're a Democrat. 486 00:29:50,923 --> 00:29:54,324 I, uh, wasn't keeping it a secret. 487 00:29:54,394 --> 00:29:58,831 Sad to say, I don't think I can bring you aboard the committee, son. 488 00:29:58,898 --> 00:30:02,664 Ray Spies makes all the decisions regarding the other party. 489 00:30:02,735 --> 00:30:04,862 - It's a courtesy. - But not a requirement. 490 00:30:04,937 --> 00:30:07,667 - It's not, that's true. - If Ray Spies interviewed me... 491 00:30:07,740 --> 00:30:10,231 he'd refuse to put me on the committee even for a minute... 492 00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:12,421 because he'd find out that when it comes to Laine Hanson... 493 00:30:12,445 --> 00:30:14,936 I went to my dictionary and crossed off the word "objectivity." 494 00:30:15,014 --> 00:30:19,713 Are you suggesting Mrs. Hanson may not be your first choice for vice president? 495 00:30:19,786 --> 00:30:22,495 I'm suggesting that Laine Hanson has stricken our party 496 00:30:22,519 --> 00:30:24,018 with policies and attitudes... 497 00:30:24,090 --> 00:30:26,957 that are best served across the aisle from where she came. 498 00:30:27,026 --> 00:30:30,553 I take it, like most members of your party... 499 00:30:30,630 --> 00:30:33,827 your selection would be Governor Hathaway. 500 00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:35,891 Governor Hathaway's a great man. 501 00:30:35,968 --> 00:30:39,665 He's a visionary, a bona fide hero. 502 00:30:39,739 --> 00:30:42,428 But he withdrew his name from consideration. 503 00:30:42,452 --> 00:30:44,073 Minds can be changed. 504 00:30:44,143 --> 00:30:46,956 How much discretion can I count on from you? 505 00:30:46,980 --> 00:30:48,807 A hundred percent, sir. 506 00:30:48,881 --> 00:30:51,160 - Even from your own leadership? - I said a hundred percent. 507 00:30:51,184 --> 00:30:55,917 Good. Good man. Good man. 508 00:30:55,988 --> 00:30:59,719 I think if I make the rounds, do the Sunday morning talk shows... 509 00:30:59,792 --> 00:31:03,125 raise the level of the game a bit, outtalk her on the issues... 510 00:31:03,196 --> 00:31:07,963 Issues? What kind of fucking campaigns are they running in Virginia? 511 00:31:08,034 --> 00:31:11,765 Not the kind I'm used to. Jack, this whole thing with the girl drowning... 512 00:31:11,838 --> 00:31:13,772 It's bullshit! 513 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,087 I was there, Shelly. The president told me himself. 514 00:31:16,111 --> 00:31:17,003 It's an excuse. 515 00:31:17,076 --> 00:31:21,740 Jackson Evans has chosen to make putting a woman in office his swan song. 516 00:31:21,814 --> 00:31:25,443 Laine Hanson is the only reasonable choice in your party. 517 00:31:25,518 --> 00:31:29,079 He's not going with Boxer. She's too liberal. 518 00:31:29,155 --> 00:31:32,056 He's not going with Jones because she's older than he is. 519 00:31:32,124 --> 00:31:35,184 - There's Winslet. - She's not coming off the Supreme Court. 520 00:31:35,261 --> 00:31:39,061 Laine Hanson is attractive. She's a looker. 521 00:31:39,131 --> 00:31:41,083 The mere fact that she was a Republican 522 00:31:41,107 --> 00:31:43,329 means that she can't be too far to the left. 523 00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:45,427 It's a perfect pedigree. 524 00:31:45,505 --> 00:31:49,942 We can't get you in by convincing him you're the right man for the job. 525 00:31:50,009 --> 00:31:54,378 We have to convince him that she's wrong. Once we do that, you're in. 526 00:31:54,447 --> 00:31:57,314 And Toliver, he's as much as told me... 527 00:31:57,383 --> 00:31:59,544 I'm not going for a low blow. It's not my way. 528 00:31:59,619 --> 00:32:01,587 You won't have to. 529 00:32:01,654 --> 00:32:04,623 We have to go after her. We have to make her wade in her own blood. 530 00:32:04,690 --> 00:32:07,591 - Who did you say you were? - I'm Makerowitz. 531 00:32:07,660 --> 00:32:10,424 - Makerowitz. - I'm sorry. That doesn't mean much to me. 532 00:32:10,496 --> 00:32:13,693 - Web got somebody... - A friend of the Hathaway campaign. 533 00:32:13,766 --> 00:32:16,564 Who is footing the not-too-unimpressive bill of Mr. Makerowitz. 534 00:32:16,636 --> 00:32:18,614 Private citizen wants to do their own investigation... 535 00:32:18,638 --> 00:32:23,439 What exactly are you trying to find out? Campaign irregularities, bribes? 536 00:32:23,509 --> 00:32:25,549 - Isn't that the FBI's responsibility? - Yes, it is. 537 00:32:25,611 --> 00:32:28,724 But the FBI would not find anything. All of her money is tied up in blind trusts. 538 00:32:28,748 --> 00:32:33,412 The kind of improprieties you're talking about, I think that only helps her. 539 00:32:33,486 --> 00:32:36,189 Personally, I think the nation would be relieved to know that 540 00:32:36,213 --> 00:32:37,513 just because she's a woman... 541 00:32:37,590 --> 00:32:40,454 it doesn't mean she can't be as ruthless as the rest of us. 542 00:32:40,478 --> 00:32:41,424 Governor? 543 00:32:41,494 --> 00:32:44,759 You ever stabbed a man in the navel? You? 544 00:32:44,830 --> 00:32:47,492 Me? No, I haven't. 545 00:32:47,567 --> 00:32:49,797 Stab a man in the navel, and that's all she wrote. 546 00:32:49,869 --> 00:32:51,864 Bleeding is so swift and severe, it wouldn't matter if Jesus put. 547 00:32:51,888 --> 00:32:52,948 His healing hand on the wound... 548 00:32:52,972 --> 00:32:54,906 the bastard is dead. 549 00:32:54,974 --> 00:32:57,204 We have to gut the bitch in the belly. 550 00:32:57,276 --> 00:32:59,688 We all have to understand, we're going to obliterate her life... 551 00:32:59,712 --> 00:33:03,045 but it will get you the vice presidency. 552 00:33:19,532 --> 00:33:22,023 - Hey, Dog! - Lewis, how you doin'? 553 00:33:22,101 --> 00:33:25,764 Wow, that's a plate of food! 554 00:33:25,838 --> 00:33:28,238 You didn't have to dress up for me. 555 00:33:28,307 --> 00:33:31,708 I had to accompany the senator to the Gridiron Lunch. 556 00:33:31,777 --> 00:33:36,771 If John Q. Public could see the money that the knuckleheads that run this country... 557 00:33:36,849 --> 00:33:39,613 spend on these lunches, there would be a second revolution. 558 00:33:39,685 --> 00:33:45,123 I'm telling you, there is some money spent on these stupid lunches. 559 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,656 - What is this? - It's the reason you're here. 560 00:33:50,730 --> 00:33:53,563 You can't let anybody know where you got this from. 561 00:33:53,633 --> 00:33:56,295 If Runyon found out I gave this to you... 562 00:33:56,369 --> 00:33:59,429 he'd fire me, and I don't want him as an enemy. 563 00:33:59,505 --> 00:34:03,202 That's Lainey Hanson getting gang-banged. 564 00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:05,835 Looks like something out of Hustler. 565 00:34:05,911 --> 00:34:08,641 That's her for sure. 566 00:34:12,585 --> 00:34:18,490 I know it's hard to tell with her... Her face in someone's crotch... 567 00:34:18,557 --> 00:34:21,651 but that's her, man. 568 00:34:21,727 --> 00:34:24,594 Why are you showing me this? 569 00:34:24,664 --> 00:34:27,394 I will not be party to an ambush. 570 00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:32,002 Why are you showing me this, Ted? 571 00:34:33,706 --> 00:34:36,402 Okay. 572 00:34:36,475 --> 00:34:41,208 I want out of Runyon's office. And I thought maybe you could get me on staff... 573 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,249 This is the best you could come up with? This shit? 574 00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:47,012 This is shit. 575 00:34:48,554 --> 00:34:51,751 Read the deposition of the LaVamere lady. 576 00:34:53,492 --> 00:34:56,859 She was putting on a sex show. 577 00:34:56,929 --> 00:34:59,625 - How long did this go on for? - It was hours. 578 00:34:59,699 --> 00:35:01,963 - How many hours? - Three or four. 579 00:35:02,034 --> 00:35:04,468 Which one? Three or four? 580 00:35:04,537 --> 00:35:07,097 Three, I guess. 581 00:35:07,173 --> 00:35:10,540 In her defense, she was drunk. 582 00:35:10,609 --> 00:35:13,669 To be honest, once she finished fucking and sucking those two assholes... 583 00:35:13,746 --> 00:35:17,580 she was carried into another room, and boys were going in and out of there... 584 00:35:17,650 --> 00:35:19,845 but I don't know if she was fucking them. 585 00:35:19,919 --> 00:35:23,411 When she came out, she was covered in cum. It was awful. 586 00:35:23,489 --> 00:35:27,391 Excuse me, Counselor. I, um... 587 00:35:27,460 --> 00:35:29,451 - May I? - Of course. 588 00:35:29,528 --> 00:35:35,398 Just to clarify, why exactly was Mrs. Laine Hanson... 589 00:35:35,468 --> 00:35:39,768 Strike that. Laine Billings involved in this, uh... 590 00:35:39,839 --> 00:35:42,069 appalling and disgusting behavior? 591 00:35:42,141 --> 00:35:44,132 - That's... That's what's important. - Exactly. 592 00:35:44,210 --> 00:35:47,702 Thank you. It's great to see you guys. 593 00:35:47,780 --> 00:35:50,078 There you go. 594 00:35:50,149 --> 00:35:52,947 Thank you so much for your support. Thank you. 595 00:35:54,386 --> 00:35:56,320 Thank you. 596 00:36:02,695 --> 00:36:04,629 - Hey. - Hey, Madam Senator. 597 00:36:04,697 --> 00:36:06,665 - How you doing? - I'm okay. 598 00:36:06,732 --> 00:36:09,895 I wish you'd heard the speech. That line you gave me about... 599 00:36:09,969 --> 00:36:13,029 "If we can put a man on the moon, then why can't we put all men on the moon?" 600 00:36:13,105 --> 00:36:15,073 It was perfect. It really broke the ice. 601 00:36:15,141 --> 00:36:18,633 - Great audience for that, huh? - Yeah, it was great. 602 00:36:20,179 --> 00:36:22,579 What's goin' on? 603 00:36:24,917 --> 00:36:27,647 Well, it looks like Runyon or somebody close to him... 604 00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:30,450 has been running a little private investigation... 605 00:36:30,523 --> 00:36:33,924 looking for stuff that the Feds wouldn't even touch. 606 00:36:33,993 --> 00:36:36,587 - It's, um... - Yeah? 607 00:36:38,731 --> 00:36:40,961 What is it? 608 00:37:04,223 --> 00:37:06,714 What... 609 00:37:27,980 --> 00:37:30,659 - He doesn't know anything about it. - You're asking me to step down? 610 00:37:30,683 --> 00:37:33,709 I'm asking you to do what's in the best interest of the party... 611 00:37:33,786 --> 00:37:36,414 and this president. 612 00:37:36,488 --> 00:37:41,585 Well, I'm sorry. I can't do it, not over this. 613 00:37:41,660 --> 00:37:43,594 He's not going to allow me or himself... 614 00:37:43,662 --> 00:37:46,893 to get shot down over what would've been a private sexual encounter. 615 00:37:46,966 --> 00:37:51,164 - Some swan song for the old man, huh? - It's fuckin' awful. 616 00:37:51,237 --> 00:37:56,106 The senator got a little wild when she was 19. What is the big deal? 617 00:37:56,175 --> 00:37:58,370 Let me explain the big deal to you. 618 00:37:58,444 --> 00:38:01,607 The people of this nation can stomach quite a bit. 619 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:05,135 But one thing they can't stomach is the image of a vice president 620 00:38:05,159 --> 00:38:06,447 with a mouthful of cock. 621 00:38:06,518 --> 00:38:11,478 You don't have to use... Look. Let's use the word "alleged." 622 00:38:11,557 --> 00:38:15,960 They got photos! They got witnesses! They got the "alleged" slut... 623 00:38:16,028 --> 00:38:17,962 Hey! Let me tell you something. 624 00:38:18,030 --> 00:38:20,362 I'm her husband first. I don't tolerate talk like that. 625 00:38:20,432 --> 00:38:24,198 - Will, calm down. - You better get used to it, Will. 626 00:38:24,270 --> 00:38:28,400 Especially when not even your wife will defend herself. 627 00:38:33,279 --> 00:38:37,909 Give me something, Laine. Anything. 628 00:38:37,983 --> 00:38:41,919 Hell, just deny it. Why don't you just deny it? 629 00:38:45,991 --> 00:38:48,926 It is simply beneath my dignity. 630 00:39:05,311 --> 00:39:08,007 Dignity! Right. 631 00:39:09,682 --> 00:39:14,619 We'll just have to make this all not worthwhile for Mr. Runyon. 632 00:39:14,687 --> 00:39:17,417 What have you got on the distinguished gentleman from Illinois? 633 00:39:17,489 --> 00:39:20,117 Some pretty good stuff. 634 00:39:20,192 --> 00:39:23,093 - S.E.C. investigation, 1985. - You got stocks? 635 00:39:23,162 --> 00:39:25,653 I want something embarrassing! 636 00:39:25,731 --> 00:39:29,030 Something sexual! 637 00:39:29,101 --> 00:39:31,194 Little boys, midgets, that sort of thing. 638 00:39:31,270 --> 00:39:34,262 - Cows! I don't give a goddamn! - Come on, Kermit. 639 00:39:34,340 --> 00:39:36,365 If we do that, we're no better than he is. 640 00:39:36,442 --> 00:39:39,536 We are no better than he is. 641 00:39:39,611 --> 00:39:43,069 There's nothing there. He got married when he was 21. 642 00:39:43,148 --> 00:39:45,116 There's no evidence he ever cheated on his wife. 643 00:39:45,184 --> 00:39:48,210 Too bad we're not running in France. We could really nail him on that one. 644 00:39:50,756 --> 00:39:52,883 When do you have your lunch with him? 645 00:39:52,958 --> 00:39:55,722 With Shelly Runyon? I'm not having lunch with him. 646 00:39:55,794 --> 00:39:58,262 Friday, 1:00. It's scheduled tomorrow. 647 00:39:58,330 --> 00:40:00,798 It's automatic. He's committee chairman. 648 00:40:00,866 --> 00:40:03,562 It was set up. S.O.P. 649 00:40:24,256 --> 00:40:26,349 - Laine. - Shelly. 650 00:40:27,926 --> 00:40:31,362 I'm sorry I started. You were late. 651 00:40:31,430 --> 00:40:33,955 - I'm not too late, I hope. - A minute or two. 652 00:40:34,033 --> 00:40:37,491 - Were you tied up with anything? - No, sorry. I'm just late. 653 00:40:37,569 --> 00:40:40,504 - Hi, Clem. You too. - Senator, nice to see you. 654 00:40:40,572 --> 00:40:43,564 - I ordered you the porterhouse. - No, I don't eat meat. 655 00:40:43,642 --> 00:40:46,941 - I'll have the penne. - You should really... Mmm. 656 00:40:47,012 --> 00:40:49,492 Try the steak. Ask Hugo to burn it on the outside. 657 00:40:49,516 --> 00:40:50,516 No, thank you. 658 00:40:50,549 --> 00:40:53,074 I really don't eat meat. I'll just go ahead with the penne. 