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Previously, on The West Wing:

You know the thing
with guys like you?

What's the thing
about guys like me?

You want to get hit
over the head.

I have to go.

We'll see ya.

I went to rehab.

My friends embraced me
when I got out.

You relapse,
it's not like that.

"Get away from me."

That's what it's like.

Mr. McGarry, the day
Jed Bartlett was...

No, I'm sorry.

Mr. McGarry

I'm going to resume this
after the holidays.
What?

Mr. McGarry, that concludes

our questioning for today.

We'll pick it up here

when the Chairman gavels
these hearings back to order.

Good evening.

Good evening.
Good evening.

What are the police
doing outside?

The door?
Yeah.

That's the Capitol Police.

I know. What are
they doing out there?

Well, I didn't ask for them.

Who did?

Would you prefer they went away?

If you're going
to put a deal on the table

I'd prefer there
not be armed guards

outside the door
to intimidate him.

I'm not that
easily intimidated.

I am.
The Chairman
put 'em there

to insure our privacy.

Tell them to wait
at the end of the hall.

Counsel?

They've stepped
to the other side of the hall.

Cliff...
Oh, you want me to
overpower them, Jordan?

I don't care if the police
are out there.

Can somebody speak?

Yeah.
Mr. McGarry,

this entire conversation's
off the record.

You'll see nobody's
taking it down.

You mean, what you're
about to say

or the five minutes we just did
on the Capitol Police?

The whole thing.

Okay.

Congressman Gibson.

Yeah.

You know where his testimony
was about to go.

Yes.
And where it'll pick up

once the hearings
convene again.
Yes.

We're willing to end
the hearings right now.

End his testimony?
His testimony

the First Lady's,
the balance of
the witness list...

the hearings.

We're willing
to end them right now.

In exchange for?
A joint resolution.

HR 172.

JORDAN:
Censure.

Yeah, a resolution
condemning the President

for lying to...
He didn't lie.

Leo...
Condemning
the President

for lying to the
American people.

Look, I'm not...

The White House can't object.

In fact, it has to welcome
the resolution

and let any Democrat
who wants to

vote in favor of it.

You keep saying the White House

but you mean the President.

Yeah.

Why aren't you talking
to the President?

We think if
the suggestion

comes from you,
it'll carry more weight

than if the suggestion
comes from

the Chairman or
the Speaker.
Yeah?

Yes, sir.

Okay, well...

I'll just call the President
and suggest to him

that he allow
a huge bipartisan vote

on the floor of the U.S.
House of Representatives

calling him a liar

and that he
welcome the result.

Then, I'm going to flap my wings
and fly to Neverland.

Leo...

You think I am
so desperate

to save my ass, I'm going
to roll over on Jed Bartlet?

I don't think
it's a matter of...

I take a bullet
for the President.

He doesn't take one for me.

Is that all you got?

Yeah.

Good night.

Can you give me
some time?

One day.

All right, I've got copies.

Have you read it?

Bits and pieces.

How is it?

I'm going to set up
a war room downstairs.

It's serious?
Yeah.

I'm up!

All right...

this is

The Camera Doesn't Lie:
What I Saw

at the Bartlett White House
by Ron Burkhalt.

Have you
read it?
Bits and pieces.

How is it?

I'm setting up
a war room downstairs.
It's serious?

How many times do
you think we're going
to have to do this?

I'm up.

We're each taking
a couple of chapters.

This is just based
on what, Ginger?

Going through the index.

So, presumably the chapters
you've been assigned

are about you.

If not, trade
with somebody.

What we're doing
is making note

of anything big
or small that's wrong.

Anything I can use
to attack credibility.

Okay, right
away I see one.

What?

I'm Larry, he's Ed.

I usually don't know that.

Sam?
Yeah.

Are we taking this
a little too seriously?

No.
He was a White House
photographer.

He was fired.

My recollection is
that he was a buffoon.

He was a
buffoon, which

has always stopped
the American public

to say nothing
of the press

from taking
something seriously.

So what are
you saying?

The book's in stores
in three weeks.

In a week, the press
will have excerpts.

That's how much time I have to
turn this guy into a punch line.

