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For you, picking Sarah Palin
was about winning an election,
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not necessarily about
who's gonna be best as vice president.
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My job is to give political advice.
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We needed to do something bold
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to try to win the race.
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If you had it to do over again,
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would you have her on the ticket?
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- Hello.
- They fuckin' hate me, Steve.
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Who's that, sir?
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Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter.
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They're dancing on my grave
like it's fucking Mardi Gras.
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That may be true,
but there's an upside
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to being in last place.
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You can say what you truly feel.
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- You think I've been holding back?
- I do, Senator.
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The surge is working,
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but no one else
is brave enough to say it.
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Romney, Giuliani, Huckabee...
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all your opponents are hedging.
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Even you hesitated at the last debate.
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A great man once told me,
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"I would rather lose the election
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than see the country lose this war."
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And I meant it, Steve.
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Then say it, sir.
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John McCain doesn't say what's popular,
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he says what's right.
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My advice would be
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to get some old POW buddies together
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and travel the country
in a small caravan.
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Stay in shitty hotels,
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do American Legion halls,
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V.F.W. posts, have a few beers
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and enjoy yourself.
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You're right, goddamn it.
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I don't know
what the hell's wrong with me.
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You get so caught up in winning,
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- you start to lose yourself.
- It's gonna be easy because
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there's only one message
you need to get across.
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Yeah? What's that?
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John McCain puts country first.
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Would you consider joining us?
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Even just for a few weeks?
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Senator, there is no one in this race
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I admire more than you,
but I promised my wife
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that I would sit this cycle out.
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I know that, Steve,
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but will you just think about it?
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Just do that...
Just think about it, will you?
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Of course, Senator.
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- You promise?
- I will, I promise.
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Great, I'll call you tomorrow.
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- Okay.
- Thanks, Stevie boy.
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Fuck.
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Senator McCain today reshuffling
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his most senior campaign staff.
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John McCain wins
the New Hampshire primary,
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a huge comeback
for the senator from Arizona.
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You hear them chanting behind me...
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"Mac is back, Mac is back."
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A big win for John McCain
in South Carolina,
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a win that he will relish.
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The question on the campaign trail was
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can a soufflé rise twice?
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John McCain wins
the Republican presidential nomination.
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What a historic night.
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And they said we were dead.
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Next stop: the White House.
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Obama! Obama!
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People of Berlin
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and people of the world,
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the scale of our challenge is great.
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The road ahead will be long.
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But I come before you
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to say that we are heirs
to a struggle for freedom.
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We are a people of improbable hope
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with an eye towards the future,
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with resolve in our heart.
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Let us remember this history
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and answer our destiny
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and remake the world once again.
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Thank you, Berlin. God bless you.
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- - Thank you.
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If he heals a sick baby,
we're really fucked.
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We're down by 15.
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If his convention speech
is as good as that...
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It'll be better.
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Then we'll be trailing by 20
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going into St. Paul.
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It's an uphill battle, John.
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Well, as Chairman Mao
was fond of saying,
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"It's always darkest
before it's completely black."
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Senator, it always concerns me
when you quote Chairman Mao.
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This guy is raising money
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like he's some sort
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John, if there ever was a time
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to run a Reverend Wright ad,
this is that time.
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- Absolutely not.
- I agree.
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There's footage of his own reverend
saying "goddamn America."
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It's the single best weapon we've got.
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I want to run a fucking campaign
that my kids can be proud of,
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and that precludes
attacking a black reverend.
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I think we're going about this
all wrong.
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This man is on the cover
of every news magazine.
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He's on the cover
of every entertainment magazine.
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He's got 200,000 people
screaming for him in Berlin.
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And what has he done?
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A man of no accomplishment
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has become the biggest celebrity
in the world,
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and we keep trying to reach up
and pull him down.
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What we need to do
is ask the American people
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a very simple question:
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Do you want a statesman
to be your next president...
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or do you want a celebrity?
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Try it.
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He's the biggest celebrity in the world.
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Obama! Obama!
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But is he ready to lead?
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With gas prices soaring,
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Barack Obama says no
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and says he'll raise taxes
on electricity?
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Higher taxes, more foreign oil...
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that's the real Obama.
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Great job, Fred.
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I thought we were
the grown-ups in this race.
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John, it's his girlfriend.
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This is a cautionary tale, John.
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It's what I'm talking about.
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Yeah, right. Yeah, let's...
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- Let's watch it again.
- No, I can't, I can't! Please.
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See, that's what I'm talking about.
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Now can you believe these guys?
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He wants Lieberman on the ticket.
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- Of course he does.
- Disaster.
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Or historic.
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- Or historic disaster.
- John loves him.
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It would be a strong move
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Guys, the base is already concerned
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that John is not a true conservative.
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Now, I don't think picking
a pro-choice Jewish Democrat
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who just happened to be
Al Gore's running mate
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is going to alleviate that concern.
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Maybe we have McCain
make a one-term pledge.
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He announces in some huge speech
that he and a Democrat
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are joining together for one term
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so that the parties can come together
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and solve this country's
greatest problems.
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Maybe, with a one-term pledge.
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Nothing says country first
like picking Joe Lieberman.
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Well, if it's gonna work,
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it has to remain absolutely secret,
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right up until the convention.
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If it gets leaked,
the right will kill it.
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John McCain's decision
to put Joe Lieberman
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front and center at his convention
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has the unique distinction of unsettling
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both Democrats and Republicans.
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I think the idea of him
being the Republican
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vice presidential nominee
would split the convention.
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In the cabinet, fine. Not as V.P.
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Bad choice. Conservatives will bolt.
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Comedy team of McCain and Lieberman.
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Maybe they'll play Atlantic City
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Thank you.
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So what the fuck happened?
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Lindsey Graham was trying
to build support for the idea
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- and it leaked.
- Goddamn it, Lindsey.
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Well, if it's any consolation,
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my numbers show
that if you pick Lieberman
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or any pro-choice candidate,
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40% of your core supporters
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will be less likely to support you.
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40%.
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And you gain very few independents.
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Overall, it's a wide-net negative.
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We've made a lot of calls.
Some people don't even think
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Lieberman can make it
through the convention.
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Others say, yeah, he can,
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but he's gonna rip the party in half.
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But Joe is perfect.
We're both mavericks
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that are hated by the assholes
in our own parties.
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It could have a tremendous
healing effect on the country.
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We can't win without our base.
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Lieberman is the right thing to do,
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but the wrong way to win.
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- Who all have we vetted?
- Romney, Crist, Pawlenty.
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- We're trying to vet Bloomberg.
- Who can we win with?
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- None of them.
- None of them?
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John, Obama just changed
the entire dynamic.
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It is a change year, sir.
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We desperately need
a game-changing pick,
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and none of these middle-aged white guys
are game-changers.
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So... what?
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I just fuck off and die?
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Well, the data shows
we have four things we have to do.
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We have to win back the independents,
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we have to excite the base,
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we have to distance ourselves
from the Bush administration,
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and we have to close the gender gap.
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How bad is the gap?
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It's fatal.
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You've got a 20% advantage with men,
which is great,
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but a 20% deficit with women.
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You've got to pick up 15% with females.
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Because if you're trailing
by more than five with them,
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you lose.
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So find me a woman.
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All right, ladies. Who's it gonna be?
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Meg Whitman supports abortion rights.
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Pro-choice, pro-choice.
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- Who are you?
- These solar arrays combined
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will allow us to produce
34 megawatts of power...
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To make sure that risk management
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is the best that we can do to secure...
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But as you know,
the turnpike ends here in Augusta.
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At that point...
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What was her name?
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Once Alaska is allowed
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to very responsibly
and safely develop our resources,
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we'll lower costs of energy
across the United States,
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and then we'd be able
to secure the nation
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with a clean, domestic supply of energy.
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And I say that, Charlie,
even personally.
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My one and only son, my 18-year-old,
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he just signed up
for the United States Army.
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He's at boot camp right now.
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And I'm thinkin', you know,
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this kid is doing all that he can
within his power
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to help secure and defend
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Every elected official
had better be asking themselves,
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are you doing as much also?
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Are you doing all that you can?
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She's a star.
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She's so passionately pro-life
that at age 44,
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she decided to keep a child
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that she knew midterm
had Down syndrome.
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And there's a lot more
that the base will love.
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She has an 80% approval rating
in Alaska.
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- The highest of any governor in the country...
- 80%?
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And she got it
by taking on the oil lobby
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and the Republican establishment.
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She's the one who killed
the Bridge to Nowhere.
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I fought Ted Stevens for months
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on that stupid fucking bridge.
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Plus, she is a devout Christian.
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She's got a son about to deploy to Iraq,
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attractive mother of five.
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- She likes to moose hunt.
- Moose hunt?
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This is a woman with a gun, John.
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I mean, come on,
the base is gonna be doing back flips.
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What does Salter think?
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Uh, he's worried
that she's a creationist.
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Yeah, and that's exactly why
the base will love her.
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Women will love her.
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Plus, she gives you distance from Bush.
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Furthermore, she's so outside the box
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that she helps you
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which will win back independents.
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She's everything we need.
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You don't think she might be
too outside the box?
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Huh. Well, that's what makes her
such a maverick choice.
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So is picking Lieberman.
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That'd be pretty goddamn mavericky.
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Sir, we live in the age of YouTube
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and the 24-hour news cycle.
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How else do you think a man
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who has absolutely
no major life accomplishments
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is beating an American hero
by double digits?
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He's simply sailing
on his charisma and star power.
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We need to create a dynamic moment
in this campaign
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or we're dead.
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You think she's that good?
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She could be.
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And we can vet her in five days?
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We can.
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The vet has to be as thorough for her
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as it was for all the other candidates.
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Culvahouse says he can do it, so...
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The clock is ticking, sir.
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If you are going to seriously consider
the governor of Alaska,
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you have to call her now.
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You know, Governor, these gas prices
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- are killing us.
- Oh, my goodness, don't I know it.
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They're killing me and Todd, too.
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Hey, how are ya?
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But once Alaska
is allowed to very safely
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and responsibly develop our resources,
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we'll lower cost of energy
across the entire nation.
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You keep giving 'em hell, Governor.
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Aw, thanks. Nice talking to ya.
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Mom, can we go
on the roller coaster now?
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Yeah. No, of course, honey.
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- Hey, Bristol?
- Yeah?
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Can you hold Trig? I'm gonna take Piper
on the roller coaster.
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- Sure.
- There you go.
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There you go, buddy.
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- Mom.
- Just one second, hon.
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This is Sarah.
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Thank you for coming
on such short notice, Governor.
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Should this go according to plan,
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we will take you to meet Senator McCain
at his compound
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first thing in the morning.
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Now, if he chooses you
to be his running mate,
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you will instantly become
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one of the most famous
people on the planet.
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Your life will be investigated,
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manipulated, distorted,
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and you will lose
any semblance of privacy.
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Knowing this,
are you 100% committed
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to going forward with this project?
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Absolutely.
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I have a servant's heart.
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And if you really think
I can help this ticket,
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if you really think
I can help this country,
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then absolutely... I'll do this with ya.
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Your private life will be subjected
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to harsh, often unfair attacks.
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Nothing can prepare you for...
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how ugly this can be. Not...
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I do understand that. Here's the deal.
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I went through
a tough primary in Alaska,
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and I know how ugly it can get.
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Well, Governor, things can get
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quite a bit rougher
on the national stage.
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I don't know, Alaska's pretty rough.
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Now, you and Senator McCain
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have a difference of opinion
on several issues.
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He is pro-life,
but he's in favor of exceptions
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in the case of rape, incest
or a mother's life being at risk.
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- You are not.
- That is correct.
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I am unapologetically pro-life.
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Senator McCain supports
stem cell research.
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- You do not.
- That's true, I do not.
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John McCain would never ask you
to contradict your beliefs,
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but we expect you
to support his positions.
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And we may ask you to appear in ads
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advocating those positions.
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Do you have a problem with that?
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No, I don't. Not at all.
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Senator McCain
can count on my full support.
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I would be so proud
to be a member of his team.
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Do you reject the theory of evolution?
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I'm the daughter of a science teacher.
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My dad showed me fossils growing up.
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I know about evolution.
I accept evolution.
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But I will never deny
that I see the hand of God
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in this beautiful creation
that is Earth.
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I'm really glad that you're asking me
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these types of questions.
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Why is that?
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It's important that you know
exactly what you're getting.
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John, let me be very clear.
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Every other vet we did
was over a four-to-eight-week period.
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This vet has been compiled
in absolute secrecy
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in less than five days.
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I understand.
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Well, in doing a vet this fast,
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there's certainly the possibility
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that we may have missed something.
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Yeah, I got it. What do you think, A.B.?
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I like many of her answers
in the questionnaire.
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00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:49,067
And in the interview, she hit some
of my questions out of the park.
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00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:50,652
Now...
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00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:53,446
there are more potential
land mines with Palin
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than with the other choices.
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00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:59,035
She told us she has
a teen daughter who's pregnant.
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That should not prevent this
from moving forward,
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00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:04,416
but we don't know
what else could pop up.
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00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:07,252
But are you impressed
with her personally?
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I am.
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She has a great life story
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and she's extremely poised
and confident
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for someone in her situation.
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00:18:21,684 --> 00:18:23,476
But you have a candidate
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who's only been governor for 18 months.
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Before that,
she was the mayor of a small town
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of 10,000 people.
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00:18:29,817 --> 00:18:32,444
She undercuts your best attack on Obama
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that he's too inexperienced.
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00:18:34,614 --> 00:18:36,114
Well, that's played out.
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00:18:36,198 --> 00:18:38,366
We lose by five
if we stick with experience.
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00:18:40,870 --> 00:18:43,246
You think she's ready to be president?
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I don't think she's gonna be ready
on January 20th,
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00:18:46,417 --> 00:18:50,879
but I think she has the smarts
to get there eventually.
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Give me the bottom line, A.B.
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00:18:55,259 --> 00:18:58,178
High risk...
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high reward.
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00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:03,642
You shouldn't have told me that.
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00:19:03,726 --> 00:19:04,809
Why not?
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00:19:04,894 --> 00:19:08,897
I've been a risk-taker all my life.
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00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,622
- Hi.
- Hi. How are ya?
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Great.
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Thanks so much for coming.
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00:19:28,376 --> 00:19:30,251
Thank you for having me
at your beautiful house.
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00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:33,713
Well, come on in. Please.
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One of the things
I'm most proud of, Sarah,
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is my independence.
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00:19:42,431 --> 00:19:44,265
And I'm very impressed
with how you've bucked
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00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:46,768
the Republican establishment in Alaska.
401
00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:49,354
Well, I am wired to be
kind of independent there also.
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00:19:49,438 --> 00:19:51,690
And I thought if I'm gonna
truly run the state
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00:19:51,774 --> 00:19:54,067
on behalf of the people,
I'm gonna have to do it
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00:19:54,151 --> 00:19:56,194
without that good ole boy network.
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00:19:56,278 --> 00:19:59,864
I love the way you squashed
Stevens's Bridge to Nowhere.
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00:19:59,949 --> 00:20:03,410
Yeah. I am pro-growth
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00:20:03,494 --> 00:20:05,453
and pro-infrastructure for Alaska,
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00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:08,206
but not at the expense
of the American taxpayer.
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00:20:08,290 --> 00:20:10,208
I told Congress if we wanted a bridge,
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00:20:10,292 --> 00:20:12,043
we'd build it ourselves.
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00:20:12,128 --> 00:20:14,713
You remind me of myself.
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00:20:14,797 --> 00:20:16,423
We're both reformers
who are not afraid
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00:20:16,507 --> 00:20:18,007
to thumb our nose at our own party.
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00:20:18,092 --> 00:20:20,343
Senator, you're an American hero.
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00:20:20,428 --> 00:20:24,180
I'm just Sarah from Alaska.
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00:20:28,853 --> 00:20:30,812
What do you guys think?
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00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:33,565
I know a guy like Tim Pawlenty
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00:20:33,649 --> 00:20:35,150
isn't exactly the game-changing pick
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00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:36,651
you all seem to think we need,
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00:20:36,736 --> 00:20:38,153
but he's young, he's energetic.
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00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:41,197
He has solid conservative credentials.
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00:20:41,282 --> 00:20:43,158
With Pawlenty, we make the base happy.
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00:20:44,326 --> 00:20:46,494
And we know what the hell we're getting.
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00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:48,204
Pawlenty's ready to be president.
425
00:20:48,289 --> 00:20:49,873
Steve?
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00:20:49,957 --> 00:20:53,418
Well, there are unknowns with Palin,
427
00:20:53,502 --> 00:20:56,796
and certainly it could go bad.
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00:20:56,881 --> 00:21:00,258
But if it were me,
I'd rather lose by 10 points
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00:21:00,342 --> 00:21:02,594
going for the win
than lose by one point
430
00:21:02,678 --> 00:21:04,095
and look back and say, "Goddamn,
431
00:21:04,180 --> 00:21:05,680
we should have gone for the win."
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00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:10,894
Our slogan's "Country first."
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00:21:10,978 --> 00:21:14,564
Lieberman and Pawlenty
are country-first choices.
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00:21:16,358 --> 00:21:17,901
Sarah Palin will be perceived
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00:21:17,985 --> 00:21:20,361
as a self-serving political maneuver.
436
00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:27,285
You may not only
lose the election, John.
437
00:21:27,369 --> 00:21:29,788
You just might lose your reputation
right along with it.
438
00:21:29,872 --> 00:21:32,582
I'm not running for my reputation.
439
00:21:33,876 --> 00:21:35,710
I'm running to be president.
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00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:38,546
Yes, sir.
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00:21:47,181 --> 00:21:48,765
It is absolutely crucial
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00:21:48,849 --> 00:21:50,809
that not a single person
know you're the pick.
443
00:21:50,893 --> 00:21:53,520
Surprise of your announcement
will stop any momentum
444
00:21:53,604 --> 00:21:55,855
Obama might get
from his convention speech.
445
00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:57,315
That's smart.
446
00:22:04,198 --> 00:22:07,242
You seem totally unfazed by all this.
447
00:22:08,577 --> 00:22:10,620
It's God's plan.
448
00:22:20,881 --> 00:22:23,925
This election has never been about me.
449
00:22:24,009 --> 00:22:26,344
It's about you.
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00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:38,690
You understand that in this election
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00:22:38,774 --> 00:22:40,275
the greatest risk we can take
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00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,151
is to try the same old politics
453
00:22:42,236 --> 00:22:46,197
with the same old players
and expect a different result.
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00:22:50,452 --> 00:22:53,371
Change happens.
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00:22:53,455 --> 00:22:56,708
Change happens because
the American people demand it...
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00:22:58,419 --> 00:23:02,755
because they rise up and insist
on new ideas and new leadership
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00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,466
and new politics for a new time.
458
00:23:05,551 --> 00:23:07,552
You're about to meet our nominee.
459
00:23:07,636 --> 00:23:11,556
You are the seventh and eighth person
to know about this.
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00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:12,974
It's Steve.
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00:23:13,058 --> 00:23:15,059
Come in.
462
00:23:15,144 --> 00:23:16,436
Because I've seen it...
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00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,146
Hi. Come on in.
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00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:21,024
I'm just watching Obama's
big, fancy speech again.
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00:23:21,108 --> 00:23:23,776
Governor, this is Matthew Scully.
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00:23:23,861 --> 00:23:25,528
- He'll be your main speechwriter.
- Nice to meet you.
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00:23:25,613 --> 00:23:27,405
And this is Nicolle Wallace,
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00:23:27,489 --> 00:23:30,658
-former White House communications director.
- Hi. How are you?
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00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:32,744
And this is Governor Sarah Palin
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00:23:32,828 --> 00:23:34,120
from Alaska.
471
00:23:34,204 --> 00:23:37,248
Yes, of course.
Congratulations, Governor.
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00:23:37,333 --> 00:23:38,625
It's a real honor to meet you.
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00:23:38,709 --> 00:23:40,376
Great to have you on board.
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00:23:40,461 --> 00:23:42,754
Hey, come here. Lookit. Look at this.
475
00:23:42,838 --> 00:23:46,758
- - I didn't know we were running
against a Greek god.
476
00:23:50,596 --> 00:23:53,514
They sure do love him.
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00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:58,019
- They're gonna love you more.
- America, we cannot turn back.
478
00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:10,823
Governor, you are the nominee
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00:24:10,908 --> 00:24:12,784
for the vice president
of the United States.
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00:24:12,868 --> 00:24:15,370
You will no longer
be carrying your own bags.
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00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:16,913
Yes, sir.
482
00:24:16,997 --> 00:24:18,706
And never call me "sir."
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00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:20,792
You can call me Steve, Schmidty,
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00:24:20,876 --> 00:24:24,295
Kojak, Potsie, shithead...
anything you want.
485
00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:26,589
I will call you governor or ma'am.
486
00:24:26,674 --> 00:24:30,385
Well, I don't curse,
so I'm gonna have to call you Potsie.
487
00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:32,095
Very good, ma'am.
488
00:24:32,179 --> 00:24:34,430
These gentlemen
are Secret Service agents.
489
00:24:34,515 --> 00:24:35,974
They will take you into the arena.
490
00:24:36,058 --> 00:24:38,059
And if everything
goes according to plan,
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00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:40,478
they will be with you
the rest of your life.
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00:24:40,562 --> 00:24:42,563
Everything's gonna change
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00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:45,108
the moment you walk out that door.
494
00:24:45,192 --> 00:24:47,068
Are you ready, Governor?
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00:24:50,739 --> 00:24:52,156
I'm ready.
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00:24:53,075 --> 00:24:54,659
Breathe.
