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Ladies and gentlemen.
Ladies and gentlemen, please.
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Your attention.
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I think you all know our
guests of honor today.
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Our great congressman, Jeff Johnson,
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and Vera Johnson,
his lovely and gracious wife.
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Many of you know that Jeff is now completely
recovered from a triple bypass operation.
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Doesn't he look great?
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I never felt better.
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Before I turn the floor over to the
congressman, I'd like to thank my old friends,
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Mr. And Mrs. Zeke Bridges, for the use
of their wonderful, lovely home.
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Thank you, Zeke.
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Now, sirs, ladies and gentlemen,
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- In the 20 years of the great...
- Som-bitch!
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Well, seems like a host's
work is never done.
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Now, in the 20 years...
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that the Honorable Jefferson Davis Johnson
has been our representative in Congress...
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Excuse me. Pardon me.
What do you say, Pete?
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Excuse me.
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- Utilities, pharmaceuticals...
- Pardon me. Hi, Malcolm.
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One bourbon sour straight up
with extra orange,
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and one gibson, no onion,
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and two white wine spritzers
and a Lowenbrau.
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Allow me to light your cigarette
for you. Hold this for me, sir.
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The way your hair matches your eyes,
I don't know how I can control myself.
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Excuse me,
I'll get those drinks.
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I can't believe that you're Inga.
You don't look Swedish.
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You're so different
from your picture.
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That wasn't me on the TV,
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but that sure was me
on the telephone.
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You want me to prove it, Zeke?
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You told me that you want me
to tie you up and beat you with...
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My God, Inga,
that was on the phone.
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I never thought you'd be in my house.
You've got to get outta here.
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But you told me you
wanted me! You told me to quit my job.
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And now, honey, here I am.
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- Not now, waiter. Please!
- Don't worry about a thing. I'll handle this. You!
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Bag on the floor,
hands in the air. Do it!
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Sergeant Brown, vice squad,
undercover operations.
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- I know who you are, dirty pig!
- Shut up! You're under arrest.
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- My God, what's goin' on here? - Sir, you've been
the target of a ruthless gang of con artists.
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It all started when you called
the "Girls of Many Nations" party line.
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It's 1-900-phone-sex?
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You put it on your credit card
instead of your phone bill...
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'cause you didn't want your wife
to see it, right? Big mistake.
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The gang used your credit card number to
find out everything they could about you.
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It's the gang's M.O. to wait until
the victim's having a big party...
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and will do anything, pay big money,
to avoid embarrassment.
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Embarrassment?
Som-bitch!
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This goes beyond embarrassment!
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A hundred of my very best friends
paid a thousand dollars apiece...
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to have a drink
with Congressman Johnson.
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Not to mention the fact my wife
is probably looking for me right now.
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That is exactly what
their evil scheme is depending on.
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In fact, any second now,
a huge Latino man's...
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- Gonna burst in pretending
he's an outraged husband. - Inga!
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- What're you doin' with my wife?
- Senor...
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- It's okay, Alice.
- My friend, rum and coke.
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Don't let anyone else in, please.
Thanks.
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- Did he touch you?
- I got your rum and coke.
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There's your rum and coke,
and she can drink it with you!
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Hey, i callate la boca.
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I callate la boca ahora!
I ahora asi!
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Now you see how they were gonna plan
to con you outta your money.
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But I know better, 'cause I know
you're a courageous citizen.
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- And I know you're gonna testify.
Yes, you're gonna testify. -
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- I can't testify.
- Sure you can. All you've done was phone sex.
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- A lot of people have done that.
- He wanted me to tie him up...
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and spank him with
a wet garter belt.
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- No, no, not me. No, no.
- Excuse me.
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That is between the fantasy hostess and
the freak. I don't even wanna hear it.
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- "Freak"?
- Hey, poppy.
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I got a tape in the car. Eight-track
or cassette. You wanna hear it?
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- No, no! No, no! Thank you very much.
- Sir, please.
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They're trying to intimidate you by telling you
that they have an audio tape of you freaking on...
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Did you think you were gonna intimidate
him? You're not intimidating him.
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He's going to testify, because
his family may not know he's a freak,
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but he's been married 20, 30 years.
His wife knows he's a freak.
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"Freak"? Sergeant Brown, I have
to talk to you in private, please.
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Mr. Bridges, I can't leave
the suspects by themselves.
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Well, let's, lock 'em
in the crapper.
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Okay, come on.
Move in the bathroom.
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Come on, man, move it. Come on!
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Hey, hey! Vamonos,
muchachos, goddamn it!
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Now you've all met my
legislative assistant, Kimberly.
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Kimberly and my fine staff,
along with myself,
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will be available to you
24 hours a day.
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I'm proud to be
your man in Washington.
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I plan to keep goin' back
as long as you keep sendin' me.
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Please listen, Sergeant.
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- I'm the chairman of a large, conservative
insurance company. - I know that.
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I know your chief, Sergeant Brown.
Help me and you'll be Lieutenant Brown.
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Just get these people
the hell outta here quietly.
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Mr. Bridges, I know
these people. Okay?
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If you let them go,
they're just gonna blackmail you.
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I don't care.
What do they want?
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- Goin' by their other victims, it costs like $5,000.
- Okay.
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That's 5,000 each, you know.
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Okay.
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You know there's
four people in the gang.
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- Twenty thousand dollars?
- See, that's what I'm tellin' you.
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- I think you should testify.
- No, I can't.
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- Please put your money away, sir.
- Look, it's...
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It's just that I don't have that
much cash. I've only got $12,000.
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- And there's four people in the gang.
- Wait a minute.
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- My rolex. - Mr. Bridges, no.
No, no, no. Please, sir.
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No, it's worth $10,000.
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Mr. Bridges, I don't wanna take your
watch, I don't wanna take your money.
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- Besides, they don't want a watch. They want cash.
- Take the damn money!
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Take the watch, please!
Get them outta here and get that tape.
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You know this goes against
my every principle.
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Darlin', don't you look wonderful.
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Glad to see ya. Nice to...
Hey, how's that knee?
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Hey, hey, hey, hey!
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Inga will miss you!
Bye-bye.
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What are you doin'?
I gotta go get the tape.
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I don't want you to give them the money
until I get the tape in my hand.
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Come with me.
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Chief!
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By golly,
am I glad to see you.
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I'm sorry I'm late.
I had an emergency.
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You know Sergeant...
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Where'd he go?
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Sergeant Brown, the vice squad.
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We don't have a vice squad.
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You don't have a...
Som-bitch!
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Waiter,
where's my bourbon sour?
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You must think I'm Kareem.
I'm Jamal.
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He stiff you on your
drinks too? He fired.
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Kareem! Wait right there. Kareem, where's
this woman's drink? This woman's thirsty!
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- I've always enjoyed the time
we've spent together. - Thank you.
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Why don't we
sit down over here?
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Olaf, I'm thinking
of retiring from Congress.
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You can't retire. You just promised
all these people you're gonna run again.
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That was a political promise.
You know better than to believe that.
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Zeke, come here. Listen to this.
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Have you all seen a waiter
come through here?
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No, I haven't, but, Zeke,
I need your help. Hey!
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- What's got into Zeke?
- Damned if I know.
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Listen, Jeff, you know you got
the best job in the world, don't you?
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You get to go hunting, fishing,
skiing and golfing.
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The best resorts. Then you get
to call it, "official business,"
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And, Jeff, you know there's
no aphrodisiac like power.
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Are you tired of having the most beautiful
and intelligent women in this country?
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The joy's gone out
of Congress, Olaf.
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No, that perks thing
was the last straw.
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And who needs the aggravation?
Life's too short.
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Yeah, well, look, Jeff.
You can't retire.
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If I retire this year,
I get to keep $1.3 million...
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that's left in my campaign fund.
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It's called
"the grandfather loophole."
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All right, Jeff.
I got it. Come here.
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There's this small software company
that's about to go through the roof.
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Now, what you do, you buy a few thousand
dollars worth of stock options.
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It's gonna bring in a half a million
dollars easy. That's just for openers.
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If you put it like that,
I suppose I...
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have a duty to continue
my career in public service.
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"Duty"!
You're something else, Jeff.
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I am definitely
in the wrong business.
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- Som-bitch!
- Well?
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- Som-bitch!
- Yes!
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I love it!
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Kimberly!
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Congressman!
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Kimberly,
you're so good! Yeah!
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God!
I got a cramp!
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I got a cramp. It's okay,
don't stop. Don't stop!
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Yeah, yeah!
God, yes, yes!
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- Kimberly! Yeah!
- Congressman!
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- Now, now! Yeah! My God!
- Congressman!
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My God!
My...
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My God!
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It was my honor...
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to serve with Jeff Johnson
in Congress for a generation.
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No one was a better legislator,
a better husband.
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We're gonna miss him. But we are
grateful that his passing was peaceful.
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The consummate public servant,
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working late into the night
at his desk.
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- Thank you.
- Vera?
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- Let me talk to you for a minute in here.
- Excuse me.
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Now...
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I know that, you're still
in shock over Jeff's passing,
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- But we need to talk about his seat.
- We do?
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I would like for you to announce
that you're gonna run for Congress.
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With your name, you can't lose.
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Mrs. Jeff Johnson
would win in a walk.
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Dick, I've been
a Washington wife for 20 years.
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I think that's enough bullshit
for one lifetime.
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I'd help. I'd be running
the office night and day.
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I'm sure you would, dear.
But I couldn't give you...
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the same kind of job satisfaction
Jeff gave you.
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How did I end up with a thief
for a grandson?
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Hey! Aha!
Hey, thieves steal.
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I con, all right?
It's different. I'm an artist.
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I'm a con artist.
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- Hey, look! There's the new ad.
- Hey.
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I am Inga.
I am here from Sweden.
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And I'm so lonely.
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I need a man,
and so do my girlfriends.
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Maria, my hot-blooded
Spanish friend.
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Babette, zee Parisian pussycat...
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- And many others.
- I hope you sprain your lips from doin' this.
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- I hope your lip muscles freeze up.
- We take all major credit cards.
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So call
the Girls of Many Nations at...
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What do you think
of my accent, Grandma?
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Very, very good. Hey, hey.
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Thank you for calling "Girls
of Many Nations" party line.
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For hot-blooded
Italian wildcats, press one now.
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For perky American cheerleaders,
press two now.
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For a busty Swedish love goddess,
press three now.
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Another customer for Inga.
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Don't you dare
talk to that man!
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Hello, this is Inga.
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Hello, Paul.
How are you?
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Tell me,
Paul, do you have Mastercard?
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If you don't hang up that phone,
I will flush it down the toilet!
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No, Paul.
Call me later, please.
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What's the matter with you?
This is my business.
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You are not only a con man,
you get your cousin Loretta...
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- To help you by talkin' dirty? Shame on you!
- Granny!
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You mad 'cause you can't show my picture
around the pool no more, Grandma?
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Of course not.
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Look what these arthritic hands
have been doin'.
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Don't "What are you "-ing"?
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Thomas Jefferson Johnson.
Why you keep usin' my middle name?
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It sound like a tap dancer
or somethin'.
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Make me proud of you, Thomas.
Make me proud of the name you carry.
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I'm Ned Grable, Vice President
and General Manager of WFL.
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We think Mrs. Jeff Johnson
did the right thing...
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in not running for the congressional
seat left vacant by her husband's death.
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Jeff Johnson's name
may still be magic,
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but it'll take more than
the magic of name recognition...
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to solve our region's problems.
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I'm Ned Grable.
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Name recognition.
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Lordy, what a notion.
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People would have to be
some kind of boobs...
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just to vote for somebody
because their name was Johnson.
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I remember once back in Georgia.
They even elected a dead man.
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His name was still
on the ballot and...
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folks were just
used to voting for him.
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Okay. Bye-bye.
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My friends, I wanna
tell y'all about a town...
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where the streets
are paved with gold.
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I'm talkin' about a town where the marks
will take you to dinner after you fuck 'em.
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I'm talkin' about a place that, when they
run outta money, they just print some more.
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In this town, a cat bounced 900 checks,
didn't even have to go to jail.
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- You mean "Las Begas."
- No, not "Las Begas."
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00:15:21,923 --> 00:15:24,801
No, honey, he's talkin'
about Washington, D.C.
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l... You all ready for this?
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I am running for Congress.
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- What is this, a joke?
- What's the con, T?
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Yeah, I don't get it, man.
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- Yo, man, Van Dyke.
- Yeah.
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- You remember Willie Sutton?
- My hero.
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00:15:41,943 --> 00:15:45,154
What did Willie Sutton say when they
asked him how come he robbed banks?
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- That's where the money is.
- Exactly.
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Washington, D.C.
That's where the money is.
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Listen, I have been doin' some research.
I've been to the library.
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- - Why you laughing?
Congressmen, when they get elected,
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they get $130,000 a year.
That's their base salary.
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00:16:00,879 --> 00:16:04,799
But then they have these things called "PACs."
Okay, political action committees, right?
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00:16:04,841 --> 00:16:08,428
Then there's these lobbyists. The lobbyists'
whole point in life is to buy you off.
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00:16:08,511 --> 00:16:10,638
They buy you off
and it's totally legal.
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00:16:10,722 --> 00:16:14,225
It's the con of a lifetime,
and I know we can do this shit.
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00:16:14,309 --> 00:16:16,186
Who "we," white man?
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00:16:16,227 --> 00:16:19,147
Us! We! Us! If I get elected,
I gotta have a staff.
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I'm gonna get a staff allowance.
It says here that new Congress...
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- You get a staff allowance of $537,000.
- Ooh!
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00:16:25,904 --> 00:16:27,822
- Damn!
- Senor!
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I get that kinda cash, I'm splitting it
up with my homies and my homette.
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00:16:31,701 --> 00:16:34,245
How exactly are you gonna
get your butt to Congress?
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00:16:34,329 --> 00:16:36,915
Yeah, T. Why the hell
would anybody vote for you?
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00:16:36,998 --> 00:16:40,418
It's not like they're voting for me.
They're voting for name recognition.
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00:16:40,502 --> 00:16:42,420
The congressman here
was Jeff Johnson.
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00:16:42,504 --> 00:16:44,631
My middle name is Jefferson,
last name is Johnson.
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00:16:44,714 --> 00:16:46,925
Cut off the Thomas,
shorten the Jefferson,
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00:16:47,008 --> 00:16:49,844
Jeff John... nobody knows that
their congressman is dead.
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00:16:49,928 --> 00:16:52,764
Who knows that Jeff is dead?
He's a congressman. Who cares?
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00:16:52,847 --> 00:16:57,060
If I get on the ballot as Jeff Johnson,
nobody's gonna know.
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00:16:57,101 --> 00:16:59,229
Well, how you gonna
get on the ballot?
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00:17:00,813 --> 00:17:03,066
That's where you all
come into play.
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My friends, I need,
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00:17:05,777 --> 00:17:09,364
I need,
5,625 signatures.
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00:17:09,447 --> 00:17:12,450
I knew this "we" shit had a catch.
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00:17:12,534 --> 00:17:15,203
Hey, man, you all
got a better plan?
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00:17:15,286 --> 00:17:17,247
I do.
287
00:17:19,290 --> 00:17:22,293
Who are these "Silver Foxes"?
Old people who just like to vote?
288
00:17:22,377 --> 00:17:26,005
It's a political party. The big thing
is, they got their own line on the ballot.
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00:17:26,089 --> 00:17:28,049
They already got the signatures.
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00:17:28,091 --> 00:17:30,176
- May I help you?
- Good afternoon.
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00:17:30,260 --> 00:17:34,180
- We have an appointment to see Hattie Rifkin.
- Right.
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00:17:34,264 --> 00:17:37,600
You wanna talk politics?
Talk.
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00:17:37,642 --> 00:17:42,355
We was wonderin', who you gonna
run for Congress this year?
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The usual sacrificial lamb.
295
00:17:45,066 --> 00:17:48,736
Probably Sylvia Roland.
She just lost her husband.
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00:17:48,820 --> 00:17:52,198
She needs to meet new people.
Why?
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00:17:52,282 --> 00:17:55,118
Miss Rifkin. I'd like to run
on the Silver Foxes' ticket.
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I believe and care
about you and your issues.
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00:17:58,079 --> 00:18:00,707
That's what my son says,
but does he call?
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00:18:00,790 --> 00:18:03,710
What makes you think
a group of alter kakers...
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00:18:03,793 --> 00:18:06,546
is gonna support a man who hasn't
clipped his first nose hair yet?
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00:18:06,629 --> 00:18:09,048
Because I can win.
303
00:18:09,132 --> 00:18:12,635
No, no. A Republican can win.
A Democrat can win.
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00:18:12,719 --> 00:18:15,847
A Silver Fox can only make
a symbolic point.
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00:18:15,930 --> 00:18:19,392
Mrs. Rifkin, if you get me on
the Silver Foxes' ballot line,
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00:18:19,475 --> 00:18:21,769
- And if you give me the support...
- Lf, if.
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00:18:21,811 --> 00:18:24,647
And di bubbeh volt gehat baitzim,
volt zi geven a zeyde.
308
00:18:24,689 --> 00:18:27,901
But got haste oykh
cane naar nit zine.
309
00:18:27,984 --> 00:18:31,738
What's all this?
310
00:18:31,821 --> 00:18:35,491
She just said that if my grandmother
had balls, she'd be my grandfather.
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00:18:35,575 --> 00:18:38,286
And I told her that God
never told nobody to be stupid.
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00:18:38,369 --> 00:18:40,747
Where the hell did you learn
to speak Yiddish?
313
00:18:40,830 --> 00:18:45,460
I learned it from Morris
Elfbein, da gin king of Miami Beach.
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00:18:45,543 --> 00:18:47,587
He taught me that
and he also taught me...
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00:18:47,670 --> 00:18:51,090
you don't always have to have
the best cards to win the hand.
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00:18:51,174 --> 00:18:55,428
Maybe not in gin, but in politics,
young man, you need money to win.
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00:18:55,512 --> 00:18:57,764
You need a name to win.
You need...
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- I do have a name.
- What, you're an athlete?
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00:19:02,852 --> 00:19:07,190
- You're not on MTV, are you?
- My name is Johnson.
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00:19:07,232 --> 00:19:10,109
Jeff Johnson.
The name you know.
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00:19:11,194 --> 00:19:13,196
Jeff Johnson?
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00:19:16,032 --> 00:19:20,328
Well, that's a name even our
Alzheimer's group will remember.
323
00:19:20,370 --> 00:19:24,040
I'm not quite sure I understand,
Professor Franklin.
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00:19:24,123 --> 00:19:27,585
You did your doctoral thesis
on my husband?