"Bartlet was playing a round
of golf with Toby Ziegler

"the prickly, mumbling
Communications Director

"whose inner, bitter darkness
spelled the breakup

of the one marriage
we know about."

It was miniature golf,
wasn't it?

Yeah.

Sam, got anything else?

No. Thank you.

Toby?

Yeah.

Listen.

You know
Amy Gardner, right?

Women's Leadership
Coalition.

Yeah.
Yeah.

I've know her
for a while, actually.

She went out with
my roommate in college.

Huh.

I saw her a couple of weeks ago

about some language
in the Vienna Treaty.
I remember.

Mrs. Bartlet
sent me there.
Yeah.

I don't know, she changed
her hair or something

something's going on.

What do you need?

Well, I'm
a straight shooter.

I think my record's
pretty clear on that.

Yeah.

I'd like
to see her again.

Call her.

And ask her out?
Yeah.

No, no.

'Cause there's a
potential she says no

and then I have
to move someplace

where it'll never
be spoken of again.

Yeah.

I need to come in under
the cover of business.

'Cause you're
a straight shooter.
Yeah.

I need a point of friction.

An issue where the feministas

and the White House
disagree.

That way, I can
go to her

break the bad news,
stand tough, smooth it over

and then, you know,
I take it from there.

How about the word "feministas"?

Nah. Come on, you've
been doing outreach

to the women's groups
on the State

of the Union--
where are we?
They're happy.

Very happy?
Yeah.

With the surplus
projections changing?

Women are getting
a decent break.

Damn-- where the hell are the
pro-lifers when you need them?

Sons of bitches, don't they
know you're trying to get...

Hey, this is not that.

She's got...

I really...
I'm... bewitched.

I'm ensorcelled.

There's got to be some way
we're screwing them over.

There's an anti-family planning
amendment on Raleigh's

foreign ops
supplemental...

We killed it in Committee.

Pay Equity Act?

They're the ones
who want to wait.

Breast cancer screenings
through Medicare?

Fully funded.

Head Start's okay.
What about paid family leave?

They know
it's a dream

they don't want us to waste
the capital.

We can't just
compromise like that.

They want us to compromise,
like that.

They should
be outraged.

They're not, they just
want a study funded.

How much we putting
towards the study?

Almost everything
they asked for.

Almost?

They wanted
$21 million

they're getting $20.5.

Well, that's
practically an insult.

Yeah.

Paid family leave, there it is.

Yeah, I'd go
with paid family leave.

Paid family leave.

There it is.

Okay.

Hey.

Yeah.

Listen.

Come here.

You're inside, right?

On what?

Leo?

You were nervous when he took
the stand before the break.

So was the President.

Then they called the recess.

I don't know
what was going on

that's okay, that's the
way somebody wants it.

But you're inside, right?

Yeah.

Good.

If it's something Communications
is going to have to work with...

The lawyers
are talking about it.

When I have to know I will.

Yeah.

Okay.

Paid family leave.

Charlie.
Good morning.

How was your weekend?

It was good, sir.
What'd you do?

I was here most of
the time with you, sir.

Time well spent.
Yeah.

Weren't you going
to a flea market?

Yeah, I picked
something up for you.

You didn't
have to do that.

Yeah?

It's a map of the Holy Land
that was drawn in 1709.

It's titled "Canaan,
Palestine, or the Holy Land."

Nice sucking up.

Thank you, sir.

Look at these
topographical details.

Seriously, I'm going to have
this framed, this is great.

If you leave it here,
I'll send it out.

No, I'm going to
play with it some more.

LEO:
Good morning.

Look at this map.

1709.

The Dead Sea,
Jordan River, Mount Sinai.

That's beautiful.

You want to come inside?

Yeah.

Thanks again, Charlie.

How'd it go?

Last night?

Yeah.

It was nothing.

What did they offer?

Nothing.

They didn't offer nothing.

It was a non-starter,
don't worry about it.

Censure?

Yeah.

Anyway,
I'm going to go

to a budget meeting
where the OMB and treasury

are going to recommend we
drop the child poverty fund

from the State of the Union.

Well, I get it

but see what you
can do about it, okay?

Yeah, anything else?

No, I've got a security
briefing downstairs.

Thank you, Mr. President.

JORDAN:
Hi.