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00:24:58,664 --> 00:25:00,081
Welcome, Governor.
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00:25:17,766 --> 00:25:19,600
Thank you.
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00:25:19,685 --> 00:25:21,894
Thank you for that wonderful welcome.
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00:25:21,979 --> 00:25:25,773
I'm very happy today
to spend my birthday with you
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00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:28,860
and to make
a historic announcement in Dayton...
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00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:35,158
...a city built
on hard, honest work of good people.
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00:25:39,997 --> 00:25:41,998
The person I'm about
to introduce to you
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00:25:42,082 --> 00:25:45,126
was a stand-out high school point guard,
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00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:48,546
a concerned citizen
who became a member of the P.T.A.,
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00:25:48,630 --> 00:25:50,339
then a city council member...
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00:25:50,424 --> 00:25:52,592
- Say a prayer.
- ...then a mayor,
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00:25:52,676 --> 00:25:56,095
- and now a governor.
- Say a prayer.
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00:25:56,180 --> 00:25:58,598
- Say a prayer.
- Say a prayer.
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00:25:58,682 --> 00:26:01,142
...to celebrate the anniversary
of women's suffrage,
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00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:04,687
a devoted wife and a mother of five.
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00:26:08,942 --> 00:26:11,569
My friends and fellow Americans,
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I am very pleased
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00:26:13,822 --> 00:26:16,657
to introduce to you
the next vice president
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00:26:16,742 --> 00:26:20,244
of the United States,
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00:26:20,329 --> 00:26:23,748
Governor Sarah Palin
of the great state of Alaska!
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00:26:29,338 --> 00:26:31,339
Just have fun.
518
00:26:47,231 --> 00:26:49,398
This is a fantastic rollout, Steve.
519
00:26:49,483 --> 00:26:51,776
I can't believe you were able
to keep it a secret.
520
00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:54,821
I had to confiscate
her kids' cell phones.
521
00:26:56,532 --> 00:26:58,324
No hurry.
522
00:26:58,408 --> 00:27:00,660
- Thank you.
- All the way, Sarah!
523
00:27:00,744 --> 00:27:02,703
And I thank you, Senator McCain,
524
00:27:02,788 --> 00:27:05,832
for the confidence
you have placed in me.
525
00:27:05,916 --> 00:27:10,419
Senator, I am honored to be chosen
as your running mate.
526
00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:16,175
It was rightly noted
in Denver this week
527
00:27:16,260 --> 00:27:19,428
that Hillary left 18 million cracks
528
00:27:19,513 --> 00:27:23,015
in the highest, hardest
glass ceiling in America.
529
00:27:26,353 --> 00:27:28,396
But it turns out
530
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,773
the women of America
aren't finished yet
531
00:27:30,858 --> 00:27:34,569
and we can shatter
that glass ceiling once and for all.
532
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,244
We gotta get her ready
for her convention speech.
533
00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:45,830
She'll need a vocal coach,
a foreign policy expert,
534
00:27:45,914 --> 00:27:47,999
hair and makeup consultants
and a stylist.
535
00:27:48,083 --> 00:27:49,792
No doubt.
536
00:27:52,838 --> 00:27:55,298
♪ And if I was a movie star♪
537
00:27:58,260 --> 00:28:00,344
♪ I'd sip honey from a pickle jar♪
538
00:28:00,429 --> 00:28:03,681
♪ In the back of my limousine ♪
539
00:28:03,765 --> 00:28:06,517
♪ And they'd call me an icon ♪
540
00:28:08,979 --> 00:28:10,938
♪ And I'd be looking back at you ♪
541
00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:13,649
♪ From the cover
of a "People" magazine... ♪
542
00:28:13,734 --> 00:28:15,193
Not... Not too tight.
543
00:28:15,277 --> 00:28:18,529
♪ I guess it's all for the taking... ♪
544
00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:22,575
I love these Johnny Choos.
545
00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:28,706
♪ My sister says I've got to see it ♪
546
00:28:28,790 --> 00:28:31,667
♪ And believe it, and I believe it... ♪
547
00:28:31,752 --> 00:28:33,628
Oh, my gosh.
548
00:28:34,796 --> 00:28:37,298
♪ I believe it ♪
549
00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:40,051
- What do you think, Todd?
- It's cool.
550
00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:44,055
- Nice, Dad.
- Mom, you look beautiful.
551
00:28:44,139 --> 00:28:47,141
Aw, hey, look at you.
Look at your fancy shoes.
552
00:28:47,226 --> 00:28:49,268
- You look so awesome, Mom.
- Yeah, it really looks good.
553
00:28:49,353 --> 00:28:50,770
- You look great, Willow.
- Thanks.
554
00:28:50,854 --> 00:28:51,812
- So do you.
- So good.
555
00:28:51,897 --> 00:28:53,105
Look at Trig's little shirt.
556
00:28:53,190 --> 00:28:54,982
Okay, if you all come with me,
557
00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:56,651
it's time for your campaign photos.
558
00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:59,028
- Bye, Mom.
- Okay. Let's go, guys.
559
00:28:59,112 --> 00:29:01,072
- See you in a bit, hon.
- Yeah.
560
00:29:01,156 --> 00:29:03,366
Governor, this is your new staff...
561
00:29:03,450 --> 00:29:06,077
Tucker Eskew, Senior Media Adviser.
562
00:29:06,161 --> 00:29:07,787
- It's a pleasure.
- Nice to meet you.
563
00:29:07,871 --> 00:29:09,497
Chris Edwards,
your deputy chief of staff.
564
00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:10,539
- Hi.
- Hi.
565
00:29:10,624 --> 00:29:12,041
And my husband, Mark Wallace,
566
00:29:12,125 --> 00:29:13,960
former ambassador to the United Nations.
567
00:29:14,044 --> 00:29:15,461
He'll be a senior adviser.
568
00:29:15,545 --> 00:29:17,213
We're all honored to be
on your team, Governor.
569
00:29:17,297 --> 00:29:19,882
- The honor is all mine.
- Shall we sit?
570
00:29:21,551 --> 00:29:24,595
Well, our first order of business,
Governor,
571
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,098
is we need to find out
572
00:29:27,182 --> 00:29:29,725
if there are any unexpected surprises.
573
00:29:29,810 --> 00:29:32,270
The press are gonna be
digging deep into your past,
574
00:29:32,354 --> 00:29:36,232
so we need to prepare answers
about your background.
575
00:29:36,316 --> 00:29:37,525
Oh, gosh.
576
00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:41,237
I can't think of anything
I haven't already disclosed.
577
00:29:42,906 --> 00:29:44,657
The Wasilla librarian claims
that as mayor
578
00:29:44,741 --> 00:29:46,200
she tried to ban books. Is that true?
579
00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:49,328
What about the allegations
that Trig is not really her child?
580
00:29:49,413 --> 00:29:51,872
Did she attend a Pentecostal church
where they speak
581
00:29:51,957 --> 00:29:54,041
in tongues?
582
00:29:54,126 --> 00:29:57,295
This source we talked to intimately
involved in Palin's vetting
583
00:29:57,379 --> 00:29:59,297
admitted that aside
from those they talked to
584
00:29:59,381 --> 00:30:00,881
involved in so-called Troopergate,
585
00:30:00,966 --> 00:30:03,676
they didn't talk to
any character witnesses in Alaska...
586
00:30:05,178 --> 00:30:07,054
Why was the vet so bad?
587
00:30:07,139 --> 00:30:08,806
Listen, granted, he only had a few days,
588
00:30:08,890 --> 00:30:10,891
but Culvahouse did clear her.
589
00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:14,061
- Oh, with what? Wikipedia?
- There's no way this vet was thorough.
590
00:30:14,146 --> 00:30:16,105
What? What did he miss?
591
00:30:16,189 --> 00:30:19,317
He had Troopergate.
He had Bridge to Nowhere.
592
00:30:19,401 --> 00:30:21,652
No one went to Alaska to interview
her colleagues, her enemies.
593
00:30:21,737 --> 00:30:23,863
There was no political vet whatsoever.
594
00:30:23,947 --> 00:30:26,324
These charges are such bullshit.
595
00:30:26,408 --> 00:30:27,867
I mean, Trig isn't her baby?
596
00:30:27,951 --> 00:30:30,453
What, speaking in tongues?
597
00:30:30,537 --> 00:30:32,663
- She does.
- I don't care.
598
00:30:32,748 --> 00:30:34,248
Is the first amendment
no longer law here?
599
00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:36,500
Is she not entitled
to her religious beliefs?
600
00:30:36,585 --> 00:30:38,502
You're missing the point, Rick.
601
00:30:38,587 --> 00:30:41,505
John is getting slammed
for making an irresponsible choice.
602
00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:43,716
- We picked her.
- No, you two picked her,
603
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,468
then slapped her on the butt
and shoved her out there
604
00:30:45,552 --> 00:30:47,887
under a banner saying "Country first!"
605
00:30:47,971 --> 00:30:49,430
You're a real prick, Mark.
606
00:30:49,514 --> 00:30:50,931
- Fuck you, Schmidt!
- Fuck you!
607
00:30:51,016 --> 00:30:53,476
All right, all right!
Let's just get through this.
608
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:54,935
Come on.
609
00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:56,812
Troopergate. What...?
610
00:30:56,897 --> 00:30:58,105
The Alaska safety commissioner
611
00:30:58,190 --> 00:31:00,858
is claiming that he was fired
because he wouldn't fire
612
00:31:00,942 --> 00:31:03,694
Palin's brother-in-law,
Trooper Mike Wooten.
613
00:31:03,779 --> 00:31:06,655
And what were the charges
against Trooper Wooten?
614
00:31:06,740 --> 00:31:08,908
Besides the fact that he was
divorcing Palin's sister?
615
00:31:08,992 --> 00:31:12,828
Yes. Do we have any information
that shows
616
00:31:12,913 --> 00:31:15,122
Trooper Wooten should have been fired?
617
00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:17,249
Yeah, Wooten was accused of drinking
618
00:31:17,334 --> 00:31:19,085
from an open container
from his police car,
619
00:31:19,169 --> 00:31:21,212
Tasering his 11-year-old stepson,
620
00:31:21,296 --> 00:31:23,381
and illegally shooting a moose
without a permit.
621
00:31:23,465 --> 00:31:24,924
Jesus Christ.
622
00:31:25,008 --> 00:31:27,885
Okay, coordinate all responses
with their Alaskan council.
623
00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:30,096
Let's try to keep it a local matter.
624
00:31:30,180 --> 00:31:32,390
Bridge to Nowhere.
I thought we were good on this.
625
00:31:32,474 --> 00:31:35,059
She had the project squashed
after she was elected,
626
00:31:35,143 --> 00:31:37,603
but ran on a platform
to build the bridge.
627
00:31:37,687 --> 00:31:39,021
It's a huge flip-flop.
628
00:31:39,106 --> 00:31:40,773
Goddamn it.
629
00:31:40,857 --> 00:31:43,317
How could she not tell us that?
630
00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:46,237
What the fuck is
the Alaska Independence Party
631
00:31:46,321 --> 00:31:47,863
and was she ever a member of it?
632
00:31:47,948 --> 00:31:50,408
The A.I.P. is a political party
whose sole platform
633
00:31:50,492 --> 00:31:53,911
is the secession of Alaska
from the union.
634
00:31:53,995 --> 00:31:55,413
Well, ain't that a hoot?
635
00:31:55,497 --> 00:31:58,124
Now, was she ever a member of it?
636
00:32:00,001 --> 00:32:02,211
Well?
637
00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:05,381
We know Todd Palin
was a member for many years.
638
00:32:05,465 --> 00:32:08,092
We can't confirm
if she was ever a member.
639
00:32:08,176 --> 00:32:11,595
Okay. Call our people
in Alaska right now
640
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,264
and find out if she was.
641
00:32:13,348 --> 00:32:15,474
It's 3:00 a.m. in Alaska right now.
642
00:32:15,559 --> 00:32:17,643
The phones don't work there at night?!
643
00:32:21,731 --> 00:32:24,650
We're under attack here, people!
644
00:32:24,734 --> 00:32:26,444
You're gonna have to raise your game.
645
00:32:26,528 --> 00:32:28,863
I can assure you that Obama's people
646
00:32:28,947 --> 00:32:30,364
are all over this shit.
647
00:32:30,449 --> 00:32:33,325
In the last 24 hours,
I have been asked questions
648
00:32:33,410 --> 00:32:36,912
by the national media
that are outrageous and disgusting.
649
00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:39,790
I have been asked
when her amniotic fluid
650
00:32:39,875 --> 00:32:42,585
started to leak
with regard to her last birth.
651
00:32:42,669 --> 00:32:44,086
It's shameful.
652
00:32:44,171 --> 00:32:45,713
So when did it start leaking?
653
00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:47,465
She's fought the oil companies.
654
00:32:47,549 --> 00:32:49,884
She's taken on
corrupt special interests.
655
00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:52,511
These accusations are totally sexist.
656
00:32:52,596 --> 00:32:55,055
Never in my life
have I seen a candidate
657
00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:57,475
more attacked by the liberal media.
658
00:32:57,559 --> 00:33:00,186
Smear after smear after smear.
659
00:33:00,270 --> 00:33:02,771
Are you sure we have to do this?
660
00:33:02,856 --> 00:33:04,482
Bristol couldn't stop crying
when I told her.
661
00:33:04,566 --> 00:33:06,025
It's going to come out tomorrow
662
00:33:06,109 --> 00:33:07,526
with or without our statement, Governor.
663
00:33:07,611 --> 00:33:09,028
A positive from this
664
00:33:09,112 --> 00:33:10,988
is that given the timing
of Bristol's pregnancy,
665
00:33:11,072 --> 00:33:13,866
it makes it physically impossible
for Trig to be her baby.
666
00:33:13,950 --> 00:33:17,828
So we can put that absurd rumor to rest.
667
00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:20,498
"We're proud of Bristol's decision
to have her baby
668
00:33:20,582 --> 00:33:23,501
and even prouder
to become grandparents."
669
00:33:23,585 --> 00:33:25,169
We're not proud
670
00:33:25,253 --> 00:33:27,880
that our teenage daughter
is pregnant, Maria.
671
00:33:27,964 --> 00:33:30,174
And I don't want to send a message
that teen pregnancy
672
00:33:30,258 --> 00:33:32,343
is something to be proud of.
673
00:33:32,427 --> 00:33:34,094
I want that line out.
674
00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:36,514
Of course, Governor.
I'll change it right away.
675
00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:40,768
Governor Palin's
17-year-old daughter Bristol
676
00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:43,854
has been seen holding her
baby brother Trig at campaign events.
677
00:33:43,939 --> 00:33:45,898
What the American people
didn't know until today
678
00:33:45,982 --> 00:33:48,692
is that Bristol is five months pregnant.
679
00:33:48,777 --> 00:33:50,361
Her parents issued this statement:
680
00:33:50,445 --> 00:33:52,738
"We're proud of Bristol's decision
to have her baby."
681
00:33:52,822 --> 00:33:54,615
I specifically wanted
that line taken out,
682
00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:56,242
and you ran it without changing a word.
683
00:33:56,326 --> 00:33:57,535
You're absolutely right.
684
00:33:57,619 --> 00:33:59,745
The campaign takes
full responsibility on this.
685
00:33:59,829 --> 00:34:01,872
Maria's gonna personally
apologize to you.
686
00:34:01,957 --> 00:34:03,415
How the flip did this happen?
687
00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:05,084
Senator McCain is somewhat
688
00:34:05,168 --> 00:34:07,545
a fly-by-the-seat-
of-his-pants type of guy,
689
00:34:07,629 --> 00:34:09,964
and it does occasionally create
a little chaos in the campaign.
690
00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:11,799
Well, I want Maria gone.
691
00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:14,802
Governor, this was a mistake.
Maria feels terrible.
692
00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:17,304
She's an excellent press secretary.
693
00:34:17,389 --> 00:34:19,348
My 17-year-old daughter
is being made fun of
694
00:34:19,432 --> 00:34:20,975
by every talk show host in the country.
695
00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:23,936
I want Maria gone, period.
696
00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:27,147
Of course, Governor. She's gone.
697
00:34:27,232 --> 00:34:29,358
Done.
698
00:34:31,653 --> 00:34:33,070
Who makes that call?
699
00:34:33,154 --> 00:34:35,322
That'd be you.
700
00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:38,617
The idea that if something
happened to John McCain
701
00:34:38,702 --> 00:34:42,580
who is 72 years old
and who has had two bouts with melanoma,
702
00:34:42,664 --> 00:34:44,164
and she could step into the presidency...
703
00:34:44,249 --> 00:34:45,583
it's just ridiculous.
704
00:34:45,667 --> 00:34:47,209
The real sequence, Rachel,
705
00:34:47,294 --> 00:34:49,628
is she said "Please" and "Thank you,"
706
00:34:49,713 --> 00:34:52,131
and then "Thanks, but no thanks,"
707
00:34:52,215 --> 00:34:56,927
only when the Congress
had de-authorized the bridge...
708
00:34:57,012 --> 00:34:59,430
Hi, Governor. I just wanted to check in,
709
00:34:59,514 --> 00:35:01,849
make sure you're doing okay.
710
00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:03,934
Should John McCain consider
replacing Sarah Palin
711
00:35:04,019 --> 00:35:06,020
on the GOP ticket?
712
00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:07,521
I want to talk to the press.
713
00:35:07,606 --> 00:35:10,065
I want to set the record straight
on this stuff.
714
00:35:11,359 --> 00:35:13,861
I'll just go put Trig's p.j.'s on.
715
00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:15,613
Hey, there.
716
00:35:15,697 --> 00:35:18,240
- There you go, baby.
- Just gonna put your p.j.'s on.
717
00:35:18,325 --> 00:35:21,035
Now, we don't want you
to talk to anyone
718
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:24,622
until after the convention
719
00:35:24,706 --> 00:35:28,125
because no one knows anything about you.
720
00:35:28,209 --> 00:35:30,753
If you answer these
ridiculous allegations,
721
00:35:30,837 --> 00:35:34,965
you'll be defining yourself
in a defensive posture.
722
00:35:35,050 --> 00:35:36,800
But isn't the press
defining me right now?
723
00:35:36,885 --> 00:35:40,846
No news story lasts
more than 48 hours anymore.
724
00:35:40,930 --> 00:35:43,140
News is no longer meant
to be remembered.
725
00:35:43,224 --> 00:35:44,642
It's just entertainment.
726
00:35:44,726 --> 00:35:47,645
So if you hit your convention speech
out of the park,
727
00:35:47,729 --> 00:35:52,650
the next news cycle
will be the comeback of Sarah Palin.
728
00:35:52,734 --> 00:35:55,653
Yeah. I can do that.
729
00:35:55,737 --> 00:35:59,323
Now, everyone's heard
a lot of crazy stories about you.
730
00:35:59,407 --> 00:36:02,576
Now it's time for you
to tell the world who you really are.
731
00:36:02,661 --> 00:36:07,539
You tell Senator McCain
I won't let him down.
732
00:36:07,624 --> 00:36:10,751
And good evening
from the G.O.P. Convention in St. Paul.
733
00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:12,836
All eyes will be on Senator McCain's
734
00:36:12,921 --> 00:36:15,130
V.P. choice, Governor Sarah Palin,
735
00:36:15,215 --> 00:36:17,091
when she takes the stage at the R.N.C.
736
00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:19,176
She's likely never seen a night
737
00:36:19,260 --> 00:36:21,053
fraught with so much anticipation,
738
00:36:21,137 --> 00:36:22,971
expectation and pressure.
739
00:36:24,766 --> 00:36:27,810
The food's terrible,
but I hear it's gonna be worse in Iraq.
740
00:36:27,894 --> 00:36:31,522
- My boy's so brave.
- Come on, Mom.
741
00:36:35,819 --> 00:36:38,070
Thank you for inviting me, Mrs. Palin.
742
00:36:38,154 --> 00:36:40,072
Thank you for cutting your mullet, Levi.
743
00:36:40,156 --> 00:36:41,865
I really appreciate it.
744
00:36:41,950 --> 00:36:43,534
I didn't really want to at first,
745
00:36:43,618 --> 00:36:46,453
but I think it looks way better now.
746
00:36:46,538 --> 00:36:49,707
I think it does, too.
747
00:36:51,626 --> 00:36:53,252
Sorry to interrupt,
748
00:36:53,336 --> 00:36:56,046
but the Palins need
to go to their seats.
749
00:36:56,131 --> 00:36:57,965
- Bye, Mom.
- Okay.
750
00:37:06,725 --> 00:37:09,435
I don't know. I don't know.
751
00:37:09,519 --> 00:37:11,562
Hey, she's gonna be fine.
752
00:37:11,646 --> 00:37:14,231
- Really?
- Absolutely.
753
00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:17,776
Is she gonna be okay?
754
00:37:17,861 --> 00:37:20,487
I'm more concerned about one-on-ones.
755
00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:21,989
How bad?
756
00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:25,242
I'm not sure how much she knows
about foreign policy.
757
00:37:25,326 --> 00:37:27,661
She didn't know why North and
South Korea were different countries.
758
00:37:29,706 --> 00:37:32,499
Okay, let's keep the press
away from her.
759
00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:34,585
We have five days
to bring her up to speed.
760
00:37:34,669 --> 00:37:36,086
She'll be fine.
761
00:37:36,171 --> 00:37:38,130
She's on in five minutes.
I gotta get up there.
762
00:37:38,214 --> 00:37:39,840
Good luck.