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00:19:27,669 --> 00:19:30,213
Yes, Mrs. Johnson.
Your husband was a very great man.
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00:19:30,296 --> 00:19:32,423
He did so much to help my people.
327
00:19:32,507 --> 00:19:35,927
I remember the time he said
that welfare is a drug...
328
00:19:35,969 --> 00:19:38,388
and you have to kick it
like cold turkey.
329
00:19:38,429 --> 00:19:42,016
And at the time, I was on welfare
and I did just that.
330
00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:44,811
It inspired me to get on with
my life. Very inspirational.
331
00:19:44,894 --> 00:19:47,063
Yes, well, really,
I'm sure if he were alive...
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00:19:47,105 --> 00:19:49,691
I was actually in the audience one day
when he looked out and he said,
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00:19:49,774 --> 00:19:54,070
"If you people'd just get off
your dead asses and go look for work,
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00:19:54,153 --> 00:19:56,489
maybe America can be a decent place
to live in again."
335
00:19:56,573 --> 00:19:59,784
That inspired me.
My God, it made me move my ass.
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00:19:59,868 --> 00:20:01,870
And I have a poster
of that on my wall,
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00:20:01,953 --> 00:20:05,331
and I show it to all my relatives
and friends and Negroes.
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00:20:05,415 --> 00:20:10,295
Really, well. It's kind of you to come
all the way from... Where was it?
339
00:20:10,378 --> 00:20:13,173
The Wilson Pickett State,
Teachers' College, ma'am.
340
00:20:13,256 --> 00:20:16,676
But I didn't just come here to pay
my respects to your husband.
341
00:20:16,759 --> 00:20:19,762
I came here because, because
your husband deserves an archive...
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00:20:19,846 --> 00:20:22,348
where students
can study his legacy.
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00:20:22,432 --> 00:20:25,977
- So you want his papers.
- Not just his papers, ma'am.
344
00:20:26,060 --> 00:20:30,023
I would like all buttons
and posters and bumper stickers...
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00:20:30,106 --> 00:20:32,859
and all the campaign paraphernalia
you can spare, ma'am.
346
00:20:32,942 --> 00:20:35,904
I know you may have a sentimental attachment
to a lot of these things and you...
347
00:20:35,987 --> 00:20:39,115
- Take 'em.
- Pardon me?
348
00:20:39,199 --> 00:20:41,951
Take 'em all. Do you want
the wedding photos too?
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00:20:43,495 --> 00:20:46,039
- I don't know if I think that's necessary.
- That's lucky.
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00:20:46,122 --> 00:20:48,541
So you won't have to go
rooting around in the garbage.
351
00:20:54,005 --> 00:20:56,174
You're in pretty good shape
for a professor.
352
00:20:57,717 --> 00:20:59,594
Do you work out?
353
00:21:01,179 --> 00:21:03,306
Why, yes. Do you?
354
00:21:03,348 --> 00:21:06,184
Why, yes.
355
00:21:17,195 --> 00:21:20,865
Are you sure you don't
wanna come to Washington with us, Homer?
356
00:21:20,949 --> 00:21:23,159
No, I got a business to run.
357
00:21:30,416 --> 00:21:31,459
Bye-bye.
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00:21:31,501 --> 00:21:34,963
Hello. Who?
359
00:21:36,756 --> 00:21:41,636
League of Women Voters. No,
Mr. Johnson will not attend the debate.
360
00:21:41,719 --> 00:21:45,306
No, I'm sorry, Betty. I cannot
tie up this line. Thank you.
361
00:21:46,516 --> 00:21:49,811
Hello?
362
00:21:49,894 --> 00:21:54,774
Star-Ledger. No, we're fresh out
of photographs of Mr. Johnson.
363
00:21:54,858 --> 00:21:57,861
No, you can't. He's just had surgery
for a deviated septum.
364
00:21:58,945 --> 00:22:00,989
Yeah, thank you.
365
00:22:01,072 --> 00:22:03,074
Hello?
366
00:22:04,492 --> 00:22:07,620
Ja, this is Inga.
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00:22:07,704 --> 00:22:09,998
Cast your vote for Jeff Johnson.
368
00:22:10,039 --> 00:22:12,750
Good old Jeff,
the name that you can trust.
369
00:22:12,834 --> 00:22:17,505
The name that you know.
Jeff Johnson.
370
00:22:17,589 --> 00:22:20,300
Why you no vote
Jeff Johnson? He the name you know.
371
00:22:20,383 --> 00:22:23,511
Go down vote for Jeff.
Jeff Johnson, the name you know.
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00:22:23,595 --> 00:22:27,015
Hey, you, eatin'
the greens, and you on the corn bread.
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00:22:27,098 --> 00:22:30,059
Put that down and cast your vote
for Jeff Johnson, the name you know.
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00:22:30,143 --> 00:22:34,022
You know it's good. Jeff is good,
just like them greens. Jeff and greens.
375
00:22:34,105 --> 00:22:36,441
When you think greens,
think Jeff Johnson.
376
00:22:36,524 --> 00:22:40,361
In this meshugeneh
world, you wanna vote for Jeff Johnson.
377
00:22:40,445 --> 00:22:44,991
I don't know why I gotta drive through here and
tell you this. You should know who to vote for.
378
00:22:45,074 --> 00:22:48,161
Put a vote in for Jeff
because he's a good person.
379
00:22:48,244 --> 00:22:50,747
What, are you crazy?
380
00:22:50,830 --> 00:22:53,791
We're not gonna
show you Jeff Johnson waving a flag,
381
00:22:53,875 --> 00:22:56,169
and we're not gonna show you
Jeff Johnson kissing babies.
382
00:22:56,252 --> 00:23:00,423
We're not gonna show you Jeff Johnson
doing anything because you already know...
383
00:23:00,507 --> 00:23:02,467
what Jeff Johnson can do.
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00:23:02,509 --> 00:23:06,971
Tomorrow, vote Jeff Johnson,
the name you know.
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00:23:07,055 --> 00:23:09,098
- That sound white enough?
- That was very white.
386
00:23:09,182 --> 00:23:12,685
Yeah. That's chilling, actually.
Almost scared myself.
387
00:23:12,769 --> 00:23:14,354
Fantastic.
388
00:23:14,437 --> 00:23:17,941
Tomorrow, vote Jeff Johnson,
the name you know.
389
00:23:30,954 --> 00:23:32,914
Who do we vote for
for Congress?
390
00:23:32,997 --> 00:23:36,334
- Don't we always vote for Johnson?
- That's it, Johnson.
391
00:23:38,628 --> 00:23:42,090
If you're just joining us,
our exit polls project that in Florida,
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00:23:42,173 --> 00:23:46,761
an unknown independent candidate,
whose sole asset appears to be his name,
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00:23:46,845 --> 00:23:49,347
may just possibly win
a slim victory.
394
00:23:58,356 --> 00:24:00,316
Is that him? Is that him?
395
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:05,280
Patricia, I believe that
Congressman-Elect Johnson has just arrived.
396
00:24:07,156 --> 00:24:09,868
Excuse me, please. Coming through.
397
00:24:09,951 --> 00:24:13,163
We need to get through, please.
398
00:24:13,246 --> 00:24:16,541
- Come on. Come on.
- Coming through. Thank you.
399
00:24:16,624 --> 00:24:18,668
Congratulations!
400
00:24:21,379 --> 00:24:23,298
Wait a minute. Wait a minute!
401
00:24:23,339 --> 00:24:26,259
Hey!
Hey, thank you!
402
00:24:26,342 --> 00:24:31,097
Thank you so much!
People,
403
00:24:31,181 --> 00:24:36,144
we ran a positive campaign.
404
00:24:36,227 --> 00:24:39,230
We campaigned on the issue.
405
00:24:39,314 --> 00:24:42,901
The issue is change.
406
00:24:42,984 --> 00:24:46,446
Change for the future.
407
00:24:46,529 --> 00:24:48,489
The people have spoken!
408
00:24:55,371 --> 00:24:58,416
Ask not what your country
can do for you.
409
00:25:00,168 --> 00:25:04,589
You have nothing to fear
but fear itself.
410
00:25:04,631 --> 00:25:08,968
If you can't stand the heat,
get out of the kitchen.
411
00:25:10,386 --> 00:25:12,805
Live free or die.
412
00:25:12,889 --> 00:25:16,684
And in conclusion,
read my lips.
413
00:25:29,656 --> 00:25:31,699
Mira, mira, mira.
414
00:25:37,038 --> 00:25:39,207
The promised land.
415
00:25:41,042 --> 00:25:44,170
Continental flight 228 to Chicago...
416
00:25:44,254 --> 00:25:48,466
Congressman Johnson.
Congressman Johnson, Arthur Reinhardt.
417
00:25:48,550 --> 00:25:50,844
You don't remember me.
418
00:25:50,927 --> 00:25:53,888
- I was Congressman Johnson's
administrative assistant. - Yes.
419
00:25:53,930 --> 00:25:56,140
I Fed Ex'ed all that material
to you down in Florida.
420
00:25:56,224 --> 00:25:58,226
Yeah, yeah.
Well, you know.
421
00:25:58,309 --> 00:26:00,144
You look just like
I thought you would look.
422
00:26:00,228 --> 00:26:02,480
You see his little
wing-tip shoes on?
423
00:26:02,564 --> 00:26:04,482
I... Thank you.
424
00:26:04,566 --> 00:26:07,068
Congressman, I hope you don't think
I'm outta line for meeting you here.
425
00:26:07,110 --> 00:26:10,280
I just thought you might need help with
logistics, settling in at your hotel.
426
00:26:10,363 --> 00:26:13,783
Since you didn't make it to the Harvard
seminar for freshmen congressmen,
427
00:26:13,825 --> 00:26:16,744
I took the liberty of putting together
a set of their papers for you.
428
00:26:16,828 --> 00:26:20,748
Thank you for your initiative, but I gotta
admit to you, I've never been much of a student.
429
00:26:20,790 --> 00:26:23,668
But you can brief
my staff on that, you know.
430
00:26:25,753 --> 00:26:27,881
Staff, what hotel
are we staying at?
431
00:26:27,964 --> 00:26:30,425
- You book the hotel?
- No. Talk to him.
432
00:26:30,508 --> 00:26:32,594
- You book the hotel?
- What hotel?
433
00:26:32,677 --> 00:26:35,847
Nobody told me
about no damn hotel.
434
00:26:35,930 --> 00:26:38,433
Is, staff...
435
00:26:38,516 --> 00:26:42,896
obviously failed to nail
some vital details, so...
436
00:26:42,979 --> 00:26:45,940
Geez,
the world bank's in town.
437
00:26:46,024 --> 00:26:48,067
Where we gonna find you a room?
438
00:26:49,152 --> 00:26:51,112
Hey, I kick your ass.
439
00:26:53,198 --> 00:26:56,201
You have to be firm
with the staff sometimes.
440
00:26:56,284 --> 00:27:00,663
Continental
flight 228 to Chicago O'Hare is now...
441
00:27:00,705 --> 00:27:02,916
I got lucky at the Hay-Adams.
442
00:27:02,999 --> 00:27:06,044
- There was a coup in Uruguay.
- Que?
443
00:27:06,127 --> 00:27:09,422
- What?
- Uruguay.
444
00:27:09,506 --> 00:27:11,466
Anyway, their delegation
just checked out.
445
00:27:11,549 --> 00:27:14,427
You're a wizard, Reinhardt, and I knew
we could count on you. Let's go.
446
00:27:14,511 --> 00:27:16,429
- Hey, you got that?
- Yes, sir.
447
00:27:16,513 --> 00:27:18,473
Careful with that bag.
448
00:27:18,556 --> 00:27:20,725
Don't throw it in there like that.
I paid too much for that bag.
449
00:27:20,808 --> 00:27:22,602
- Say, Congressman?
- Yo.
450
00:27:22,685 --> 00:27:25,355
I'd like to ask you something.
451
00:27:25,396 --> 00:27:29,943
I would appreciate it if you
would consider me to be your A.A.
452
00:27:30,026 --> 00:27:33,863
That's very nice of you.
That's a very decent gesture.
453
00:27:33,905 --> 00:27:36,699
But yo, man, listen.
I'm a social drinker.
454
00:27:36,783 --> 00:27:40,119
I don't really hit
the bottle very much.
455
00:27:40,203 --> 00:27:42,622
Yeah, yeah. No, no.
456
00:27:42,705 --> 00:27:44,791
administrative assistant.
457
00:27:44,874 --> 00:27:48,169
- As you know, I used to work
for Congressman Johnson.
458
00:27:48,211 --> 00:27:52,090
And I would like to work for you,
Congressman Johnson.
459
00:27:53,883 --> 00:27:57,637
So it would be sorta like an affirmative
action sorta thing.
460
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,348
Only kidding. I got your resume.
I'll call you, okay?
461
00:28:00,390 --> 00:28:03,852
- I'll look forward to hearing from you?
- Look forward to talking to you.
462
00:28:29,460 --> 00:28:32,589
Ooh, baby!
463
00:28:41,639 --> 00:28:44,100
Congressman Corman's office.
464
00:28:52,483 --> 00:28:55,862
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
465
00:29:03,995 --> 00:29:07,457
- Members only. - We're going up to
Congressman Johnson's office.
466
00:29:07,499 --> 00:29:10,293
I hate to be the one to tell you,
but Congressman Johnson died.
467
00:29:12,504 --> 00:29:16,090
I'm the new congressman. I'm Congressman
Johnson and this is my staff.
468
00:29:16,174 --> 00:29:18,968
I'm sorry, Congressman.
I didn't see your pin.
469
00:29:19,010 --> 00:29:22,722
In fact, I still
don't see your pin.
470
00:29:22,805 --> 00:29:25,725
- What pin?
- Your member-of-Congress pin.
471
00:29:27,894 --> 00:29:32,649
- I'm gonna have to look you up.
- I'm in the book under Johnson. Thomas Johnson.
472
00:29:32,690 --> 00:29:35,318
Congressman.
473
00:29:35,401 --> 00:29:37,820
Thomas Jefferson Johnson.
474
00:29:37,904 --> 00:29:41,407
- Yeah, I'm the man.
- No picture available.
475
00:29:41,491 --> 00:29:46,412
Wait a second. I have my driver's
license with me. Got a picture in late.
476
00:29:46,496 --> 00:29:48,832
Here it...
If I can get it out.
477
00:29:50,166 --> 00:29:53,253
Driver's license.
478
00:29:54,587 --> 00:29:57,966
See? Same cat.
479
00:29:58,049 --> 00:30:01,678
How could I ever have doubted you?
Where to?
480
00:30:01,719 --> 00:30:03,638
We're going up to 518.
481
00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,975
Well, the elevator only goes to four.
You'll have to take the stairs from there.
482
00:30:10,687 --> 00:30:14,148
Are you gonna be grabbin' my ass
like old Congressman Johnson?
483
00:30:14,190 --> 00:30:16,734
No. I would
never grab your ass.
484
00:30:16,818 --> 00:30:20,238
Well, you said that awful fast.
What's wrong with my ass?
485
00:30:20,321 --> 00:30:22,323
There's nothing
wrong with your ass.
486
00:30:22,407 --> 00:30:25,451
I'm just, you know, I'm just, what,
I'm, I'm the new congressman,
487
00:30:25,535 --> 00:30:28,121
and I won't be doin' none
of those things he did.
488
00:30:28,204 --> 00:30:31,749
I ain't gonna grab nobody's old ass.
I mean, I ain't gonna grab nobody's ass.
489
00:30:31,833 --> 00:30:34,544
You know? Hey, I think we
on the fourth floor.
490
00:30:34,627 --> 00:30:37,297
I'll grab it.
491
00:30:42,302 --> 00:30:45,388
Stairs are to the right.
Enjoy.
492
00:30:48,558 --> 00:30:50,476
Later, baby.
493
00:31:30,475 --> 00:31:32,477
Wait here a second.
494
00:31:39,776 --> 00:31:42,612
Good morning, Congressman.
495
00:31:42,654 --> 00:31:46,241
What is this shit-hole?
Look at this place. What is this?
496
00:31:46,324 --> 00:31:51,120
Um... you missed
the freshman lottery for offices.
497
00:31:51,204 --> 00:31:53,289
They assign them by draw.
498
00:31:53,373 --> 00:31:57,627
You didn't show for the draw,
so you got the worst office in Congress.
499
00:31:57,669 --> 00:31:59,462
What lottery?
I missed a lottery?
500
00:31:59,504 --> 00:32:02,882
It was all in those briefing books
I mailed you.
501
00:32:05,802 --> 00:32:08,263
What else have we missed here?
502
00:32:08,346 --> 00:32:11,099
Are you hiring me, Congressman?
503
00:32:12,392 --> 00:32:14,811
- It's a shakedown.
- Excuse me?
504
00:32:14,853 --> 00:32:18,857
Ho-ho-ho! You're shaking
me down, aren't you?
505
00:32:18,940 --> 00:32:20,942
Okay, I'm gonna love this town.
506
00:32:21,025 --> 00:32:24,404
Okay, I've been here five minutes
and you're already shaking me down.
507
00:32:24,487 --> 00:32:26,406
All right, you're hired.
508
00:32:26,489 --> 00:32:30,118
Listen, fill me in on everything
'cause I don't wanna miss the good shit.
509
00:32:45,550 --> 00:32:49,179
- Let's go meet the natives.
- Yeah.
510
00:32:49,220 --> 00:32:52,765
Can you be
a little more elegant than that?
511
00:32:52,849 --> 00:32:54,851
Shakin' your ass and shit.
512
00:32:58,521 --> 00:33:01,107
Hey, how ya doin'?
Thomas Johnson.
513
00:33:01,191 --> 00:33:04,360
Rafe Simon, freshman from Tulsa.
And this is...
514
00:33:04,444 --> 00:33:07,864
- Bo Chandler from...
- Lufkin, Texas.
515
00:33:07,906 --> 00:33:10,492
Great party.
516
00:33:10,575 --> 00:33:13,870
You're Jeff Johnson,
the guy from Florida.
517
00:33:13,912 --> 00:33:15,663
Yeah, that's me.
518
00:33:15,747 --> 00:33:19,083
You know, the rest of us were
out there on the campaign trail,
519
00:33:19,167 --> 00:33:24,047
raising money, kissing ass, making speeches,
dragging our butts from place to place.
520
00:33:24,088 --> 00:33:26,216
And he slides in
on pure name recognition.
521
00:33:27,926 --> 00:33:31,095
Let me tell you something, Jeff.
522
00:33:31,179 --> 00:33:33,097
Fuckin' brilliant!