659 00:40:53,152 --> 00:40:55,712 - Spicy? - Yes, please. Thanks. 660 00:40:58,624 --> 00:41:03,755 So, how are... Will and the boy? 661 00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:05,888 Let's forego the small talk today, Shelly. 662 00:41:05,964 --> 00:41:10,492 - It'll make me feel cheap. - Let the big talk begin. 663 00:41:13,739 --> 00:41:16,264 Have you seen this? 664 00:41:16,341 --> 00:41:19,208 That's my... That's my file on you, Senator. 665 00:41:19,278 --> 00:41:21,712 How did you get it? 666 00:41:21,780 --> 00:41:24,943 Have you read it yet? 667 00:41:25,017 --> 00:41:27,008 How did you get it? 668 00:41:29,388 --> 00:41:32,687 Have you read it? 669 00:41:32,758 --> 00:41:36,819 - What do you have to say for yourself? - With all due respect... 670 00:41:36,895 --> 00:41:38,863 um, Senator... 671 00:41:38,931 --> 00:41:40,978 it doesn't matter what I have to say for myself. 672 00:41:41,002 --> 00:41:41,866 Oh, it doesn't? 673 00:41:41,934 --> 00:41:47,566 It seems to me, Mr. Chairman, all you can claim about me... claim, is that I had sex... 674 00:41:47,639 --> 00:41:49,834 - Deviant sex. - Who says it was deviant? 675 00:41:49,908 --> 00:41:51,842 I do. 676 00:41:51,910 --> 00:41:54,470 And what I say, the people will believe. And you know why? 677 00:41:54,546 --> 00:41:58,539 Because I'll have a very big microphone in front of me. 678 00:42:00,452 --> 00:42:03,114 Wow, you must really hate me, Shelly. 679 00:42:03,188 --> 00:42:07,215 I don't hate you. It's not possible to hate you. You're... 680 00:42:07,292 --> 00:42:10,693 What the hell was it that Reynolds called you the other day? 681 00:42:10,762 --> 00:42:14,129 Groovy. You're a groovy chick. 682 00:42:14,199 --> 00:42:17,965 No, what I, um, do detest is your selfishness. 683 00:42:18,036 --> 00:42:21,437 I have served this nation without regard for personal income for over ten years. 684 00:42:21,507 --> 00:42:26,001 You are selfish because you want to take on a job that positions you to assume... 685 00:42:26,078 --> 00:42:28,342 a mantle of gigantic responsibility... 686 00:42:28,413 --> 00:42:30,847 and you do it full well with the knowledge... 687 00:42:34,119 --> 00:42:36,383 Of what? 688 00:42:36,455 --> 00:42:38,389 What? 689 00:42:39,525 --> 00:42:42,892 Greatness is the orphan of urgency, Laine. 690 00:42:42,961 --> 00:42:46,226 Greatness only emerges when we need it most... 691 00:42:46,298 --> 00:42:50,359 in times of war or calamity. 692 00:42:50,435 --> 00:42:53,871 I can't ask somebody to be a Kennedy or a Lincoln. 693 00:42:53,939 --> 00:42:56,669 They were men created by their times. 694 00:42:56,742 --> 00:43:00,906 What I can ask for is the promise of greatness. 695 00:43:00,979 --> 00:43:04,210 And that, Madam Senator... 696 00:43:04,283 --> 00:43:06,308 you don't have. 697 00:43:09,988 --> 00:43:12,548 Well, then... 698 00:43:12,624 --> 00:43:15,752 I just wouldn't be using sex as leverage... 699 00:43:15,827 --> 00:43:19,228 if I were you, Sheldon. 700 00:43:19,298 --> 00:43:21,960 Because there's one thing you don't want. 701 00:43:22,034 --> 00:43:26,095 It's a woman with her finger on the button who isn't getting laid. 702 00:43:26,171 --> 00:43:30,835 Will that be the argument the senator offers up before the committee? 703 00:43:57,603 --> 00:44:01,562 Sir? Can I get you something to drink? 704 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:03,665 - Uh, no, I'm fine. Thank you. - You sure? 705 00:44:03,742 --> 00:44:06,108 No, great. Thanks a lot. 706 00:44:39,645 --> 00:44:42,011 - Ah, Mr. Webster. - Mr. President. 707 00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:44,014 - Good to see you. - It's an honor, sir. 708 00:44:44,082 --> 00:44:46,092 I've been meaning to have you up here for some time. 709 00:44:46,116 --> 00:44:46,778 Really? 710 00:44:46,852 --> 00:44:52,085 Excuse me. Willie? Thank you, Willie. 711 00:44:52,157 --> 00:44:55,684 Yeah, you betcha. You unseated that old bastard Bettis. 712 00:44:55,761 --> 00:44:58,252 He must've voted against me 70 percent of the time. 713 00:44:58,330 --> 00:45:02,027 You know what this is? That's a shark steak sandwich. 714 00:45:02,100 --> 00:45:04,364 Fucking shark steak. 715 00:45:04,436 --> 00:45:07,633 - You want half? - Uh, no, thank you. 716 00:45:07,706 --> 00:45:12,006 - Are you a vegan? Had lunch? - No. Uh... 717 00:45:12,077 --> 00:45:17,037 So you choose not to break bread with the president of the United States? 718 00:45:18,517 --> 00:45:21,008 Thank you. 719 00:45:21,086 --> 00:45:23,941 When I was in the Senate, Bettis could always be counted to leave 720 00:45:23,965 --> 00:45:25,386 half a grand at the poker table. 721 00:45:25,457 --> 00:45:28,790 Always stayed in, never folded. Always wanted that miracle card. 722 00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:30,623 - That's good, isn't it? - Mm-hmm. 723 00:45:30,696 --> 00:45:33,529 Now, Truman, he was a poker player. 724 00:45:33,598 --> 00:45:36,658 Damn fine one, as I understand it. 725 00:45:36,735 --> 00:45:39,203 Son, I understand you may be making a mess of our plans... 726 00:45:39,271 --> 00:45:41,671 to put Laine Hanson into the vice president mansion. 727 00:45:41,740 --> 00:45:45,301 Right now, sir, I cannot see supporting Laine Hanson. 728 00:45:45,377 --> 00:45:48,608 - How old are you? - Me, I'm 28. 729 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,507 And at that age and experience, you think 730 00:45:51,531 --> 00:45:54,585 you're the one to sit and judge Mrs. Hanson? 731 00:45:54,653 --> 00:45:57,247 Well, that's the whole point, isn't it? 732 00:45:57,322 --> 00:45:59,790 I am, sir. 733 00:46:01,727 --> 00:46:06,596 Mr. Webster, I'm asking you to lay off... 734 00:46:06,665 --> 00:46:08,792 as a personal favor. 735 00:46:08,867 --> 00:46:11,859 It's one thing to break ranks and vote against my candidate... 736 00:46:11,937 --> 00:46:14,599 but to actively attack her from the bench, that's another. 737 00:46:14,673 --> 00:46:17,574 Mr. President, I just don't believe in Laine Hanson... 738 00:46:17,642 --> 00:46:20,076 especially when we have at our disposal Governor Hathaway. 739 00:46:20,145 --> 00:46:22,443 He's a party loyalist and genuine hero. 740 00:46:22,514 --> 00:46:26,883 And I cannot and shall not vote for a candidate simply because she's a woman. 741 00:46:26,952 --> 00:46:30,217 I am nothing if I do not follow my heart, sir. 742 00:46:30,288 --> 00:46:32,779 I envy you. 743 00:46:32,858 --> 00:46:35,349 I do. You know why? 744 00:46:35,427 --> 00:46:40,364 Because someday, years from now, you're gonna come in here with your family... 745 00:46:40,432 --> 00:46:43,697 and you're gonna look up at my painting... 746 00:46:43,769 --> 00:46:46,761 and you'll be able to say to them, your kids and grandkids... 747 00:46:46,838 --> 00:46:50,638 "Way back then I defied my president. 748 00:46:50,709 --> 00:46:55,009 It cost me my reelection, kept me out of politics forever. 749 00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:58,948 I was on the track to maybe one day end up here... 750 00:46:59,017 --> 00:47:02,009 destined to make the kind of changes in this country... 751 00:47:02,087 --> 00:47:05,022 that only great men, given the right time and place, can make... 752 00:47:05,090 --> 00:47:09,550 and I have none of that now, but that's okay... 753 00:47:09,628 --> 00:47:13,962 because I did what was in my heart." 754 00:47:14,032 --> 00:47:18,526 The heart, it can never be wrong, can it, Mr. Webster? 755 00:47:21,006 --> 00:47:25,670 Mmm. Delicious. You got a little... 756 00:47:30,348 --> 00:47:32,646 Hi. 757 00:47:32,717 --> 00:47:34,947 I'm Jack Hathaway. How are you? 758 00:47:35,020 --> 00:47:38,581 Hi, sir. Um... 759 00:47:38,657 --> 00:47:43,026 Ow. I'm Special Agent Willomina. Sure is good of you to meet me. 760 00:47:43,094 --> 00:47:46,188 It's a pleasure. How can I help you? 761 00:47:46,264 --> 00:47:51,600 I know you're busy, so this will be as routine as it gets. 762 00:47:51,670 --> 00:47:54,478 Did my girl offer you coffee or something to drink? 763 00:47:54,502 --> 00:47:55,731 Oh, yes, she did. 764 00:47:55,807 --> 00:47:58,002 She was very nice, your girl. 765 00:47:58,076 --> 00:48:00,135 Yes, she is. She's very nice. 766 00:48:00,212 --> 00:48:04,546 So like I said, I just want to cross a couple of T's, little stuff. 767 00:48:04,616 --> 00:48:08,609 It's all just part of the process. 768 00:48:08,687 --> 00:48:11,952 By the way, sir, I was real impressed with your graciousness... 769 00:48:12,023 --> 00:48:15,390 - on the whole Senator Hanson thing. - Oh? 770 00:48:15,460 --> 00:48:17,758 You know, in supporting her. Real gracious. 771 00:48:17,829 --> 00:48:22,232 Well, as you know, I withdrew my name from consideration. 772 00:48:22,300 --> 00:48:23,961 Right. Right. 773 00:48:24,035 --> 00:48:27,903 And I think she's a real fine choice. Anybody that knows her knows that. 774 00:48:27,973 --> 00:48:31,067 How long have you known her? 775 00:48:31,142 --> 00:48:35,306 - Oh, well, actually, I don't really... - I'm sorry. 776 00:48:35,380 --> 00:48:37,575 When you said, "Anybody that knows her"... 777 00:48:37,649 --> 00:48:40,812 - I know people who know her. - Uh-huh. 778 00:48:40,886 --> 00:48:44,074 I'm happy to give you their names, if you'd like. 779 00:48:44,098 --> 00:48:45,152 Great. 780 00:48:45,223 --> 00:48:49,182 I don't really know her, but I've seen her several times at functions... 781 00:48:49,261 --> 00:48:54,062 and, uh, I think she'll do a real good job. 782 00:48:55,700 --> 00:48:58,134 Sir, can I just say that... 783 00:48:58,203 --> 00:49:01,070 I was really hoping you'd go for the position... 784 00:49:01,139 --> 00:49:03,369 especially after what happened on the Apachaway. 785 00:49:03,441 --> 00:49:05,520 I think people would think, in the back of their minds... 786 00:49:05,544 --> 00:49:09,947 "This here's a guy who takes risks when the right thing's at stake." 787 00:49:10,015 --> 00:49:13,644 - Lifesaver? - No, thanks. 788 00:49:13,718 --> 00:49:17,814 Anyway, some real bad luck, your being right there. 789 00:49:17,889 --> 00:49:20,289 Not if I'd been able to save her. 790 00:49:20,358 --> 00:49:25,022 No, no, in the crabbing area. 791 00:49:25,096 --> 00:49:28,224 It's just that you were fishing for bass, so... 792 00:49:28,300 --> 00:49:31,827 That probably explains why we didn't catch anything. 793 00:49:31,903 --> 00:49:37,341 You fish in the Apachaway a lot, so I thought that you would know that, but... 794 00:49:37,409 --> 00:49:39,502 I don't fish a lot. 795 00:49:39,578 --> 00:49:42,389 I thought your equipment was pretty sophisticated, but... 796 00:49:42,413 --> 00:49:43,639 There's a difference... 797 00:49:43,715 --> 00:49:46,183 between wanting to fish and having time to fish. 798 00:49:46,251 --> 00:49:47,775 Tell me about it. 799 00:49:47,852 --> 00:49:51,318 And he freed the slaves and won the Civil War. 800 00:49:51,342 --> 00:49:52,721 That's right! 801 00:49:52,791 --> 00:49:54,782 He was probably our greatest president. 802 00:49:54,859 --> 00:49:58,556 - Even greater than George Washington? - It's a running debate. 803 00:49:58,630 --> 00:50:01,861 - Laine Hanson. - Oh, Mr. President. 804 00:50:01,933 --> 00:50:04,493 And you must be one Timothy Hanson. 805 00:50:04,569 --> 00:50:08,300 Timothy Muskie Hanson. 806 00:50:08,373 --> 00:50:12,434 Well, Timothy Muskie Hanson, how would you like a great big cookie? Any kind. 807 00:50:12,510 --> 00:50:15,070 - No, thank you. - Any kind at all. 808 00:50:15,146 --> 00:50:16,773 Oatmeal, white chocolate... 809 00:50:16,848 --> 00:50:19,373 Actually, we just had dinner, but thanks. 810 00:50:19,451 --> 00:50:23,114 In that case, shall we have our picture taken, young man? Hmm? 811 00:50:23,188 --> 00:50:27,386 - How do I look? - Your tie's a little crooked. 812 00:50:27,459 --> 00:50:30,951 Well, can't take a picture like that. Will you straighten it for me? 813 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:40,066 Your mommy tells me you know more about the presidents than most grown-ups. 814 00:50:40,138 --> 00:50:43,164 - I like to study them. - Mmm! Me too. 815 00:50:43,241 --> 00:50:45,937 I think we're ready for business, Dennis. 816 00:50:46,011 --> 00:50:49,344 - Sir. - You must be very proud of your mom. 817 00:50:49,414 --> 00:50:53,214 Yeah, being the vice president is better than being the president. 818 00:50:53,284 --> 00:50:55,548 Oh, I'm sure you're right. 819 00:50:55,620 --> 00:50:59,112 'Cause nobody wants to shoot the vice president. 820 00:51:00,692 --> 00:51:04,890 So, you must be feeling pretty excited about now. Please sit. 821 00:51:04,963 --> 00:51:07,761 Well, I think I'm a little nervous. 822 00:51:07,832 --> 00:51:11,097 Well, good! Good. Night before a confirmation hearing. 823 00:51:11,169 --> 00:51:13,899 Anything else, I would've withdrawn your name. 824 00:51:13,972 --> 00:51:17,169 - What about this Webster, sir? - Ah, one second. Anybody here hungry? 825 00:51:17,242 --> 00:51:20,439 - No, thanks. - No, sir, I'm not. Thanks. 826 00:51:20,512 --> 00:51:25,848 Otto, could you whip up some Kung Pao chicken, but with walnuts? 827 00:51:25,917 --> 00:51:27,851 No problem, sir. 828 00:51:27,919 --> 00:51:32,049 Ah, the kid. Met him. You know this young congressman, Webster? 829 00:51:32,123 --> 00:51:34,489 No, sir, I don't. 830 00:51:34,559 --> 00:51:39,519 No matter. He reminds me of me when I was his age. That's bad. 831 00:51:41,399 --> 00:51:45,529 K, you need to put out word that no matter what this kid does... 832 00:51:45,603 --> 00:51:47,867 nobody's to give him a hard time. 833 00:51:47,939 --> 00:51:51,875 He's misguided, but he's got something. And one day, who knows? 834 00:51:51,943 --> 00:51:56,471 All right, sir. I'm sure the senator can handle Mr. Webster. 835 00:51:56,548 --> 00:51:58,539 There is one concern we need to... 836 00:51:58,616 --> 00:52:02,177 Oh, right, concern. Laine? 837 00:52:02,253 --> 00:52:06,713 K told me about your little sexual romp in college. 