763
00:37:39,924 --> 00:37:42,092
In choosing Governor Sarah Palin
764
00:37:42,177 --> 00:37:45,512
as his running mate,
John McCain has chosen
765
00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:48,098
for the future.
766
00:37:48,183 --> 00:37:52,895
Governor Palin represents
a new generation.
767
00:37:52,979 --> 00:37:55,689
She's already one
of the most successful governors
768
00:37:55,774 --> 00:37:59,067
in America and the most popular.
769
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:06,200
Let's get John McCain
and Sarah Palin elected,
770
00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:08,494
and let's shake up Washington
771
00:38:08,578 --> 00:38:11,455
and move this country forward!
772
00:38:13,208 --> 00:38:15,459
You're gonna do great.
773
00:38:17,754 --> 00:38:19,838
Ladies and gentlemen,
774
00:38:19,923 --> 00:38:22,007
the governor of Alaska
775
00:38:22,091 --> 00:38:26,178
and the next vice president
of the United States,
776
00:38:26,262 --> 00:38:29,223
Sarah Palin!
777
00:38:45,406 --> 00:38:48,200
Thank you.
778
00:38:48,284 --> 00:38:51,954
Mr. Chairman, delegates,
779
00:38:52,038 --> 00:38:54,623
and fellow citizens,
780
00:38:54,707 --> 00:38:57,251
I will be honored
to accept your nomination
781
00:38:57,335 --> 00:39:01,088
for vice president of the United States.
782
00:39:07,762 --> 00:39:09,471
Thank you.
783
00:39:14,018 --> 00:39:16,895
Our nominee is a man
784
00:39:16,980 --> 00:39:20,190
who wore the uniform
of his country for 22 years
785
00:39:20,275 --> 00:39:24,111
and refused to break faith
with those troops in Iraq
786
00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:27,573
who now have brought victory
within sight.
787
00:39:27,657 --> 00:39:30,534
Good, good. She's really good.
788
00:39:30,618 --> 00:39:32,995
We were so blessed in April.
789
00:39:33,079 --> 00:39:35,873
Todd and I welcomed
our littlest one
790
00:39:35,957 --> 00:39:37,624
into the world...
791
00:39:37,709 --> 00:39:42,921
a perfectly beautiful baby boy
named Trig.
792
00:39:44,966 --> 00:39:46,550
Children with special needs
793
00:39:46,634 --> 00:39:49,928
inspire a very, very special love.
794
00:39:52,473 --> 00:39:54,975
She's amazing.
795
00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:57,477
To the families
of special-needs children
796
00:39:57,562 --> 00:40:01,940
all across this country,
I have a message for you.
797
00:40:02,025 --> 00:40:04,735
I pledge to you that if we are elected,
798
00:40:04,819 --> 00:40:09,114
you will have a friend and advocate
in the White House.
799
00:40:09,198 --> 00:40:10,657
She's incredible!
800
00:40:12,118 --> 00:40:14,077
Before I became governor
801
00:40:14,162 --> 00:40:17,122
of the great state of Alaska...
802
00:40:18,708 --> 00:40:22,377
I was mayor of my hometown.
803
00:40:22,462 --> 00:40:25,297
I guess a small-town mayor
804
00:40:25,381 --> 00:40:29,843
is sort of like a community organizer.
805
00:40:29,928 --> 00:40:34,723
Except that you have
actual responsibilities.
806
00:40:37,518 --> 00:40:39,895
Now I know why
they call her "Sarah Barracuda."
807
00:40:42,482 --> 00:40:45,734
I love those hockey moms.
808
00:40:45,818 --> 00:40:48,779
You know what they say the difference is
between a hockey mom and a pit bull?
809
00:40:48,863 --> 00:40:50,405
Lipstick.
810
00:40:50,490 --> 00:40:52,032
Yeah!
811
00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:54,117
She just came up with that.
812
00:40:54,202 --> 00:40:57,287
Join our cause and help America
813
00:40:57,372 --> 00:41:01,124
elect a great man
as the next president
814
00:41:01,209 --> 00:41:03,251
of the United States.
815
00:41:04,921 --> 00:41:06,463
Thank you.
816
00:41:06,547 --> 00:41:08,882
And God bless America.
817
00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:11,093
- Great job! She did a great job!
- Couldn't have gone better.
818
00:41:11,177 --> 00:41:13,345
- Congratulations.
- My God!
819
00:41:13,429 --> 00:41:14,930
She did it without a teleprompter.
820
00:41:15,014 --> 00:41:16,431
It broke halfway through her speech.
821
00:41:16,516 --> 00:41:17,766
- You're kidding.
- No.
822
00:41:17,850 --> 00:41:19,893
If that happens to me
tomorrow night, I'm fucked.
823
00:41:24,107 --> 00:41:25,315
We can win this!
824
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,276
♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohh ♪
825
00:41:28,361 --> 00:41:29,903
♪ And up, up, up ♪
826
00:41:29,988 --> 00:41:32,489
♪ Can only go up from here ♪
827
00:41:32,573 --> 00:41:34,032
♪ Up, up ♪
828
00:41:34,117 --> 00:41:36,451
♪ Up where the cloud's gonna clear♪
829
00:41:36,536 --> 00:41:41,456
♪ Up, up, there's no way
but up from here... ♪
830
00:41:41,541 --> 00:41:44,167
Thank you for calling.
Yes, we do take credit cards.
831
00:41:44,252 --> 00:41:46,628
- I'd be happy to...
- I've got $500.
832
00:41:46,713 --> 00:41:49,297
We're grateful for every dollar we get.
833
00:41:49,382 --> 00:41:51,883
Yes, Sarah Palin will be giving
a speech in Florida next week.
834
00:41:51,968 --> 00:41:53,552
Thanks.
835
00:41:53,636 --> 00:41:56,138
Hey. Here we go.
836
00:41:56,222 --> 00:41:58,056
- Thanks for coming.
- I love you.
837
00:41:58,141 --> 00:42:02,060
Hi. Hey. Hi.
838
00:42:02,145 --> 00:42:04,771
- God, this is crazy.
- I know, they really love her.
839
00:42:06,607 --> 00:42:08,900
How are ya? Hey.
840
00:42:10,528 --> 00:42:12,404
- Hey, what's your name?
- I'm Sarah.
841
00:42:12,488 --> 00:42:13,697
- Sarah?
- Yeah.
842
00:42:13,781 --> 00:42:16,408
That's my name, too. That's amazing!
843
00:42:16,492 --> 00:42:18,201
- I know.
- Oh!
844
00:42:18,286 --> 00:42:19,703
Hey, thanks for coming out.
845
00:42:19,787 --> 00:42:21,705
Thank you.
We never felt welcome to go anywhere
846
00:42:21,789 --> 00:42:23,540
before we saw you give that speech.
847
00:42:23,624 --> 00:42:25,959
Oh, thank you. Thanks so much.
848
00:42:26,044 --> 00:42:28,378
Look at you.
I want to look at how handsome
849
00:42:28,463 --> 00:42:31,048
my son Trig's gonna be
when he's all grown up.
850
00:42:31,132 --> 00:42:33,925
She understands that you can't
solve problems with government,
851
00:42:34,010 --> 00:42:35,552
that government is the problem.
852
00:42:35,636 --> 00:42:38,722
When she talks about her faith,
you can tell it's for real.
853
00:42:38,806 --> 00:42:41,808
When she talks about guns,
you can tell it's for real.
854
00:42:41,893 --> 00:42:43,727
I've got five kids, too,
855
00:42:43,811 --> 00:42:45,228
and there's something about her...
856
00:42:45,313 --> 00:42:48,315
She's talking to me.
And nobody talks to me.
857
00:42:51,986 --> 00:42:54,321
CNN has us even with Obama.
858
00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:57,282
- Are you kidding me?
- Hey, Gallup has us up by five.
859
00:42:57,366 --> 00:42:58,909
She's given us exactly what we needed.
860
00:42:58,993 --> 00:43:00,911
We've made more money
in the last few days
861
00:43:00,995 --> 00:43:02,454
than we did all last month.
862
00:43:02,538 --> 00:43:04,414
I've never seen crowds
like this in my life.
863
00:43:04,499 --> 00:43:07,417
- They love her.
- She's a bigger star than Obama.
864
00:43:07,502 --> 00:43:09,669
We can really win this thing.
865
00:43:16,344 --> 00:43:17,928
I really understand your frustr...
866
00:43:18,012 --> 00:43:19,846
I'm sorry, Pool.
It's not gonna happen today.
867
00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:21,348
Sorry.
868
00:43:21,432 --> 00:43:23,558
- Five minutes!
- Views matter.
869
00:43:23,643 --> 00:43:26,353
Did you know
that Todd Palin is an Eskimo?
870
00:43:26,437 --> 00:43:28,855
Oh, yeah, Steve?
That's really interesting.
871
00:43:28,940 --> 00:43:31,775
Seriously, he's a Yupik Eskimo.
872
00:43:31,859 --> 00:43:33,610
We're gonna take some serious blowback
from the press
873
00:43:33,694 --> 00:43:35,445
if we don't let them speak to her soon.
874
00:43:35,530 --> 00:43:37,864
- They're really getting pissed.
- I know, yeah.
875
00:43:37,949 --> 00:43:39,825
Well, I don't know how ready she is.
876
00:43:39,909 --> 00:43:42,327
Nicolle, you worry too much.
877
00:43:42,411 --> 00:43:44,663
We always knew
she'd be weak on foreign policy.
878
00:43:44,747 --> 00:43:46,456
We'll get her up to speed.
879
00:43:46,541 --> 00:43:50,127
Steve, I don't think foreign policy
is her only weakness.
880
00:43:52,213 --> 00:43:53,630
Sorry to bother you, Governor.
881
00:43:53,714 --> 00:43:55,799
Is now an okay time to talk?
882
00:43:55,883 --> 00:43:58,343
Sure, I'm just reading
the e-mails from the Prayer Warriors.
883
00:43:58,427 --> 00:44:00,303
These guys are awesome.
884
00:44:00,388 --> 00:44:02,806
I just want to take
a moment to inform you
885
00:44:02,890 --> 00:44:05,809
of how thrilled Senator McCain is.
886
00:44:05,893 --> 00:44:08,520
You're exceeding his wildest expectation
887
00:44:08,604 --> 00:44:10,272
for what a running mate could achieve.
888
00:44:10,356 --> 00:44:12,357
I am so happy to hear that.
889
00:44:12,441 --> 00:44:14,860
These are the largest crowds
I've ever seen
890
00:44:14,944 --> 00:44:16,820
in my entire political career, ever.
891
00:44:16,904 --> 00:44:18,613
Really? Yeah, I just...
892
00:44:18,698 --> 00:44:21,074
I just love talking to people
on the rope lines,
893
00:44:21,159 --> 00:44:22,534
getting to hear their problems.
894
00:44:22,618 --> 00:44:25,162
It's... It's really moving to me.
895
00:44:25,246 --> 00:44:26,830
Well, you know, that comes across.
896
00:44:26,914 --> 00:44:29,291
You're a transformative figure,
Governor.
897
00:44:29,375 --> 00:44:32,586
You... You could be
the party's next Ronald Reagan.
898
00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:35,213
Holy geez, I...
899
00:44:35,298 --> 00:44:38,175
Yeah, he's... he's my hero, so...
900
00:44:38,259 --> 00:44:41,303
Mine, too. So, uh...
901
00:44:41,387 --> 00:44:44,514
The next step is just...
We're gonna start doing some interviews.
902
00:44:44,599 --> 00:44:46,683
Great. I've been dying
to talk to the press.
903
00:44:46,767 --> 00:44:49,227
Also, I feel like
I could really help you there.
904
00:44:49,312 --> 00:44:52,689
I've always been very, very open
with the press in Alaska.
905
00:44:52,773 --> 00:44:54,858
The reasoning behind holding you back
906
00:44:54,942 --> 00:44:57,360
is the entire press corps
is in the tank for Obama,
907
00:44:57,445 --> 00:44:58,862
so all they want in life
908
00:44:58,946 --> 00:45:01,239
is to trip you up
with obscure questions.
909
00:45:01,324 --> 00:45:03,033
- Gotcha questions.
- Gotcha questions.
910
00:45:03,117 --> 00:45:05,035
So we just want to make sure
you're fully prepped
911
00:45:05,119 --> 00:45:06,703
before we unleash them.
912
00:45:06,787 --> 00:45:08,747
What about the local Alaska papers?
913
00:45:08,831 --> 00:45:10,790
There are no local papers anymore.
914
00:45:10,875 --> 00:45:13,919
Anything you say goes national
the instant you say it.
915
00:45:14,003 --> 00:45:15,212
Yeah, got it.
916
00:45:15,296 --> 00:45:18,423
Okay, so I think the best way to prep
917
00:45:18,507 --> 00:45:20,550
would just be to go through
some sample questions.
918
00:45:20,635 --> 00:45:22,052
Sure, let's do it.
919
00:45:22,136 --> 00:45:25,055
Um, let's start with something simple.
920
00:45:25,139 --> 00:45:28,558
Uh... how do you plan
on maintaining
921
00:45:28,643 --> 00:45:31,144
our alliance with Great Britain on Iraq,
922
00:45:31,229 --> 00:45:33,021
even though support
for the war there
923
00:45:33,105 --> 00:45:34,481
is at an all-time low?
924
00:45:34,565 --> 00:45:38,902
I think the United States
has always maintained
925
00:45:38,986 --> 00:45:40,570
a great relationship with the queen.
926
00:45:40,655 --> 00:45:43,490
And John McCain
will continue to have
927
00:45:43,574 --> 00:45:45,325
an open dialogue with her.
928
00:45:46,494 --> 00:45:47,911
Uh, Governor,
929
00:45:47,995 --> 00:45:50,789
the queen is not
the head of government in England.
930
00:45:50,873 --> 00:45:52,249
She's the head of state.
931
00:45:52,333 --> 00:45:54,751
Well, then,
who's the head of government?
932
00:45:56,212 --> 00:45:58,129
The prime minister.
933
00:46:20,111 --> 00:46:21,361
You rang?
934
00:46:21,445 --> 00:46:23,697
The cavalry has arrived.
935
00:46:23,781 --> 00:46:25,991
- Thank you, gentlemen. Come on in.
- You bet.
936
00:46:26,075 --> 00:46:27,492
Yeah.
937
00:46:35,751 --> 00:46:37,627
Well, I, uh...
938
00:46:37,712 --> 00:46:39,629
I think we should start
by prepping the governor
939
00:46:39,714 --> 00:46:41,840
with Russian economic policy
940
00:46:41,924 --> 00:46:44,301
as it relates
to post-cold war tensions
941
00:46:44,385 --> 00:46:46,136
during the pre-Putin era.
942
00:46:46,220 --> 00:46:49,472
I was thinking something
a little bit simpler.
943
00:46:49,557 --> 00:46:50,724
How much simpler?
944
00:46:50,808 --> 00:46:53,268
This is Germany.
945
00:46:53,352 --> 00:46:55,645
They were the primary antagonists
946
00:46:55,730 --> 00:46:58,106
during World War I and World War II.
947
00:46:58,190 --> 00:47:00,233
And in World War II,
they were aligned with
948
00:47:00,318 --> 00:47:04,654
Japan and Italy to form
what was known as the Axis.
949
00:47:04,739 --> 00:47:06,156
Okay.
950
00:47:08,743 --> 00:47:09,993
Currently, we're in the middle
951
00:47:10,077 --> 00:47:12,329
of what I like to call the three wars.
952
00:47:12,413 --> 00:47:16,875
That's Afghanistan, Iraq,
and the global war on terror.
953
00:47:16,959 --> 00:47:20,378
Governor, would you...
would you like to take a break?
954
00:47:20,463 --> 00:47:23,673
No way. This is flippin' awesome.
955
00:47:28,054 --> 00:47:31,014
Now, with Afghanistan, after 9/11...
956
00:47:31,098 --> 00:47:33,391
...already
put a protective wall up
957
00:47:33,476 --> 00:47:36,311
around the family,
especially the key players.
958
00:47:36,395 --> 00:47:39,564
Look at Bristol,
Sarah Palin's daughter, who is pregnant.
959
00:47:39,648 --> 00:47:43,526
We've seen her, we've seen her boyfriend
Levi, the father of her child,
960
00:47:43,611 --> 00:47:45,820
but we haven't really
gotten to talk to them
961
00:47:45,905 --> 00:47:47,947
about whose idea
it was to get married
962
00:47:48,032 --> 00:47:50,825
and why, for example,
Levi on his Myspace page
963
00:47:50,910 --> 00:47:52,952
- says he doesn't want kids...
-That isn't anybody's...
964
00:47:53,037 --> 00:47:56,206
Why won't they just leave me alone?
965
00:47:56,290 --> 00:47:59,667
I'm so tired of it.
966
00:47:59,752 --> 00:48:02,295
Any grown-up
who makes fun of a teenage girl
967
00:48:02,380 --> 00:48:04,047
is a terrible person.
968
00:48:04,131 --> 00:48:06,216
And we'll forget
what she said, honey, okay?
969
00:48:06,300 --> 00:48:07,717
Okay?
970
00:48:07,802 --> 00:48:10,387
My e-mails were hacked.
971
00:48:10,471 --> 00:48:13,014
I know, Governor, and we're on it.
I promise you.
972
00:48:13,099 --> 00:48:14,599
Did you know
that my daughter's cell phone
973
00:48:14,683 --> 00:48:16,601
is online and she's getting crank calls?
974
00:48:16,685 --> 00:48:20,980
Did you know that my family
is being threatened?
975
00:48:21,065 --> 00:48:24,567
Governor, you have every right
to be upset, and I am sorry.
976
00:48:24,652 --> 00:48:27,070
I've already contacted Secret Service
977
00:48:27,154 --> 00:48:28,863
and they're gonna increase security.
978
00:48:28,948 --> 00:48:31,658
Can you...
Can you protect my e-mails, Steve?
979
00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:34,577
Can you... Can this campaign
980
00:48:34,662 --> 00:48:36,287
at least do that?
981
00:48:42,878 --> 00:48:44,170
Charlie Gibson is good,
982
00:48:44,255 --> 00:48:46,798
so I'm sure the questions
will have some depth.
983
00:48:46,882 --> 00:48:49,134
Don't be afraid to elaborate
if it's a subject
984
00:48:49,218 --> 00:48:51,010
you feel comfortable with, like energy.
985
00:48:53,431 --> 00:48:55,306
Are you okay, Governor?
986
00:48:55,391 --> 00:48:59,269
Why aren't there
any McCain-Palin lawn signs in Alaska?
987
00:48:59,353 --> 00:49:02,313
Well, Mr. Obama
988
00:49:02,398 --> 00:49:04,315
has five times the money we have.
989
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:07,277
Five times, and...
990
00:49:07,361 --> 00:49:11,030
Alaska is only three electoral votes,
and it's solid red.
991
00:49:11,115 --> 00:49:13,158
I'm concerned about
my standing back home.
992
00:49:13,242 --> 00:49:14,617
Todd and I are hearing things,
993
00:49:14,702 --> 00:49:16,995
and I can't talk to the Alaskan press.
994
00:49:17,079 --> 00:49:18,371
What are you hearing?
995
00:49:18,456 --> 00:49:20,540
Things. None of it's good.
996
00:49:20,624 --> 00:49:23,877
Can you at least do a poll
to check my approval rating there?
997
00:49:23,961 --> 00:49:26,796
Governor, that would cost
the campaign $60,000.
998
00:49:26,881 --> 00:49:28,840
I'd feel a heck of a lot better
999
00:49:28,924 --> 00:49:31,050
if I knew where I was at.
1000
00:49:33,304 --> 00:49:35,847
Absolutely. We will do the poll
1001
00:49:35,931 --> 00:49:37,640
for your peace of mind, just this once.
1002
00:49:37,725 --> 00:49:39,142
Great. Thank you.
1003
00:49:39,226 --> 00:49:41,478
So, can we get back
to prepping Charlie Gibson?
1004
00:49:41,562 --> 00:49:43,021
Sure, I'm ready. Let's do it.
1005
00:49:43,105 --> 00:49:45,607
- You ready?
- Yes.
1006
00:49:47,526 --> 00:49:49,194
Do you think the Fed
did the right thing
1007
00:49:49,278 --> 00:49:51,070
in their dealing with
the Bear Stearns collapse?
1008
00:49:52,907 --> 00:49:56,201
Our economy is hurting,
and the federal government
1009
00:49:56,285 --> 00:49:58,244
has not provided
the sound oversight
1010
00:49:58,329 --> 00:50:00,705
that we need and that we deserve.
1011
00:50:00,789 --> 00:50:04,083
I think we need
a little bit of reality
1012
00:50:04,168 --> 00:50:05,668
from Wasilla Main Street there
1013
00:50:05,753 --> 00:50:09,672
brought to Washington, D.C.,
so that the people there
1014
00:50:09,757 --> 00:50:13,593
can understand how
the average working-class family
1015
00:50:13,677 --> 00:50:16,513
is viewing bureaucracy
in the federal government.
1016
00:50:16,597 --> 00:50:18,681
Governor...
1017
00:50:18,766 --> 00:50:20,058
do you know what the Fed is?
1018
00:50:22,770 --> 00:50:24,020
In what respect, Charlie?
1019
00:50:24,104 --> 00:50:26,439
No, no. This is me, Steve,
1020
00:50:26,524 --> 00:50:28,608
asking do you know what the Fed is?
1021
00:50:33,948 --> 00:50:36,032
Um...
1022
00:50:36,116 --> 00:50:38,618
Stands for the Federal Reserve System.
1023
00:50:38,702 --> 00:50:41,287
No, please. Don't write, just listen.
