Game Change Page #9

be a debacle of historic

and epic proportions.

Well, that's encouraging.

( Elevator dings )

What would you say

best qualifies you

to be John McCain's

running mate?

John McCain has that streak

of independence in him

that I think is very, very

important in our leadership today.

I have that

within me also.

And that's why

John McCain tapped me,

to be a team of mavericks,

of independence

as a team member

on this, um--

in this new team.

Um, I'm gonna do

that one over again.

- Mark:
Yeah, sure.

- Sarah:
John--

Governor,

important to remember

that you don't need

to say anything specific.

Okay? If you don't know

the answer to the question,

just bring it back to the general

theme of reforming America

or pivot to one of your

stronger suits, like energy.

Yeah, 'cause that's where

I'm most comfortable.

That's pretty clear.

Let's try

another question.

Biegun:

Global warming--

Governor Palin,

do you believe

that global warming

is man-made?

Um... ahem.

I think all this talk

and gibber-gabber

about where global warming

comes from defeats--

defeats, you know, the point

that it's getting hotter

and that we all need to be

very concerned about heat.

And, um...

That, um...

I-- I--

forgot it and

it's not in this--

mark, all the cards are

supposed to be in this pile.

- Okay.

- Sarah:
It's not in this pile.

I think we need

to take a break.

Can you all leave us

alone for a minute?

( Door closes )

Steve:
The debate

is in four days,

and this isn't working,

Governor.

I know.

I think you should get off

this no-carb diet immediately.

This goofy diet

is bad for you,

and I'm alarmed

by your weight loss.

Governor, the Katie Couric

interview didn't go well.

And it wasn't

nicolle Wallace's fault.

It wasn't

Katie Couric's fault.

It wasn't the liberal

media's fault.

It was your fault,

because you didn't prepare.

And there can never

be another instance

of something not going well

because you didn't prepare.

Hey.

Hey, hey, hey.

Look, you had

a bad interview.

It's okay, it happens.

You know what Ronald Reagan

said caused pollution?

Trees.

- Reagan said that?

- He did.

He said trees

cause pollution.

And he not only

won the election,

he went on to be

a great president.

I just-- I don't want

to let John down.

( Phone buzzing )

Stevie boy.

We have a problem, sir.

What-- what's going on?

It's Palin.

She could be on the verge of a

complete nervous breakdown.

I don't know what to do.

We threw her into the deep end

without a life preserver.

Yeah, and we're drowning

with her, sir.

We need to get her back

with her family.

She needs to be

surrounded by--

by people who love her.

Hey, let's get 'Em

all out to sedona,

out in the open air.

My neighbor's a doctor,

and Cindy can invite him over

for a barbeque or something,

and he can observe her

and see

if it's truly serious.

But let's just

get 'Em to sedona.

It'll do wonders for her,

I know it.

Yes, sir.

Absolutely.

- ( Music playing )

- There'll be

greener pastures

cross that border line

we'll see new horizons

my darling

far beyond

the great divide

Oh, hey!

I missed you guys so much.

- Hi! Mommy, mommy!

- Oh, my goodness!

( Chattering )

Got someone

who wants to say hi.

- Hi!

- ( Bristol laughs )

- Steve:
What's up, doc?

- Hey, how you doing?

That depends.

How's she look?

For a woman who's

just had a baby,

has a pregnant teen daughter

and a son in Iraq,

I'd say not half bad.

You, however,

look like sh*t.

They keep piling

all this stuff on me,

and I just can't

remember everything.

- Are you getting some of it?

- Yeah.

Some, but I have to talk

for like

Do you remember

when you debated halcro?

He had no notes,

no papers,

and he could spout off

all these facts and figures?

You were so intimidated...

Until you looked out

at the audience.

What'd you realize?

That none of what

he said mattered,

because no one knew

what he was talking about.

It's the same thing here, baby.

It's just more people.

You're getting

yourself in trouble,

because they're

trying to turn you

into something

that you're not.

You gotta do what you do.

Just talk to people

the way you talk to them.

And they'll love you.

They always have.

I love you, first dude.

I love you, too...

Mrs. vice president.

- Mm-hmm.

- ( Laughs )

( Faucet running )

( Knocking at door )

( Knocking )

Steve, what's up?

How many questions does Sarah Palin

have to answer in the debate?

And how long

is each answer?

Two minutes with pivots.

So if all we have to do

is get the best actress

in American politics

to memorize 45 minutes'

worth of answers,

then why did

we waste five days

trying to get her to understand

what any of this sh*t means?

Governor, I didn't know

you were going for a jog.

- I have a different strategy.

- I need to clear my head for a bit.

Well, we really

need to prepare--

I really need

to go running, Steve,

'cause it's gonna

make me feel better.

Can you understand that?

Of course, Governor.

I think we need to get rid

of these notecards.

- They're not helping.

- Okay.

I hate those

flippin' cards anyway.

Now, what we

need you to do

is to memorize 25 answers

and four attack lines.

Do you think

you can do that?

Yeah, I can do that.

And you're gonna be great.

( Murmuring )

Sarah:
And we are to be that

shining city on a hill,

as president Reagan

so beautifully said,

and that we are

a beacon of hope

and that we are

unapologetic here.

Mark:

Governor Palin,

nuclear Iran is one

of our gravest threats.

What would a McCain

administration do to stop it?

On the subject

of "nucular" Iran,

senator o'biden and I

are most likely in agreement.

They cannot be allowed

to acquire "nucular"

weapons, period.

Course,

when dealing

with ahmadinejad

as a leader of Iran.

It was Ronald Reagan

who said that freedom

is always just one generation

away from extinction.

We don't pass it to our

children in the bloodstream,

we have to fight for it

and protect it,

and then hand it to them

so that they

shall do the same.

We will fight for it.

And there is only

one man in this race

who has really ever

fought for you,

and that's Senator

John McCain.

- ( Cheering, applause )

- Mark:
Yeah!

Yeah, she's back!

Sarah Palin is back,

ladies and gentlemen.

Whoo!

- Great job, Governor.

- It was pretty good, huh?

Pretty good?

It was amazing.

There's just one slight

adjustment I want to give you.

You need to call him

senator biden,

- not Senator O'Biden.

- That's what I called him, senator O'Biden.

- You just said it again.

- Said what?

- O'Biden.

- Right. Senator Biden.

- That's it.

- Oh. Biden.

- No, no, there's no "o."

- No, I meant "oh," as in "oh, I get it,"

not "o" as in o'Biden.

Oh.

Okay, well,

let's practice it.

Governor, do you agree

with senator biden's

position on the bail-out?

- Senator o'Biden--

- Others:
Biden!

Doggone it!

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