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Pat o'brien: The picture
you're about to see
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is dedicated as
a loving tribute
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to that special breed
of human being who,
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from the beginning, has been
the backbone and wonder
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of that spirit that was
to become the American dream.
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The individual who would
stand up and fight
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for what
he believes is right,
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no matter how overwhelming
the odds.
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The story takes place
in our nation's capital,
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when certain isolated groups
of people
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were beginning to ask
for a freeze on the building
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of nuclear plants,
and the stockpiling
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of nuclear weapons.
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About six months before
our story begins,
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congress had appointed a
committee under the chairmanship
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of senator Sam foley...
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To investigate the allegations
of these groups,
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that through campaign
contributions
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and lucrative construction
contracts,
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the nuclear industry had
actually gained control
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over the nuclear regulatory
commission,
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and the governmental agencies
that were supposed to police it.
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As our picture opens,
senator foley,
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after months
of closed sessions,
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without warning,
abruptly cancels the hearing,
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and, in an unusual move,
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mysteriously seals
all the information
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uncovered during
the investigation
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as "classified top secret."
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And then quietly
gives the green light
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for the continued development
of nuclear plants
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and nuclear weapons.
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Well, i-- I'll take your
questions one at a time,
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- to make it manageable.
- Senator, I've been hearing
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that you didn't actually
want these hearings cancelled.
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Is there someone who's been
ordering these
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hearings canceled?
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You know better that that, Joe.
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With so many deaths that
have been reported, the public--
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that's true.
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...beginning to suspect
a cover-up.
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Senator, if your committee,
which is supposed to police
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nuclear safety, is cancelled,
who gonna do the policing?
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L-- my announcement stands.
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Now, I see no point
in any further responses.
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No more questions.
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Is something wrong, sir?
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He's sick.
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- Get a doctor here!
- Please, clear the aisles.
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I'm gonna call a doctor.
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Give me
the urgent desk, please.
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- Pardon me. Pardon me.
- Are you senator foley's aide?
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She is.
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Okay. Here's his briefcase
and all his papers.
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- Oh. I'll give 'em to her.
- Okay, thank you.
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- I'm gonna go call his wife.
- Okay, honey. Be right there.
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- Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
- I'll get it. That's all right.
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- I'm really sorry.
- I know that.
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Bye-bye.
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Yes, operator. I want to make
a person-to-person call
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to governor Hubert hopper,
and bill it to my office number.
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This is senator Joseph Payne.
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Hello.
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You're kidding.
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I know it couldn't have come
at a worse time.
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Call Bailey, tell him
I'm taking the next flight home.
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What is it, Hubert?
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Sam foley died.
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Thank you.
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I don't even
understand the question.
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Just go back and tell them--
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I don't even know what
they want from me anymore.
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Do you have foley's nuclear
file? That's all I'm asking.
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I tell you on Saturday
they come after you.
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Try to take an afternoon off,
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can't even play
a game of tennis.
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What was that all about?
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Well, some clown from the
justice department.
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He's asking me if I've
got any of that material
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that foley's committee had
on the nuclear contracts.
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- Do you?
' No!
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I don't know what ever
happened to any of that stuff.
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I do.
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What?
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I have it.
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What?
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That, honey, is our ticket up.
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Dan, are you crazy?
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Come on, we need a fourth.
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Great idea!
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Come on,
it's only your husband.
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You've been here all day.
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- Come on.
- Please.
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Let's go.
Come on, you need it.
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Come on, come on, come on.
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I'm coming.
I'm up, I'm up.
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Don't forget your racquet.
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Hey, I'll tell you
about it later, ok?
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I love you.
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Mcghan, go in there
and tell Bailey
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that I've got to
give them an answer.
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Why don't you tell him, hubie?
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I mean after all,
it's your office.
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All right,
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all right, I will.
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My concern is with this willet
creek nuclear plant on the fire.
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Well, what's wrong with it?
It's ready to roll, isn't it?
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Oh, yeah,
it's attached as a rider
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where no one will notice it.
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Then what are you
worried about?
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Nothing, unless the man
we appoint as senator
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begins to ask questions.
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I mean, unless you're
absolutely sure of him.
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It might be better
to postpone the nuclear plant
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until the next session
of congress.
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No, Joe, it's just not
possible to postpone.
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Now we'll just have to appoint
somebody we can trust.
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Now, wait a minute,
someone we can trust?
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Well, who did you think
we'd appoint,
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the chairperson
of a feminist league?
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Well, there you go again, Jim.
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Is that all you're ever
concerned about is Washington?
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Don't you guys ever
think about my problems
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down here in the state?
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You're panicking, Hubert!
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In my judgment,
the simplest thing to do
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is to slip this thing through
just the way it's going
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and get it over with,
don't you agree Joe?
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Absolutely.
But we have to be sure
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the man we pick will go along.
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Judge Miller.
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Miller? Oh, for god's sakes,
come on, will ya?
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Horace Miller.
It's a good idea.
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I mean, he was a reliable guy
before we put him on the bench,
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he's a reliable guy
now that he's on the bench.
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Now, what have you got
against him, hubie?
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I mean he's exactly
what you want.
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He's got class, dignity, he's
always kept his skirts clean.
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You forgot one
little thing Jim.
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Those people out there won't
stand for it, not for a minute!
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We've given you your man.
Just make the announcement.
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I won't do it.
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Look, I can't just go out there
and give them an ultimatum.
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I've got to make them feel
like they have a voice!
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How about if we work for some
Harmony here, gentlemen, huh?
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What do you say?
A little Harmony?
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Horace Miller.
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Billy Jack?
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A half-breed Indian nut?
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An ex-convict.
He's not even eligible.
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He is now. I've already
granted him a full pardon,
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restored all of his rights,
enabling him to be appointed.
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And you have also
buried yourself, Hubert!
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Governor, that's the most
stupid political stunt
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anyone's ever tried
to pull on Bailey.
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Jim! Jim, you want
to hear me out?
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Jim, listen to me
for a minute!
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Look, Jim, it's only
for two short months.
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Now, even if he takes
the appointment,
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he'd never run
for re-election,
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and he'd never make it
if he did run.
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The man is so disinterested
in everything political,
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he probably wouldn't even
show up in the senate.
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And look, by appointing him,
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overnight our party
gets a whole new image.
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You know, we get the human
righters, the environmentalists,
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the Indians, the blacks,
the chicanos,
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all those
who feel left out.
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We get the youth vote.
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Now, all that rubs off on us
for the next election,
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and in two months
he's replaced.
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Now you tell me, what
the hell's wrong with that?
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Makes a lot of sense,
Mr. Bailey.
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It's very clever.
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We can really use that to
create the image of the party
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that's bringing everybody
together.
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That's real middle-of-the-road
America stuff.
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And it fits in perfectly
with your campaign
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of Joe Payne,
man of the people.
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It's still a risk.
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Okay, all right.
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But don't let
that dumb cowboy--
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ah-ah! Indian.
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Cowboy, Indian, whatever!
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Don't let him
open an eye, an ear,
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or more important, his mouth.
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Billy Jack:
Ah, grandfather...
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What do we know of Washington,
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let alone the dirty world
of politics?
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Maybe that's why
you should go. As a test.
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Politics has
its own kind of violence.
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But how can I even think
of changing things out there
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when I have so much work to do
in changing myself, in here?
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If you want to become
a whole person,
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you must first try
to make society better.
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Before you have a right
to turn your back on it.
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I don't think that I could
do it away from here,
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though, grandfather.
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I mean, the canyon lady
is all my strength now.
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Then pray to her at sunrise.
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If you ask her spirits
to guide and purify you,
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dedicate your work to her,
and do the best you can,
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then your work
will be your prayer,
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and the results need
not concern you.
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You know that classified
material senator foley
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was waving around before
he had his heart attack?
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I have it.
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A lot of people wondering
what happened to that stuff.
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I can leak it,
or I can trade it.
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Well, what do you have in mind?
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A white house level appointment,
and a salary of say, $48,000.
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You play dangerous games, Dan.
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Gary, I'm not playing games.
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You get back to me
within 72 hours,
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or I'll have to leak
this thing to the post.
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Or maybe I'll give it to some
crusading young senator
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who needs the publicity.
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Well, all I can do
is make a report.
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And in that spirit, we have
gathered here tonight to
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acclaim and to bid godspeed to
the newest, and maybe in time,
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the best senator our state
has ever seen, Billy Jack.
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Thank you, governor,
and, ladies and gentlemen,
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I don't think we need
two men in Washington
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when we have a senator like
Joseph Payne representing us.
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He probably
doesn't remember me,
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but you see, ah, he knew
my uncle very well.
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William trotter was the name
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they put on him
in the Christian school.
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Man of the bear
was his Indian name.
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Well, senator Payne
and my uncle worked together
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on the restoration
of that Indian land
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up around green lake
years ago,
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and well, ah, I remember that my
uncle told me that Joseph Payne
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was the finest man
that he had ever known.
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Billy, you're so much
like your uncle.
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Oh, well, thank you.
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When I look at you, I can
almost see him sitting behind
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that roll top desk, with his hat
on, getting out his newspaper.
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He said he always
kept the hat on
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so he'd be ready to do battle.
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William trotter--
man of the bear--
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editor, publisher, and
champion of lost causes.
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Yeah, he always said the only
causes worth fighting for
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were the lost causes.
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You don't need to tell me.
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We were a team, the two of us.
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Struggling Indian
out of journalism school,
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struggling lawyer-
249
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they used to call us the twin
champions of lost causes,
250
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and we took on plenty.
251
00:17:45,570 --> 00:17:49,615
You might call us the first of
the store-front law centers.
252
00:17:49,615 --> 00:17:50,866
We didn't have much to eat,
253
00:17:50,866 --> 00:17:53,618
but we sure had
plenty of lost causes.
254
00:17:53,619 --> 00:17:55,329
It was before your time.
255
00:17:55,329 --> 00:17:58,999
Yeah, but our people
still talk of those battles.
256
00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,128
His last fight
was his best, Billy.
257
00:18:02,128 --> 00:18:05,339
He and that four page newspaper
against the mining syndicate
258
00:18:05,339 --> 00:18:08,967
that had come to strip mine the
land, just like that black mesa.
259
00:18:08,968 --> 00:18:10,803
Steal the reservations,
pollute the air,
260
00:18:10,803 --> 00:18:12,346
and rape the sacred hill.
261
00:18:12,346 --> 00:18:16,266
Ah, they tried everything--
bribery, intimidation.
262
00:18:17,727 --> 00:18:18,769
And then.
263
00:18:18,769 --> 00:18:20,103
What happened?
264
00:18:20,104 --> 00:18:23,482
They found him slumped over
his desk one morning.
265
00:18:23,482 --> 00:18:27,402
Shot in the back.
266
00:18:27,403 --> 00:18:31,115
When I got there,
i could still see him
267
00:18:31,115 --> 00:18:33,450
sitting at that roll top desk.
268
00:18:35,620 --> 00:18:36,704
Still with his hat on.
269
00:18:39,290 --> 00:18:41,166
Still with his hat on.
270
00:18:45,463 --> 00:18:48,757
Come in
271
00:18:48,758 --> 00:18:49,884
am I interrupting?
272
00:18:49,884 --> 00:18:52,219
Oh, come in, Saunders.
273
00:18:52,219 --> 00:18:55,305
Sit down, sit down.
274
00:18:55,306 --> 00:18:58,475
Now, what's all this about
you're wanting to quit?
275
00:18:58,476 --> 00:18:59,935
Look, senator,
i wasn't given a brain
276
00:18:59,935 --> 00:19:03,480
just to tell some nature boy
what time it is.
277
00:19:03,481 --> 00:19:04,982
I'm not a registered nurse.
278
00:19:04,982 --> 00:19:07,275
Sam foley couldn't
get along without you,
279
00:19:07,276 --> 00:19:09,569
and neither can i
at the moment.
280
00:19:09,570 --> 00:19:10,654
Five minutes, senator.
281
00:19:10,655 --> 00:19:12,114
You've got to get
to the floor.
282
00:19:12,114 --> 00:19:13,365
I'll be right there,
283
00:19:13,366 --> 00:19:15,034
and get that foreign relations
material ready, will you?
284
00:19:15,034 --> 00:19:17,953
It's right there at your
fingertips, all of it.
285
00:19:17,953 --> 00:19:20,372
Now look, Saunders, I haven't
got time to go into all this,
286
00:19:20,373 --> 00:19:22,333
but foley told me wild horses
287
00:19:22,333 --> 00:19:26,628
couldn't pull confidential
material out of you.
288
00:19:26,629 --> 00:19:30,049
I'm an old hand at following
instructions, senator.
289
00:19:30,049 --> 00:19:34,549
I need someone who can be
trusted to occupy Billy Jack
290
00:19:34,804 --> 00:19:35,971
and keep him out of trouble.
291
00:19:35,971 --> 00:19:38,348
Oh, but, senator,
i just, I won't do that.
292
00:19:38,349 --> 00:19:41,143
But, Saunders, you too smart
a girl to do anything foolish.
293
00:19:41,143 --> 00:19:44,437
Now if certain things
happen to me,
294
00:19:44,438 --> 00:19:48,024
I'm taking everybody
up with me.
295
00:19:48,025 --> 00:19:49,693
Sir, when I first got
to this city,
296
00:19:49,694 --> 00:19:52,655
my eyes were big
green question marks.
297
00:19:52,655 --> 00:19:56,033
Now they're big green
dollar marks.
298
00:19:56,033 --> 00:19:57,117
All right.
299
00:19:57,118 --> 00:19:58,828
You finish this job properly,
300
00:19:58,828 --> 00:20:02,164
keep him away from anything
that smells of politics,
301
00:20:02,164 --> 00:20:05,083
and not only will you receive
a very handsome bonus,
302
00:20:05,084 --> 00:20:08,420
but one of the best jobs
in Washington.
303
00:20:08,421 --> 00:20:09,713
Thank you, sir.
304
00:20:09,714 --> 00:20:13,884
Thank you very much, senator.
305
00:20:13,884 --> 00:20:15,343
Oh, senator,
does the smell of politics
306
00:20:15,344 --> 00:20:19,844
include the willet creek
nuclear reactor?
307
00:20:23,352 --> 00:20:26,146
If you're speaking
of the deficiency bill,
308
00:20:26,147 --> 00:20:27,565
especially that.
309
00:20:39,869 --> 00:20:41,370
Senator, good morning.
310
00:20:41,370 --> 00:20:42,662
We were a little curious
311
00:20:42,663 --> 00:20:45,332
how you'd be voting
on the energy bill.
312
00:20:45,332 --> 00:20:48,543
Oh, ah, I'll be voting no
on the energy bill.
313
00:20:48,544 --> 00:20:53,044
I see. Ls this the way senator
Payne advised you to vote?
314
00:20:53,174 --> 00:20:56,343
Senator Payne is also voting no,
is that what you mean?
315
00:20:56,343 --> 00:20:59,596
Yes, thank you.
316
00:20:59,597 --> 00:21:02,349
To my mind, I can think
of nothing more pressing,
317
00:21:02,349 --> 00:21:04,017
in view of the depletion
of our resources
318
00:21:04,018 --> 00:21:06,729
and the advanced inadequacy
of our technology
319
00:21:06,729 --> 00:21:11,229
to magically solve our problems
as we have supposed.
320
00:21:11,859 --> 00:21:13,861
And in view of the imminent
possibility
321
00:21:13,861 --> 00:21:16,864
of our running out
of energy of all kinds,
322
00:21:16,864 --> 00:21:18,365
I urge immediate passage
323
00:21:18,365 --> 00:21:20,492
of the gentleman
from Colorado's bill.
324
00:21:27,708 --> 00:21:30,669
Pardon me, senator,
but either I'm hearing things,
325
00:21:30,669 --> 00:21:32,587
or I actually heard you
326
00:21:32,588 --> 00:21:34,464
just urging passage
of the energy bill.
327
00:21:34,465 --> 00:21:36,383
That's right.
328
00:21:36,383 --> 00:21:38,593
Well, sir, I just told
the press outside
329
00:21:38,594 --> 00:21:40,262
that both of us
were voting no.
330
00:21:40,262 --> 00:21:42,347
I am voting no.
331
00:21:42,348 --> 00:21:44,641
I'm sorry.
Now I don't understand.
332
00:21:44,642 --> 00:21:47,394
You see,
half the people back home
333
00:21:47,394 --> 00:21:49,729
wanted a speech urging
passage of the bill,
334
00:21:49,730 --> 00:21:51,648
and the other half
wanted us to vote no.
335
00:21:51,649 --> 00:21:54,193
This way, everybody's happy.
336
00:21:54,193 --> 00:21:56,945
In order to get the vital
issues taken care of,
337
00:21:56,946 --> 00:21:59,156
you've got to
sugar coat the rest
338
00:21:59,156 --> 00:22:01,158
so there's a little
something for everybody.
339
00:22:01,158 --> 00:22:02,826
But, sir,
this is a vital issue.
340
00:22:02,827 --> 00:22:05,120
Exactly.
It's much too sensitive
341
00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:07,122
to ever come up for a vote.
342
00:22:07,122 --> 00:22:08,581
It will be referred
back to committee
343
00:22:08,582 --> 00:22:10,750
where it'll be buried.
344
00:22:10,751 --> 00:22:12,252
You'll get used to it.
345
00:22:12,253 --> 00:22:14,838
Ah, Joe, I'd like
to work out a little trade
346
00:22:14,839 --> 00:22:17,216
on my cotton subsidy bill.
347
00:22:17,216 --> 00:22:19,259
Frankly, senator,
i think I made a mistake
348
00:22:19,260 --> 00:22:20,636
when I accepted
this appointment.
349
00:22:20,636 --> 00:22:22,638
No, wait a minute.
350
00:22:22,638 --> 00:22:25,766
Didn't you say something about
a national children's camp?
351
00:22:25,766 --> 00:22:27,768
Now, I assume you were
in earnest about that?
352
00:22:27,768 --> 00:22:29,352
Well, yes, very much so.
353
00:22:29,353 --> 00:22:30,520
Well, there.
354
00:22:30,521 --> 00:22:33,023
I've got a job for both of you.
355
00:22:33,023 --> 00:22:35,150
Why don't you
put a bill together
356
00:22:35,150 --> 00:22:37,193
to accomplish that and
present it to congress?
357
00:22:37,194 --> 00:22:39,362
Now, that'd be a great
experience for Billy,
358
00:22:39,363 --> 00:22:41,823
and for you
as a legislative aide.