1024
00:50:41,372 --> 00:50:44,666
The Fed is responsible
for all monetary policy
1025
00:50:44,750 --> 00:50:46,167
in the United States.
1026
00:50:46,252 --> 00:50:48,044
On any Fed or Bear Stearns question,
1027
00:50:48,128 --> 00:50:49,546
just say the Fed took
the appropriate action
1028
00:50:49,630 --> 00:50:52,298
that was needed at the time.
1029
00:50:52,383 --> 00:50:53,716
Okay?
1030
00:50:56,595 --> 00:50:58,221
Got it.
1031
00:51:01,100 --> 00:51:04,227
Your oldest son is proudly
heading off to Iraq next week.
1032
00:51:04,311 --> 00:51:07,021
Who do you see
as the primary enemy at this point?
1033
00:51:07,106 --> 00:51:10,233
Radical Islamic extremists.
1034
00:51:10,317 --> 00:51:11,901
Can you be more specific?
1035
00:51:11,986 --> 00:51:14,028
The terrorists who are hell-bent
1036
00:51:14,113 --> 00:51:16,364
on destroying our nation.
1037
00:51:16,448 --> 00:51:18,157
Governor, do you know why we're in Iraq?
1038
00:51:18,242 --> 00:51:22,203
Because Saddam Hussein
attacked us on 9/11.
1039
00:51:22,288 --> 00:51:24,664
No. No, uh,
1040
00:51:24,748 --> 00:51:26,874
Al-Qaeda attacked us on 9/11.
1041
00:51:26,959 --> 00:51:28,418
Not Saddam Hussein.
1042
00:51:28,502 --> 00:51:30,003
No, it was Al-Qaeda.
1043
00:51:30,087 --> 00:51:32,505
And that's why we're in Afghanistan.
1044
00:51:32,590 --> 00:51:34,465
Do you know
the primary differences
1045
00:51:34,550 --> 00:51:36,676
between the war in Afghanistan
and the war in Iraq?
1046
00:51:40,347 --> 00:51:44,392
Um, excuse us for a moment.
1047
00:51:52,484 --> 00:51:54,777
Can I get some more information
about Afghanistan?
1048
00:51:54,862 --> 00:51:56,654
Of course, Governor.
1049
00:52:06,832 --> 00:52:08,958
- Should we cancel?
- We can't.
1050
00:52:09,043 --> 00:52:11,044
Even Fox is pounding us for hiding her.
1051
00:52:11,128 --> 00:52:13,504
- We'd get murdered.
- When you interviewed her,
1052
00:52:13,589 --> 00:52:15,590
didn't you ask her
about national security?
1053
00:52:15,674 --> 00:52:18,843
Foreign policy, domestic policy?
1054
00:52:18,927 --> 00:52:20,637
I thought Culvahouse would cover that.
1055
00:52:20,721 --> 00:52:22,555
So what did you ask her?
1056
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:26,017
I just... We talked
about if she would
1057
00:52:26,101 --> 00:52:29,020
back John's positions
when they conflicted with hers
1058
00:52:29,104 --> 00:52:31,439
or if she was prepared
for her life to change.
1059
00:52:31,523 --> 00:52:33,983
There were no policy questions.
1060
00:52:34,068 --> 00:52:37,654
You guys didn't grill her
because you wanted it to work.
1061
00:52:37,738 --> 00:52:40,406
I wasn't in charge of the vet, Nicolle.
1062
00:52:46,121 --> 00:52:47,789
She's a great actress, right?
1063
00:52:47,873 --> 00:52:50,124
Oh, the best.
1064
00:52:50,209 --> 00:52:52,919
Why don't we just give her some lines?
1065
00:52:59,218 --> 00:53:00,885
I've come up with a list of questions
1066
00:53:00,969 --> 00:53:02,720
that I think Charlie's
most likely to ask.
1067
00:53:02,805 --> 00:53:04,222
If you memorize these answers,
1068
00:53:04,306 --> 00:53:05,890
I'm sure you're going
to nail this interview.
1069
00:53:05,974 --> 00:53:07,433
How do you know he'll ask these?
1070
00:53:07,518 --> 00:53:08,976
I was the White House
communications director.
1071
00:53:09,061 --> 00:53:11,187
It's my job to figure out the questions.
1072
00:53:11,271 --> 00:53:12,689
"Shushkashvili."
1073
00:53:12,773 --> 00:53:14,982
Saakashvili, the president of Georgia.
1074
00:53:15,067 --> 00:53:16,693
Shashkashvili.
1075
00:53:16,777 --> 00:53:18,736
Saakashvith...
1076
00:53:18,821 --> 00:53:21,531
- Saakashvili.
- Saakash-vili.
1077
00:53:21,615 --> 00:53:23,574
Let me ask you
about some specific
1078
00:53:23,659 --> 00:53:25,076
- national security situations.
- Sure.
1079
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:26,953
Let's start with Russia and Georgia.
1080
00:53:27,037 --> 00:53:29,038
Do you believe the United States
1081
00:53:29,123 --> 00:53:31,290
should try to restore
Georgian sovereignty
1082
00:53:31,375 --> 00:53:33,751
over South Ossetia and Abkhazia?
1083
00:53:33,836 --> 00:53:35,211
First off, we're gonna continue
1084
00:53:35,295 --> 00:53:36,796
good relations with Saakashvili there.
1085
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:39,382
I was able to speak with him
the other day,
1086
00:53:39,466 --> 00:53:41,676
and we've gotta keep an eye on Russia.
1087
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:44,053
For Russia to have exerted
such pressure
1088
00:53:44,138 --> 00:53:48,766
in terms of invading a smaller
democratic country unprovoked
1089
00:53:48,851 --> 00:53:51,060
- is unacceptable, and we have-
- You believe unprovoked?
1090
00:53:51,145 --> 00:53:53,396
- Yes.
- I do, I do believe unprovoked.
1091
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:55,106
And we have to keep our eye on Russia...
1092
00:53:55,190 --> 00:53:56,524
She's a red-light performer.
1093
00:53:56,608 --> 00:53:58,568
...under the leadership there.
1094
00:53:58,652 --> 00:54:00,570
What insight into Russian actions,
1095
00:54:00,654 --> 00:54:02,196
particularly
in the last couple of weeks,
1096
00:54:02,281 --> 00:54:06,075
does the proximity
of this state give you?
1097
00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:07,827
They're our next-door neighbors.
1098
00:54:07,911 --> 00:54:11,539
And you can actually see Russia
from land here in Alaska.
1099
00:54:11,623 --> 00:54:14,083
Do you consider a nuclear Iran...
1100
00:54:14,168 --> 00:54:16,169
- Damn it.
- ...to be an existential threat to Israel?
1101
00:54:16,253 --> 00:54:18,588
And I can see Russia from my house.
1102
00:54:27,014 --> 00:54:30,600
I believe
global warming is caused by man.
1103
00:54:30,684 --> 00:54:34,103
And I believe
it's just God hugging us closer.
1104
00:54:36,774 --> 00:54:39,817
I don't agree with the Bush doctrine.
1105
00:54:39,902 --> 00:54:41,694
And I don't know what that is.
1106
00:54:44,364 --> 00:54:46,282
She initially did not understand this,
1107
00:54:46,366 --> 00:54:48,701
and I think that people
can make what they want of it,
1108
00:54:48,786 --> 00:54:51,621
but was I, or anyone, confident
that Sarah Palin now has the wherewithal
1109
00:54:51,705 --> 00:54:53,790
to be president of the United States?
I don't think so.
1110
00:54:53,874 --> 00:54:56,667
A conservative friend called me up
and said "I just can't do it.
1111
00:54:56,752 --> 00:54:59,712
I don't know if I'm voting for Obama,
but I can't have her...
1112
00:54:59,797 --> 00:55:01,589
"She shouldn't be in Washington,
let alone the White House."
1113
00:55:10,474 --> 00:55:12,475
Governor.
1114
00:55:14,353 --> 00:55:16,729
Governor Palin.
1115
00:55:22,569 --> 00:55:25,530
We really should prep
for your Katie Couric interview.
1116
00:55:29,743 --> 00:55:30,910
Fine.
1117
00:55:32,579 --> 00:55:34,747
I wrote a brief synopsis on the collapse
1118
00:55:34,832 --> 00:55:37,333
of Lehman Brothers
and the financial crisis.
1119
00:55:37,417 --> 00:55:38,835
If you internalize this document,
1120
00:55:38,919 --> 00:55:42,088
you should be able to field
basic questions about the bailout.
1121
00:55:53,809 --> 00:55:55,893
Governor...
1122
00:55:55,978 --> 00:55:58,354
the Dow just dropped 500 points.
1123
00:55:58,438 --> 00:56:00,731
Lehman is collapsing.
1124
00:56:00,816 --> 00:56:02,692
The world economy
is on the brink of collapse.
1125
00:56:02,776 --> 00:56:05,528
I am pretty sure the bailout
is going to come up...
1126
00:56:10,409 --> 00:56:12,702
Okay. Um...
1127
00:56:17,291 --> 00:56:19,834
Why don't we come back to it
after we've warmed up a bit?
1128
00:56:23,797 --> 00:56:26,132
I've put together
a list of the questions...
1129
00:56:26,216 --> 00:56:28,551
- - that Katie's most likely to ask.
1130
00:56:28,635 --> 00:56:31,220
I used to work with Katie,
and I know she'll ask about abortion.
1131
00:56:31,305 --> 00:56:33,848
Did Steve do the Alaska poll yet?
1132
00:56:33,932 --> 00:56:37,226
- I think it's being done as we speak.
- Bet he didn't even do it.
1133
00:56:41,481 --> 00:56:44,734
Can we try and get through
just a few questions?
1134
00:56:51,491 --> 00:56:54,327
I know you're upset, Governor.
1135
00:56:54,411 --> 00:56:56,120
So why don't you
get a good night's sleep,
1136
00:56:56,204 --> 00:56:57,955
and I will come back
first thing in the morning
1137
00:56:58,040 --> 00:56:59,790
to prep you when you're feeling better?
1138
00:57:08,592 --> 00:57:11,177
I'm gonna leave this for you to...
1139
00:57:12,054 --> 00:57:14,513
look over.
1140
00:57:17,351 --> 00:57:20,978
It's the worst financial crisis
facing the American people
1141
00:57:21,063 --> 00:57:23,940
since the great depression
of the 1920s and '30s.
1142
00:57:24,024 --> 00:57:26,108
The president's massive
financial rescue plan
1143
00:57:26,193 --> 00:57:28,402
under fire from the left and right.
1144
00:57:28,487 --> 00:57:30,112
Good evening from the Ford Center
1145
00:57:30,197 --> 00:57:32,406
at the University of Mississippi
at Oxford.
1146
00:57:32,491 --> 00:57:34,283
We're here for the first
of three debates
1147
00:57:34,368 --> 00:57:36,035
between Senator Barack Obama...
1148
00:57:36,119 --> 00:57:37,912
Steve, Steve,
let's not worry about that crap.
1149
00:57:37,996 --> 00:57:39,622
It's all bullshit.
1150
00:57:39,706 --> 00:57:41,290
I'm here at the podium.
1151
00:57:41,375 --> 00:57:43,709
Let's do the fucking debate.
1152
00:57:45,045 --> 00:57:46,671
Hey, John. Sorry to interrupt.
1153
00:57:46,755 --> 00:57:49,632
I just spoke to our guy at Treasury.
1154
00:57:49,716 --> 00:57:52,134
The bill does not have
enough Republican votes.
1155
00:57:52,219 --> 00:57:53,803
Goddamn it.
1156
00:57:53,887 --> 00:57:55,846
Paulson thinks
the entire world economy
1157
00:57:55,931 --> 00:57:58,891
is on the brink of falling off
the cliff, so...
1158
00:57:58,976 --> 00:58:02,311
We're checkmated.
If the bailout doesn't pass,
1159
00:58:02,396 --> 00:58:04,271
we're screwed because Bush,
and thus you,
1160
00:58:04,356 --> 00:58:06,315
will be blamed for it.
1161
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:09,026
- If you pass the bailout...
- The Republicans will despise me
1162
00:58:09,111 --> 00:58:11,320
- for supporting a bailout.
- That's it.
1163
00:58:12,739 --> 00:58:14,448
This is it, guys.
1164
00:58:14,533 --> 00:58:16,993
I mean, this is
the whole fucking election.
1165
00:58:17,077 --> 00:58:20,079
Now, we think you should
suspend the campaign,
1166
00:58:20,163 --> 00:58:22,540
postpone the debates, go to Washington,
1167
00:58:22,624 --> 00:58:25,418
and try to negotiate
a bipartisan compromise.
1168
00:58:26,712 --> 00:58:29,088
You need to make a bold move, John.
1169
00:58:31,133 --> 00:58:33,134
This is a big risk.
1170
00:58:33,218 --> 00:58:35,761
I mean, that's a big gamble.
1171
00:58:37,305 --> 00:58:39,140
We gotta do something.
1172
00:58:39,224 --> 00:58:42,643
I mean, nothing
can fuck me more than this.
1173
00:58:42,728 --> 00:58:44,020
Governor, have you had a chance
1174
00:58:44,104 --> 00:58:46,647
to go over the briefing materials
on the bailout?
1175
00:58:49,276 --> 00:58:51,152
I really think
we need to try and nail down
1176
00:58:51,236 --> 00:58:53,696
a simple two-sentence response
to the economic crisis.
1177
00:58:53,780 --> 00:58:56,532
- It's gotta be supportive of the concept...
- That's enough powder.
1178
00:58:56,616 --> 00:58:59,285
...of the bailout, but also
disappointed that we're at this point,
1179
00:58:59,369 --> 00:59:02,538
making it clear that changes
need to be made to the bill.
1180
00:59:04,166 --> 00:59:05,458
Oh, you need it a little higher?
1181
00:59:05,542 --> 00:59:08,377
I can do that. I can do that for you.
1182
00:59:09,629 --> 00:59:11,797
That jacket looks fantastic on you,
by the way.
1183
00:59:11,882 --> 00:59:13,966
It's too open.
1184
00:59:14,051 --> 00:59:16,635
- Don't you think so?
- Yeah, it looks wonderful.
1185
00:59:16,720 --> 00:59:18,262
Really great, really nice.
1186
00:59:18,346 --> 00:59:20,014
It's a great color.
1187
00:59:26,438 --> 00:59:28,647
Do you want me to read the paper to you?
1188
00:59:33,987 --> 00:59:37,740
"Senator John McCain has requested
of his opponent, Senator Barack Obama,"
1189
00:59:37,824 --> 00:59:40,242
a postponement
of the upcoming debate
1190
00:59:40,327 --> 00:59:42,787
so that both senators
may return to Capitol Hill
1191
00:59:42,871 --> 00:59:45,581
to address the needs of the country
in this crucial time.
1192
00:59:45,665 --> 00:59:47,333
"Senator Obama has said..."
1193
00:59:53,006 --> 00:59:55,216
I hate this makeup. I hate it.
1194
00:59:55,300 --> 00:59:57,843
I don't like my hair this way.
I like my hair up.
1195
00:59:57,928 --> 00:59:59,553
Governor, you look amazing.
1196
00:59:59,638 --> 01:00:03,641
I look fat. I'm sick of looking fat.
1197
01:00:03,725 --> 01:00:06,519
- You don't look fat...
- Can I get some more tape?
1198
01:00:08,313 --> 01:00:11,023
Yeah.
1199
01:00:11,108 --> 01:00:12,858
I don't know if we should do Couric.
1200
01:00:12,943 --> 01:00:14,610
She's having a mini-meltdown.
1201
01:00:14,694 --> 01:00:16,779
Well, we can't have McCain
cancel the debate
1202
01:00:16,863 --> 01:00:19,824
and Palin cancel Katie Couric
in the same week.
1203
01:00:19,908 --> 01:00:21,492
I know,
1204
01:00:21,576 --> 01:00:23,119
but I'm really worried about her.
1205
01:00:23,203 --> 01:00:25,996
She won't respond to anything I say.
1206
01:00:26,081 --> 01:00:28,165
Maybe we should bring McCain in
and see what he thinks.
1207
01:00:28,250 --> 01:00:29,792
He doesn't want to deal with her.
1208
01:00:29,876 --> 01:00:32,670
I haven't even told him
that she doesn't know anything.
1209
01:00:32,754 --> 01:00:34,964
You haven't told him?
1210
01:00:35,048 --> 01:00:37,758
Look, he doesn't want to know.
1211
01:00:37,843 --> 01:00:39,844
The world economy
is on the brink of collapse.
1212
01:00:39,928 --> 01:00:43,430
Can you just... prep her
in the car ride over?
1213
01:00:43,515 --> 01:00:47,309
Uh, I can try.
1214
01:00:47,394 --> 01:00:51,689
Okay, good. Try. Thanks.
1215
01:00:51,773 --> 01:00:53,607
Knowing Katie,
I'm sure she's going to ask
1216
01:00:53,692 --> 01:00:55,359
about your stance on feminism.
1217
01:00:55,443 --> 01:00:57,361
- Did you get the numbers?
- The what?
1218
01:00:57,445 --> 01:01:00,489
My approval rating in Alaska.
1219
01:01:00,574 --> 01:01:02,658
They're not in yet.
1220
01:01:02,742 --> 01:01:04,326
I am trying to trust you people,
1221
01:01:04,411 --> 01:01:06,996
but you're making it really hard for me.
1222
01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:08,747
I'm sorry, Governor.
1223
01:01:09,749 --> 01:01:11,375
I'll call Steve right away about it.
1224
01:01:11,459 --> 01:01:13,169
Yeah, like that'll do anything.
1225
01:01:17,132 --> 01:01:19,133
What are you working on, Governor?
1226
01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:24,096
It's a questionnaire from the Mat-Su
Valley Frontiersman in Wasilla.
1227
01:01:24,181 --> 01:01:26,348
You know, an Alaska paper.
1228
01:01:26,433 --> 01:01:27,892
Don't you think we should prepare
1229
01:01:27,976 --> 01:01:29,977
for your national
Couric interview first?
1230
01:01:30,061 --> 01:01:33,230
No, Nicolle, I don't.
This is my priority.
1231
01:01:33,315 --> 01:01:38,527
I am not going to ignore
the people of Alaska anymore.
1232
01:01:48,330 --> 01:01:51,540
You've cited Alaska's proximity
to Russia
1233
01:01:51,625 --> 01:01:53,918
as part of your
foreign policy experience.
1234
01:01:54,002 --> 01:01:55,127
What did you mean by that?
1235
01:01:55,212 --> 01:01:59,048
That Alaska has
a very narrow maritime border
1236
01:01:59,132 --> 01:02:02,801
between a foreign country, Russia,
and on our other side,
1237
01:02:02,886 --> 01:02:06,805
the land boundary
that we have with Canada.
1238
01:02:06,890 --> 01:02:09,516
It's funny that a comment like that
1239
01:02:09,601 --> 01:02:14,188
was kind of made to...
1240
01:02:14,272 --> 01:02:15,731
I don't know. You know, reporters.
1241
01:02:15,815 --> 01:02:17,566
- Mocked?
- Yeah, mocked.
1242
01:02:17,651 --> 01:02:18,817
I guess that's the word, yeah.
1243
01:02:18,902 --> 01:02:21,320
Well, explain to me
why that enhances
1244
01:02:21,404 --> 01:02:23,405
your foreign policy credentials.
1245
01:02:23,490 --> 01:02:27,243
Well, it certainly does because our...
1246
01:02:27,327 --> 01:02:29,787
our next-door neighbors
are foreign countries.
1247
01:02:29,871 --> 01:02:33,832
They're in the state
that I am the executive of.
1248
01:02:33,917 --> 01:02:36,669
Have you ever been involved
with any negotiations,
1249
01:02:36,753 --> 01:02:38,420
for example, with the Russians?
1250
01:02:38,505 --> 01:02:40,589
We have trade missions back and forth.
1251
01:02:40,674 --> 01:02:42,299
We do. It's very important
1252
01:02:42,384 --> 01:02:45,636
when you consider even
national security issues with Russia,
1253
01:02:45,720 --> 01:02:49,139
as Putin rears his head
and comes into the airspace
1254
01:02:49,224 --> 01:02:51,267
of the United States of America,
1255
01:02:51,351 --> 01:02:53,435
where do they go?
1256
01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:56,188
It's Alaska.
It's just right over the border.
1257
01:02:56,273 --> 01:02:58,732
And when it comes to
establishing your worldview,
1258
01:02:58,817 --> 01:03:02,111
I was curious...
what newspapers and magazines
1259
01:03:02,195 --> 01:03:06,448
did you regularly read
before you were tapped for this
1260
01:03:06,533 --> 01:03:08,367
to stay informed and to understand...
1261
01:03:08,451 --> 01:03:11,412
I've read most of them,
again with a great appreciation
1262
01:03:11,496 --> 01:03:13,497
for the press, for the media.
1263
01:03:13,581 --> 01:03:15,916
What ones specifically? I'm curious.
1264
01:03:16,001 --> 01:03:17,668
Name one fucking paper.
1265
01:03:17,752 --> 01:03:19,670
All of 'em. Any of 'em
1266
01:03:19,754 --> 01:03:22,715
that have been in front of me
over all these years.
1267
01:03:22,799 --> 01:03:25,718
Oh, my God. What have we done?
1268
01:03:25,802 --> 01:03:28,554
If John McCain wins, this woman will be
1269
01:03:28,638 --> 01:03:31,265
one 72-year-old's heartbeat away
1270
01:03:31,349 --> 01:03:33,726
from being president
of the United States.
