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STEVIE: OK, we're ready?

Yeah.

STEVIE: Reverend Jackson, it's
your turn to pose a question

to Congressman Tanner.

Keep it to 30 seconds, please.

Thank you, Linda.

Jack, all of the candidates,
including myself,

support the war on drugs.

You alone want to declare
a unilateral truce.

Do you really think advocating
the decriminalization

of heroin, crack
and PCP represents

responsible leadership?

Well Jesse, with
all due respect,

I think America is
tired of being led

into wars that it cannot win.

If you'll recall,
former President Nixon

was the first person to
launch this war on drugs.

And now he wants us
to use our soldiers

to seal off our borders.

This is the same
former President

Nixon who couldn't
seal off South

Vietnam from North Vietnam.

And he had over 500,000
troops to get the job done.

We've got to get
real about drugs.

We've got to relearn the
lessons of prohibition.

Any law that creates a criminal
class of 25 million Americans

is a law that lacks the moral--

STEVIE: Force of consensus.
- Force of consensus.

Yeah, better.
Better.

But you've got to get off
that mark faster, Jack.

I mean, you need velocity.

Velocity creates airstreams.

Leaves all the other
schmucks gasping, all right?

So, what you're saying
is, down with hope

and up with dope.

No, that's not what
I'm saying at all.

You know Jack,
with all due respect

to your message of
defeatism, in Massachusetts,

we're winning the war on drugs.

I've created several
model programs that

are the envy of this nation.

Well, I think your drug
counsel's at variance

with that claim, Mike.

Wham, there you go.

There's your silver
bullet, kemosabe.

Yeah!

Dukakis goes on the defensive.

Stevie, can we
substantiate that?

No, we can't.

So, you still haven't
answered my question.

Are you saying that
you would sell PCP

at the local market like beer?

Jack, you can't use
that about Dukakis.

His drug counsel
supports him, OK?

Remember that.

I created a cost efficient
seven-point policy initiative

that will end the war on
drugs in the first year

of the third quarter of my
second term as President

of the United States.
- No, no.

Gore would never say that.

Come on.

I'm not Gore, Jack.

Concentrate, Jack, that's
not-- that's Dukakis.

OK, what about crack?

Would you sell it
at football games?

Jesse, that comment is
not up to the level of--

I can do a pretty
good Gore, though.

Would you forget Gore?

Forget Gore, Jesse, all right?

He's not Jesse, he's Mike.

What you're saying is that
you just really wouldn't mind

if your daughter used heroin.

Oh, fuck you, Jesse!

That's the--

Jesus Christ.

You gonna say that, Jack?

Hmm?

Remember, this is-- this
isn't your advocacy.

This is just a
proposal, long term,

and you've got 30 seconds
to do it, all right?

Very important, Jack.

All right, all right.

We cannot advocate
legalization here.

OK, hey, good!

Let's do AIDS.

Governor?

- Are you looking at me?
- Yes!

AIDS, AIDS.

Yes.

AIDS, AIDS.

As the son of
Greek immigrants--

[laughing]

I'm-- well he says
that every two seconds.

BARNEY: All right, all right.

I love the humor.

We are proud to--

BARNEY: Hold it.

Save it for San Francisco,
which by the way

is where we're going
next, boys and girls.

San Francisco!

[whistling]

Well, I think
the Kennedy-Nixon

debate was a classic
for its time, of course.

Solid gold trickster.

But my favorite--
I mean my all time

favorite-- was the
George Smathers-Claude

Pepper senate debate.

I saw it when I was
living in Florida.

TANNER: Uh-huh.

I mean, we are talking
a triumph of innuendo.

First, Smathers declared that
Pepper's sister was a thespian.

Then, he called Pepper's brother
a practicing Homo sapien!

Then he accused the
candidate himself of openly

matriculating while in college.

Well, I can tell you, the
next morning the entire state

was in uproar.

And guess who won the election.

Who?

Well, Smathers, of course.

Pepper was destroyed.

I mean, after all, back in those
days, the folks from Florida

did not cotton to
know matriculators.

[laughing]

What a gorgeous tie.

Mind if I take a
peek at the label?

I'd as soon you didn't.

Oh.

Well, I just wondered.

Looks like a Ralph Lauren.

It's just a neck tie
my daughter gave me.

So, what are we going
to debate tonight?

AIDS?

Well, I suppose it will
probably come up, yeah.

That's too bad.

I am so tired of that subject.

That's all the local
politicians talk about.

You'd think the gays
owned San Francisco.

I don't know about that, but
it's a pretty important topic,

don't you think?

Evening, congressman.

Linda, hi.