359
00:22:41,824 --> 00:22:43,534
You know, if we could do just
360
00:22:43,534 --> 00:22:45,369
that one thing
while we're here--
361
00:22:45,369 --> 00:22:47,204
I mean, if we could
make that children's camp
362
00:22:47,204 --> 00:22:48,371
become a reality.
363
00:22:48,372 --> 00:22:49,456
Well, what's to stop you?
364
00:22:49,456 --> 00:22:51,082
Saunders
will help you with it.
365
00:22:51,083 --> 00:22:52,918
There isn't anyone on the hill
366
00:22:52,918 --> 00:22:54,711
smarter than Saunders
about senate procedure.
367
00:22:56,297 --> 00:22:59,508
You know, this whole business
of politics is a kind of art--
368
00:22:59,508 --> 00:23:01,092
a hand-me-down
from one generation
369
00:23:01,093 --> 00:23:03,053
to the next art at that.
370
00:23:18,402 --> 00:23:20,821
Guard:
Guards, halt.
371
00:23:28,787 --> 00:23:30,455
Well?
372
00:23:30,456 --> 00:23:32,583
It's all been arranged.
373
00:23:32,583 --> 00:23:35,752
White house
or state department?
374
00:23:35,753 --> 00:23:40,215
Junior executive level for six
months, then it's up to you.
375
00:23:40,215 --> 00:23:42,634
When will the appointment come?
376
00:23:42,635 --> 00:23:44,345
30 days after delivery.
377
00:23:45,888 --> 00:23:49,057
How will they know the delivery
is all that you have?
378
00:23:49,058 --> 00:23:50,809
You wouldn't hold back any
hidden copies from me,
379
00:23:50,809 --> 00:23:51,643
would you, Dan?
380
00:23:51,644 --> 00:23:53,270
Hey! Come on.
381
00:23:54,730 --> 00:23:56,356
How long have we
known each other?
382
00:23:59,485 --> 00:24:02,154
You have my word.
383
00:24:02,154 --> 00:24:04,906
What do you mean,
the head man's writing a bill?
384
00:24:04,907 --> 00:24:06,909
He's a senator, isn't he?
385
00:24:06,909 --> 00:24:08,243
Wants to work all night.
386
00:24:08,243 --> 00:24:10,828
Honey, you know foley's
classified files?
387
00:24:10,829 --> 00:24:13,081
Does anyone besides me
know you've got that?
388
00:24:13,082 --> 00:24:16,001
Hey, honey, not now.
389
00:24:16,001 --> 00:24:18,920
We'll talk about it
later, okay?
390
00:24:18,921 --> 00:24:20,130
Don't work too hard.
391
00:24:20,130 --> 00:24:21,422
And have a good time.
392
00:24:31,433 --> 00:24:32,934
You have any idea
what it takes
393
00:24:32,935 --> 00:24:34,603
to get a bill passed
through congress?
394
00:24:34,603 --> 00:24:36,813
I haven't the vaguest idea
395
00:24:36,814 --> 00:24:38,148
what it takes to
get a bill passed,
396
00:24:38,148 --> 00:24:40,358
but Payne said
you're an expert.
397
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:41,943
Just tell us,
what do we have to do?
398
00:24:41,944 --> 00:24:46,031
Let's pretend its tomorrow
and your bill is ready.
399
00:24:46,031 --> 00:24:48,450
You just take it on over
to the honorable senate
400
00:24:48,450 --> 00:24:49,451
and you introduce it.
401
00:24:49,451 --> 00:24:50,577
How?
402
00:24:50,577 --> 00:24:52,203
You get to your feet
and take a deep breath,
403
00:24:52,204 --> 00:24:53,538
and you start spouting.
404
00:24:53,539 --> 00:24:56,542
Then a curly-haired page
will take it down to a desk
405
00:24:56,542 --> 00:24:58,126
where a long-faced clerk
will read it
406
00:24:58,127 --> 00:25:00,129
and refer it
to the right committee.
407
00:25:00,129 --> 00:25:01,296
Why a committee?
408
00:25:01,296 --> 00:25:02,630
Because that's how congress
409
00:25:02,631 --> 00:25:04,507
or any other large body
has to be run.
410
00:25:04,508 --> 00:25:06,051
All your work has to be
done through committees.
411
00:25:06,051 --> 00:25:07,052
Yeah, but why?
412
00:25:07,052 --> 00:25:08,178
You can't just take a bill
413
00:25:08,178 --> 00:25:09,470
no one's
ever heard of before
414
00:25:09,471 --> 00:25:11,514
and discuss it
among 100 men,
415
00:25:11,515 --> 00:25:13,391
most of whom
aren't there anyway
416
00:25:13,392 --> 00:25:16,311
because they're off
on campaigns or committees.
417
00:25:16,311 --> 00:25:17,812
Anyway, where are we?
418
00:25:17,813 --> 00:25:19,564
- We're in committee.
- In committee, right.
419
00:25:19,565 --> 00:25:22,150
All right, well they hand it
down to a sub-committee.
420
00:25:22,151 --> 00:25:24,236
And then they really
give it a going over.
421
00:25:24,236 --> 00:25:27,239
They hold hearings, they call
in people, they ask questions.
422
00:25:27,239 --> 00:25:30,659
Now, days are going by,
senator. Days, weeks maybe.
423
00:25:30,659 --> 00:25:32,077
All right, say finally
after all that,
424
00:25:32,077 --> 00:25:33,703
they think it's quite a bill.
425
00:25:33,704 --> 00:25:35,914
It goes on over to
the house of representatives
426
00:25:35,914 --> 00:25:37,415
for a debate and a vote.
427
00:25:37,416 --> 00:25:39,668
Only it has to wait
its turn on the calendar.
428
00:25:39,668 --> 00:25:41,419
A calendar?
429
00:25:41,420 --> 00:25:43,839
Calendar. You know,
the order of business.
430
00:25:43,839 --> 00:25:46,716
Anyway, your bill has to wait
way back there in line,
431
00:25:46,717 --> 00:25:48,385
unless you know somebody
on a steering committee
432
00:25:48,385 --> 00:25:49,511
and you can
get them to think--
433
00:25:49,511 --> 00:25:50,929
- what is that?
- What?
434
00:25:50,929 --> 00:25:52,597
A steering committee.
435
00:25:52,598 --> 00:25:54,516
It's a committee
of majority party leaders,
436
00:25:54,516 --> 00:25:57,185
and they decide whether
a bill is important enough
437
00:25:57,186 --> 00:25:59,354
to be moved up
to the head of the list.
438
00:25:59,354 --> 00:26:01,064
I betcha we could
get Payne to help.
439
00:26:01,065 --> 00:26:02,232
Oh, yeah.
440
00:26:02,232 --> 00:26:04,192
Oh, yeah, he'll be a big help.
441
00:26:04,193 --> 00:26:05,861
Oh, okay, where are we?
442
00:26:05,861 --> 00:26:07,445
We're in the house.
443
00:26:07,446 --> 00:26:10,949
Ah, house makes more changes,
and more amendments,
444
00:26:10,949 --> 00:26:12,867
and they send it
back over to the senate.
445
00:26:12,868 --> 00:26:15,120
The senate doesn't like what
the house did to the bill,
446
00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:16,871
so they make more changes.
447
00:26:16,872 --> 00:26:20,458
And then the house doesn't like
those changes, so it's stymied.
448
00:26:20,459 --> 00:26:24,546
So they have to call in
a man from both houses,
449
00:26:24,546 --> 00:26:26,756
and they go into a huddle,
called a conference,
450
00:26:26,757 --> 00:26:28,133
and they battle it out.
451
00:26:28,133 --> 00:26:31,469
Now, in the meantime,
all the lobbyists interested
452
00:26:31,470 --> 00:26:33,972
are holding cocktail parties
for and against the bill,
453
00:26:33,972 --> 00:26:38,472
and unmarked envelopes are being
generously supplied with cash
454
00:26:39,436 --> 00:26:41,646
and passed out
to all the swing votes.
455
00:26:41,647 --> 00:26:43,982
Anyway, after all this
vivisection,
456
00:26:43,982 --> 00:26:46,317
it begins to be traded.
457
00:26:46,318 --> 00:26:48,320
That means that somebody
can trade off a portion
458
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:49,404
in their bill
459
00:26:49,404 --> 00:26:51,739
if you'll trade off
a portion in your bill
460
00:26:51,740 --> 00:26:53,992
and make everybody happy.
461
00:26:53,992 --> 00:26:57,912
And after all this, the bill
finally comes to a vote.
462
00:26:57,913 --> 00:27:02,413
Oh, yeah, the big day finally
comes, and congress adjourns.
463
00:27:03,961 --> 00:27:05,504
You catching on, senator?
464
00:27:05,504 --> 00:27:07,088
Sort of.
465
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:10,759
Well...
466
00:27:12,928 --> 00:27:14,262
When do we start?
467
00:27:14,263 --> 00:27:15,764
What?
468
00:27:18,183 --> 00:27:19,851
Senator, do you think
we could get on
469
00:27:19,852 --> 00:27:21,436
with the particulars now?
470
00:27:21,436 --> 00:27:22,979
Four hundred acres, you say?
471
00:27:22,980 --> 00:27:24,481
Where's it gonna be located?
472
00:27:24,481 --> 00:27:27,775
Situated in ambrose county,
kerry canyon,
473
00:27:27,776 --> 00:27:29,778
right at the fork
on the river,
474
00:27:29,778 --> 00:27:32,864
about a mile and half
upstream on willett creek.
475
00:27:32,865 --> 00:27:35,158
- Where?
- Willett creek.
476
00:27:35,159 --> 00:27:37,703
It's just where the stream
rolls down into the river.
477
00:27:37,703 --> 00:27:38,870
In kerry canyon?
478
00:27:38,871 --> 00:27:40,122
Yeah, why?
Do you know about it?
479
00:27:40,122 --> 00:27:41,039
Have you ever been out there?
480
00:27:41,039 --> 00:27:43,499
No, no, I haven't.
481
00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:46,711
Have you discussed this exact
location with senator Payne?
482
00:27:46,712 --> 00:27:49,506
No, not the exact location.
483
00:27:49,506 --> 00:27:51,049
Why?
484
00:27:51,049 --> 00:27:53,843
No reason. No reason.
485
00:27:53,844 --> 00:27:57,347
Four hundred acres,
either side of willett creek.
486
00:27:57,347 --> 00:28:00,558
So, dragging me up
to the hill at this hour,
487
00:28:00,559 --> 00:28:02,060
this really better be good.
488
00:28:02,060 --> 00:28:03,728
I don't know
if it's gonna be good,
489
00:28:03,729 --> 00:28:05,355
but it's certainly
gonna be interesting.
490
00:28:05,355 --> 00:28:07,231
You know, for a guy who's
supposed to have been so brave,
491
00:28:07,232 --> 00:28:08,566
I've never seen anybody
more nervous
492
00:28:08,567 --> 00:28:10,402
about getting up
and reading a bill.
493
00:28:10,402 --> 00:28:11,569
By the way, honey,
494
00:28:11,570 --> 00:28:13,405
do you know where the keys
to the safe deposit box are?
495
00:28:13,405 --> 00:28:15,156
Yeah, but why?
Don't you?
496
00:28:15,157 --> 00:28:16,324
Oh, sure.
497
00:28:16,325 --> 00:28:17,659
What'd ya ask for?
498
00:28:17,659 --> 00:28:18,701
Just checking.
499
00:28:18,702 --> 00:28:19,953
Come on.
500
00:28:26,001 --> 00:28:28,586
Sit tight, fellas,
the show is about to begin.
501
00:28:28,587 --> 00:28:29,879
What show?
502
00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:31,590
Would you tell us
what's happening?
503
00:28:31,590 --> 00:28:33,842
Certainly. If you look
right down there,
504
00:28:33,842 --> 00:28:35,927
you'll see the principle
actor in our little drama,
505
00:28:35,928 --> 00:28:37,763
don quixote with the bill.
506
00:28:37,763 --> 00:28:42,058
And over there, a very important
supporting character, Mr. clean.
507
00:28:42,059 --> 00:28:43,852
- Mr. clean?
- Mcgann.
508
00:28:43,852 --> 00:28:45,353
You mean Bailey's deep throat?
509
00:28:45,354 --> 00:28:47,105
The same.
510
00:28:47,105 --> 00:28:50,191
And right below you is the
co-star, our man of the people.
511
00:28:50,192 --> 00:28:52,611
Soul of honor, on a tightrope.
512
00:28:52,611 --> 00:28:54,738
Bill all set?
Oh, yes, senator.
513
00:28:54,738 --> 00:28:55,780
Got it here.
514
00:28:55,781 --> 00:28:57,574
- Good luck.
- Thank you, sir.
515
00:28:57,574 --> 00:28:59,701
Saunders,
what part do we play?
516
00:28:59,701 --> 00:29:00,868
Oh, anything you like--
517
00:29:00,869 --> 00:29:02,579
shortstop, center field,
whatever.
518
00:29:02,579 --> 00:29:03,788
What are you good at?
519
00:29:03,789 --> 00:29:05,123
You'll have to excuse her,
people.
520
00:29:05,123 --> 00:29:06,541
- She's a little freaked out.
- No, darling.
521
00:29:06,541 --> 00:29:08,251
Listen, in a couple
of minutes,
522
00:29:08,252 --> 00:29:10,045
don quixote
over there with the bill
523
00:29:10,045 --> 00:29:13,048
is going to stand up and repeat
two very important words--
524
00:29:13,048 --> 00:29:15,050
willett creek.
525
00:29:15,050 --> 00:29:17,469
When that happens,
our man of the people
526
00:29:17,469 --> 00:29:19,220
will fall right off
of his tightrope,
527
00:29:19,221 --> 00:29:22,432
and Mr. clean over there will
disappear in a white tornado.
528
00:29:23,892 --> 00:29:26,227
Dan, what are those kids
supplying her with?
529
00:29:26,228 --> 00:29:28,146
Should we give her
a blood test or something?
530
00:29:28,146 --> 00:29:29,355
Why, do you think
she's pregnant?
531
00:29:29,356 --> 00:29:30,732
That's not exactly
what I had in mind.
532
00:29:30,732 --> 00:29:31,983
I'm sorry. Are you?
533
00:29:31,984 --> 00:29:33,068
I don't really think
that's even funny.
534
00:29:33,068 --> 00:29:34,277
Well, I'm just asking.
535
00:29:34,278 --> 00:29:36,113
Or asking her. Excuse me.
536
00:29:36,113 --> 00:29:37,739
- There's ways.
- Well are you?
537
00:29:37,739 --> 00:29:38,948
- No.
- All right.
538
00:29:38,949 --> 00:29:41,159
Introduction of bills
and joint resolutions.
539
00:29:41,159 --> 00:29:42,160
Ah, sir!
540
00:29:49,001 --> 00:29:51,128
The chair recognizes
541
00:29:51,128 --> 00:29:55,628
the rather strong-lunged
junior senator, Jack.
542
00:29:56,508 --> 00:30:00,678
Mr. president,
i have here a bill
543
00:30:00,679 --> 00:30:03,682
that I would like
to introduce to the senate.
544
00:30:03,682 --> 00:30:05,392
You may speak louder, senator.
545
00:30:08,437 --> 00:30:10,939
I said that I have
a bill here, sir,
546
00:30:10,939 --> 00:30:15,360
that I would like to, uh,
introduce here to the...
547
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,820
To the senate.
548
00:30:21,491 --> 00:30:23,868
Order in the gallery.
549
00:30:23,869 --> 00:30:26,997
Our junior senator
is about to make a speech.
550
00:30:26,997 --> 00:30:31,497
I am sending to the desk,
Mr. president,
551
00:30:31,501 --> 00:30:33,711
for appropriate reference,
552
00:30:33,712 --> 00:30:37,632
a bill that would result
in the appropriation
553
00:30:37,632 --> 00:30:39,717
of a sufficient sum
554
00:30:39,718 --> 00:30:42,846
to establish
a national youth camp,
555
00:30:42,846 --> 00:30:45,807
the money of which
would be paid
556
00:30:45,807 --> 00:30:47,892
back to the United States
treasury
557
00:30:47,893 --> 00:30:50,353
by fundraising activities
558
00:30:50,354 --> 00:30:54,483
done on a voluntary basis
by youth all over America.
559
00:30:54,483 --> 00:30:58,983
You see, this camp would be
situated on, and adjacent to,
560
00:30:59,321 --> 00:31:02,490
a stream known
back in my state
561
00:31:02,491 --> 00:31:06,369
as willett creek
in kerry canyon.
562
00:31:06,370 --> 00:31:10,870
And it would be for the purpose
of bringing together children
563
00:31:12,417 --> 00:31:15,920
from all walks of life
who have been impoverished,
564
00:31:15,921 --> 00:31:20,175
deprived, and abused,
and they would come--
565
00:31:20,175 --> 00:31:22,218
listen Joe, I'm getting
leery of this guy.
566
00:31:22,219 --> 00:31:23,720
Everyone
keeps calling him dumb,
567
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,346
but we forget
he's a west point graduate,
568
00:31:25,347 --> 00:31:27,766
and when he finds out there's
a nuclear plant going up
569
00:31:27,766 --> 00:31:29,184
where he wants to build
that kids' camp,
570
00:31:29,184 --> 00:31:31,227
he's going to start asking
questions six ways from Sunday.
571
00:31:31,228 --> 00:31:32,646
Quiet, chick, I want to think.
572
00:31:32,646 --> 00:31:34,564
How could Saunders let him
pick willett creek?
573
00:31:34,564 --> 00:31:36,732
No, I'm sure Saunders had
nothing to do with picking
574
00:31:36,733 --> 00:31:37,608
the location.
575
00:31:37,609 --> 00:31:40,236
The important thing is
the deficiency bill
576
00:31:40,237 --> 00:31:41,780
is going to be read
in the senate tomorrow.
577
00:31:41,780 --> 00:31:43,615
Tomorrow, Joe?
578
00:31:43,615 --> 00:31:45,992
He'll hear that section
on the nuclear plant.
579
00:31:45,992 --> 00:31:47,326
He can't be there tomorrow.
580
00:31:47,327 --> 00:31:49,245
I know that.
Get a hold of yourself.
581
00:31:49,246 --> 00:31:51,581
I'm in over my head.
I'm calling Bailey.
582
00:31:51,581 --> 00:31:53,791
You'll do nothing of the kind.
583
00:31:53,792 --> 00:31:56,252
Bailey's methods wouldn't work
in a situation like this.