1271
01:03:33,810 --> 01:03:36,312
And if that doesn't scare
the hell out of you, it should.
1272
01:03:36,396 --> 01:03:38,647
In fairness, probably most people
1273
01:03:38,732 --> 01:03:40,858
can't name a Supreme Court case.
1274
01:03:40,942 --> 01:03:43,652
But most people are not campaigning
1275
01:03:43,737 --> 01:03:45,279
- to be vice president.
- Right, right.
1276
01:03:45,363 --> 01:03:47,865
It's not that she doesn't know
the right answer.
1277
01:03:47,949 --> 01:03:51,035
It's that she clearly
does not understand the question.
1278
01:03:51,119 --> 01:03:54,663
This is way beyond anything
we have ever seen
1279
01:03:54,748 --> 01:03:56,415
from a national candidate.
1280
01:04:01,463 --> 01:04:02,755
Why'd you make me do Katie Couric?
1281
01:04:02,839 --> 01:04:05,758
Did you see the coverage? Did you?
1282
01:04:05,842 --> 01:04:07,885
Are you there? Are you listening to me?
1283
01:04:07,969 --> 01:04:10,137
Yes, Governor. I'm here.
1284
01:04:10,221 --> 01:04:11,764
Katie was a logical choice.
1285
01:04:11,848 --> 01:04:13,515
She's been very fair to us
this entire campaign.
1286
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:14,892
You call that interview fair?
1287
01:04:14,976 --> 01:04:16,685
Yes, Governor, I do.
1288
01:04:16,770 --> 01:04:19,480
I certainly don't.
She was out to get me from the get-go.
1289
01:04:19,564 --> 01:04:20,981
No, she wasn't.
1290
01:04:21,066 --> 01:04:22,483
The interview sucked
because you didn't try.
1291
01:04:22,567 --> 01:04:24,318
What do you mean, I didn't try?
1292
01:04:24,402 --> 01:04:26,945
You didn't fight back like you did
in the Charlie Gibson interview.
1293
01:04:27,030 --> 01:04:29,782
When you didn't know the answers, you
clawed your way back and it went fine.
1294
01:04:29,866 --> 01:04:31,492
You just gave up.
1295
01:04:31,576 --> 01:04:33,118
Nicolle, it wasn't my fault.
1296
01:04:33,203 --> 01:04:35,454
I wasn't properly prepped.
1297
01:04:35,538 --> 01:04:38,499
You weren't properly prepped
because you wouldn't listen to us.
1298
01:04:38,583 --> 01:04:40,542
You never listen to your advisers.
1299
01:04:40,627 --> 01:04:42,544
Because you're overwhelming me
1300
01:04:42,629 --> 01:04:44,546
with too much information.
1301
01:04:44,631 --> 01:04:46,548
I don't want to do these interviews.
1302
01:04:46,633 --> 01:04:48,717
I want to do what I want to do.
1303
01:04:48,802 --> 01:04:51,929
We're just trying to help you
get through this, Governor.
1304
01:04:52,013 --> 01:04:53,847
All we want is for you to succeed.
1305
01:04:53,932 --> 01:04:55,849
Yeah, well, you're not helping.
1306
01:04:55,934 --> 01:04:57,851
You're just screwing me up.
1307
01:04:57,936 --> 01:05:00,938
You're telling me what to say,
what to wear, how to talk.
1308
01:05:01,022 --> 01:05:03,023
I am not your puppet!
1309
01:05:03,108 --> 01:05:04,525
Now I understand
what Hillary meant
1310
01:05:04,609 --> 01:05:06,318
when she said she had
to find her own voice.
1311
01:05:06,403 --> 01:05:09,947
Yeah, 'cause you're just like Hillary.
1312
01:05:12,659 --> 01:05:14,368
You have ruined me.
1313
01:05:14,452 --> 01:05:16,662
You have ruined my reputation.
1314
01:05:16,746 --> 01:05:18,997
I am ruined in Alaska!
1315
01:05:29,843 --> 01:05:32,094
This is Steve Schmidt. Leave a message.
1316
01:05:32,178 --> 01:05:34,138
Steve, it's Nicolle.
1317
01:05:34,222 --> 01:05:36,598
I will gladly resign
if you want to blame me for Couric.
1318
01:05:36,683 --> 01:05:39,560
But if you want me to stay,
then I'm back on McCain's bus tomorrow
1319
01:05:39,644 --> 01:05:41,979
as I never want to deal
with that woman ever again.
1320
01:05:43,857 --> 01:05:46,608
What lessons
have you learned from Iraq
1321
01:05:46,693 --> 01:05:50,696
and how specifically would you
spread democracy abroad?
1322
01:05:50,780 --> 01:05:53,699
Specifically, we would make
every effort possible
1323
01:05:53,783 --> 01:05:56,368
to spread democracy abroad
to those who want it.
1324
01:05:59,706 --> 01:06:03,250
Yes, but specifically,
what would you do?
1325
01:06:03,334 --> 01:06:05,461
We're gonna promote freedom,
1326
01:06:05,545 --> 01:06:08,213
usher in democratic values and ideals,
1327
01:06:08,298 --> 01:06:10,716
and fight terror-loving terrorists.
1328
01:06:13,970 --> 01:06:16,805
But again, and not to belabor the point,
1329
01:06:16,890 --> 01:06:18,599
one specific thing.
1330
01:06:27,525 --> 01:06:29,985
Katie, I'd like to use
one of my lifelines.
1331
01:06:38,244 --> 01:06:41,288
- I'm sorry?
- I want to phone a friend.
1332
01:06:43,666 --> 01:06:45,584
...Friday's debate should proceed.
1333
01:06:45,668 --> 01:06:47,503
- - We've been
working around the clock
1334
01:06:47,587 --> 01:06:50,380
...and presidents are going
to have to deal with
1335
01:06:50,465 --> 01:06:52,382
more than one thing at a time.
1336
01:06:52,467 --> 01:06:54,760
New CNN/Time opinion research polls
1337
01:06:54,844 --> 01:06:58,222
-show Obama surging in key battleground states...
- Son of a bitch.
1338
01:06:58,306 --> 01:07:00,224
...like Pennsylvania
where he is now up by nine points.
1339
01:07:00,308 --> 01:07:02,851
Governor, I just want you to know
1340
01:07:02,936 --> 01:07:04,978
I got your Alaskan poll numbers in,
1341
01:07:05,063 --> 01:07:07,105
and you'll be pleased to know
1342
01:07:07,190 --> 01:07:09,942
- that you're in the low 70s.
- Fine.
1343
01:07:18,326 --> 01:07:21,036
- Why are they fucking me like this?
- Who?
1344
01:07:21,120 --> 01:07:24,373
The press! They used to love me.
1345
01:07:24,457 --> 01:07:27,793
Now all they want to do in life
is fuck me over.
1346
01:07:27,877 --> 01:07:30,379
I can't believe Katie did that to me.
1347
01:07:30,463 --> 01:07:32,881
And did you hear
what Olbermann said about me last night?
1348
01:07:32,966 --> 01:07:36,593
Sir, you've got to stop watching
Keith Olbermann,
1349
01:07:36,678 --> 01:07:39,930
or Fox, for that matter.
It's all just bullshit.
1350
01:07:41,975 --> 01:07:44,351
Now, sir, you should have a beer
1351
01:07:44,435 --> 01:07:46,562
and watch ESPN, okay?
1352
01:07:46,646 --> 01:07:47,980
And while you're watching it,
1353
01:07:48,064 --> 01:07:50,315
think about
what the people who watch ESPN
1354
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:52,359
really need in their lives right now.
1355
01:07:52,443 --> 01:07:54,027
I thought Katie liked me.
1356
01:07:54,112 --> 01:07:57,406
She does. And the questions were fair.
1357
01:07:57,490 --> 01:08:01,243
It was Governor Palin
who gave a terrible interview.
1358
01:08:01,327 --> 01:08:02,828
That poor girl.
1359
01:08:04,330 --> 01:08:06,290
She wasn't ready for this.
1360
01:08:06,374 --> 01:08:09,668
Yeah, I'm afraid you're right, sir.
1361
01:08:09,752 --> 01:08:14,172
And YouTube
is making it exponentially worse.
1362
01:08:14,257 --> 01:08:16,425
People are watching
Katie Couric and Tina Fey
1363
01:08:16,509 --> 01:08:17,926
over and over again.
1364
01:08:18,011 --> 01:08:20,679
It's playing like
an infinite loop on the Web.
1365
01:08:20,763 --> 01:08:24,349
No presidential campaign has ever
had to deal with this before.
1366
01:08:24,434 --> 01:08:28,270
But she's gonna do a good job
in the debate, right?
1367
01:08:28,354 --> 01:08:31,064
Yes, sir. She'll be great.
1368
01:08:31,149 --> 01:08:33,650
'Cause if it goes like Couric,
I don't think we can recover.
1369
01:08:33,735 --> 01:08:37,112
I agree, and I promise she'll be great.
1370
01:08:37,196 --> 01:08:38,905
I hope you're right.
1371
01:08:40,700 --> 01:08:43,201
I hope you're right, Steve.
1372
01:08:43,286 --> 01:08:45,245
It's gonna be fine.
1373
01:08:54,213 --> 01:08:57,633
Okay, this one came up
in the '96 debate.
1374
01:08:57,717 --> 01:08:59,509
Is there a magic bullet
1375
01:08:59,594 --> 01:09:01,595
to solve the problem
of public education?
1376
01:09:01,679 --> 01:09:04,723
If not, what is the best solution?
1377
01:09:08,227 --> 01:09:10,395
Uh, Governor?
1378
01:09:17,236 --> 01:09:19,780
Governor, would you like
something to eat?
1379
01:09:22,659 --> 01:09:26,536
Yeah, I think you should eat something,
Governor.
1380
01:09:26,621 --> 01:09:28,330
How about a Diet Dr. Pepper?
1381
01:09:28,414 --> 01:09:30,082
Would you like- Could you?
1382
01:09:33,127 --> 01:09:35,128
Governor?
1383
01:09:37,131 --> 01:09:40,133
I miss my baby.
I miss sleeping with my baby.
1384
01:09:42,470 --> 01:09:45,305
She constantly slips
into these catatonic stupors.
1385
01:09:45,390 --> 01:09:47,307
And then when we do
finally get her to work,
1386
01:09:47,392 --> 01:09:49,017
she writes all the information
down on note cards,
1387
01:09:49,102 --> 01:09:50,727
but she can't remember any of it.
1388
01:09:52,355 --> 01:09:54,648
Steve, did you do
an approval poll in Alaska?
1389
01:09:54,732 --> 01:09:56,983
- She keeps bringing it up.
- What the fuck?
1390
01:09:57,068 --> 01:09:59,361
I did that stupid fucking poll
a week ago.
1391
01:09:59,445 --> 01:10:01,154
I told her she's in the 70s.
1392
01:10:01,239 --> 01:10:02,614
Yeah, well,
I don't think she believes you.
1393
01:10:02,699 --> 01:10:04,199
She says you made those numbers up.
1394
01:10:04,283 --> 01:10:05,992
Okay.
1395
01:10:06,077 --> 01:10:09,413
- She is becoming completely irrational.
- Becoming?
1396
01:10:12,083 --> 01:10:13,750
I don't even like to say this,
1397
01:10:13,835 --> 01:10:15,377
but has it occurred to you guys
1398
01:10:15,461 --> 01:10:17,129
that she might be mentally unstable?
1399
01:10:20,800 --> 01:10:24,010
Mark, look, the debate is in five days.
1400
01:10:24,095 --> 01:10:25,887
What do you think?
1401
01:10:27,765 --> 01:10:31,852
I think this debate
will be a debacle of historic
1402
01:10:31,936 --> 01:10:34,479
and epic proportions.
1403
01:10:37,275 --> 01:10:39,484
Well, that's encouraging.
1404
01:10:55,877 --> 01:10:58,211
What would you say best qualifies you
1405
01:10:58,296 --> 01:11:00,547
to be John McCain's running mate?
1406
01:11:02,425 --> 01:11:06,386
John McCain has that streak
of independence in him
1407
01:11:06,471 --> 01:11:10,098
that I think is very, very important
in our leadership today.
1408
01:11:10,183 --> 01:11:11,892
I have that within me also.
1409
01:11:11,976 --> 01:11:14,269
And that's why John McCain tapped me,
1410
01:11:14,353 --> 01:11:16,229
to be a team of mavericks,
1411
01:11:16,314 --> 01:11:19,524
of independence as a team member
1412
01:11:19,609 --> 01:11:22,360
on this, um... in this new team.
1413
01:11:22,445 --> 01:11:24,738
Um, I'm gonna do that one over again.
1414
01:11:24,822 --> 01:11:26,156
- Yeah, sure.
- John...
1415
01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:28,992
Governor, important to remember
1416
01:11:29,076 --> 01:11:31,953
that you don't need
to say anything specific.
1417
01:11:32,038 --> 01:11:34,790
Okay? If you don't know
the answer to the question,
1418
01:11:34,874 --> 01:11:37,834
just bring it back to the general theme
of reforming America
1419
01:11:37,919 --> 01:11:40,587
or pivot to one of your stronger suits,
like energy.
1420
01:11:40,671 --> 01:11:43,590
Yeah, 'cause that's where
I'm most comfortable.
1421
01:11:43,674 --> 01:11:45,509
That's pretty clear.
1422
01:11:45,593 --> 01:11:47,636
Let's try another question.
1423
01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:49,054
Global warming...
1424
01:11:49,138 --> 01:11:50,972
Governor Palin, do you believe
1425
01:11:51,057 --> 01:11:52,724
that global warming is man-made?
1426
01:11:55,937 --> 01:11:57,646
Um... ahem.
1427
01:11:57,730 --> 01:12:00,232
I think all this talk and jibber-jabber
1428
01:12:00,316 --> 01:12:03,652
about where global warming
comes from defeats...
1429
01:12:03,736 --> 01:12:06,738
defeats, you know,
the point that it's getting hotter
1430
01:12:06,823 --> 01:12:10,784
and that we all need to be
very concerned about heat.
1431
01:12:10,868 --> 01:12:12,994
And, um...
1432
01:12:13,079 --> 01:12:14,538
that, um...
1433
01:12:14,622 --> 01:12:16,623
I... I...
1434
01:12:16,707 --> 01:12:18,041
forgot it and it's not in this...
1435
01:12:18,125 --> 01:12:21,503
Mark, all the cards
are supposed to be in this pile.
1436
01:12:21,587 --> 01:12:23,380
- Okay.
-It's not in this pile.
1437
01:12:23,464 --> 01:12:26,007
I think we need to take a break.
1438
01:12:26,092 --> 01:12:27,926
Can you all leave us alone for a minute?
1439
01:12:40,022 --> 01:12:41,690
The debate is in four days,
1440
01:12:41,774 --> 01:12:44,150
and this isn't working, Governor.
1441
01:12:44,235 --> 01:12:46,152
I know.
1442
01:12:49,866 --> 01:12:53,952
I think you should get off
this no-carb diet immediately.
1443
01:12:55,162 --> 01:12:57,497
This goofy diet is bad for you,
1444
01:12:57,582 --> 01:12:59,499
and I'm alarmed by your weight loss.
1445
01:13:01,502 --> 01:13:05,422
Governor, the Katie Couric interview
didn't go well.
1446
01:13:05,506 --> 01:13:09,259
And it wasn't Nicolle Wallace's fault.
1447
01:13:09,343 --> 01:13:11,052
It wasn't Katie Couric's fault.
1448
01:13:11,137 --> 01:13:13,221
It wasn't the liberal media's fault.
1449
01:13:13,306 --> 01:13:16,433
It was your fault,
because you didn't prepare.
1450
01:13:16,517 --> 01:13:18,268
And there can never be another instance
1451
01:13:18,352 --> 01:13:22,105
of something not going well
because you didn't prepare.
1452
01:13:33,409 --> 01:13:35,827
Hey.
1453
01:13:35,912 --> 01:13:37,746
Hey, hey, hey.
1454
01:13:37,830 --> 01:13:39,414
Look, you had a bad interview.
1455
01:13:39,498 --> 01:13:43,043
It's okay, it happens.
1456
01:13:43,127 --> 01:13:47,714
You know what Ronald Reagan
said caused pollution?
1457
01:13:49,091 --> 01:13:50,842
Trees.
1458
01:13:55,848 --> 01:13:58,516
- Reagan said that?
- He did.
1459
01:13:58,601 --> 01:14:01,019
He said trees cause pollution.
1460
01:14:01,103 --> 01:14:04,314
And he not only won the election,
1461
01:14:04,398 --> 01:14:07,359
he went on to be a great president.
1462
01:14:10,613 --> 01:14:15,158
I just... I don't want to let John down.
1463
01:14:25,086 --> 01:14:26,670
Stevie boy.
1464
01:14:26,754 --> 01:14:29,172
We have a problem, sir.
1465
01:14:30,257 --> 01:14:32,425
What... What's going on?
1466
01:14:32,510 --> 01:14:34,761
It's Palin.
1467
01:14:34,845 --> 01:14:38,431
She could be on the verge
of a complete nervous breakdown.
1468
01:14:40,518 --> 01:14:43,812
I don't know what to do.
1469
01:14:43,896 --> 01:14:46,773
We threw her into the deep end
without a life preserver.
1470
01:14:46,857 --> 01:14:48,942
Yeah, and we're drowning with her, sir.
1471
01:14:51,612 --> 01:14:53,530
We need to get her back with her family.
1472
01:14:53,614 --> 01:14:56,574
She needs to be surrounded by...
1473
01:14:56,659 --> 01:14:59,077
by people who love her.
1474
01:15:00,538 --> 01:15:03,415
Hey, let's get 'em all out to Sedona,
1475
01:15:03,499 --> 01:15:05,250
out in the open air.
1476
01:15:05,334 --> 01:15:07,252
My neighbor's a doctor,
1477
01:15:07,336 --> 01:15:10,505
and Cindy can invite him over
for a barbecue or something,
1478
01:15:10,589 --> 01:15:12,173
and he can observe her
1479
01:15:12,258 --> 01:15:14,551
and see if it's truly serious.
1480
01:15:14,635 --> 01:15:16,386
But let's just get 'em to Sedona.
1481
01:15:16,470 --> 01:15:18,763
It'll do wonders for her, I know it.
1482
01:15:18,848 --> 01:15:20,432
Yes, sir. Absolutely.
1483
01:15:23,811 --> 01:15:26,730
♪ There'll be ♪
1484
01:15:26,814 --> 01:15:31,109
♪ Greener pastures ♪
1485
01:15:33,946 --> 01:15:39,617
♪ Cross that borderline ♪
1486
01:15:42,288 --> 01:15:48,710
♪ We'll see new horizons ♪
1487
01:15:48,794 --> 01:15:50,628
♪ My darling ♪
1488
01:15:50,713 --> 01:15:56,551
♪ Far beyond the great divide ♪
1489
01:15:56,635 --> 01:15:58,511
Oh, hey!
1490
01:15:58,596 --> 01:16:00,805
I missed you guys so much.
1491
01:16:00,890 --> 01:16:03,850
- Hi! Mommy, Mommy!
- Oh, my goodness!
1492
01:16:05,728 --> 01:16:07,145
Got someone who wants to say hi.
1493
01:16:07,229 --> 01:16:08,980
Hi!
1494
01:16:12,276 --> 01:16:14,652
- What's up, Doc?
- Hey, how you doing?
1495
01:16:14,737 --> 01:16:18,198
That depends. How's she look?
1496
01:16:18,282 --> 01:16:20,658
For a woman who's just had a baby,
1497
01:16:20,743 --> 01:16:23,745
has a pregnant teen daughter
and a son in Iraq,
1498
01:16:23,829 --> 01:16:26,498
I'd say not half bad.
1499
01:16:27,750 --> 01:16:30,543
You, however, look like shit.
1500
01:16:33,339 --> 01:16:35,090
They keep piling all this stuff on me,
1501
01:16:35,174 --> 01:16:37,342
and I just can't remember everything.
1502
01:16:37,426 --> 01:16:40,011
- Are you getting some of it?
- Yeah.
1503
01:16:40,096 --> 01:16:42,097
Some, but I have to talk
1504
01:16:42,181 --> 01:16:45,141
for like 90 minutes up there.
1505
01:16:45,226 --> 01:16:47,352
Do you remember when you debated Halcro?
1506
01:16:48,562 --> 01:16:50,355
He had no notes, no papers,
1507
01:16:50,439 --> 01:16:53,858
and he could spout off
all these facts and figures?
1508
01:16:53,943 --> 01:16:56,194
You were so intimidated...
1509
01:16:57,279 --> 01:16:59,030
until you looked out at the audience.
1510
01:16:59,115 --> 01:17:00,907
What'd you realize?
1511
01:17:00,991 --> 01:17:03,284
That none of what he said mattered,
1512
01:17:03,369 --> 01:17:05,537
because no one knew
what he was talking about.
1513
01:17:05,621 --> 01:17:08,706
It's the same thing here, baby.
It's just more people.
1514
01:17:09,917 --> 01:17:11,417
You're getting yourself in trouble
1515
01:17:11,502 --> 01:17:12,877
because they're trying to turn you
1516
01:17:12,962 --> 01:17:14,963
into something that you're not.
1517
01:17:15,047 --> 01:17:17,674
You gotta do what you do.
1518
01:17:17,758 --> 01:17:20,802
Just talk to people
the way you talk to them.
1519
01:17:20,886 --> 01:17:22,887
And they'll love you.
1520
01:17:24,390 --> 01:17:26,141
They always have.
