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Hope and pray your daddy

can take him out in 1980.

He's gotta get past Reagan first.

Your dad's a true statesman.

He can take out

that Hollywood actor, right, W?

Hey, Jimmy, what if I tell you...

...that I'm ready to get

in the family business myself.

You're not talking about oil now?

No, I ain't.

No, I'm ready to take a shot.

Because a sign has come unto me.

What has come unto you?

This July 6th, what notable event

happened right here in West Texas?

You're birthday, wasn't it?

We already celebrated.

Yes, and George Mahon

announced...

...his retirement from Congress

after 44 years.

- That's right.

- What a coincidence.

This, and right on my birthday.

And now that he's gone, boys,

the 19th District...

...is in play for a Republican.

And that Republican

is going to be...?

Yours truly, Skeeter.

Hope you don't forget us little people

when you're in the Capital.

Well, saddle up our horses, boys,

and send George W. to Washington.

- Hey.

- What I like to hear.

Both of them?

That would be Bush City.

Bush City.

Bushington.

- Thank you.

- All right, you all gotta meet...

...my husband.

This is Don. Don Evans.

How do you do? I'm Don Evans.

Oh, George!

Hey, Suzie, how are you?

Good to see you. Skeeter.

What's up, Bush? How you doing?

Can I get that beer, Jan?

Thank you, honey.

You give me that laundry right here.

I have to borrow him for one...

- Laura.

- Yo, give me a burger, will you?

- You got it.

- Yeah? All right.

Laura, come here.

I'd like for you to meet

George Bush Jr.

- Laura Welch.

- You can call me anything but Junior.

You know, I remember seeing you

in school.

We were in the 7th grade together

at San Jacinto Junior High.

San Jacinto, yeah.

Year after I moved to Houston.

I don't know how I could have missed

seeing someone as pretty as you are.

- Because I wasn't a cheerleader.

- That could be it.

I've only been trying to get you two

to meet for years.

Joe, can you put some more burgers

on the barbecue?

- Dang.

- Two with cheese. I'll get the drinks.

I gotta go give him a hand.

George, got your clean laundry

ready for you on the way out.

Thanks, hon.

And thanks for saying it out loud.

So, what do you do, Laura?

I read, I smoke, I admire.

When you do admire,

you admire what?

People who write, who read.

I'm a librarian.

Actually, I'm reading something

right now.

Yeah, a very engaging book.

Oh, what is it?

Barry Goldwater's

Conscience of a Conservative.

- Jan.

- Don't tell me.

I worked on Gene McCarthy's

campaign. And voted for LBJ.

Oh, no. No.

Well, looks like we're hitting it off

like grease hits the skillet.

Well, I don't think politics

should define a human being.

There's more to people

than just how they vote.

I like that. I like that.

You're open-minded.

Yeah, much more so than me,

I have to say.

Well, I just think it's important to see

all sides of a situation.

I read in the paper

that you're running for Congress.

Yes, ma'am, I am.

I don't believe in forcing myself

on people.

So that's why I'm just gonna ask

for your phone number, not your vote.

Oh, well,

I couldn't vote for you, anyway.

I live in Austin.

Not that I wouldn't consider it.

Well, thank you for that.

- But if you win...

- Yeah?

- please do something for education.

I was a teacher.

I believe that's the thing...

...that can make a difference

in people's lives.

Well, I'll tell you what. If I win,

you can be my education advisor.

- Yeah, right.

- No, no, no. I'm serious.

I like the way you think, you know?

And look.

You're a devil.

Devil in a white hat.

My daddy and granddaddy

were farmers.

They didn't have anything to do

with this mess we're in.

Bush's daddy and granddaddy have

been in politics his whole life.

They don't know what

people's suffering is about.

George Bush here

hasn't earned the living he enjoys.

I stand on my own two feet,

make my own living.

When it comes to the integrity

of my father...

...what mess are you talking about?

Washington is the way it is...

...because of the Yale and Harvard

fellas running the place.

I went to Texas Tech,

you went to Yale.

I went to UT Law,

you went to Harvard.

I've spent half my life in Midland.

I know the problems of the people here.

Yeah, maybe at the country club.

You're still an outsider

as far as we're concerned.

Mr. Hance will be nothing...

...but a tax-and-spend errand boy

for the Democrats...

And he's really a carpetbagger

from Connecticut.

- That's below the belt, even for you.

- It's God's truth.

Carpetbagger? This is my home. I've

been here in Midland since I was 2.

You're still an Easterner as far as we're

concerned. East don't mix with Texas.

My fellow Christians...

My fellow Christians

everywhere from Odessa to Lubbock...

...last week, Mr. Bush here used

some of his vast sums of money...

...to throw a beer bash

for underage students at Texas Tech.

A Bush Bash.

He's trying to get students

to vote for him...

...by offering free alcohol to them.

Bribing them with booze.

Well, you've had a beer or two

in your lifetime.

Hell, yeah, but I'm not drinking

with kids.

That may be the cool thing

to do at Yale...

...but not here in good

Christian country.

He just kept hammering away at me,

you know?

The same lame stuff, tarring and

feathering me about my father.

My father. What am I supposed to do?

Run as Sam Smith?

Your family name has its advantages

and its disadvantages, W.

Now, I'd still be with you

if you were Sam Smith.

There's gotta be intelligent people

that can see through him.

They should,

but he was so busy attacking you.

I got in some licks before he threw

the dirty tricks there at the end. Right?

- Well...

- What, you don't agree?

Your mother told me never to criticize

a politician's speech.

Honey, look, I got a thick hide.

You can tell me the truth.

Come on.

What, it was all bad?

It wasn't good.

Why did you do that?

That was crazy.

I told you I can take criticism.

- You see, I'm already over it.

- The car isn't.

Do not ask me for my opinion

on your speeches again.

Honey, look, I'm gonna be asking you

for a long, long time.

Not while we're driving then, please.

I never dated a woman quite like you,

you know that?

Hey, I think...

I think you are the gal for me.

Look, you're one of

the greatest listeners I've ever met.

And since I'm one of the biggest

talkers, it seems like a genuine fit.

What do you think, huh?

- It kind of does.

- Only kind of?

- More than kind of.

- Yeah.

The polls have now closed and

it looks like Democrat Kent Hance...

... has defeated Republican candidate

George W. Bush...

... in the race for

the 19th Congressional District.

And while Bush garnered

a respectable 47,497 votes...

... Hance swept into the lead

with 53,97...

Well, look at it this way.

You came closer than any Republican

ever has in this district.

First is first and second is nothing.

At least we won here in Midland.

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