584
00:31:56,253 --> 00:31:58,004
He'd come in with a bulldozer.
585
00:31:58,004 --> 00:32:01,048
Get Saunders over to my office
as soon as you can.
586
00:32:01,049 --> 00:32:02,300
Convention?
587
00:32:02,300 --> 00:32:04,302
What kind of convention
are you talking about?
588
00:32:04,302 --> 00:32:06,012
I'm not really clear on it,
senator.
589
00:32:06,012 --> 00:32:08,973
It's some national coalition
of citizen action groups.
590
00:32:08,974 --> 00:32:10,392
They've come here to try
591
00:32:10,392 --> 00:32:12,185
and get a national initiative
passed by the congress.
592
00:32:12,185 --> 00:32:13,853
You know,
like that referendum thing
593
00:32:13,854 --> 00:32:15,939
they had in California
on nuclear energy.
594
00:32:15,939 --> 00:32:17,482
- Nuclear energy?
- Don't worry.
595
00:32:17,482 --> 00:32:20,485
It's just a rinky-dink
grass roots type of thing.
596
00:32:20,485 --> 00:32:22,570
All right.
Then get him over there.
597
00:32:22,571 --> 00:32:23,947
Him and Jean, and those kids.
598
00:32:23,947 --> 00:32:25,740
I don't want one of them
anywhere near the senate
599
00:32:25,740 --> 00:32:27,825
when that deficiency bill
comes up on the floor.
600
00:32:29,911 --> 00:32:32,622
I can count on you, Saunders?
601
00:32:32,622 --> 00:32:34,624
Anything for a bonus, senator.
602
00:32:37,627 --> 00:32:42,127
Joe, Billy Jack's little
raiders are digging up
603
00:32:42,257 --> 00:32:45,718
some very sensitive material
on the whole nuclear program
604
00:32:45,719 --> 00:32:49,264
that's making a lot of people
all over the hill very nervous.
605
00:32:49,264 --> 00:32:51,724
Enough to get some pressure
applied, if you need it.
606
00:32:55,353 --> 00:32:56,520
No.
607
00:32:58,231 --> 00:33:02,610
I don't know who
your friends are, but no.
608
00:33:02,611 --> 00:33:03,528
I'll handle this.
609
00:33:03,528 --> 00:33:06,155
See, what this is is
610
00:33:06,156 --> 00:33:09,200
these are people from all sorts
of consumer advocate groups
611
00:33:09,201 --> 00:33:12,120
who have found that doing
their own thing
612
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,832
in their separate places
isn't enough.
613
00:33:15,832 --> 00:33:19,544
So, added to that they've
kind of gotten together,
614
00:33:19,544 --> 00:33:22,505
not instead of what you're
doing, but in addition, right?
615
00:33:22,506 --> 00:33:25,675
And, um, they've decided
to put all their power together
616
00:33:25,675 --> 00:33:27,385
and try to get
a national initiative
617
00:33:27,385 --> 00:33:29,303
for a nuclear freeze.
618
00:33:29,304 --> 00:33:33,016
You gotta help me.
I don't know what that is.
619
00:33:33,016 --> 00:33:34,892
A national initiative?
620
00:33:34,893 --> 00:33:36,728
The initiative basically means
621
00:33:36,728 --> 00:33:38,855
that people can write
their own laws,
622
00:33:38,855 --> 00:33:40,857
and if they get enough
signatures on petitions,
623
00:33:40,857 --> 00:33:43,359
then it goes on the ballot
for all the people to vote on.
624
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,696
And if fifty percent plus one
of the people vote for the law,
625
00:33:46,696 --> 00:33:48,239
it becomes the law of the land.
626
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,033
So you want this
instead of a congress?
627
00:33:50,033 --> 00:33:52,201
This will be
as well as a congress.
628
00:33:52,202 --> 00:33:54,704
The congress can do their work,
they can get the laws through.
629
00:33:54,704 --> 00:33:57,915
They will continue the same
way they are going on now--
630
00:33:57,916 --> 00:34:00,418
through bribery, mostly--
631
00:34:00,418 --> 00:34:03,003
...but this will be
a chance for the people
632
00:34:03,004 --> 00:34:06,298
themselves to have a direct
say in the government.
633
00:34:06,299 --> 00:34:08,676
It costs so much now
to get elected
634
00:34:08,677 --> 00:34:10,804
that the congressmen
aren't any of them free.
635
00:34:10,804 --> 00:34:12,847
They belong to the people
who paid for their elections.
636
00:34:12,847 --> 00:34:14,390
They don't belong
to any of us at all.
637
00:34:14,391 --> 00:34:15,725
I mean, how many times
638
00:34:15,725 --> 00:34:17,852
have you heard someone
complaining about something
639
00:34:17,852 --> 00:34:19,979
but totally unable
to do anything about it?
640
00:34:19,980 --> 00:34:21,606
And besides that,
641
00:34:21,606 --> 00:34:23,774
it makes government
responsive to the people.
642
00:34:23,775 --> 00:34:24,901
You need an alternative route.
643
00:34:24,901 --> 00:34:26,694
If the congress is
bought out on an issue,
644
00:34:26,695 --> 00:34:28,655
like they are on nuclear power,
for example,
645
00:34:28,655 --> 00:34:30,448
you need an alternative
route for the people.
646
00:34:30,448 --> 00:34:31,866
And when they get mad,
647
00:34:31,866 --> 00:34:33,909
there should be a creative
response by the people.
648
00:34:33,910 --> 00:34:36,829
Think of what would have
happened during 1967 and 1968,
649
00:34:36,830 --> 00:34:38,915
during the Vietnam war,
if the people could have gone
650
00:34:38,915 --> 00:34:41,584
and petitioned
and put on the ballot
651
00:34:41,585 --> 00:34:44,087
a vote against
the Vietnam war.
652
00:34:44,087 --> 00:34:45,755
We would have ended it
in 1968.
653
00:34:45,755 --> 00:34:47,423
We wouldn't have had
to have the demonstrations.
654
00:34:47,424 --> 00:34:49,426
We wouldn't have had
to have the Kent states.
655
00:34:49,426 --> 00:34:50,927
Might not have had
to have the war.
656
00:34:50,927 --> 00:34:52,595
It's also going to influence
members of congress,
657
00:34:52,596 --> 00:34:55,932
because they like to be on
the right side of the issue,
658
00:34:55,932 --> 00:34:57,934
and if they know that it's
a very controversial issue,
659
00:34:57,934 --> 00:34:59,435
and there's going to be
a national initiative
660
00:34:59,436 --> 00:35:00,854
if they don't take action,
661
00:35:00,854 --> 00:35:02,313
they're going to be more
hesitant about it.
662
00:35:02,314 --> 00:35:04,274
They're going to say "lt's going
to make me look like a fool."
663
00:35:04,274 --> 00:35:05,858
They're going to be
more careful.
664
00:35:05,859 --> 00:35:08,570
What is it you want him to do?
I don't quite understand.
665
00:35:08,570 --> 00:35:10,780
Well, we'd like him to
sponsor a bill in the senate
666
00:35:10,780 --> 00:35:13,073
to give people
a national initiative.
667
00:35:13,074 --> 00:35:16,035
- Right.
- But he just sponsored a bill.
668
00:35:16,036 --> 00:35:17,328
Isn't that what you just did?
669
00:35:17,329 --> 00:35:18,830
- I am.
- He came and marched there.
670
00:35:18,830 --> 00:35:19,997
He was the ones who--
671
00:35:19,998 --> 00:35:21,332
what are you doing
on your lunch hour?
672
00:35:22,334 --> 00:35:25,086
There's a tiny
little catch to this thing.
673
00:35:25,086 --> 00:35:27,129
Remember before when I was
introducing these people?
674
00:35:27,130 --> 00:35:28,673
I was telling you
about this neat picnic
675
00:35:28,673 --> 00:35:30,758
- that we're having, huh?
- Yeah.
676
00:35:30,759 --> 00:35:32,135
Well, we're all invited,
677
00:35:32,135 --> 00:35:34,846
but you're kind of
specially invited
678
00:35:34,846 --> 00:35:36,430
because in order to get people
679
00:35:36,431 --> 00:35:38,641
to know about
the nuclear freeze,
680
00:35:38,642 --> 00:35:41,311
they're having this huge
parade and rally,
681
00:35:41,311 --> 00:35:45,811
and, uh, they'd just love
to have a senator to be...
682
00:35:48,777 --> 00:35:53,277
To be the...
The grand Marshall.
683
00:35:54,574 --> 00:35:55,741
They would like what?
684
00:35:55,742 --> 00:35:57,952
For you to be
the grand Marshall.
685
00:35:59,537 --> 00:36:00,955
What fun it would be.
686
00:36:00,955 --> 00:36:02,164
I mean, you could write it
687
00:36:02,165 --> 00:36:04,250
under "special events"
in your diary.
688
00:36:38,243 --> 00:36:39,452
This all of it?
689
00:36:43,873 --> 00:36:48,127
As an old country boy,
I'll give you a little advice.
690
00:36:49,337 --> 00:36:53,174
Pigs get fat,
hogs get slaughtered.
691
00:36:59,139 --> 00:37:00,849
You were a fool, Dan.
692
00:37:39,888 --> 00:37:41,222
Dan: Please, don't.
693
00:37:43,433 --> 00:37:45,435
Please, don't.
694
00:38:16,925 --> 00:38:19,928
Jean: I wish there was some
way we could help, Saunders.
695
00:38:19,928 --> 00:38:22,764
Is there anything we can do?
696
00:38:22,764 --> 00:38:26,601
Billy Jack: Do you know
anybody who had it in for him?
697
00:38:26,601 --> 00:38:28,811
I mean, there must
be some reason.
698
00:38:28,812 --> 00:38:30,021
Saunders: Come on, Billy.
699
00:38:30,021 --> 00:38:32,189
This is Washington, baby.
700
00:38:32,190 --> 00:38:33,357
The big leagues.
701
00:38:33,358 --> 00:38:35,485
Murder is just
a way of life here.
702
00:38:35,485 --> 00:38:36,694
Billy Jack: Do you really
believe that?
703
00:38:36,694 --> 00:38:39,321
Saunders: They murder
presidents here, Billy!
704
00:38:39,322 --> 00:38:42,158
They murder men who are
running for president here!
705
00:38:42,158 --> 00:38:45,703
They murder the Martin Luther
kings and the Jimmy hoffas!
706
00:38:45,703 --> 00:38:47,287
Lobbyists?
707
00:38:47,288 --> 00:38:49,331
Lobbyists like Dan?
708
00:38:49,332 --> 00:38:51,125
Small fry.
709
00:38:51,125 --> 00:38:52,543
They go one a week.
710
00:38:52,544 --> 00:38:55,964
It's always made to look
like a heart attack,
711
00:38:55,964 --> 00:38:57,298
a rape murder,
712
00:38:57,298 --> 00:39:01,010
an overdose or suicide.
713
00:39:04,138 --> 00:39:05,556
Billy Jack: Ls there
some way we could use
714
00:39:05,557 --> 00:39:07,642
the office here
to investigate it?
715
00:39:07,642 --> 00:39:12,063
Oh, would you two come off
your goddamned decency crap?
716
00:39:12,063 --> 00:39:15,733
Do you know how much money
is spent here every week?
717
00:39:15,733 --> 00:39:17,818
12 billion dollars.
718
00:39:17,819 --> 00:39:20,488
That's two hundred and fifty
million dollars an hour,
719
00:39:20,488 --> 00:39:22,573
up for grabs
each and every hour.
720
00:39:22,574 --> 00:39:25,535
It's all secret groups
and who you know!
721
00:39:25,535 --> 00:39:27,411
Cliques!
722
00:39:27,412 --> 00:39:30,415
Secret groups
within the secret groups!
723
00:39:30,415 --> 00:39:32,208
Read this, senator.
724
00:39:32,208 --> 00:39:34,084
Senator Jack, read it.
725
00:39:36,004 --> 00:39:38,089
This is the deficiency bill,
senator.
726
00:39:38,089 --> 00:39:39,423
Did you hear of it?
727
00:39:39,424 --> 00:39:40,425
Read it!
728
00:39:40,425 --> 00:39:42,260
Check section number 40.
729
00:39:42,260 --> 00:39:43,678
You know what's going up
730
00:39:43,678 --> 00:39:45,596
right where you want
your little camp to be?
731
00:39:45,597 --> 00:39:46,931
A nuclear reactor.
732
00:39:46,931 --> 00:39:48,098
Remember the name?
733
00:39:48,099 --> 00:39:49,850
Nuclear reactor, senator,
734
00:39:49,851 --> 00:39:52,019
going up right where never
never land is supposed to be.
735
00:39:52,020 --> 00:39:53,187
Did you ever read about that?
736
00:39:53,187 --> 00:39:54,354
Well, of course you didn't.
737
00:39:54,355 --> 00:39:56,440
They read all about it
today in the senate,
738
00:39:56,441 --> 00:39:58,067
but you weren't
supposed to be there.
739
00:39:58,067 --> 00:40:00,360
That's why we dragged you down
to that stupid convention
740
00:40:00,361 --> 00:40:01,570
and bullcrapped you
into thinking
741
00:40:01,571 --> 00:40:04,115
we were gonna really
help you get it financed.
742
00:40:04,115 --> 00:40:07,076
That's why they sent you
here in the first place!
743
00:40:07,076 --> 00:40:09,369
Because you wouldn't
know a nuclear reactor
744
00:40:09,370 --> 00:40:11,288
from an erector set.
745
00:40:11,289 --> 00:40:13,541
You want to be a senator.
746
00:40:13,541 --> 00:40:14,917
Why don't you just try
747
00:40:14,918 --> 00:40:17,295
and mess up
Mr. Bailey's little graph?
748
00:40:17,295 --> 00:40:19,547
And all the other baileys
that are gonna come in here
749
00:40:19,547 --> 00:40:21,799
year after year.
750
00:40:21,799 --> 00:40:23,300
You can't.
751
00:40:23,301 --> 00:40:26,721
Baby, you can't,
not in 19 million years.
752
00:40:26,721 --> 00:40:28,764
Why don't you just go home?
753
00:40:30,224 --> 00:40:32,684
Go home before they kill you.
754
00:40:48,660 --> 00:40:50,870
Billy you hardly gave me
a chance to get dressed.
755
00:40:50,870 --> 00:40:53,747
I apologize for barging in
at this hour, sir,
756
00:40:53,748 --> 00:40:55,708
but this is extremely
important to us.
757
00:40:55,708 --> 00:40:57,251
Of course, come on in.
758
00:40:57,251 --> 00:40:58,627
Ah, no thank you, sir.
759
00:40:58,628 --> 00:41:01,130
Well, can I get you
something? Chick!
760
00:41:01,130 --> 00:41:02,631
No, uh, thank you.
761
00:41:06,761 --> 00:41:09,847
Uh, senator, look,
i may not know Washington
762
00:41:09,847 --> 00:41:11,515
and how things operate here,
763
00:41:11,516 --> 00:41:13,601
but I do know
that willett creek district
764
00:41:13,601 --> 00:41:15,019
like the back of my hand,
765
00:41:15,019 --> 00:41:16,854
and tonight I was informed
766
00:41:16,854 --> 00:41:19,648
that a nuclear plant
is gonna go up there.
767
00:41:19,649 --> 00:41:21,192
Is that what's bothering you?
768
00:41:21,192 --> 00:41:22,526
I thought from the way
you sounded
769
00:41:22,527 --> 00:41:23,903
there was a fire somewhere.
770
00:41:23,903 --> 00:41:25,821
Senator, that's right next
to a big earthquake fault.
771
00:41:25,822 --> 00:41:28,032
No, that's all been put
through the state legislature
772
00:41:28,032 --> 00:41:30,284
and approved. They had
the finest seismologists
773
00:41:30,284 --> 00:41:32,828
and geophysicists in the country
check over that sight.
774
00:41:32,829 --> 00:41:34,413
That's just the point.
775
00:41:34,414 --> 00:41:36,457
There are at least
a hundred places in the state
776
00:41:36,457 --> 00:41:38,750
that are obviously safer.
777
00:41:38,751 --> 00:41:41,545
Senator, something very
strange is going on here,
778
00:41:41,546 --> 00:41:44,257
and I'm sorry, but I am not
going to vote on that bill
779
00:41:44,257 --> 00:41:46,259
until I get a lot
of questions answered.
780
00:41:46,259 --> 00:41:48,344
Billy, you're jousting
with windmills.
781
00:41:48,344 --> 00:41:49,636
How so?
782
00:41:49,637 --> 00:41:51,388
You're trying
to understand in a month
783
00:41:51,389 --> 00:41:54,433
everything about a project
that took two years to set up.
784
00:41:54,434 --> 00:41:57,562
The reasons, the surveys,
the benefits--
785
00:41:57,562 --> 00:41:59,480
speaking of benefits,
786
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:03,108
what does a man named Bailey
have to do with all of this?
787
00:42:03,109 --> 00:42:05,611
What makes you think Bailey
has anything to do with it?
788
00:42:05,611 --> 00:42:08,947
Senator, we heard that
the whole thing was his idea.
789
00:42:08,948 --> 00:42:11,951
Do you fully realize
what you're saying?
790
00:42:11,951 --> 00:42:14,453
You might as well accuse me
of helping to frame a bill
791
00:42:14,454 --> 00:42:16,289
to benefit one individual,
792
00:42:16,289 --> 00:42:19,542
of helping to frame
a scheme for graft.
793
00:42:19,542 --> 00:42:22,753
No, no, senator,
nobody's trying to imply that,
794
00:42:22,754 --> 00:42:26,215
but we do know that this Bailey
has something to do with it,
795
00:42:26,215 --> 00:42:29,134
and I think it's critical that
we, for both of our sakes,
796
00:42:29,135 --> 00:42:31,262
find out exactly what.
797
00:42:37,727 --> 00:42:39,478
Billy Jack: All right,
i want everybody up.
798
00:42:39,479 --> 00:42:41,981
I want to find out all
about this Mr. Bailey,
799
00:42:41,981 --> 00:42:43,315
and I don't mean
800
00:42:43,316 --> 00:42:45,651
just his newspaper, radio,
and television stations.
801
00:42:45,651 --> 00:42:47,486
I want to find out
how many of his companies
802
00:42:47,487 --> 00:42:49,739
are making a profit
on this nuclear reactor.
803
00:42:49,739 --> 00:42:51,949
And I'd like to know
exactly who he's paying off
804
00:42:51,949 --> 00:42:54,493
here in Washington in order
to get all the contracts.