1521
01:17:26,225 --> 01:17:29,394
I love you, first dude.
1522
01:17:29,478 --> 01:17:31,604
I love you, too...
1523
01:17:33,065 --> 01:17:34,691
Mrs. Vice President.
1524
01:17:37,403 --> 01:17:39,028
Mm-hmm.
1525
01:18:08,267 --> 01:18:09,684
Steve, what's up?
1526
01:18:09,768 --> 01:18:12,437
How many questions does Sarah Palin
have to answer in the debate?
1527
01:18:12,521 --> 01:18:15,565
22 to 25.
1528
01:18:15,649 --> 01:18:17,567
And how long is each answer?
1529
01:18:17,651 --> 01:18:19,402
Two minutes with pivots.
1530
01:18:19,486 --> 01:18:21,362
So if all we have to do
1531
01:18:21,447 --> 01:18:24,157
is get the best actress
in American politics
1532
01:18:24,241 --> 01:18:27,368
to memorize 45 minutes'
worth of answers,
1533
01:18:27,453 --> 01:18:29,495
then why did we waste five days
1534
01:18:29,580 --> 01:18:33,249
trying to get her to understand
what any of this shit means?
1535
01:18:36,629 --> 01:18:38,755
Governor, I didn't know
you were going for a jog.
1536
01:18:38,839 --> 01:18:41,716
- I have a different strategy.
- I need to clear my head for a bit.
1537
01:18:41,800 --> 01:18:43,718
Well, we really need to prepare...
1538
01:18:43,802 --> 01:18:45,887
I really need to go running, Steve,
1539
01:18:45,971 --> 01:18:47,597
'cause it's gonna make me feel better.
1540
01:18:47,681 --> 01:18:49,057
Can you understand that?
1541
01:18:49,141 --> 01:18:50,975
Of course, Governor.
1542
01:19:05,032 --> 01:19:08,326
I think we need to get rid
of these note cards.
1543
01:19:08,410 --> 01:19:11,704
- They're not helping.
- Okay.
1544
01:19:11,789 --> 01:19:13,748
I hate those flippin' cards anyway.
1545
01:19:13,832 --> 01:19:17,210
Now, what we need you to do
1546
01:19:17,294 --> 01:19:21,256
is to memorize 25 answers
and four attack lines.
1547
01:19:21,340 --> 01:19:24,092
Do you think you can do that?
1548
01:19:24,176 --> 01:19:25,593
Yeah, I can do that.
1549
01:19:27,805 --> 01:19:29,931
And you're gonna be great.
1550
01:19:48,367 --> 01:19:51,953
And we are to be
that shining city on a hill,
1551
01:19:52,037 --> 01:19:55,081
as President Reagan so beautifully said,
1552
01:19:55,165 --> 01:19:57,583
and that we are a beacon of hope
1553
01:19:57,668 --> 01:20:00,461
and that we are unapologetic here.
1554
01:20:00,546 --> 01:20:01,963
Governor Palin,
1555
01:20:02,047 --> 01:20:05,925
nuclear Iran is one
of our gravest threats.
1556
01:20:06,010 --> 01:20:08,970
What would a McCain administration
do to stop it?
1557
01:20:09,054 --> 01:20:11,180
On the subject of "nucular" Iran,
1558
01:20:11,265 --> 01:20:14,142
Senator O'Biden and I
are most likely in agreement.
1559
01:20:14,226 --> 01:20:16,436
They cannot be allowed
1560
01:20:16,520 --> 01:20:20,148
to acquire "nucular" weapons, period.
1561
01:20:20,232 --> 01:20:22,317
Israel is in jeopardy, of course,
1562
01:20:22,401 --> 01:20:23,985
when dealing with Ahmadinejad
1563
01:20:24,069 --> 01:20:26,654
as a leader of Iran.
1564
01:20:26,739 --> 01:20:29,657
It was Ronald Reagan
who said that freedom
1565
01:20:29,742 --> 01:20:32,744
is always just one generation away
from extinction.
1566
01:20:32,828 --> 01:20:35,997
We don't pass it to our children
in the bloodstream,
1567
01:20:36,081 --> 01:20:38,875
we have to fight for it and protect it,
1568
01:20:38,959 --> 01:20:40,501
and then hand it to them
1569
01:20:40,586 --> 01:20:42,754
so that they shall do the same.
1570
01:20:42,838 --> 01:20:45,006
We will fight for it.
1571
01:20:45,090 --> 01:20:47,216
And there is only one man
in this race
1572
01:20:47,301 --> 01:20:51,179
who has really ever fought for you,
1573
01:20:51,263 --> 01:20:53,306
and that's Senator John McCain.
1574
01:20:53,390 --> 01:20:55,475
Yeah!
1575
01:20:55,559 --> 01:20:56,934
Yeah, she's back!
1576
01:20:57,019 --> 01:21:00,813
Sarah Palin is back,
ladies and gentlemen.
1577
01:21:00,898 --> 01:21:02,398
Whoo!
1578
01:21:02,483 --> 01:21:04,484
- Great job, Governor.
- It was pretty good, huh?
1579
01:21:04,568 --> 01:21:05,943
Pretty good? It was amazing.
1580
01:21:06,028 --> 01:21:08,196
There's just one slight adjustment
I want to give you.
1581
01:21:08,280 --> 01:21:10,031
You need to call him Senator Biden,
1582
01:21:10,115 --> 01:21:13,368
- not Senator O'Biden.
- That's what I called him, Senator O'Biden.
1583
01:21:13,452 --> 01:21:14,952
- You just said it again.
- Said what?
1584
01:21:15,037 --> 01:21:17,455
- O'Biden.
- Right. Senator Biden.
1585
01:21:17,539 --> 01:21:20,375
- That's it.
- Oh. Biden.
1586
01:21:20,459 --> 01:21:23,503
-No, no, there's no "O."
-No, I meant "Oh, " as in "Oh, I get it,"
1587
01:21:23,587 --> 01:21:25,129
not "O" as in O'Biden.
1588
01:21:25,214 --> 01:21:27,006
Oh.
1589
01:21:27,091 --> 01:21:29,050
Okay, well, let's practice it.
1590
01:21:29,134 --> 01:21:32,220
Governor, do you agree
with Senator Biden's
1591
01:21:32,304 --> 01:21:34,055
position on the bailout?
1592
01:21:34,139 --> 01:21:35,890
- Senator O'Biden...
- Biden!
1593
01:21:35,974 --> 01:21:37,266
Doggone it!
1594
01:21:51,407 --> 01:21:53,741
- This is Sarah.
- Hey, Mom.
1595
01:21:53,826 --> 01:21:55,618
Hey, honey. How are ya?
1596
01:21:55,702 --> 01:21:57,286
I'm good. I'm...
1597
01:21:57,371 --> 01:21:59,872
- I'm good, Mom.
- Where are ya?
1598
01:21:59,957 --> 01:22:02,208
Um, I'm not really allowed to say.
1599
01:22:02,292 --> 01:22:04,335
Okay, sweetie, but you're safe?
1600
01:22:04,420 --> 01:22:06,254
Yeah, no, I'm fine, I'm fine.
1601
01:22:06,338 --> 01:22:07,964
I just wanted to wish you a good debate.
1602
01:22:08,048 --> 01:22:10,174
Thank you.
1603
01:22:10,259 --> 01:22:13,136
- Did you study?
- I did.
1604
01:22:13,220 --> 01:22:14,846
A lot.
1605
01:22:14,930 --> 01:22:16,848
I'll be praying for you.
1606
01:22:16,932 --> 01:22:18,307
Please, I'll need it.
1607
01:22:18,392 --> 01:22:20,184
Come on, Mom, you're gonna do great.
1608
01:22:22,020 --> 01:22:23,271
I love you.
1609
01:22:23,355 --> 01:22:25,690
I love you so much, Track.
1610
01:22:25,774 --> 01:22:29,360
- Fall in!
- I gotta go, Mom.
1611
01:22:29,445 --> 01:22:31,612
No, no, no. Just... Just another minute.
1612
01:22:31,697 --> 01:22:33,156
No, I'm really sorry,
but I really gotta go.
1613
01:22:33,240 --> 01:22:34,949
You're gonna do great tonight, okay?
1614
01:22:35,033 --> 01:22:37,785
Thank you, thank you, but, sweetie-
sweetie, you be safe.
1615
01:22:37,870 --> 01:22:40,538
- - I will.
1616
01:22:40,622 --> 01:22:42,540
Bye.
1617
01:22:49,256 --> 01:22:50,631
You okay?
1618
01:22:52,009 --> 01:22:57,555
My son is safe.
1619
01:23:09,067 --> 01:23:10,985
Well, what we are going to see
1620
01:23:11,069 --> 01:23:13,821
is probably the most anticipated
1621
01:23:13,906 --> 01:23:15,656
vice presidential debate
1622
01:23:15,741 --> 01:23:18,618
that I have covered ever.
1623
01:23:18,702 --> 01:23:20,828
A lot, a lot of pressure on Sarah Palin.
1624
01:23:20,913 --> 01:23:22,788
As for Joe Biden, it's sort of a,
1625
01:23:22,873 --> 01:23:25,124
first of all, do-no-harm night for him.
1626
01:23:25,209 --> 01:23:28,336
No one has questioned
that he is qualified
1627
01:23:28,420 --> 01:23:29,795
to be vice president.
1628
01:23:29,880 --> 01:23:31,464
He needs to... both of them
1629
01:23:31,548 --> 01:23:33,508
need to talk about the top
of their tickets.
1630
01:23:33,592 --> 01:23:36,469
- - After all, this isn't a race
to be vice president
1631
01:23:36,553 --> 01:23:39,180
so much as it is
to be number two
1632
01:23:39,264 --> 01:23:41,265
to the top people on the ticket.
1633
01:23:41,350 --> 01:23:43,935
On the Joe Biden side, you will see
1634
01:23:44,019 --> 01:23:46,854
an effort to say, "Look, Sarah Palin..."
1635
01:23:46,939 --> 01:23:49,774
Hurry.
1636
01:23:49,858 --> 01:23:51,692
Pray with me.
1637
01:23:51,777 --> 01:23:53,569
What should we pray for?
1638
01:23:53,654 --> 01:23:56,072
Just pray that we win the debate.
1639
01:23:56,156 --> 01:23:58,699
Mom, that would be cheating.
1640
01:24:03,622 --> 01:24:05,623
Okay.
1641
01:24:10,963 --> 01:24:12,463
We want to welcome our viewers
1642
01:24:12,548 --> 01:24:14,215
in the United States
and around the world.
1643
01:24:14,299 --> 01:24:17,593
I'm Wolf Blitzer, together with
the best political team on television.
1644
01:24:17,678 --> 01:24:20,721
We've been waiting for this night
for a long time...
1645
01:24:24,309 --> 01:24:27,562
I did this same walk
for Geraldine Ferraro in 1984.
1646
01:24:27,646 --> 01:24:28,938
Holy geez, that's cool.
1647
01:24:29,022 --> 01:24:30,731
This is your toe mark.
1648
01:24:30,816 --> 01:24:32,275
Okay.
1649
01:24:33,860 --> 01:24:35,152
30 seconds.
1650
01:24:35,237 --> 01:24:37,572
Two, pull back wide
on her entrance, please.
1651
01:24:37,656 --> 01:24:40,992
Ready, two. And take two.
1652
01:24:43,829 --> 01:24:45,746
Good evening from Washington University
1653
01:24:45,831 --> 01:24:47,331
in St. Louis, Missouri.
1654
01:24:47,416 --> 01:24:49,125
I'm Gwen Ifill of the NewsHour
1655
01:24:49,209 --> 01:24:51,586
and Washington Week on PBS.
1656
01:24:51,670 --> 01:24:54,589
Welcome to the first and the only 2008
1657
01:24:54,673 --> 01:24:55,965
vice presidential debate
1658
01:24:56,049 --> 01:24:57,883
between the Republican nominee,
1659
01:24:57,968 --> 01:24:59,885
Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska,
1660
01:24:59,970 --> 01:25:03,431
and the Democratic nominee,
Joe Biden of Delaware.
1661
01:25:03,515 --> 01:25:06,309
Tonight's discussion will cover
a wide range of topics,
1662
01:25:06,393 --> 01:25:09,854
including domestic
and foreign policy matters.
1663
01:25:09,938 --> 01:25:11,856
Each candidate will have 90 seconds
1664
01:25:11,940 --> 01:25:14,108
to respond to a direct question
1665
01:25:14,192 --> 01:25:15,985
and then an additional two minutes
1666
01:25:16,069 --> 01:25:17,903
for rebuttal and follow-up.
1667
01:25:17,988 --> 01:25:20,990
The specific subjects and questions
were chosen by me
1668
01:25:21,074 --> 01:25:23,451
and have not been shared or cleared
1669
01:25:23,535 --> 01:25:25,870
with anyone on the campaigns
or on the commission.
1670
01:25:25,954 --> 01:25:27,872
The audience here in the hall
1671
01:25:27,956 --> 01:25:30,666
has promised to remain very polite...
1672
01:25:30,751 --> 01:25:34,587
no cheers, applause,
no untoward outbursts...
1673
01:25:34,671 --> 01:25:36,839
- Biden. Biden. Biden.
- ...except right at this minute
1674
01:25:36,923 --> 01:25:40,301
as we welcome Governor Palin
and Senator Biden.
1675
01:25:48,268 --> 01:25:50,811
Nice to meet you.
Hey, can I call you Joe?
1676
01:25:50,896 --> 01:25:52,021
You can call me Joe.
1677
01:25:53,899 --> 01:25:56,609
- Why... Why is the mike on?
- No, no, no, it's cool.
1678
01:25:56,693 --> 01:25:58,110
They're gonna think it's some kind
1679
01:25:58,195 --> 01:26:00,696
of Machiavellian Jedi power play.
1680
01:26:00,781 --> 01:26:03,157
From your lips, Steve.
1681
01:26:03,241 --> 01:26:04,492
Welcome to you both.
1682
01:26:04,576 --> 01:26:07,036
The House of Representatives
this week passed a bill,
1683
01:26:07,120 --> 01:26:08,412
a big bailout bill...
1684
01:26:08,497 --> 01:26:10,039
Or didn't pass it, I should say.
1685
01:26:10,123 --> 01:26:11,957
The Senate decided to pass it
1686
01:26:12,042 --> 01:26:13,584
and the House
is wrestling with it still tonight.
1687
01:26:13,669 --> 01:26:16,921
Was this the worst of Washington
or the best of Washington
1688
01:26:17,005 --> 01:26:18,673
that we saw play out?
1689
01:26:18,757 --> 01:26:20,925
Thank you, Gwen,
and I thank the commission also.
1690
01:26:21,009 --> 01:26:23,010
I appreciate this privilege
of being able to be here
1691
01:26:23,095 --> 01:26:24,345
and speak with Americans.
1692
01:26:24,429 --> 01:26:27,056
Please, God, be kind.
1693
01:26:27,140 --> 01:26:28,683
You know,
I think a good barometer here
1694
01:26:28,767 --> 01:26:31,394
when we're trying to figure out
has this been a good time
1695
01:26:31,478 --> 01:26:35,022
or a bad time in America's economy is...
1696
01:26:35,107 --> 01:26:37,108
go to a kids' soccer game on Saturday
1697
01:26:37,192 --> 01:26:40,236
and turn to any parent there
on the sideline and ask them,
1698
01:26:40,320 --> 01:26:42,029
"How are you feeling about the economy?"
1699
01:26:42,114 --> 01:26:43,698
And I'll betcha you're gonna hear
1700
01:26:43,782 --> 01:26:46,075
some fear in that parent's voice...
1701
01:26:46,159 --> 01:26:48,536
She's doing great.
1702
01:26:48,620 --> 01:26:50,454
We've got 88 more minutes.
1703
01:26:50,539 --> 01:26:53,541
...did we just take a major hit
with those investments?
1704
01:26:53,625 --> 01:26:56,919
There is something to be said also
for man's activities,
1705
01:26:57,003 --> 01:27:00,881
but also for the cyclical temperature
changes on our planet.
1706
01:27:00,966 --> 01:27:03,718
Senator, what is true
and what is false about the causes?
1707
01:27:03,802 --> 01:27:06,971
If you don't understand
what the cause is,
1708
01:27:07,055 --> 01:27:09,432
it's virtually impossible
to come up with a solution.
1709
01:27:09,516 --> 01:27:12,435
The chant is "Drill, baby, drill."
1710
01:27:12,519 --> 01:27:15,187
And that's what we hear
all across this country
1711
01:27:15,272 --> 01:27:18,065
in our rallies,
because people are so hungry
1712
01:27:18,150 --> 01:27:20,317
for those domestic sources of energy
1713
01:27:20,402 --> 01:27:22,403
to be tapped into.
1714
01:27:22,487 --> 01:27:23,988
We will end this war.
1715
01:27:24,072 --> 01:27:25,489
For John McCain,
1716
01:27:25,574 --> 01:27:28,659
there is no end in sight
to end this war.
1717
01:27:28,744 --> 01:27:31,078
We will end this war.
1718
01:27:31,163 --> 01:27:33,080
Governor...
1719
01:27:33,165 --> 01:27:36,459
Um... your plan
1720
01:27:36,543 --> 01:27:39,170
is a white flag of surrender
1721
01:27:39,254 --> 01:27:40,921
- in Iraq.
- Whoo! Yes!
1722
01:27:42,382 --> 01:27:43,841
Governor, please,
did you want to respond
1723
01:27:43,925 --> 01:27:45,551
to Senator McCain's comments
about health care?
1724
01:27:45,635 --> 01:27:47,595
Pivot. Pivot!
1725
01:27:47,679 --> 01:27:50,264
I'd like to respond about
the tax increases and...
1726
01:27:50,348 --> 01:27:52,266
Yes!
1727
01:27:52,350 --> 01:27:54,727
Darn right, we need tax relief
1728
01:27:54,811 --> 01:27:57,271
for Americans
so that jobs can be created here.
1729
01:27:57,355 --> 01:27:59,315
Barack Obama and Senator O'Biden,
1730
01:27:59,399 --> 01:28:01,108
you said no to everything...
1731
01:28:01,193 --> 01:28:02,985
She just said "O'Biden."
1732
01:28:03,069 --> 01:28:04,528
We’re probably
the only ones that heard it.
1733
01:28:04,613 --> 01:28:06,739
It was Ronald Reagan who said
1734
01:28:06,823 --> 01:28:09,450
that freedom is always
just one generation away
1735
01:28:09,534 --> 01:28:11,118
from extinction.
1736
01:28:11,203 --> 01:28:14,914
We don't pass it to our children
in the bloodstream.
1737
01:28:14,998 --> 01:28:18,626
We have to fight for it and protect it,
1738
01:28:18,710 --> 01:28:20,252
and then hand it to them
1739
01:28:20,337 --> 01:28:22,797
so that they will do the same.
1740
01:28:22,881 --> 01:28:24,799
We will fight for it.
1741
01:28:24,883 --> 01:28:27,343
And there is only one man in this race
1742
01:28:27,427 --> 01:28:29,678
who has really ever fought for you,
1743
01:28:29,763 --> 01:28:31,639
and that's Senator John McCain.
1744
01:28:38,438 --> 01:28:39,980
Okay, here we go.
1745
01:28:40,065 --> 01:28:42,274
CBS instant poll says undecideds
1746
01:28:42,359 --> 01:28:46,320
give the debate to Biden, 46%;
Palin, 21.
1747
01:28:46,404 --> 01:28:48,531
Fuck CBS and fuck their instant poll.
1748
01:28:48,615 --> 01:28:50,074
This is the greatest debate victory
1749
01:28:50,158 --> 01:28:51,700
in the history of the republic.
1750
01:28:51,785 --> 01:28:53,786
Okay!
1751
01:28:59,000 --> 01:29:02,545
You see? You just had to be you.
1752
01:29:04,506 --> 01:29:06,257
I'm gonna grab a beer.
1753
01:29:06,341 --> 01:29:08,843
- Want one?
- No.
1754
01:29:08,927 --> 01:29:12,680
Senator McCain wanted me
to congratulate you
1755
01:29:12,764 --> 01:29:14,431
on a fantastic debate.
1756
01:29:14,516 --> 01:29:17,476
- You really did a great job.
- Thanks.
1757
01:29:17,561 --> 01:29:21,188
Tell John I want to bring up
Bill Ayers and Reverend Wright.
1758
01:29:21,273 --> 01:29:23,649
I think it's time to go for the jugular.
1759
01:29:23,733 --> 01:29:26,902
Uh, you'll have to discuss that
with your running mate.
1760
01:29:26,987 --> 01:29:30,072
He made it very clear
that he doesn't want to touch Wright.
1761
01:29:30,156 --> 01:29:32,616
I'll talk to him about it.
1762
01:29:32,701 --> 01:29:34,451
We have to win this thing.
1763
01:29:34,536 --> 01:29:36,787
I so don't want to go back to Alaska.
1764
01:29:38,582 --> 01:29:40,541
Hmm.
1765
01:29:43,336 --> 01:29:45,713
Stevie.
1766
01:29:45,797 --> 01:29:48,507
You know, I think the worst
of this thing might be over.
1767
01:29:48,592 --> 01:29:50,134
All she's got left are speeches.
1768
01:29:50,218 --> 01:29:52,553
There's no more debates,
no major interviews.
1769
01:29:52,637 --> 01:29:55,139
Yeah. We're doing great.
1770
01:29:58,059 --> 01:30:01,562
This was an unbelievable win
for Sarah Palin.
