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It's been, what, almost six months

that you haven't touched a drink.

Yes, sir.

Well, the good Lord sees that,

and he's proud of you.

We're all proud of you.

The worst thing you could

ever say in your life are the words:

"If only I could live it over again." No.

Born again, W, that's what you are.

God has spoken to you.

We've all sinned, Lord knows.

But it's what you

have learned that matters.

- You hear me, George?

- Yes, sir.

I do. I hear you, Reverend,

I really do.

For God so loved the world...

...that he gave his only begotten son...

...that whosoever believeth in him...

...shall not perish

but shall have everlasting life.

John 3:
16.

Now take the baton. Reach out.

And beginning today...

...I want you to treat

everybody you meet...

...your friends, your enemies,

everybody...

...like they were gonna

be dead at midnight.

Yes, sir.

You give that person

all the love that's in you, son...

...and do it without

any thought of reward...

...and your life, I promise you...

...will never be the same again.

You stay with it, W,

because I can tell you...

...straight as A meets up and

mates with B, you are one of us now.

And you will never be alone now

that you're one of us, okay? Yeah?

From all walks of life,

we are a country of wounded sinners.

A nation, a Christian nation.

There are millions of us born again.

Can I ask you, Earle, to pray with me?

It would be my pride and joy

to pray with you, son.

Thank you, sir.

Heavenly Father...

...we humbly thank you

for giving our servant, George...

...the wisdom, the strength

and the understanding...

...to know the power of your ways.

And may he always see the light

even in his darkest days.

In Jesus' holy name, Amen.

Amen.

A set-up job.

Look, I'm a devout Christian.

Been one all my life.

No need for me to say

I've been reborn.

No, we're not looking to put words

in your mouth, sir, far from it.

Only to help you

be understood by our community...

...who do not understand you at all.

If you say no it's gonna cost you votes.

And Karl knows his stuff,

and these men want you to win.

It's just a matter of coding, Poppy.

I mean...

It's all right, Genius Boy.

Sometimes he thinks he's me.

Go on, Karl.

Well, it's rephrasing things

so that you connect to the base.

I can show you this metric data,

if you like.

Fellas, I appreciate your support.

Obviously need it.

Trying to learn the lingo, but...

Still an old-school Episcopalian

you're looking at.

Junior here, I mean W,

is the real born again.

All right, gentlemen.

Thank you. Thanks a bunch.

- Thank you, Mr. Vice President.

- Thank you very much, sir.

- Thank you.

- Thank you, John.

They all act like businessmen. They're

screamers and temple burners.

Come on. They're all protgs

of Billy Graham, and from Texas.

Look, this is a bigtime change

going on out there.

People are hungering for faith.

Your mother said you're really reborn.

Well, as long as you stop drinking,

you can call it what you want.

I'm not comfortable with this stuff.

Inauthentic.

Nixon did stuff like that.

I'm trusting you to vet everything.

I'm just looking for every edge, Poppy.

Check this spot out.

Bush and Dukakis on crime.

Bush supports the death penalty

for first-degree murderers.

Dukakis not only opposes

the death penalty...

... he allowed first-degree murderers

to have weekend passes from prison.

One was Willie Horton,

who murdered a boy in a robbery...

... stabbing him 19 times.

Despite a life sentence...

... Horton received

10 weekend passes from prison.

Horton fled,

kidnapped a young couple...

... stabbing the man

and raping his girlfriend.

Weekend prison passes,

Dukakis on crime...

This guy Willie Horton

is gonna be a household name.

This and Dukakis

in that silly helmet...

...sitting in the tank are gonna

put you over this time, Poppy.

Strong stuff. Naughty.

But you can't run

this through the campaign.

You've got to use another pipeline.

I'm ahead of you, Poppy,

don't you worry.

We outsourced it to

the National Security PAC.

Roger Ailes and his group,

they funded it.

Well, that's good work, son.

Really good.

Earning your spurs now.

Thank you, sir.

Here is Tom Brokaw, NBC News.

Good evening,

and Vice President George Bush...

... who's been in government housing

for 8 years...

... will continue

to live in government...

George Bush is

president-elect of the United States.

We should send

Willie Horton a fruit basket.

That's a good idea.

You look down. What is it?

- Congratulations.

- Well, I'm just tired.

Just wondering what's

gonna happen now, Karl.

What do you mean?

My father's not gonna give me

a position, because he can't.

And I'm not gonna sit around,

become a lobbyist. That's for sure.

George...

I've been a lifelong student

of political horseflesh.

From what I see, you've got

a natural talent. Got the people touch.

But you need to go

out in the world, do something.

I don't know how else to say it,

but you haven't done jack sh*t yet.

George.

George, come on to bed.

Rove hit me

with a 2-by-4 of truth tonight.

Yeah, what was that?

That I'll never get out

of Poppy's shadow.

They'll all keep saying,

"What's the boy ever done?"

I mean, who ever remembers

the son of a president?

John Quincy Adams.

Yeah, but that was like

You know what? I wish he'd lost.

What?

- How can you say that?

- I don't know.

- I got crazy, mixed feelings about it.

- What are you talking about?

You helped him win the presidency.

You gained his respect.

No matter what I do,

it's just never gonna be enough.

Okay? Never.

What's the bottom line, George?

That Baghdad has...

...chemical and biological weapons

currently active, no question.

Nukes? In some stage or other?

That's still problematic, sir.

We say not yet...

...but with moderate confidence we can

say they will have them by 2007, 2009.

But definitely this guy

has got anthrax, mustard gas...

...sarin, VX,

as much as 500 tons of CBW.

Given the dual-use provisions of the

U.N. sanctions, we can't prove intent.

Until he launches.

Their military is deteriorated,

infrastructure is shattered...

Why is British Intelligence

telling us now that this guy...

...is trying to buy up a few hundred

tons of yellow cake from Niger?

- We still have no backup on that.

- We don't.

Well, we know this:

That Saddam is talking to Zarqawi,

who is talking to al Qaeda...

...and Atta met Saddam's

intel chief in Czechoslovakia.

There is no doubt that they're linked.

No doubt, Dick?

No doubt at all?

No doubt, Colin.

What do you say, Rummy?

Sir, the absence of evidence

is not the evidence of absence.

Just because you do not have

evidence that something does exist...

...does not mean you have...

Can your intel say

where these WMDs are?

Well, my people think they've found

something in the area around Tikrit.

But we also have leads

around Baghdad.

And to the areas east, west,

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