805
00:42:54,494 --> 00:42:56,537
Carol: Just find the secret
file foley had on him
806
00:42:56,537 --> 00:42:58,121
when he had
his heart attack.
807
00:42:58,122 --> 00:43:00,624
Why? What does foley's
file got to do with Bailey?
808
00:43:00,625 --> 00:43:02,627
We're pretty sure it contained
all the names, dates,
809
00:43:02,627 --> 00:43:05,630
and amounts of all the nuclear
payoffs, including Bailey's.
810
00:43:05,630 --> 00:43:07,256
Not to mention who's been
canceling
811
00:43:07,256 --> 00:43:08,840
all the nuclear
hearings.
812
00:43:08,841 --> 00:43:10,676
Next you guys will think
Bailey can reach
813
00:43:10,676 --> 00:43:11,968
all the way
into the white house.
814
00:43:11,969 --> 00:43:14,638
Are you kidding? This town
is just one big clique,
815
00:43:14,639 --> 00:43:16,724
and everybody's in bed
with everybody else.
816
00:43:16,724 --> 00:43:17,975
All right, then let's find out
817
00:43:17,975 --> 00:43:21,228
who exactly is in bed
with Mr. Bailey.
818
00:43:21,229 --> 00:43:24,232
Now he wants to talk to every
one of the congressmen,
819
00:43:24,232 --> 00:43:26,525
including bill from the
willett creek district here.
820
00:43:26,526 --> 00:43:29,278
He's got all their names,
their voting records.
821
00:43:29,278 --> 00:43:31,822
In one month, he's got more
groups out to destroy him
822
00:43:31,823 --> 00:43:33,241
than any man in the history
of the senate.
823
00:43:33,241 --> 00:43:35,409
Come on now, mcghan,
don't be ridiculous.
824
00:43:35,409 --> 00:43:37,160
If it's so ridiculous,
why has the white house
825
00:43:37,161 --> 00:43:39,913
already got a whole unit
investigating it?
826
00:43:39,914 --> 00:43:42,374
I don't see the problem.
827
00:43:42,375 --> 00:43:44,502
Let the white house
take care of him.
828
00:43:44,502 --> 00:43:47,171
Now just a minute, Jim.
This is ridiculous!
829
00:43:47,171 --> 00:43:49,089
I told you I'd handle him.
830
00:43:49,090 --> 00:43:51,842
I strongly object to you
bringing Jim into this.
831
00:43:51,843 --> 00:43:53,302
Mr. Bailey,
832
00:43:53,302 --> 00:43:54,678
senator Jack
is here to see you.
833
00:43:56,013 --> 00:43:57,514
Oh, fine, show him in.
834
00:43:57,515 --> 00:44:00,059
Did you ask Billy Jack
to come over here?
835
00:44:01,310 --> 00:44:02,728
Chick.
836
00:44:02,728 --> 00:44:07,228
Jim, if you bring him in here,
you can count me out.
837
00:44:10,987 --> 00:44:12,363
Go ahead.
838
00:44:13,573 --> 00:44:15,199
Count me out.
839
00:44:21,622 --> 00:44:24,249
Good morning, senator.
Mr. Bailey's expecting you.
840
00:44:29,881 --> 00:44:32,884
Senator,
glad you could make it.
841
00:44:32,884 --> 00:44:36,095
Chick, does the senator
know all the boys here?
842
00:44:36,095 --> 00:44:37,554
Uh, some of them, Mr. Bailey.
843
00:44:37,555 --> 00:44:40,057
Fine. You know congressman
Underwood I'm sure,
844
00:44:40,057 --> 00:44:42,934
and Mr. barkoff of
the utilities commission.
845
00:44:42,935 --> 00:44:44,895
Chick, acquaint him
with the others,
846
00:44:44,896 --> 00:44:46,564
and have Orlando
bring him some breakfast.
847
00:44:46,564 --> 00:44:48,399
Excuse me for just one moment.
848
00:44:48,399 --> 00:44:51,777
Senator, this is Joe saldo
from the interior.
849
00:44:51,777 --> 00:44:54,863
Matthew tillard of the nuclear
regulatory commission.
850
00:44:58,367 --> 00:45:00,369
Jim, that boy is a senator.
851
00:45:00,369 --> 00:45:03,914
However it happened,
he's a United States senator.
852
00:45:03,915 --> 00:45:05,541
Now, we're not back home.
853
00:45:05,541 --> 00:45:08,168
This is Washington, D.C.
854
00:45:08,169 --> 00:45:09,628
Sq?
855
00:45:09,629 --> 00:45:11,797
This boy is different.
856
00:45:11,797 --> 00:45:12,923
Honest.
857
00:45:12,924 --> 00:45:14,759
He's a decent man.
858
00:45:14,759 --> 00:45:17,219
And besides,
he thinks the world of me.
859
00:45:17,220 --> 00:45:20,223
We can't do this to him.
860
00:45:20,223 --> 00:45:24,518
Joe, some our closet friends
are liable to go bankrupt
861
00:45:24,518 --> 00:45:26,561
if this bill
doesn't go through.
862
00:45:26,562 --> 00:45:28,814
Now, I am not going
to let that happen.
863
00:45:28,814 --> 00:45:31,107
I don't care how much
he worships you.
864
00:45:31,108 --> 00:45:33,944
I won't stand for it.
865
00:45:33,945 --> 00:45:36,906
- You won't stand for it?
- That's right!
866
00:45:36,906 --> 00:45:39,867
I won't have any part
of crucifying that boy.
867
00:45:42,662 --> 00:45:44,789
Oh, I see.
868
00:45:47,291 --> 00:45:49,001
Well, maybe I can fix it
869
00:45:49,001 --> 00:45:51,628
so that you and your
half breed friend in there
870
00:45:51,629 --> 00:45:53,547
can go back home together.
871
00:45:53,547 --> 00:45:55,173
What on earth
are you talking about?
872
00:45:56,884 --> 00:46:00,554
Seems such a shame,
after all these years,
873
00:46:00,554 --> 00:46:03,765
especially with
the last elections
874
00:46:03,766 --> 00:46:05,559
and the party scattered.
875
00:46:05,559 --> 00:46:09,479
I mean, you were shaping up
to be the logical man
876
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:11,523
to build it all back
together again.
877
00:46:12,733 --> 00:46:14,443
It only takes 20 or 30 of us
878
00:46:14,443 --> 00:46:15,944
to pull off
a national convention,
879
00:46:15,945 --> 00:46:17,029
you know that.
880
00:46:18,948 --> 00:46:23,448
Well, I guess we're just going
to have to find somebody else.
881
00:46:23,452 --> 00:46:27,289
But right now,
you go back in there
882
00:46:27,290 --> 00:46:30,584
and explain to Mr. Jack
all about willett creek.
883
00:46:31,752 --> 00:46:33,795
Well, after all,
it's your bill.
884
00:46:33,796 --> 00:46:36,048
You engineered
the whole thing.
885
00:46:37,425 --> 00:46:39,260
Well, what do you
think he's gonna do
886
00:46:39,260 --> 00:46:41,428
when you tell him
the whole story, huh?
887
00:46:41,429 --> 00:46:43,764
Smile, roll over,
and show us his belly
888
00:46:43,764 --> 00:46:45,432
just because
he worships you?
889
00:46:51,522 --> 00:46:55,442
All right, I'll take
the next plane home, Joe,
890
00:46:55,443 --> 00:46:57,820
if that's what you want.
891
00:46:57,820 --> 00:47:00,739
I'm just sorry
it had to work out this way.
892
00:47:04,327 --> 00:47:07,788
No hard feelings
if I have to come after you.
893
00:47:12,001 --> 00:47:16,501
Jim, it's... just
that I like this boy.
894
00:47:18,174 --> 00:47:19,133
And...
895
00:47:20,926 --> 00:47:23,303
And I don't want to see you
get too rough on him.
896
00:47:28,768 --> 00:47:32,229
You know, you really had me
worried there for a minute.
897
00:47:34,065 --> 00:47:36,817
Listen, why don't you
go back to your office, huh?
898
00:47:36,817 --> 00:47:39,861
I'll give you a call
as soon as I'm through.
899
00:47:39,862 --> 00:47:42,155
No, you don't have
to go back that way.
900
00:47:52,291 --> 00:47:54,626
Sorry to have kept you
waiting, senator,
901
00:47:54,627 --> 00:47:57,504
but I had a small domestic
problem to cope with,
902
00:47:57,505 --> 00:48:00,341
but since I'm in town
for a couple of weeks,
903
00:48:00,341 --> 00:48:02,134
I thought I'd take
this opportunity
904
00:48:02,134 --> 00:48:03,385
of knowing you better.
905
00:48:03,386 --> 00:48:04,929
A little coffee?
906
00:48:04,929 --> 00:48:06,221
No, thank you.
907
00:48:08,182 --> 00:48:10,767
They tell me that you're
right on your toes.
908
00:48:10,768 --> 00:48:12,978
Made a lot of enemies
overnight.
909
00:48:12,978 --> 00:48:14,980
Well, that's fine, great.
910
00:48:14,980 --> 00:48:16,940
Means your doing something.
911
00:48:19,276 --> 00:48:22,070
You know a lot of people
told me that you were dumb.
912
00:48:24,156 --> 00:48:27,826
But somehow I think
that you're smart enough
913
00:48:27,827 --> 00:48:31,539
to understand a situation
when it's explained to you.
914
00:48:31,539 --> 00:48:33,123
Like what?
915
00:48:33,124 --> 00:48:35,626
The reactor on willett creek.
916
00:48:35,626 --> 00:48:37,961
Mmmmm.
917
00:48:37,962 --> 00:48:42,462
Just what's your interest
in this reactor, Mr. Bailey?
918
00:48:43,467 --> 00:48:46,011
Well, you should know
the answer to that, senator.
919
00:48:46,011 --> 00:48:48,555
I mean, as chairman
of the political party
920
00:48:48,556 --> 00:48:50,307
and office in our state,
921
00:48:50,307 --> 00:48:53,852
anything that benefits the state
is of interest to me.
922
00:48:53,853 --> 00:48:56,188
And, besides
being a politician,
923
00:48:56,188 --> 00:48:57,689
I have a lot of holdings
in the state,
924
00:48:57,690 --> 00:49:00,901
like newspapers
and some other odds and ends.
925
00:49:00,901 --> 00:49:03,987
Construction companies?
Equipment companies?
926
00:49:03,988 --> 00:49:06,824
Architectural firms,
things like that?
927
00:49:06,824 --> 00:49:10,327
I told you he was smart.
928
00:49:10,327 --> 00:49:11,995
Good!
929
00:49:11,996 --> 00:49:15,124
Well, let's lay out everything
on the table, Billy.
930
00:49:16,750 --> 00:49:19,669
If I thought that you had the
welfare of the state at heart
931
00:49:19,670 --> 00:49:22,714
like I do-- well, for example,
932
00:49:22,715 --> 00:49:26,093
if you were to be cooperative
about this project
933
00:49:26,093 --> 00:49:27,844
instead of obstructive,
934
00:49:27,845 --> 00:49:31,348
well, then I'd say
you'd be a man to watch.
935
00:49:31,348 --> 00:49:33,516
For instance,
there's no reason
936
00:49:33,517 --> 00:49:35,852
why you couldn't come
back to that senate seat
937
00:49:35,853 --> 00:49:37,855
for as long a time
as you wanted.
938
00:49:37,855 --> 00:49:42,355
Take these gentleman here,
or your idol Joe Payne.
939
00:49:42,526 --> 00:49:46,363
They don't have to ever worry
about being re-elected,
940
00:49:46,363 --> 00:49:49,240
or anything else,
for that matter,
941
00:49:49,241 --> 00:49:52,452
because they take advice.
942
00:49:52,453 --> 00:49:54,538
Are you trying to tell me
943
00:49:54,538 --> 00:49:57,624
that you tell all
of these gentlemen here
944
00:49:57,625 --> 00:50:01,378
and that you tell
Joe Payne what to do?
945
00:50:01,378 --> 00:50:03,880
Joe Payne has been
taking my advice
946
00:50:03,881 --> 00:50:07,217
ever since he started running
for office over 30 years ago.
947
00:50:09,094 --> 00:50:10,512
You're a liar.
948
00:50:16,936 --> 00:50:21,231
Billy, Washington is a very
small and incestuous town.
949
00:50:21,232 --> 00:50:25,569
I came here prepared for you.
I give you my word on that.
950
00:50:27,780 --> 00:50:31,116
If you so much as open your
mouth on that senate floor
951
00:50:31,116 --> 00:50:33,076
tomorrow when that bill
is read--
952
00:50:42,586 --> 00:50:46,423
now that...
953
00:50:46,423 --> 00:50:49,884
Is exactly what I think
of your threat, Mr. Bailey.
954
00:51:21,584 --> 00:51:23,460
Hey, have any of you guys
seen Carol?
955
00:51:23,460 --> 00:51:26,546
No, I think
she went to the deli.
956
00:51:26,547 --> 00:51:28,590
The deli
at this time of night?
957
00:51:28,591 --> 00:51:30,259
Who went with her?
958
00:51:30,259 --> 00:51:32,552
Um, I don't think
anybody went with her.
959
00:51:32,553 --> 00:51:34,596
You're kidding.
960
00:51:34,597 --> 00:51:36,390
Oh, cripes.
961
00:52:27,191 --> 00:52:29,943
What the hell
is going on out here!
962
00:52:33,572 --> 00:52:34,614
Don't!
963
00:52:45,626 --> 00:52:47,419
Get away from her!
964
00:53:05,354 --> 00:53:09,854
Ok, who are you guys anyway?
965
00:53:11,985 --> 00:53:14,070
Why are you doing this?
966
00:53:18,283 --> 00:53:20,451
What do you want?
967
00:53:20,452 --> 00:53:22,328
We need your clothes...
968
00:53:22,329 --> 00:53:23,663
Off.
969
00:54:01,201 --> 00:54:03,286
Looks like one
of your neighborhood
970
00:54:03,287 --> 00:54:04,621
welcoming committee
971
00:54:04,621 --> 00:54:08,166
dropped this expensive
walkie talkie back there.
972
00:54:08,167 --> 00:54:10,586
They aren't neighborhood.
973
00:54:10,586 --> 00:54:13,505
Uh, who-- who did hire you?
974
00:54:14,965 --> 00:54:17,467
Ah, come on, fellas,
you can tell us.
975
00:54:17,468 --> 00:54:19,845
There's nobody else
in the warehouse here.
976
00:54:19,845 --> 00:54:22,138
FBI?
977
00:54:22,139 --> 00:54:24,474
CIA street fighting team?
978
00:54:27,144 --> 00:54:28,770
Or maybe Bailey.
979
00:54:30,355 --> 00:54:33,524
Whose idea was it to use
black agents, fellas?
980
00:54:33,525 --> 00:54:37,403
Is it supposed to make it
look like a racial incident?
981
00:54:44,203 --> 00:54:46,205
You guys ought to be
ashamed of yourselves.
982
00:54:46,205 --> 00:54:48,624
I mean, kunta kinte would
turn over in his grave
983
00:54:48,624 --> 00:54:51,543
if he saw you hire out
to the man like this.
984
00:54:53,295 --> 00:54:57,507
You know, it's bad enough
when policemen break the law
985
00:54:57,508 --> 00:55:02,008
by opening people's mail,
tapping telephones, but rape?
986
00:55:02,137 --> 00:55:05,515
I mean, you know,
the next thing is
987
00:55:05,516 --> 00:55:09,311
you guys will get it in your
heads to assassinate somebody.
988
00:55:09,311 --> 00:55:11,813
You don't buy
any of that, do ya?
989
00:55:11,814 --> 00:55:12,940
No way.
990
00:55:15,317 --> 00:55:17,027
Well, I guess
that makes us even
991
00:55:17,027 --> 00:55:20,321
because the one thing
that I really can't buy
992
00:55:20,322 --> 00:55:22,282
is policemen
who break the law.
993
00:55:44,847 --> 00:55:45,848
Hold it!
994
00:55:53,355 --> 00:55:55,148
I'll tell you, friend.
995
00:55:56,191 --> 00:56:00,691
Now, you really are
one hard man to...
996
00:56:02,364 --> 00:56:04,157
Purify
997
00:56:15,794 --> 00:56:18,713
ah, senator,
and what can I do for--
998
00:56:21,717 --> 00:56:24,177
oh, hello, Billy.
Come on in.
999
00:56:26,972 --> 00:56:30,475
Well, did you have
your talk with Bailey?
1000
00:56:30,475 --> 00:56:32,810
I had my talk
with Mr. Bailey.
1001
00:56:32,811 --> 00:56:35,522
He told me that he's been
telling you what to do
1002
00:56:35,522 --> 00:56:37,440
for the past 30 years.
1003
00:56:39,234 --> 00:56:42,320
I called him a liar.
1004
00:56:42,321 --> 00:56:46,821
Listen, son, come on over here
and sit down, will you?
1005
00:56:47,242 --> 00:56:51,742
I'm sorry. I don't feel very
much like sitting down, sir.
1006
00:56:52,122 --> 00:56:56,084
Oh, lord,
i know how you feel.
1007
00:56:56,084 --> 00:56:59,712
I was hoping you'd be
spared all this.
1008
00:56:59,713 --> 00:57:02,924
You've been living
in a dream world, Billy.
1009
00:57:02,925 --> 00:57:05,636
The idealist sees everything
as black and white,
1010
00:57:05,636 --> 00:57:07,137
angel and devil,
1011
00:57:07,137 --> 00:57:09,347
but that isn't how it goes
in the real world.
1012
00:57:09,348 --> 00:57:12,601
It's cruel, brutal, unfair.
1013
00:57:12,601 --> 00:57:14,477
You don't belong here, Billy.
1014
00:57:14,478 --> 00:57:16,771
Forget Bailey
and what he said.
1015
00:57:16,772 --> 00:57:19,107
Forget you ever heard of
the willett creek reactor.
1016
00:57:19,107 --> 00:57:21,317
That doesn't
answer my question.
1017
00:57:21,318 --> 00:57:23,778
Does Bailey
tell you how to vote?
1018
00:57:23,779 --> 00:57:28,279
Now, listen, Billy.
Please try to understand.
1019
00:57:28,450 --> 00:57:32,078
I know it's tough to run head-on
into the world of facts,
1020
00:57:32,079 --> 00:57:35,457
but it's a question
of give and take.
1021
00:57:35,457 --> 00:57:37,667
You've got to play
by these rules.