How are you?

Well, I'm fine.

And I want you fresh for
the debate tonight, so don't

let Jennifer wear you down.

Jennifer.

Yes, it's a family name.

I was named after my father.

[applause]

A bit about the
ground rules, now.

The panel will direct questions
to specific candidates.

The candidate will then
have 90 seconds to answer.

Following that, any other
candidate who wishes to comment

will have 60 seconds to do so.

The order of questioning
has been determined by lot.

When we return, in a
moment, Governor Robb

will have the first question.

We'll be back.

[applause]

BARNEY: Why don't you
hang out near the wires?

I'll keep Molly and David warm.

OK.

Stay up on those
gorgeous toes, Stevie.

If Jack breaks out
on that drug thing,

the conventional
wisdom crowd is going

to need to know what to think.

I am stoked to stroke.

I hope so.

Ow!

Excuse me.

Pardon me.

It's in her carriage-- poise.

A real woman.

Joanna, do they have any
room for me on the plane

with you going back?

They got me sitting
next to Seidelman

on the Tanner charter.

Hayes, we always
have room for you.

MAN: Stand by.

Three, two, one.

You're on.

We're back.

Governor Robb, the
first question is yours.

Thank you, Linda.

Since all of us know each other,
we're going to be a little

bit informal, if we may.

Jesse, I'd like to start
with you, if I may.

If voters want to
take with them one

or two thoughts about issues--

[snoring]

What is your message?

That's a tough one.

Keep in mind the guy's not
a professional journalist.

[typing]

We must stop the flow
of drugs in this country.

It's the number one
threat on the streets

of our nation today.

While visiting border patrolmen
in the valley of Texas

a few weeks ago-- we
have 300 border patrolmen

covering 600 miles
of land and water,

with one boat and
one helicopter.

Patrolmen?

Where was this?

How should I know?

You're with the Jackson
campaign, aren't you?

Oh, sorry, Stevie.

Where'd you get that idea?

(WHISPERING) Jesus.

JACKSON: The amount of money
involved in drug trafficking--

our borders are militarily
inferior in terms

of being protected
from drug traffickers.

Jesse, as you may recall,
it was former President Nixon

who started the war
on drugs, and who

now advocates using the army
to seal off our borders.

This is the same
former President Nixon

who couldn't seal off
South Vietnam from North

Vietnam with 500,000 troops.

America's tired of being
dragged into wars it can't win.

And the war on drugs is a loser.

[applause]

And any law that makes 25
million Americans criminals

is a loser.

It's time to get real.

The only way to get
drugs off our streets

is through legalization.

[laughing]

He said it.

He said it.

Did he say legalization?

There goes the street
value of my stash.

It's not the Sandinistas.

It's this avalanche of drugs
pouring into this country.

[applause]

And we've gotta
take it seriously.

And we've gotta take
enforcement seriously,

and interdiction seriously.

And work with our democratic
neighbors and allies

in Central and Latin
America to stop it.

This is how a party
nominee behaves.

He doesn't have to be here.

I mean, the
nomination is locked.

But that's Mike.

All class.

Bringing people together.

Come on, Joanna.

You're giving me diabetes.

A number of
political commentators

argue that the media
and the other candidates

have avoided
criticizing your record

for fear of charges of racism.

In particular,
contradictory accounts

of events occurring immediately
after the death of Reverend

Martin Luther King, and reports
of financial indiscretion

within Operation Push have
received little attention.

Have you been subject
to less scrutiny

than the other candidates
because you're black?

I don't think so.

I've exposed myself
to every major debate.

Jesse's gorgeous.

Really?

Go to him.

Break his cycle of pain.

Make little rainbows.

We sit here today-- black,
white, brown, male, female.

Animal, vegetable, mineral.

'Cause I have opened
the doors for everybody.

That's character.

We now have a public
accommodations bill.

That's character.

And I have the right to vote--

Jesse, your
implication here is

that if people
don't support you,

they're against
all these things.

They're racist.

And I just don't buy that.

I mean, I have more confidence
in our countrymen than that.

I think people, with
all due respect,

are more than ready to
elect a black president.

I just don't think
they're ready for you.

- Whoa!
- Jesus!

What did they put in his
oatmeal this morning?

Jesus, he's going ballistic.

[laughing]

What kind of spin
do we put on that?

OK, that could
be a real loser.

No question.
Let's not panic.

Keep smiling.
STEVIE: OK.

OK, he still respects Jesse
and the work that he's done,

but he feels his
campaign is becoming

a referendum on bigotry.

Something like that.

If you can live
with that, I can.

Let's do it.

Gaffe of the month.