Remember me?

Margaret!

I was the one with you

last night when you
went to the meeting.
Yes.

When you left the meeting
I was not with you.
Yes?

Is it just an
open house in here?

The whole system's
gotten out of hand.

Yeah.

You left without me.

Well, if you're
going to make

a strong exit,
you really can't wait

for someone to get
their purse together.

How long does it take
to get a purse together?

A question I've been asking
my entire adult life.

It's a nonbinding resolution.

Do you know
what that means?

No, could you tell me,
'cause I've really started

to take an interest
in government lately.

Do you know how much
force and effect it has?
Jordan...

None. No force and effect.

The following is a sampling
of nonbinding joint resolutions

from the 106th Congress.

I have a meeting.

A resolution in support
of Ohio's state motto.

A resolution fostering
friendship and cooperation

with the people
of Mongolia.

I have a meeting.

A resolution recognizing

the contributions of Bristol,
Tennessee, to the development

of country music.

I'm sorry, I have
a budget meeting.

A resolution in support
of Little League baseball.

Jordan...
A resolution recogniz...

This isn't that!

This is 535 Congressmen
and Senators standing up

and saying the President lied

and should be
ashamed of himself.

And this is us
standing up and saying

you're right.

This would be
the first time in history

a President has been censured.

Congress isn't talk radio.

It's the seat of democracy,
their opinion matters

and their condemnation doesn't
have to come with handcuffs

to be devastating
to this President.

That is the force and effect

and it's not going to
happen because of me.

I have a budget meeting, Jordan.

Hey.

Hey.

Listen.

Yeah.

How's it going
with the thing?

My chapters?
Yeah.

I'm done.

And?

I'm fine with it.

What do you mean?

I'm fine with it.

You're saying
it's all true?

No. Hardly any
of it's true.

Then it's not true.

Well, my name
is Toby Ziegler

and I'm the
Communications Director

though there's a typo
in "communications"

at one point.

Perhaps...

perhaps...

perhaps I mumble
from time to time

but prickly?

I do not think so.

Nonetheless,
I'm fine with it.

Toby, no kidding,
I need a fact/fiction paper.

I'd really rather not have one
over my signature.

There's a
ticking clock.

It has to get discredited
before it's real.

I remember this guy

as a not very talented

not very pleasant
malcontent

who wasn't here very long.

Am I remembering
the right guy?

Yeah.

Yeah, well, I don't
want him to know

I remember him at all.

That's nice.

Now if we can only get
200 million other people

to think that way.

Yeah, I...
Conventional wisdom
in Washington

is like concrete--
it hardens.

There's nothing
you can do about it.

So, let's...
Is there anything
in particular?

In your chapters?

Yeah.

It says you and I were sent out
of the Oval Office

to write an introduction for
a Teacher of the Year ceremony

while others stayed
for a serious discussion

on Latin America.

We weren't sent out
of the room.

We left voluntarily to work
on a major education address

instead of waiting
another ten minutes

while White House operators

kept trying to connect
the President

with the President of Ecuador

who was only calling
to complain one more time

about how we resolved
the banana crisis.

We weren't sent out
of the room.

Will you put that down
in a memo?

Yeah.

( sighs )

He's going to be ready for you
in just a minute.

Okay.

On Carol's birthday,
did you happen to attend

a seance
where they tried to contact

Margaret's grandmother?

No, right?

( phone rings )

Yes, sir?

You can go on in.

Thanks.

( door opens )

Hey.

Good afternoon,
Mr. President.

There seems to be
a growing consensus

that no one's going to believe

I'm serious about paying down
a trillion dollars of the debt

when I'm willing to spend
$200 billion

on the child poverty fund.

I agree
with the growing consensus.

I'm not saying
we're not going to do it.

We're just going to find
a different way of saying

we're going to do it.

We're on it.
Anything else?

ALL:
Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you.

( soft groan )

What's going on?

Well, I guess
you should know

we have galleys of a book
that's coming out

in a few weeks.

A kiss-and-tell
by a photographer

who worked for me
for about a half hour.

Fiction or nonfiction?

Science fiction really.

What else?

Everything else is
the State of the Union.

All right.
Hey, you want
to see something?

Charlie gave this to me.