1022
00:57:37,668 --> 00:57:39,378
You've got to compromise.
1023
00:57:39,378 --> 00:57:42,422
If one must shut his eyes
that a reactor has to be built,
1024
00:57:42,422 --> 00:57:44,173
it's a small compromise.
1025
00:57:44,174 --> 00:57:48,094
The best men ever to serve in
this senate had to make deals.
1026
00:57:48,095 --> 00:57:50,138
You understand that?
1027
00:57:50,138 --> 00:57:54,308
Your Thomas Jefferson
had to make one on slavery,
1028
00:57:54,309 --> 00:57:56,227
or the declaration
of independence
1029
00:57:56,228 --> 00:57:58,480
would have never have gone
out of committee.
1030
00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:02,358
Now, believe me,
i know how you feel.
1031
00:58:02,359 --> 00:58:06,859
30 years ago,
i had those ideals too.
1032
00:58:07,072 --> 00:58:08,490
I was you!
1033
00:58:08,490 --> 00:58:10,617
I had to make the decision
you're being asked to make
1034
00:58:10,617 --> 00:58:11,909
today, and I made it.
1035
00:58:11,910 --> 00:58:14,162
I compromised.
1036
00:58:14,162 --> 00:58:16,247
Yes, I compromised,
1037
00:58:16,248 --> 00:58:19,251
so that all these years
i could sit in the senate
1038
00:58:19,251 --> 00:58:22,671
and serve the people
in a thousand beneficial ways.
1039
00:58:22,671 --> 00:58:25,757
You have to make alliances
with organizations
1040
00:58:25,757 --> 00:58:27,717
like Bailey's and
the big corporations.
1041
00:58:27,718 --> 00:58:30,429
You have to play ball,
or you can't survive.
1042
00:58:30,429 --> 00:58:32,848
You can't count
on the people voting.
1043
00:58:32,848 --> 00:58:35,350
You know how many people
voted in my last election?
1044
00:58:35,350 --> 00:58:38,186
Less than 22%
of the registered voters.
1045
00:58:38,186 --> 00:58:40,521
All I had to do was get 11%,
1046
00:58:40,522 --> 00:58:44,359
and Bailey's machine can
turn that out every time.
1047
00:58:44,359 --> 00:58:46,819
I know you're not going
to decide as I did.
1048
00:58:46,820 --> 00:58:48,488
I can see that in your eyes.
1049
00:58:49,740 --> 00:58:52,200
But I told you all this
because...
1050
00:58:54,703 --> 00:58:58,248
I've grown very fond of you--
like a son, in fact--
1051
00:58:58,248 --> 00:59:01,084
and I don't want
to see you get hurt.
1052
00:59:01,084 --> 00:59:04,712
The powers here,
and the baileys,
1053
00:59:04,713 --> 00:59:07,757
they're ruthless, Billy.
1054
00:59:07,758 --> 00:59:11,136
I think you're beginning
to see some of that.
1055
00:59:13,055 --> 00:59:15,182
You've already gone too far.
1056
00:59:17,601 --> 00:59:19,436
You're no longer safe here.
1057
00:59:21,855 --> 00:59:24,899
When that deficiency bill
comes up in senate tomorrow,
1058
00:59:24,900 --> 00:59:26,192
stay away.
1059
00:59:26,193 --> 00:59:29,696
Just stay away.
It's that simple.
1060
00:59:30,781 --> 00:59:32,032
Please.
1061
00:59:33,909 --> 00:59:35,535
Just stay away.
1062
00:59:50,509 --> 00:59:52,385
And under previous orders,
1063
00:59:52,385 --> 00:59:54,261
the senate
resumes consideration
1064
00:59:54,262 --> 00:59:55,930
of yesterday's unfinished
business,
1065
00:59:55,931 --> 00:59:57,349
which the clerk will read.
1066
00:59:57,349 --> 01:00:01,849
A bill, hr7700, providing
for deficiency appropriations
1067
01:00:02,187 --> 01:00:06,191
for the fiscal year 1977,
and for other purposes.
1068
01:00:06,191 --> 01:00:07,692
The bill is open
to amendments.
1069
01:00:07,692 --> 01:00:10,069
- Mr. president.
- Senator Jack.
1070
01:00:10,070 --> 01:00:11,571
Mr. president,
i wish to address myself
1071
01:00:11,571 --> 01:00:15,074
to section 40 of the bill.
1072
01:00:15,075 --> 01:00:17,577
I want specifically to talk
about the nuclear plant
1073
01:00:17,577 --> 01:00:20,246
- on willett creek.
- Mr. president!
1074
01:00:20,247 --> 01:00:21,831
Will the senator yield?
1075
01:00:24,835 --> 01:00:26,586
Yes, yes, sir.
1076
01:00:26,586 --> 01:00:30,506
Mr. president, I have
risen to a difficult task
1077
01:00:30,507 --> 01:00:34,886
to say that out of evidence
that has come to my attention,
1078
01:00:34,886 --> 01:00:39,181
I consider senator Jack
unworthy to address this body.
1079
01:00:47,023 --> 01:00:48,482
Order in the senate!
1080
01:00:50,360 --> 01:00:53,905
The chair will clear the gallery
unless order is restored.
1081
01:00:53,905 --> 01:00:56,532
- What in the hell is going on?
- I don't know.
1082
01:00:56,533 --> 01:00:59,285
Payne's jumping Billy Jack
about something.
1083
01:00:59,286 --> 01:01:00,662
Proceed, sir.
1084
01:01:00,662 --> 01:01:04,624
I have hesitated to speak,
but in all conscience I must.
1085
01:01:04,624 --> 01:01:08,794
It is a charge as grave
as has ever been made
1086
01:01:08,795 --> 01:01:11,839
from this floor
against a fellow member.
1087
01:01:11,840 --> 01:01:15,260
I refer to the bill he has
presented in this chamber,
1088
01:01:15,260 --> 01:01:18,137
providing for his
national youth camp.
1089
01:01:18,138 --> 01:01:21,266
Senators,
1090
01:01:21,266 --> 01:01:25,766
I have conclusive
evidence to prove
1091
01:01:26,062 --> 01:01:29,315
that my colleague
owns the very land
1092
01:01:29,316 --> 01:01:31,234
described in his bill.
1093
01:01:35,322 --> 01:01:38,867
He bought it the day following
his appointment to the senate,
1094
01:01:38,867 --> 01:01:42,954
and he is holding it,
using this body
1095
01:01:42,954 --> 01:01:47,454
and his privileged position
for his own personal profit.
1096
01:01:47,959 --> 01:01:50,836
- Tonto had a racket?
- It doesn't make sense!
1097
01:01:50,837 --> 01:01:55,337
Accordingly,
i offer a resolution
1098
01:01:56,134 --> 01:01:59,554
for an immediate inquiry
by the select committee
1099
01:01:59,554 --> 01:02:04,054
on standards and conduct as
to the fitness of my colleague
1100
01:02:05,435 --> 01:02:08,354
to continue to sit
in this chamber.
1101
01:02:21,660 --> 01:02:25,330
Order, the committee calls
governor hopper, please.
1102
01:02:25,330 --> 01:02:27,498
Governor hopper.
1103
01:02:27,499 --> 01:02:28,416
Governor,
1104
01:02:28,416 --> 01:02:32,503
were you there the morning that
Mr. Allen was present?
1105
01:02:32,504 --> 01:02:35,048
Ah, yes Mr. chairman,
i was present the morning
1106
01:02:35,048 --> 01:02:37,341
that Kenneth Allen
came to the state capital,
1107
01:02:37,342 --> 01:02:41,679
bringing proof that Billy Jack
had a deed to that campsite.
1108
01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:44,516
I, uh, frankly was
in a state of shock.
1109
01:02:44,516 --> 01:02:46,184
I mean, Billy Jack
of all people.
1110
01:02:46,184 --> 01:02:48,561
He is a hero to people
all over my state.
1111
01:02:48,561 --> 01:02:51,021
Now, governor, what did you do
1112
01:02:51,022 --> 01:02:53,357
when Mr. Allen brought this
to your attention?
1113
01:02:53,358 --> 01:02:55,943
Ah, I had a consultation with
the head of the department
1114
01:02:55,944 --> 01:02:58,696
of records, Mr. Arthur Kim.
1115
01:02:58,697 --> 01:03:02,575
Mr. Kim, do you remember
recording this deed?
1116
01:03:02,575 --> 01:03:05,411
Yes.
1117
01:03:05,412 --> 01:03:08,081
On the date set forth here?
1118
01:03:08,081 --> 01:03:11,292
Mr. Kenneth Allen came
before me to record this deed,
1119
01:03:11,293 --> 01:03:15,255
setting over these 400 acres
in the name of Billy Jack.
1120
01:03:17,882 --> 01:03:20,050
Order, please.
1121
01:03:20,051 --> 01:03:23,721
How long have you known
senator Jack, Mr. Allen?
1122
01:03:23,722 --> 01:03:25,724
Oh, many, many years.
1123
01:03:25,724 --> 01:03:28,393
He often camped
around willett creek.
1124
01:03:28,393 --> 01:03:32,063
Now, a lot of people were afraid
of Billy Jack, but I liked him.
1125
01:03:32,063 --> 01:03:34,148
And then when he came to me
with this proposition--
1126
01:03:34,149 --> 01:03:37,110
what proposition,
please, Mr. Allen?
1127
01:03:37,110 --> 01:03:40,571
Well, he said he had a chance
to sell that leased land
1128
01:03:40,572 --> 01:03:43,157
for at least five thousand
dollars an acre.
1129
01:03:43,158 --> 01:03:46,077
Me, I was happy to get
five hundred dollars an acre.
1130
01:03:46,077 --> 01:03:50,247
So, we set it up like this:
I deeded him the land,
1131
01:03:50,248 --> 01:03:52,917
and he gave me a contract
guaranteeing me
1132
01:03:52,917 --> 01:03:56,629
half of what he got
if he made the sale.
1133
01:03:56,629 --> 01:03:59,465
Well, in a way, it sounded
kind of fishy at the time,
1134
01:03:59,466 --> 01:04:03,052
but that's the way most
of these developers work.
1135
01:04:03,053 --> 01:04:05,138
So it wasn't until he sent me
this telegram
1136
01:04:05,138 --> 01:04:08,266
that I realized there was some
really dirty business going on.
1137
01:04:08,266 --> 01:04:10,268
May we see the telegram,
please?
1138
01:04:10,268 --> 01:04:12,270
- Yes.
- Thank you.
1139
01:04:15,648 --> 01:04:18,859
"Urgent.
Camp bill introduced.
1140
01:04:18,860 --> 01:04:20,862
"Senator Payne will help.
1141
01:04:20,862 --> 01:04:22,738
"You have a deal on that land.
1142
01:04:22,739 --> 01:04:24,657
"Contracts to follow.
1143
01:04:24,657 --> 01:04:25,991
Billy Jack."
1144
01:04:27,911 --> 01:04:30,163
Order, please.
1145
01:04:30,163 --> 01:04:34,000
That contract you mentioned,
have you got that document?
1146
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:36,836
That land wouldn't be in his
name if I didn't, yes, sir.
1147
01:04:36,836 --> 01:04:38,587
Signed, sealed,
and delivered.
1148
01:04:41,674 --> 01:04:43,842
Order, please.
1149
01:04:43,843 --> 01:04:46,720
After a long study
of this signature,
1150
01:04:46,721 --> 01:04:50,683
it is my professional opinion
that it definitely is
1151
01:04:50,683 --> 01:04:52,810
Billy Jack's
own handwriting.
1152
01:04:56,773 --> 01:04:59,942
Therefore, it is my opinion
as a professional,
1153
01:04:59,943 --> 01:05:03,488
and as an expert
on handwriting,
1154
01:05:03,488 --> 01:05:06,324
that the signature
of Billy Jack
1155
01:05:06,324 --> 01:05:09,952
on this contract
is a forgery.
1156
01:05:15,458 --> 01:05:19,958
It is difficult to tell the real
thing and a clever forgery,
1157
01:05:20,171 --> 01:05:22,840
and you'll get differing
opinions from experts,
1158
01:05:22,841 --> 01:05:26,511
but I'd be willing to stake
my 40 years in this profession
1159
01:05:26,511 --> 01:05:29,055
on the fact that this
is not a forgery
1160
01:05:29,055 --> 01:05:32,975
and is the actual signature
of Billy Jack.
1161
01:05:37,772 --> 01:05:41,275
Mr. chairman, gentlemen...
1162
01:05:44,154 --> 01:05:48,654
This is an excruciatingly
painful duty for me.
1163
01:05:51,911 --> 01:05:54,830
This young boy
1164
01:05:54,831 --> 01:05:57,750
is the nephew
of my very dearest friend.
1165
01:05:59,961 --> 01:06:03,839
I sponsored him
in the senate.
1166
01:06:03,840 --> 01:06:08,340
I helped him
frame his camp bill.
1167
01:06:08,678 --> 01:06:12,765
And when he presented it
to the senate,
1168
01:06:12,765 --> 01:06:16,977
I went over
to congratulate him,
1169
01:06:16,978 --> 01:06:20,606
but I pointed out
to him that
1170
01:06:20,607 --> 01:06:25,107
a nuclear plant was going up
on the very site
1171
01:06:25,111 --> 01:06:28,447
he had selected for his camp.
1172
01:06:28,448 --> 01:06:32,948
I said there are hundreds of
equally good campsites nearby.
1173
01:06:34,329 --> 01:06:37,206
I suggested that he
1174
01:06:37,207 --> 01:06:41,628
choose another site
for his camp.
1175
01:06:41,628 --> 01:06:44,464
He got furious.
1176
01:06:44,464 --> 01:06:47,467
He said "move the plant."
1177
01:06:47,467 --> 01:06:49,886
I had heard about
his violent temper,
1178
01:06:49,886 --> 01:06:54,386
but I was amazed
at his reaction.
1179
01:06:54,974 --> 01:06:57,476
He began to argue with me.
1180
01:06:57,477 --> 01:07:01,977
He said that "unless
i get that very same site,
1181
01:07:02,649 --> 01:07:04,901
"i will attack
the willett creek plant.
1182
01:07:04,901 --> 01:07:09,401
I'll charge graft,
political motives."
1183
01:07:11,824 --> 01:07:16,324
He would use anything he could
think of to defeat it.
1184
01:07:17,705 --> 01:07:20,999
Well, faced with that,
gentlemen...
1185
01:07:23,086 --> 01:07:27,586
In spite of my very deep
personal feelings for the boy...
1186
01:07:30,134 --> 01:07:32,177
My sense of duty...
1187
01:07:33,346 --> 01:07:37,846
Required that his expulsion
from the senate
1188
01:07:38,726 --> 01:07:41,145
would be the only
acceptable solution.
1189
01:07:49,654 --> 01:07:51,822
Senator Jack, please.
1190
01:08:03,459 --> 01:08:06,462
The committee is ready for your
testimony now, senator Jack.
1191
01:08:32,322 --> 01:08:36,534
Order!
Order in this courtroom!
1192
01:08:36,534 --> 01:08:39,245
That's it.
He's drawn and quartered.
1193
01:08:39,245 --> 01:08:41,830
You know, I didn't think
he was guilty until this moment.
1194
01:08:54,510 --> 01:08:57,930
We'll get the whole thing
over all the front pages.
1195
01:08:57,930 --> 01:09:01,224
Yeah, we'll be sending some
photos for the TV coverage.
1196
01:09:01,225 --> 01:09:04,561
Listen, make sure you give Joe
Payne a big buildup, will ya?
1197
01:09:04,562 --> 01:09:08,732
Yeah, sort of an "Abraham
sacrificing his son
1198
01:09:08,733 --> 01:09:11,068
for the good of the people"
sort of thing.
1199
01:09:11,069 --> 01:09:14,906
Yeah, sure, they're having
a hell of a time.
1200
01:09:55,947 --> 01:09:57,907
You'll never guess
who I found.
1201
01:10:00,827 --> 01:10:02,078
Saunders.
1202
01:10:03,329 --> 01:10:06,040
And guess what she found
in her safety deposit box.
1203
01:10:08,668 --> 01:10:11,462
All of foley's
classified material.
1204
01:10:14,674 --> 01:10:18,427
She's willing to come back and
make a fight of it if you are.
1205
01:10:18,428 --> 01:10:21,013
To make a fight of what?
1206
01:10:21,013 --> 01:10:23,765
- You mean you're gonna quit?
- Who's the enemy?
1207
01:10:23,766 --> 01:10:27,102
I don't even know who
I'm supposed to be fighting.
1208
01:10:27,103 --> 01:10:29,730
Look, Billy, who better
than you knows that
1209
01:10:29,731 --> 01:10:32,734
you can't reform congress
from within?
1210
01:10:32,734 --> 01:10:35,194
So why don't you use
the filibuster
1211
01:10:35,194 --> 01:10:36,445
as a way to teach people
1212
01:10:36,446 --> 01:10:40,946
how they can get
a national referendum?
1213
01:10:41,868 --> 01:10:44,579
Even if you lose,
who cares?
1214
01:10:44,579 --> 01:10:45,746
You'll have taught people
1215
01:10:45,747 --> 01:10:47,665
how to get around
a corrupt congress.
1216
01:10:51,961 --> 01:10:56,215
Your quitting is sure gonna
shatter a lot of hopes, though.
1217
01:10:56,215 --> 01:10:59,593
Well, I'm sorry about that.
1218
01:10:59,594 --> 01:11:01,804
But this is different.
Lt's-- lt's--
1219
01:11:03,389 --> 01:11:05,057
it's just too sophisticated.
1220
01:11:08,227 --> 01:11:10,812
Maybe you're right.
1221
01:11:10,813 --> 01:11:13,732
Maybe if the only solution
you have to crucial problems
1222
01:11:13,733 --> 01:11:18,233
is to take off your boots
and kick people in the head,
1223
01:11:18,404 --> 01:11:20,531
maybe you
just should go home.
1224
01:11:36,589 --> 01:11:41,089
"L have sworn
upon the altar of god
1225
01:11:41,928 --> 01:11:46,098
"eternal hostility
1226
01:11:46,098 --> 01:11:50,598
"against every form
of tyranny
1227
01:11:51,521 --> 01:11:54,148
over the mind of man."
1228
01:13:13,227 --> 01:13:17,064
That we here,
highly resolve
1229
01:13:17,064 --> 01:13:20,567
that this nation shall,
under god,
1230
01:13:20,568 --> 01:13:23,654
have a new birth of freedom.