838 00:52:06,791 --> 00:52:10,022 Shit. Tomorrow is the 17th. 839 00:52:10,095 --> 00:52:13,292 - Glenda? - Yes, sir? 840 00:52:13,364 --> 00:52:17,562 Tomorrow is Jacobson's birthday. Have you got something for the son of a bitch? 841 00:52:17,635 --> 00:52:20,069 Yes, sir. You got him a leather-bound Don Quixote. 842 00:52:20,138 --> 00:52:23,005 Oh, good. Good gift. Metaphorical gift. 843 00:52:23,074 --> 00:52:26,441 He'll be trying to figure out why I got him that forever. 844 00:52:26,511 --> 00:52:28,741 Ah, were you married at the time? 845 00:52:28,813 --> 00:52:32,271 Uh, I was a freshman in... 846 00:52:32,350 --> 00:52:35,615 You know, sir, I'm just not going to comment on the whole thing. 847 00:52:35,687 --> 00:52:37,746 It's beneath me and it's beneath the press. 848 00:52:37,822 --> 00:52:40,401 That's the way to go. Fuck the press. Senator Hanson does not kiss and tell. 849 00:52:40,425 --> 00:52:41,630 It's perfect. 850 00:52:41,654 --> 00:52:45,294 Maybe I was too rough on Shelly in Hartford. 851 00:52:45,363 --> 00:52:50,232 Then this would all be moot, 'cause you wouldn't be president, sir. 852 00:52:50,301 --> 00:52:52,235 You know what? 853 00:52:52,303 --> 00:52:55,761 Married, unmarried, One guy, two guys, the whole football team. 854 00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:58,070 Who the fuck cares? 855 00:52:58,143 --> 00:53:03,740 You just look those bastards in the eye and tell them exactly that. 856 00:53:03,815 --> 00:53:05,806 These guys, they're gonna confirm you. 857 00:53:05,884 --> 00:53:08,944 But they want to embarrass you in the process. 858 00:53:09,020 --> 00:53:12,285 They want to send you into this administration as a virus. 859 00:53:12,357 --> 00:53:14,291 So you have only one choice. 860 00:53:14,359 --> 00:53:18,955 - Yes, sir? - Don't... be embarrassed. 861 00:53:22,867 --> 00:53:25,665 Two hours, gentlemen. 862 00:53:25,737 --> 00:53:30,470 It is now up to us to light the spark... 863 00:53:30,542 --> 00:53:33,909 which will result in a moral uprising, so that we may have... 864 00:53:33,978 --> 00:53:38,677 a new birth of national honesty... 865 00:53:38,750 --> 00:53:40,945 and decency. 866 00:53:41,019 --> 00:53:44,045 And sometimes in this process... 867 00:53:44,122 --> 00:53:47,250 you will question even yourselves. 868 00:53:47,325 --> 00:53:50,351 And that's good, that's healthy. 869 00:53:50,428 --> 00:53:55,491 For what are we if we are not what we believe? 870 00:53:55,567 --> 00:53:58,968 Laine Hanson... is a cancer. 871 00:53:59,037 --> 00:54:02,302 A cancer of liberalism. 872 00:54:02,373 --> 00:54:05,103 A cancer of disloyalty. 873 00:54:05,176 --> 00:54:09,545 Her nomination itself is the cancer of affirmative action. 874 00:54:11,316 --> 00:54:15,616 What we will sing with voices stentorian... 875 00:54:15,687 --> 00:54:20,989 is that she is the cancer of virtuous decay. 876 00:54:21,059 --> 00:54:26,463 Clausewitz said that war is the natural extension of politics. 877 00:54:26,531 --> 00:54:31,559 But politics is also the extension of war. 878 00:54:31,636 --> 00:54:34,730 They are one and the same. 879 00:54:34,806 --> 00:54:38,970 In this war, there will be casualties. 880 00:54:39,043 --> 00:54:41,511 But so help me God... 881 00:54:41,579 --> 00:54:43,570 not among us. 882 00:54:53,758 --> 00:54:56,921 Senator, could we have a word? 883 00:55:09,107 --> 00:55:11,701 The president canceled his golf game with me. 884 00:55:11,776 --> 00:55:15,092 He always cancels his golf game. Don't worry about it. 885 00:55:15,116 --> 00:55:16,213 Not with me. 886 00:55:16,281 --> 00:55:19,148 - Kermit, can I talk to you a second? - We'll talk later. 887 00:55:19,217 --> 00:55:21,879 They're home, they're watching, they're proud. 888 00:55:21,953 --> 00:55:25,354 Lewis, this is it. Thank you. 889 00:55:34,132 --> 00:55:38,000 Order. Order. 890 00:55:43,441 --> 00:55:48,879 Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Sheldon B. Runyon from the great state of Illinois. 891 00:55:48,947 --> 00:55:51,916 It is my privilege and my honor... 892 00:55:51,983 --> 00:55:55,475 to serve as the chairman of these special hearings. 893 00:55:55,553 --> 00:55:59,546 We are here today for only the third time in our history... 894 00:55:59,624 --> 00:56:02,388 to ensure the proper implementation of the 25th amendment... 895 00:56:02,460 --> 00:56:04,690 and for the first time... 896 00:56:04,762 --> 00:56:08,960 the House has taken on that responsibility. 897 00:56:09,033 --> 00:56:13,163 Myself and my esteemed colleagues are determined... 898 00:56:13,237 --> 00:56:18,800 to ensure that this very important matter be handled with... 899 00:56:18,876 --> 00:56:21,037 expedition and dignity. 900 00:56:21,112 --> 00:56:24,639 We are proud to welcome our friend and colleague, Laine Hanson. 901 00:56:24,716 --> 00:56:28,277 Madam Senator, I welcome you. 902 00:56:28,353 --> 00:56:32,517 Thank you, Mr... Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 903 00:56:32,590 --> 00:56:37,459 Will the "gentlelady" from Ohio please rise and raise your right hand? 904 00:56:40,565 --> 00:56:43,125 Madam Senator, do you swear to tell the truth... 905 00:56:43,201 --> 00:56:45,521 the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 906 00:56:45,570 --> 00:56:47,504 - I do. - Please be seated. 907 00:56:47,572 --> 00:56:49,699 Mr. Chairman, point of order. 908 00:56:49,774 --> 00:56:52,743 The Chair recognizes Mr. Webster of Delaware. 909 00:56:52,810 --> 00:56:55,938 Mr. Chairman, I direct your attention to page 16... 910 00:56:56,014 --> 00:57:00,212 tab C-25 of the ledger, a transcript of the Q-and-A session... 911 00:57:00,284 --> 00:57:02,844 between the nominee and several students from Harvard University. 912 00:57:02,887 --> 00:57:07,256 - Page 16? - Page 16 at the bottom of the page. 913 00:57:07,325 --> 00:57:09,885 You'll see the following remarks in reference to a question... 914 00:57:09,961 --> 00:57:12,191 regarding the separation of church and state. 915 00:57:12,263 --> 00:57:14,731 The nominee said, and I quote, "The separation exists... 916 00:57:14,799 --> 00:57:17,461 because we cannot have a fairy tale govern a nation." 917 00:57:17,535 --> 00:57:20,265 What, sir, is the point? 918 00:57:20,338 --> 00:57:23,018 The senator just swore an oath to an entity she does not believe in. 919 00:57:23,074 --> 00:57:26,908 Madam Senator, you understand... 920 00:57:26,978 --> 00:57:30,072 that you have promised to be truthful to this committee? 921 00:57:30,148 --> 00:57:33,369 And that lying to this body is perjury, punishable by law? 922 00:57:33,393 --> 00:57:34,915 Yes, I do understand that. 923 00:57:36,554 --> 00:57:39,523 Well, I think we're all agreed... 924 00:57:39,590 --> 00:57:44,459 that even though the senator has shown a disdain... 925 00:57:44,529 --> 00:57:47,089 for religion and those practicing it... 926 00:57:47,165 --> 00:57:49,963 which is her constitutional right... 927 00:57:50,034 --> 00:57:52,696 that does not necessarily, Mr. Webster, make her a liar. 928 00:57:52,770 --> 00:57:55,967 I'm confident we can proceed. 929 00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:58,235 - Madam? - Yes? 930 00:57:58,309 --> 00:58:01,176 For the record, would you state your name and address? 931 00:58:01,245 --> 00:58:02,837 Yes. My name is Laine Hanson. 932 00:58:02,914 --> 00:58:04,711 My address is... 933 00:58:06,184 --> 00:58:08,379 You can just do that, pull phone records? 934 00:58:08,453 --> 00:58:10,614 I work for a pretty powerful guy. 935 00:58:10,688 --> 00:58:15,125 Yeah, we're close, we were close for a while. 936 00:58:15,193 --> 00:58:20,654 That's till recently, of course. Our career paths sort of went in different directions. 937 00:58:20,731 --> 00:58:24,861 At least you have your life. There's nothing sinister going on here. 938 00:58:24,936 --> 00:58:26,870 At this point, we just need... 939 00:58:26,938 --> 00:58:30,635 to look at every aspect of her life and find everyone that knew her. 940 00:58:30,708 --> 00:58:32,767 You never know what you're gonna find. 941 00:58:32,844 --> 00:58:35,745 - Did you find anything? - No, no, not really. 942 00:58:35,813 --> 00:58:37,644 Not really? You mean... 943 00:58:37,715 --> 00:58:39,649 A little bit, actually. 944 00:58:39,717 --> 00:58:42,652 I did speak to other classmates, and they told me she was pretty wild. 945 00:58:42,720 --> 00:58:44,654 Wild? Yeah, she was wild. 946 00:58:44,722 --> 00:58:47,452 Wild enough you can be sure the tabloids are gonna have a field day. 947 00:58:47,525 --> 00:58:49,390 Have you spoken to them? 948 00:58:49,460 --> 00:58:53,226 Um, me? No. But somebody somewhere's gonna talk. 949 00:58:53,297 --> 00:58:57,233 - But not you. - Uh-uh, no. 950 00:58:57,301 --> 00:58:59,894 It's okay if you have. We're not gonna lock you up. 951 00:58:59,918 --> 00:59:00,918 No, I haven't. 952 00:59:03,541 --> 00:59:07,375 So no one like, maybe, the National Enquirer... 953 00:59:07,445 --> 00:59:10,312 or one of those silly television programs... 954 00:59:10,381 --> 00:59:13,111 - that show, um... Access... - Confidential? 955 00:59:13,184 --> 00:59:16,153 No, no, no. I don't know anything. 956 00:59:16,220 --> 00:59:18,632 The last time I talked to her it was just, "The kid this, the kid that." 957 00:59:18,656 --> 00:59:24,526 According to our records, you spoke to her on the 15th. 958 00:59:24,595 --> 00:59:26,654 - Three weeks ago? - Yeah. 959 00:59:26,731 --> 00:59:28,926 Yeah, that makes sense. 960 00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:31,662 I... She was going to Vegas. 961 00:59:31,736 --> 00:59:33,966 Oh, is that right? Vegas? 962 00:59:34,038 --> 00:59:36,939 She asked me to go along with her. It was gonna be her treat. 963 00:59:37,008 --> 00:59:38,942 I couldn't go because I had to work. 964 00:59:39,010 --> 00:59:43,276 We were gonna stay at one of those ritzy new places. The, um, Bellage...? 965 00:59:43,347 --> 00:59:46,214 - The Bellagio? Right. - Yeah. 966 00:59:46,284 --> 00:59:49,185 - With the contortionist. - I've never been. 967 00:59:55,092 --> 00:59:57,754 You've been going through my desk. 968 01:00:05,369 --> 01:00:07,769 It never crossed my mind when I was a younger woman... 969 01:00:07,838 --> 01:00:10,534 that I'd be this age and not have kids. 970 01:00:10,608 --> 01:00:13,441 Somehow in my mind, kids. 971 01:00:13,511 --> 01:00:16,344 Raising them, making them good people. 972 01:00:16,414 --> 01:00:18,609 That's what I wanted. 973 01:00:18,683 --> 01:00:21,311 Then I met you, and I realized that I'd be... 974 01:00:21,385 --> 01:00:25,583 trading my dreams so that we could live yours. 975 01:00:25,656 --> 01:00:29,092 We sacrificed all of that so we could do good. 976 01:00:29,160 --> 01:00:31,094 We have done good. 977 01:00:31,162 --> 01:00:35,496 I was never prouder when you fought to make hate crimes a capital and federal offense. 978 01:00:35,566 --> 01:00:39,798 You stood so tall, defying the world, and you won. 979 01:00:39,870 --> 01:00:44,534 It was then that I realized that all of our sacrifices were not in vain... 980 01:00:44,609 --> 01:00:47,669 that you were a good man. 981 01:00:47,745 --> 01:00:50,612 And now, everything you have ever achieved will be eliminated... 982 01:00:50,681 --> 01:00:54,447 because, with this horrible filth... 983 01:00:54,518 --> 01:00:58,477 you'll go down as a second-rate Joe McCarthy. 984 01:00:58,556 --> 01:01:02,959 Your problem, Shelly, is that you have no sense of history. 985 01:01:03,027 --> 01:01:06,258 She's no good. 986 01:01:10,468 --> 01:01:14,165 Come on! 987 01:01:14,238 --> 01:01:16,468 Come on. 988 01:01:16,540 --> 01:01:19,600 See, Daphne? This is how you get to the top. 989 01:01:20,811 --> 01:01:22,745 Lew? 990 01:01:22,813 --> 01:01:24,747 Lew? 991 01:01:30,187 --> 01:01:33,054 I have an issue to speak of, and I'm most gravely concerned. 992 01:01:33,124 --> 01:01:36,423 If this body will indulge me, I have before me... 993 01:01:36,494 --> 01:01:41,454 a perfect example of the need for this institution... 994 01:01:41,532 --> 01:01:44,797 to pass the Internet Libel Protection Act. 995 01:01:44,869 --> 01:01:47,861 In the Nichols Report piece... 996 01:01:47,938 --> 01:01:51,931 posted to 40 million Internet subscribers... 997 01:01:52,009 --> 01:01:54,671 it is claimed that you, Senator... 998 01:01:54,745 --> 01:01:57,839 were involved in a sexual imbroglio while in college. 999 01:01:57,915 --> 01:01:59,849 That is... 1000 01:01:59,917 --> 01:02:03,444 trading favors... 1001 01:02:03,521 --> 01:02:07,321 with several partners in exchange for entry into a sorority. 1002 01:02:07,391 --> 01:02:10,690 Though I will not waste the committee's time with such... 1003 01:02:10,761 --> 01:02:13,389 nefarious and sleazy innuendoes... 1004 01:02:13,464 --> 01:02:18,629 I will not deny the senator her right to respond. 1005 01:02:20,438 --> 01:02:22,872 Mr. Chairman, I have nothing to... 1006 01:02:22,940 --> 01:02:25,568 I will not respond to this article. 1007 01:02:25,643 --> 01:02:27,634 I say "Bravo" to you, Senator. 1008 01:02:27,712 --> 01:02:30,340 Bravo to you. 1009 01:02:30,414 --> 01:02:32,974 First let me state... 1010 01:02:33,050 --> 01:02:36,781 that I encourage every American... 1011 01:02:36,854 --> 01:02:42,349 and every citizen on this planet to boycott... 1012 01:02:42,426 --> 01:02:44,360 the Nichols Report. 1013 01:02:44,428 --> 01:02:49,127 This is the type of filth and degenerate pornography... 1014 01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:51,862 that should not see the light of day. 1015 01:02:51,936 --> 01:02:56,373 I can only assume, Senator, that you will... 1016 01:02:56,440 --> 01:03:01,104 not only bring suit against the perpetrators of... 1017 01:03:01,178 --> 01:03:05,410 www.nicholsreport.com... 1018 01:03:05,483 --> 01:03:07,889 but also against the remarkable look-alike 1019 01:03:07,913 --> 01:03:10,318 who appears in these disgusting photos. 1020 01:03:10,388 --> 01:03:15,291 And when you do file suit, know that it comes with my full support. 1021 01:03:15,359 --> 01:03:20,763 Your refusal to deny this report of sexual deviance... 