It's a map of
the Holy Land,
drawn in 1709.

He got at a
flea market.

It's hand-colored,
copper engraved.

I was going to put it
in the outer office.

This outer office?

Yeah.
No.

Why?

Why?
Yeah.

'Cause some people are going
to find it offensive.

Why?

It doesn't recognize Israel.

It was drawn in 1709.

Yeah.

There was no Israel.
Right.

Israel wouldn't happen

for another
250 years.
Yeah.

So, what's the problem
with the map?

Some people are going
to find it offensive.

Why?
It doesn't recognize Israel.

Take lunch, would you?

Hey, your favorite movie

was on TV last night.

"By God, I'm 50, alive,
and the King

all at the same time."

I turned it on
just as they got to the scene

when Richard, Jeffrey and John
were locked in the dungeon

and Henry was coming down
to execute them.

Richard tells his brothers
not to cower

but to take it like men.

And Jeffrey says,
"You fool!

"As if it matters

how a man falls down."

And Richard says...

BOTH:
"When the fall
is all that's left...

it matters a great deal."

It matters a great deal.

Are you trying
to tell me something?

No, Mr. President,
of course not.

Okay.

Thank you, sir.

( phone ringing )

Josh Lyman's office.

Hi, Amy,
it's Donna Moss.

I'll take it.
I'll take it.

That's for me.

Yeah, I'm not sure
if he's in, Amy.

Let me check.

( whispering ):
Press hold,
and I will pick up

the phone
in my office.

I'm sorry, how does
a telephone work again?

( loud thud )

Hang on just a second, Amy.

Amy.

( breathlessly ):
Hey, J.

How you doing?

Good. And you?

Good.

My office said you called.

Are you wrestling
with someone right now?

You in the middle of a match
or something?

I'm at the gym.

You spend a lot of time
at the gym.

( machine beeps )
Compared to whom?

( chuckling ):
Compared to me.

Ah!

Listen, uh, we need to talk
about something.

What's that?

Josh?

Paid family leave.

Sorry, there was a dog in here
for a second.

A dog?

A nice one.
It was okay.

So, what about
paid family leave?

Well, I-I'd like to talk
about this in person.

Any chance
we could get together?

Sure. Can you have
a late dinner tonight?

Yes. As late as you like.

Great.

I have a date

but I should be able
to meet you by 11:00.

Well, I don't want

to bust up your date
or anything.

No.

We're going to the ballet.

I can meet you at 11:00.

How's the Ritz-Carlton?

Uh, 11:00.

See you then.

Anything?

Phone messages.

Thank you.

I'm moving the 4:00
with Treasury.
Okay.

They upped the prediction
to 18 inches by morning.

And Jordon Kendall's
still in your office.

A resolution recognizing
the important contributions

of Americans of
Austrian descent.

Margaret?

I'm sorry.

Was our meeting over?

Yes?

Close the door.

JORDON:
A resolution

remembering the life
of George Washington

'cause there was a chance

we were going to
forget who he was.
Look...

"What's that tall
thing at the end
of the mall?"

"I don't know.
A monument to somebody."

Where are we again?
Jordon...

No. The opinion
of Congress matters?

Yes. And they're
rattling it off

every day on television.

It's not the opinion...

Your reputation
is saved...

My reputation isn't...

He put... he put you
on the hot seat.

This is not your thing.
It is my thing

and I'm sorry,
but I can't allow you
to talk like that in here.

I wasn't seeking
your permission.

You need to get...
You need to get

that I am the White House
Chief of Staff.

And how much longer
do you think

you're going to be able
to keep that job

if you tell the story

they're going to
make you tell?!

Play the tape through
to the end, Leo.

It's not my decision.

I think it is.

In fact, I know it.

And you know it, too.

I have a meeting.

( door opens, closes )

What are you still doing here?

C.J.'s here.

The book?

Yeah.

You know
if it started

snowing yet?

It hasn't.

How is it supposed to be
18 inches

by the morning
if it hasn't started yet?

Accumulates by a magnitude,
does a thing, I don't know.

Okay.

Josh?

Yeah?

You wanted me to tell you
when it's 10:45.

See ya.

I'll get home fine.

What's the problem?

