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The people who know you best

voted for you.

I should've stuck it right back up

his butt. That's what I should've done.

Geo, you wanted to play fair.

You didn't wanna get in the gutter.

Even though you lost...

...you can hold your head up.

- Laura, politics is not a library.

It's a kick-ass, skull-crushing war,

and I lost.

- You'll get him next time.

- lf there is a next time.

- George.

- Look, I'll tell you one thing.

There's no way I will ever be

out-Texaned or out-Christianed again.

How's it going, word guys?

You gotta get cracking...

...on my foreign-policy speech

tomorrow. I need the draft by tonight.

You'll get it. We just have to get

our guy at the NSC to sign off on it.

All right. You get your guys,

you get Tenet, then I decide.

I'm going to bed after Sports Cap, so

I want it in my room by 8 p.m., latest.

- No excuses now.

- Yes, Mr. President.

Come on, sit down, get writing.

You think we can get this stuff in?

If we can't,

we can always leak it to the Times.

All right. Let me get our guy

on the horn.

Just to be safe, I wouldn't say 500,

I would say up to 500 metric tons.

- Continue.

- "Some ask why Iraq...

...is different from countries

that also have terrible weapons.

While there are many dangers

in this world...

...the threat from Iraq stands alone."

I'll have to have this approved by

the agency. Let me fax it to Langley.

I'll get in touch with Tenet.

Okay.

George, it only takes

about 10 tons of yellow cake...

... to produce enough uranium

for a single nuclear weapon.

Hank, I have already

gone over this...

...with the vice president's office

and DOD.

This information comes from a single

foreign source.

It has not been confirmed.

Besides, Hank...

...it's not solid enough

to be out front with. Take it out.

You're sure?

I just can't go with it.

Get me Mike again.

- Yeah?

- You have to take out the red meat...

... but leave all the spice you can.

Okay, thanks.

Slight change of plans. It's out.

We got a lot of work to do

before Sports Cap.

So, Karl, how long is this

History Channel thing gonna take?

- Card scheduled it for 45 minutes.

- Come on, Spotty, this one's for you.

God. Spotty's getting old.

She needs a seeing-eye dog

for herself.

You know,

once she was a great athlete.

You should have seen her.

She was like the DiMaggio of dogs.

- So you remember your lead?

- Yup.

Ronald Reagan believed that

everything happened for a reason...

...and that we should strive to know

and do the will of God.

Looks like your balls have been put

through the wringer, Ari. What's up?

- Helen Thomas.

- Barney...

...how many times do I gotta tell you?

Stay back.

- And what else did I write down?

- Berlin Wall.

Right. Cold War.

Reagan didn't say,

"Mr. Gorbachev...

...will you take down the top

three bricks off the Berlin Wall?"

He said, "Tear it down. Tear it

all down." And so they did.

- Good boy, Barney.

- Memory's still the greatest, sir.

You know, I'm a lot more like him

than my father.

And the world has to know clearly

where America stands.

Yeah.

What's that old battle-ax,

Helen Thomas, ragging on about now?

Did she say anything about,

you know, Iraq?

She was talking about

secret plans...

...for regime change there.

You know the rap:

"What makes Saddam

different from any other dictator?

What right do we have

to go to war with Iraq?"

Did you tell her I don't like mudsuckers

who gas their own people?

Did you tell her I don't like a**holes

that try to kill my father?

Did you tell her that I'm gonna kick

his sorry ass all over the Mideast?

Well, I told her about half of that.

Only half?

Here's to turning 40

and looking 30.

Nothing old about you

except a few of your jokes.

I think my jokes are funny.

To the best thing that ever came out

of a Texas backyard barbecue.

May all yours and Laura's dreams

come true.

- Each and every one of them.

- It's baseball, you know.

I think Bushie wants to be

baseball commissioner.

- Why not? I love baseball.

- After all the times I've gone...

...I just never could get into it!

You know who I grew up dreaming

to be, Spider?

- Who?

- Willie "The Say Hey Kid" Mays.

He was the greatest ever.

The problem is you couldn't hit

the curve ball, and you're white.

That's right, I am white. I'm white.

- Phone call for you, Mr. Bush.

- Whoa, Buddy Holly.

- Who is it?

- The vice president, sir.

All right. All right, I'll get that

and it's time to get serious.

I'll see you in a while.

All right, I'll tell him you said hello.

You guys, I'll be right back.

Poppy.

I just wanted to wish you

a happy birthday, son.

- Oh, thank you.

- Hope you're enjoying yourself.

Oh, I am, very much so.

Thank you, sir.

How's Laura?

Sweet as ever.

- And the girls?

- They're back home in Midland.

We were just hoping

to get some alone time.

A good thing.

Your mother and I, we rarely get that.

You know, I'm gearing up to run in '88.

Yes, sir.

I think that's great.

Your brother Jeb can't get away

from Florida.

How'd you like to lend a hand?

In what way?

Would you be willing

to come to Washington?

Help me run my campaign?

Yes or no?

We'll do the... We'll do the river.

So, what did he have to say?

Well...

...looks like we're moving to D.C.

All right.

- Hey, all right.

- Yeah.

All right.

Come on now.

Good morning.

Well, Jan beat me 6 to 1. I'm never

gonna be any good at that game.

I think it's because I drank

almost as much as you last night.

You all right there?

Oh, I can't go on like this.

- I'm through.

- Through what?

Drinking.

Well, everyone knows you're trying.

Why don't you take today off?

Stay in bed.

No. I gotta do my miles.

My three miles.

I'll suck it up.

You know, George, Washington

is gonna be a big change for us.

For the girls.

Your father is running for president.

I think it's so nice of him

to show such confidence in you.

You could not have asked for

a better birthday present.

Confidence? He only called me

because Jeb wasn't available.

The point is, he asked you.

He wants you. Bushie, why do you

do this to yourself? Why?

You gonna throw up?

Three miles.

You are my God and savior.

I always trust thee.

- In Jesus' name, Amen.

- Amen.

Amen.

We'll see you all next week.

- God bless you.

- Thank you.

You hit a dry well,

you keep on drilling.

Oh, yeah. Thank you.

- Thank you very much, sir.

- Bye-bye.

Earle.

There's always this weight on me.

This heaviness.

And no matter how many times

I come here or go to church...

...that weight just won't lift.

W...

...the Christian life

is not a constant high.

I got my moments

of deep discontentment.

And I got to go to God, just like you,

and say, "God, please help me."

But all I am is name.

People say that

I was born with a silver spoon...

...but they don't know

the burden it carries.

I believe you, W.

And that's all right.

You know, that's okay.

Now, look.

Look what you have achieved.

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