Spinning Boris Page #11

America?

Lines...

No calls.

Hi, this is me,

George Gorton.

I'm calling from Moscow, Russia.

It's June 16th, 1996...

it's about 4PM my time.

The reason I'm calling is...

I may be killed today...

Hello? Hello?

- What?

- We're dead.

- Tell me something I don't know.

- I was leaving a message...

on my office machine.

It got cut off.

Operator said

all lines are out.

Can't get international

on my cell.

Somebody's gearing up

for major bloodshed.

They're cutting off the connection

to the outside...

- They're dusting off the...

- You gotta get a hold of yourself...

- Your paranoia's getting better.

- You know what? Screw it.

- Screw what?

- Everything.

I'm heading down to the Election

Central. I'll see the returns.

You can't go down there.

Lugov's down there.

Here I go, Dick, before you

change my mind.

Sh*t!

He's gone down

to the Election Central.

Joe, he's gone down to the Election

Central. What are we gonna do?

Okay. All right.

- I'm going too.

- You are?

Think about it, Dick.

One, George goes down there all

alone and catches all the action.

Two, knowing George, we never

hear the end of it.

And three, when he writes

the book...

we're gonna look like a couple

of chicken shits.

How can he write a book

if he's f***ing dead?

You don't know George.

Help me move this stuff.

If anything happens to us, I'm

gonna make sure they kill you first.

- Wimp.

- Chicken.

Let's get in there.

Remember, guys, it's a science.

He's gonna win by three.

Numbers are down

in the Far East.

He's gonna win by three.

Don't worry.

Look at Moscow neck-in-neck.

We should be sweeping there.

Polls are still open.

Win by three.

- We're losing the election.

- We aren't wining by three, Joe.

Look at wheres not whys. Most of

the early are rural. We'll move up.

The sh*t's about to hit

the ceiling fan. Look who's here.

Did he see us?

- We're still alive, aren't we?

- Yes, we are.

And we are going to win by three.

Who's this?

What'd she say?

Excuse me.

Do you speak English?

What's going on?

Can you tell us what she's saying?

She's predicting Yeltsin

winning by three.

- By three?

- Yes.

She said that?

What else? Anything else?

She's also saying

based on the exit polls...

the only thing Russians

like less than Yeltsin...

is the prospect of upheaval.

What did I tell you?

We scared the sh*t out of them!

See? Trust science.

Just trust science

Tell him we do want the gig,

We'll be just a little late.

I'm great.

We won, didn't we?

- Tell them to keep their pants on.

- Okay. Bye.

Look at this traffic!

We'll never make our flight.

We'll make it.

With twenty to spare.

We should never

have dropped Lukoil.

Stocks quadrupled

since we bought it.

The last time I listen to you,

George.

Hey, what are you doing?

It's June, George.

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