It's not fit for man
nor beast out there.

Has it started
snowing yet?

It accumulates
by a magnitude.

( phone rings )

See you.

You want this?

No.

Josh Lyman's office.

CLIFF:
Donna?

Yeah.

It's Cliff.

Yeah.

I need to meet with you
for a minute

and I need for nobody else
to know it's happening.

Can you meet me right now?

Why?

Look, it's not social.

No way.

I can't.

There's nothing wrong with it.

It's not against the law.

How do I know?

I'm a lawyer.

You're not my lawyer.

Look, I'm going to be

at the Georgetown Law Library
in 20 minutes.

I'll be in the Federal
Case Law section.

Cliff, I'm a senior assistant.

This is way over my head,
and it doesn't feel right.

I can't go Deep Throating
in the middle...

Cliff?

Are you there?

( sighs )

Sir?

PRESIDENT:
Yeah?
C.J.

Thanks.

Good evening,
Mr. President.

Hey, C.J.

You're working late.

You, too.
What's up?

Well, this might
sound ridiculous.

Let's lay odds.
You know we're trying
to vet this book.

I've heard about the book.

So...

Yes?

"It is well known
in the Bartlet
White House

"that after having
two daughters

"Jed Bartlet wanted a
son and sought advice

"from the book How
to Choose the Sex
of Your Baby

"by Dr. Landrum
B. Shettles.

"The book recommends that
the father-to-be avoid

"'jockey shorts,
jock straps

and other tight-
fitting clothes.'"

Yeah?

So, I can put you
down for a "no?"

When you're going
to be a father,

you're rooting for ten fingers
and ten toes, and that's it.

Thank you,
Mr. President.

Wait.

I want to show you this
great map Charlie found.

Sir, I know about it.
You can't put it up
in the West Wing.

C.J.?!

It doesn't recognize Israel.

There was no Israel in 1709.

That's right.

So, it's not on the map.

Which is what some people
are going to find offensive.

That's ridiculous.

You know what
would be great?

If I put it
someplace else?
Yes.

Leo has-- in what
used to be his house

when he was married-- a
map of the United States.

The first third
of it is the 13
original colonies.

The second third of it is the
French territory of Louisiana.

And the third
third is Mexico.

In this map of the
United States, there
is not a single state.

That's because when
this map was made

there was no
United States.

I am the President
of the United States

and I'm not offended by it.

Well, you're bigger
than ten men, sir.

What do you say
we put it out of the way?

I'm having it enlarged
and bolting it

to the hood of my limo.

They don't want us to
put up our map, Charlie.

They're philistines in
the fight for freedom

but that doesn't
bother us, does it?

Huh?

Never mind.

It's not like
I'm agreeing
with the people

who are going
to be offended.

It's just that
you're asking

for a whole lot of pain,
in exchange for which

you get nothing
but an old map.

That's the key.
An old map.

An old map.
Spin that.

See, now you got me
out there spinning things.

Anything else?

You didn't have special
underwear, right?

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. President.

CLIFF:
Donna?

What's going on?

Thanks for coming.

What's going on?

I need you to
set up a meeting
for me and Josh.

A phone conversation
will be fine

but I need it to
happen right away.

Is this why your office
has been calling all day?

We wouldn't be here
right now if you'd
returned the call.

I return the calls
Josh tells me to.

I need the conversation.

Why?

I can't say why.

I can't. I can't tell
Josh I spoke to you.

There's no jeopardy here.
I'd be going
behind the backs

of the Counsel's Office,
Legislative Affairs...

I'm trying to
help Leo McGarry.

Since when are you
in the business

of helping Leo McGarry?

You're the one
who had the recess called.

Before the Christmas break.

You're the reason
they adjourned.

I'm not.

You had the recess called.

It was the Chairman.

You got him to do it.

Something was about to happen,
and a recess was called

and Josh was relieved.

What was about to happen?

I can't tell you that.

It was you.

I need to talk to Josh.

I'm leaving now.

Wait by your phone.

( piano music playing )

Hey, Kim.
How are you?

Hello.

Hi.

How was the ballet?

It was wonderful.

Which one was it?

Do you know ballet?
I know
The Nutcracker

although I've never been.

There are others.