523
00:33:35,225 --> 00:33:39,187
I thought I was gonna have to kick
somebody's... Okay. Hey, no, I'm sorry.
524
00:33:39,229 --> 00:33:41,356
Thanks a lot.
And don't call me Jeff.
525
00:33:41,439 --> 00:33:44,734
Jeff is my working name. My name is
Thomas, and this is my cousin, Miss Loretta.
526
00:33:44,817 --> 00:33:49,572
How do you do? How do you do?
527
00:33:49,614 --> 00:33:51,699
What were you guys before you
got elected? Lawyers or something?
528
00:33:51,783 --> 00:33:55,703
Hey, no. I did morning weather
and traffic for KTOK in Tulsa.
529
00:33:55,787 --> 00:33:58,206
You don't remember me?
530
00:33:58,289 --> 00:34:01,251
Tight end for the Oilers?
My knee gimped out on me?
531
00:34:01,292 --> 00:34:05,505
Yes! Hey, man.
I was wonderin' what happened to you.
532
00:34:05,588 --> 00:34:08,007
- Why don't you stop by my reception?
- Yeah, but don't go...
533
00:34:08,091 --> 00:34:09,884
to his reception before
you go to my reception.
534
00:34:09,968 --> 00:34:12,428
I'm gonna be offended
if you don't come by my reception.
535
00:34:12,470 --> 00:34:14,430
- Okay.
- Okay.
536
00:34:14,514 --> 00:34:16,891
I guess you're gonna
have to have a reception.
537
00:34:16,975 --> 00:34:18,893
Yes, I guess we'll have
to have something.
538
00:34:18,977 --> 00:34:21,771
Shit, I don't know nothin'
about no reception.
539
00:34:21,813 --> 00:34:24,899
You know what I love about this town?
The way everybody call you a member.
540
00:34:24,941 --> 00:34:27,944
Every time I hear that,
it make me think about Mister Happy.
541
00:34:28,027 --> 00:34:30,488
Hey, hey!
542
00:34:30,530 --> 00:34:34,284
Watch them sprinklets, man! He's
laughin' and piss shootin' everyplace.
543
00:34:34,325 --> 00:34:36,953
I got a sprinkler too now.
Back at ya!
544
00:34:37,036 --> 00:34:38,538
All right, then.
545
00:34:39,998 --> 00:34:42,667
- Mike Hoyt, lowa.
- Thomas Johnson, Florida.
546
00:34:42,750 --> 00:34:46,713
So how'd you wind up in D.C., lowa? You
do the crop report on TV or somethin'?
547
00:34:46,796 --> 00:34:49,090
No, actually, I owe it all
to the Vietnamese.
548
00:34:49,132 --> 00:34:51,134
You're a war hero.
549
00:34:51,217 --> 00:34:53,678
P.O.W. When I got back
to Cedar Rapids,
550
00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:57,307
I spent so many years telling the Rotary
Club what was wrong in Washington...
551
00:34:57,348 --> 00:35:00,143
they finally told me to either
put up or shut up. Ha!
552
00:35:00,226 --> 00:35:02,228
So I put up, and here I am.
553
00:35:02,312 --> 00:35:05,648
What are you talkin' about? What's wrong
with Washington? Washington's great!
554
00:35:05,732 --> 00:35:08,943
Come on. We got acid rain
killing fish and nobody's stopping it.
555
00:35:09,027 --> 00:35:11,488
There's topsoil being washed away.
No erosion programs.
556
00:35:11,529 --> 00:35:14,491
- Why, there's chemicals in the livestock that...
- We might have some luck.
557
00:35:14,532 --> 00:35:17,619
My God, I sound like a boy scout.
558
00:35:17,660 --> 00:35:21,789
No, actually, that's nice. This town
could use a few geeks like you.
559
00:35:24,417 --> 00:35:27,212
- Hi.
- Pete Slocum, Asbestos Information Institute.
560
00:35:27,295 --> 00:35:29,214
How are ya, Pete?
Nice to meet ya.
561
00:35:29,297 --> 00:35:31,341
Ken Korngold, National
Distilled Spirits Association.
562
00:35:31,424 --> 00:35:33,510
- Very good to meet you, Ken.
- Nice to meet you.
563
00:35:33,593 --> 00:35:36,679
- Paul Zeckhauser, American Tobacco Council.
- How are you, Paul?
564
00:35:36,721 --> 00:35:40,308
I hope you can all come to my reception.
You know Miss Loretta from my office.
565
00:35:40,350 --> 00:35:42,435
- Hi. Hello.
- Terry Corrigan.
566
00:35:42,519 --> 00:35:47,440
Soon as I saw how you got elected,
I knew you were a real comer.
567
00:35:47,524 --> 00:35:50,109
Hell, I bet Olaf Andersen
voted for you.
568
00:35:50,193 --> 00:35:52,070
I don't know.
Who's Olaf Andersen?
569
00:35:52,111 --> 00:35:54,948
Won't tell him you asked.
Fella on the left up there.
570
00:35:55,031 --> 00:35:56,866
Chairman, Gulf Coast Power.
571
00:35:56,908 --> 00:35:59,536
Constituent of yours,
client of mine.
572
00:35:59,619 --> 00:36:01,704
Pays the rent,
know what I mean?
573
00:36:01,788 --> 00:36:04,874
Say, could I host a "welcome
to Washington" fund-raiser for you,
574
00:36:04,958 --> 00:36:07,001
down at my law firm
on K Street?
575
00:36:07,085 --> 00:36:10,713
- Absolutely.
- At $500 a head,
576
00:36:10,797 --> 00:36:14,259
you could pick up 20, 25 grand
to help you get started.
577
00:36:16,427 --> 00:36:18,513
And how much of that
are you gonna get?
578
00:36:18,596 --> 00:36:20,640
It doesn't come off the top.
579
00:36:20,723 --> 00:36:25,353
Down the road, I'll bill each of them
500 an hour whenever I take you to lunch.
580
00:36:28,273 --> 00:36:31,067
You know, Terry, you and I
are gonna be so close.
581
00:36:33,653 --> 00:36:36,489
I wanna welcome
the new members to Washington.
582
00:36:41,494 --> 00:36:44,247
We haven't had a freshman class
this big in a long time.
583
00:36:46,791 --> 00:36:50,712
Well, Congress needs your new blood, and
you in turn are gonna need new friends.
584
00:36:50,795 --> 00:36:55,258
That's why, tonight, we unite
the two great pillars of our system.
585
00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:57,385
Political and financial.
586
00:36:57,468 --> 00:37:00,930
Now, you know, Congress
has taken many hits of late.
587
00:37:01,014 --> 00:37:02,891
But, Congressmen,
look around you.
588
00:37:02,932 --> 00:37:07,896
The people you see here tonight
are the ones that have stood behind us.
589
00:37:07,979 --> 00:37:12,066
And they are the ones that will be
invaluable to you in your next campaign,
590
00:37:12,150 --> 00:37:15,069
which I might remind you
is less than two years away.
591
00:37:15,111 --> 00:37:19,949
Now this is our system of checks
and balances at its very finest.
592
00:37:20,033 --> 00:37:24,078
Dick Dodge, from your home state.
Gonna run for speaker.
593
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,789
Raises more money
than any other member.
594
00:37:26,831 --> 00:37:29,292
But, of course,
he's on the right committee,
595
00:37:29,334 --> 00:37:32,420
- Which makes all the difference.
- Yeah, of course.
596
00:37:32,462 --> 00:37:35,256
But I'm not telling you anything
you don't already know.
597
00:37:35,340 --> 00:37:40,178
No, he's on the right committee, so
I guess that makes all the difference.
598
00:37:40,261 --> 00:37:45,141
Not just on the committee.
He's chairman of it.
599
00:37:45,225 --> 00:37:48,686
The big boys have to line up
to take numbers...
600
00:37:48,770 --> 00:37:50,772
to throw money his way.
601
00:37:50,855 --> 00:37:54,818
- Your friends can always call on you.
- No shit.
602
00:37:54,859 --> 00:37:56,986
Thank you very much.
603
00:37:57,070 --> 00:37:59,489
Mr. Johnson?
604
00:37:59,531 --> 00:38:01,574
You know, it's customary
for the new members...
605
00:38:01,658 --> 00:38:06,079
to pay a visit on us old fogies in the
leadership, especially from your home state.
606
00:38:06,162 --> 00:38:09,290
Well, I would have, but I
just got in town. I'm sorry, man.
607
00:38:09,332 --> 00:38:11,960
You know, you can make up for it
by having a nightcap with me.
608
00:38:12,001 --> 00:38:15,755
- Absolutely.
- Can I have my car take you home?
609
00:38:20,802 --> 00:38:22,804
Excuse me, Mr. Chairman,
610
00:38:22,887 --> 00:38:26,307
but you ain't about to start no homo
shit, are you? 'Cause I ain't with it.
611
00:38:26,349 --> 00:38:28,685
Hey.
612
00:38:28,768 --> 00:38:33,189
No! But that's good thinking, Thomas.
I'm impressed by your instincts.
613
00:38:33,231 --> 00:38:35,525
I didn't wanna
have to whup your ass.
614
00:38:35,608 --> 00:38:37,777
You know what I mean?
615
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,962
Tell me, Mr. Johnson,
why'd you come to Washington?
616
00:38:57,714 --> 00:39:01,384
Well, of course, it's an opportunity
to do something for my country, and...
617
00:39:01,426 --> 00:39:03,803
Now let's just cut the bullshit.
618
00:39:03,887 --> 00:39:05,805
I saw how you got elected.
619
00:39:05,889 --> 00:39:08,850
Now flukes like you are either
nut cases or troublemakers.
620
00:39:08,892 --> 00:39:12,353
I just wanna know which one
I've got on my hands.
621
00:39:12,437 --> 00:39:14,355
Why did you run for Congress?
622
00:39:16,357 --> 00:39:18,860
- No bullshit?
- No bullshit.
623
00:39:18,902 --> 00:39:21,070
We got this whole
topsoil problem...
624
00:39:21,154 --> 00:39:24,240
and, acid rain
is killing cattle.
625
00:39:24,324 --> 00:39:27,494
What? Yes? What? What?
626
00:39:27,577 --> 00:39:31,331
- What?
- Einhardt! Wake up!
627
00:39:38,630 --> 00:39:41,424
What is the name of that committee
Dick Dodge is chairman of?
628
00:39:41,466 --> 00:39:43,885
- Congressman, this is a surprise.
- Come on, man, spit it out.
629
00:39:43,968 --> 00:39:46,596
What's the name of the committee?
630
00:39:46,638 --> 00:39:48,723
Come on, come on, come on.
What is it?
631
00:39:48,806 --> 00:39:52,685
Power and Industry.
632
00:39:52,769 --> 00:39:54,687
- Is something wrong with the hotel?
- No.
633
00:39:54,771 --> 00:39:56,940
Tell me about this Power and Industry.
I heard it's really good.
634
00:39:56,981 --> 00:39:59,943
- This is a good thing, right?
- Yes, they call it "the honey pot."
635
00:40:00,026 --> 00:40:04,823
Each member is constantly being lobbied
by every cash-rich trade group in town.
636
00:40:04,906 --> 00:40:07,867
It's 2:40 a.m.
Did you realize that?
637
00:40:07,951 --> 00:40:10,662
Man, forget that!
We're public servants.
638
00:40:10,745 --> 00:40:12,914
Time ain't supposed to mean
nothin' to us, right?
639
00:40:12,997 --> 00:40:16,626
- How do I get on this committee?
- Um, that would be seniority.
640
00:40:16,668 --> 00:40:19,754
After six terms in office,
641
00:40:19,838 --> 00:40:22,048
say, 12 years of service,
642
00:40:22,131 --> 00:40:25,593
your name moves along the list
and before you know it,
643
00:40:25,677 --> 00:40:28,972
you're off the Fisheries committee
and on to Power and Industry.
644
00:40:29,013 --> 00:40:33,101
- Can this wait? I'm much more coherent
in the morning. - No, you're doin' fine.
645
00:40:33,142 --> 00:40:36,980
But I need to know how I can get
on this committee, like, immediately.
646
00:40:37,021 --> 00:40:40,066
Okay, okay.
All right, all right.
647
00:40:40,149 --> 00:40:42,110
Immediately. Immediately.
648
00:40:42,193 --> 00:40:45,530
- Within, say, your next four years?
- No, no, no, no.
649
00:40:45,572 --> 00:40:47,991
Immediately,
like in my first four days.
650
00:40:57,250 --> 00:40:59,669
Now you're a smart guy.
That's why I hired you.
651
00:40:59,752 --> 00:41:02,797
You might be standin' here
in these fire engine boxer shorts,
652
00:41:02,839 --> 00:41:05,758
but I have faith in you.
I'm countin' on you.
653
00:41:05,842 --> 00:41:07,594
- Talk to me, Reinhardt.
- Yes, thank you.
654
00:41:07,677 --> 00:41:09,637
I don't think
it's possible, sir.
655
00:41:09,679 --> 00:41:12,724
It would be unprecedented
for a freshman congressman...
656
00:41:12,807 --> 00:41:14,809
to be put onto that committee.
657
00:41:14,851 --> 00:41:16,769
Unless...
658
00:41:16,853 --> 00:41:20,190
Well, only in the most remote,
659
00:41:20,273 --> 00:41:23,026
hypo...
hypothetical situation.
660
00:41:23,109 --> 00:41:25,445
Yes?
661
00:41:25,528 --> 00:41:27,572
- This is ridiculous, right?
- For instance?
662
00:41:27,655 --> 00:41:31,534
Well, if the, President
of the United States...
663
00:41:31,576 --> 00:41:34,078
were to do you a personal favor.
664
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:37,665
Or, some enormously powerful
special interest group.
665
00:41:37,749 --> 00:41:40,001
Chairman Dodge, please.
666
00:41:40,084 --> 00:41:44,839
Will you tell him that it's Mr. Joshua
Benjamin from the NAACP on the line?
667
00:41:48,551 --> 00:41:51,137
No, ma'am, actually, you'll
be of a great deal of help.
668
00:41:51,221 --> 00:41:53,932
I have a few minor questions.
I would like to know...
669
00:41:54,015 --> 00:41:58,686
how many members of the chairman's
committee are African-Americans.
670
00:41:58,770 --> 00:42:03,525
None. Well, I'm sure you have
a Latino member on the committee.
671
00:42:03,608 --> 00:42:05,735
No Latinos either.
672
00:42:05,777 --> 00:42:10,740
Does the chairman have any Asians or
any Native Americans on the committee?
673
00:42:10,782 --> 00:42:13,243
No Asians and no natives.
674
00:42:13,284 --> 00:42:17,539
Does the chairman have any handicaps
or gays on the committee?
675
00:42:17,622 --> 00:42:21,334
No gays. Well, you've been
of a great deal of help.
676
00:42:21,417 --> 00:42:26,089
Just forget I even called.
Just tell him I said hi.
677
00:42:26,172 --> 00:42:30,176
Okay, um, Armando, Van Dyke,
you guys are up next.
678
00:42:30,260 --> 00:42:32,846
I'll go hit 'em with
the Urban League right away.
679
00:42:32,929 --> 00:42:38,101
Fine. And I'll be the conference of
Southern Baptist Bishops.
680
00:42:38,184 --> 00:42:40,061
What do you want me to do?
681
00:42:42,939 --> 00:42:45,942
Hi. We haven't met yet.
682
00:42:45,984 --> 00:42:48,570
I'm Loretta Hicks.
Congressman Johnson's office?
683
00:42:48,653 --> 00:42:52,282
Hi. I'm Kimberly Meadows.
I work for Chairman Dodge.
684
00:42:52,365 --> 00:42:55,827
Power and Industry.
How'd you get that job?
685
00:42:55,910 --> 00:42:58,037
I used to serve under
the other Congressman Johnson,
686
00:42:58,121 --> 00:43:01,291
so I had the right experience.
687
00:43:01,374 --> 00:43:04,919
Well, I hope you haven't
been bothered by the pickets.
688
00:43:05,003 --> 00:43:07,463
What pickets?
689
00:43:07,505 --> 00:43:10,550
Did, did I let
the cat out of the bag?
690
00:43:10,633 --> 00:43:13,970
- Are we gonna be picketed?
- Look, you've got to promise...
691
00:43:14,012 --> 00:43:15,972
not to say where
you heard this from.
692
00:43:16,014 --> 00:43:18,349
- Not even my congressman knows.
- I promise.
693
00:43:18,433 --> 00:43:23,062
Okay. My boyfriend works
at the Rainbow Coalition,
694
00:43:23,146 --> 00:43:24,480
and he said...
695
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:34,407
Congressman Johnson's office.
Chairman Dodge?
696
00:43:36,409 --> 00:43:39,329
Yes. Okay.
697
00:43:41,206 --> 00:43:43,333
That was Dodge.
He wants to see you pronto.
698
00:43:44,542 --> 00:43:46,628
So we still haven't
lost our touch.
699
00:43:49,297 --> 00:43:51,591
Asi.
700
00:43:51,674 --> 00:43:54,511
He should be back in a moment,
Congressman Johnson.
701
00:43:54,594 --> 00:43:56,513
They're here now.
702
00:43:56,596 --> 00:43:58,556
- We haven't met. Eli Hawkins.
- How ya doin'?
703
00:43:58,598 --> 00:44:01,226
Brother Eli. Yeah. All right.
704
00:44:01,309 --> 00:44:05,063
- All right. Thomas Johnson.
- Yes, I know. The Florida upset.
705
00:44:05,146 --> 00:44:07,816
Now that you're here,
what are you gonna do with it?
706
00:44:07,899 --> 00:44:11,694
You gonna feather your own nest, or are
you gonna make something of your office?
707
00:44:11,736 --> 00:44:16,032
Hey, I'm gonna be as good a congressmen
as anybody else up here, all right?
708
00:44:16,074 --> 00:44:18,076
Exactly what does that mean?
709
00:44:21,788 --> 00:44:24,582
Well, ever since
I got back from, from 'Nam...
710
00:44:24,666 --> 00:44:27,544
I personally wanna do something
about the rain forests.
711
00:44:27,585 --> 00:44:31,047
Well, do me a favor. Don't tell me.
I've just had my lunch.
712
00:44:31,130 --> 00:44:35,093
Eli, you're gonna have to excuse us. Thomas
and I are late for a meeting. Come on in.
713
00:44:35,176 --> 00:44:37,095
What's his problem?
714
00:44:41,224 --> 00:44:45,353
Mr. Chairman, I have been meaning
to ask your advice about something.
715
00:44:45,436 --> 00:44:48,273
I'm always available
to a young man from my state.
716
00:44:48,356 --> 00:44:50,567
Great. It's about
committee assignments.