1022 01:03:20,831 --> 01:03:23,197 will not have an effect on this committee... 1023 01:03:23,267 --> 01:03:26,896 on whether or not it votes to advise and consent to your nomination. 1024 01:03:26,971 --> 01:03:30,873 Mr. President, do you have a comment on the allegations made on the Internet today? 1025 01:03:30,941 --> 01:03:34,741 I'm not gonna discuss any allegations, especially those on the Internet. 1026 01:03:34,812 --> 01:03:39,442 But, sir, the sexual allegations were made very public today by Congressman Runyon. 1027 01:03:39,517 --> 01:03:42,953 And I'm sure he quite regrets that. 1028 01:03:43,020 --> 01:03:48,185 Sir, if you agree with the allegations, or agree the allegations are accurate... 1029 01:03:48,259 --> 01:03:53,128 do you think that Senator Hanson is morally fit to take office? 1030 01:03:53,197 --> 01:03:55,131 I'll tell you what. 1031 01:03:55,199 --> 01:03:58,259 I'm sure that President Mateo and I... 1032 01:03:58,335 --> 01:04:00,599 would both welcome the votes of only those people... 1033 01:04:00,671 --> 01:04:03,105 with sexual indiscretions in their past. 1034 01:04:03,174 --> 01:04:05,108 We'd be landslide victors every time. 1035 01:04:07,812 --> 01:04:09,746 Hey, Sheila. 1036 01:04:09,814 --> 01:04:12,315 They've been waiting for you for about ten minutes. 1037 01:04:12,339 --> 01:04:13,181 Okay. Hey. 1038 01:04:13,250 --> 01:04:15,402 Henry, I gotta talk to you in five minutes, okay? 1039 01:04:15,426 --> 01:04:16,426 Okay. 1040 01:04:22,092 --> 01:04:25,118 How about "Her involvement in prostitution"? 1041 01:04:25,196 --> 01:04:28,688 No, no. You gotta couch it like it's something... 1042 01:04:28,766 --> 01:04:32,395 for the FB... The AG to investigate. 1043 01:04:32,470 --> 01:04:34,995 - Hi, Reggie. - Hi. 1044 01:04:35,072 --> 01:04:39,065 Well, how about, "How embarrassing it is... 1045 01:04:39,143 --> 01:04:41,475 - that the... "No, no, no. - Who... 1046 01:04:41,545 --> 01:04:44,207 - What? - Where's Gilmore? 1047 01:04:44,281 --> 01:04:49,218 - Gilmore. - Um, Idaho? Iowa? 1048 01:04:49,286 --> 01:04:52,619 Can I interrupt for one second? We're all set with America Live. 1049 01:04:52,690 --> 01:04:54,624 What are you guys talking about? 1050 01:04:54,692 --> 01:04:58,822 We're just going over our statement... 1051 01:04:58,896 --> 01:05:01,057 in response to The Washington Post story. 1052 01:05:01,131 --> 01:05:02,222 What story? 1053 01:05:02,246 --> 01:05:05,591 The one that says the secret investigation is ongoing... 1054 01:05:05,669 --> 01:05:08,968 to determine whether she accepted money... 1055 01:05:09,039 --> 01:05:13,066 for her activities in college. 1056 01:05:13,143 --> 01:05:16,340 I didn't hear about this. 1057 01:05:16,413 --> 01:05:20,349 Well, it's, uh... It's, um... 1058 01:05:20,417 --> 01:05:23,978 It'll be in... tomorrow afternoon's edition. 1059 01:05:24,054 --> 01:05:26,352 Just in time for the congressman to make his statement... 1060 01:05:26,423 --> 01:05:31,725 and just in time for it to stick in the minds of Americans over the weekend. 1061 01:05:31,795 --> 01:05:34,423 Wh... What's the source? Where'd they get the story? 1062 01:05:34,498 --> 01:05:37,776 Unnamed sources close to the investigation. 1063 01:05:37,800 --> 01:05:38,901 I see. 1064 01:05:42,806 --> 01:05:44,569 Al. 1065 01:05:44,642 --> 01:05:46,576 - Al! - Yes? 1066 01:05:46,644 --> 01:05:51,809 We can, um... Let's... 1067 01:05:51,882 --> 01:05:55,613 Let's dot the I's, cross the T's on this one later. 1068 01:05:55,686 --> 01:05:57,916 All right, thank you. 1069 01:05:58,989 --> 01:06:00,923 I, uh... 1070 01:06:00,991 --> 01:06:06,429 I think I have some self-righteous indignation coming my way. 1071 01:06:06,497 --> 01:06:09,227 Well, is there any truth whatsoever to the story? 1072 01:06:09,300 --> 01:06:13,327 - There will be an investigation. - She's gonna have the truth on her side. 1073 01:06:13,404 --> 01:06:15,479 She's gonna deny it and make us all look like fools. 1074 01:06:15,503 --> 01:06:16,202 Let her. 1075 01:06:16,273 --> 01:06:20,266 Let her deny just that part of the story. 1076 01:06:20,344 --> 01:06:23,711 - Hold here. - What? Oh. 1077 01:06:23,781 --> 01:06:26,773 That's all right. I can do that myself. Yeah. 1078 01:06:26,850 --> 01:06:28,613 Thank you. 1079 01:06:28,686 --> 01:06:31,908 America Live is not in the circus business. 1080 01:06:31,932 --> 01:06:33,555 Pete's always fair. 1081 01:06:33,624 --> 01:06:36,525 Should I hear anything in this? 1082 01:06:36,594 --> 01:06:38,425 You're gonna be vice president. 1083 01:06:38,495 --> 01:06:40,041 You'll talk about legitimate issues of concern. 1084 01:06:40,065 --> 01:06:40,588 Right. 1085 01:06:40,664 --> 01:06:42,598 Where is the senator's monitor? 1086 01:06:42,666 --> 01:06:44,778 There is no monitor for her. She'll hear Pete in the earpiece. 1087 01:06:44,802 --> 01:06:47,236 That is a piece of shit. We talked about this, Ray. 1088 01:06:47,304 --> 01:06:50,637 If Peter's gonna be able to see her, she has to be able to see him. 1089 01:06:50,708 --> 01:06:53,148 - He's got a sensory advantage over her. - You wanna pull her? 1090 01:06:53,177 --> 01:06:55,941 I'm not talking about pulling her. I'm just saying it's bullshit. 1091 01:06:56,013 --> 01:07:00,143 She was just great in the hearings today. Cool and collected. 1092 01:07:00,217 --> 01:07:02,151 - Steve Poullet. - Hi. 1093 01:07:05,823 --> 01:07:08,986 Should I hear anything? Oh, I got it. Okay, great. 1094 01:07:09,059 --> 01:07:10,993 Oh, it's that one. Yeah, I know. 1095 01:07:11,061 --> 01:07:14,189 Can't hear... Yeah, right, got it. 1096 01:07:14,264 --> 01:07:17,233 Okay, I've got the intro now. 1097 01:07:25,709 --> 01:07:28,200 Thank you for having me, Peter. 1098 01:07:29,480 --> 01:07:32,108 Sure, that'd be fine. 1099 01:07:34,284 --> 01:07:37,549 Well, it has been a taxing experience... 1100 01:07:37,621 --> 01:07:41,284 but if we're forced to take the voters out of the equation... 1101 01:07:41,358 --> 01:07:46,762 I think that the vetting system by simple necessity must be arduous. 1102 01:07:53,037 --> 01:07:55,562 I have to plead motherhood on that one, Pete... 1103 01:07:55,639 --> 01:07:57,617 but I not only served on the Foreign Relations Committee... 1104 01:07:57,641 --> 01:08:02,305 I sponsored the Hanson-Fineman Bill which readjusted the War Powers Act... 1105 01:08:02,379 --> 01:08:06,008 to allow the executive to respond to state-sponsored terrorism... 1106 01:08:06,083 --> 01:08:09,575 like that of Iraq, Libya, North Korea, for instance. 1107 01:08:09,653 --> 01:08:12,144 But rather than boring you with my résumé... 1108 01:08:12,222 --> 01:08:16,716 I'd rather answer your questions on specific issues of foreign policy. 1109 01:08:19,196 --> 01:08:23,223 I suppose I could ask you, Mr. Crenshaw, how you'd feel in the same situation. 1110 01:08:27,037 --> 01:08:31,133 Why would I answer that for you? Sorry. It's simply a privacy issue. 1111 01:08:35,212 --> 01:08:39,911 Look, I won't address issues of sexuality in a hearing room... 1112 01:08:39,983 --> 01:08:42,315 or on national television or anywhere else for that matter. 1113 01:08:44,354 --> 01:08:47,401 Where's the control room for America Live? 1114 01:08:47,425 --> 01:08:48,654 Down the hall. 1115 01:08:48,726 --> 01:08:51,160 Excuse me. The control room for America Live? 1116 01:08:51,228 --> 01:08:54,561 - Where is the fucking control room? - Right down there. 1117 01:08:54,631 --> 01:08:56,826 Fuck! 1118 01:08:56,900 --> 01:08:59,164 Down here, down here, down here! 1119 01:09:02,773 --> 01:09:04,968 Don't tell me we're gettin' sandbagged! 1120 01:09:05,042 --> 01:09:08,705 We're getting sandbagged! I knew you couldn't trust this fucking guy! 1121 01:09:08,779 --> 01:09:12,340 Senator Hanson, do you recognize Mr. Poullet? 1122 01:09:12,416 --> 01:09:16,045 Un, no. I don't have a monitor, so I can't see him. 1123 01:09:16,120 --> 01:09:18,588 The truth is, Lainey and I had that one incident. 1124 01:09:18,655 --> 01:09:21,351 I don't believe we ever saw each other again after that. 1125 01:09:21,425 --> 01:09:24,553 To her credit, she was very drunk when she had sex... 1126 01:09:24,628 --> 01:09:26,528 with my friends, uh, my brothers and I. 1127 01:09:26,597 --> 01:09:31,625 A sandbag is what it is. He's fucking your friend. 1128 01:09:31,702 --> 01:09:34,967 He has obviously infiltrated your show. 1129 01:09:35,038 --> 01:09:38,303 Mrs. Hanson, you still have not taken a stand on the accuracy of this report. 1130 01:09:38,375 --> 01:09:42,209 It's very accurate, and those photos are accurate too. 1131 01:09:42,279 --> 01:09:44,873 We had them on the frat house bulletin board for months. 1132 01:09:44,948 --> 01:09:46,882 We called that "Life in the Sex Laine." 1133 01:09:46,950 --> 01:09:51,478 - What are we gonna do now? - We're gonna sue him. 1134 01:09:51,555 --> 01:09:55,514 I will not dignify those remarks or your questions with a response. 1135 01:09:55,592 --> 01:09:57,560 Good evening. 1136 01:09:59,463 --> 01:10:03,559 The guy's a jerk. We're never gonna put our people on that show again. 1137 01:10:03,634 --> 01:10:08,571 Some asshole called in and made this idiot claim. 1138 01:10:08,639 --> 01:10:11,335 Hell, they've gotta investigate. 1139 01:10:11,408 --> 01:10:13,603 The whole situation's a son of a bitch. 1140 01:10:13,677 --> 01:10:16,271 I would like to start by saying... 1141 01:10:16,346 --> 01:10:19,713 that much has been made of the reports in the press of an investigation... 1142 01:10:19,783 --> 01:10:23,150 into the possible... Possible, I say again... 1143 01:10:23,220 --> 01:10:26,917 Criminal behavior on the part of the nominee. 1144 01:10:26,990 --> 01:10:31,552 This committee will wait for a report from the FBI... 1145 01:10:31,628 --> 01:10:34,756 before taking this matter up. 1146 01:10:34,832 --> 01:10:39,428 However, I'll once again afford the nominee an opportunity to respond. 1147 01:10:39,503 --> 01:10:42,836 I, too, will wait for the FBI report before responding. 1148 01:10:42,906 --> 01:10:45,966 Madam Senator. 1149 01:10:46,043 --> 01:10:49,672 Tell us a little bit about your family. You have a son. 1150 01:10:49,746 --> 01:10:52,806 Mm-hmm. Yes, I have one six-year-old boy, Timothy. 1151 01:10:52,883 --> 01:10:54,942 That's a very nice age. 1152 01:10:55,018 --> 01:10:58,454 Now, I see here that when you... 1153 01:10:58,522 --> 01:11:01,719 had Timothy, you were absent from your duty... 1154 01:11:01,792 --> 01:11:04,454 for a few months' maternity leave. 1155 01:11:04,528 --> 01:11:09,795 It's the right of every mother to be able to take maternity... Paid maternity leave. 1156 01:11:09,867 --> 01:11:12,859 Yes. I don't believe we should penalize our citizens for having children. 1157 01:11:12,936 --> 01:11:17,805 I think I'm on safe ground saying that valuing motherhood is quite nonpartisan. 1158 01:11:17,875 --> 01:11:23,177 Um, were you to get pregnant again... 1159 01:11:23,247 --> 01:11:25,977 do you plan to take maternity leave? 1160 01:11:26,049 --> 01:11:29,951 Um, I've not given that any consideration. 1161 01:11:30,020 --> 01:11:33,012 No? Are you still able to bear children? 1162 01:11:33,090 --> 01:11:34,921 Yes, I am... I believe, yes, I am. 1163 01:11:34,992 --> 01:11:37,552 Yet you have not given this matter any consideration. 1164 01:11:37,628 --> 01:11:41,223 Perhaps that means... No, strike that. 1165 01:11:44,768 --> 01:11:47,134 Madam Senator... 1166 01:11:47,204 --> 01:11:52,767 let us assume you ascended to the presidency... 1167 01:11:52,843 --> 01:11:56,506 and you were to have a child during your term. 1168 01:11:56,580 --> 01:11:59,220 Would you cede your duties to your vice president and for how long? 1169 01:11:59,249 --> 01:12:02,395 Mr. Chairman, would the chair expect to have the designate assure this committee... 1170 01:12:02,419 --> 01:12:06,082 that she would have her tubes tied before she assume office? 1171 01:12:06,156 --> 01:12:08,939 Mr. Chairman, I humbly request a point of order. 1172 01:12:08,963 --> 01:12:10,559 You will be afforded one. 1173 01:12:10,627 --> 01:12:14,063 - With all due respect... - You will be afforded one when I am finished. 1174 01:12:14,131 --> 01:12:17,143 The truth is that while we have not put a seal on the concept 1175 01:12:17,167 --> 01:12:18,465 of having another child... 1176 01:12:18,535 --> 01:12:20,696 my husband and I practice birth control. 1177 01:12:28,345 --> 01:12:33,408 Okay, I would now like to... 1178 01:12:33,483 --> 01:12:36,782 enter the arena of loyalty. 1179 01:12:36,853 --> 01:12:40,914 Loyalty is a revered quality among vice presidents. Would you agree? 1180 01:12:40,991 --> 01:12:44,222 - Yes, very much so. Yes. - Yet you chose to officially move... 1181 01:12:44,294 --> 01:12:46,724 from the Republican to the Democratic party 1182 01:12:46,748 --> 01:12:49,425 when you left the House to run for the Senate. 1183 01:12:49,499 --> 01:12:53,299 I view switching parties as a testament to my loyalty to my country. 1184 01:12:53,370 --> 01:12:56,231 I felt that the Republican party had shifted from 1185 01:12:56,255 --> 01:12:58,967 the ideals that I cherished through my youth. 1186 01:12:59,042 --> 01:13:02,170 As a Republican, did you ever... 1187 01:13:02,245 --> 01:13:05,305 vote along party lines but against your own beliefs? 1188 01:13:05,382 --> 01:13:06,815 No, never. 1189 01:13:06,883 --> 01:13:08,843 - You still believe in every vote you made? - Yes. 1190 01:13:08,885 --> 01:13:11,259 Including your vote to impeach President Clinton? 1191 01:13:11,283 --> 01:13:12,082 Yes, I do. 1192 01:13:12,155 --> 01:13:14,089 That was an issue of fairness. 1193 01:13:14,157 --> 01:13:18,184 The president, as commander in chief, stood by... 1194 01:13:18,261 --> 01:13:20,441 while several military officers, including 1195 01:13:20,465 --> 01:13:23,130 candidates for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs... 1196 01:13:23,200 --> 01:13:25,634 were prosecuted for adultery or were not permitted... 1197 01:13:25,702 --> 01:13:27,636 to advance their careers. 1198 01:13:27,704 --> 01:13:33,267 I am opposed to making adultery, or even lying about it, a crime in our armed forces. 