But I should start with
The Nutcracker, right?

You don't like the ballet.

No.
And you've reached
that conclusion

without ever having been to one.

Well, I've never been to Bosnia
either, Amy, and I don't think

I'm going to go.

You don't mind sending Marines

though, do you?
Not a bit.

Hey, can I get you something?

Uh, Absolut martini
on the rocks.

Two olives, please.

What do you want, J.?

I'm sorry?

What did you want
to talk to me about?

Paid family leave.

What about it?

It's not going to happen.

I know.

At least not this year.

I know.

I mean, we can't even go for it.

We asked you not
to go for it.
We can't.

Josh, our lobbyists sat
with Legislative Affairs

and everybody decided
it would cost too much
in political capital.

Who was the date?

Excuse me?

At the ballet?

A guy I've been seeing.

And he likes the ballet?

He likes me.

I think he likes the ballet.

What the hell is that
supposed to mean?

Thank you.

Thank you
for the extra olive.

Sure.

"Sure."

That's your type, isn't it?

Won't catch her
at the ballet.

Or in a library either.

She seemed smart to me.

What do you want?

How can you be blasé
about this?

About what?

The United States is one
of only six other countries

out of 152 that has

no national policy regarding
paid maternal leave.

Neither does Papua New
Guinea, so we're fine.

Really?
What are you
talking to me for?

Get it for us.
Can't do it.

I know.
But money has been

put aside for a study.

And that's great.
The thing is...

and here's the bad news.

Yeah?

You guys wanted $21 million?

Yeah?

It's going to be
$20 million 500,000.

You want to take my head off,
go ahead.

What the hell's going on?

Things are tight all over.

Is it possible that
you are so addled

that you've constructed
some nonsense problem

so that you'd have
an excuse to see me?

I mean, i-is it possible?

I suppose
you can say...

I don't believe you.

Hey, you threw
a water balloon at me.

And?
I don't know, I was just
throwing that out there.

Look...
Like there's
not a reason

you're here right now?
I'm here

because I thought
there was a problem.
All I know is

you're here, I'm here and
Nijinsky's home watching Leno.

Oh, by all means, make
fun of my boyfriend

seeing as how you've
never met him.

Your boyfriend?

Why can't you pick up a phone

and say, "Would you like
to go out sometime?" Why?

Look...
I'll tell you why.

Do you need me

in this conversation
or are you okay by yourself?

Because this is
what you like, this.

Not anything else.
This is the fun part.

That's not true.

Yes, it is. We're not
in the dorm anymore.

I get paid a lot of money
to do an important job

and I'm not into getting
diddled around

by guys like you.

Okay, that's like
the fifth time you've said

"guys like you."
It is not.

It's the second time.

Fine.

What's with guys like me?

If this thing went five minutes
longer than you wanted it to go

you'd run for the hills.

You're "Hit-and-Run Josh."

That's not true.

( phone ringing )

Excuse me.

Hello.

Donna, I'm kind of in
the middle of something.

What were you doing
talking to...?

Okay, tell him yeah.

I have to go.

Yes, indeed.

I'm sorry.

I-I can't explain.

( clears throat )

I have to go.

CHARLIE:
Mr. President?

Can you see Sam?

Sure.

Good evening, sir.

Everybody's
working late.

I live here in January.

How's it going?

It's going well, I think.

But I don't know.
Who knows at this point?

The early drafts look good.

Thank you,
but, actually, I didn't

come in to talk about
the State of the Union.

There's going to be a book
coming out

in about three weeks.

I heard.

Look, I'm really not
going to talk to you
about my underwear.

That's... disappointing,
Mr. President.

But I wanted to ask you...
the guy claims

that while you don't poll
on matters of foreign policy

that at the first formal meeting
of the Joint Chiefs

you upbraided them

for bloated Pentagon spending

and told them 73% of the public
was with you on it.

I don't remember any such poll
being done, do you?

No, but I guess that
doesn't mean it wasn't.

Do you remember
saying that

at the first meeting
with the Joint Chiefs?
I don't.

Could you have said
anything like it?

I don't even remember
the meeting.

Okay.

Thank you, sir.

Why does it matter?

Excuse me?

I said, "Why does it matter?"