717
00:44:50,650 --> 00:44:55,029
Now that's interesting. That's just
the thing I had in mind. Go ahead.
718
00:44:55,071 --> 00:44:57,824
For the last two days,
I have been getting approached...
719
00:44:57,907 --> 00:45:00,285
by a bunch of chairmen
from different committees.
720
00:45:00,368 --> 00:45:02,412
I've been approached by the people
from Foreign Affairs.
721
00:45:02,495 --> 00:45:05,790
I've been approached by the people
from Ways and Means and Armed Services.
722
00:45:05,874 --> 00:45:08,084
They all want me on their committees
and I don't know why.
723
00:45:08,126 --> 00:45:11,588
- I'll be damned!
- You can understand my dilemma, 'cause it's like,
724
00:45:11,629 --> 00:45:14,966
with Foreign Affairs, you get to
fly off to Paris whenever you want.
725
00:45:15,049 --> 00:45:17,969
With Armed Services,
they got bases all over the globe.
726
00:45:18,052 --> 00:45:21,139
Son, are you familiar with
my committee? Power and Industry?
727
00:45:21,222 --> 00:45:25,435
Yeah. But, it's not as well
known as these other committees.
728
00:45:25,476 --> 00:45:29,355
Well, maybe not, but you've
been very frank with me.
729
00:45:29,439 --> 00:45:32,317
I'm gonna be
extremely frank with you.
730
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:35,737
These other committees,
they're nickel-and-dime stuff.
731
00:45:35,778 --> 00:45:38,406
Power and Industry,
think of what we cover.
732
00:45:38,490 --> 00:45:42,952
Energy, transportation,
insurance, the environment.
733
00:45:43,036 --> 00:45:45,788
Hell, son, there's no better
committee on the Hill.
734
00:45:45,830 --> 00:45:48,791
That is, if you're interested
in fund-raising.
735
00:45:48,833 --> 00:45:52,754
I am, very much. It's just that these
other chairmen made pretty strong cases.
736
00:45:52,837 --> 00:45:55,006
These other chairmen
aren't from your home state.
737
00:45:57,008 --> 00:45:59,844
They're not offering
to take you under their wing.
738
00:45:59,928 --> 00:46:03,932
- Look out for your future.
- And you are?
739
00:46:04,015 --> 00:46:06,059
Hell yes, I am.
740
00:46:06,142 --> 00:46:08,603
Well, I'm very flattered,
Mr. Chairman.
741
00:46:08,686 --> 00:46:10,146
Dick.
742
00:46:10,188 --> 00:46:13,483
- Well, I'm very flattered, Mr. Dick.
- No, no, no, no.
743
00:46:13,525 --> 00:46:16,319
- I'm sorry, Chairman Dick.
- No, Dick. Just Dick.
744
00:46:16,361 --> 00:46:18,321
- Dick. Just plain old Dick.
- Yeah.
745
00:46:18,363 --> 00:46:22,534
Fine. I know you don't get something for
nothing. What do you want from me, Dick?
746
00:46:22,617 --> 00:46:26,663
Well, son,
I want an able lieutenant.
747
00:46:28,164 --> 00:46:31,292
And I want you to smile
for the cameras.
748
00:46:33,711 --> 00:46:36,923
Skeeter, you know Thomas Johnson,
the new member of the committee?
749
00:46:37,006 --> 00:46:39,133
Thomas, this is
Barclay Warburton.
750
00:46:39,217 --> 00:46:41,594
- How are you, Barclay?
- Skeeter, please.
751
00:46:41,678 --> 00:46:44,848
- Been called that since boarding school.
- Sorry, man.
752
00:46:44,931 --> 00:46:47,851
- Cheers.
- Yeah, cheers. Skeeter.
753
00:46:47,934 --> 00:46:50,812
Thomas, please. Been called that
since reform school.
754
00:46:56,693 --> 00:47:01,239
This EPA oversight hearing of the committee
on Power and Industry will come to order.
755
00:47:01,322 --> 00:47:04,701
I would like to welcome
our first witness,
756
00:47:04,784 --> 00:47:08,371
the distinguished administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
757
00:47:08,454 --> 00:47:12,834
But before I do, I would like to note
that we have a new member joining us today.
758
00:47:12,917 --> 00:47:14,836
The distinguished gentleman
from Florida.
759
00:47:17,755 --> 00:47:21,384
Congressman Johnson?
Sir, can we get a shot, please?
760
00:47:21,467 --> 00:47:24,053
- Thank you.
- How am I doing?
761
00:47:24,137 --> 00:47:26,014
Great. Great.
762
00:47:27,515 --> 00:47:29,851
Well, Mike, enjoy
those hors d'oeuvres.
763
00:47:36,274 --> 00:47:39,068
Hi. My name is Miss Loretta,
and I'd like it...
764
00:47:39,110 --> 00:47:42,697
very much if you'd sign
one of these little name tags.
765
00:47:42,739 --> 00:47:44,741
That would be just nice.
766
00:47:44,782 --> 00:47:49,204
It's an informal breakfast. You give us
your point of view, we give you,
767
00:47:49,287 --> 00:47:51,873
bacon and eggs
plus a $2,000 honorarium.
768
00:47:51,956 --> 00:47:54,375
For your favorite charity,
of course.
769
00:47:54,459 --> 00:47:58,087
The Thomas Jefferson Johnson
Foundation.
770
00:47:58,171 --> 00:48:00,882
Okay. An honorarium.
771
00:48:00,965 --> 00:48:02,926
I like the way that sounds.
772
00:48:03,092 --> 00:48:04,802
Excuse me.
Nice to see you.
773
00:48:07,347 --> 00:48:10,225
Excuse me a second.
774
00:48:10,308 --> 00:48:12,227
- Hi.
- Hello.
775
00:48:12,310 --> 00:48:15,772
- How are you? Very nice to meet you,
Miss Celia Kirby. - Good, thank you.
776
00:48:15,855 --> 00:48:19,275
It's a extremely beautiful name
for an extremely beautiful woman.
777
00:48:19,317 --> 00:48:21,486
Well, my, that was very smooth.
778
00:48:21,569 --> 00:48:23,905
You know, after about ten hours
straight on my feet,
779
00:48:23,988 --> 00:48:26,491
making small talk, breathing in
that cheap cigar smoke,
780
00:48:26,574 --> 00:48:29,244
that is exactly the kind of line
I'm ready to fall for.
781
00:48:29,327 --> 00:48:32,622
- Slow down, okay?
- Sure.
782
00:48:32,664 --> 00:48:35,834
Tell me, which one of these guys
is Congressman Johnson?
783
00:48:35,917 --> 00:48:37,877
- You're looking for the congressman?
- Yes.
784
00:48:37,961 --> 00:48:41,130
How would you feel if I told you
I was the congressman? Aha!
785
00:48:43,091 --> 00:48:44,759
- Duh!
- I'm so sorry.
786
00:48:44,801 --> 00:48:47,512
Would you give me two seconds to take
my foot out of my mouth, please?
787
00:48:47,595 --> 00:48:51,182
Take all the time you need.
Can we start over again?
788
00:48:51,266 --> 00:48:53,601
Yes, Celia Kirby,
Legislative Director of Pro Bono.
789
00:48:53,643 --> 00:48:56,271
Celia kirby from Pro Bono!
Very nice to meet you.
790
00:48:56,312 --> 00:48:57,689
- Yes.
- Would you tell me something?
791
00:48:57,772 --> 00:49:00,024
Are all the pro bonettes
as fine as you?
792
00:49:00,108 --> 00:49:03,862
Pro Bono is a public interest
research and advocacy group.
793
00:49:03,945 --> 00:49:06,489
I'd be delighted to brief you
on our priorities this session.
794
00:49:06,573 --> 00:49:10,285
Do you think, perhaps, I could call
your A.A. and be put on your schedule?
795
00:49:10,368 --> 00:49:12,287
- Call my A.A.?
- Yes.
796
00:49:12,328 --> 00:49:15,582
No, you don't have to call my A.A.
Why don't we do this?
797
00:49:15,665 --> 00:49:19,002
Why don't we, say now, go out to
dinner? You can brief me at dinner.
798
00:49:19,085 --> 00:49:21,462
I'd like an appointment,
Congressman, not a date.
799
00:49:21,546 --> 00:49:23,673
We could write it up
as an appointment,
800
00:49:23,756 --> 00:49:25,800
but we'll have, like,
flowers and dinner,
801
00:49:25,884 --> 00:49:28,178
a mandolin, and it'll be
a "floral" appointment.
802
00:49:28,219 --> 00:49:32,015
It was a pleasure to meet you, Congressman.
I will be in touch with your staff.
803
00:49:32,056 --> 00:49:35,059
There's one other thing.
I'm particularly interested...
804
00:49:35,143 --> 00:49:39,522
in hearing your view on extending the
sexual harassment law to include congressmen.
805
00:49:39,606 --> 00:49:43,067
I get it.
806
00:49:43,151 --> 00:49:46,488
Can we turn the A.C. down, please?
807
00:49:53,161 --> 00:49:55,121
Thank you.
808
00:49:55,205 --> 00:49:59,542
I have a confession to make.
I don't know very much about poultry.
809
00:49:59,584 --> 00:50:01,586
But I do know people,
810
00:50:01,628 --> 00:50:04,714
and I like you people.
I really do.
811
00:50:04,797 --> 00:50:09,636
And if you people come to me
and you say to me...
812
00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:14,599
that you have something to say
important about poultry,
813
00:50:17,060 --> 00:50:20,522
I'm gonna listen.
Thank you very much.
814
00:50:38,289 --> 00:50:41,167
Thank you for seeing us.
We won't take up much of your time.
815
00:50:41,251 --> 00:50:43,169
- This is Ira Schecter, our research director.
- Hi, Ira, how are you?
816
00:50:43,253 --> 00:50:45,255
This is Mr. Reinhardt.
You remember him?
817
00:50:45,338 --> 00:50:47,382
Come sit next to me
and have this chitchat.
818
00:50:47,465 --> 00:50:50,593
I've been dying to talk to you
about these issues.
819
00:50:50,677 --> 00:50:52,637
Sit, everybody, sit.
Come on.
820
00:50:52,679 --> 00:50:54,764
- All right.
- We can take as long as we want.
821
00:50:54,848 --> 00:50:56,808
Congressman, you do have
several people waiting.
822
00:50:56,850 --> 00:50:58,810
- No, no, they can wait.
- They can wait.
823
00:50:58,852 --> 00:51:01,980
What are you doing standing, Ira?
Sit down, Ira!
824
00:51:02,063 --> 00:51:03,982
Sure.
825
00:51:04,065 --> 00:51:06,276
Well...
These are issue papers.
826
00:51:06,359 --> 00:51:08,486
This session we're targeting child safety,
827
00:51:08,570 --> 00:51:11,281
auto insurance premiums
and food additives.
828
00:51:11,364 --> 00:51:14,617
Certainly, as the votes come up, you'll
be hearing plenty from the other side.
829
00:51:14,659 --> 00:51:17,412
We simply would like a fair shot
at making our case too.
830
00:51:17,495 --> 00:51:19,789
- Absolutely.
- Absolutely.
831
00:51:19,831 --> 00:51:22,667
Okay, now, let's talk about car
insurance. What are you paying, Ira?
832
00:51:22,750 --> 00:51:24,919
- Me?
- Yes.
833
00:51:25,003 --> 00:51:29,132
Well, I have an '82
Dodge Dart and,
834
00:51:29,215 --> 00:51:33,761
I pay about $650 a year,
or so.
835
00:51:33,845 --> 00:51:36,222
Six hundred fifty dollars?
Man, that's highway robbery.
836
00:51:36,306 --> 00:51:40,476
A chop shop wouldn't give you more
than 230 on a junker like that.
837
00:51:40,518 --> 00:51:42,479
Or so I've heard.
838
00:51:43,730 --> 00:51:45,899
Hey, look,
I'm flying blind here.
839
00:51:45,982 --> 00:51:49,360
What we need to do is for you
to put together a little package.
840
00:51:49,444 --> 00:51:51,738
Put a package together
for me and we'll sit down.
841
00:51:51,821 --> 00:51:55,325
We'll block aside two Saturday evenings
and we can discuss it then.
842
00:51:55,408 --> 00:51:58,495
Well, I don't see any problem
with arranging that.
843
00:51:58,578 --> 00:52:01,706
Once again, you've been more than
generous with your time, Congressman.
844
00:52:01,789 --> 00:52:05,210
What are you doin'? I clear my whole calendar
and you're in and outta here in five minutes?
845
00:52:05,293 --> 00:52:07,295
Look, sit down.
We haven't discussed child safety yet.
846
00:52:07,378 --> 00:52:11,007
Ira, sit. I'm gonna slap you.
Sit. Come on, down. Sit down!
847
00:52:11,049 --> 00:52:13,968
Let's finish talking.
Let's talk about child safety now.
848
00:52:14,010 --> 00:52:17,514
This is an important issue.
Child safety.
849
00:52:17,597 --> 00:52:21,643
Well, we are sponsoring a bill imposing
safety standards on imported toys.
850
00:52:21,726 --> 00:52:24,062
Great. I hate imported toys.
Hate 'em.
851
00:52:24,145 --> 00:52:27,857
I wish they didn't exist.
Especially those little baseball men...
852
00:52:27,941 --> 00:52:30,902
with the springs in their neck that do
this. What is that? Fuck that, right?
853
00:52:30,985 --> 00:52:32,695
- Fuck that.
- Yeah, I hate that.
854
00:52:32,737 --> 00:52:35,156
Why don't we do this? Like I said,
put the package together.
855
00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:38,576
We'll block aside a couple of Saturday
evenings and we can discuss it...
856
00:52:38,660 --> 00:52:42,163
- And you can take me through
all the ins and outs. - "Ins and outs"?
857
00:52:45,625 --> 00:52:47,585
I'd like to do
more money for you,
858
00:52:47,669 --> 00:52:50,004
but first I've got to get
your positions on a few issues.
859
00:52:50,088 --> 00:52:53,132
Now where are you
on sugar price supports?
860
00:52:54,384 --> 00:52:58,221
Sugar price supports.
861
00:52:58,263 --> 00:53:01,432
- Where should I be, Terry?
- Shit, it makes no difference to me.
862
00:53:01,516 --> 00:53:06,521
If you're for 'em, I got money for you from
my sugar producers in Louisiana and Hawaii.
863
00:53:06,563 --> 00:53:09,899
If you're against 'em, I got money
for you from the candy manufacturers.
864
00:53:12,485 --> 00:53:15,196
- You pick.
- Let's say... for.
865
00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:16,739
Yeah, for. For.
866
00:53:16,823 --> 00:53:20,910
How about putting limits
on malpractice awards?
867
00:53:24,164 --> 00:53:25,957
You tell me.
868
00:53:26,040 --> 00:53:29,294
If you're for 'em, I got money from
the doctors and insurance companies.
869
00:53:29,377 --> 00:53:32,964
If you're against 'em,
I got money from the trial lawyers.
870
00:53:34,716 --> 00:53:38,928
- Let's put you down as against.
- Yeah, you know what? Put me down for against.
871
00:53:40,054 --> 00:53:42,098
How about pizza?
872
00:53:42,140 --> 00:53:44,434
No, this salad
is gonna be enough for me.
873
00:53:44,475 --> 00:53:48,104
Not for lunch, old buddy.
For PAC money.
874
00:53:48,188 --> 00:53:51,399
You thought I was serious?
I was fuckin' with you.
875
00:53:51,441 --> 00:53:55,069
- Well, you are. You are!
- Fuckin' with you. Duh!
876
00:53:55,111 --> 00:53:57,489
Terry, tell me something.
877
00:53:57,572 --> 00:54:00,783
With all this money
comin' in from both sides,
878
00:54:00,867 --> 00:54:03,077
how could anything
possibly ever get done?
879
00:54:03,119 --> 00:54:06,414
It doesn't.
That's the genius of the system.
880
00:54:08,791 --> 00:54:12,962
Hey, baby, put down nuclear
power for ten G's.
881
00:54:13,046 --> 00:54:14,964
Mambo!
882
00:54:15,048 --> 00:54:19,719
Cool! Yeah, the congressman's
gonna be out your way next week.
883
00:54:19,802 --> 00:54:24,015
Mr. Willie? Congressman Johnson
calling. Can you take his call?
884
00:54:24,098 --> 00:54:27,101
Thank you. Please hold.
885
00:54:27,143 --> 00:54:29,187
A-one, a-two...
886
00:54:29,270 --> 00:54:32,315
Yes, Mr. Brown.
- on the 30th.
887
00:54:32,398 --> 00:54:34,400
We were wondering whether
you aerospace people...
888
00:54:34,484 --> 00:54:36,861
might want to lay on a luncheon
so that you can hear his views.
889
00:54:36,945 --> 00:54:40,990
I'm sorry, Mr. Willie.
He just picked up another call.
890
00:54:41,074 --> 00:54:45,286
I know why he was calling you. He hasn't
heard from you about his fund-raiser.
891
00:54:45,370 --> 00:54:49,290
A thousand dollars a head?
A whole table!
892
00:54:49,332 --> 00:54:52,544
Lovely. Yeah.
893
00:54:52,627 --> 00:54:56,089
Well, now, what kind of a contribution to
his foundation were you folks thinking about?
894
00:55:02,095 --> 00:55:04,639
Now, we'll have a little
huntin' in the morning,
895
00:55:04,681 --> 00:55:06,766
little fishin' in the afternoon,
896
00:55:06,850 --> 00:55:09,435
clean air, beautiful scenery.
897
00:55:09,519 --> 00:55:12,564
All to work up a good appetite,
'cause we got a fine French chef...
898
00:55:12,647 --> 00:55:14,607
back at the lodge
flown in special.
899
00:55:14,691 --> 00:55:18,945
That's very, very nice.
900
00:55:19,028 --> 00:55:22,157
- You don't want anything from us?
- We would enjoy the opportunity...
901
00:55:22,240 --> 00:55:24,200
to share our views.
902
00:55:24,242 --> 00:55:27,996
You see, we feel that the semiautomatic
weapon's gotten a bad rap.
903
00:55:28,079 --> 00:55:31,791
Now, the gun control nuts try to make
out that they're for drug dealers only.
904
00:55:31,875 --> 00:55:36,212
But, really, they're just guns
for the ordinary sportsman.
905
00:55:36,254 --> 00:55:40,216
Nothin' like a nice, warm Uzi.
906
00:56:11,748 --> 00:56:13,666
Yee-hee!
907
00:56:15,668 --> 00:56:18,671
Must have had a heart attack.