1199 01:13:33,343 --> 01:13:37,643 But while it is a law, it should be enforced without consideration of rank... 1200 01:13:37,714 --> 01:13:40,547 even if that rank is commander in chief. 1201 01:13:40,617 --> 01:13:43,513 Perhaps the senator is unaware that commander in chief 1202 01:13:43,537 --> 01:13:45,281 is not actually a military rank. 1203 01:13:45,355 --> 01:13:47,289 I am aware of that. 1204 01:13:47,357 --> 01:13:53,193 What I think we can say of President Clinton is that he was not guilty but responsible. 1205 01:13:58,402 --> 01:14:01,269 "Not guilty but responsible." 1206 01:14:01,338 --> 01:14:04,830 I am... I like that. 1207 01:14:04,908 --> 01:14:08,571 I, uh, I-I may, uh... I may use that. 1208 01:14:08,645 --> 01:14:11,478 - If you wish, you can go ahead. - Thank you. 1209 01:14:11,548 --> 01:14:16,212 When... When considering you for the vice presidency... 1210 01:14:16,286 --> 01:14:21,053 we must also consider your worthiness as commander in chief. 1211 01:14:21,124 --> 01:14:22,648 - Would you agree? - Yes, I do. 1212 01:14:22,726 --> 01:14:24,819 In that case, given your feelings on the matter... 1213 01:14:24,895 --> 01:14:27,090 have you ever committed adultery? 1214 01:14:27,164 --> 01:14:28,961 - No, I have not. - No? 1215 01:14:29,032 --> 01:14:33,731 You're quite sure? Madam Senator, you understand that, uh, you are under oath. 1216 01:14:33,804 --> 01:14:37,934 Yes, I understand that, between the two of us, I'm the one that's under oath. 1217 01:14:38,008 --> 01:14:41,910 When you guys go before the Antitrust Committee, don't you want Hank on your side? 1218 01:14:41,978 --> 01:14:44,412 Sure, but not at any price. 1219 01:14:44,481 --> 01:14:46,592 Last time we spoke, you were sitting where you are now. 1220 01:14:46,616 --> 01:14:49,915 Hank was sitting where Len is. You started telling him what a shame it would be... 1221 01:14:49,986 --> 01:14:53,251 if the refrigeration systems on the trucks went out. 1222 01:14:53,323 --> 01:14:55,484 Hank's a hothead, and he took that as a threat. 1223 01:14:55,559 --> 01:14:57,493 If we were threatening him, he'd know it. 1224 01:14:57,561 --> 01:15:00,029 That's what I thought, but now we have some massaging to do. 1225 01:15:00,097 --> 01:15:01,826 Hank's gotta be treated with kid gloves. 1226 01:15:01,898 --> 01:15:04,323 Senator Hanson? Congressman Webster's here to see you. 1227 01:15:04,347 --> 01:15:05,163 Sorry. Yep? 1228 01:15:05,235 --> 01:15:07,601 - Guess we got our ten minutes. - Okay, send him in. 1229 01:15:07,671 --> 01:15:11,664 No, I want to resolve this. I do. Just give me a few minutes. 1230 01:15:11,741 --> 01:15:15,006 If you want something to drink, Jerry will take care of you. 1231 01:15:15,078 --> 01:15:18,775 - We're gonna get back into this? - We will. We will. 1232 01:15:22,219 --> 01:15:26,349 Senator, you want me to sit in? Make sure the congressman's clear on everything? 1233 01:15:26,423 --> 01:15:30,120 We'll be fine. Won't we, Mr. Webster? We'll be all right. Thanks. 1234 01:15:32,062 --> 01:15:34,326 Proud of yourself? 1235 01:15:39,870 --> 01:15:42,930 So, what can I do for you, Mr. Webster? 1236 01:15:43,006 --> 01:15:45,907 I'm sure you're wondering why I'm here. 1237 01:15:45,976 --> 01:15:48,654 I think you're here because you want to know why I'm not fighting back. 1238 01:15:48,678 --> 01:15:53,240 Because despite it all, you've got some odd sense of fair play. 1239 01:15:53,316 --> 01:15:55,230 You're kicking my ass. It's gone from feeling 1240 01:15:55,254 --> 01:15:57,150 like easy pickings to out-and-out bullying. 1241 01:15:57,220 --> 01:15:59,999 I feel like there should be some back and forth between us, you and the committee. 1242 01:16:00,023 --> 01:16:03,515 I'll give you back and forth on Social Security, relations with Israel... 1243 01:16:03,593 --> 01:16:08,360 on the Dow Jones, the census, almost everything, but not this. 1244 01:16:08,431 --> 01:16:12,492 No, not my personal life. It's just nobody's business. 1245 01:16:12,569 --> 01:16:14,058 That's not what the people will tell you; The 1246 01:16:14,082 --> 01:16:15,648 people will tell you it is their business... 1247 01:16:15,672 --> 01:16:18,505 that you're setting standards of morality for their children. 1248 01:16:18,575 --> 01:16:20,805 Especially their girls. 1249 01:16:20,877 --> 01:16:22,845 Have you ever heard of Isaac Lamm? 1250 01:16:22,913 --> 01:16:24,049 Isaac Lamm? No. 1251 01:16:24,073 --> 01:16:27,350 He was the first one to come before HUAC... 1252 01:16:27,417 --> 01:16:29,612 the House Un-American Activities Committee. 1253 01:16:29,686 --> 01:16:34,020 He was also the first one to name names, first to cooperate with the government. 1254 01:16:34,090 --> 01:16:36,058 The dominoes fell from there. 1255 01:16:36,126 --> 01:16:38,754 Careers crushed, families destroyed. 1256 01:16:38,828 --> 01:16:43,595 Just imagine, Mr. Webster, if Mr. Lamm had just said, "Fuck you," to the committee. 1257 01:16:43,667 --> 01:16:45,760 Imagine how much harder he would've made it for them. 1258 01:16:45,835 --> 01:16:50,295 Are you accusing the committee of sexual McCarthyism? 1259 01:16:50,373 --> 01:16:54,275 Well, it's not necessary to make the accusation. 1260 01:16:54,344 --> 01:16:58,144 Oh, I just can't respond to the committee's lightly veiled accusations... 1261 01:16:58,215 --> 01:17:00,445 because it's not okay for them to be made. 1262 01:17:00,517 --> 01:17:03,629 Or maybe you can't respond because the answers you have 1263 01:17:03,653 --> 01:17:05,318 to give are too embarrassing. 1264 01:17:06,690 --> 01:17:08,658 You know what? 1265 01:17:08,725 --> 01:17:10,659 You're young. 1266 01:17:10,727 --> 01:17:12,695 That's okay. That's okay. You're young. 1267 01:17:12,762 --> 01:17:17,961 I'm gonna choose to be amused by your naïveté, give you the benefit of the doubt. 1268 01:17:18,034 --> 01:17:20,559 I'm gonna spell it out for you even more clearly. 1269 01:17:20,637 --> 01:17:22,730 If I were a man, nobody would care... 1270 01:17:22,806 --> 01:17:25,206 how many sexual partners I had in college. 1271 01:17:25,275 --> 01:17:29,769 And if it's not relevant for a man, it's not relevant for a woman. 1272 01:17:31,581 --> 01:17:35,881 Jerry, send the folks back in, please. I gotta finish this up. 1273 01:17:35,952 --> 01:17:38,978 He's not a bad man. 1274 01:17:39,055 --> 01:17:41,353 He believes in what he's doing. 1275 01:17:41,424 --> 01:17:43,858 There's an odd sort of integrity there. 1276 01:17:43,927 --> 01:17:45,861 But in this business, with so much at stake... 1277 01:17:45,929 --> 01:17:50,593 it's not enough to believe in yourself, you have to be right. 1278 01:17:50,667 --> 01:17:55,695 This is an ideological rape of all women. 1279 01:17:55,772 --> 01:17:58,866 - Timmy, that's a little too high. - Okay, Mommy. 1280 01:17:58,942 --> 01:18:01,843 Thank you, sweetie. 1281 01:18:01,911 --> 01:18:06,109 Well, then I'll survive it for all of us. 1282 01:18:06,182 --> 01:18:10,585 Tomorrow morning Congressman Marshall is gonna ask you questions. 1283 01:18:10,654 --> 01:18:12,645 He's going to hit you with abortion. 1284 01:18:12,722 --> 01:18:16,351 I promise you that Shelly will find some way to call you a baby killer. 1285 01:18:16,426 --> 01:18:20,556 We're ready for him. Our position papers are first-rate. 1286 01:18:20,630 --> 01:18:23,326 - Every one of them. - You let him finish. 1287 01:18:23,400 --> 01:18:28,167 Then you look him in the eye and you ask him... 1288 01:18:28,238 --> 01:18:31,935 "Mr. Runyon, 20 years ago your wife Maggie had an abortion. 1289 01:18:32,008 --> 01:18:34,101 Do you think her a murderer?" 1290 01:18:36,746 --> 01:18:39,214 He's a hypocrite. 1291 01:18:39,282 --> 01:18:42,649 No, he's not. Shelly has no idea. 1292 01:18:45,188 --> 01:18:47,656 Are you saying you would appoint a Supreme Court justice... 1293 01:18:47,724 --> 01:18:50,887 based on his being pro-choice? 1294 01:18:50,960 --> 01:18:55,329 Mr. Marshall, the vice president does not appoint Supreme Court justices. 1295 01:18:55,398 --> 01:18:59,391 Should you succeed the president or even advise the president? 1296 01:18:59,469 --> 01:19:02,461 I would be inclined, though not without flexibility... 1297 01:19:02,539 --> 01:19:06,407 to disregard any man or woman who is pro-life from serving on the High Court. 1298 01:19:06,476 --> 01:19:11,573 So you would allow a personal political belief to enter into such a decision? 1299 01:19:11,648 --> 01:19:14,344 Abortion isn't a constitutional issue. 1300 01:19:14,417 --> 01:19:16,897 The fine ladies and gentlemen who serve on the Supreme Court... 1301 01:19:16,953 --> 01:19:18,913 which is now stacked with right-wing appointees... 1302 01:19:18,955 --> 01:19:23,722 have no business deciding whether women have to resort to back-alley abortions... 1303 01:19:23,793 --> 01:19:26,491 You mean they have no business deciding whether women have 1304 01:19:26,515 --> 01:19:27,786 a license to commit murder. 1305 01:19:27,864 --> 01:19:30,162 Mr. Marshall, your time has expired. 1306 01:19:30,233 --> 01:19:35,535 Sir, if the distinguished "gentlelady" from Ohio would answer the question... 1307 01:19:35,605 --> 01:19:38,199 I think the lady has made clear her propensity for abortion. 1308 01:19:38,274 --> 01:19:39,874 Come on, Mr. Runyon! 1309 01:19:39,898 --> 01:19:43,735 Mr. Lewis, you do not have speaking privileges. 1310 01:19:43,813 --> 01:19:46,907 Mr. Chairman, I find your term, "propensity for abortion"... 1311 01:19:46,983 --> 01:19:48,951 misrepresentative of my position. 1312 01:19:49,018 --> 01:19:52,476 I have a propensity for a woman's right to choose. 1313 01:19:52,555 --> 01:19:55,683 - To abort a child! - A fetus. 1314 01:19:55,759 --> 01:20:00,196 To kill a baby as it grows in the womb. 1315 01:20:02,232 --> 01:20:04,598 Personally, Senator... 1316 01:20:04,667 --> 01:20:09,832 I do not believe that it is the right of our citizens... 1317 01:20:09,906 --> 01:20:14,843 to... to butcher a defenseless human being simply... 1318 01:20:14,911 --> 01:20:18,506 Simply as a matter of choice. 1319 01:20:18,581 --> 01:20:22,176 At the risk of my own future, I tell you this: 1320 01:20:22,252 --> 01:20:24,413 If you support the right... 1321 01:20:24,487 --> 01:20:28,253 of a woman to choose, you are supporting... 1322 01:20:28,324 --> 01:20:33,261 nothing less than a-a-a holocaust of the unborn. 1323 01:20:33,329 --> 01:20:36,924 Mr. Chairman, are you calling me... 1324 01:21:02,692 --> 01:21:05,422 I believe my position on this issue is clear. 1325 01:21:07,030 --> 01:21:10,261 Yes, madam, it most certainly is. 1326 01:21:14,204 --> 01:21:16,468 God, I love this game. 1327 01:21:18,975 --> 01:21:22,001 When she tries to tell me how to do it, I do it my way. 1328 01:21:22,078 --> 01:21:26,174 Then she comes back and changes it afterwards, and that way... 1329 01:21:26,249 --> 01:21:29,650 Jeez. 1330 01:21:31,921 --> 01:21:34,185 Good one, sir. 1331 01:21:34,257 --> 01:21:37,249 You're an all-weather golfer, I see. 1332 01:21:37,327 --> 01:21:39,261 What kind of stick you using there? 1333 01:21:39,329 --> 01:21:42,355 - It's a putting stick. - Right, putting stick. 1334 01:21:42,432 --> 01:21:45,424 When I asked for you last week, they said you were in Vegas. 1335 01:21:45,502 --> 01:21:48,300 - Business, sir. - Vegas is business? 1336 01:21:48,371 --> 01:21:51,340 I did blow a roll of quarters. 1337 01:21:51,407 --> 01:21:53,341 Will you excuse us? 1338 01:22:01,518 --> 01:22:04,919 - How's that cough doing? - Aah. 1339 01:22:06,990 --> 01:22:09,982 That's her casino account balance. 1340 01:22:10,059 --> 01:22:14,519 She offered to take her sorority sister to Vegas, her treat. 1341 01:22:17,667 --> 01:22:20,338 Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth 1342 01:22:20,362 --> 01:22:22,832 and nothing but the truth so help you God? 1343 01:22:22,906 --> 01:22:24,874 I do. 1344 01:22:27,410 --> 01:22:30,504 Please state your name for the record. 1345 01:22:30,580 --> 01:22:34,983 Cynthia C-H-A-R-L-T-O-N Lee. 1346 01:22:35,051 --> 01:22:38,452 Thank you. Please be seated. 1347 01:22:40,023 --> 01:22:45,791 We will start the questioning with Mr. Skakle. 1348 01:22:45,862 --> 01:22:49,195 Mr. Skakle, the five-minute rule is in effect. 1349 01:22:49,265 --> 01:22:52,029 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 1350 01:22:52,101 --> 01:22:54,661 Miss Lee. 1351 01:22:54,737 --> 01:22:58,537 Miss Lee, hello. I'm over here. Thank you for joining us. 1352 01:22:58,608 --> 01:23:02,305 Now, you are under subpoena, is that correct? 1353 01:23:02,378 --> 01:23:04,437 Yes. 1354 01:23:04,514 --> 01:23:07,588 Miss Lee, could you speak directly into the mike? 1355 01:23:07,612 --> 01:23:08,644 Yes. 1356 01:23:08,718 --> 01:23:12,017 I understand you're nervous, but believe me when I tell you you're among friends. 1357 01:23:13,723 --> 01:23:16,021 Miss Lee, you are not married. 1358 01:23:16,092 --> 01:23:18,686 No... No. 1359 01:23:18,761 --> 01:23:21,457 - No, I'm not. - But you once were. 1360 01:23:21,531 --> 01:23:24,193 I was married to William Hanson. 1361 01:23:24,267 --> 01:23:27,532 - Who is now married to the nominee. - Yes. 1362 01:23:27,604 --> 01:23:31,938 He married Laine after our divorce. It was about seven years ago. 1363 01:23:32,008 --> 01:23:34,875 Divorce. Right. I've read your divorce papers. 1364 01:23:34,944 --> 01:23:39,381 Ladies and gentlemen, that by the way is tab 76. 1365 01:23:39,449 --> 01:23:42,282 They cite irreconcilable differences. 1366 01:23:42,352 --> 01:23:46,755 Could you tell us, what were those irreconcilable differences? 1367 01:23:46,823 --> 01:23:48,723 I can't really pinpoint them. 1368 01:23:48,791 --> 01:23:51,736 Was your husband physically violent to you? 1369 01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:52,760 No. 1370 01:23:52,829 --> 01:23:57,095 Did you have financial disagreements or disagreements over how to raise your kids? 1371 01:23:57,166 --> 01:23:59,134 We didn't have children. 