1231
01:13:23,654 --> 01:13:25,989
And that government
of the people,
1232
01:13:25,990 --> 01:13:29,994
by the people,
and for the people
1233
01:13:29,994 --> 01:13:32,746
shall not perish
from the earth.
1234
01:14:08,240 --> 01:14:10,075
Senate will come to order.
1235
01:14:10,076 --> 01:14:12,078
Clerk will call the roll.
1236
01:14:12,078 --> 01:14:14,246
Well, we've got a full house
today, haven't we?
1237
01:14:14,246 --> 01:14:16,790
Yup, they always turn out
for the execution.
1238
01:14:16,791 --> 01:14:18,501
Hi, Ralph.
- Hi, sweeney.
1239
01:14:18,501 --> 01:14:20,252
They expel senator Jack
today, huh?
1240
01:14:20,252 --> 01:14:22,629
Well, where are the drums,
the guillotine?
1241
01:14:22,630 --> 01:14:24,173
In fact,
where's senator Jack?
1242
01:14:24,173 --> 01:14:25,424
I guess he hasn't stopped
running
1243
01:14:25,424 --> 01:14:27,509
since he left
that committee room.
1244
01:14:27,510 --> 01:14:28,761
Hey Ralph, by the way,
1245
01:14:28,761 --> 01:14:30,596
what are you saving
the two seats for?
1246
01:14:30,596 --> 01:14:33,390
I don't know.
Jean asked me to hold them.
1247
01:14:33,391 --> 01:14:36,060
- Mr. hyrim.
- Here.
1248
01:14:36,060 --> 01:14:37,561
- Mr. Jack.
- Here!
1249
01:14:40,523 --> 01:14:42,608
You know, that guy
is either crazy
1250
01:14:42,608 --> 01:14:44,818
- or a glutton for punishment.
- Maybe both.
1251
01:14:50,700 --> 01:14:53,869
- What's Saunders doing here?
- Saunders!
1252
01:14:53,869 --> 01:14:56,538
- I thought she left--
- what's Saunders doing in town?
1253
01:14:56,539 --> 01:14:59,208
- Where have you been?
- Hi, guys.
1254
01:14:59,208 --> 01:15:02,211
Saunders, are you behind
these shenanigans?
1255
01:15:02,211 --> 01:15:04,630
- Me?
- What shenanigans?
1256
01:15:06,257 --> 01:15:09,218
- Mr. Zimmerman.
- Here.
1257
01:15:09,218 --> 01:15:11,261
The quorum is present.
1258
01:15:11,262 --> 01:15:12,721
The quorum is present.
1259
01:15:12,722 --> 01:15:16,142
- Mr. president?
- Senator Brighton?
1260
01:15:16,142 --> 01:15:18,894
Mr. president, on behalf
of the select committee
1261
01:15:18,894 --> 01:15:20,896
on standards and conduct,
1262
01:15:20,896 --> 01:15:24,649
I send to the desk a report
of that committee
1263
01:15:24,650 --> 01:15:27,110
on the investigation
of senator Billy Jack
1264
01:15:27,111 --> 01:15:30,155
as unanimously directed
by the committee.
1265
01:15:30,156 --> 01:15:33,033
I also report an original
resolution
1266
01:15:33,034 --> 01:15:37,038
for the senator's expulsion,
which I ask to be read.
1267
01:15:37,038 --> 01:15:39,081
Without objection?
1268
01:15:44,253 --> 01:15:46,296
So ordered.
1269
01:15:46,297 --> 01:15:48,674
Whereas it has been shown,
by the investigation
1270
01:15:48,674 --> 01:15:51,510
of the select committee
of standards and conduct,
1271
01:15:51,510 --> 01:15:54,679
that senator Billy Jack,
as United States senator,
1272
01:15:54,680 --> 01:15:57,808
did engage in a course
of unethical conduct
1273
01:15:57,808 --> 01:16:02,062
calculated to benefit his own
personal and financial worth,
1274
01:16:02,063 --> 01:16:04,857
and whereas such conduct
derogates from the public trust
1275
01:16:04,857 --> 01:16:07,150
expected of a senator,
and brings the senate
1276
01:16:07,151 --> 01:16:10,154
into contumely disrepute
and dishonor,
1277
01:16:10,154 --> 01:16:12,906
resolved that it is
the judgment of the senate
1278
01:16:12,907 --> 01:16:16,285
that senator Billy Jack
be, and hereby is,
1279
01:16:16,285 --> 01:16:19,079
expelled from
the United States senate.
1280
01:16:19,080 --> 01:16:21,999
Mr. president, I move
the immediate adoption
1281
01:16:21,999 --> 01:16:25,419
of the resolution and ask
for all the yays and nays.
1282
01:16:25,419 --> 01:16:26,962
- Stand up!
- Mr. president!
1283
01:16:26,962 --> 01:16:28,755
Mr. president,
i have the floor,
1284
01:16:28,756 --> 01:16:30,507
and am about
to ask for a roll call
1285
01:16:30,508 --> 01:16:31,759
on the passing of
this resolution
1286
01:16:31,759 --> 01:16:33,177
without any further delay.
1287
01:16:33,177 --> 01:16:36,346
Mr. president, I believe i
addressed the chair first, sir.
1288
01:16:36,347 --> 01:16:38,307
The senator can say nothing
at this time
1289
01:16:38,307 --> 01:16:40,684
that would not be
in bad grace, sir.
1290
01:16:40,684 --> 01:16:43,978
Senator Jack is still
a member of this body
1291
01:16:43,979 --> 01:16:48,479
and as such, has equal claim
to the attention of this chair.
1292
01:16:48,818 --> 01:16:50,861
You were about
to recognize me, sir.
1293
01:16:50,861 --> 01:16:53,905
That is merely
your assumption, senator.
1294
01:16:53,906 --> 01:16:56,491
Let him speak!
1295
01:17:03,207 --> 01:17:07,127
Before I proceed further,
i would like to say
1296
01:17:07,128 --> 01:17:10,297
to the visitors that they
are here as our guests,
1297
01:17:10,297 --> 01:17:12,882
and they should conduct
themselves as such,
1298
01:17:12,883 --> 01:17:17,383
and we might add that
such crudely-voiced sentiments
1299
01:17:18,222 --> 01:17:21,600
will in no way affect
the judgment of this chair.
1300
01:17:24,562 --> 01:17:29,062
The chair recognizes...
Senator Jack.
1301
01:17:32,820 --> 01:17:34,988
Thank you sir.
1302
01:17:34,989 --> 01:17:36,907
Hold on to your hat,
Jean, here we go.
1303
01:17:36,907 --> 01:17:41,077
Well, gentlemen, I guess
you're in a pretty tall hurry
1304
01:17:41,078 --> 01:17:43,830
to get me out of here,
1305
01:17:43,831 --> 01:17:46,166
and from the way the evidence
is piled up against me,
1306
01:17:46,167 --> 01:17:48,961
I can't say
that I blame you much.
1307
01:17:48,961 --> 01:17:51,088
And I'm perfectly willing
to go, Mr. president,
1308
01:17:51,088 --> 01:17:53,799
as soon as this group
has legally voted that way,
1309
01:17:53,799 --> 01:17:56,426
but before I go,
1310
01:17:56,427 --> 01:17:59,972
there are some things that
i want to say to this body.
1311
01:17:59,972 --> 01:18:02,432
Mr. president,
will the senator yield?
1312
01:18:02,433 --> 01:18:03,767
No!
1313
01:18:03,767 --> 01:18:06,102
No, senator,
i will not yield.
1314
01:18:06,103 --> 01:18:08,313
Now, I yielded once before,
and if you'll recall,
1315
01:18:08,314 --> 01:18:09,940
I ended up
being splattered
1316
01:18:09,940 --> 01:18:11,983
across the headline of every
newspaper in this country
1317
01:18:11,984 --> 01:18:13,902
and was practically
never heard of again.
1318
01:18:16,113 --> 01:18:17,489
And incidentally, gentlemen,
1319
01:18:17,489 --> 01:18:19,115
we might as well
all get together
1320
01:18:19,116 --> 01:18:21,868
on this yielding business
right now.
1321
01:18:21,869 --> 01:18:24,705
You see, I had some pretty
good coaching last night,
1322
01:18:24,705 --> 01:18:28,792
and I found out that if I yield
only for a personal privilege,
1323
01:18:28,792 --> 01:18:31,169
a point of order,
or a question,
1324
01:18:31,170 --> 01:18:33,130
I can hold this floor
till doomsday,
1325
01:18:33,130 --> 01:18:37,175
or at least as long as I can
stand on my own two feet.
1326
01:18:37,176 --> 01:18:39,344
In other words,
Mr. president,
1327
01:18:39,345 --> 01:18:42,139
I have a piece to speak,
and come hell or high water,
1328
01:18:42,139 --> 01:18:44,641
I am going to stand
on this floor and speak it.
1329
01:18:44,642 --> 01:18:46,852
Mr. president,
will the senator yield?
1330
01:18:46,852 --> 01:18:49,813
- Will senator Jack yield?
- Yield how?
1331
01:18:49,813 --> 01:18:51,981
Will he yield for a question?
1332
01:18:51,982 --> 01:18:53,984
For a question, yes,
for a question.
1333
01:18:53,984 --> 01:18:56,820
I wish to ask
my junior colleague,
1334
01:18:56,820 --> 01:18:59,823
this piece he
intends to speak,
1335
01:18:59,823 --> 01:19:02,492
does it concern
section 40 of the bill?
1336
01:19:02,493 --> 01:19:04,995
- It does.
- Every aspect of this matter
1337
01:19:04,995 --> 01:19:07,080
was dealt with during
the committee hearings.
1338
01:19:07,081 --> 01:19:08,749
- Mr. president--
- I wish to ask
1339
01:19:08,749 --> 01:19:12,419
my distinguished colleague,
has he one scrap of evidence
1340
01:19:12,419 --> 01:19:15,547
to add now to the defense,
that he did not give
1341
01:19:15,547 --> 01:19:17,507
and could not give
during that same hearing?
1342
01:19:17,508 --> 01:19:19,510
There are no defenses
against forged papers,
1343
01:19:19,510 --> 01:19:20,677
and you know it,
senator Payne.
1344
01:19:20,678 --> 01:19:23,180
The committee ruled otherwise!
1345
01:19:23,180 --> 01:19:25,515
The gentleman stands
guilty as charged.
1346
01:19:25,516 --> 01:19:27,351
I stand guilty as framed!
1347
01:19:27,351 --> 01:19:29,728
I believe I speak for
every member present
1348
01:19:29,728 --> 01:19:32,021
when I say that no one
cares to hear
1349
01:19:32,022 --> 01:19:34,524
what a man of his condemned
character has to say
1350
01:19:34,525 --> 01:19:36,860
about any section of any
legislation
1351
01:19:36,860 --> 01:19:38,194
before this house!
1352
01:19:38,195 --> 01:19:40,572
Mr. president,
i was guilty as framed!
1353
01:19:40,572 --> 01:19:43,366
And I was framed because I was
going to stand up here and tell
1354
01:19:43,367 --> 01:19:46,203
that section 40 is nothing
but a nuclear ripoff!
1355
01:19:46,203 --> 01:19:48,288
I was going to stand
in this chamber
1356
01:19:48,289 --> 01:19:50,916
and tell about a certain
James Bailey back in my state,
1357
01:19:50,916 --> 01:19:52,918
who wanted to put that
plant through
1358
01:19:52,918 --> 01:19:54,127
for his own
personal profit.
1359
01:19:54,128 --> 01:19:55,879
Mr. president,
will the senator yield?
1360
01:19:55,879 --> 01:19:57,922
No, I will not yield!
1361
01:19:57,923 --> 01:19:59,883
Now this same James Bailey
1362
01:19:59,883 --> 01:20:04,053
promised me a seat in this
chair for the next 20 years
1363
01:20:04,054 --> 01:20:06,723
if I went along and voted
for something that he knew
1364
01:20:06,724 --> 01:20:09,393
and I knew was a fraud
on the American people.
1365
01:20:09,393 --> 01:20:11,603
And he also told me
1366
01:20:11,603 --> 01:20:14,063
that if I dared to stand up
in this chamber
1367
01:20:14,064 --> 01:20:17,567
and oppose that nuclear plant,
he would break me in two.
1368
01:20:17,568 --> 01:20:20,112
All right.
All right, Mr. president,
1369
01:20:20,112 --> 01:20:21,780
I stood up the other day,
1370
01:20:21,780 --> 01:20:24,991
and I tried to address myself
to section 40,
1371
01:20:24,992 --> 01:20:27,244
and the long arm of Mr. Bailey
1372
01:20:27,244 --> 01:20:29,454
reached into this sacred
chamber,
1373
01:20:29,455 --> 01:20:31,915
and he grabbed me
by the back of the neck!
1374
01:20:31,915 --> 01:20:35,293
Mr. president Mr. president!
A point of order.
1375
01:20:35,294 --> 01:20:37,629
Mr. president,
do I have the floor?
1376
01:20:37,629 --> 01:20:40,173
Senator Payne will state it.
1377
01:20:40,174 --> 01:20:44,674
It was I who rose in this
chamber to accuse him.
1378
01:20:44,678 --> 01:20:49,178
He is claiming that I was
carrying out criminal orders
1379
01:20:49,516 --> 01:20:51,434
and falsified evidence.
1380
01:20:51,435 --> 01:20:55,605
He has imputed to me conduct
unworthy of a senator,
1381
01:20:55,606 --> 01:20:58,317
and I demand that he be
made to yield the floor.
1382
01:20:58,317 --> 01:21:00,110
Mr. president, I did not say
1383
01:21:00,110 --> 01:21:01,778
that senator Payne
was in that room!
1384
01:21:01,779 --> 01:21:03,864
But I was in that room!
1385
01:21:08,619 --> 01:21:09,703
Order!
1386
01:21:11,038 --> 01:21:14,708
I accuse this man
by his tone,
1387
01:21:14,708 --> 01:21:18,128
by his careful denials of
deliberately trying to plant
1388
01:21:18,128 --> 01:21:19,963
damaging impressions
of my conduct.
1389
01:21:19,963 --> 01:21:23,841
I'll tell you why--
because Mr. Bailey,
1390
01:21:23,842 --> 01:21:25,969
a respected citizen
of our state,
1391
01:21:25,969 --> 01:21:28,471
had brought with him
the evidence against this man,
1392
01:21:28,472 --> 01:21:31,308
and we were urging Billy Jack
to resign.
1393
01:21:31,308 --> 01:21:34,978
Why?
To avoid bringing disgrace
1394
01:21:34,978 --> 01:21:36,813
upon a clean
and honorable state,
1395
01:21:36,814 --> 01:21:37,981
and upon this body.
1396
01:21:37,981 --> 01:21:40,066
But senator Jack refused.
1397
01:21:40,067 --> 01:21:42,652
He threatened
to bring that very disgrace
1398
01:21:42,653 --> 01:21:44,529
down upon the state
and all of us present
1399
01:21:44,530 --> 01:21:46,823
if we refused
to let him go through
1400
01:21:46,824 --> 01:21:48,659
with this contemptible scheme.
1401
01:21:48,659 --> 01:21:49,993
- Mr. president--
- finally--
1402
01:21:49,993 --> 01:21:52,161
Mr. president,
do I have the floor?
1403
01:21:52,162 --> 01:21:54,414
...there was only one way
to answer this man.
1404
01:21:54,415 --> 01:21:58,669
The truth, which I rose
and gave to this body.
1405
01:21:58,669 --> 01:22:02,506
Mr. president, he is trying
to blackmail the senate,
1406
01:22:02,506 --> 01:22:04,549
just as he tried
to blackmail me.
1407
01:22:04,550 --> 01:22:07,678
To prevent his expulsion,
he would probably even try
1408
01:22:07,678 --> 01:22:09,346
to hold up
the deficiency bill,
1409
01:22:09,346 --> 01:22:11,014
vital to the entire country,
1410
01:22:11,014 --> 01:22:12,849
which must be passed
immediately today.
1411
01:22:12,850 --> 01:22:14,184
Do I have the floor?
1412
01:22:14,184 --> 01:22:17,228
Gentlemen, I have lost
Patience with this gentleman!
1413
01:22:17,229 --> 01:22:20,273
I am sick and tired of this
contemptible young man.
1414
01:22:20,274 --> 01:22:22,776
I apologize to this body
for his appointment.
1415
01:22:22,776 --> 01:22:24,235
I regret I ever knew him,
1416
01:22:24,236 --> 01:22:27,697
and I refuse to stay
and listen to him any longer.
1417
01:22:27,698 --> 01:22:31,952
And I hope every member
of this chamber feels as I do.
1418
01:22:42,463 --> 01:22:44,631
Senators will be in order!
1419
01:22:44,631 --> 01:22:46,674
Senators
will address the chair.
1420
01:22:46,675 --> 01:22:49,928
- Mr. president!
- Senator Warner.
1421
01:22:49,928 --> 01:22:53,473
Mr. president, what does the
gentleman want of this body?
1422
01:22:53,474 --> 01:22:55,142
I'll tell you what I want.
1423
01:22:55,142 --> 01:22:57,686
I want one week,
just one week
1424
01:22:57,686 --> 01:22:59,729
to bring proof of the charges
into this chamber
1425
01:22:59,730 --> 01:23:01,440
that I brought
against Mr. Bailey.
1426
01:23:01,440 --> 01:23:03,358
And I want the senate
to promise me
1427
01:23:03,358 --> 01:23:04,817
that they will not pass the
deficiency bill
1428
01:23:04,818 --> 01:23:06,152
for that one week.
1429
01:23:06,153 --> 01:23:07,821
Will the senator yield?
1430
01:23:07,821 --> 01:23:09,572
For a question only.
1431
01:23:09,573 --> 01:23:13,285
Has the senator
the effrontery to stand there,
1432
01:23:13,285 --> 01:23:16,288
convicted and in disgrace,
1433
01:23:16,288 --> 01:23:18,498
and try to force
the postponement
1434
01:23:18,499 --> 01:23:19,833
of this deficiency bill?
1435
01:23:19,833 --> 01:23:21,793
For one lousy week!
1436
01:23:21,793 --> 01:23:24,003
Mr. president,
i appeal to the senator.
1437
01:23:24,004 --> 01:23:26,256
Is he fully aware
that this bill
1438
01:23:26,256 --> 01:23:28,091
has been months
in both houses,
1439
01:23:28,091 --> 01:23:29,509
delayed and delayed--
1440
01:23:29,510 --> 01:23:32,888
Mr. president,
if the senate yields
1441
01:23:32,888 --> 01:23:36,182
to this kind of blackmail
at this time, from this man,
1442
01:23:36,183 --> 01:23:38,393
whatever credibility
this body has left
1443
01:23:38,393 --> 01:23:40,228
will be totally destroyed.