908
00:56:30,558 --> 00:56:32,310
Aaah!
909
00:56:34,729 --> 00:56:39,692
And according to the 1988 study,
it showed eight per 100,000.
910
00:56:42,153 --> 00:56:45,949
- Am I losing you on these mortality rates,
Congressman? - No, not at all.
911
00:56:46,032 --> 00:56:50,870
I was, I was just wondering
how much of this is a statutory problem,
912
00:56:50,954 --> 00:56:53,998
And how much of it is a regulatory one.
913
00:56:54,082 --> 00:56:58,670
- Didn't the Merton Act cover most of this?
- Excellent point.
914
00:56:58,753 --> 00:57:03,132
Excellent point.
Let me check something out.
915
00:57:03,174 --> 00:57:05,385
Excuse me.
916
00:57:09,973 --> 00:57:13,268
You're absolutely right.
917
00:57:13,309 --> 00:57:15,645
Maybe we could get them
to amend Merton.
918
00:57:15,728 --> 00:57:18,439
Get 'em to amend it.
919
00:57:18,481 --> 00:57:20,483
Yes!
920
00:57:20,567 --> 00:57:24,654
Get 'em to amend it?
Well, "For Merton to apply,
921
00:57:24,737 --> 00:57:28,408
you have to show high contagion.
922
00:57:28,491 --> 00:57:33,288
It sounds to me like
your contagion... rates...
923
00:57:33,329 --> 00:57:35,874
are no higher
than the common clod."
924
00:57:41,004 --> 00:57:43,882
"Cold." "Common cold."
925
00:57:43,965 --> 00:57:47,135
Excuse me a second. Arthur!
926
00:57:47,218 --> 00:57:50,805
What were we talking about?
927
00:57:56,269 --> 00:58:00,231
How'd you wind up hustling for pro bono
instead of pesticides anyway?
928
00:58:00,315 --> 00:58:03,318
- 'Cause you could have
been a big-time lawyer.
- I was for a while.
929
00:58:03,359 --> 00:58:07,822
- But it depressed me. - What could be depressing
about makin' $100,000 a year?
930
00:58:07,906 --> 00:58:11,367
- I know you gotta get sick of losin' all the time.
- Of course I do.
931
00:58:11,451 --> 00:58:14,579
Mainly it makes me angry,
and the anger keeps me going.
932
00:58:14,662 --> 00:58:18,374
Of course I'd like to win a few
and I'm not allergic to money either.
933
00:58:18,458 --> 00:58:21,503
- So why are you doin' it?
- Hey.
934
00:58:21,586 --> 00:58:26,007
It's so embarrassing to come
right out and say why I do it.
935
00:58:26,049 --> 00:58:29,010
- Why?
- It's embarrassing for me to say.
936
00:58:29,052 --> 00:58:31,137
- I just feel...
- Stop! What?
937
00:58:31,221 --> 00:58:34,307
Meaning!
938
00:58:34,390 --> 00:58:39,020
My life has to mean something.
939
00:58:39,062 --> 00:58:41,689
So now I have a question for you.
940
00:58:41,731 --> 00:58:45,652
I'd like to know how you
got named after a memorial.
941
00:58:48,363 --> 00:58:52,534
My grandmother liked Jefferson. You know,
"life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
942
00:58:52,617 --> 00:58:54,869
You know,
old black folks' thing.
943
00:58:54,911 --> 00:58:59,833
There's a lot to live up to, so I
kinda specialize in one portion of that.
944
00:58:59,916 --> 00:59:02,585
That's the pursuit
of happiness.
945
00:59:02,627 --> 00:59:05,338
- And how's it going?
- Um.
946
00:59:05,421 --> 00:59:07,465
Honestly?
947
00:59:07,549 --> 00:59:12,679
I was goin' real good
'til I met you.
948
00:59:12,762 --> 00:59:16,224
Now, the better I do,
the worse I feel.
949
00:59:16,307 --> 00:59:19,978
Isn't that strange?
950
00:59:28,653 --> 00:59:31,698
When can I see you again?
Let's go to dinner Saturday night.
951
00:59:31,781 --> 00:59:36,619
- How about Sunday morning?
- Brunch?
952
00:59:36,703 --> 00:59:40,039
The wages of sin is death!
953
00:59:40,123 --> 00:59:45,587
And to the man who values
gold over goodness,
954
00:59:45,628 --> 00:59:48,715
the Lord allows no exemptions.
955
00:59:48,798 --> 00:59:52,802
- Amen.
- Amen.
956
00:59:52,886 --> 00:59:56,306
And to the man
who shows no respect...
957
00:59:56,347 --> 00:59:59,559
for the privilege
of walking this Earth,
958
00:59:59,642 --> 01:00:02,645
the Lord allows no deductions.
959
01:00:02,729 --> 01:00:07,525
- Amen.
- And to the man whose pockets are bulging...
960
01:00:07,609 --> 01:00:10,195
and whose soul is empty,
961
01:00:10,278 --> 01:00:14,157
the Lord grants
no 90-day extension.
962
01:00:15,867 --> 01:00:20,580
And when the last trump sounds,
963
01:00:20,663 --> 01:00:23,917
believe me,
you will be audited.
964
01:00:27,003 --> 01:00:31,799
This is a wonderful date.
965
01:00:32,926 --> 01:00:35,428
Darling,
I'm glad you could make it!
966
01:00:35,512 --> 01:00:38,056
I love that sermon,
Uncle Eli.
967
01:00:38,139 --> 01:00:40,141
This is your uncle?
968
01:00:40,183 --> 01:00:44,187
Yes, my niece tells me you're
not half as slimy as I thought.
969
01:00:44,270 --> 01:00:48,441
That puts you somewhere between a lizard
and a toad. Quite a step up?
970
01:00:48,525 --> 01:00:50,443
Thank you very much.
971
01:00:50,527 --> 01:00:52,779
Forgive me for staring. I don't know
how I missed the family resemblance.
972
01:00:54,364 --> 01:00:58,284
She's you in a skirt.
973
01:00:58,368 --> 01:01:00,662
... trailing by 13
as we begin the second half.
974
01:01:00,703 --> 01:01:02,956
Yeah, I guess we're
all bringin' our wives.
975
01:01:03,039 --> 01:01:05,625
Al, you gonna bring your wife,
ain't ya?
976
01:01:05,708 --> 01:01:07,836
You bet.
977
01:01:17,595 --> 01:01:19,597
I slipped.
978
01:01:24,352 --> 01:01:26,896
- Ellie.
- How ya doin', Thomas?
979
01:01:26,980 --> 01:01:29,232
I need your help
on the ethics bill, Leon.
980
01:01:29,315 --> 01:01:33,236
- I want you to cosponsor my amendments.
- You make a persuasive case, Eli.
981
01:01:33,278 --> 01:01:36,531
But that wasn't a yes.
982
01:01:36,573 --> 01:01:40,160
I promise to give it
the attention it deserves.
983
01:01:40,243 --> 01:01:43,872
- Better luck next time, son.
- Yeah, man, you're so good. He's so good.
984
01:01:43,955 --> 01:01:47,083
He took $600 off you
that last hand, didn't he?
985
01:01:47,167 --> 01:01:49,294
- He took a real shinin' to me.
- If I didn't know any better,
986
01:01:49,377 --> 01:01:51,629
I'd say you lost to him
on purpose.
987
01:01:51,713 --> 01:01:53,882
There's nothin' wrong with lettin'
the head of the ethics committee...
988
01:01:53,923 --> 01:01:55,884
roll ya every now and then.
989
01:01:55,967 --> 01:01:59,596
You know, you're gonna fit in
real good around here. Too good.
990
01:01:59,637 --> 01:02:02,265
How come you never ask me
to help you out with your amendments?
991
01:02:02,348 --> 01:02:04,767
Come on, Thomas.
Give it a rest.
992
01:02:04,809 --> 01:02:07,353
Everybody knows
you're Dick Dodge's boy.
993
01:02:07,437 --> 01:02:09,898
Hey, man, I ain't
nobody's boy, all right?
994
01:02:09,939 --> 01:02:13,151
Don't waste your outrage on me.
I know what ya are.
995
01:02:13,234 --> 01:02:18,448
- I am no different than anybody else up here,
okay? - That's not true.
996
01:02:18,490 --> 01:02:23,286
You see, some people here actually do
something besides saving their own ass.
997
01:02:30,835 --> 01:02:35,006
You know, just then you
reminded me of my father.
998
01:02:35,089 --> 01:02:39,636
Did I really? How so?
999
01:02:39,719 --> 01:02:42,347
He used to say I was a scumbag too.
1000
01:02:46,768 --> 01:02:48,686
Aren't you going to vote?
1001
01:02:48,770 --> 01:02:52,440
Is that what that means? You know, all
this time I've been listenin' to that shit,
1002
01:02:52,524 --> 01:02:55,485
thinkin' it was time for
Final Jeopardy or somethin'.
1003
01:03:14,879 --> 01:03:17,006
- Excuse me.
- Excuse me, Congressman.
1004
01:03:17,090 --> 01:03:19,759
- I'm Mrs. Koslowski.
- Hi, I'm leaving.
1005
01:03:19,843 --> 01:03:24,472
We were just learning how a bill
becomes a law. Was that a vote?
1006
01:03:24,514 --> 01:03:26,724
Yes, that was a vote in there.
1007
01:03:26,808 --> 01:03:29,394
Yes, that was a vote.
A vote was made. Bye-bye.
1008
01:03:29,477 --> 01:03:33,898
- And what did you vote?
- I voted nay.
1009
01:03:33,940 --> 01:03:38,361
It was a terrible bill and it would have
destroyed the fabric of American life.
1010
01:03:38,403 --> 01:03:41,447
What was the vote on?
1011
01:03:41,531 --> 01:03:43,867
Rafe!
1012
01:03:43,950 --> 01:03:47,370
Rafe, will you talk to these nice
people. Explain to them about the vote.
1013
01:03:47,453 --> 01:03:50,582
Well, it was a motion on the
previous question on the rule.
1014
01:03:50,665 --> 01:03:54,002
No, it was a motion
on the recommitment...
1015
01:03:54,043 --> 01:03:57,839
of the rule of the motion
of the previous question.
1016
01:04:00,925 --> 01:04:03,136
- Which means?
- Clean air.
1017
01:04:03,219 --> 01:04:06,639
School lunches.
1018
01:04:09,559 --> 01:04:14,647
You see the difficult choices
we have to make here, kids,
1019
01:04:14,731 --> 01:04:19,068
between clean air
and school lunches, okay?
1020
01:04:19,110 --> 01:04:21,738
That's why I want to be the education
congressman. See, 'cause I feel...
1021
01:04:21,821 --> 01:04:25,408
that American students should be able to
eat lunch and breathe at the same time.
1022
01:04:25,492 --> 01:04:28,369
And I see an America where
there's no such thing...
1023
01:04:28,411 --> 01:04:31,039
as a student
who is below average.
1024
01:04:31,122 --> 01:04:35,710
And I think it is wrong when students
have to stay up late at night...
1025
01:04:35,752 --> 01:04:37,962
and miss all the good shows
doing homework.
1026
01:04:38,046 --> 01:04:40,840
Then get up early in the mornin'
and go to school.
1027
01:04:40,924 --> 01:04:44,677
This sort of thing just is not fair.
1028
01:04:52,101 --> 01:04:55,146
- Good morning. May I help you?
- Yes, I'm Ellen Juba.
1029
01:04:55,230 --> 01:04:57,190
- This is my daughter, Mickey.
- Hi.
1030
01:04:57,273 --> 01:04:59,734
We'd like to see our congressman.
We live in the district.
1031
01:04:59,818 --> 01:05:02,487
Just a moment, please.
1032
01:05:02,570 --> 01:05:06,115
Could you come out?
Thank you.
1033
01:05:06,199 --> 01:05:10,870
Be right with you.
I like your hat.
1034
01:05:14,749 --> 01:05:18,336
How do you do? I'm Miss Loretta,
public liaison for the congressman.
1035
01:05:18,419 --> 01:05:23,716
Ellen Juba, my daughter, Mickey.
We'd like to see him.
1036
01:05:23,800 --> 01:05:26,427
Y'all from the district?
Up here seeing the sights?
1037
01:05:26,469 --> 01:05:30,807
How'd you folks like some gallery passes?
Go listen to the great debates of our day.
1038
01:05:30,849 --> 01:05:34,644
We don't wanna go to the gallery.
We wanna see Congressman Johnson.
1039
01:05:34,686 --> 01:05:38,356
Well, how about a house key ring?
For each of you?
1040
01:05:38,439 --> 01:05:43,111
Here, see that? Isn't that
something? Turns into a pen.
1041
01:05:43,153 --> 01:05:47,198
I don't think you understand.
We're not tourists. We're constituents.
1042
01:05:47,282 --> 01:05:51,202
You're not with some organization,
are you, honey?
1043
01:05:51,286 --> 01:05:53,663
I'm a goddamn citizen.
Isn't that enough?
1044
01:05:53,746 --> 01:05:56,291
Do you have an appointment?
1045
01:05:56,332 --> 01:06:00,587
No, I do not have an appointment, because
y'all keep givin' me the runaround.
1046
01:06:00,670 --> 01:06:03,631
Well, I'm sorry, but the congressman
is a very busy man.
1047
01:06:03,673 --> 01:06:06,801
Now, if you'd like to discuss it
with me, I will personally...
1048
01:06:06,885 --> 01:06:09,888
go over the issue with him
and get a letter out to you.
1049
01:06:09,971 --> 01:06:13,349
We're not leaving here
until we see him.
1050
01:06:18,271 --> 01:06:21,608
Armando, would you come out front?
We have a situation.
1051
01:06:21,691 --> 01:06:25,111
You stop palming me off
on your flunkies.
1052
01:06:25,195 --> 01:06:27,489
Are you gonna go in there
and tell him we're out here...
1053
01:06:27,530 --> 01:06:29,532
or am I gonna go in there
and tell him myself?
1054
01:06:29,574 --> 01:06:31,534
- Excuse me, may I help you, please?
- Yes, you can.
1055
01:06:31,618 --> 01:06:34,496
- I would like to see my congressman, please.
- He's not here today.
1056
01:06:34,579 --> 01:06:37,165
- I bet he is here. Excuse me.
- No, no, please, lady.
1057
01:06:37,248 --> 01:06:39,209
- No, you just let me by!
- No, don't push. Okay. Ya! Ya!
1058
01:06:39,250 --> 01:06:41,753
I am sick of this! I am fed up!
1059
01:06:41,836 --> 01:06:46,216
- I have every right! Let go of her!
- Hey!
1060
01:06:55,892 --> 01:06:58,478
Baby.
1061
01:07:03,817 --> 01:07:06,444
Come on, Mama. Let's go.
1062
01:07:09,948 --> 01:07:11,950
Hey.
1063
01:07:15,203 --> 01:07:18,790
What happened to you?
1064
01:07:18,873 --> 01:07:21,918
The doctor says they got it all.
I'm gonna be okay.
1065
01:07:21,960 --> 01:07:24,712
I was lucky, but,
but there are others.
1066
01:07:24,754 --> 01:07:29,759
- What others?
- Other kids. They call it a cancer cluster.
1067
01:07:29,843 --> 01:07:33,596
At first, none of us in the neighborhood
wanted to believe it.
1068
01:07:33,638 --> 01:07:35,598
But then we all saw it.
1069
01:07:35,640 --> 01:07:38,434
For me, it was when the two-year-old
across the street...
1070
01:07:38,518 --> 01:07:40,645
developed a brain tumor
same as Mickey's.
1071
01:07:40,728 --> 01:07:45,900
the water, the air, dump sites.
1072
01:07:45,984 --> 01:07:48,987
Insects, you name it.
1073
01:07:49,070 --> 01:07:52,699
And then we realized it was
starin' us right in the face.
1074
01:07:52,782 --> 01:07:56,286
- What?
- Power lines.
1075
01:07:56,369 --> 01:07:58,371
High-voltage power lines.
1076
01:07:58,454 --> 01:08:03,376
The wires cause magnetic fields
and the magnetic fields cause cancer,
1077
01:08:03,459 --> 01:08:05,420
especially in children.
1078
01:08:05,461 --> 01:08:08,089
I've never heard anything
like that in my life.
1079
01:08:08,173 --> 01:08:11,301
Why don't you just
come see for yourself?
1080
01:08:24,022 --> 01:08:28,651
This is Mickey's school?
1081
01:08:28,735 --> 01:08:32,155
It turns out a lot of schools
are near power lines.
1082
01:08:32,238 --> 01:08:36,284
Land's cheap, so schools tend
to buy it from the power companies.
1083
01:08:36,367 --> 01:08:40,830
We're nobody, Congressman.
You're somebody.
1084
01:08:40,914 --> 01:08:45,835
We need your help.
1085
01:08:45,877 --> 01:08:49,172
Will you excuse me
for a second? Come here.
1086
01:08:53,510 --> 01:08:56,763
- Is this real?
- That depends on who you ask.
1087
01:08:56,846 --> 01:09:00,266
Some people say it's worse
than asbestos or breast implants.
1088
01:09:00,350 --> 01:09:02,268
Others say it's coincidental.
1089
01:09:02,352 --> 01:09:04,312
Well, you. What do you say?
1090
01:09:04,354 --> 01:09:07,690
I think it's very suspicious that the
White House would kill an EPA report...
1091
01:09:07,774 --> 01:09:10,527
saying that power lines
probably cause cancer.
1092
01:09:10,568 --> 01:09:13,655
- They did that?
- Yes.
1093
01:09:18,910 --> 01:09:21,329
Well, I gotta do somethin'
to help these people.
1094
01:09:21,371 --> 01:09:23,915
Don't tell me you're actually
developing a conscience.
1095
01:09:23,998 --> 01:09:27,252
God, I hope not. It'd be
a fuckin' nuisance in Congress.
1096
01:09:27,335 --> 01:09:29,379
But if I were,
what could I do to help them?
1097
01:09:29,462 --> 01:09:31,506
This goes beyond personal tragedy.
1098
01:09:31,589 --> 01:09:36,135
It goes to a public health hazard
of unknown proportions.
1099
01:09:36,219 --> 01:09:39,639
It goes to the right of the ordinary
people to know all the facts!
1100
01:09:39,722 --> 01:09:42,267
Yeah, people ought to know if
the neighborhoods are killing them.
1101
01:09:42,350 --> 01:09:44,853
Amen, gentlemen.
1102
01:09:44,894 --> 01:09:48,690
Amen! And what a fine effort it is.
I'm totally sympathetic.
1103
01:09:48,731 --> 01:09:51,818
Congressional hearings should
be scheduled just as soon as possible.