1372 01:23:59,202 --> 01:24:03,696 - Were there infidelities? - Yes. There was one. 1373 01:24:03,773 --> 01:24:07,539 Is it safe to say that this infidelity precipitated the divorce? 1374 01:24:10,847 --> 01:24:15,045 Miss Lee, please answer the question verbally. Was that a yes? 1375 01:24:15,118 --> 01:24:18,246 Yes, it was. It was a yes. 1376 01:24:18,321 --> 01:24:21,256 - Did you, ma'am, have the affair? - No. 1377 01:24:21,324 --> 01:24:23,952 - It was your husband then? - Yes. 1378 01:24:24,027 --> 01:24:27,326 Will... Will was in charge... 1379 01:24:27,397 --> 01:24:32,061 of Laine Billings's first senatorial campaign. 1380 01:24:32,135 --> 01:24:34,160 He was with her all the time. 1381 01:24:34,237 --> 01:24:37,968 Are you suggesting the senator, the nominee, had an affair with your husband? 1382 01:24:40,643 --> 01:24:43,271 - Once again, Miss Lee... - I'm sorry. Yes. Yes, yes. 1383 01:24:43,346 --> 01:24:45,280 Thank you. 1384 01:24:45,348 --> 01:24:47,578 Did the nominee know Mr. Hanson was married? 1385 01:24:49,419 --> 01:24:52,650 Laine was my friend. My good, good friend. 1386 01:24:52,722 --> 01:24:55,802 Miss Lee, would you explain to this committee as you did in your deposition... 1387 01:24:55,858 --> 01:25:00,420 how you discovered that the nominee was involved... 1388 01:25:00,496 --> 01:25:02,862 in an affair with your husband? 1389 01:25:02,932 --> 01:25:06,197 Yes. Um... 1390 01:25:06,269 --> 01:25:09,705 On the night of the elections, I was at home. 1391 01:25:09,772 --> 01:25:12,036 I had the flu. 1392 01:25:12,108 --> 01:25:17,136 I was watching TV, watching Laine about to make her acceptance speech. 1393 01:25:19,615 --> 01:25:21,845 I was very sad that I couldn't be there. 1394 01:25:21,918 --> 01:25:25,615 It was a triumph for Laine and my husband. 1395 01:25:25,688 --> 01:25:29,624 She was up at the podium. Will was by her side. 1396 01:25:29,692 --> 01:25:32,183 He was holding her hand in victory. 1397 01:25:32,261 --> 01:25:34,855 On the other side of Laine... 1398 01:25:34,931 --> 01:25:38,332 she was just sort of clasping that person's hand. 1399 01:25:38,401 --> 01:25:41,837 But with Will... 1400 01:25:41,904 --> 01:25:44,566 their hands were interlaced. 1401 01:25:44,640 --> 01:25:47,939 It was odd that I noticed it, but... 1402 01:25:48,010 --> 01:25:50,911 Um, my doorbell rang. 1403 01:25:50,980 --> 01:25:54,074 I answered the door, and there was a gentleman there... 1404 01:25:54,150 --> 01:25:58,246 dressed very nicely, he had a yellow tie on. 1405 01:25:58,321 --> 01:26:00,551 He had papers for me. 1406 01:26:00,623 --> 01:26:03,649 - Papers? I'm sorry. - Separation papers. 1407 01:26:03,726 --> 01:26:06,126 Since the committee chose to humiliate a private 1408 01:26:06,150 --> 01:26:08,425 woman in the most public possible setting... 1409 01:26:08,498 --> 01:26:11,296 I would like to apologize to her alike... 1410 01:26:11,367 --> 01:26:15,098 and I will also do so privately when she allows me to do so. 1411 01:26:15,171 --> 01:26:19,540 Um, what I did to Miss Lee was wrong. 1412 01:26:19,609 --> 01:26:22,476 It was not done out of malice. Indeed the opposite. 1413 01:26:25,648 --> 01:26:30,051 Love is an involuntary reflex, and I fell victim to it. 1414 01:26:30,119 --> 01:26:34,351 Um, I deeply regret causing Cynthia pain... 1415 01:26:34,423 --> 01:26:38,382 and it is especially saddening for me because... 1416 01:26:38,461 --> 01:26:41,919 of how close we once were. 1417 01:26:41,998 --> 01:26:46,094 And whether or not the affair that Will and I had... 1418 01:26:46,169 --> 01:26:48,981 should have any bearing on my assuming office is for the committee to decide. 1419 01:26:49,005 --> 01:26:51,368 I dare not assume that I have the objective 1420 01:26:51,392 --> 01:26:53,942 wisdom to make that determination. Thank you. 1421 01:26:54,010 --> 01:26:57,502 - Senator, are you suggesting the public... - Okay, she's had a long day. 1422 01:26:57,580 --> 01:26:59,289 You know what she's going through. Come on, come on. 1423 01:26:59,313 --> 01:27:01,026 You know what she's going through. Come on, come on. 1424 01:27:01,050 --> 01:27:03,143 She was your best friend. 1425 01:27:03,219 --> 01:27:07,588 Runyon deposed Will's ex-wife today, and, uh... 1426 01:27:07,657 --> 01:27:10,125 she stated that Will and I had had an affair... 1427 01:27:10,193 --> 01:27:13,526 She saw her fucking holding hands, interlocked fingers with this gal... 1428 01:27:13,596 --> 01:27:15,530 and she knew that she'd been fucking him. 1429 01:27:15,598 --> 01:27:17,589 That's what she said. 1430 01:27:17,667 --> 01:27:20,135 - I'm sorry. - It's a bad beat. 1431 01:27:20,203 --> 01:27:25,197 I'm not sure that I get the point of all this. 1432 01:27:25,274 --> 01:27:28,126 You said under oath that you never committed adultery. 1433 01:27:28,150 --> 01:27:29,150 That's right. 1434 01:27:29,178 --> 01:27:32,636 - You perjured yourself. - I didn't commit adultery. 1435 01:27:32,715 --> 01:27:34,013 You were fucking Will when he was married. 1436 01:27:34,037 --> 01:27:34,478 All right. 1437 01:27:34,550 --> 01:27:38,646 Even the most loose definition of committing adultery would not include that. 1438 01:27:38,721 --> 01:27:41,189 Goddamn it, she's right. You're right. 1439 01:27:41,257 --> 01:27:44,988 In order for it to be committing adultery, she'd have to be married at the time. 1440 01:27:45,061 --> 01:27:46,995 You're nitpicking in reverse now. 1441 01:27:47,063 --> 01:27:49,308 Your husband may have been an adulterer. You're not. Fine. 1442 01:27:49,332 --> 01:27:54,201 What you are is a sex-crazed, home-wrecking machine. The female Warren Beatty. 1443 01:27:54,270 --> 01:27:57,671 Runyon knows that you're clean of the perjury... 1444 01:27:57,740 --> 01:28:01,733 but he's got the world thinking you're something out of a bad soap opera. 1445 01:28:01,811 --> 01:28:04,279 You've goddamned crystallized the difference 1446 01:28:04,303 --> 01:28:06,771 between being guilty and being responsible. 1447 01:28:06,849 --> 01:28:08,976 Are you asking me to step down, sir? 1448 01:28:09,051 --> 01:28:13,511 No, it's not gonna be that easy for you, and it's not gonna be that easy for them. 1449 01:28:15,691 --> 01:28:19,388 They caught you being a human being. That's all. 1450 01:28:21,597 --> 01:28:23,827 I'll die before Shelly Runyon checkmates me. 1451 01:28:23,900 --> 01:28:27,666 I think the president's trying to say the Sitting Bull routine isn't working. 1452 01:28:27,737 --> 01:28:31,173 - The Sitting Bull routine? - No! 1453 01:28:35,344 --> 01:28:37,278 Fight back. 1454 01:28:37,346 --> 01:28:41,510 Show them Laine Hanson isn't gonna take their shit. Take the fight out of 'em. 1455 01:28:41,584 --> 01:28:43,415 - What's the process? - Confess. 1456 01:28:43,486 --> 01:28:46,250 - Confess? - Yeah, confess. - Confess. 1457 01:28:46,322 --> 01:28:48,916 Confess to the gang-bang. Confess to all of it. 1458 01:28:48,991 --> 01:28:51,195 Look what it did for Clinton with Flowers. 1459 01:28:51,219 --> 01:28:52,654 Play it any way you want. 1460 01:28:52,728 --> 01:28:54,640 It didn't hurt his numbers. It improved his numbers. 1461 01:28:54,664 --> 01:28:56,321 Show indignation about how a man would never 1462 01:28:56,345 --> 01:28:58,105 have to go through hell for having done this. 1463 01:28:58,167 --> 01:29:00,692 Confess and demonstrate to the young women of America... 1464 01:29:00,770 --> 01:29:06,174 how such sexual impropriety can ruin their lives. 1465 01:29:06,242 --> 01:29:11,236 Confess and preach about the dangers that alcohol can bring to you. 1466 01:29:11,314 --> 01:29:13,475 For God's sakes, just confess! 1467 01:29:13,549 --> 01:29:17,508 I understand, Kermit, truly. 1468 01:29:19,088 --> 01:29:22,080 I understand, and you know what? It's really nobody's business. 1469 01:29:22,158 --> 01:29:25,992 Well, it is our fucking business! 1470 01:29:37,807 --> 01:29:39,741 Listen, Laine... 1471 01:29:40,810 --> 01:29:43,506 I don't care who you fucked... 1472 01:29:43,579 --> 01:29:46,912 and how many times in how many positions... 1473 01:29:46,983 --> 01:29:50,214 as long as it doesn't threaten the administration. 1474 01:29:52,855 --> 01:29:56,120 You can be cavalier on your own dime. 1475 01:30:06,002 --> 01:30:07,936 Mr. President. 1476 01:30:13,976 --> 01:30:19,846 I am fully prepared to step down... 1477 01:30:19,915 --> 01:30:22,850 but my personal life... 1478 01:30:22,918 --> 01:30:26,718 and my past... 1479 01:30:27,957 --> 01:30:30,084 are just that. 1480 01:30:30,159 --> 01:30:33,959 But I will do whatever you say. 1481 01:30:37,767 --> 01:30:43,728 Show them why Laine Hanson is my nominee with your closing statement. 1482 01:30:43,806 --> 01:30:46,036 Mr. Chairman... 1483 01:30:46,108 --> 01:30:49,441 ladies and gentlemen of the committee: 1484 01:30:49,512 --> 01:30:54,142 Uh, remarkably enough, it seems that I have some explaining to do. 1485 01:30:54,216 --> 01:30:58,084 So... let me be absolutely clear. 1486 01:31:04,960 --> 01:31:08,794 I stand for a woman's right to choose. 1487 01:31:08,864 --> 01:31:12,925 I stand for the elimination of the death penalty. 1488 01:31:13,002 --> 01:31:16,028 I stand for a strong and growing armed forces... 1489 01:31:16,105 --> 01:31:20,098 because we must stomp out genocide on this planet... 1490 01:31:20,176 --> 01:31:23,839 and I believe that that is a cause worth dying for. 1491 01:31:25,381 --> 01:31:30,011 I stand for seeing every gun taken out of every home. Period. 1492 01:31:30,086 --> 01:31:35,114 I stand for making the selling of cigarettes to our youth a federal offense. 1493 01:31:35,191 --> 01:31:40,356 I stand for term limits and campaign reform. 1494 01:31:40,429 --> 01:31:45,162 And, Mr. Chairman, I stand for the separation of church and state... 1495 01:31:45,234 --> 01:31:47,514 and the reason that I stand for that is the 1496 01:31:47,538 --> 01:31:50,103 same reason that I believe our forefathers did. 1497 01:31:50,172 --> 01:31:53,471 It is not there to protect religion from the grasp of government... 1498 01:31:53,542 --> 01:31:57,911 but to protect our government from the grasp of religious fanaticism. 1499 01:31:57,980 --> 01:32:00,574 I may be an atheist... 1500 01:32:00,649 --> 01:32:04,983 but that does not mean I do not go to church; I do go to church. 1501 01:32:05,054 --> 01:32:08,581 The church I go to is the one that emancipated the slaves... 1502 01:32:08,657 --> 01:32:11,125 that gave women the right to vote. 1503 01:32:11,193 --> 01:32:16,426 It gave us every freedom that we hold dear. 1504 01:32:16,499 --> 01:32:20,265 My church is this very chapel of democracy that we sit in together... 1505 01:32:20,336 --> 01:32:23,499 and I do not need God to tell me what are my moral absolutes. 1506 01:32:23,572 --> 01:32:25,870 I need my heart, my brain and this church. 1507 01:32:32,314 --> 01:32:34,441 Get in there, get in there. 1508 01:32:36,018 --> 01:32:39,613 Oh, shoot! Come on, come on, come on! 1509 01:32:39,688 --> 01:32:43,488 - Senator? Oh... - Hello, Freshman. 1510 01:32:43,559 --> 01:32:45,857 Senator, I just wanted to steal a couple of seconds. 1511 01:32:45,928 --> 01:32:49,091 What? See what whores do on their time off? 1512 01:32:52,568 --> 01:32:55,969 Listen, I know the things I've done. 1513 01:32:56,038 --> 01:32:59,166 They may not have been nice or considered politically savvy... 1514 01:32:59,241 --> 01:33:03,337 but they have served the greater good and they have been honest. 1515 01:33:03,412 --> 01:33:05,175 Okay. 1516 01:33:05,247 --> 01:33:07,875 Look, I know you're not a whore. 1517 01:33:07,950 --> 01:33:10,670 - I'm not gonna talk about it. - I know. You're not talking about it. 1518 01:33:12,655 --> 01:33:14,953 Somebody else has come forward. 1519 01:33:15,024 --> 01:33:18,289 Somebody else from the night of the incident sent me this letter. 1520 01:33:18,360 --> 01:33:20,338 They didn't send it to me. They sent it to the committee. 1521 01:33:20,362 --> 01:33:22,887 I just happen to be in charge of all the correspondence. 1522 01:33:22,965 --> 01:33:26,662 I don't think you can keep quiet about what's in there. 1523 01:33:26,735 --> 01:33:31,138 Mr. Runyon has a copy, and now so do you. 1524 01:33:31,207 --> 01:33:34,472 I beg you, Senator, to deal with this. 1525 01:33:37,046 --> 01:33:39,708 - How long is this flight? - About an hour and 40 minutes. 1526 01:33:39,782 --> 01:33:43,946 POTUS is scheduled to address the American Legion on the third. 1527 01:33:44,019 --> 01:33:46,783 - American Legion? Who approved that? - I don't know. 1528 01:33:46,855 --> 01:33:48,441 I thought he had the D.A.R. dinner that night. 1529 01:33:48,465 --> 01:33:49,534 We have a five-hour window. 1530 01:33:49,558 --> 01:33:51,321 - Hey, Chuck. - Hey, Kermit. 1531 01:33:51,393 --> 01:33:53,327 Did you get the AP reports? 1532 01:33:53,395 --> 01:33:58,128 - What's that? - POTUS's poll numbers are down 23%. 1533 01:33:58,200 --> 01:33:59,664 And Hanson's in the low 30s. 1534 01:33:59,688 --> 01:34:02,068 Get in there. I'll talk to you in a minute. 1535 01:34:02,137 --> 01:34:05,038 - Are you Willomina? - Yes, sir. 1536 01:34:06,809 --> 01:34:08,743 You asked to see me? 1537 01:34:08,811 --> 01:34:12,110 - Is this your handiwork? - Yes, sir. 1538 01:34:12,181 --> 01:34:16,277 - How many people have seen this? - I gave it only to the director. 1539 01:34:16,352 --> 01:34:20,083 - And who have you talked to about this? - Nobody. 1540 01:34:20,155 --> 01:34:22,919 Not a husband? Boyfriend? 1541 01:34:22,992 --> 01:34:27,190 - Grandma in Kalamazoo? - No, sir. Nobody. 1542 01:34:27,263 --> 01:34:30,721 - Keep it that way. - Yes, sir. 1543 01:34:30,799 --> 01:34:33,632 You did a good job, Special Agent. 1544 01:34:36,105 --> 01:34:41,975 Sir! Uh, sir, I just... I just wanted to ask, ask you. Um, well... 1545 01:34:42,044 --> 01:34:44,774 Are you gonna dump her? 1546 01:34:44,847 --> 01:34:47,714 Sir, this may be really, really inappropriate... 1547 01:34:47,783 --> 01:34:50,445 but if that's what you guys are thinking... 1548 01:34:50,519 --> 01:34:54,148 Please, you can't do it. She's hope. 1549 01:34:54,223 --> 01:34:57,920 Hope that the standards... That there is no double standard. 