Well, 'cause I don't think
it's such a good idea

to be casual about the truth.

Neither do I.

Thank you, sir.

( door closes )

( liquid pouring )

Leo?

Yeah.

What are you doing
down here?

Change of scenery.

What are you doing?

Well, I'd like
to talk to you

about the deal
they're offering.

Please, keep
your voice down.

There's nobody here,
and my voice is down.

Who have you
been talking to?

Cliff Calley.

How did you
get hooked up
with Calley?

Doesn't matter.

It does matter.

I'm not pushing you, okay?

I just want to hear
your reasons.

What are your reasons?

Gets it over and done

instead of dragging it
through the primary season.

Moreover, you don't take
the stand on Monday.

It's ridiculous to think
that this would end it.

All it means is that
we go down in history.

It's a press release.

When the British
Ambassador

told the German
Foreign Minister

that they were
going to war

over Belgium's
violation of the
neutrality treaty

the German Foreign
Minister said

"You're going to war
over a piece of paper?"

Leo...

It is an historical
judgment.

Andrew Jackson knew that.

Jackson was censured?

Over the Bank of the U.S.

Guess what.

I didn't know that.

What's your point?

History forgets these things.

Presidents don't.

They never
get over it.

This one won't.

He'd act like
it's fine, but...

he'd never get over it.

So...

that's my reason.

All right.

You're going home?

Yeah. Sure.

Have a good night.

You, too.

TOBY:
McDeere shot 1 for 23
from the field last night.

Missed his first 18 attempts.

Wouldn't you think
after the first 17 misses

the coach would say,
"Mickey, this isn't your night"?

You don't have
work to do?

I have a lot of work to do.

And?

Can't rush these things.

No.

1 for 23.

That's exactly one better
than my mother would have done.

She's been dead 12 years.

( knocking )

Excuse me.

Hi.

I asked the President
about that first meeting.

Which meeting?

With the Joint Chiefs.

What'd he say?

He didn't remember

whether or not we did a poll.

Yeah, I don't either.

Toby...
How long ago was it?

It was... I don't know.

It was, like...
I don't know.

It was two years ago.
How many polls ago?

We can't sit on...
I'm sorry.

We can't sit

on the sidelines
and ignore this crap.

I'm not going to.

Why am I the only one taking

this seriously?
That's a
reasonable question

and we should explore that
for a minute.

It's not the reason you think.
You hired the guy.

Yes, I hired the guy,
but that's not...

Legitimate news organizations

are going
to cover this

to say nothing
of the people
who hate us

who are going to
run it over, over,
over, over, over...

This guy was here
for three minutes

and he was fired.

He is not credible.

I'm a lawyer,
I'm telling you.

That has to be made clear.

Every time he makes
a factual mistake

we got to come out
with a press release.

Every time he misquotes
or misidentifies anyone

we need to have an affidavit
swearing to the truth

if there's a comma
in the wrong place.

He needs to be killed
until he is dead

and he needs to be killed again

or he is going to keep
biting at our ankles

and I mean
all through the campaign.

He needs to be a joke,
or we're going to be.

( snapping fingers
rhythmically )

* Boy, boy, crazy boy

* Keep cool, boy...

I'm not screwing around.

Me neither.
Sit down.

I'm not going to be
a victim of this.

Let me tell you something

I've learned in my years.

There are victims of fires.

There are victims
of car accidents.

This kind of thing,
there are no victims--

just volunteers.

Of course we'll get in the game.

I'll talk to the editors
of the major papers

but we're not going
to publicly refute

every bogus charge.

First of all,
there are too many of them.

Second of all, I'm not going
to give this guy and his book

the weight of the White House.

As far as the press
is concerned

I've read the book
because I had to.

You have a vague recollection
of the guy

but he wasn't here long enough
to make a lasting impression.

Have you read the book?
Of course not.

You're too busy doing a job.

While you're convincing
the Post and the Times

that it's ridiculous...
Sam!

Once again, we don't know what's
going on in the Oval Office.

Obviously, there's a problem.

When it's our turn
to worry about it

they won't be shy
about telling us.

Let's not fixate
on the knuckleheaded stuff

we think we can fix
in the meantime.

And it feels a lot like...
that's what you're doing.

