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That you're opposed

to my confirmation...

- You've heard quotes?

- No, I haven't heard.

Just that we should expect

to be reading of your opposition.

Pardon my Swahili, but you're being led

a line of pure bullshit.

- I haven't said a word.

- Maybe it's just that. Maybe you've been quiet.

- I hate the press.

- I know, Dad.

- When I left the mansion, I swore I would never talk to them.

- I remember.

- I suppose you're gonna force my hand on this, huh?

- You wouldn't have to say much.

- Just a little something.

- Okay, okay.

I, uh...

I'll call back

Joe Glynn at the Times.

He's okay.

He'll write it up well.

I once leaked him some sh*t about

Buchanan. Damn near won him the Pulitzer.

- Thanks, Dad.

- Sure.

Thanks.

What would you do,

or have done, in my case?

Well, when your president

asks you to jump...

it's hard not to jump,

that's for sure.

But you remember what Ben Franklin

said about the vice presidency.

What did he say?

I didn't talk to him this week.

He said he ought to be addressed as

"Your Superfluous Excellency. "

In the past ten years, I've enjoyed the kind

of power the vice presidency can't offer.

Why would anybody want

to give that up? Am I crazy?

Baby, power is

where power goes.

- Think you can beat me?

- Uh, yeah. Okay.

Hey, Tony!

Foul!

Can't trust

those f***in' people.

Speaking of which, Mr. Webster,

it turns out you're a Democrat.

I, uh, wasn't keeping it

a secret.

Sad to say, I don't think I can

bring you aboard the committee, son.

Ray Spies makes all the decisions

regarding the other party.

- It's a courtesy.

- But not a requirement.

- It's not, that's true.

- If Ray Spies interviewed me...

he'd refuse to put me

on the committee even for a minute...

because he'd find out that

when it comes to Laine Hanson...

I went to my dictionary

and crossed off the word "objectivity. "

Are you suggesting Mrs. Hanson may not

be your first choice for vice president?

I'm suggesting that Laine Hanson has stricken

our party with policies and attitudes...

that are best served

across the aisle from where she came.

I take it, like most

members of your party...

your selection would be

Governor Hathaway.

Governor Hathaway's a great man.

He's a visionary,

a bona fide hero.

- But he withdrew his name from consideration.

- Minds can be changed.

- How much discretion can I count on from you?

- A hundred percent, sir.

- Even from your own leadership?

- I said a hundred percent.

Good. Good man.

Good man.

I think if I make the rounds,

do the Sunday morning talk shows...

raise the level of the game a bit,

outtalk her on the issues...

Issues? What kind of f***ing campaigns

are they running in Virginia?

Not the kind I'm used to. Jack, this

whole thing with the girl drowning...

It's bullshit!

- I was there, Shelly. The president told me himself.

- It's an excuse.

Jackson Evans has chosen to make

putting a woman in office his swan song.

Laine Hanson is the only

reasonable choice in your party.

He's not going with Boxer.

She's too liberal.

He's not going with Jones

because she's older than he is.

- There's Winslet.

- She's not coming off the Supreme Court.

Laine Hanson is attractive.

She's a looker.

The mere fact that she was a Republican

means that she can't be too far to the left.

It's a perfect pedigree.

We can't get you in by convincing him

you're the right man for the job.

We have to convince him that

she's wrong. Once we do that, you're in.

And Toliver,

he's as much as told me...

I'm not going for a low blow.

It's not my way.

You won't have to.

We have to go after her. We have

to make her wade in her own blood.

- Who did you say you were?

- I'm Makerowitz.

- Makerowitz.

- I'm sorry. That doesn't mean much to me.

- Web got somebody...

- A friend of the Hathaway campaign.

Who is footing the not-too-unimpressive

bill of Mr. Makerowitz.

Private citizen wants to do

their own investigation...

What exactly are you trying to find out?

Campaign irregularities, bribes?

- Isn't that the FBI's responsibility?

- Yes, it is.

But the FBI would not find anything. All

of her money is tied up in blind trusts.

The kind of improprieties you're talking

about, I think that only helps her.

Personally, I think the nation would be relieved

to know that just because she's a woman...

- it doesn't mean she can't be as ruthless as the rest of us.

- Governor?

You ever stabbed a man

in the navel? You?

Me? No, I haven't.

Stab a man in the navel,

and that's all she wrote.

Bleeding is so swift and severe, it wouldn't

matter if Jesus put His healing hand on the wound...

the bastard is dead.

We have to gut the b*tch

in the belly.

We all have to understand,

we're going to obliterate her life...

but it will get you

the vice presidency.

- Hey, Dog!

- Lewis, how you doin'?

Wow, that's a plate of food!

You didn't have

to dress up for me.

I had to accompany the senator

to the Gridiron Lunch.

If John Q. Public could see the money that

the knuckleheads that run this country...

spend on these lunches,

there would be a second revolution.

I'm telling you, there is some money

spent on these stupid lunches.

- What is this?

- It's the reason you're here.

You can't let anybody know

where you got this from.

If Runyon found out

I gave this to you...

he'd fire me,

and I don't want him as an enemy.

That's Lainey Hanson

getting gang-banged.

Looks like something

out of Hustler.

That's her for sure.

I know it's hard to tell with her...

her face in someone's crotch...

but that's her, man.

Why are you showing me this?

I will not be party

to an ambush.

Why are you

showing me this, Ted?

Okay.

I want out of Runyon's office. And I

thought maybe you could get me on staff...

This is the best you could

come up with? This sh*t?

This is sh*t.

Read the deposition

of the LaVamere lady.

She was putting on a sex show.

- How long did this go on for?

- It was hours.

- How many hours?

- Three or four.

Which one? Three or four?

Three, I guess.

In her defense,

she was drunk.

To be honest, once she finished f***ing

and sucking those two a**holes...

she was carried into another room, and

boys were going in and out of there...

but I don't know

if she was f***ing them.

When she came out,

she was covered in cum. It was awful.

Excuse me, Counselor.

I, um...

- May I?

- Of course.

Just to clarify, why exactly

was Mrs. Laine Hanson...

Strike that.

Laine Billings involved in this, uh...

appalling and disgusting behavior?

- That's... That's what's important.

- Exactly.

Thank you.

It's great to see you guys.

There you go.

Thank you so much

for your support. Thank you.

Thank you.

- Hey.

- Hey, Madam Senator.

- How you doing?

- I'm okay.

I wish you'd heard the speech.

That line you gave me about...

"If we can put a man on the moon, then

why can't we put all men on the moon?"

It was perfect.

It really broke the ice.

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