1104
01:09:51,901 --> 01:09:54,904
The American people
deserve no less.
1105
01:09:54,988 --> 01:09:58,908
we care.
1106
01:09:58,950 --> 01:10:00,827
Turn this way, please.
1107
01:10:00,910 --> 01:10:03,246
- Right here, sir. Great!
- Over here.
1108
01:10:06,541 --> 01:10:10,712
Cheers.
1109
01:10:10,795 --> 01:10:13,131
You know, son,
you're a real comer.
1110
01:10:13,214 --> 01:10:16,926
I wouldn't be a bit surprised
if you ended up in the leadership.
1111
01:10:16,968 --> 01:10:19,387
I'll say this,
if I were speaker,
1112
01:10:19,429 --> 01:10:21,556
I'd sleep better with you
as a lieutenant.
1113
01:10:21,639 --> 01:10:25,018
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
I'm surprised to hear you say that.
1114
01:10:25,101 --> 01:10:28,062
'Cause I really honestly didn't think you was
gonna go with me on this power lines thing.
1115
01:10:28,146 --> 01:10:32,150
- But I'm not.
- But you said you're sympathetic.
1116
01:10:32,233 --> 01:10:36,404
Well, of course I did. We're all
sympathetic to little girls with cancer.
1117
01:10:36,488 --> 01:10:39,908
But I'm not sympathetic
to holding a public inquiry.
1118
01:10:39,949 --> 01:10:43,286
- You just said...
- I know what I said.
1119
01:10:43,328 --> 01:10:45,747
But sound bites
aren't sworn testimony.
1120
01:10:45,788 --> 01:10:50,752
Now look, son, it's great to get
your name in the newspaper.
1121
01:10:50,835 --> 01:10:54,047
Let 'em know you care.
Very smart move, Thomas.
1122
01:10:54,130 --> 01:10:57,550
But that's as far as I
would go with this if I were you.
1123
01:11:02,555 --> 01:11:05,308
Yeah? Fine, fine.
1124
01:11:05,391 --> 01:11:08,019
No, no, no, send 'em in.
1125
01:11:08,102 --> 01:11:10,271
We've got some unexpected visitors.
1126
01:11:10,313 --> 01:11:12,816
- Hope you don't mind.
- Hell, no.
1127
01:11:12,857 --> 01:11:15,151
Sure, great.
1128
01:11:15,235 --> 01:11:18,279
Mr. Chairman!
1129
01:11:18,321 --> 01:11:20,323
Olaf!
1130
01:11:20,365 --> 01:11:24,118
- Hello, Terry.
- Evenin', Mr. Chairman.
1131
01:11:24,202 --> 01:11:27,372
Thanks for tak...
Thomas!
1132
01:11:27,455 --> 01:11:30,667
They let you in here,
you S.O.B.?
1133
01:11:30,750 --> 01:11:33,795
You folks finally gonna
get to press flesh. Olaf!
1134
01:11:33,878 --> 01:11:37,966
Come and meet Thomas Johnson.
Thomas, Olaf Andersen.
1135
01:11:38,049 --> 01:11:40,426
- Chairman, Gulf Coast Power.
- Glad to meet ya, son.
1136
01:11:40,510 --> 01:11:42,887
They tell me you got
a real talent for the game.
1137
01:11:42,971 --> 01:11:47,851
This is Zeke Bridges, CEO,
Superior Mutual Insurance.
1138
01:11:50,895 --> 01:11:54,315
Som-bitch.
1139
01:11:54,399 --> 01:11:58,194
- You two know each other?
- No, we haven't met.
1140
01:11:58,236 --> 01:12:00,321
But I know a great deal
about the man.
1141
01:12:00,405 --> 01:12:02,699
We share a common interest
in international affairs.
1142
01:12:02,740 --> 01:12:05,201
Swedish in particular.
1143
01:12:07,120 --> 01:12:11,708
Another Rolex. I collect these.
Mine's a slightly older model.
1144
01:12:11,749 --> 01:12:13,835
Can I have a double bourbon,
please?
1145
01:12:13,918 --> 01:12:16,546
It is very nice finally
meeting you, Mr. Bridges.
1146
01:12:16,588 --> 01:12:19,757
Yes, it's nice to meet you,
Congressman.
1147
01:12:19,841 --> 01:12:25,054
Thomas and I were just talkin'
about, power lines.
1148
01:12:25,138 --> 01:12:28,016
Man, I think we oughta
have those hearings.
1149
01:12:28,099 --> 01:12:32,395
Well, now look, Thomas, why don't
we get, Olaf's take on this?
1150
01:12:32,437 --> 01:12:35,356
Well, it's tragic.
Cancer's a terrible thing.
1151
01:12:35,440 --> 01:12:37,442
But there's no way you
can link it to power lines.
1152
01:12:37,525 --> 01:12:40,528
- The truth is...
- Wait a minute, there have been studies...
1153
01:12:40,570 --> 01:12:44,824
Every study that says one thing,
I'll show you a study saying another.
1154
01:12:44,908 --> 01:12:47,744
We've studied this ourselves.
Nada.
1155
01:12:47,827 --> 01:12:49,913
What if all you guys
are wrong?
1156
01:12:49,996 --> 01:12:52,790
Thomas, do you want us
to move the power lines?
1157
01:12:52,874 --> 01:12:55,793
You know how much it would cost to bury
those things in Florida alone?
1158
01:12:55,877 --> 01:13:00,381
- We're talkin' $5 billion.
- Not counting the liability claims.
1159
01:13:00,465 --> 01:13:04,093
How would you like
the people in your district
to think of you as the fellow...
1160
01:13:04,177 --> 01:13:07,096
who tripled
their electric bill?
1161
01:13:10,892 --> 01:13:13,269
I just thought that if
we had the hearings...
1162
01:13:13,353 --> 01:13:15,563
Think for a moment, chum.
You hold your hearings.
1163
01:13:15,647 --> 01:13:18,274
Overnight, everyone who
lives near a substation...
1164
01:13:18,358 --> 01:13:21,236
will find the value
of his home in the toilet.
1165
01:13:21,319 --> 01:13:25,240
- You'll kill the real estate market.
- You'll kill the insurance companies.
1166
01:13:25,281 --> 01:13:28,493
- You'll kill the school district.
- You'll kill the local economy.
1167
01:13:34,958 --> 01:13:38,253
Son, system ain't perfect.
1168
01:13:38,294 --> 01:13:40,922
But the fleas come with the dog.
1169
01:13:44,509 --> 01:13:47,470
Maybe I should
think about it?
1170
01:13:47,512 --> 01:13:49,556
Atta boy.
1171
01:13:49,639 --> 01:13:53,309
Thomas, on a completely
different subject here.
1172
01:13:53,351 --> 01:13:55,645
You haven't set up
a state PAC yet, have ya?
1173
01:13:55,728 --> 01:13:59,649
'Cause I'd be happy to start one off
with a contribution of, say, 200,000.
1174
01:14:03,945 --> 01:14:05,864
No strings attached.
1175
01:14:05,947 --> 01:14:09,576
Natch.
1176
01:14:16,541 --> 01:14:18,668
- You were beautiful, Olaf.
- No, you were beautiful, Dick.
1177
01:14:18,751 --> 01:14:23,381
- No, you were beautiful, Terry.
- To the mutual aid society.
1178
01:14:42,775 --> 01:14:45,320
- Hey.
- Hi.
1179
01:14:45,403 --> 01:14:49,574
So? Are the Jubas
gonna testify?
1180
01:14:49,657 --> 01:14:51,659
When's the committee
holding hearings?
1181
01:14:51,743 --> 01:14:56,581
Um, actually, I think the, the hearings
might be postponed a little bit.
1182
01:14:56,664 --> 01:14:58,666
What's Dodge pulling now?
1183
01:14:58,750 --> 01:15:03,421
Nothin'. It's actually kinda good,
'cause now I get to, you know...
1184
01:15:03,505 --> 01:15:07,509
Get to round up some other members
and get my ducks in a row and...
1185
01:15:13,723 --> 01:15:16,518
- You shafted me on the ethics bill!
- Hey, Eli!
1186
01:15:16,559 --> 01:15:20,188
You just missed a good one.
Wait a minute, that reminds me.
1187
01:15:20,230 --> 01:15:23,691
- Same two old men on a park bench...
- It's a closed rule!
1188
01:15:23,733 --> 01:15:26,736
I can't get my amendments on the floor!
I can't get a recorded vote.
1189
01:15:26,778 --> 01:15:28,780
I can't get squat!
1190
01:15:28,822 --> 01:15:31,616
This is not the rules committee.
This is the steam room.
1191
01:15:31,699 --> 01:15:35,745
This is the U.S. Congress. The American
people deserve better than this!
1192
01:15:35,829 --> 01:15:39,541
You know what your problem is, Eli?
You've got "sermonitis."
1193
01:15:40,959 --> 01:15:44,754
Now, why don't you just relax?
Have a massage.
1194
01:15:44,796 --> 01:15:50,260
I've got news for ya, Dick.
I'm gonna run against you for speaker.
1195
01:15:50,301 --> 01:15:52,887
I'm gonna make this
whole race boil down...
1196
01:15:52,929 --> 01:15:55,807
to whether we want a sleaze like you
in the speaker's chair.
1197
01:15:55,890 --> 01:15:59,561
I'll bet ya $100
you don't get ten votes.
1198
01:15:59,602 --> 01:16:02,605
I'm gonna be your shadow, Dick.
1199
01:16:02,647 --> 01:16:06,484
Every member ya strong-arm,
every reporter ya background,
1200
01:16:06,568 --> 01:16:09,863
every talk show ya go on,
I'll be there.
1201
01:16:09,946 --> 01:16:12,782
Five votes!
Nobody likes to hear a sermon.
1202
01:16:12,824 --> 01:16:16,578
I may not have a rat's ass
of a chance to beat you,
1203
01:16:16,619 --> 01:16:19,080
but I sure as hell
can let the world know...
1204
01:16:19,122 --> 01:16:22,083
what you stand for.
1205
01:16:30,633 --> 01:16:33,219
I went too far with him.
I know it.
1206
01:16:33,303 --> 01:16:36,264
- Now you know him pretty well, don't you?
- I wouldn't say I knew him well.
1207
01:16:36,347 --> 01:16:39,517
Come on, Thomas,
you're seein' his niece.
1208
01:16:39,601 --> 01:16:42,770
- Hell, you've been out to his damn church.
- How do you know that?
1209
01:16:42,854 --> 01:16:45,815
Because I keep my ear
to the ground.
1210
01:16:45,857 --> 01:16:48,193
Now, Thomas,
he'll listen to you.
1211
01:16:48,276 --> 01:16:50,778
I want you to go make
the peace between us.
1212
01:16:50,862 --> 01:16:53,323
Tell him we'll work something out
with his amendments.
1213
01:16:53,364 --> 01:16:57,827
Not a vote, I won't go that far. But at least
he'll get to say his peace from the floor.
1214
01:16:57,911 --> 01:17:00,038
Just get him off of my back.
1215
01:17:04,250 --> 01:17:06,711
- Another round?
- Yeah, why not?
1216
01:17:06,794 --> 01:17:09,923
To the honorable Dick Dodge.
1217
01:17:11,674 --> 01:17:13,635
Hey.
1218
01:17:15,762 --> 01:17:18,848
By the time I'm finished with him,
he won't be speaker.
1219
01:17:18,932 --> 01:17:21,017
He'll be lucky
if they don't indict him.
1220
01:17:21,100 --> 01:17:25,021
Eli, people do things that they regret,
man. People make mistakes.
1221
01:17:25,104 --> 01:17:27,524
- Dick's been under a lot of pressure lately.
- Come on!
1222
01:17:27,565 --> 01:17:29,776
Thomas, you're
Dick Dodge's yes-man.
1223
01:17:29,859 --> 01:17:33,488
I am not a yes-man.
When Dick says no, I say no.
1224
01:17:33,530 --> 01:17:37,659
I know what you're up to.
He's scared and this is damage control.
1225
01:17:37,700 --> 01:17:42,580
Yeah, well, you know what?
This town...
1226
01:17:42,664 --> 01:17:45,458
It isn't about
passin' laws anymore.
1227
01:17:45,542 --> 01:17:49,003
It isn't about
doing good anymore.
1228
01:17:49,087 --> 01:17:52,841
All it's about...
is bein' here.
1229
01:17:52,882 --> 01:17:56,261
Well, as I live and breathe.
1230
01:17:56,344 --> 01:17:58,721
- Hey, cuz.
- Hey.
1231
01:17:58,763 --> 01:18:02,809
I'm sorry. This is
Miss Loretta Hicks from my staff.
1232
01:18:02,892 --> 01:18:05,436
- This is Congressman Hawkins.
- Pleasure to meet you.
1233
01:18:05,520 --> 01:18:09,190
Would you like a drink?
1234
01:18:09,232 --> 01:18:12,819
You know, you two look like you
could use a designated driver.
1235
01:18:12,902 --> 01:18:16,614
- Good samaritan.
- Praise 'em.
1236
01:18:22,203 --> 01:18:25,707
Number 22,
I got a pickup at the Regency,
1237
01:18:25,748 --> 01:18:27,959
going to National.
1238
01:18:31,045 --> 01:18:33,590
You want a girlfriend?
1239
01:18:33,673 --> 01:18:37,135
Eighteen, Union Station.
1240
01:18:48,813 --> 01:18:51,691
Shit!
1241
01:19:09,959 --> 01:19:11,878
Shit.
1242
01:19:33,525 --> 01:19:35,527
Yeah, I need
an ambulance right away.
1243
01:19:37,821 --> 01:19:40,865
Hello?
1244
01:19:40,949 --> 01:19:43,243
It's somebody called Thomas Johnson.
1245
01:19:43,326 --> 01:19:45,662
- What's wrong?
- I went out with Hawkins.
1246
01:19:45,745 --> 01:19:48,665
We got in an accident.
He's out cold. I'm okay though.
1247
01:19:48,706 --> 01:19:53,503
- Were you driving?
- No, it was Miss Loretta.
1248
01:19:53,586 --> 01:19:56,923
- The girl from your office?
- Yeah. Hey, look, man.
1249
01:19:57,006 --> 01:19:59,134
I don't like the way
this looks for anybody, okay?
1250
01:19:59,217 --> 01:20:02,220
You said you wanted to get back in Hawkins'
good graces. This is your opportunity.
1251
01:20:02,303 --> 01:20:06,724
All right. Now you listen
to me very carefully.
1252
01:20:06,808 --> 01:20:09,561
I want you to tell the ambulance
to take you to Walter Reed Hospital.
1253
01:20:09,644 --> 01:20:13,356
It's a privilege they extend
to congressmen. They'll keep it quiet.
1254
01:20:13,439 --> 01:20:18,027
I'll handle the police and you go home.
Keep your mouth shut.
1255
01:20:20,321 --> 01:20:23,658
What? What? What?
1256
01:20:25,285 --> 01:20:29,372
Hello? Hello?
Mr... . Mr... . Mr. Chairman?
1257
01:20:29,455 --> 01:20:33,001
Um, um, um,
no, no, no, no, sir.
1258
01:20:33,084 --> 01:20:35,670
No, no, I'm,
I'm, I'm a night owl.
1259
01:20:35,753 --> 01:20:39,465
Um...
1260
01:20:39,549 --> 01:20:41,885
My God,
is, is he all right?
1261
01:20:43,636 --> 01:20:47,056
G-Good, good, good.
Um, and, and Eli and Loretta?
1262
01:20:56,065 --> 01:20:57,984
That's brilliant,
Mr. Chairman.
1263
01:20:58,067 --> 01:21:02,197
No, I'll call the morning shows and
leak the information. They'll eat it up.
1264
01:21:02,280 --> 01:21:05,867
At the top of the news,
Maryland Congressman Elijah Hawkins...
1265
01:21:05,909 --> 01:21:09,078
is in satisfactory condition
at Walter Reed Hospital...
1266
01:21:09,162 --> 01:21:11,206
after an overnight accident
in the district.
1267
01:21:11,289 --> 01:21:15,793
That's right, Laura. Hawkins
reportedly had alcohol in his blood.
1268
01:21:15,877 --> 01:21:19,297
Also slightly injured was
an unidentified woman whom police say...
1269
01:21:19,380 --> 01:21:21,633
is linked to a phone-sex
operation in Florida.
1270
01:21:21,716 --> 01:21:23,760
- Shit.
- Linda, Congressman Hawkins?
1271
01:21:23,843 --> 01:21:26,262
That's Reverend Hawkins,
isn't it?
1272
01:21:26,346 --> 01:21:29,766
Right you are, Laura. And how this plays
into his longstanding campaign...
1273
01:21:29,808 --> 01:21:32,352
to reform congressional ethics
is now anyone's guess.
1274
01:21:34,145 --> 01:21:36,105
I'm trying to find
Reverend Eli Hawkins.
1275
01:21:36,147 --> 01:21:40,401
Let me check for you.
1276
01:21:40,485 --> 01:21:43,571
Yes, he's right around
the corner there.
1277
01:21:46,157 --> 01:21:49,285
Stay away from him.
Stay away from me too.
1278
01:21:49,369 --> 01:21:52,413
- Celia, listen, we were set up.
- We were set up?
1279
01:21:52,497 --> 01:21:54,958
You were in the car. I didn't hear
your name mentioned on the news.
1280
01:21:54,999 --> 01:21:59,337
- Somethin' stinks here.
- It sure does, and guess who it is, Thomas?
1281
01:21:59,420 --> 01:22:01,381
You don't give a damn
about anything, do you?
1282
01:22:01,464 --> 01:22:03,424
To think the other night
I actually thought you cared...
1283
01:22:03,508 --> 01:22:06,261
- About somebody other than yourself.
- You know how I feel about...
1284
01:22:06,302 --> 01:22:09,597
Not me! You jerk!
Mickey Juba.
1285
01:22:09,639 --> 01:22:13,017
You caved on the power lines,
didn't you?
1286
01:22:13,101 --> 01:22:16,980
Don't even answer because I know
you did. What'd you get for it?
1287
01:22:17,063 --> 01:22:20,150
- Are you gonna let me talk?
- Get the hell outta here.
1288
01:22:20,191 --> 01:22:23,153
Get out!
1289
01:22:32,162 --> 01:22:35,415
Hattie! Hattie Rifkin?
1290
01:22:35,498 --> 01:22:38,585
- Rifkeleh!
- Don't rifkeleh me, you momzer!
1291
01:22:38,668 --> 01:22:41,629
- What the hell do you want?
- Hattie, I wanna talk to you.