1771
01:30:01,646 --> 01:30:05,774
In fact, I think that
it unveiled a level of skill
1772
01:30:05,859 --> 01:30:08,569
in communication
that I really have not seen
1773
01:30:08,653 --> 01:30:10,571
since Ronald Reagan.
1774
01:30:10,655 --> 01:30:12,907
She is a superstar.
1775
01:30:12,991 --> 01:30:14,491
Her ability to by...
1776
01:30:14,576 --> 01:30:16,410
And she sure is a breath of fresh air.
1777
01:30:16,494 --> 01:30:17,912
I mean, I think people want
1778
01:30:17,996 --> 01:30:19,496
someone from outside of Washington.
1779
01:30:19,581 --> 01:30:20,956
She sounded like the future.
1780
01:30:21,041 --> 01:30:22,583
Oh, come on, honey.
1781
01:30:22,667 --> 01:30:23,959
Why don't you get some sleep?
1782
01:30:24,044 --> 01:30:25,961
One sec, okay?
1783
01:30:26,046 --> 01:30:28,088
...turned around.
I think she has done it
1784
01:30:28,173 --> 01:30:30,799
in the sense that
of the four debaters we've seen,
1785
01:30:30,884 --> 01:30:34,178
she was the most interesting,
attractive of them all.
1786
01:30:34,262 --> 01:30:36,680
- She is personable...
- I can still win this thing.
1787
01:30:36,765 --> 01:30:38,265
...she's got a sense of humor.
1788
01:30:38,350 --> 01:30:39,850
She looked straight into the camera
1789
01:30:39,935 --> 01:30:42,186
while Joe's talking to Gwen...
1790
01:30:45,690 --> 01:30:48,609
This map is now lopsided
in favor of Barack Obama.
1791
01:30:48,693 --> 01:30:50,235
John McCain pulling out of Michigan.
1792
01:30:50,320 --> 01:30:52,613
The first domino in an economic debate
1793
01:30:52,697 --> 01:30:54,907
that if John McCain
does not turn around soon,
1794
01:30:54,991 --> 01:30:56,450
many see more blue on this map
1795
01:30:56,534 --> 01:30:58,285
and more trouble for John McCain.
1796
01:30:58,370 --> 01:30:59,828
Yesterday
it was announced that the campaign
1797
01:30:59,913 --> 01:31:01,789
is going to leave Michigan
to Obama to win.
1798
01:31:01,873 --> 01:31:03,874
- What's going on there?
- I read that this morning also,
1799
01:31:03,959 --> 01:31:05,334
and I fired off a quick e-mail
1800
01:31:05,418 --> 01:31:07,461
and I said, "Oh, come on! Do we have to?
1801
01:31:07,545 --> 01:31:09,004
Do we have to call it there?"
1802
01:31:09,089 --> 01:31:11,715
I want to go back to Michigan,
and I want to try.
1803
01:31:11,800 --> 01:31:13,801
What the fuck?
1804
01:31:13,885 --> 01:31:15,636
McCain had hoped
to just score a pick-up.
1805
01:31:15,720 --> 01:31:17,972
We made the decision
to pull the ads out of Michigan
1806
01:31:18,056 --> 01:31:19,473
because we can't win there.
1807
01:31:19,557 --> 01:31:21,058
We need the money in Pennsylvania
1808
01:31:21,142 --> 01:31:24,395
- and Ohio.
- You're making a big mistake.
1809
01:31:24,479 --> 01:31:26,522
You know, I know
I'm not an expert like yourself,
1810
01:31:26,606 --> 01:31:28,732
but seeing as we're seven points out,
1811
01:31:28,817 --> 01:31:31,068
I don't see why
the vice presidential campaign
1812
01:31:31,152 --> 01:31:32,653
can't make a quick stop there
1813
01:31:32,737 --> 01:31:33,946
in the middle of the night.
1814
01:31:34,030 --> 01:31:35,489
And who are you gonna meet with?
1815
01:31:35,573 --> 01:31:36,907
Your press corps doesn't want
1816
01:31:36,992 --> 01:31:39,201
to hear you speak
at 3:00 in the morning.
1817
01:31:39,285 --> 01:31:42,204
And there's no such thing
as a vice presidential campaign.
1818
01:31:42,288 --> 01:31:43,998
This is John McCain's campaign,
1819
01:31:44,082 --> 01:31:46,917
and this is the decision
that John McCain has made.
1820
01:31:47,002 --> 01:31:49,837
You must stick to the script, Governor.
1821
01:31:49,921 --> 01:31:52,423
And what script is that, Steve?
1822
01:31:52,507 --> 01:31:54,258
'Cause I haven't seen anything
resembling
1823
01:31:54,342 --> 01:31:58,512
a script this entire flippin' campaign.
1824
01:31:58,596 --> 01:32:01,015
When you publicly
contradict John McCain,
1825
01:32:01,099 --> 01:32:02,599
you hurt John McCain.
1826
01:32:02,684 --> 01:32:05,853
I know what I know what I know.
1827
01:32:09,858 --> 01:32:11,608
And there you have it.
1828
01:32:13,486 --> 01:32:16,071
Afternoon, Governor.
1829
01:32:16,156 --> 01:32:18,449
This is a pro-stem cell ad?
1830
01:32:18,533 --> 01:32:20,701
Yes, Governor.
That's the senator's position.
1831
01:32:20,785 --> 01:32:23,495
Yeah, it's not my position.
I'm not saying it.
1832
01:32:23,580 --> 01:32:25,039
I thought that...
1833
01:32:25,123 --> 01:32:27,374
You guys should have shown me
the script ahead of time.
1834
01:32:27,459 --> 01:32:30,127
This is a waste of my time.
1835
01:32:33,048 --> 01:32:34,798
Why wasn't I informed that Jeb Bradley
1836
01:32:34,883 --> 01:32:36,383
is appearing with me at the rally?
1837
01:32:36,468 --> 01:32:38,260
I don't think we foresaw
that being a problem.
1838
01:32:38,344 --> 01:32:40,804
I just googled him. He's pro-choice.
1839
01:32:40,889 --> 01:32:44,725
There's no way I'm going onstage
with anyone who's pro-choice.
1840
01:32:45,852 --> 01:32:48,312
Bradley's gone or I'm gone, period.
1841
01:32:48,396 --> 01:32:49,772
Yes, Governor.
1842
01:32:49,856 --> 01:32:53,567
The R.N.C. spent a stunning $150,000
1843
01:32:53,651 --> 01:32:56,653
on clothes for Governor Sarah Palin
and her family
1844
01:32:56,738 --> 01:32:59,281
according to the Federal
Election Commission reports.
1845
01:32:59,365 --> 01:33:01,366
The revelation that so much money
1846
01:33:01,451 --> 01:33:03,327
was spent at fancy clothing stores
1847
01:33:03,411 --> 01:33:05,412
like Neiman Marcus
and Saks Fifth Avenue
1848
01:33:05,497 --> 01:33:07,706
could be a huge blow
to the governor's image
1849
01:33:07,791 --> 01:33:10,167
as an everyday, average American.
1850
01:33:10,251 --> 01:33:12,169
Several Republican donors
1851
01:33:12,253 --> 01:33:14,004
have publicly expressed outrage...
1852
01:33:14,089 --> 01:33:16,673
- You watching this?
- Yeah, I'm watching.
1853
01:33:16,758 --> 01:33:18,258
Un-fucking-believable.
1854
01:33:18,343 --> 01:33:21,345
Why didn't you people tell me
these clothes cost this much?
1855
01:33:21,429 --> 01:33:23,180
It wasn’t just your clothes, Governor.
1856
01:33:23,264 --> 01:33:25,766
It was also for the kids,
Todd and your parents.
1857
01:33:25,850 --> 01:33:27,351
I want 'em gone.
1858
01:33:27,435 --> 01:33:29,728
Get 'em out of here.
1859
01:33:29,813 --> 01:33:32,648
You know, I buy my clothes
at consignment shops.
1860
01:33:32,732 --> 01:33:36,235
I never wanted this fancy crap
in the first place.
1861
01:33:36,319 --> 01:33:37,945
Hey, thanks for coming out.
1862
01:33:38,029 --> 01:33:39,738
Hey. Hi, nice to meet you.
1863
01:33:39,823 --> 01:33:42,407
- How are you? Hey, hi.
- Governor Palin,
1864
01:33:42,492 --> 01:33:44,076
what's your response to the findings
1865
01:33:44,160 --> 01:33:45,619
of the Alaska
state legislature's report
1866
01:33:45,703 --> 01:33:47,454
on your involvement
in the Troopergate scandal?
1867
01:33:47,539 --> 01:33:49,665
I was thrilled to be cleared
of all wrongdoing.
1868
01:33:49,749 --> 01:33:51,375
You know you're not supposed to be here.
1869
01:33:51,459 --> 01:33:53,919
Go back to the press risers, please.
Thank you.
1870
01:33:54,003 --> 01:33:56,755
You can't say you were cleared
of all wrongdoing.
1871
01:33:56,840 --> 01:33:59,091
- Why not?
- Because you weren't.
1872
01:33:59,175 --> 01:34:02,136
The report stated
that you abused your power.
1873
01:34:02,220 --> 01:34:04,680
That is the opposite
of being cleared of all wrongdoing.
1874
01:34:04,764 --> 01:34:07,099
- Then why was I told otherwise?
- You weren't told otherwise.
1875
01:34:07,183 --> 01:34:08,392
And why haven't you released a statement
1876
01:34:08,476 --> 01:34:09,935
saying that Todd was never a member
1877
01:34:10,019 --> 01:34:11,228
of the Alaska Independence Party?
1878
01:34:11,312 --> 01:34:14,398
Because that would be untrue.
He was a member.
1879
01:34:14,482 --> 01:34:16,358
He checked the wrong box.
1880
01:34:16,442 --> 01:34:17,818
He registered by accident
1881
01:34:17,902 --> 01:34:19,945
and rectified the error immediately.
1882
01:34:20,029 --> 01:34:21,780
He was a member for seven years!
1883
01:34:21,865 --> 01:34:24,449
I'm sorry, Governor, but...
1884
01:34:24,534 --> 01:34:26,285
there is only a few weeks
left in this campaign.
1885
01:34:26,369 --> 01:34:28,579
You have got to stop
saying things to the press
1886
01:34:28,663 --> 01:34:30,164
that are blatantly untrue.
1887
01:34:30,248 --> 01:34:32,499
That is not the kind of campaign
that we are running here.
1888
01:34:32,584 --> 01:34:35,794
"Campaign"...
Is that what you're calling this now?
1889
01:34:35,879 --> 01:34:38,881
Governor, I admit that this
is a dysfunctional campaign,
1890
01:34:38,965 --> 01:34:40,465
but that is what I inherited,
1891
01:34:40,550 --> 01:34:42,843
and I am doing my level best
to help us win this election.
1892
01:34:42,927 --> 01:34:44,928
And that's what I'm trying to do, too,
1893
01:34:45,013 --> 01:34:46,722
and all you're doing is screwing me up.
1894
01:34:46,806 --> 01:34:49,641
That's all you've done this entire time
is get in my way.
1895
01:34:49,726 --> 01:34:51,685
Oh, oh.
1896
01:34:51,769 --> 01:34:54,396
And I am raising millions of dollars
for this campaign.
1897
01:34:54,480 --> 01:34:56,315
Hundreds of thousands of people
are coming
1898
01:34:56,399 --> 01:34:58,609
to see me speak,
not John McCain, God bless him.
1899
01:34:58,693 --> 01:35:00,110
They are coming to see me.
1900
01:35:00,195 --> 01:35:04,364
So if I am single-handedly
carrying this campaign,
1901
01:35:04,449 --> 01:35:06,450
I'm gonna do what I want.
1902
01:35:19,297 --> 01:35:21,506
Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!
1903
01:35:27,388 --> 01:35:31,016
Several McCain advisers
tell CNN they're annoyed
1904
01:35:31,100 --> 01:35:34,102
by what one aide called
"Palin going rogue."
1905
01:35:34,187 --> 01:35:35,771
Goddamn it.
1906
01:35:35,855 --> 01:35:37,981
I hate it when there's
leaking and backstabbing
1907
01:35:38,066 --> 01:35:41,068
after a campaign,
let alone before it's fucking over.
1908
01:35:41,152 --> 01:35:44,154
I need you to step in and talk to her.
1909
01:35:44,239 --> 01:35:47,324
I don't know, Stevie boy. I don't know.
1910
01:35:47,408 --> 01:35:50,369
Sir...
1911
01:35:50,453 --> 01:35:52,371
I can't control her anymore.
1912
01:35:55,667 --> 01:35:57,834
I don't know if she's
getting on a campaign plane
1913
01:35:57,919 --> 01:36:00,003
in the morning
or what she's gonna say at night.
1914
01:36:00,088 --> 01:36:03,048
We need to finish this campaign
1915
01:36:03,132 --> 01:36:05,175
with as much dignity as possible,
1916
01:36:05,260 --> 01:36:06,677
and the only way that can happen
1917
01:36:06,761 --> 01:36:08,428
is if you get her in line.
1918
01:36:11,849 --> 01:36:13,892
That's not gonna do it, Steve.
1919
01:36:13,977 --> 01:36:16,311
She might start turning on me.
1920
01:36:28,366 --> 01:36:30,701
Most of these polls have us trailing
1921
01:36:30,785 --> 01:36:32,786
five to eight points.
1922
01:36:32,870 --> 01:36:35,122
- So what now?
- John...
1923
01:36:35,206 --> 01:36:37,124
I mean, these numbers do show it.
1924
01:36:37,208 --> 01:36:39,793
We've got to make this about Obama.
1925
01:36:39,877 --> 01:36:41,336
We've got to get tough
1926
01:36:41,421 --> 01:36:43,297
and we've got to get negative.
1927
01:36:43,381 --> 01:36:45,215
If we go this way,
1928
01:36:45,300 --> 01:36:49,052
Reverend Wright
is still the best play we have.
1929
01:36:50,513 --> 01:36:53,307
Any of you ever been accused
1930
01:36:53,391 --> 01:36:57,561
of having a Negro child out of wedlock
1931
01:36:57,645 --> 01:37:01,231
because your adopted daughter
was born in Bangladesh?
1932
01:37:02,400 --> 01:37:03,984
And then when she was 16
1933
01:37:04,068 --> 01:37:07,446
and googled her name,
I had to explain to her
1934
01:37:07,530 --> 01:37:11,074
why President Bush's henchmen
called her a bastard
1935
01:37:11,159 --> 01:37:13,660
when she was 10 years old.
1936
01:37:13,745 --> 01:37:16,913
Yeah, listen, South Carolina...
that was an ugly primary,
1937
01:37:16,998 --> 01:37:18,582
but this isn't the same thing.
1938
01:37:18,666 --> 01:37:21,001
I mean, Reverend Wright
really did say those things.
1939
01:37:21,085 --> 01:37:23,462
That may be true.
1940
01:37:23,546 --> 01:37:27,007
But there is a dark side
to American populism.
1941
01:37:27,091 --> 01:37:30,302
Some people win elections
by tapping into it.
1942
01:37:32,013 --> 01:37:34,931
I'm not one of those people.
1943
01:37:35,016 --> 01:37:39,019
Okay. So what about Bill Ayers?
1944
01:37:39,103 --> 01:37:41,271
Obama began his career
1945
01:37:41,356 --> 01:37:43,357
in the living room
of a domestic terrorist.
1946
01:37:43,441 --> 01:37:46,943
Domestic terrorist.
Nothing to do with race.
1947
01:37:52,533 --> 01:37:54,701
Yeah, okay.
1948
01:37:54,786 --> 01:37:57,329
Ayers is fair.
1949
01:37:57,413 --> 01:37:59,706
Okay. Who should do this?
1950
01:37:59,791 --> 01:38:02,376
And Barack held
one of the first meetings
1951
01:38:02,460 --> 01:38:06,380
of his political career
in Bill Ayers's living room.
1952
01:38:08,800 --> 01:38:11,802
Pallin' around with terrorists.
1953
01:38:13,388 --> 01:38:15,055
He's not a Christian!
1954
01:38:15,139 --> 01:38:17,808
And I am just so fearful
1955
01:38:17,892 --> 01:38:20,227
that this is not a man
1956
01:38:20,311 --> 01:38:22,729
who sees America
1957
01:38:22,814 --> 01:38:27,484
- the way that you and I see America...
- He's a socialist!
1958
01:38:27,568 --> 01:38:33,323
As the greatest source
for good in this world.
1959
01:38:36,244 --> 01:38:38,537
U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
1960
01:38:38,621 --> 01:38:41,415
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
1961
01:38:41,499 --> 01:38:44,251
What does Barack Obama plan for America?
1962
01:38:44,335 --> 01:38:46,503
- - Nothing!
1963
01:38:46,587 --> 01:38:50,048
In short, who is the real Barack Obama?
1964
01:38:50,133 --> 01:38:53,093
A terrorist!
1965
01:38:53,177 --> 01:38:55,011
We believe that the best of America
1966
01:38:55,096 --> 01:38:58,348
is not all in Washington, D.C.
We believe...
1967
01:39:02,520 --> 01:39:05,856
We believe that the best of America
1968
01:39:05,940 --> 01:39:08,859
is in these small towns
that we get to visit
1969
01:39:08,943 --> 01:39:11,278
and in these wonderful little pockets
1970
01:39:11,362 --> 01:39:13,530
of what I call the real America.
1971
01:39:13,614 --> 01:39:16,074
- Yes!
- Yeah!
1972
01:39:17,285 --> 01:39:20,537
Sarah! Sarah!
1973
01:39:26,043 --> 01:39:28,295
For a man who's written two memoirs,
1974
01:39:28,379 --> 01:39:29,921
he's no open book.
1975
01:39:30,006 --> 01:39:32,299
- - You got that right.
1976
01:39:32,383 --> 01:39:34,801
What does Barack Obama see for America?
1977
01:39:34,886 --> 01:39:36,303
He's a Muslim!
1978
01:39:36,387 --> 01:39:37,971
He's a socialist!
1979
01:39:38,055 --> 01:39:40,390
- He doesn't represent us!
- He doesn't belong here!
1980
01:39:40,475 --> 01:39:42,809
He hangs out with people
who hate our country.
1981
01:39:42,894 --> 01:39:45,604
- He's not American!
- Kill him!
1982
01:39:45,688 --> 01:39:49,274
Send him back to Africa!
1983
01:39:49,358 --> 01:39:50,984
Let me read to you, Tara,
1984
01:39:51,068 --> 01:39:54,112
what Congressman John Lewis,
the civil rights icon,
1985
01:39:54,197 --> 01:39:56,615
said on Saturday in a statement.
1986
01:39:56,699 --> 01:39:59,159
He said, "As one who was
a victim of violence
1987
01:39:59,243 --> 01:40:01,411
and hate during the height
of the civil rights movement,
1988
01:40:01,496 --> 01:40:03,497
I am deeply disturbed
by the negative tone
1989
01:40:03,581 --> 01:40:05,624
of the McCain-Palin campaign.
1990
01:40:05,708 --> 01:40:07,375
Senator McCain and Governor Palin...
1991
01:40:07,460 --> 01:40:09,127
We gotta tone the rhetoric down.
1992
01:40:09,212 --> 01:40:11,296
It's gotten out of control.
1993
01:40:11,380 --> 01:40:14,841
We can't even mention
Obama's name anymore.
1994
01:40:14,926 --> 01:40:16,843
The crowd gets too hot.
1995
01:40:19,931 --> 01:40:22,933
This isn't the campaign I wanted to run.
1996
01:40:24,268 --> 01:40:26,228
I can't trust Obama.
1997
01:40:26,312 --> 01:40:28,939
I've read about him, and he's not a...
1998
01:40:29,023 --> 01:40:31,191
He's a... He's a Arab.
1999
01:40:31,275 --> 01:40:33,026
He's not an Amer...
2000
01:40:33,110 --> 01:40:36,905
No, ma'am.
2001
01:40:36,989 --> 01:40:40,033
He's a decent family-man citizen
2002
01:40:40,117 --> 01:40:42,035
who I just happen
to have disagreements with
2003
01:40:42,119 --> 01:40:44,371
on certain fundamental issues.
2004
01:40:44,455 --> 01:40:47,707
And that's what this campaign
is all about.
2005
01:40:47,792 --> 01:40:50,335
He's not. Thank you.
2006
01:40:51,754 --> 01:40:53,547
Cutting through the bull tonight,
2007
01:40:53,631 --> 01:40:55,131
on the eve of the election,
2008
01:40:55,216 --> 01:40:57,551
the campaigns are relying
on their lucky charms.
2009
01:40:57,635 --> 01:41:00,887
- Vodka rocks, lime.
- You got it.
2010
01:41:00,972 --> 01:41:02,722
How's he doing?
2011
01:41:02,807 --> 01:41:06,226
He's the most depressed I've seen him
the entire campaign.
2012
01:41:06,310 --> 01:41:08,812
I can't get him to stop watching MSNBC,
2013
01:41:08,896 --> 01:41:11,147
which only makes him more miserable.
2014
01:41:13,067 --> 01:41:17,404
I'm amazed that someone
who has been in politics this long...
2015
01:41:17,488 --> 01:41:20,865
takes all the petty stuff so personally.
2016
01:41:20,950 --> 01:41:23,743
And that's why they are who they are.
2017
01:41:23,828 --> 01:41:25,579
Reagan, Bush, Clinton...
2018
01:41:25,663 --> 01:41:27,872
All they want is to be loved.
2019
01:41:27,957 --> 01:41:30,417
The ones that don't
pathologically need to be loved,
2020
01:41:30,501 --> 01:41:32,085
they don't get the nomination.