1550 01:34:57,993 --> 01:35:00,587 Hope that the goals can be the same. 1551 01:35:02,064 --> 01:35:04,965 You know what? You're goddamn right. 1552 01:35:06,035 --> 01:35:09,334 That was absolutely inappropriate. 1553 01:35:09,405 --> 01:35:11,737 Robertson. 1554 01:35:24,920 --> 01:35:27,480 I wouldn't take it too hard. 1555 01:35:27,556 --> 01:35:29,701 It's not exactly fair when six foxes and one chicken... 1556 01:35:29,725 --> 01:35:32,489 are voting on what to have for dinner. 1557 01:35:32,561 --> 01:35:36,463 Well, that's not playing fair. I'll give you that. 1558 01:35:36,532 --> 01:35:38,762 You want an oatmeal cookie? 1559 01:35:38,834 --> 01:35:40,495 - Trevor? - I'm getting them, sir. 1560 01:35:40,569 --> 01:35:44,869 I find these giant raisins... Well, you'll see. 1561 01:35:44,940 --> 01:35:47,033 Taste like grapes. 1562 01:35:53,482 --> 01:35:57,043 Shelly, you really made a mess of things for me. 1563 01:35:57,119 --> 01:35:59,451 You sure did clobber me. 1564 01:36:02,791 --> 01:36:07,319 Isn't it possible, sir, that I was... that I was acting... 1565 01:36:07,396 --> 01:36:09,121 in the best interests of the United States? 1566 01:36:09,145 --> 01:36:09,728 No. 1567 01:36:09,798 --> 01:36:12,232 It's not possible. 1568 01:36:12,301 --> 01:36:15,702 That's what pisses me off. It's all about retribution for Hartford. 1569 01:36:15,771 --> 01:36:18,262 Thank you, Trevor. That'll be all. 1570 01:36:18,340 --> 01:36:22,436 - Go ahead. Try this. It's wonderful. - No. 1571 01:36:22,511 --> 01:36:26,880 I may have taken the presidency from you, but you one-upped me. 1572 01:36:26,949 --> 01:36:30,009 You took away my legacy. 1573 01:36:30,085 --> 01:36:33,418 I look at her and I see someone who has proven the capacity for disloyalty. 1574 01:36:33,489 --> 01:36:35,480 Or the capacity for seeing the light. 1575 01:36:37,559 --> 01:36:39,720 We're both sticking to our guns. 1576 01:36:39,795 --> 01:36:42,855 The difference is... mine are loaded. 1577 01:36:42,931 --> 01:36:48,233 Look, it doesn't matter, does it? She's not being confirmed. 1578 01:36:48,303 --> 01:36:52,433 We can talk for days about greatness and leadership... 1579 01:36:52,508 --> 01:36:55,033 but Laine Hanson will not be confirmed. 1580 01:36:55,110 --> 01:36:58,511 I have seven from your side who are giving her the ax. 1581 01:36:58,580 --> 01:37:00,548 Oh, indeed, the ax? 1582 01:37:00,616 --> 01:37:02,550 We can go through the process of a vote. 1583 01:37:02,618 --> 01:37:04,210 You can waste time... 1584 01:37:04,286 --> 01:37:09,053 and suffer the humiliation, or... or we can just move on. 1585 01:37:09,124 --> 01:37:10,644 There's a lot of good folk to choose from. 1586 01:37:10,668 --> 01:37:11,183 Who? 1587 01:37:11,260 --> 01:37:13,524 Who can I be certain you'll confirm? 1588 01:37:13,595 --> 01:37:17,725 The man you wanted in the first place: Jack Hathaway. 1589 01:37:19,935 --> 01:37:21,869 Shelly. 1590 01:37:23,472 --> 01:37:25,440 Good man. 1591 01:37:36,218 --> 01:37:39,278 Okay, Shelly... 1592 01:37:39,354 --> 01:37:44,382 I'll give you Governor Jack Hathaway, but I wanna make damn sure... 1593 01:37:44,460 --> 01:37:45,636 you'll give him a smooth ride. 1594 01:37:45,660 --> 01:37:47,827 My word. There's a reason they call me Honest Shell. 1595 01:37:47,896 --> 01:37:51,832 Irony, Shelly. I want an insurance policy. 1596 01:37:51,900 --> 01:37:54,801 I want a piece of the rock. I wanna make sure... 1597 01:37:54,870 --> 01:37:57,215 you're not gonna pull some kind of baloney out of your hat... 1598 01:37:57,239 --> 01:37:59,503 and make a mockery of my administration again. 1599 01:37:59,575 --> 01:38:02,066 Listen. This is what I'm gonna do. 1600 01:38:04,446 --> 01:38:09,042 I'm gonna ask Mrs. Hanson and Mr. Hathaway up to the Oval Office... 1601 01:38:09,117 --> 01:38:11,711 before the D.A.R. banquet tomorrow night. 1602 01:38:11,787 --> 01:38:13,982 I want you there as well, but, Shelly... 1603 01:38:14,056 --> 01:38:18,083 before then, I need you to marry yourself to this guy. 1604 01:38:18,160 --> 01:38:22,460 I need you to make a public statement that makes his sinking your sinking. 1605 01:38:22,531 --> 01:38:25,091 - Otherwise... - But I'm not sure I can... 1606 01:38:25,167 --> 01:38:28,534 Let's make this confirmation fast and furious. 1607 01:38:28,604 --> 01:38:31,471 - Help me save face on this one. - Okay. 1608 01:38:45,454 --> 01:38:49,481 Oh, man. Mr. Runyon, prefer I take you around back? 1609 01:38:49,558 --> 01:38:53,494 - No, I'll be fine. - Yes, sir. 1610 01:39:04,139 --> 01:39:09,338 How do you respond to the rumors that Mrs. Hanson has withdrawn her name? 1611 01:39:09,411 --> 01:39:11,402 That is a rumor I've not yet heard. 1612 01:39:11,480 --> 01:39:13,880 Have you heard about the possibility of Governor Hathaway... 1613 01:39:13,949 --> 01:39:16,004 returning to the list of vice presidential... 1614 01:39:16,028 --> 01:39:17,578 Governor Hathaway is a fine man. 1615 01:39:17,653 --> 01:39:19,985 Will he have a smoother ride than Mrs. Hanson? 1616 01:39:20,055 --> 01:39:22,580 Let me go on record as saying... 1617 01:39:22,658 --> 01:39:26,355 that in my opinion there is no man alive... no Democrat alive... 1618 01:39:26,428 --> 01:39:29,261 Who could bring... 1619 01:39:29,331 --> 01:39:33,131 more integrity to the office of the vice presidency. 1620 01:39:33,201 --> 01:39:36,659 I would stake my career... 1621 01:39:36,738 --> 01:39:41,402 on Governor Hathaway's, uh, smooth and efficient confirmation. 1622 01:39:41,476 --> 01:39:44,411 As for Laine Hanson... 1623 01:39:44,479 --> 01:39:45,495 Got everybody, Glenda? 1624 01:39:45,519 --> 01:39:48,074 Yes, sir. He says you can go in whenever you're ready. 1625 01:39:48,150 --> 01:39:50,380 - Great. Hello, Jack. - Kermit. 1626 01:39:50,452 --> 01:39:53,329 Fiona, you're looking particularly fetching this evening. 1627 01:39:53,353 --> 01:39:54,353 Thank you, sir. 1628 01:39:54,389 --> 01:39:57,036 I believe this is the first one of these affairs for you, right? 1629 01:39:57,060 --> 01:39:57,950 Yes. 1630 01:39:58,026 --> 01:40:00,688 - My 37th. - You look great. 1631 01:40:00,762 --> 01:40:03,560 - Hello, Shelly. - Newman. 1632 01:40:03,632 --> 01:40:08,365 Everybody would understand if you wanted to delay for two weeks. 1633 01:40:08,437 --> 01:40:11,770 I'm not sure I could stomach another two weeks. 1634 01:40:12,841 --> 01:40:15,901 Oh, Jack. 1635 01:40:15,978 --> 01:40:19,675 - Jerry. Good. - How are you? 1636 01:40:19,748 --> 01:40:21,807 Mr. Hanson. 1637 01:40:23,051 --> 01:40:26,043 - Gentlemen. Jack. - Mr. President. 1638 01:40:26,121 --> 01:40:28,248 There he is! Shelly! 1639 01:40:28,323 --> 01:40:30,518 Hello, Mr. President. 1640 01:40:30,592 --> 01:40:32,617 Uh, you know what? 1641 01:40:32,694 --> 01:40:35,288 Before we get started... 1642 01:40:35,364 --> 01:40:37,764 I can't stomach the idea... 1643 01:40:37,833 --> 01:40:40,825 of touching that chichi food we always get served at these state dinners. 1644 01:40:40,902 --> 01:40:42,836 - Glenda? - Yes, sir? 1645 01:40:42,904 --> 01:40:45,998 Could we put together a grilled cheese sandwich? Muenster on rye. 1646 01:40:46,074 --> 01:40:48,133 Right away. 1647 01:40:48,210 --> 01:40:50,508 Oh, sorry. Where are my manners? You guys want anything? 1648 01:40:50,579 --> 01:40:53,275 - No, thank you, sir. - Shelly? 1649 01:40:53,348 --> 01:40:55,441 Jesus, uh, Shell, those were some... 1650 01:40:55,517 --> 01:40:59,112 very nice things you said about Jack. 1651 01:41:01,089 --> 01:41:05,185 Jack, there. I understand that you two have never met. 1652 01:41:05,260 --> 01:41:07,990 - Laine Hanson, Jack Hathaway. - It's a pleasure. 1653 01:41:08,063 --> 01:41:09,997 - I'm quite in awe of you. - Thank you. 1654 01:41:12,067 --> 01:41:14,262 Mr. President? 1655 01:41:14,336 --> 01:41:18,864 - Yes, Glenda? - Sir, the kitchen's all out of Muenster. 1656 01:41:18,940 --> 01:41:23,138 Really? Wow. Well, um, let's get on that. 1657 01:41:23,211 --> 01:41:26,612 We don't want the wheels coming off the wagon. 1658 01:41:34,589 --> 01:41:38,286 This is, uh... 1659 01:41:38,360 --> 01:41:43,127 This is quite an event. Here we are. Quite a sad event. 1660 01:41:43,198 --> 01:41:45,189 - Mr. President, if I may? - Yes, please. 1661 01:41:45,267 --> 01:41:49,067 A short while ago, you told me that you thought I might be the future of the party. 1662 01:41:49,137 --> 01:41:52,231 I know that these are tough times... 1663 01:41:52,307 --> 01:41:54,241 and the future is uncertain... 1664 01:41:54,309 --> 01:41:56,154 but I'm very pleased to think that I might be 1665 01:41:56,178 --> 01:41:58,006 able to help make things a little smoother. 1666 01:41:59,981 --> 01:42:04,509 The future, yes. Well, there is one thing... 1667 01:42:04,586 --> 01:42:08,352 quite certain about the future. 1668 01:42:09,925 --> 01:42:12,723 - What's that? - Sir? 1669 01:42:12,794 --> 01:42:15,194 - You have the right to remain silent... - Fred. 1670 01:42:15,263 --> 01:42:19,666 - I have to read him his rights. - Fred, the governor, he knows his rights. 1671 01:42:19,735 --> 01:42:23,694 You know your rights, right, Jack? You don't have to humiliate him. 1672 01:42:23,772 --> 01:42:26,240 You fucked up, buddy. 1673 01:42:26,308 --> 01:42:30,608 - The girl, do you know what she was? - What girl? 1674 01:42:30,679 --> 01:42:33,739 - The girl in the river. - She was a paralegal. 1675 01:42:33,815 --> 01:42:37,251 - Before that. - She was military. Fourteen Golf. 1676 01:42:37,319 --> 01:42:41,779 We found the money that you put in her account at the Bellagio. 1677 01:42:41,857 --> 01:42:45,020 - Two hundred thousand dollars. - And that ad in... 1678 01:42:45,093 --> 01:42:47,527 - Soldier of Fortune. - Yeah, Soldier of Fortune. 1679 01:42:47,596 --> 01:42:50,030 I don't mind confessing, I am at a total fucking loss. 1680 01:42:50,098 --> 01:42:54,364 Shelly, he paid her to go off the fucking bridge. 1681 01:42:54,436 --> 01:42:57,803 He paid her to save her. 1682 01:42:57,873 --> 01:42:59,807 Jesus Christ. 1683 01:43:02,010 --> 01:43:04,945 - Shelly, maybe I... - You shouldn't say anything. 1684 01:43:05,013 --> 01:43:09,814 - Jack, look, we respect... - You're going to have to come with me now. 1685 01:43:09,885 --> 01:43:12,149 Fred. We respect you. 1686 01:43:12,220 --> 01:43:15,212 We're trying to make this go as smoothly as it possibly can. 1687 01:43:15,290 --> 01:43:17,520 I know you meant no harm. 1688 01:43:17,592 --> 01:43:19,905 Hell, I don't even know... What would the charge be? 1689 01:43:19,929 --> 01:43:20,929 Negligent homicide. 1690 01:43:20,996 --> 01:43:25,433 Oh, negligent homicide. 1691 01:43:25,500 --> 01:43:27,491 Sir. 1692 01:43:29,004 --> 01:43:31,472 - Good luck, Mrs. Hanson. - You too. 1693 01:43:31,540 --> 01:43:34,805 Who doesn't want a shortcut to greatness? 1694 01:43:49,758 --> 01:43:53,319 Oh, it's a goddamn shame about the Muenster. 1695 01:44:04,039 --> 01:44:05,973 Mr. President. 1696 01:44:06,041 --> 01:44:08,305 Yeah, Shelly? 1697 01:44:08,376 --> 01:44:10,537 You set me up. 1698 01:44:10,612 --> 01:44:12,546 Just this once. 1699 01:44:16,685 --> 01:44:19,051 For the record, sir... 1700 01:44:19,120 --> 01:44:23,386 I find what you did to be manipulative... 1701 01:44:23,458 --> 01:44:26,621 Mr. Chairman, let's just say... 1702 01:44:26,695 --> 01:44:29,858 "I'm guilty but not responsible," hmm? 1703 01:44:31,233 --> 01:44:36,034 Shelly, you needn't worry about us exposing the fact... 1704 01:44:36,104 --> 01:44:38,683 that you leaked all that horrible material about Laine on the Internet. 1705 01:44:38,707 --> 01:44:43,576 We know that you were just following your heart. 1706 01:44:44,613 --> 01:44:46,740 Yeah, Hartford, it was a tough one. 1707 01:44:46,815 --> 01:44:48,976 But... Well, it doesn't make a difference. 1708 01:44:49,050 --> 01:44:52,884 - She still is who she is. - Yes, she is. 1709 01:44:52,954 --> 01:44:55,422 And you are who you are. 1710 01:44:57,959 --> 01:45:00,018 You're still coming to the banquet, aren't you? 1711 01:45:00,095 --> 01:45:02,928 Because I'd love to see you. Is your wife in town? 1712 01:45:06,968 --> 01:45:10,062 May I introduce tonight's honoree, Miss Barr? 1713 01:45:10,138 --> 01:45:13,005 - Congressman Webster. - Honor, madam. 1714 01:45:13,074 --> 01:45:16,373 And, Congressman, you know the senator, of course. 1715 01:45:16,444 --> 01:45:19,106 We go about two feet back. 1716 01:45:19,180 --> 01:45:22,343 I asked them to have you seated at my table tonight. 1717 01:45:22,417 --> 01:45:26,478 - If you want to break bread with me. - Absolutely. 1718 01:45:26,554 --> 01:45:29,284 - Don't eat all the hors d'oeuvres. - Shark steak sandwiches? 1719 01:45:29,357 --> 01:45:31,518 Yeah. Save me some. 1720 01:45:34,696 --> 01:45:38,894 Last time I shared one of these, it was with the president of Russia. 1721 01:45:38,967 --> 01:45:44,166 Or maybe it was the kid who won Wimbledon for the second time. 1722 01:45:44,239 --> 01:45:46,264 I'm honored, sir. 1723 01:45:48,510 --> 01:45:51,604 You're not supposed to inhale. 1724 01:45:51,680 --> 01:45:54,945 Maybe that's the first thing you should've told me. 1725 01:45:57,118 --> 01:45:59,848 Recognize this affidavit? 1726 01:45:59,921 --> 01:46:01,946 Where'd you get that, sir? 1727 01:46:02,023 --> 01:46:04,548 Where you got yours. 1728 01:46:04,626 --> 01:46:07,459 Where Shelly Runyon got his. 1729 01:46:07,529 --> 01:46:10,191 From Mr. Webster. 1730 01:46:11,466 --> 01:46:14,026 He may not know his right from his left... 1731 01:46:14,102 --> 01:46:17,128 but apparently he does know right from wrong. 1732 01:46:18,606 --> 01:46:20,972 I understand you even less now, Senator. 1733 01:46:21,042 --> 01:46:24,409 - You are an enigma wrapped in a riddle. - Wrapped in a riddle. 1734 01:46:24,479 --> 01:46:27,744 Watch your step, Senator. 1735 01:46:32,420 --> 01:46:36,322 What if I told you that I'm just busting at the seams... 1736 01:46:36,391 --> 01:46:40,157 to know what exactly happened that night... 1737 01:46:40,228 --> 01:46:43,857 To hear the truth from your own lips? 1738 01:46:43,932 --> 01:46:47,163 Totally off the record. 