Game Change Page #12

with terrorists.

( Crowd grumbling )

Woman:

He n not a Christian!

And I am just so fearful

that this is not a man

who sees America

- the way that you and I see America--

- Man:
He's a socialist!

As the greatest source

for good in this world.

U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

Crowd:

U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

John:
What does Barack

Obama plan for America?

- ( Crowd shouting )

- Woman:
Nothing!

In short, who is

the real Barack Obama?

Man:

A terrorist!

We believe that

the best of America

is not all in Washington, D.

C. we believe--

we believe that

the best of America

is in these small towns

that we get to visit

and in these wonderful

little pockets

of what I call

the real America.

- Yes!

- Yeah!

Crowd:

Sarah! Sarah!

For a man who's

written two memoirs,

he's no open book.

- ( Crowd laughs )

- Woman:
You got that right.

What does Barack Obama

see for America?

He's a Muslim!

He's a socialist!

- He doesn't represent us!

- Man:
He doesn't belong here!

Man #2:
He hangs out with people

who hate our country.

- Woman:
He's not American!

- Man #3:
Kill him!

Woman #2:

Send him back to Africa!

Wolf:

Let me read to you, Tara,

what congressman John Lewis,

the civil rights icon,

said on Saturday

in a statement.

He said, "as one who was

a victim of violence"

and hate during the height

of the civil rights movement,

I am deeply disturbed

by the negative tone

of the McCain-Palin

campaign.

Senator McCain

and governor Palin"...

We gotta tone

the rhetoric down.

It's gotten out of control.

We can't even mention

Obama's name any more.

The crowd gets too hot.

This isn't the campaign

I wanted to run.

I can't trust Obama.

I've read about him,

and he's not a--

he's a-- he's a arab.

He's not an amer--

no, ma'am.

No, ma'am.

He's a decent

family-man citizen

who I just happen to have

disagreements with

on certain

fundamental issues.

And that's what this

campaign is all about.

- ( Applause )

- He's not. Thank you.

Woman:
Cutting through

the bull tonight,

on the Eve

of the election,

the campaigns are relying

on their lucky charms.

- Vodka rocks, lime.

- Bartender:
You got it.

How's he doing?

He's the most depressed I've

seen him the entire campaign.

I can't get him

to stop watching msnbc,

which only makes him

more miserable.

I'm amazed that someone

who has been in politics

this long takes

all the petty stuff

so personally.

And that's why they are

who they are.

Reagan, bush, Clinton--

all they want

is to be loved.

The ones that don't

pathologically need to be loved,

they don't get

the nomination.

They don't get

to be president.

If you'd understood

that fact,

you might have been able to better

handle our Alaskan moose hunter.

God, it was

a tough campaign.

It wasn't a campaign,

it was a bad reality show.

She didn't cost us

the election.

That was bush.

That was the economy.

That was just

the cold hand of fate.

We didn't have a chance.

And if we did win,

would you feel comfortable

with president Palin?

Why not?

Then we would have won.

Come on, guys, listen.

I, too, wish that

the American people

would choose the future

Abraham Lincoln

or Thomas Jefferson,

but unfortunately,

that's not the way

it works any more.

Now it takes

movie star charisma

to get elected president.

And Obama and Palin, that's

what they are-- they're stars.

Primary difference being

Sarah Palin can't name

a supreme court decision,

whereas Barack Obama

was a constitutional

law Professor.

F*** you.

You know what

dick Cheney said

- when he found out we picked her?

- What?

He said we made

a reckless choice.

When you lose the moral

high ground to dick Cheney,

it's time to re-think

your entire life.

Enough Cheney cracks, okay?

I mean, he's very

misunderstood.

How does he eat

when he's wearing

darth vader's

helmet, anyway?

There we go.

Gentlemen, let's wish

each other good luck.

Who knows,

we could have another

Dewey-Truman

situation here.

Always room for an upset.

Yeah, maybe I'll wake up

with a full head of hair.

You know, if we had just

asked for policy questions

in the briefing,

then we would have known.

I thought culvahouse was gonna

grill her during the vet.

Culvahouse thought

we were gonna grill her.

It haunts me.

Woman:

After a hard-fought battle,

the nation's longest-running

presidential race

comes down to this day--

election day.

Man:
Voting is now underway

in all the lower 48 states

as we approach the end

of this historic election.

Man #2:
People lined up

across the country

by the millions today.

Woman #2:
Turnout looks to be

the highest in decades.

John McCain will carry Kentucky

once again, as expected.

Eight electoral votes,

not a huge surprise.

We are not able

to make a projection

- in the four other states...

- ( Phone vibrating )

That are closing

all their polls

at this hour right now.

And some of them

are battleground states--

Georgia, Indiana,

South Carolina and Virginia.

It doesn't necessarily mean that

it's gonna be close or not...

- ( Elevator dings )

- Where's Virginia?

Man:
Negative five.

And Ohio's gone.

- Got it.

- I'll keep you posted.

Call you in 10.

What's going on?

We're gonna lose

Pennsylvania.

And Ohio.

Steve...

There's something

I have to tell you.

What's wrong?

I didn't vote.

I couldn't do it.

I didn't vote.

I couldn't do it.

It's okay.

- Wolf:
Soledad.

- Woman:
All right, wolf,

we'll take you right to

the voter analysis...

How we doing,

Stevie boy?

We lost Pennsylvania

and Ohio, sir.

( Sighs )

When my grandfather

found out that the Japanese

had surrendered,

he was lost.

He didn't know

what to do with himself.

He came home,

dropped dead

the very next day.

Fought his war,

then he died.

And my dad,

when he retired

from the Navy,

he fell into

a sense of despair

for the rest of his life.

I'm never gonna quit, Steve.

I can't.

I don't know how

to just fade away.

Senator, I--

I just want to say--

( sighs )

What?

I'm s-- I'm s--

I'm so sorry that I...

Suggested her.

Don't be.

F*** 'Em.

What were

we supposed to do?

- ( Music playing )

- A truly historic night here in the United States.

Barack Obama will become

the 44th president

of the United States.

Piper:

Sorry, mom.

Oh, thanks, kiddo.

I'm really sorry, mom.

Sweetheart.

You did great.

You know that, right?

- Yeah.

- Okay?

Come here, baby.

- It's all right. We're okay. Yeah.

- Todd:
Yeah.

I'll take the stress

very literally here.

- Just one quick-- you think?

- ( Knocking )

And on this next part, would

you make sure you bold that?

Oh, Chris, I need you to load

this in the teleprompter for me.

Steve schmidt told me

you weren't making a speech.

No. I am making a speech.

Scully cleared it

with Rick Davis.

So just go ahead

and load it, okay?

Okay.

Okay, so, on the stress

on this one, I'll take it.

- Jesus!

- Hey, sorry.

Steve, I'm getting a bunch

of mixed messages here.

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