Jesse's clean on the race issue.

It's just everybody else.

I disagree.

I think it's right on the money.

Come on, Jackson has
never discouraged the view

that people who
don't vote for him

are rejecting him
because of race.

I think you have to
give Tanner credit

for raising the whole
issue of moral blackmail.

Molly, who is this over
here in the white dress?

Joanna Buckley.

Buckley?

Giving him credit
for raising the issue.

As in Dukakis'
deputy campaigner?

For the record, of course
I'm not giving him credit.

All I was saying
was, I just didn't

think we should overreact.

What the hell is she
doing flacking for Jack?

Beats me.

HAYES: Stevie, am I
going crazy, or are

they blindsiding Jackson here?

STEVIE: How the
hell should I know?

Prick.

MAN: Countdown for
commercial break.

Three, two, one.

Is she making a case for him?

Hey, Congressman, let me
wipe that blood off your chin.

Hey, you guys rang
a lot of bells.

You are the story, Jack.

You know, I always thought party
unity was overrated anyway.

Oh, Barney.

All right, all right.

So it wasn't the game
plan, but we're on it.

Stevie's already
working the alligators.

Besides, we're in California.

People here could respond
to the boldness of it.

There was something very Harry
Truman about your directness.

You know, tough exchanges
are what being president's

all about.

Oh, don't waste
that on me, Barney.

Go back up, Stevie.

We'll do the post-mortem
on the plane tomorrow.

You got it.
Goodnight.

Come on, everybody.

See you back at the hotel, OK?

Jack, we gotta talk.

All right.

We'll talk.

ANDREA: To Vincent
and Tovah Spinelli--

[sighs]

Thank you, thank
you, thank you.

[laughing]

You want a beer?

No.

[laughing]

Well, well, well.

Geez.

Yeah, Jesse and me.

You and Jesse.

What did you do,
go to the Ed Koch

school of political diplomacy?

Well, what do you think
I did to myself out there?

I don't know, but I wouldn't
run for mayor of New York.

He is a dominant force
this guy, isn't he?

I got mad.

I lost it out there.

Well, first of all, he's
a very strong personality.

Yeah.

And he's hard to interrupt.

You're telling me.

And he's also--
he's a preacher.

And I'm a good Methodist
kid from Texas.

I was raised-- you don't
interrupt the preacher.

Yeah, boy.

But, I think I may have upset
my happy band of followers.

I'll be on the old
charter tomorrow.

I'll hear the results.

Well, you may upset them,
but it made good television.

It's like the
Bush-Rather brouhaha.

People kept saying,
was Bush right?

Was Rather right?

Well, Rather's capable
of being a pompous ass.

Bush is certainly
capable of being a wimp.

But it was great television.

Goddamn it.

It's about making great
television, isn't it?

You know, somehow
we've got to we've

got to crack through that.

I mean--

Yeah, I suppose.

And Lord knows we
contribute to it.

I mean, we don't wanna--
Television can cover a war.

Television can cover a birth.

It can cover a highway accident.

What television can't
cover very well is change.

And an election is change.

A campaign is change.

We don't do a very
good job of that.

You you asked me, I think
anybody-- any one of you--

after having gone through
the process-- anyone who

goes through that whole process
and gets to the White House

probably is somebody
you don't want there.

[laughing]

I remember back in
1980, a group of us

wanted to save the American
people and the press

a lot of time and money.

Cancel all the debates.

Cancel the campaign.

And just put Rosalynn Carter
and Nancy Reagan into a pit.

And whichever one
of them came out,

her husband could be president.

Oh, geez.

I know which one I
would have bet on.

PILOT: : This is your pilot.

I'm going to turn off
the seat belt sign so you

can move around in the cabin.

But I suggest you keep
them buckled when you're

in your seats, just in case.

BARNEY: Let's not
worry about it.

It's not going to help.

You all right, sweetie?

Now, look, honey, if
you're gonna get sick,

use the air bag this time, huh?

Don't want to have any
accidents like last--

Yeah, OK.
OK.

Yeah, please.

It's not funny!

Sorry.

Oh, God.

I gotta go to the bathroom.

Five bucks says
she blows lunch.

Oh, that's funny, Deke.

All right.

What's the damage report?

Well, it's not as bad
as we thought, Jack.

Yeah, you were in every
lead, but it was that drug

line that made all the news.

The Jackson attack landed
with the reporters,

but it didn't stick.

My guess is, they're so
used to Mr. Nice Guy,

they weren't sure
it really happened.

I mean, The press is clearly
dancing around trying

to find reasons to ignore it.

So why don't we help them?

My advice is to drop it
while the dropping is good.