1739 01:46:47,235 --> 01:46:52,730 Not between the president and the senator, but between the president and Laine. 1740 01:46:52,807 --> 01:46:56,538 Better than that. Between Jackson and Laine. 1741 01:47:08,523 --> 01:47:12,983 Well, I had just turned 18 when I got to college... 1742 01:47:13,061 --> 01:47:16,155 and I had never been away from home, not really. 1743 01:47:16,231 --> 01:47:21,863 And I was immediately... I was immediately lonely. 1744 01:47:21,936 --> 01:47:25,599 And that's when the sorority kicked in. 1745 01:47:25,673 --> 01:47:27,698 I wanted them, they wanted me. 1746 01:47:27,776 --> 01:47:30,040 I was the daughter of the governor, for Christ sake. 1747 01:47:30,111 --> 01:47:33,410 - True blue catch. - I guess so. 1748 01:47:33,481 --> 01:47:38,384 And like any other sorority, they have an initiation, a rush. 1749 01:47:38,453 --> 01:47:43,720 And they have this girl, this woman that Runyon deposed, Patty LaVamere. 1750 01:47:43,792 --> 01:47:46,090 She runs the sorority, and she gives it to me straight: 1751 01:47:46,161 --> 01:47:52,066 If I wanna be in, I have to go to their brother fraternity and have sex... 1752 01:47:52,133 --> 01:47:55,125 with two boys. 1753 01:47:55,203 --> 01:47:57,262 What a coup for them, huh? 1754 01:47:57,338 --> 01:48:01,001 Daughter of a big-time Republican doing a frat house? 1755 01:48:01,076 --> 01:48:04,045 But I say, "There's no chance." 1756 01:48:04,112 --> 01:48:07,013 - The whole thing was pretty hairy. - I bet. 1757 01:48:07,082 --> 01:48:10,176 But six beers later, I'm talking a different tune... 1758 01:48:10,251 --> 01:48:12,947 so off we go to the frat house. 1759 01:48:13,021 --> 01:48:15,581 Half the girls were there, about a zillion boys. 1760 01:48:15,657 --> 01:48:20,458 They're cheering my name. "Laine! Laine! Laine!" 1761 01:48:20,528 --> 01:48:24,055 And I'm just stumbling around. 1762 01:48:26,234 --> 01:48:30,466 Eventually I just say, "I'm gonna go for it." 1763 01:48:30,538 --> 01:48:35,066 If getting laid is a common initiation for boys in the frat... 1764 01:48:35,143 --> 01:48:38,237 then why not for us, right? 1765 01:48:38,313 --> 01:48:42,443 - You're asking me? - No, I'm not. 1766 01:48:42,517 --> 01:48:45,816 Oh, sorry. Sorry. Go ahead. 1767 01:48:45,887 --> 01:48:48,151 That's okay. 1768 01:48:49,624 --> 01:48:52,184 So they send me into this room. 1769 01:48:52,260 --> 01:48:55,593 It's dark and dim. There are these two guys. 1770 01:48:55,663 --> 01:48:59,224 They both have towels wrapped around their waists. 1771 01:48:59,300 --> 01:49:04,533 And the first guy, he slips his towel off. 1772 01:49:04,606 --> 01:49:08,440 And I see his thing, and... 1773 01:49:08,510 --> 01:49:11,741 I take it in my hand... 1774 01:49:11,813 --> 01:49:14,839 and I say... 1775 01:49:16,518 --> 01:49:19,966 It was the first thing that came into my head. 1776 01:49:19,990 --> 01:49:21,478 What did you say? 1777 01:49:21,556 --> 01:49:23,990 I said, "I'm sorry, I don't smoke." 1778 01:49:27,195 --> 01:49:30,392 And then I just got the hell out of there. 1779 01:49:32,333 --> 01:49:34,267 You okay, sir? 1780 01:49:34,335 --> 01:49:39,568 Oh, no, I'm just thinking what I'd pay to be back in college again. 1781 01:49:42,510 --> 01:49:46,913 The next day, the campus was rampant with word... 1782 01:49:46,981 --> 01:49:49,006 that I had been the center of a gang-bang. 1783 01:49:49,083 --> 01:49:51,176 I mean, the governor's daughter. 1784 01:49:51,252 --> 01:49:54,517 Let me tell you. That's one hell of a bell to un-ring. 1785 01:49:54,589 --> 01:49:57,353 - What about the photographs? - Not me. 1786 01:49:57,425 --> 01:49:59,950 I never took my clothes off. 1787 01:50:00,028 --> 01:50:03,225 Even if I had, I've got this big birthmark on my right thigh... 1788 01:50:03,298 --> 01:50:06,131 that the lady with the lovely physique in the photo lacks. 1789 01:50:06,201 --> 01:50:10,535 - No witnesses? - Pure urban legend. 1790 01:50:10,605 --> 01:50:13,768 A little bit of wishful thinking thrown in, I think. 1791 01:50:14,609 --> 01:50:17,271 You know, Laine... 1792 01:50:17,345 --> 01:50:21,679 you could've looked those pricks in the eye and told them the truth. 1793 01:50:21,749 --> 01:50:24,240 Under oath. Told them they were full of shit. 1794 01:50:24,319 --> 01:50:28,653 And barring that, you could've at least told me. 1795 01:50:28,723 --> 01:50:33,660 But see, it really wasn't any of your business either, and it still isn't. 1796 01:50:33,728 --> 01:50:37,220 There's something about almost puking on a Havana... 1797 01:50:37,298 --> 01:50:39,664 that just turns a girl... to blush. 1798 01:50:39,734 --> 01:50:44,068 This letter from Jack Bennet... 1799 01:50:44,138 --> 01:50:49,371 and Larry Bellows, affidavit, I guess, that you got from Webster. 1800 01:50:49,444 --> 01:50:52,607 It pretty much says that nothing happened that night. 1801 01:50:52,680 --> 01:50:55,231 They're ready to come forward to be deposed. 1802 01:50:55,255 --> 01:50:56,844 That's very good of them. 1803 01:50:56,918 --> 01:51:00,479 So, that's it. The end. Good guys win. 1804 01:51:00,555 --> 01:51:03,854 I'm gonna call a press conference tomorrow, read that letter... 1805 01:51:03,925 --> 01:51:08,589 and damn it if you don't have the fastest confirmation on record. 1806 01:51:08,663 --> 01:51:10,597 No, sir. 1807 01:51:10,665 --> 01:51:13,259 "No, sir"? What, "No, sir"? 1808 01:51:13,334 --> 01:51:18,033 I would prefer that we not have the press conference, sir. 1809 01:51:18,106 --> 01:51:21,473 Laine, maybe you've been out of law school too long. 1810 01:51:21,542 --> 01:51:23,612 This is what they call exculpatory evidence. 1811 01:51:23,636 --> 01:51:24,705 Yes, I realize that. 1812 01:51:24,779 --> 01:51:27,682 This is your ticket to wherever history is gonna take you. 1813 01:51:27,706 --> 01:51:28,706 Yes. 1814 01:51:28,750 --> 01:51:32,481 But principles only mean something if you stick by them when they're inconvenient. 1815 01:51:34,122 --> 01:51:36,989 If I ever did answer the questions... 1816 01:51:37,058 --> 01:51:40,755 you know, even to exonerate myself... 1817 01:51:40,828 --> 01:51:44,457 that would mean that it was okay for them to have been asked in the first place... 1818 01:51:44,532 --> 01:51:46,466 and it isn't. 1819 01:51:46,534 --> 01:51:49,264 - You would sacrifice your reputation? - Yes, I would. 1820 01:51:49,337 --> 01:51:52,864 People have sacrificed a lot more for a lot less. 1821 01:51:55,009 --> 01:51:59,241 - We've got him! We have Goliath. - Sir, are you all right, sir? 1822 01:51:59,314 --> 01:52:02,772 - It's okay, guys. Busted. - POTUS is secure. 1823 01:52:03,117 --> 01:52:06,416 Of course, the president addressing a joint session of Congress... 1824 01:52:06,487 --> 01:52:08,921 is always unusual, always an event. 1825 01:52:08,990 --> 01:52:11,891 This speech is scheduled to begin momentarily. 1826 01:52:11,959 --> 01:52:15,360 We understand the president has arrived at the U.S. Capitol. 1827 01:52:15,430 --> 01:52:18,922 I don't care if I never see any of these guys again. 1828 01:52:19,000 --> 01:52:23,437 Sources in the White House have told us that the president... 1829 01:52:23,504 --> 01:52:24,387 It's gonna be okay. 1830 01:52:24,411 --> 01:52:27,133 Does intend to withdraw the name of Senator Laine B. Hanson... 1831 01:52:27,208 --> 01:52:32,111 I still have a year and a half on my term. That's a long time to recover. 1832 01:52:32,180 --> 01:52:37,641 - Then there's always... - Given the stunning charges made against Governor Hathaway... 1833 01:52:37,719 --> 01:52:41,883 - Laine, honey, it's gonna be fine. - Those on the inside are suggesting... 1834 01:52:41,956 --> 01:52:43,967 - It's gonna be okay. - The president will designate... 1835 01:52:43,991 --> 01:52:46,404 Ambassador Francis J. Malloy as his number two. 1836 01:52:46,428 --> 01:52:47,428 Yeah, thanks. 1837 01:52:48,663 --> 01:52:50,893 Pace me at five to ten, okay? 1838 01:52:54,135 --> 01:52:58,970 ...after the greeting of the president of the United States. 1839 01:52:59,040 --> 01:53:02,874 Mr. Speaker, the president of the United States of America. 1840 01:54:18,286 --> 01:54:20,754 Thank you. 1841 01:54:23,157 --> 01:54:28,493 Napoleon once said, when asked to explain the lack of great statesmen in the world... 1842 01:54:28,563 --> 01:54:31,054 that, "to get power... 1843 01:54:31,132 --> 01:54:34,624 you need to display absolute pettiness. 1844 01:54:34,702 --> 01:54:38,798 To exercise power, you need to show true greatness." 1845 01:54:38,873 --> 01:54:43,435 Such pettiness and such greatness are rarely found in one person. 1846 01:54:43,511 --> 01:54:46,947 I look upon the events of the past weeks... 1847 01:54:47,014 --> 01:54:50,814 and I've never come so to grips with that quotation. 1848 01:54:50,885 --> 01:54:53,217 So, ladies and gentlemen of this Congress... 1849 01:54:53,287 --> 01:54:55,817 it pains my soul to tell you that you have 1850 01:54:55,841 --> 01:54:58,691 brought blood and shame under this great dome. 1851 01:54:58,759 --> 01:55:03,219 Your leadership has raised the stakes of hate to a level... 1852 01:55:03,297 --> 01:55:07,859 where we can no longer separate the demagogue from the truly inspired. 1853 01:55:07,935 --> 01:55:13,271 And believe this, there are traitors among us. 1854 01:55:13,341 --> 01:55:17,937 And I'm not talking about those of you who sided against your party leadership. 1855 01:55:18,012 --> 01:55:21,971 I'm talking about those of you who were patriots to your party... 1856 01:55:22,049 --> 01:55:25,678 but traitors to the necessary end result: 1857 01:55:25,753 --> 01:55:28,984 That of righteousness, the truth... 1858 01:55:29,056 --> 01:55:34,392 the concept of making the American dream blind to gender. 1859 01:55:34,462 --> 01:55:38,865 And you know, I am not free of blame. 1860 01:55:38,933 --> 01:55:41,333 Right from the start I should've come down here... 1861 01:55:41,402 --> 01:55:44,633 pointed a finger your way... 1862 01:55:44,705 --> 01:55:46,798 Pointed a finger your way... 1863 01:55:46,874 --> 01:55:50,401 and asked you, "Have you no decency, sir?" 1864 01:55:52,246 --> 01:55:55,340 Yesterday... 1865 01:55:55,416 --> 01:55:57,748 I met... 1866 01:55:57,818 --> 01:56:00,616 Mr. Runyon... 1867 01:56:00,688 --> 01:56:03,782 you may walk out on me, you may walk out on this body... 1868 01:56:03,858 --> 01:56:08,693 but you cannot walk out on the will of the American people. 1869 01:56:08,763 --> 01:56:11,755 Americans are a good people, they're a just people, Mr. Runyon... 1870 01:56:11,832 --> 01:56:15,598 and they will forgive you, but they will not forget. 1871 01:56:15,670 --> 01:56:18,298 Hate and ego have no place residing... 1872 01:56:18,372 --> 01:56:23,036 in what my good friend Laine Hanson calls the chapel of democracy. 1873 01:56:23,110 --> 01:56:25,010 So, let me make one thing clear. 1874 01:56:25,079 --> 01:56:29,607 You come at us with whatever weapons that you have in your arsenal... 1875 01:56:29,684 --> 01:56:32,448 but there is no weapon as powerful... 1876 01:56:32,520 --> 01:56:36,081 as that of an idea whose time has come. 1877 01:56:36,157 --> 01:56:40,253 A woman will serve in the highest level of the Executive. Simple as that. 1878 01:56:40,328 --> 01:56:43,627 Yesterday... 1879 01:56:43,698 --> 01:56:47,259 I spoke with Laine Hanson. 1880 01:56:47,335 --> 01:56:50,668 I told her that she could decide her own destiny. 1881 01:56:50,738 --> 01:56:53,707 If she wanted to continue her fight for confirmation... 1882 01:56:53,774 --> 01:56:57,471 that I would stand beside her. 1883 01:56:57,545 --> 01:57:00,412 She has asked me to allow her to step aside. 1884 01:57:00,481 --> 01:57:05,145 She told me that she wanted my administration to end on a note... 1885 01:57:05,219 --> 01:57:08,916 of triumph and not controversy. 1886 01:57:08,990 --> 01:57:14,519 Understand, those of you who worked to bring Laine Hanson down... 1887 01:57:14,595 --> 01:57:18,224 that she asked to have her name withdrawn from consideration... 1888 01:57:18,299 --> 01:57:22,167 not because she isn't great, but because she isn't petty. 1889 01:57:22,236 --> 01:57:25,831 Because those two conflicting leadership traits... 1890 01:57:25,906 --> 01:57:29,637 could not live as one within her body or her soul. 1891 01:57:29,710 --> 01:57:33,168 Greatness. It comes in many forms. 1892 01:57:33,247 --> 01:57:37,149 Sometimes it comes in the form of sacrifice. That's the loneliest form. 1893 01:57:37,218 --> 01:57:41,621 Now, it turns out that Laine Hanson is a woman... 1894 01:57:41,689 --> 01:57:45,181 an American of devout principle... 1895 01:57:45,259 --> 01:57:48,285 and she has inspired me to act alike... 1896 01:57:48,362 --> 01:57:53,595 and I cannot accept Senator Hanson's withdrawal. 1897 01:57:53,668 --> 01:57:58,935 And I'm now calling for an immediate vote of confirmation of Laine Hanson. 1898 01:57:59,006 --> 01:58:00,974 And, Mr. Speaker... 1899 01:58:01,042 --> 01:58:05,536 I would like to make this a live roll call. 1900 01:58:05,613 --> 01:58:08,411 I want to see the faces of those of you... 1901 01:58:08,482 --> 01:58:11,645 who would eliminate the possibility of greatness in American leadership... 1902 01:58:11,719 --> 01:58:15,951 because of half-truths, lies and innuendoes. 1903 01:58:16,023 --> 01:58:19,049 I will not be deterred by partisanship. 1904 01:58:19,126 --> 01:58:21,060 I will not be deterred by misogyny. 1905 01:58:21,128 --> 01:58:23,619 I will not be deterred by hate. 1906 01:58:23,698 --> 01:58:26,861 You have now come face-to-face with my will. 1907 01:58:27,935 --> 01:58:31,200 Confirm my nominee, heal this nation... 1908 01:58:31,272 --> 01:58:35,402 and let the American people explode into this new millennium... 1909 01:58:35,476 --> 01:58:40,675 with the exhilaration of being true to the glory of this democracy. 1910 01:58:40,748 --> 01:58:42,511 Thank you. 1911 01:59:28,462 --> 01:59:31,454 How's that for a swan song? 1912 01:59:31,532 --> 01:59:33,932 You're back, Laine. 1913 01:59:34,001 --> 01:59:37,027 Yeah, I know.