2021
01:41:32,169 --> 01:41:34,045
They don't get to be president.
2022
01:41:34,130 --> 01:41:35,589
If you'd understood that fact,
2023
01:41:35,673 --> 01:41:38,049
you might have been able to better
handle our Alaskan moose hunter.
2024
01:41:39,969 --> 01:41:42,262
God, it was a tough campaign.
2025
01:41:42,346 --> 01:41:45,640
It wasn't a campaign,
it was a bad reality show.
2026
01:41:45,725 --> 01:41:47,767
She didn't cost us the election.
2027
01:41:47,852 --> 01:41:50,770
That was Bush. That was the economy.
2028
01:41:50,855 --> 01:41:53,023
That was just the cold hand of fate.
2029
01:41:53,107 --> 01:41:55,066
We didn't have a chance.
2030
01:41:55,151 --> 01:41:56,776
And if we did win,
2031
01:41:56,861 --> 01:42:00,655
would you feel comfortable
with President Palin?
2032
01:42:00,740 --> 01:42:02,407
Why not? Then we would have won.
2033
01:42:03,826 --> 01:42:05,410
Come on, guys, listen.
2034
01:42:05,494 --> 01:42:08,413
I, too, wish that the American people
2035
01:42:08,497 --> 01:42:10,582
would choose the future Abraham Lincoln
2036
01:42:10,666 --> 01:42:12,834
or Thomas Jefferson, but unfortunately,
2037
01:42:12,918 --> 01:42:14,836
that's not the way it works anymore.
2038
01:42:14,920 --> 01:42:17,839
Now it takes movie star charisma
2039
01:42:17,923 --> 01:42:20,133
to get elected president.
2040
01:42:20,217 --> 01:42:23,887
And Obama and Palin,
that's what they are... they're stars.
2041
01:42:23,971 --> 01:42:25,764
Primary difference being
2042
01:42:25,848 --> 01:42:28,475
Sarah Palin can't name
a Supreme Court decision,
2043
01:42:28,559 --> 01:42:30,810
whereas Barack Obama
2044
01:42:30,895 --> 01:42:33,104
was a constitutional law professor.
2045
01:42:33,189 --> 01:42:34,606
Fuck you.
2046
01:42:39,737 --> 01:42:41,363
You know what Dick Cheney said
2047
01:42:41,447 --> 01:42:43,657
- when he found out we picked her?
- What?
2048
01:42:43,741 --> 01:42:47,118
He said we made a reckless choice.
2049
01:42:47,203 --> 01:42:51,456
When you lose the moral high ground
to Dick Cheney,
2050
01:42:51,540 --> 01:42:54,125
it's time to rethink your entire life.
2051
01:42:54,210 --> 01:42:56,127
Enough Cheney cracks, okay?
2052
01:42:56,212 --> 01:42:58,546
I mean, he's very misunderstood.
2053
01:42:58,631 --> 01:42:59,923
How does he eat when he's wearing
2054
01:43:00,007 --> 01:43:01,841
Darth Vader's helmet, anyway?
2055
01:43:03,427 --> 01:43:04,886
There we go.
2056
01:43:04,970 --> 01:43:07,389
Gentlemen,
let's wish each other good luck.
2057
01:43:07,473 --> 01:43:09,474
Who knows, we could have another
2058
01:43:09,558 --> 01:43:11,476
Dewey-Truman situation here.
2059
01:43:11,560 --> 01:43:13,144
Always room for an upset.
2060
01:43:13,229 --> 01:43:15,939
Yeah, maybe I'll wake up
with a full head of hair.
2061
01:43:19,777 --> 01:43:22,445
You know, if we had just
asked her policy questions
2062
01:43:22,530 --> 01:43:25,365
in the briefing,
then we would have known.
2063
01:43:25,449 --> 01:43:27,867
I thought Culvahouse
was gonna grill her during the vet.
2064
01:43:27,952 --> 01:43:30,328
Culvahouse thought
we were gonna grill her.
2065
01:43:31,914 --> 01:43:34,124
It haunts me.
2066
01:43:38,003 --> 01:43:40,505
After a hard-fought battle,
2067
01:43:40,589 --> 01:43:43,425
the nation's longest-running
presidential race
2068
01:43:43,509 --> 01:43:46,094
comes down to this day... election day.
2069
01:43:46,178 --> 01:43:49,723
Voting is now under way
in all the lower 48 states
2070
01:43:49,807 --> 01:43:52,225
as we approach the end
of this historic election.
2071
01:43:52,309 --> 01:43:54,436
People lined up across the country
2072
01:43:54,520 --> 01:43:56,438
by the millions today.
2073
01:43:56,522 --> 01:43:58,732
Turnout looks
to be the highest in decades.
2074
01:43:58,816 --> 01:44:02,527
John McCain will carry Kentucky
once again, as expected.
2075
01:44:02,611 --> 01:44:05,905
Eight electoral votes,
not a huge surprise.
2076
01:44:05,990 --> 01:44:08,450
We are not able to make a projection
2077
01:44:08,534 --> 01:44:10,577
in the four other states...
2078
01:44:10,661 --> 01:44:12,620
that are closing all their polls
2079
01:44:12,705 --> 01:44:14,497
at this hour right now.
2080
01:44:14,582 --> 01:44:16,624
And some of them
are battleground states...
2081
01:44:16,709 --> 01:44:20,170
Georgia, Indiana,
South Carolina and Virginia.
2082
01:44:20,254 --> 01:44:23,173
It doesn't necessarily mean
that it's gonna be close or not...
2083
01:44:23,257 --> 01:44:26,176
- - Where's Virginia?
2084
01:44:26,260 --> 01:44:28,803
Negative five. And Ohio's gone.
2085
01:44:28,888 --> 01:44:32,140
- Got it.
- I'll keep you posted.
2086
01:44:32,224 --> 01:44:33,933
Call you in 10.
2087
01:44:35,060 --> 01:44:36,770
What's going on?
2088
01:44:36,854 --> 01:44:39,063
We're gonna lose Pennsylvania.
2089
01:44:39,148 --> 01:44:41,107
And Ohio.
2090
01:44:43,194 --> 01:44:44,861
Steve...
2091
01:44:44,945 --> 01:44:48,948
There's something I have to tell you.
2092
01:44:49,033 --> 01:44:51,618
What's wrong?
2093
01:44:51,702 --> 01:44:53,870
I didn't vote.
2094
01:44:53,954 --> 01:44:56,331
I couldn't do it.
2095
01:44:56,415 --> 01:44:59,000
I didn't vote.
2096
01:45:02,087 --> 01:45:03,630
I couldn't do it.
2097
01:45:03,714 --> 01:45:05,632
It's okay.
2098
01:45:05,716 --> 01:45:07,175
- Soledad.
- Allright, Wolf,
2099
01:45:07,259 --> 01:45:08,968
we'll take you right to
the voter analysis...
2100
01:45:10,721 --> 01:45:13,223
How we doing, Stevie boy?
2101
01:45:16,685 --> 01:45:19,604
We lost Pennsylvania and Ohio, sir.
2102
01:45:37,998 --> 01:45:40,917
When my grandfather
2103
01:45:41,001 --> 01:45:46,047
found out that the Japanese
had surrendered,
2104
01:45:46,131 --> 01:45:47,841
he was lost.
2105
01:45:47,925 --> 01:45:50,677
He didn't know what to do with himself.
2106
01:45:50,761 --> 01:45:53,638
He came home,
2107
01:45:53,722 --> 01:45:56,391
dropped dead the very next day.
2108
01:45:58,978 --> 01:46:02,730
Fought his war, then he died.
2109
01:46:04,275 --> 01:46:05,900
And my dad,
2110
01:46:05,985 --> 01:46:09,529
when he retired from the navy,
2111
01:46:09,613 --> 01:46:12,031
he fell into a sense of despair
2112
01:46:12,116 --> 01:46:14,367
for the rest of his life.
2113
01:46:21,375 --> 01:46:23,877
I'm never gonna quit, Steve.
2114
01:46:25,379 --> 01:46:26,880
I can't.
2115
01:46:30,634 --> 01:46:32,302
I don't know how to just fade away.
2116
01:46:35,639 --> 01:46:37,891
Senator, I...
2117
01:46:37,975 --> 01:46:39,976
I just want to say...
2118
01:46:46,483 --> 01:46:48,151
What?
2119
01:46:50,779 --> 01:46:53,197
I'm s... I'm s...
2120
01:46:53,282 --> 01:46:55,325
I'm so sorry that I...
2121
01:46:56,577 --> 01:46:58,995
suggested her.
2122
01:47:01,248 --> 01:47:02,790
Don't be.
2123
01:47:04,668 --> 01:47:06,252
Fuck 'em.
2124
01:47:08,130 --> 01:47:11,049
What were we supposed to do?
2125
01:47:11,133 --> 01:47:13,760
- - A truly historic night here
in the United States.
2126
01:47:13,844 --> 01:47:15,345
Barack Obama will become
2127
01:47:15,429 --> 01:47:17,472
the 44th president of the United States.
2128
01:47:17,556 --> 01:47:19,474
Sorry, Mom.
2129
01:47:19,558 --> 01:47:21,225
Oh, thanks, kiddo.
2130
01:47:21,310 --> 01:47:23,728
I'm really sorry, Mom.
2131
01:47:23,812 --> 01:47:25,855
Sweetheart.
2132
01:47:25,940 --> 01:47:28,232
You did great. You know that, right?
2133
01:47:28,317 --> 01:47:29,692
- Yeah.
- Okay?
2134
01:47:29,777 --> 01:47:31,653
Come here, baby.
2135
01:47:31,737 --> 01:47:34,864
- It's all right. We're okay. Yeah.
- Yeah.
2136
01:47:37,284 --> 01:47:40,495
I'll take the stress
very literally here.
2137
01:47:40,579 --> 01:47:42,538
Just one quick... you think?
2138
01:47:42,623 --> 01:47:45,458
And on this next part,
would you make sure you bold that?
2139
01:47:45,542 --> 01:47:48,586
Oh, Chris, I need you to load this
in the teleprompter for me.
2140
01:47:48,671 --> 01:47:50,380
Steve Schmidt told me
you weren't making a speech.
2141
01:47:50,464 --> 01:47:53,800
No. I am making a speech.
2142
01:47:53,884 --> 01:47:55,760
Scully cleared it with Rick Davis.
2143
01:47:55,844 --> 01:47:57,553
So just go ahead and load it, okay?
2144
01:47:57,638 --> 01:47:59,430
Okay.
2145
01:48:02,559 --> 01:48:06,813
Okay, so, on the stress
on this one, I'll take it.
2146
01:48:06,897 --> 01:48:09,023
- Jesus!
- Hey, sorry.
2147
01:48:09,108 --> 01:48:11,109
Steve, I'm getting a bunch
of mixed messages here.
2148
01:48:11,193 --> 01:48:13,194
Is the governor giving
a concession speech or not...
2149
01:48:13,278 --> 01:48:15,738
I've already said this
five times already.
2150
01:48:15,823 --> 01:48:17,532
She is not giving a speech.
2151
01:48:17,616 --> 01:48:19,200
Well, she seems to think otherwise.
2152
01:48:19,284 --> 01:48:21,244
Well, she's not.
2153
01:48:21,328 --> 01:48:22,954
What do you want me to tell her?
2154
01:48:23,038 --> 01:48:25,707
Tell her she's not fucking speaking!
2155
01:48:25,791 --> 01:48:27,500
Okay, well,
you both seem pretty certain...
2156
01:48:27,584 --> 01:48:30,128
Well, let my certainty
supersede her certainty.
2157
01:48:30,212 --> 01:48:31,546
Goddamn it!
2158
01:48:36,176 --> 01:48:37,593
Steve.
2159
01:48:37,678 --> 01:48:39,679
You want to see me?
2160
01:48:39,763 --> 01:48:41,305
Yes. This way.
2161
01:48:49,481 --> 01:48:51,482
Excuse us a moment.
2162
01:48:59,033 --> 01:49:02,035
I understand you've prepared a speech.
Is that correct?
2163
01:49:02,119 --> 01:49:04,037
Yes, I have. I want to salute John
2164
01:49:04,121 --> 01:49:06,330
for everything
he's done for this country.
2165
01:49:06,415 --> 01:49:10,084
It's not going to happen.
You're not giving a speech.
2166
01:49:10,169 --> 01:49:11,878
And why is that, Steve?
2167
01:49:11,962 --> 01:49:13,504
You're not giving a speech
2168
01:49:13,589 --> 01:49:15,465
because the vice presidential candidate
2169
01:49:15,549 --> 01:49:19,177
has never given a concession speech
on election night.
2170
01:49:19,261 --> 01:49:21,304
It's not about you.
2171
01:49:21,388 --> 01:49:23,556
It's about the country.
2172
01:49:23,640 --> 01:49:26,517
Yeah, well, there's a lot of things
never been done before.
2173
01:49:28,771 --> 01:49:30,313
Governor...
2174
01:49:30,397 --> 01:49:31,981
this country has just elected
2175
01:49:32,066 --> 01:49:34,525
the first African-American president
2176
01:49:34,610 --> 01:49:37,028
in the history of its existence.
2177
01:49:37,112 --> 01:49:38,571
And it is the concession speech
2178
01:49:38,655 --> 01:49:40,156
that will legitimize his succession
2179
01:49:40,240 --> 01:49:42,241
as commander in chief.
2180
01:49:42,326 --> 01:49:44,577
It is a serious and solemn occasion,
2181
01:49:44,661 --> 01:49:47,246
and John McCain, and only John McCain,
2182
01:49:47,331 --> 01:49:49,749
will be giving this sacred speech.
2183
01:49:49,833 --> 01:49:51,751
This is how it has been done
2184
01:49:51,835 --> 01:49:53,753
in every presidential election
2185
01:49:53,837 --> 01:49:56,005
since the dawn of the republic,
2186
01:49:56,090 --> 01:49:57,673
and you, Sarah Palin,
2187
01:49:57,758 --> 01:49:59,592
will not change the importance
2188
01:49:59,676 --> 01:50:03,471
of this proud American tradition.
2189
01:50:15,234 --> 01:50:18,778
"We fought...
We fought as hard as we could."
2190
01:50:18,862 --> 01:50:20,488
And though we feel short,
2191
01:50:20,572 --> 01:50:22,698
"the fail... the failure is mine."
2192
01:50:22,783 --> 01:50:24,992
Oh, geez, no...
2193
01:50:25,077 --> 01:50:26,619
I don't feel that short, Mark.
2194
01:50:26,703 --> 01:50:28,913
- - "Fell short," boss.
2195
01:50:28,997 --> 01:50:31,332
- Yeah, thanks.
- "Fell short." It's a typo.
2196
01:50:31,416 --> 01:50:35,128
- John.
- Hi, Sarah.
2197
01:50:36,713 --> 01:50:39,966
Well, we fought the good fight.
2198
01:50:40,050 --> 01:50:42,677
Mm-hmm, we did.
2199
01:50:42,761 --> 01:50:46,055
Now I'm just gonna get out there
and thank America.
2200
01:50:46,140 --> 01:50:48,599
I can't wait
to get out there and thank you.
2201
01:50:48,684 --> 01:50:52,478
I have a speech written
that is a real tribute to ya.
2202
01:50:52,563 --> 01:50:56,524
No, I think these guys
have that covered.
2203
01:50:56,608 --> 01:50:57,441
Right, Steve?
2204
01:50:57,526 --> 01:50:59,235
Yes, sir. We have it covered.
2205
01:50:59,319 --> 01:51:02,280
I just want the people to know
what a great man you are.
2206
01:51:02,364 --> 01:51:04,031
I appreciate that,
2207
01:51:04,116 --> 01:51:06,450
but these guys got it all worked out.
2208
01:51:06,535 --> 01:51:10,329
Yeah, you know, we probably
should get going now, sir, so...
2209
01:51:10,414 --> 01:51:11,873
All right. Good.
2210
01:51:14,543 --> 01:51:17,587
- Okay. We'll see you afterwards.
- I'll see you out there.
2211
01:51:29,516 --> 01:51:33,102
You're one of the leaders
of the party now, Sarah.
2212
01:51:33,187 --> 01:51:37,481
Don't get co-opted by Limbaugh
and the other extremists.
2213
01:51:37,566 --> 01:51:40,067
They'll destroy the party
if you let them.
2214
01:51:41,278 --> 01:51:43,863
Remember, you're a hockey mom.
2215
01:51:43,947 --> 01:51:45,948
You just wanted to make a difference,
2216
01:51:46,033 --> 01:51:47,867
and you did.
2217
01:51:47,951 --> 01:51:49,452
A big, huge difference.
2218
01:51:49,536 --> 01:51:51,871
I'll always be grateful. Thank you.
2219
01:51:51,955 --> 01:51:53,873
- We should go, sir.
- Thank you, John.
2220
01:52:06,053 --> 01:52:08,554
My friends, we have...
2221
01:52:08,639 --> 01:52:11,766
we have come to the end
of a long journey.
2222
01:52:13,477 --> 01:52:16,187
The American people have spoken,
2223
01:52:16,271 --> 01:52:18,648
and they have spoken clearly.
2224
01:52:18,732 --> 01:52:20,483
A little while ago, I had the honor
2225
01:52:20,567 --> 01:52:22,735
of calling Senator Barack Obama...
2226
01:52:22,819 --> 01:52:24,695
...to congrat...
2227
01:52:24,780 --> 01:52:26,906
Please.
2228
01:52:26,990 --> 01:52:28,866
To congratulate him on being elected
2229
01:52:28,951 --> 01:52:31,244
the next president
of the country we both love.
2230
01:52:35,791 --> 01:52:38,751
Whatever our differences,
2231
01:52:38,835 --> 01:52:41,003
we are fellow Americans.
2232
01:52:41,088 --> 01:52:44,131
Yes, sir!
2233
01:52:44,216 --> 01:52:47,093
I am so deeply grateful to all of you
2234
01:52:47,177 --> 01:52:48,928
for the great honor of your support
2235
01:52:49,012 --> 01:52:50,680
and all you have done for me.
2236
01:52:52,849 --> 01:52:55,059
I am also, of course,
2237
01:52:55,143 --> 01:52:57,853
very thankful to Governor Sarah Palin,
2238
01:52:57,938 --> 01:53:00,606
one of the best campaigners
I have ever seen.
2239
01:53:04,695 --> 01:53:07,280
Still think she's fit for office?
2240
01:53:07,364 --> 01:53:08,739
Eh, who cares?
2241
01:53:08,824 --> 01:53:10,992
In 48 hours, no one will
even remember who she is.
2242
01:53:11,076 --> 01:53:13,577
We can all look forward
with great interest
2243
01:53:13,662 --> 01:53:15,246
to her future service to Alaska,
2244
01:53:15,330 --> 01:53:18,291
the Republican party and our country.
2245
01:53:27,050 --> 01:53:30,845
Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!
2246
01:53:46,528 --> 01:53:49,947
There were numerous instances
of her saying things
2247
01:53:50,032 --> 01:53:51,824
that were not accurate
2248
01:53:51,908 --> 01:53:53,409
that opened the door to criticism
2249
01:53:53,493 --> 01:53:56,662
that she was being
untruthful and inaccurate.
2250
01:53:56,747 --> 01:54:00,583
And I think that is something
that continues to this day.
2251
01:54:00,667 --> 01:54:02,335
And you think that's fair criticism?
2252
01:54:02,419 --> 01:54:04,128
I think that's fair criticism.
2253
01:54:04,212 --> 01:54:07,340
Early on, though, you apparently said
she doesn't know anything.
2254
01:54:07,424 --> 01:54:10,092
In the immediate aftermath
of her selection,
2255
01:54:10,177 --> 01:54:14,013
it was clear to us that we...
2256
01:54:14,097 --> 01:54:16,015
had a lot of work to do.
2257
01:54:16,099 --> 01:54:18,893
For you, picking Sarah Palin
was about winning an election,
2258
01:54:18,977 --> 01:54:22,355
not necessarily about
who's gonna be best as vice president.
2259
01:54:22,439 --> 01:54:26,150
My job is to give political advice.
2260
01:54:26,234 --> 01:54:28,361
We needed to do something bold
2261
01:54:28,445 --> 01:54:30,529
to try to win the race.
2262
01:54:30,614 --> 01:54:32,740
If you had it to do over again,
2263
01:54:32,824 --> 01:54:34,617
would you have her on the ticket?
2264
01:54:39,122 --> 01:54:42,792
You don't get to go back in time,
Anderson,
2265
01:54:42,876 --> 01:54:46,796
and... and have do-overs in life.
2266
01:54:49,383 --> 01:54:53,177
♪ God bless America ♪
2267
01:54:53,261 --> 01:54:55,346
♪ Again ♪
2268
01:54:57,474 --> 01:55:03,229
♪ You see all the trouble
that she's in ♪
2269
01:55:05,524 --> 01:55:09,568
♪ Wash her pretty face ♪
2270
01:55:09,653 --> 01:55:13,739
♪ Dry her eyes and then ♪
2271
01:55:13,824 --> 01:55:16,824
♪ God bless America again ♪
2272
01:55:30,298 --> 01:55:36,053
♪ You see all the trouble
that she's in ♪
2273
01:55:38,640 --> 01:55:42,393
♪ Wash her pretty face ♪
2274
01:55:42,477 --> 01:55:46,647
♪ Dry her eyes and then ♪
2275
01:55:46,731 --> 01:55:52,945
♪ God bless America again ♪
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♪ Wash her pretty face ♪
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♪ Dry her eyes and then ♪
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♪ God bless America again. ♪