Affairs of State Page #2

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And when I say this party, I am not

just talking about this event,

I am talking about a movement.

[all] Yes!

[cheering]

Unlike that broken

Grand Old Party...

[audience laughing]

...this party is United.

[man] Yeah!

[cheering]

Without further ado,

I'm going to give you the man who's

here to get this party started.

From the great state of Texas,

Senator John Boland Baines!

[cheering]

Thank you! Thank you!

Let's get right to it,

shall we?

What has happened to us?

When did we become so angry?

So divided?

[Baines] Why has the voice

of compromise become silent?

Don't let anyone in

until the speech ends.

What does this mean?

I wanted your attention.

You have it.

Yes, okay, I'm, uh...

I'm...

[Baines]

...run by extortionists.

We can unite behind being...

[audio muffles]

I'm in possession of

a thumb drive.

On this drive is a video

of a certain prominent judge.

Very close friend

of the Senator's

and likely to end up on your short

list for the Supreme Court.

In the video,

this judge is...

How do I put this?

In plain English, please.

He's blowing a guy

in a bathroom stall.

[Baines] We can do it,

we can be united!

[audience cheering]

We have people who want

to overthrow the government.

People who want to secede from the Union

because things haven't gone their way.

- Well, that's just not American.

- [audience members] No.

United we stand and divided...

we have failed.

Do you know how Bobby

Kennedy was assassinated?

It was in a kitchen.

A lot like this one.

A little nothing

changed history.

A lot can be

learned from that.

The United Party.

Sounds nice, doesn't it?

What do you want?

I want a job.

Sir.

- Look, I'm not asking you to...

- Shh, shh, shh.

[Baines] We're not determined

to tear down the machinery.

We believe that the

interests of the individual

should be left to the people

involved, not the government!

What if I told you

I won't give you a job?

Hmm? What do you do then?

I hand the drive over to you.

As a friend.

A friend of mine?

A friend of the party.

[audience cheering]

[Baines] We believe

in a free market,

but be prepared to act

when it fails,

or when it is abused.

I believe that we can be

against needless regulations

and yet not deny that our planet

is warming and we must act.

I believe that we can

be pro-business

and still not be held captive

by the vested interests

of billionaires

and corporations.

Welcome to the show,

Michael.

We can be united!

United Party!

[crowd] Baines! Baines! Baines!

Thank you.

Excuse me... Rob.

What'd you think

of the speech?

Very moving, sir,

very presidential.

Let's hope it goes as well

when we make it official, huh?

Of course you will.

I have good news,

Darcy's comin' home.

We'll have to throw a grand ol'

welcome home party for her, won't we?

Yes, we will.

Yes, we will.

Who is this?

Oh, uh, Senator,

this is Michael Lawson.

He's gonna be working for us.

Fantastic!

Well, welcome aboard, Michael.

Thank you, sir.

You're a good-looking kid,

you know that?

[chuckles]

Thank you, sir.

Isn't he?

Isn't he, Judith?

Uh, isn't who what?

Darling,

I was just saying,

Michael Lawson here

is coming to work for us.

I said he was

a good-looking young man.

- Don't you think?

- Yes.

And that is so important

in a campaign.

I'm glad you're with us,

this campaign needs youth.

Thank you, sir.

Excuse me. Vonetta!

Senator Baines.

You were smart

with me today.

Keep it up.

I want that flash drive.

[Michael] At times,

life can be grand.

[blowing]

[exhales]

[indistinct]

[Michael] I had convinced myself

that what I was about to do

was the best thing

for both of us.

[hip-hop music playing, on

headphones] [man rapping]

Well, if it looks like a duck

and it quacks like a duck,

it's probably a judge blowing a guy

in the bathroom stall. [chuckles]

- It's the only copy, I wiped it...

- What?

It's the only copy.

I wiped the computer

and the original sources...

How do I know it's not out there

floating in the cloud somewhere

just waiting

to be downloaded?

You don't.

You just gotta trust me.

But I don't trust anyone.

- I don't follow.

- There's nothing to follow.

The senator's daughter

coming into town,

I'm gonna need you to go on

over there and help out Judith.

Yeah, sure, absolutely.

Uh, anything to help out.

Hey, is Callie Roland

looking for a job?

Find out.

We'll pay her, she'll continue

to do what she does best,

destroy bad people.

Everybody wins.

- [phone rings -And I paid

your next six months' rent.

- Oh, I didn't ask you to...

- Forget it. It's done.

Go talk to Lydia,

I need to grab this.

Hey, hey! Mad Cash!

I was just listening

to your latest hit.

Oh, man, it's a smash.

[hip-hop song playing]

[man rapping]

[Michael] Wallace Pellum, aka Mad

Cash, was a high school dropout

who parlayed early hip-hop success

with mass crossover appeal.

By the age of 30,

the dapper entrepreneur was rumored to

be worth close to a billion dollars.

So why should I want to get the

vote out for your candidate?

[Michael] Rob Reynolds

had plans for this new party.

And in his mind, Mad Cash

would play a big part in it.

You going to church

tomorrow?

Yes, I am.

You know I believe in God.

Well, so am I.

Tomorrow could be

the revolution, Wallace.

I mean, we have the real party,

this time we get it right.

And the Latino vote too.

Good, my babies

are half Latino.

Exactly! You see?

We're aligned.

Me, you, Baines,

and the United Part

are gonna take back

the right.

Yeah, well...

we may have your values,

but we still just

n*ggers to you.

Well, you have to find

your place in the party.

And you might as well be

sitting with the big boys.

True that, my brother.

True that.

[Michael]

Tanya and Callie were...

Oh, let's just say

they were tight.

Really? No one's gonna

sit up front with me?

Let's just hit the road, Jack.

Ooh! You looking

real good, Mike.

Thank you, Tanya.

[Tanya] You want a bump? A bump?

- Yes!

- No, no, I'm all right.

[Michael] Tanya had come

to DC from Pennsylvania.

[sniffs] She wanted to be a

serious television journalist.

So far, it hadn't worked out.

Hey, Tanya...

[Callie] No!

- You can't borrow the SUV again...

- Yes.

You can borrow my SUV for

as long as you want, baby!

Thank you, Tanya.

[Callie] Why are you so nice?

'Cause I love him.

No, you don't.

I do.

[Michael] Like I said,

they were... tight.

[Judith] I like the cut glass, but I

don't care for anything iridescent.

Okay, then. Yeah.

And then, um, cut glass.

And I like the silver,

I don't want...

[clears throat]

Uh, Mrs. Baines.

Hi.

An SUV?

I'll be inside.

[Michael] Mrs. Baines was an

environmentally conscious conservative.

You really have to

get rid of that.

Sit down.

Young man traveling around as

a single passenger in an SUV,

do you have any idea

the carbon footprint...

- You won't see it again.

- Good.

One of the things

that bothers me the most

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