1292
01:22:41,713 --> 01:22:45,800
I've heard that before,
Mr. Name-You-Know.
1293
01:22:45,884 --> 01:22:50,221
Hattie, I know you got me elected and I
forgot your name in the mornin'. I'm sorry.
1294
01:22:50,305 --> 01:22:54,267
I'm sorry, but I really, really,
really... I really need you.
1295
01:22:54,350 --> 01:22:57,479
So talk.
1296
01:22:57,687 --> 01:23:00,523
Why are we meetin' here,
Thomas?
1297
01:23:00,607 --> 01:23:02,609
Trouble at the office?
1298
01:23:02,692 --> 01:23:05,320
Well, Dodge says he keeps
his ear to the ground.
1299
01:23:05,403 --> 01:23:07,697
But I know that's bullshit.
He has an inside man.
1300
01:23:07,739 --> 01:23:09,699
- Reinhardt?
- Yes.
1301
01:23:09,741 --> 01:23:13,203
- Let's whack him.
- Hey, this ain't Scarface, all right?
1302
01:23:14,579 --> 01:23:18,082
You got a plan?
1303
01:23:18,166 --> 01:23:21,961
Big con.
Dick Dodge is the mark.
1304
01:23:22,045 --> 01:23:24,672
- Dick Dodge? - Aren't we getting
out of our league here, man?
1305
01:23:24,714 --> 01:23:26,716
This guy's been doin'
the big con for over 30 years.
1306
01:23:26,800 --> 01:23:29,469
Cuz, these politicians,
1307
01:23:29,552 --> 01:23:32,388
these are some serious slick fish.
1308
01:23:32,430 --> 01:23:35,225
Wait a second. Is everybody
goin' soft here all of a sudden?
1309
01:23:35,308 --> 01:23:38,019
Are you all a bunch
of fuckin' incumbents now?
1310
01:23:38,102 --> 01:23:40,730
Listen, Thursday, Dick Dodge
is at the arts caucus, all right?
1311
01:23:40,814 --> 01:23:43,983
I need to know how long it takes
to get from there to the EPA building.
1312
01:23:44,067 --> 01:23:45,944
All right, Armando?
Okay, now.
1313
01:23:46,027 --> 01:23:49,113
Loretta, get some information
on the EPA and give that to the roper.
1314
01:23:49,197 --> 01:23:51,366
I got a list of equipment
I want you to go get.
1315
01:23:51,449 --> 01:23:53,535
- Crazy, baby.
- Hey.
1316
01:23:53,618 --> 01:23:57,413
Don't we need a new roper? I mean, hey,
look, everybody around here knows our faces.
1317
01:23:57,497 --> 01:24:00,708
Speak of the devil.
1318
01:24:05,797 --> 01:24:08,675
- My man!
- What up, T?
1319
01:24:08,758 --> 01:24:12,887
- Homer!
- What's up?
1320
01:24:15,473 --> 01:24:19,811
Hey, Dick.
Eli Hawkins got his tail...
1321
01:24:19,894 --> 01:24:22,605
- Caught in a crack?
- He did.
1322
01:24:22,689 --> 01:24:25,942
- And you kept my name out of it?
- I did.
1323
01:24:26,025 --> 01:24:28,278
- So I owe you?
- You do.
1324
01:24:32,824 --> 01:24:35,618
This hearing of the committee on Power
and Industry will come to order.
1325
01:24:35,660 --> 01:24:39,414
The health
of America's insurance industry...
1326
01:24:39,497 --> 01:24:44,127
Hey, come here. Somethin' came up.
I got a call from an EPA guy.
1327
01:24:44,169 --> 01:24:46,504
Said he heard how fast
I bailed on the power lines.
1328
01:24:46,588 --> 01:24:48,840
He's got something
really hot for me.
1329
01:24:48,923 --> 01:24:52,886
He wants to meet me outta the office,
after business hours, like tonight.
1330
01:24:57,015 --> 01:24:59,476
Mr. Whitney?
1331
01:24:59,517 --> 01:25:01,769
You said you'd be alone.
1332
01:25:01,853 --> 01:25:03,938
What is he doin' here?
What is he, a cop?
1333
01:25:03,980 --> 01:25:07,358
You wearin' a wire?
You wearin' a goddamn wire?
1334
01:25:07,442 --> 01:25:09,360
Relax, Mr. Whitney,
I'm not wired.
1335
01:25:09,444 --> 01:25:11,946
Yeah?
1336
01:25:12,030 --> 01:25:14,616
Well, let's see.
1337
01:25:14,699 --> 01:25:17,535
I know you got it.
I just gotta find it, that's all.
1338
01:25:19,454 --> 01:25:22,707
- Get your hands off me!
- Hey, man, I told ya he's okay.
1339
01:25:22,790 --> 01:25:24,751
He's not wired.
Look. He has no wire here.
1340
01:25:24,834 --> 01:25:27,921
No wire. You can trust him.
Look at this guy.
1341
01:25:28,004 --> 01:25:32,509
He's got fire engines on his drawers.
This is a good man. Now cool it. Just relax.
1342
01:25:32,592 --> 01:25:34,969
Is this gonna be
something we can use?
1343
01:25:35,011 --> 01:25:38,223
Your friends at the power company
would be very interested.
1344
01:25:41,267 --> 01:25:45,980
- Talk to me.
- All right.
1345
01:25:46,022 --> 01:25:49,025
The White House
is putting heat on the EPA.
1346
01:25:49,108 --> 01:25:51,986
Now we're gonna announce
a major investigation...
1347
01:25:52,070 --> 01:25:54,864
on the relation between power lines
and cancer clusters.
1348
01:26:06,292 --> 01:26:09,546
Mrs. Dodge, it's Arthur Reinhardt.
May I please speak to the chairman?
1349
01:26:13,633 --> 01:26:16,845
Mr. Andersen? Mr. Bridges is on one.
1350
01:26:16,928 --> 01:26:19,556
Zeke!
How in the hell are ya?
1351
01:26:19,639 --> 01:26:22,433
I'm madder than a baptist
in a brothel, you som-bitch!
1352
01:26:22,517 --> 01:26:27,188
Olaf! You hear about this EPA bullshit?
Why, it could ruin Gulf Coast Power!
1353
01:26:27,230 --> 01:26:30,191
They're goin' ahead with this goddamn
power lines investigation.
1354
01:26:30,233 --> 01:26:33,403
I thought we had this settled.
They don't have any proof.
1355
01:26:33,486 --> 01:26:35,488
They ain't lookin' for proof! They're
lookin' for dinner and we're it!
1356
01:26:35,572 --> 01:26:38,283
I tell ya, I'm about as crazy
as a dog in a hubcap factory.
1357
01:26:38,366 --> 01:26:42,328
Shit.
1358
01:26:42,412 --> 01:26:45,415
All right, Zeke.
1359
01:26:45,498 --> 01:26:48,042
Zeke, I'm goin' up to D.C.
for the clean air hearings anyway.
1360
01:26:48,126 --> 01:26:50,587
I'll talk to Dodge.
1361
01:26:52,172 --> 01:26:54,174
- Ya got a second?
- Yeah.
1362
01:26:54,257 --> 01:26:56,593
Okay, I heard something. And I know
there's some business in it.
1363
01:26:56,676 --> 01:27:01,306
- I'm listening.
- EPA, launching a big investigation on power lines.
1364
01:27:01,389 --> 01:27:04,392
- They're gettin' a lot of pressure from the
White House. - That's very interesting.
1365
01:27:04,476 --> 01:27:07,812
I heard the same thing.
1366
01:27:07,896 --> 01:27:10,190
- Nothing gets by you, does it?
- Not much.
1367
01:27:10,273 --> 01:27:14,068
But thank you, son.
I appreciate your sharing that with me.
1368
01:27:14,110 --> 01:27:17,280
Okay, so, there's probably
something in it for us.
1369
01:27:17,363 --> 01:27:20,408
Thomas, if we got the EPA
off Olaf Andersen's back,
1370
01:27:20,450 --> 01:27:23,286
he'd be extremely
appreciative.
1371
01:27:23,369 --> 01:27:27,624
- So... how do we go about doin' that?
- My committee.
1372
01:27:27,707 --> 01:27:31,252
We audit their funding.
Hell, I got him by the balls.
1373
01:27:31,294 --> 01:27:33,630
- So you're just gonna rip their balls o...
- No, no, no.
1374
01:27:33,671 --> 01:27:36,674
Thomas, persuasion.
1375
01:27:36,758 --> 01:27:40,303
- Strenuous persuasion.
- Now, that's allowed.
1376
01:27:40,386 --> 01:27:43,306
Persuasion, yes.
Intimidation, no.
1377
01:27:43,389 --> 01:27:46,142
But... it's a gray area.
1378
01:27:46,226 --> 01:27:48,645
Who's to say which is which?
1379
01:27:48,728 --> 01:27:51,981
Persuasion. You can't rip 'em out.
You have to persuade 'em out.
1380
01:27:52,065 --> 01:27:55,193
Hey, Dick, is there somebody
you can call to make sure...
1381
01:27:55,276 --> 01:27:57,320
the EPA's really doing
the investigation?
1382
01:27:57,403 --> 01:27:59,823
- Of course. He oughta be in by now.
- Who?
1383
01:27:59,906 --> 01:28:05,203
Skeeter Warburton, of course.
Always go straight to the top, son.
1384
01:28:05,286 --> 01:28:09,749
A little outta
my league, Dick.
1385
01:28:15,338 --> 01:28:17,215
Hey.
1386
01:28:18,299 --> 01:28:20,093
Watch it.
1387
01:28:20,176 --> 01:28:22,804
Let's go!
1388
01:28:25,557 --> 01:28:28,476
Congressman Dodge?
1389
01:28:28,560 --> 01:28:31,563
Mrs. Rifkin
from the...
1390
01:28:31,646 --> 01:28:34,023
Silver Foxes. You remember,
1391
01:28:34,107 --> 01:28:37,235
America's second-largest
seniors' organization...
1392
01:28:37,318 --> 01:28:40,989
with members in every district
in Florida, including yours.
1393
01:28:41,072 --> 01:28:44,659
Yes, of course. It's a marvelous
organization, just marvelous.
1394
01:28:44,742 --> 01:28:48,246
- Well, it's always a pleasure to see...
- I need to talk to you.
1395
01:28:48,329 --> 01:28:52,208
Yes, I'd like that very much, but right
now I'm in a rush to get back to my office.
1396
01:28:52,250 --> 01:28:56,045
- You call for an appointment. We'll get together...
- This won't take a second.
1397
01:28:56,087 --> 01:28:58,965
- Could I just walk ya to your office?
- Well...
1398
01:28:59,048 --> 01:29:01,217
- That'd be fine.
- Good.
1399
01:29:22,655 --> 01:29:26,409
If the FDA would just agree
to look at the new support hose,
1400
01:29:26,451 --> 01:29:29,245
we'd feel like
we made some progress.
1401
01:29:29,329 --> 01:29:33,333
Indeed, you know, Mrs. Rifkin, I'm
always so excited to hear your views,
1402
01:29:33,416 --> 01:29:35,752
but really, dear,
I've got to run.
1403
01:29:35,835 --> 01:29:37,962
So run,
who's keeping you?
1404
01:29:38,046 --> 01:29:41,716
So don't be a stranger.
Keep in touch.
1405
01:30:25,385 --> 01:30:28,304
Kimberly, can you get me
Skeeter Warburton on the phone, please?
1406
01:30:28,346 --> 01:30:30,348
Right away, Chairman Dodge.
1407
01:30:31,850 --> 01:30:36,104
- Sweep for radon?
- Radon? I'm sorry, l...
1408
01:30:36,146 --> 01:30:38,148
I don't recall.
1409
01:30:38,231 --> 01:30:40,692
Do you have a work order?
1410
01:30:40,775 --> 01:30:43,528
No,
Supervisor said...
1411
01:30:43,611 --> 01:30:46,156
Supervisor said ain't supposed
to be no paperwork on this...
1412
01:30:46,239 --> 01:30:48,700
'cause something about
y'all killed some radon study.
1413
01:30:48,783 --> 01:30:51,161
Well, we did delete
a few minor budget items.
1414
01:30:51,244 --> 01:30:53,288
Hey, how's it gonna look
to the other people...
1415
01:30:53,329 --> 01:30:57,208
if they find out I swept your office
for radon, didn't do everybody else's?
1416
01:30:57,292 --> 01:31:00,378
- How that gonna look, Mr. Warburton?
- Point taken. Go right ahead.
1417
01:31:00,461 --> 01:31:02,839
You better step outside. I gotta spray
some nasty shit. Look at that.
1418
01:31:05,800 --> 01:31:08,636
Brenda? I'm stepping out
for a few minutes.
1419
01:31:08,720 --> 01:31:12,182
Yeah, Brenda, don't come in here, 'cause
you may get some of this shit on ya.
1420
01:31:22,108 --> 01:31:24,319
Brenda, I've changed my mind.
1421
01:31:24,402 --> 01:31:28,656
- I'm expecting a call from...
- Mr. Warburton, Chairman Dodge is on line two.
1422
01:31:28,740 --> 01:31:32,202
Speak of the devil.
Put him through.
1423
01:31:32,285 --> 01:31:34,662
Afternoon, Mr. Chairman.
Skeeter here.
1424
01:31:34,704 --> 01:31:36,706
I need a straight answer
from you, Skeeter.
1425
01:31:36,748 --> 01:31:38,750
Is the White House
on your back about power lines?
1426
01:31:38,791 --> 01:31:42,086
- Are we off the record, Mr. Chairman?
- Of course.
1427
01:31:42,170 --> 01:31:46,174
I had hoped to go up to Hyannis Port
this weekend to spend time with Tish...
1428
01:31:46,216 --> 01:31:49,135
and do some sailing, but I don't think
I'm going to be able to because I'm...
1429
01:31:49,219 --> 01:31:53,348
spending a lot of time in the office writing
testimony to your committee on cancer clusters.
1430
01:31:53,389 --> 01:31:58,520
Well, l, appreciate
your candor, Skeeter.
1431
01:31:58,561 --> 01:32:01,189
- Anything to be of help, Mr. Chairman.
- Bye.
1432
01:32:04,567 --> 01:32:08,530
Take off for
the rest of the week, please, Brenda.
1433
01:32:08,613 --> 01:32:11,074
I don't see
how I can help ya on this one.
1434
01:32:11,157 --> 01:32:13,785
This is the EPA.
This is the president.
1435
01:32:13,868 --> 01:32:16,913
- This is my lifeblood.
- Olaf, I see that. I see that.
1436
01:32:16,996 --> 01:32:19,415
But in this town
you've gotta pick your fights.
1437
01:32:19,499 --> 01:32:23,211
This could mean
six figures, Dick.
1438
01:32:25,255 --> 01:32:27,966
High six figures.
1439
01:32:30,468 --> 01:32:33,555
Seven figures?
1440
01:32:37,559 --> 01:32:41,521
I suppose a million dollars isn't too
much to insure against losin' five billion.
1441
01:32:41,604 --> 01:32:45,441
- Now you're talkin'.
- But how can I funnel this kind of money to you?
1442
01:32:45,525 --> 01:32:50,071
If that's what you want, we can find a
loophole. No one will see your fingerprints.
1443
01:32:50,113 --> 01:32:52,240
- No one will know?
- No one will know.
1444
01:32:52,282 --> 01:32:55,994
Olaf's just making a contribution
as a patriotic citizen.
1445
01:32:56,077 --> 01:33:00,456
- And in return for that, he's getting...
- Good government!
1446
01:33:00,498 --> 01:33:02,750
Exactly!
Little access, that's all.
1447
01:33:02,792 --> 01:33:06,963
Yes, I'm callin' from Chairman Dodge's
office on the Hill.
1448
01:33:07,046 --> 01:33:12,302
We wanted to be sure CNN was sending
a crew to the clean air hearings today.
1449
01:33:12,385 --> 01:33:14,804
No, not the new
emission standards.
1450
01:33:14,888 --> 01:33:18,850
We're breaking news. This is the biggest
thing since the check bouncing scandal.
1451
01:33:18,892 --> 01:33:21,144
This is Cynthia Leeson from
the White House press office.
1452
01:33:21,227 --> 01:33:25,023
My boss just wanted me to call you folks
and let you know we're going to be making...
1453
01:33:25,106 --> 01:33:29,277
a very important announcement
today at the clean air hearings.
1454
01:33:29,319 --> 01:33:33,865
No, I'm sorry, I can't
tell you that, but it's hot.
1455
01:33:33,948 --> 01:33:36,910
If the New York Times wants to be
the only paper in town to miss out...
1456
01:33:36,993 --> 01:33:39,954
on the biggest story of the year,
that's just up to y'all.
1457
01:33:40,038 --> 01:33:44,542
Hurry up, get into your seats.
Come on, you guys.
1458
01:33:44,626 --> 01:33:47,378
It's gonna be a great day.
Molly, next to Harry.
1459
01:33:49,923 --> 01:33:52,509
- Let's sit here.
- What, in the back?
1460
01:33:52,550 --> 01:33:54,511
- Just sit down, will you?
- All right.
1461
01:33:54,594 --> 01:33:58,848
- How's everything?
- Great.
1462
01:33:58,932 --> 01:34:01,476
You know what would be
a wonderful way for us to start?
1463
01:34:01,559 --> 01:34:05,563
With me congratulating you on what a wonderful
job you've been doing on the committee.
1464
01:34:05,647 --> 01:34:09,234
And really show our appreciation especially
on behalf of the minority community.
1465
01:34:09,317 --> 01:34:11,486
Well, I appreciate that, son.
Thank you very much.
1466
01:34:11,569 --> 01:34:13,988
I'm cutting out of here early.
1467
01:34:14,072 --> 01:34:16,074
Don't wanna run into him?
1468
01:34:16,157 --> 01:34:18,159
This is a mistake.
I never should have come.
1469
01:34:18,201 --> 01:34:21,329
I'm surprised, well, delighted
by the media turnout today.
1470
01:34:21,371 --> 01:34:26,209
- I had no idea that clean air was such a good issue.
- Yeah, isn't it somethin'?
1471
01:34:33,091 --> 01:34:35,593
This meeting of the Power
and Industry Committee...
1472
01:34:35,677 --> 01:34:39,889
to consider the reauthorization
of the clean air act is now in session.
1473
01:34:39,973 --> 01:34:42,892
Today's first business is a panel
of national leaders...
1474
01:34:42,934 --> 01:34:45,770
in the field of utilities,
but before I welcome them,
1475
01:34:45,854 --> 01:34:50,775
the chair would like to yield to the
distinguished gentleman from Florida.