- Exactly.
- Why?

I meant it.

I've known the guy for 20 years.

He's manipulative beyond belief.

Come on, Stevie.

Ask anybody who works for him.

It's force of will.

He makes you debate the way he
wants to, and then when you do,

you're lost.
You're sunk.

Yeah, but what have you lost?

I mean, it's too late to
draw votes from Jesse.

Jack, face it.

We are out of the
picture altogether if we

don't go into Atlanta with at
least a working relationship

with him.

I mean, no matter what
your personal opinion,

Jesse Jackson is important.

And not just to blacks.

He's made the whole
party look ahead.

And how?

By using your famous impertinent
question over and over again.

All right.

OK, Stevie, I'll lay off him.

Yeah, but you wanna back off
the drug thing, Jack, right?

That's a killer.

That is cutting edge.

You're way out in front on that.

Stick with it.

All right, all
right, all right.

That's true, Dad.

But I-- I think that's true,
but I think you should be--

[sighs]

I think you should be more
specific about what you do.

I mean, it's a really
big issue out here.

OK, thanks Alex.

There are so many pot
growers in this state,

you wouldn't believe it.

If you promised to
appoint one of them

to the Department
of Agriculture--

I said thank you, Alex.

Well, excuse me.

I thought I was a
part of this campaign.

- Alex.
- It's all right.

I'll go back.

I'll sit in the
children's section.

It's fine.

SEIDELMAN: Ah!

Royal flush.

I haven't had one of
those since college.

Against a full house.

I'll take that
blouse now, Molly.

Molly, why do you
still play this guy?

You haven't won a
hand in two months.

I'm hustling him, Stringer.

I'm just waiting
for my big moment.

Stringer.

Bathroom's mine.

Tell me something.

What do you know
about Joanna Buckley?

Nothing.

Just that she's Dukakis'
deputy campaign manager.

Does Jack know her?

Does Jack know her?

Yeah, does Jack know her?

I don't know.

I suppose it's possible that
they've run into each other.

PILOT: Folks, this is
your captain speaking.

I'm afraid that we've got a
little problem with the fuel

line in our number two engine.

There's no reason for concern.

We've got the situation
pretty well in hand.

But as an extra precaution
prior to our landing,

we're going to stay up
here another hour or so

and burn off some fuel.

We'll keep you posted.

In the meantime--

SEIDELMAN: This isn't my seat.

Well, just for
now, take the seat.

All right.

Oh, God!

I can't--
- It's OK.

I can't stay on this
plane another hour.

I swear to God, I have
to get off this plane.

OK, it's probably not an hour.

It's probably just--

Oh, God, what do
you think is wrong?

Nothing.
Probably nothing.

Miss?

Cigarette.

I want a cigarette, I want a
cigarette, I want a cigarette.

La, la, la bamba.

I think the worst one of
all was on a Carter plane, um,

in Iowa during the blizzard.

Remember?

Yeah, that was pretty hairy.

Wasn't a dry pair of
pants on the plane.

Oh my god, that was
character building.

I was kind to people
for weeks after that.

Alex, talk to me, please.

I don't want to talk

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to upset you.

I just thought that now was
the best time for me to tell

you how I feel about you.

Emile, I don't
mean to be cold,

but you have picked
absolutely the worst time

in the world to tell me this.

How do you feel
about her, dude?

Deke, I swear to God!

All right, all right.

Cool out.

Ooh, look what we have here.

Good morning.

- Deke, what are you doing?
- Nothing, nothing.

Just talk.
- You're crazy, you know that?

You're looking
back on your life,

reflecting on what
might have been.

What comes to mind?

[screams]

It's OK!

DEKE: It's OK!

It's only turbulence.

[laughing]

Oh.

Thank you anyway.

Whatever.

Get this.

Jack's plane ran into
some mechanical trouble.

What?

They're already
a half hour late.

I hate airports.

Here's the sports.

BARNEY: God, pray for us
sinners now-- the hour--

What's going on up there?

[sighs]

A lot of yups and nopes
and yes ma'ams-- twinkling

eyes and boyish grins.

The flight engineer's
taking apart a computer,

but nobody seems
particularly rattled.

I'm gonna go check on Lexi.

Does he know that
we're not scheduled

to make any history today?

Why is it taking so long?

How much fuel could we have?

Oh, hey, any parting
thoughts, big guy?

Get out of here.

TJ: Barney, stop
praying out loud.

Dad.

It's almost over, sweetheart.

So how long you
guys been waiting?

Oh hey, there's,
uh, Hayes Taggerty.

Hayes, what do you got
on Congressman Tanner?