Are you inside?

Josh is.

But let me
ask you this.

A guy shoots 1 for 23
from the field.

McDeere?

Yeah.

But he goes 8 for 8

My question is, why are you
fouling this guy at all?

I'd just get out of the way
and point him toward the basket.

Yeah.

So we're done

talking about this now.

Is there
any beer?

You two have offices.

It's out in the refrigerator.

Hey.

C.J.:
What?

It started snowing.

You owe me a half
a million dollars

and a drink.

I paid for the drinks.

All right, then 500 grand.

What are you doing here?

I'm just hanging out.

Why? Do you live here?

I do.

I'm sorry I had
to leave quickly before.

I still can't tell you why.

Was it a matter of
national security?

No.

Would you tell me

if it was a matter
of national security?

No.

Okay.

You didn't talk
to me much at school.

You were having
quite a bit of sex with Chris.

There were times I wasn't.

I studied a lot in school.

I studied hard in high school
and at Harvard

and in law school.

My IQ doesn't break the bank,
and I wanted to do this

so I studied all the time.

And I missed something

or it's like
I skipped a year

'cause I never learned
what you do

after you think
you like somebody--

what you do next.

And ev-everybody did learn.

A lot of other people, anyway.

I didn't walk out tonight.

When my phone rings
at 11:00, it's important.

Not important to me.
Important.

And I'm not puffing myself
so-so that you're...

You know what?

Maybe not so much for
you with the talking.

Thanks for the drink.

Excuse me.

Good evening, Mr. President.

You want to step
in for a second?

Are you up reading?

Yeah. No. A little bit.

Mostly, I've been talking with
Babish and some of the deputies.

The Chairman, Trent

the Speaker,
the Minority Leader.

No.

Yeah, I'm going to do it.

Sir...

Yeah.

It doesn't get Abbey
off the hook.

She's still going
to have to deal
with the AMA.

Yeah.

It doesn't clear us
up for the campaign.

It's just a different looking
stage weight around our ankle

and now it comes with
the Congressional Seal.

It doesn't give us any
room to argue the point.

We've got two, maybe
as many as three dozen

House Democrats in tight races,
and you've still got MS.

Doing this to save me
the embarrassment

I've got coming to me

is about the dumbest reason
I can think...

There's another reason.

What?

I was wrong.

I was. I was just...
I was wrong.

Come on, we know that.

Lots of times we don't know
what right or wrong is,

but lots of times we do,

and, come on, this is one.

I may not have had sinister
intent at the outset,

but there were plenty
of opportunities

for me to make it right.

No one in government
takes responsibility

for anything anymore.

We foster, we obfuscate,
we rationalize.

"Everybody does it."
That's what we say.

So we come to occupy
a moral safe house

where everyone's to blame
so no one's guilty.

( sighs )

I'm to blame.

I was wrong.

You're ready
for a Joint Resolution.

As a matter of fact,
it's not a Joint Resolution.

The President still has to sign
a Joint Resolution,

so, technically,
it's a Concurrent Resolution.

House Concurrent Resolution 172.

The lawyers will haggle over the
wording in the next few days.

So, at least I'll make history,
huh?

No.

I thought so, too,
until I was talking to Josh.

Andrew Jackson, 1834.

He was censured in '34.

He got it expunged in '36.

Good point.

It's not that cold out.

No.

Let me ask you something.

You may be the last
sane voice around here.

Hang on, before I forget.

That map that
Charlie gave you.

Make sure you don't put it

where people can see it.

I don't believe this.

Recognizing Israel's

a pretty hot button,
wouldn't you say?

In Lebanon.

Not here.

It's not like
I'm thinking

"God, I was going
to recognize Israel

but now that I've
seen this map..."
You know what?

Let's just sit
here quietly.

Yes, sir.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Would the Secretary read

SECRETARY:
"Whereas, in his conduct

"of the Office of the
President of the United States

"Josiah Bartlet has engaged

"in a course of deceitful
and dishonest conduct

"designed to impede
and deny the disclosure

"of vital matters
of public concern,

"the United States Congress
hereby condemns him

"for acting in a manner

"contrary to his trust
as President

"to the great prejudice
of the cause of justice

and to the manifest injury
of the American people."