1444
01:23:40,229 --> 01:23:42,689
Mr. president,
it is an insult to this body
1445
01:23:42,689 --> 01:23:44,190
to have to listen.
1446
01:23:44,191 --> 01:23:47,444
An insult to our colleague
senator Payne.
1447
01:23:47,444 --> 01:23:50,905
And I, for one, will follow
the senator's example
1448
01:23:50,906 --> 01:23:53,950
and refuse to remain
in this chamber
1449
01:23:53,951 --> 01:23:57,996
as long as that man
holds the floor.
1450
01:24:09,007 --> 01:24:10,508
President: Senator Jack.
1451
01:24:10,509 --> 01:24:13,303
Looks like I'm just going
to have to present my case
1452
01:24:13,303 --> 01:24:15,138
from this floor,
Mr. president--
1453
01:24:15,138 --> 01:24:17,765
that is, if you ladies
and gentlemen of the press
1454
01:24:17,766 --> 01:24:20,769
will carry my remarks
accurately.
1455
01:24:22,145 --> 01:24:26,065
In other words, sir,
wild horses are not going
1456
01:24:26,066 --> 01:24:27,650
to drag me off of this floor
1457
01:24:27,651 --> 01:24:29,235
until I've at least
had the opportunity
1458
01:24:29,236 --> 01:24:31,738
to present my evidence
to the people of my state,
1459
01:24:31,738 --> 01:24:33,906
and I don't care
if that takes me
1460
01:24:33,907 --> 01:24:35,241
for the rest of this year.
1461
01:24:35,242 --> 01:24:37,410
Filibuster!
1462
01:24:37,411 --> 01:24:38,662
Filibuster!
1463
01:24:48,088 --> 01:24:50,340
Joe, get this.
Billy Jack on the floor,
1464
01:24:50,340 --> 01:24:51,841
just as they were ready
to throw him out,
1465
01:24:51,842 --> 01:24:52,968
and he's holding it!
1466
01:24:52,968 --> 01:24:55,971
Filibuster. Billy Jack is
filibustering the senate.
1467
01:24:55,971 --> 01:24:58,139
Listen, you've got to get me
everything he's saying
1468
01:24:58,140 --> 01:24:59,307
to the networks, okay?
1469
01:24:59,308 --> 01:25:00,475
- Consider it done.
- Thanks.
1470
01:25:00,475 --> 01:25:01,809
When they read my story.
1471
01:25:01,810 --> 01:25:04,020
- Oh, Ralph.
- Saunders, I promise you,
1472
01:25:04,021 --> 01:25:05,689
they're gonna hear about this
in patagonia!
1473
01:25:05,689 --> 01:25:06,856
They'd better!
1474
01:25:06,857 --> 01:25:09,317
The entire senate
got up and walked out!
1475
01:25:09,318 --> 01:25:11,653
Oh, Ralph, come on,
that's straight stuff.
1476
01:25:11,653 --> 01:25:13,821
You've gotta kick it up
a little bit, get on his side.
1477
01:25:13,822 --> 01:25:15,073
Fight for him, huh?
1478
01:25:15,073 --> 01:25:17,825
You guys understand
what this is all about, please.
1479
01:25:18,994 --> 01:25:22,163
Joe, scratch all that
and take this.
1480
01:25:22,164 --> 01:25:25,083
The most Titanic
battle of modern times
1481
01:25:25,083 --> 01:25:26,584
has broken out in Washington.
1482
01:25:26,585 --> 01:25:29,004
A new young David,
without a slingshot,
1483
01:25:29,004 --> 01:25:31,548
has risen to do battle
on the senate floor
1484
01:25:31,548 --> 01:25:33,508
with not one mighty goliath
but many.
1485
01:25:33,508 --> 01:25:34,800
Oh, Ralph, I love you.
1486
01:25:36,386 --> 01:25:39,597
That they are endowed with
certain inalienable rights,
1487
01:25:39,598 --> 01:25:43,184
and among them
are life, Liberty,
1488
01:25:43,185 --> 01:25:45,395
and the pursuit of happiness.
1489
01:25:58,492 --> 01:26:01,203
Uh, uh, Mr. president--
1490
01:26:01,203 --> 01:26:05,703
Mr. president,
we seem to be alone, sir.
1491
01:26:05,957 --> 01:26:08,918
Now, I'm not complaining
for social reasons,
1492
01:26:08,919 --> 01:26:13,419
but, uh, I think
it would be a shame
1493
01:26:13,548 --> 01:26:15,299
if these gentlemen
miss the evidence
1494
01:26:15,300 --> 01:26:16,426
that I would like to present,
1495
01:26:16,426 --> 01:26:18,719
so I would like
to call your attention
1496
01:26:18,720 --> 01:26:20,972
to the standing rules
of the senate.
1497
01:26:20,972 --> 01:26:24,558
Uh, rule 5, section...
1498
01:26:24,559 --> 01:26:26,644
Section 3.
1499
01:26:26,645 --> 01:26:31,145
Sir, it says,
and I'm quoting now,
1500
01:26:32,734 --> 01:26:36,738
"lf a quorum shall not
be found to be present,
1501
01:26:36,738 --> 01:26:39,782
"then a majority
of the senators present
1502
01:26:39,783 --> 01:26:43,244
"may direct the sergeant
of arms to request,
1503
01:26:43,245 --> 01:26:46,498
"and if necessary to compel,
1504
01:26:46,498 --> 01:26:49,334
the attendance
of the absent senators."
1505
01:26:49,334 --> 01:26:50,793
Unquote.
1506
01:26:50,794 --> 01:26:55,294
Uh, Mr. president, I guess it
looks like I am the majority,
1507
01:26:56,425 --> 01:27:00,679
so... I so compel.
1508
01:27:00,679 --> 01:27:04,808
Well, in the absence
of a quorum, being suggested,
1509
01:27:04,808 --> 01:27:07,143
clerk will call the role.
1510
01:27:07,144 --> 01:27:09,938
Bailey: Now where the hell
is that long distance call?
1511
01:27:09,938 --> 01:27:11,481
Assistant:
We're trying to get it.
1512
01:27:11,481 --> 01:27:15,151
Will you do me a favor and get
more direct lines out of here?
1513
01:27:15,152 --> 01:27:16,820
Chick, have you got
hold of Hendrix?
1514
01:27:16,820 --> 01:27:17,987
They're looking for him.
1515
01:27:17,988 --> 01:27:19,155
Looking for him?
1516
01:27:19,156 --> 01:27:20,824
Now, look, why the hell
isn't an editor
1517
01:27:20,824 --> 01:27:22,575
at his desk where he belongs?
1518
01:27:24,619 --> 01:27:25,828
Joe.
1519
01:27:27,539 --> 01:27:30,208
Joe, why aren't you
on the senate floor?
1520
01:27:30,208 --> 01:27:32,543
Jim, that boy is talking
to the state now,
1521
01:27:32,544 --> 01:27:33,711
the whole country.
1522
01:27:33,712 --> 01:27:35,380
- The story is out.
- So what?
1523
01:27:35,380 --> 01:27:37,048
The fight is out in the open,
that's all.
1524
01:27:37,048 --> 01:27:38,466
That's what I mean.
1525
01:27:38,467 --> 01:27:40,552
If he can turn public opinion
against us,
1526
01:27:40,552 --> 01:27:42,512
if any part of this sticks--
1527
01:27:42,512 --> 01:27:44,388
he won't even get started.
1528
01:27:44,389 --> 01:27:47,392
I'll make public opinion
out there in five hours.
1529
01:27:47,392 --> 01:27:48,976
I've done it all my life.
1530
01:27:48,977 --> 01:27:52,063
Now look, will you leave
public opinion to me, Joe?
1531
01:27:52,063 --> 01:27:54,023
Now go on, get back
to the senate there
1532
01:27:54,024 --> 01:27:56,401
and keep those honorable
gentlemen in line.
1533
01:27:56,401 --> 01:27:59,362
Jim, I hit him from the floor
with everything I know.
1534
01:27:59,362 --> 01:28:01,906
I don't have the stomach
for it anymore.
1535
01:28:01,907 --> 01:28:04,075
Now you listen to me, Joe.
1536
01:28:04,075 --> 01:28:08,162
If he starts to convince
those senators,
1537
01:28:08,163 --> 01:28:10,748
you might just as well
blow your brains out,
1538
01:28:10,749 --> 01:28:13,585
because this is it,
the whole works.
1539
01:28:13,585 --> 01:28:17,171
We've got to smash that guy
and bury him.
1540
01:28:17,172 --> 01:28:21,092
Mcghan:
Jim, Hendrix on line 4.
1541
01:28:21,092 --> 01:28:23,052
Go on back to the senate, Joe.
1542
01:28:23,053 --> 01:28:24,179
Go on.
1543
01:28:25,764 --> 01:28:28,266
Now where the hell
have you been?
1544
01:28:28,266 --> 01:28:29,892
All right, never mind.
1545
01:28:29,893 --> 01:28:33,104
Look, I want you to line up
every newspaper, TV,
1546
01:28:33,104 --> 01:28:35,189
and radio station
in the state.
1547
01:28:35,190 --> 01:28:37,734
I want you to call in
all the lous.
1548
01:28:37,734 --> 01:28:40,903
Yeah, I want them to keep
everything Billy Jack says
1549
01:28:40,904 --> 01:28:42,113
out of the media.
1550
01:28:42,113 --> 01:28:43,364
Defend the party.
1551
01:28:43,365 --> 01:28:44,783
What do you mean with what?
1552
01:28:44,783 --> 01:28:47,202
He's a criminal,
convicted by the senate,
1553
01:28:47,202 --> 01:28:48,953
and now blocking
the relief bill
1554
01:28:48,954 --> 01:28:50,205
and starving people.
1555
01:28:50,205 --> 01:28:51,456
He's one of those
crazy radicals
1556
01:28:51,456 --> 01:28:53,875
making a mockery of our courts
and institutions.
1557
01:28:53,875 --> 01:28:55,585
With what, he asks.
1558
01:28:55,585 --> 01:28:59,213
And buy up every minute
you can of every station
1559
01:28:59,214 --> 01:29:00,882
over 2 watts in the state,
1560
01:29:00,882 --> 01:29:03,968
and keep those commercials
spouting against him.
1561
01:29:03,969 --> 01:29:07,973
Look, I don't give a damn what
your problems are! Just do it!
1562
01:29:07,973 --> 01:29:10,100
Gentlemen, gentlemen,
this can't go on.
1563
01:29:10,100 --> 01:29:11,267
It's ridiculous.
1564
01:29:11,268 --> 01:29:12,894
Fantastic.
For one nuclear plant?
1565
01:29:12,894 --> 01:29:14,979
Why don't we throw section 40
out and him with it?
1566
01:29:14,980 --> 01:29:16,982
What do you mean?
And repudiate Joe here?
1567
01:29:16,982 --> 01:29:19,651
Henry, you've got to get
that man off the floor.
1568
01:29:19,651 --> 01:29:22,278
Come on, boys.
You know as well as I do
1569
01:29:22,279 --> 01:29:24,823
as long as Mr. Jack holds
that floor legitimately,
1570
01:29:24,823 --> 01:29:26,157
he's going to hold it.
1571
01:29:26,157 --> 01:29:28,409
And if anyone were to ask me,
1572
01:29:28,410 --> 01:29:31,454
I'd say the young fella's
making a lot of sense.
1573
01:29:31,454 --> 01:29:35,499
Sense? You call blackmail
sense, Henry?
1574
01:29:35,500 --> 01:29:38,127
Look, Joe, I didn't like this
radical from the beginning,
1575
01:29:38,128 --> 01:29:39,754
but if the man
weren't Sincere,
1576
01:29:39,754 --> 01:29:41,672
how could he stage
such a good fight
1577
01:29:41,673 --> 01:29:43,299
against these impossible odds?
1578
01:29:43,300 --> 01:29:44,759
Well, that's just fine,
Martin, that's just fine.
1579
01:29:44,759 --> 01:29:46,761
I'm glad to hear that after
20 years of working
1580
01:29:46,761 --> 01:29:49,305
with you fellas, you're ready
to take his word over mine.
1581
01:29:50,807 --> 01:29:53,643
...what it means.
If he's just that much right,
1582
01:29:53,643 --> 01:29:55,186
then I'm totally wrong.
1583
01:29:55,186 --> 01:29:56,228
Joe, isn't there just some way
1584
01:29:56,229 --> 01:29:57,688
we can get that
nuclear plant out of there,
1585
01:29:57,689 --> 01:29:59,357
just so we can get
the deficiency bill through?
1586
01:29:59,357 --> 01:30:01,442
It's not a question
of a nuclear plant.
1587
01:30:01,443 --> 01:30:02,777
It's a question of my honor
1588
01:30:02,777 --> 01:30:04,987
and the integrity
of the select committee.
1589
01:30:04,988 --> 01:30:07,365
Yes, and the senate itself.
1590
01:30:07,365 --> 01:30:09,283
But if that's what you want
to do, go ahead!
1591
01:30:09,284 --> 01:30:10,868
Throw out section 40.
1592
01:30:10,869 --> 01:30:13,288
I'll resign from the committee
and we'll be through with it.
1593
01:30:13,288 --> 01:30:15,331
Now wait a minute,
wait a minute. Wait, wait.
1594
01:30:15,332 --> 01:30:17,292
This is a lot of nonsense.
1595
01:30:17,292 --> 01:30:18,501
Now, Joe's right.
1596
01:30:18,501 --> 01:30:20,127
A deal is impossible.
1597
01:30:20,128 --> 01:30:23,214
We have got to go on the way we
have been doing and break him.
1598
01:30:23,214 --> 01:30:24,715
Keep him talking.
1599
01:30:24,716 --> 01:30:25,967
No relief.
1600
01:30:25,967 --> 01:30:27,551
Maintain a watch in relays.
1601
01:30:27,552 --> 01:30:31,389
I mean, after all, how long
can a man stand on his legs?
1602
01:30:31,389 --> 01:30:33,391
Is that the way you feel,
John?
1603
01:30:33,391 --> 01:30:35,476
For once,
we're in total agreement.
1604
01:30:35,477 --> 01:30:38,646
- Charlie?
- Right, I couldn't agree more.
1605
01:30:38,647 --> 01:30:41,900
Gentlemen, time to leave
the man on the floor.
1606
01:30:44,152 --> 01:30:48,652
Now tell me, does anybody
in this chamber really--
1607
01:30:55,664 --> 01:30:59,125
I guess we have the night shift
coming on, Mr. president.
1608
01:31:08,009 --> 01:31:09,427
Here.
1609
01:31:09,427 --> 01:31:10,845
Thank you, Jimmy.
1610
01:31:16,351 --> 01:31:20,851
Oh, Mr. president,
i am very happy to learn
1611
01:31:21,064 --> 01:31:23,900
that the senate rules
provide for human frailty
1612
01:31:23,900 --> 01:31:27,236
and that I am allowed
under the rules
1613
01:31:27,237 --> 01:31:30,698
a two- or three-minute
break for emergencies.
1614
01:31:30,699 --> 01:31:35,199
Uh, Mr. president, right now,
it is such an emergency.
1615
01:31:41,292 --> 01:31:44,586
Charlie, I want the entire
morning edition front page
1616
01:31:44,587 --> 01:31:46,922
nothing but a blast
to shove him off the floor.
1617
01:31:46,923 --> 01:31:48,799
And I want telegrams,
you understand?
1618
01:31:48,800 --> 01:31:51,552
Telegrams pouring in
to senator Payne's office.
1619
01:31:51,553 --> 01:31:53,137
All right,
here's how we do it--
1620
01:31:53,138 --> 01:31:56,224
a convicted thief purportedly
representing you
1621
01:31:56,224 --> 01:31:58,893
has totally crippled
the United States senate.
1622
01:31:58,893 --> 01:32:00,144
You got that?
1623
01:32:00,145 --> 01:32:02,730
Billy Jack:
Now we come to the real reason
1624
01:32:02,731 --> 01:32:05,400
senator foley
sealed this file.
1625
01:32:05,400 --> 01:32:07,735
Oh, ugly as the facts are,
1626
01:32:07,736 --> 01:32:09,779
but the contributions
and the kickbacks,
1627
01:32:09,779 --> 01:32:12,740
that's penny ante stuff
compared to the real reason
1628
01:32:12,741 --> 01:32:15,994
that foley classified this
as top-secret.
1629
01:32:15,994 --> 01:32:20,456
No, gentlemen, the real reason
lies here, in this file.
1630
01:32:20,457 --> 01:32:23,251
What does it reveal?
Oh, nothing much--
1631
01:32:23,251 --> 01:32:27,751
just the astonishing fact
that over a ten-year period
1632
01:32:28,673 --> 01:32:32,426
at 58 different
nuclear plants,
1633
01:32:32,427 --> 01:32:36,848
there were at least
141 technical mishaps
1634
01:32:36,848 --> 01:32:41,185
that came dangerously close
to a complete meltdown.
1635
01:32:41,186 --> 01:32:45,190
Now let me put that for you
in another way, gentlemen.
1636
01:32:45,190 --> 01:32:48,610
All the while that the nuclear
regulatory commission
1637
01:32:48,610 --> 01:32:51,487
was pointing to
three mile island as proof
1638
01:32:51,488 --> 01:32:53,615
of the safety
of their program--
1639
01:32:53,615 --> 01:32:56,618
after all,
no one got killed, right?--
1640
01:32:56,618 --> 01:32:58,953
and was assuring us under oath
1641
01:32:58,953 --> 01:33:02,539
that it was a freak accident
that could never happen again,
1642
01:33:02,540 --> 01:33:07,040
they had, in their possession,
here in foley's file,
1643
01:33:07,462 --> 01:33:10,965
full knowledge that there
was an accident
1644
01:33:10,965 --> 01:33:14,009
on the average
of at least once a month,
1645
01:33:14,010 --> 01:33:18,510
each and every month,
for the last ten years.
1646
01:33:18,807 --> 01:33:22,352
Each accident of which
came dangerously close,
1647
01:33:22,352 --> 01:33:26,481
sometimes within-- within
even hours to a meltdown
1648
01:33:26,481 --> 01:33:29,859
that was similar or worse to
the one at three mile island,
1649
01:33:29,859 --> 01:33:32,528
and any one of which
could have destroyed
1650
01:33:32,529 --> 01:33:36,199
the entire community
that the plant was located in.