1476
01:34:50,859 --> 01:34:55,321
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to make
a very personal statement, Mr. Chairman.
1477
01:34:55,405 --> 01:34:59,826
I would like to start off by saying
thank you from the bottom of my heart,
1478
01:34:59,909 --> 01:35:04,247
thank you for your leadership
and for your vision.
1479
01:35:04,289 --> 01:35:07,041
But most of all I'd like to
thank you for your courage.
1480
01:35:07,125 --> 01:35:10,295
Especially for your courage.
1481
01:35:10,378 --> 01:35:15,425
- My courage?
- Yes, sir, your courage...
1482
01:35:15,508 --> 01:35:20,597
in exposing the corruption
that eats away at this institution.
1483
01:35:20,680 --> 01:35:23,224
Your courage in taking on
the special interests...
1484
01:35:23,308 --> 01:35:27,395
and your courage in taking
a major new step.
1485
01:35:27,479 --> 01:35:29,481
But l-I've done nothing new.
1486
01:35:29,564 --> 01:35:31,900
Nothing at all.
What are you talking about?
1487
01:35:31,983 --> 01:35:35,778
This is true! Because integrity
is nothing new to you, Mr. Chairman.
1488
01:35:35,820 --> 01:35:38,448
Integrity is second nature
to this man.
1489
01:35:38,531 --> 01:35:41,743
But still it's a rare public servant
who'll take on the PACs...
1490
01:35:41,826 --> 01:35:46,122
and the lobbyists
and the fat cats...
1491
01:35:46,206 --> 01:35:49,626
and side with the American family who
just want to live in safe neighborhoods...
1492
01:35:49,709 --> 01:35:52,003
and send their kids
off to safe schools.
1493
01:35:52,086 --> 01:35:55,256
Well, I thank the gentleman, but we really
must move along. If the gentleman would...
1494
01:35:55,340 --> 01:35:58,051
Ladies and gentlemen,
yesterday,
1495
01:35:58,134 --> 01:36:00,762
I had a meeting
with the chairman...
1496
01:36:00,804 --> 01:36:03,181
in his office
with Mr. Olaf Andersen...
1497
01:36:03,264 --> 01:36:06,768
of Gulf Coast Power,
and his lobbyist, Mr. Terry Corrigan.
1498
01:36:06,810 --> 01:36:11,022
I thank the gentleman!
But we really must move along!
1499
01:36:11,105 --> 01:36:13,024
The subject of this meeting...
1500
01:36:13,107 --> 01:36:16,361
was the possible EPA
investigation on power lines...
1501
01:36:16,444 --> 01:36:19,781
and the connection between them
and increased cancer risks.
1502
01:36:19,823 --> 01:36:22,033
Gentleman's out of order.
1503
01:36:22,116 --> 01:36:25,036
Now what makes
this meeting different...
1504
01:36:25,119 --> 01:36:28,331
from most of the other meetings
that take place in Washington...
1505
01:36:28,414 --> 01:36:32,168
was that the American people
were actually represented...
1506
01:36:32,252 --> 01:36:35,463
in the form of this.
1507
01:36:42,512 --> 01:36:47,225
At Chairman Dodge's suggestion,
1508
01:36:47,308 --> 01:36:51,104
I videotaped the entire meeting!
1509
01:36:53,189 --> 01:36:56,776
Don't ya love that?
1510
01:36:56,860 --> 01:37:00,029
Isn't that somethin'? Dick Dodge!
Isn't he somethin' special?
1511
01:37:00,113 --> 01:37:02,490
Don't you love this man?
1512
01:37:02,532 --> 01:37:05,285
- Gentleman is out of order.
- Dodge double-crossed us.
1513
01:37:05,368 --> 01:37:07,912
- You're fired.
- Don't ya love this chairman?
1514
01:37:07,996 --> 01:37:09,914
Gentleman is out of order!
1515
01:37:09,998 --> 01:37:13,501
See, he's brought dignity back to
the name Dick. No longer is it tricky.
1516
01:37:13,585 --> 01:37:17,172
Come on, Dick is good!
Dick is good!
1517
01:37:17,255 --> 01:37:19,591
- Turn off his microphone!
- Chairman Dodge!
1518
01:37:23,052 --> 01:37:27,140
This is neither the time
nor the place for these matters.
1519
01:37:27,223 --> 01:37:31,060
But you may rest assured
that the committee...
1520
01:37:31,144 --> 01:37:33,396
will investigate them
thoroughly.
1521
01:37:33,480 --> 01:37:38,401
Now, we're gonna take
a 15-minute recess.
1522
01:37:38,485 --> 01:37:41,779
Dick, you crazy son of a bitch,
you know we planned this.
1523
01:37:49,496 --> 01:37:53,124
You stupid son of a bitch!
You taped our conversation?
1524
01:37:53,208 --> 01:37:55,877
They are makin' 'em
kinda small nowadays.
1525
01:37:55,919 --> 01:37:58,129
You bastard!
You two bastards!
1526
01:37:58,213 --> 01:38:00,423
You think you're gonna
hang me out to dry? Bullshit!
1527
01:38:00,507 --> 01:38:02,759
If I go down,
you go down, Dick Dodge!
1528
01:38:02,842 --> 01:38:05,595
Say, do you remember that little
$300,000 you squeezed outta me...
1529
01:38:05,678 --> 01:38:08,097
for your voter
registration scam?
1530
01:38:08,139 --> 01:38:10,308
What the hell was that?
Just water under the bridge.
1531
01:38:10,391 --> 01:38:13,061
What about the $200,000
for your phony foundation?
1532
01:38:13,102 --> 01:38:15,772
- Or the bundled checks my executive
put in your pocket? - Okay, now.
1533
01:38:15,855 --> 01:38:18,900
- Olaf. - No, no, I trusted you, Dick.
I gave you my condo in Vail.
1534
01:38:18,942 --> 01:38:21,986
- I gave you my corporate jet to fly all over the...
- All right...
1535
01:38:22,070 --> 01:38:26,574
I bought 10,000 copies of your boring,
dull-ass autobiography!
1536
01:38:26,616 --> 01:38:29,452
I put up scholarships
to send your kids through college.
1537
01:38:29,536 --> 01:38:33,998
I even hired your goddamn color-blind
wife to redecorate my office.
1538
01:38:34,082 --> 01:38:36,543
- Olaf! Jesus! Sit down!
- What are you doin'?
1539
01:38:36,626 --> 01:38:40,380
- I'm tryin' to tell you, I didn't have a goddamn thing
to do with this! - You shittin' me?
1540
01:38:40,463 --> 01:38:44,092
No, no, no, no!
Think! Think!
1541
01:38:44,175 --> 01:38:46,219
I know you got me
by the short and curlies.
1542
01:38:46,302 --> 01:38:49,389
What the hell would I have
to gain by sellin' you out?
1543
01:38:49,472 --> 01:38:52,433
I had no idea that slime bag
was tapin' us.
1544
01:38:52,475 --> 01:38:55,812
Excuse me. Dick?
1545
01:38:55,895 --> 01:38:57,981
Lighten up on the slime bag,
1546
01:39:01,860 --> 01:39:04,112
What's your game, Thomas?
Shakedown?
1547
01:39:04,154 --> 01:39:08,366
Yeah, it's a shakedown.
All right?
1548
01:39:08,449 --> 01:39:10,702
And unless you
wanna see this...
1549
01:39:10,785 --> 01:39:13,997
all over CNN,
you're gonna pay my price.
1550
01:39:14,038 --> 01:39:16,040
First, I want you
to call Skeeter Warburton.
1551
01:39:16,124 --> 01:39:18,376
I want you to tell him to launch
an investigation on power lines.
1552
01:39:18,460 --> 01:39:20,545
- Wha...
- There's more.
1553
01:39:20,628 --> 01:39:23,006
I want you to resign. You can
tell people it's for health reasons.
1554
01:39:23,089 --> 01:39:25,258
Most of us will believe that 'cause
we've seen you in the steam room.
1555
01:39:27,051 --> 01:39:29,262
Why the hell are you doin' this?
1556
01:39:29,345 --> 01:39:33,349
I am doing this for Mickey Juba and I'm doin'
this for Celia Kirby and I'm doin' this...
1557
01:39:33,433 --> 01:39:36,853
for my grandmother and about a million
other people you wouldn't give a shit about.
1558
01:39:36,936 --> 01:39:39,230
Who?
1559
01:39:39,314 --> 01:39:43,359
- Do we have a deal or not?
- Well, I guess that...
1560
01:39:43,443 --> 01:39:47,780
depends entirely on what's
on that tape, doesn't it?
1561
01:39:47,864 --> 01:39:50,325
You know what's on this tape.
This is America's sleaziest home video.
1562
01:39:50,408 --> 01:39:53,411
Fuck that. Let's see what you
really got on that tape.
1563
01:39:53,495 --> 01:39:55,705
- This is just a copy!
- Give me that!
1564
01:39:55,788 --> 01:39:58,833
Yo, man, it's just a copy.
1565
01:40:01,795 --> 01:40:06,049
Maria, my hot-blooded Spanish friend.
1566
01:40:06,132 --> 01:40:10,470
Babette, zee Parisian pussycat,
and many others.
1567
01:40:10,553 --> 01:40:13,389
- So call the Girls of Many Nations.
- It's a bluff.
1568
01:40:13,473 --> 01:40:15,683
- At 1-900-555...
- It's a stinking, cheap-ass bluff.
1569
01:40:15,725 --> 01:40:19,604
NATO.
1570
01:40:19,687 --> 01:40:22,607
But the question is, can we get
the shit back into the horse?
1571
01:40:22,690 --> 01:40:27,403
Why not? He never made
any specific charges.
1572
01:40:27,487 --> 01:40:29,531
So what do we do when
we go back in the hearing?
1573
01:40:29,614 --> 01:40:33,243
Leave that to me. You just walk
back in there lookin' dignified.
1574
01:40:33,326 --> 01:40:36,329
- Dignified.
- And you!
1575
01:40:38,331 --> 01:40:42,377
You better be very, very quiet
in there, my friend.
1576
01:40:42,418 --> 01:40:47,632
I got the goods on you, and it would be my
pleasure to leave tire marks all over you.
1577
01:40:47,715 --> 01:40:50,885
- Like you did Hawkins?
- Not even close.
1578
01:40:50,969 --> 01:40:54,848
So unless you wanna spend
the next 20 years in prison,
1579
01:40:54,931 --> 01:40:57,016
you keep your mouth shut.
1580
01:40:57,100 --> 01:41:00,895
Now, do we understand
each other here?
1581
01:41:00,979 --> 01:41:02,939
Yeah, we understand
each other.
1582
01:41:05,942 --> 01:41:09,904
All right, let's do it.
1583
01:41:17,829 --> 01:41:19,873
All right, folks,
step back, please. Come on.
1584
01:41:19,956 --> 01:41:21,916
Clear the hallway now.
Give 'em some room.
1585
01:41:24,544 --> 01:41:28,298
Chairman Dodge!
1586
01:41:28,381 --> 01:41:30,467
Get that thing outta my face!
1587
01:41:30,550 --> 01:41:32,802
What is on that tape?
1588
01:41:38,224 --> 01:41:40,435
- Come on, let's go in there!
- Go!
1589
01:41:43,021 --> 01:41:45,690
By the way, Dick, I didn't
mean that about your wife.
1590
01:41:45,773 --> 01:41:48,693
I think she's great.
1591
01:41:55,200 --> 01:41:57,535
Thank you, Kimberly.
1592
01:42:01,331 --> 01:42:03,625
These hearings
are now reconvened.
1593
01:42:03,708 --> 01:42:08,755
- Without going into details,
- No problem, no problem.
1594
01:42:08,838 --> 01:42:11,174
I would like to make
a comment on the...
1595
01:42:11,257 --> 01:42:14,177
unfortunate incident
that we all just witnessed.
1596
01:42:14,219 --> 01:42:18,264
Now, this body...
Well, indeed our whole...
1597
01:42:18,348 --> 01:42:20,433
system of government
is imperfect.
1598
01:42:20,517 --> 01:42:24,062
It's imperfect because
it depends on people.
1599
01:42:24,145 --> 01:42:27,690
Human beings who make mistakes,
act in haste,
1600
01:42:27,774 --> 01:42:29,818
misinterpret things...
1601
01:42:29,901 --> 01:42:32,946
Yeah, and do things like buy
10,000 copies of your autobiography.
1602
01:42:33,029 --> 01:42:36,282
Which by the way is not a crime,
unless you make people read it.
1603
01:42:36,366 --> 01:42:40,119
Damn it, sir, you are out of order.
1604
01:42:40,203 --> 01:42:43,039
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey!
1605
01:42:43,081 --> 01:42:46,042
To hell with order. The truth is gonna
come out here today, all right?
1606
01:42:46,126 --> 01:42:49,629
All right!
You want the truth?
1607
01:42:49,712 --> 01:42:52,382
Here's the truth, Congressman.
1608
01:42:52,465 --> 01:42:55,009
The man you see before you
is nothing but a common criminal.
1609
01:42:55,093 --> 01:42:59,139
He got into this House
through fraud! Now!
1610
01:42:59,222 --> 01:43:03,309
You want more truth, Congressman?
Here's your rap sheet.
1611
01:43:03,393 --> 01:43:06,229
Arrest for bookmaking,
cardsharping,
1612
01:43:06,271 --> 01:43:09,816
con games, mail fraud.
1613
01:43:09,899 --> 01:43:14,988
You know, I had hoped to avoid
damaging this noble institution.
1614
01:43:15,071 --> 01:43:20,243
But I can see that you have no respect
for this institution or for anything else.
1615
01:43:20,326 --> 01:43:24,747
There!
I dare you to respond.
1616
01:43:42,265 --> 01:43:45,894
Yeah, this is me.
Can't deny it.
1617
01:43:45,977 --> 01:43:48,438
Can't deny anything on here.
I did all of this.
1618
01:43:48,480 --> 01:43:51,691
Except for this thing. This woman
got her shoes back. This woman here.
1619
01:43:51,774 --> 01:43:56,237
But everything else on this list
is real. I did it, don't deny it.
1620
01:43:56,279 --> 01:43:59,115
But all of this is nothing...
1621
01:43:59,157 --> 01:44:02,076
compared to the shit I pulled off
right here in Washington.
1622
01:44:02,160 --> 01:44:07,290
And everything I did in this town
would be considered legit.
1623
01:44:07,373 --> 01:44:11,961
Now that is enough!
Have you no shame, Mr. Johnson?
1624
01:44:12,045 --> 01:44:16,966
Do you deny that just five minutes ago
you attempted to impugn the integrity...
1625
01:44:17,008 --> 01:44:20,011
- Of this committee...
- You son-of-a-bitch!
1626
01:44:20,094 --> 01:44:22,764
- You taped our conversation!
- From a highly-respected...
1627
01:44:22,806 --> 01:44:25,892
You two bastards!
You think you can hang me out to dry?
1628
01:44:25,975 --> 01:44:28,853
Bullshit!
If I go down, you go down, Dick Dodge!
1629
01:44:28,937 --> 01:44:32,649
Hey, you remember that $300,000
you squeezed outta me...
1630
01:44:32,732 --> 01:44:36,194
for that phony voter
registration scam?
1631
01:44:36,277 --> 01:44:39,239
What about the $200,000
for that phony foundation?
1632
01:44:39,322 --> 01:44:42,742
Or those bundle of checks
my executive put in your pocket.
1633
01:44:42,826 --> 01:44:45,078
- Olaf! Look!
- I trusted you! I trusted you!
1634
01:44:45,161 --> 01:44:49,666
I gave you my condo in Vail.
I let you fly my corporate jet.
1635
01:44:49,749 --> 01:44:53,545
No, I even bought 10,000 copies of
your boring, dull-ass autobiography.
1636
01:44:53,628 --> 01:44:56,798
- Olaf! Sit down! I'm tryin' to tell ya somethin'.
- What? What?
1637
01:44:56,840 --> 01:44:59,342
I didn't have a goddamn thing
to do with this!
1638
01:44:59,425 --> 01:45:01,469
- Bullshit!
- Olaf! Think!
1639
01:45:01,511 --> 01:45:04,973
- Order! Order!
- You...
1640
01:45:05,014 --> 01:45:08,351
Clear the room!
Clear the goddamn room!
1641
01:45:08,434 --> 01:45:12,355
I want order!
I will have order!
1642
01:45:12,438 --> 01:45:16,776
Come on, let's hear it
for ex-chairman Dodge!
1643
01:45:16,860 --> 01:45:19,237
- Come on! Put your hands together!
- Yes!
1644
01:45:19,320 --> 01:45:21,781
Let's hear it
for the retiring chairman!
1645
01:45:21,865 --> 01:45:24,450
You can do much better than that!
This man is going to jail.
1646
01:45:24,534 --> 01:45:27,620
Give him a big round
of applause! Come on!
1647
01:45:27,704 --> 01:45:31,958
Go write a new book!
1648
01:45:32,041 --> 01:45:34,502
- Hey! Hey!
- Thomas!
1649
01:45:34,586 --> 01:45:37,297
Thomas! What the hell are you doing?
We're all gonna go to jail!
1650
01:45:37,380 --> 01:45:41,301
You son of a bitch!
1651
01:45:41,384 --> 01:45:43,344
Look what you did to your man.
Look what you did!
1652
01:45:43,428 --> 01:45:47,474
Hey! Hey! Hey! Yeah, you almost
got your ass whipped just then.
1653
01:45:52,687 --> 01:45:54,189
Hold him really tight, hold him. I want to get some
good pictures while he's got color in his cheeks.
1654
01:45:54,230 --> 01:45:59,777
Now, smile for the cameras, Dick.
How am I doin'?
1655
01:45:59,861 --> 01:46:02,530
- That's it. - Thank you.
- Smile, please.
1656
01:46:12,457 --> 01:46:15,084
So how does it feel
being a national hero?
1657
01:46:15,168 --> 01:46:17,629
Terrible. Everybody
knows my face now.
1658
01:46:17,712 --> 01:46:19,881
I'm finished in the line
of business I was in.
1659
01:46:19,964 --> 01:46:23,551
Can't exactly go into 7-Eleven
and pass bad checks anymore, you know.
1660
01:46:23,593 --> 01:46:26,429
- So what are you gonna do?
- Well, I got a full head of hair.
1661
01:46:26,471 --> 01:46:28,723
A famous face and pretty good bullshit.
1662
01:46:28,765 --> 01:46:32,393
- There's only one thing I can do.
- Congress is gonna throw you out.
1663
01:46:32,477 --> 01:46:35,396
Yeah, but I'm gonna run
for president.
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