Come on, leave.

Hey, don't be so concerned.

They're just burning fuel.

That's all.

You know about us, don't you?

It's none of my
business, Joanna.

Unless, of course, you
feel like talking about it.

Oh my god, oh
my god, oh my god.

What?

Molly, are you a Sinatra fan?

Sometimes, yeah.

Channel 9.

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Yo, Molly, you still
my main squeeze?

You know I am, Tony.

Then dance with me, baby.

[laughing]

[humming]

[laughing]

To look death in the face.

Deke, don't point that
thing at me, whatever you do.

PILOT: Ladies and
gentlemen, we seem

to have been able to close off
that fuel line to engine two,

so everything's pretty
much under control.

We should be on the ground
in about five minutes.

[applause]

That's the best
news I've ever heard.

[laughing]

He can hear it better
when you talk louder.

I knew it.

Sit down.

We're gonna land now.

DEKE: The grim reaper.

Congressman, we're safe.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Now this one-- this
one is mine, all right?

You wanna tell us what
happened on the plane?

Hayes!

Now, where were you?

You were missed.

I got a royal flush.

I'm feeling very
sentimental about you.

Oh, come on.

Yeah, where were you?

Seidelman, how many
drinks have you had?

Oh, only a few.

Only a few.

What is this?

What the hell happened?

STRINGER: Hi, folks.

How you doing?

HAYES: Cheap airline.

They wouldn't pass out the
Globe here, would they?

[phone ringing]

Yeah?

Yeah, it's T.J.
Turn on channel 4 now.

OK.

ANNOUNCER: : The
forecast, plenty

of sunshine through today,
with seasonal temperatures.

The Washington Post is
reporting this morning

that Democratic presidential
candidate Jack Tanner is

romantically linked
with the deputy campaign

manager for his chief
political rival,

governor Michael Dukakis.

The Post story says that
sources have confirmed

that the woman,
Joanna Buckley, has

been involved with Tanner since
before he joined the race.

Party leaders reached
this morning confirmed

that the liaison represents
an untenable conflict

of interest for both parties.

The congressman could not
be reached for comment.

This is Molly Hark,
NBC, Hollywood.

I don't know what to do--
Stringer, look, just tell--

tell Governor Dukakis
that Congressman

Tanner will call him back at
his earliest possible moment.

Yes, he's-- tell him
he's in the Jacuzzi.

Stringer, goddamn it.

This is your job.

Handle it.

[slams down phone]

[sighs]

Oh, God.

[laughing]

You gotta help me
out on this one, Jack.

I'm trying to understand.

I never should have tried to
hide it in the first place.

That was a mistake.

A mistake.

Boy, you're damn right
it was a mistake.

You compromise not one but
two presidential campaigns.

What in the hell
were you thinking of?

I was thinking of
someone I cared about, T.J.

That's it?

You cared about someone?

Jesus, that's lame, Jack.

What is it about guys
like you and Hart?

Hey, I'm not Gary Hart.

And this is hardly
the same situation.

Oh, yes it is.

And you know why?

Because you acted recklessly,
and you never for a moment

considered the
consequences for others.

A lot of good people
turned their lives inside

out to work for you, Jack.

They left their jobs.

They left their families.

And Christ, it's like
you didn't even notice.

Tell me Jack, do
you think running

for president is important?

Of course I think
it's important.

What kind of question is that?

Well then, why don't
you start acting like it?

You act like it's a god
damn lifestyle choice.

Like you were on sabbatical--
had a year to kill.

I am so tired of
watching you disengage

whenever you feel like it.

I'll tell you, Jack.

You're right about one thing.

It is important.

It sure as hell is
much more important

than this year's girlfriend.

This year's girlfriend?

Look, let's get married.

Why not?

There's no reason not to now.

Just let me go lose
my job first, OK?

No, I don't think
I'm being combative.

And I resent that.

We're just saying we
don't have any statement--

What's the press situation?

Phones have been
ringing all morning.

There must be 30-40 reporters
crawling all over this place.

They're expecting a statement.

What's on the schedule?

You've got a
speech in 30 minutes

out at Pepperdine University.

Now, dig this.

The storm last night
washes out the highway,

so we got you a helicopter.

Helicopter?

I knew you'd want to
fly again right away.

You know what they
say, you got to get

right back up on that horse.

Is it here?

Yeah, it's out
back on the lawn.

I always wanted to do this.

Go up and get my jacket.

Come on, let's go.

MOLLY: There he is!

I got it.
Come on.

Deke, move it.

STRINGER: Give us
some room, folks!

There he is!

What the hell is he doing?

What the hell is he doing?