Our Brand Is Crisis Page #9

- That's a huge mistake.

- Well done, Senator.

Is there any coffee left?

Are you okay?

You know what, Eddie?

A leader must be a father to his people.

I've always believed that.

Sometimes a father has to be

strict with his children

for their own good.

The people back there,

they don't understand that.

Whatever happens, sir, whatever happens,

I'm very proud to be working for you.

Gracias.

I've spent my life listening to voters

from different backgrounds,

different countries,

and I've learned that they show

tremendous wisdom

about the choices facing them.

You give them the information,

and they'll make the rational choice.

I think that the people already know

what they have to pay attention to.

You ever hear such a load of sh*t?

You know, when Adlai Stevenson

was running for president,

a woman came up to him after

a rally one night and said,

"Every thinking person

will be voting for you."

And Stevenson said,

"Madam, that's not enough.

"I need a majority."

Reason doesn't come into it, does it?

Am I right?

You know, I'm forever hearing stories

concerning myself

and my Mephistophelian ways.

I heard this one a while ago.

It was about a mayoral election I ran,

way back when.

According to the story,

I started a poison whisper

about the daughter of my own candidate

being a drug addict,

just so I could blame it

on the opposition.

Can you imagine?

'Course I never set the record straight.

You like to pretend you're not one of us.

But we both know

who really started that story

and ended that

young girl's life, don't we?

"If you fight with monsters for too long,

"you become a monster.

"And if you stare into

the abyss too long..."

Whatever the f***in' rest of it is.

I don't know.

Rivera's down to his core.

Those voters'll never vote for us.

Then we gotta disperse the votes.

Get them to vote for somebody else.

What about Velasco?

No, Velasco's stuck. He's topped off.

Only way you're gonna get him more votes

is to go out

and start campaigning for him yourself.

Well, what would

that look like, exactly?

We'd have to wear masks.

If I lose to Candy now,

I'm gonna kill myself.

I swear to God. I'm not kidding.

You're connected, Nell.

And now is the time for us

to call upon those contacts,

those creatures

of the political underbelly

that make things happen.

So, what do you want?

You want to take a hit out on Rivera?

Oh, God damn it,

you people drive me crazy.

You pretend like

you're this normal person,

this lovable mother,

this working wife and sh*t,

and that's what makes you so dangerous.

- I don't know what you're talking about.

- Of course you do. Of course you do.

Blackmail, manipulation, sex,

embezzlement, extortion, racketeering,

all that white-collar crap

that you cut with a smile

while you make cupcakes for the PTA.

- Hey, Jane.

- What?

F*** you.

What do you want?

I just wanna utilize your skill set, Nell.

You've used me for what you need.

And now I'm being very straightforward

with you about what I need.

And what I need from you

is for you to use your connections.

Your other friends.

What friends?

State Department.

You see, Nell,

if your enemies' forces are united,

you need to separate them.

The U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia

spoke today about Salvador Velasco.

In a speech he gave yesterday,

Salvador Velasco repeated his promise

that he would stop

the U.S. anti-coca program

if he was elected.

I want to remind Bolivians

that we will take

every step necessary to eliminate

the importation of cocaine.

- What is he doing?

- ...and if Seor Velasco is elected,

the United States will be

forced to act accordingly.

I mean, is this idiot trying

to get Velasco elected?

He's appealing to

the anti-American sentiment.

Velasco's going sky-high.

I was going to vote for Rivera,

but they're trying to tell me

what to do,

and now I'm voting for Velasco.

Maybe I should hire him to be

my campaign manager.

If he keeps talking like that,

I'll be more than happy.

Jesus, Jane. What if he

gets too many votes?

Did you ever think about that?

But I have learned

so much from my experiences.

- Too slow. Too slow. Pace it up.

- And that includes my mistakes...

You're on a roll, but you don't

wanna lose your foothold. Come on.

And that includes my mistakes.

And experience is important

because the problem...

Because the problem

is that you're slouching.

Stand up. On the level.

Come on. Youth. Vigor.

Because the problems we face

are social and economic,

and they are extremely complicated.

Okay. Instead of being "too complicated,"

let's try "too urgent."

That turns the question back to our frame.

All right. There's a crisis.

There's no time.

That's what we've been saying, okay?

Who gives a sh*t

about what they're askin'?

The point is, is how quickly

can you turn it around

to what you want to talk about?

Okay? What do you wanna talk about?

Rich, new question.

Senator, how do you respond to people

who are calling for constitutional reform

and greater representation

for the indigenous peoples of Bolivia?

Well, you do not use

a blunt knife for surgery.

These people are not educated...

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. "These people"?

- "These people"? Are you kidding me?

- Enough! I've had enough of you.

- What the f***? Have we slid backwards?

- Let's take five. Everybody out.

- Did you hire me?

- I'm sorry?

- Did you hire me? I hired you.

- No.

Nobody hired me. I cannot be hired.

Unless you mean in the...

You know, the technical sense.

Then, yes, I probably was hired.

- Let me make this clear to you.

- Please do.

I am the one running for president.

- Okay.

- I am the one in charge.

- Do you understand?

- No, no. See, you're not in charge.

You're not in charge. I'm not in charge.

Okay? Why can't you understand that?

- What did you just say?

- Maybe nobody's in charge!

Maybe we're all just rollin'

down a f***ing hill,

and there's no one at the wheel.

I don't know!

Sir, why can you not say

what you're supposed to say?

- Where is there a problem?

- Because I'm not just a puppet

- for you to play with!

- Of course you are!

Of course you're a puppet!

As am I!

We're just... We're just pawns.

My God. To think I took a chance with you.

- To think that I believed...

- No! I took the chance on you.

- You are nasty. You are a terrible person.

- No. I am a good person.

But the means justifying the ends,

and the nasty, terrible things

that I've done,

I have done for people like you.

So now you owe me.

I am this close to winning this thing,

and I'm not gonna stand here

and watch you ruin it.

I'm not!

You need help. You need professional help.

- Jane.

- Pat.

- What are you reading?

- Goethe.

Oh, the German theme.

- How is the Fhrer?

- He's good.

Yeah? Thought he'd be at home

injecting the twins

with smallpox or something,

ready for the next media blitz.

No, he's just getting ready

to beat your guy tonight in the debate

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