1651
01:33:36,199 --> 01:33:40,699
Hey, but Mr. Bailey
and all of your Mr. baileys
1652
01:33:41,246 --> 01:33:43,748
are gonna make huge profits.
1653
01:33:43,748 --> 01:33:46,584
So the nuclear regulatory
commission
1654
01:33:46,584 --> 01:33:50,170
lies through its teeth
to the American people,
1655
01:33:50,171 --> 01:33:54,671
and you gentlemen,
you swear to it.
1656
01:34:16,114 --> 01:34:18,533
Saunders, Jean,
you better wake up.
1657
01:34:18,533 --> 01:34:19,617
You guys are in trouble.
1658
01:34:19,617 --> 01:34:20,909
What?
1659
01:34:20,910 --> 01:34:23,203
Brady's column, too.
I can't believe it!
1660
01:34:23,204 --> 01:34:24,705
What are you talking about?
1661
01:34:24,706 --> 01:34:27,208
You better call your boy off,
Jean. He's getting nowhere.
1662
01:34:27,208 --> 01:34:28,709
- Why?
- It's murder.
1663
01:34:28,710 --> 01:34:30,753
Almost nothing of what he's
saying is being printed
1664
01:34:30,753 --> 01:34:32,546
or heard back
in your home state.
1665
01:34:32,547 --> 01:34:34,423
- What?
- Brady's column, radio,
1666
01:34:34,424 --> 01:34:35,925
wire service,
television stations,
1667
01:34:35,925 --> 01:34:37,801
everything has been scratched.
1668
01:34:37,802 --> 01:34:39,762
How in the hell
can they do that?
1669
01:34:39,762 --> 01:34:41,722
Well, so now in the meantime,
1670
01:34:41,723 --> 01:34:43,141
all of Bailey's
stations and friends
1671
01:34:43,141 --> 01:34:44,725
are pouring out
the party line, right?
1672
01:34:44,726 --> 01:34:46,394
Better believe it.
He's got demonstrators
1673
01:34:46,394 --> 01:34:48,813
coming out of party headquarters
in every corner of that state.
1674
01:34:48,813 --> 01:34:51,857
And that's what you'd call
freedom of the press, right?
1675
01:35:01,075 --> 01:35:02,701
It's just not fair.
1676
01:35:02,702 --> 01:35:03,994
How do you stand it here?
1677
01:35:03,995 --> 01:35:05,204
Jean, Jean, come on.
1678
01:35:05,205 --> 01:35:07,081
No, I'm not gonna come on.
1679
01:35:07,081 --> 01:35:10,292
Saunders, telephone.
1680
01:35:10,293 --> 01:35:13,546
One simple little tool
1681
01:35:13,546 --> 01:35:15,506
could turn this government
1682
01:35:15,506 --> 01:35:18,634
back into being a government
of the people
1683
01:35:18,635 --> 01:35:22,221
instead of a government
of corporations,
1684
01:35:22,222 --> 01:35:26,722
and that tool is
the national initiative.
1685
01:35:27,060 --> 01:35:28,102
Well...
1686
01:35:31,356 --> 01:35:32,774
What is it, Saunders?
1687
01:35:32,774 --> 01:35:34,442
Tell Billy to stop.
1688
01:35:34,442 --> 01:35:36,610
He's beat, Jean.
1689
01:35:36,611 --> 01:35:39,488
They just busted up
your TV station
1690
01:35:39,489 --> 01:35:41,657
and cut your
transmitting cable.
1691
01:35:49,916 --> 01:35:54,416
Greed,
greed exists in all of us.
1692
01:35:56,047 --> 01:36:00,547
And the whole purpose
of the constitution
1693
01:36:00,593 --> 01:36:02,845
is to protect the people
1694
01:36:02,845 --> 01:36:07,345
that we are sent here
to represent from our greed.
1695
01:36:09,102 --> 01:36:13,602
Then, if we're really gonna have
a representative government,
1696
01:36:16,567 --> 01:36:21,067
we have to give people back
the tool...
1697
01:36:23,283 --> 01:36:27,620
So that is we fail
to protect their rights,
1698
01:36:27,620 --> 01:36:32,120
they can protect
their rights...
1699
01:36:32,250 --> 01:36:34,794
By a national initiative.
1700
01:36:34,794 --> 01:36:39,294
For a right without
the tool to remedy it
1701
01:36:40,049 --> 01:36:43,802
is no right at all.
1702
01:36:43,803 --> 01:36:45,137
Well--
1703
01:36:45,138 --> 01:36:48,224
Jean, he's killing himself
for nothing.
1704
01:36:48,224 --> 01:36:50,476
Stop him.
1705
01:36:50,476 --> 01:36:52,853
I can't make him stop.
1706
01:36:52,854 --> 01:36:57,354
Mr. president,
will the senator yield?
1707
01:36:59,485 --> 01:37:02,779
Yield how, senator Payne?
1708
01:37:02,780 --> 01:37:04,156
For a question.
1709
01:37:04,157 --> 01:37:07,285
Will the senator yield
to his colleague?
1710
01:37:07,285 --> 01:37:10,162
For a question.
1711
01:37:10,163 --> 01:37:14,663
Yes, yes, senator Payne,
I'll yield for a question.
1712
01:37:15,793 --> 01:37:18,128
The senator
has repeatedly stated
1713
01:37:18,129 --> 01:37:22,591
that he is speaking
to the people of our state.
1714
01:37:22,592 --> 01:37:26,345
He is waiting, as he
so fancifully put it,
1715
01:37:26,346 --> 01:37:29,515
for them to come marching
here in droves.
1716
01:37:29,515 --> 01:37:32,017
Would the senator
be interested in knowing
1717
01:37:32,018 --> 01:37:34,603
what the people
of our state are saying?
1718
01:37:37,190 --> 01:37:41,690
Oh, you bet, senator Payne.
You bet I would.
1719
01:37:41,861 --> 01:37:46,361
Mr. president, have I permission
to bring into this chamber
1720
01:37:46,407 --> 01:37:50,907
evidence of the response
of the people of my state?
1721
01:37:50,995 --> 01:37:53,497
Is there any objection?
1722
01:37:53,498 --> 01:37:55,374
No.
1723
01:37:55,375 --> 01:37:57,418
You may proceed.
1724
01:37:57,418 --> 01:37:58,836
Pages.
1725
01:38:00,004 --> 01:38:02,256
All of you, please.
1726
01:38:27,740 --> 01:38:31,160
There it is, gentlemen.
1727
01:38:31,160 --> 01:38:32,828
The gentleman's answer.
1728
01:38:32,829 --> 01:38:37,208
Letters, telegrams--
50,000 of them--
1729
01:38:37,208 --> 01:38:41,045
demanding
that he yield this floor.
1730
01:38:41,045 --> 01:38:45,507
I invite the senate
to read them.
1731
01:38:45,508 --> 01:38:48,886
I invite my colleague
to read them.
1732
01:38:48,886 --> 01:38:52,973
The people's answer
to Billy Jack!
1733
01:40:15,515 --> 01:40:16,724
Well...
1734
01:40:21,687 --> 01:40:23,730
I guess this looks like...
1735
01:40:25,608 --> 01:40:28,152
Just another lost cause.
1736
01:40:32,532 --> 01:40:36,327
You people,
you people up there
1737
01:40:36,327 --> 01:40:39,663
wouldn't know about
lost causes.
1738
01:40:42,083 --> 01:40:43,918
But Mr. Payne does.
1739
01:40:46,212 --> 01:40:48,464
He once told me
1740
01:40:48,464 --> 01:40:51,300
that the only causes
worth fighting for
1741
01:40:51,300 --> 01:40:53,010
were the lost causes.
1742
01:40:55,930 --> 01:40:59,224
And he fought for them once...
1743
01:40:59,225 --> 01:41:03,229
For the only reason that any
man ever fights for them--
1744
01:41:05,439 --> 01:41:08,859
because there's this burning
thing in here...
1745
01:41:11,070 --> 01:41:15,570
That says no matter
how great your defects...
1746
01:41:15,575 --> 01:41:19,203
How bad your faults or how
many mistakes you've made...
1747
01:41:20,913 --> 01:41:25,413
You've got to try to live
your life by a simple rule--
1748
01:41:26,586 --> 01:41:30,339
just to love your neighbor
as much as yourself.
1749
01:41:30,339 --> 01:41:33,258
You've forgotten all that,
haven't you, senator?
1750
01:41:33,259 --> 01:41:37,263
It's part of the great
political campaign speeches.
1751
01:41:37,263 --> 01:41:39,723
Or the crap
you tell young senators
1752
01:41:39,724 --> 01:41:41,934
who come in here believing.
1753
01:41:41,934 --> 01:41:44,645
Believing in everything
they read in the history books
1754
01:41:44,645 --> 01:41:46,772
about this great body
the senate.
1755
01:41:53,195 --> 01:41:55,280
You think I'm licked,
don't you?
1756
01:41:55,281 --> 01:41:57,866
You all think I'm licked, huh?
1757
01:41:57,867 --> 01:42:00,452
Why, because Payne's
guardian angel
1758
01:42:00,453 --> 01:42:02,830
can manufacture overnight
1759
01:42:02,830 --> 01:42:05,499
all this phony letter
campaign?
1760
01:42:05,499 --> 01:42:06,666
Huh?
1761
01:42:07,877 --> 01:42:09,003
This?
1762
01:42:09,003 --> 01:42:10,462
Here, you read it.
1763
01:42:10,463 --> 01:42:12,006
Go ahead, Mr. majority leader,
1764
01:42:12,006 --> 01:42:13,340
why don't you guys
read this stuff?
1765
01:42:13,341 --> 01:42:14,300
You read it.
1766
01:42:14,300 --> 01:42:15,843
Here, all of ya!
1767
01:42:19,305 --> 01:42:21,390
I mean, you know how
to manufacture that stuff
1768
01:42:21,390 --> 01:42:23,809
every time you want to run
for re-election.
1769
01:42:23,809 --> 01:42:25,977
Every time you want
to stuff a nuclear plant
1770
01:42:25,978 --> 01:42:26,979
down people's throat,
1771
01:42:26,979 --> 01:42:28,480
then you know how
to manufacture that stuff
1772
01:42:28,481 --> 01:42:30,900
with your Madison Avenue
boys overnight!
1773
01:42:30,900 --> 01:42:33,319
And then once you get inside
this chamber,
1774
01:42:33,319 --> 01:42:36,071
you forget all about it
until the next six years!
1775
01:42:42,787 --> 01:42:43,788
Y.-
1776
01:42:45,247 --> 01:42:49,209
you think that just because
1777
01:42:49,210 --> 01:42:53,255
you come marching in here
with all these lies
1778
01:42:53,255 --> 01:42:55,757
that I'm gonna quit?
1779
01:42:55,758 --> 01:42:57,926
I mean, senator,
i don't care--
1780
01:42:57,927 --> 01:43:00,346
I don't care
if all of the baileys,
1781
01:43:00,346 --> 01:43:03,932
all of your baileys,
come marching in here
1782
01:43:03,933 --> 01:43:06,852
with all their armies
and all the national guards
1783
01:43:06,852 --> 01:43:11,352
and you fill this chamber
with lies!
1784
01:43:13,693 --> 01:43:17,363
And, senator, that's
all they are is lies!
1785
01:43:20,366 --> 01:43:24,203
I am gonna stand
on this floor,
1786
01:43:24,203 --> 01:43:28,703
and I am gonna fight
for this lost cause
1787
01:43:28,916 --> 01:43:31,376
until the people rise up
1788
01:43:31,377 --> 01:43:33,504
and get rid of your
party conventions
1789
01:43:33,504 --> 01:43:35,464
and your political machines
1790
01:43:35,464 --> 01:43:37,799
and once again have a voice
1791
01:43:37,800 --> 01:43:41,637
through their own national
initiative.
1792
01:43:41,637 --> 01:43:44,556
Because you see, those of us--
1793
01:43:44,557 --> 01:43:48,227
those of us
who know that simple rule,
1794
01:43:48,227 --> 01:43:51,230
to try to deal fairly
and honestly and justly,
1795
01:43:51,230 --> 01:43:52,314
even with the little guy,
1796
01:43:52,314 --> 01:43:53,648
with the little man out there
1797
01:43:53,649 --> 01:43:56,318
who doesn't have
a party machine or a Bailey--
1798
01:43:56,318 --> 01:43:59,904
those of us have
a sacred trust, Mr. Payne.
1799
01:43:59,905 --> 01:44:02,407
And you once had
that scared trust.
1800
01:44:04,160 --> 01:44:08,660
And you also know that the men
that live by that rule...
1801
01:44:10,666 --> 01:44:15,166
Are willing to die
for those lost causes.
1802
01:44:15,379 --> 01:44:19,424
Just as that man we both
once loved...
1803
01:44:19,425 --> 01:44:21,009
Died for his.
1804
01:44:21,010 --> 01:44:24,346
Remember that,
slumped over his desk,
1805
01:44:24,346 --> 01:44:27,307
with a bullet in his back.
1806
01:44:27,308 --> 01:44:29,560
You remember that,
senator Payne?
1807
01:44:34,273 --> 01:44:35,399
Well...
1808
01:44:39,528 --> 01:44:41,988
I'm gonna stay here,
1809
01:44:41,989 --> 01:44:45,367
and I'm gonna fight
for this lost cause.
1810
01:44:58,672 --> 01:45:00,382
Can I please..
1811
01:45:03,344 --> 01:45:05,262
Can I have a drink of water?
1812
01:45:09,391 --> 01:45:10,683
Billy!
1813
01:45:14,271 --> 01:45:15,981
Get a medical in here!
1814
01:46:08,701 --> 01:46:11,412
Mr. president!
Mr. president!
1815
01:46:11,412 --> 01:46:14,206
What is the pending business
before the senate?
1816
01:46:14,206 --> 01:46:17,584
The question before
the senate is the motion
1817
01:46:17,585 --> 01:46:19,628
to adopt the senator's
resolution
1818
01:46:19,628 --> 01:46:23,214
on the expulsion
of senator Billy Jack.
1819
01:46:23,215 --> 01:46:27,715
Mr. president,
i insist upon my motion,
1820
01:46:28,470 --> 01:46:31,473
and I demand
the yays and nays.
1821
01:46:58,876 --> 01:47:01,169
No! No! No! No! No!
1822
01:47:01,170 --> 01:47:03,505
No! No! No! No! No!
1823
01:47:03,505 --> 01:47:05,882
No! No! No! No! No!
1824
01:47:05,883 --> 01:47:08,176
No! No! No! No! No!
1825
01:47:08,177 --> 01:47:10,596
No! No! No! No! No!
1826
01:47:10,596 --> 01:47:12,931
No! No! No! No! No!
1827
01:47:12,932 --> 01:47:15,267
No! No! No! No! No!
1828
01:47:15,267 --> 01:47:17,644
No! No! No! No! No!
1829
01:47:17,645 --> 01:47:19,772
No! No! No! No! No!
1830
01:47:19,772 --> 01:47:22,316
No! No! No! No! No!
1831
01:47:22,316 --> 01:47:24,609
No! No! No! No! No!
1832
01:47:24,610 --> 01:47:27,029
No! No! No! No! No!
1833
01:47:27,029 --> 01:47:29,322
No! No! No! No! No!
1834
01:47:29,323 --> 01:47:31,575
No! No! No! No! No!
1835
01:47:31,575 --> 01:47:33,952
No! No! No! No! No!
1836
01:47:33,953 --> 01:47:36,205
No! No! No! No! No!
1837
01:47:36,205 --> 01:47:38,665
No! No! No! No! No!
1838
01:47:38,666 --> 01:47:40,751
No! No! No! No! No!
1839
01:48:21,834 --> 01:48:23,460
You did it.
1840
01:48:23,460 --> 01:48:27,422
So, no matter what they do
to you now, you did it.
1841
01:48:27,423 --> 01:48:30,843
And you didn't even have to
once take off your boots.
1842
01:48:47,234 --> 01:48:49,277
The clerk will read
the resolution.
1843
01:48:49,278 --> 01:48:53,778
By title, for the information
of the senate.
1844
01:48:53,991 --> 01:48:56,451
Senate resolution 336
1845
01:48:56,452 --> 01:48:59,455
calling for the expulsion
of senator Billy Jack.
1846
01:48:59,455 --> 01:49:01,665
The yays and nays
are requested
1847
01:49:01,665 --> 01:49:03,333
for the adoption
of the resolution.
1848
01:49:03,333 --> 01:49:05,626
Is there a sufficient second?
1849
01:49:08,380 --> 01:49:09,923
No.
1850
01:49:09,923 --> 01:49:13,551
Obviously, there's
a sufficient number.
1851
01:49:13,552 --> 01:49:15,512
Clerk will call the roll.
1852
01:49:15,512 --> 01:49:17,013
No, he's--
1853
01:49:17,014 --> 01:49:20,475
I didn't quite get
your remarks, senator Payne.
1854
01:49:20,476 --> 01:49:23,729
No! No!
1855
01:49:23,729 --> 01:49:26,148
Expel me, not him!
1856
01:49:26,148 --> 01:49:28,358
I am not fit to be a senator.
1857
01:49:28,358 --> 01:49:31,861
Everything he said about the
willett creek project is true.
1858
01:49:31,862 --> 01:49:33,655
It is a fraud.
It's a crime.
1859
01:49:33,655 --> 01:49:35,823
It's a crime against
the people of the state
1860
01:49:35,824 --> 01:49:37,867
that sent me here,
and I committed it.
1861
01:49:37,868 --> 01:49:40,662
Expel me!
1862
01:49:40,662 --> 01:49:42,372
Everything that that boy
said is true.
1863
01:49:42,372 --> 01:49:44,874
Everything he said
about Bailey and me,
1864
01:49:44,875 --> 01:49:47,961
about the political corruption
in my state, it's true.
1865
01:49:47,961 --> 01:49:51,089
Everything he said about most
of us in this chamber is true,
1866
01:49:51,090 --> 01:49:52,382
and we know it!
1867
01:49:54,051 --> 01:49:56,470
I am not fit for any office.
1868
01:49:56,470 --> 01:50:00,970
I am not fit for any place
of honor or trust.
1869
01:50:01,642 --> 01:50:06,142
I demand that this senate
expel me.
1870
01:50:06,480 --> 01:50:10,525
Expel me, not him.
1871
01:50:10,526 --> 01:50:12,486
Expel me.
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