All language subtitles for The West Wing (1999) - S06E05 - The Hubbert Peak (1080p AMZN WEB-DL x265 ImE)_track3_[eng]

af Afrikaans
ak Akan
sq Albanian
am Amharic
ar Arabic
hy Armenian
az Azerbaijani
eu Basque
be Belarusian
bem Bemba
bn Bengali
bh Bihari
bs Bosnian
br Breton
bg Bulgarian
km Cambodian
ca Catalan
chr Cherokee
ny Chichewa
zh-CN Chinese (Simplified)
zh-TW Chinese (Traditional)
co Corsican
hr Croatian
cs Czech
da Danish
nl Dutch
en English
eo Esperanto
et Estonian
ee Ewe
fo Faroese
tl Filipino
fi Finnish
fr French
fy Frisian
gaa Ga
gl Galician
ka Georgian
de German
gn Guarani
gu Gujarati
ht Haitian Creole
ha Hausa
haw Hawaiian
iw Hebrew
hi Hindi
hu Hungarian
is Icelandic
ig Igbo
id Indonesian
ia Interlingua
ga Irish
it Italian
ja Japanese
jw Javanese
kn Kannada
kk Kazakh
rw Kinyarwanda
rn Kirundi
kg Kongo
ko Korean
kri Krio (Sierra Leone)
ku Kurdish
ckb Kurdish (Soranî)
ky Kyrgyz
lo Laothian
la Latin
lv Latvian
ln Lingala
lt Lithuanian
loz Lozi
lg Luganda
ach Luo
mk Macedonian
mg Malagasy
ms Malay
ml Malayalam
mt Maltese
mi Maori
mr Marathi
mfe Mauritian Creole
mo Moldavian
mn Mongolian
sr-ME Montenegrin
ne Nepali
pcm Nigerian Pidgin
nso Northern Sotho
no Norwegian
nn Norwegian (Nynorsk)
oc Occitan
or Oriya
om Oromo
ps Pashto
fa Persian
pl Polish
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil)
pt-PT Portuguese (Portugal)
pa Punjabi
qu Quechua
ro Romanian
rm Romansh
nyn Runyakitara
ru Russian
gd Scots Gaelic
sr Serbian
sh Serbo-Croatian
st Sesotho
tn Setswana
crs Seychellois Creole
sn Shona
sd Sindhi
si Sinhalese
sk Slovak
sl Slovenian
so Somali
es Spanish
es-419 Spanish (Latin American)
su Sundanese
sw Swahili
sv Swedish
tg Tajik
ta Tamil
tt Tatar
te Telugu
th Thai
ti Tigrinya
to Tonga
lua Tshiluba
tum Tumbuka
tr Turkish
tk Turkmen
tw Twi
ug Uighur
uk Ukrainian
ur Urdu
uz Uzbek
vi Vietnamese
cy Welsh
wo Wolof
xh Xhosa
yi Yiddish
yo Yoruba
zu Zulu
Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:04,805 --> 00:00:06,240 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,307 --> 00:00:08,042 The position of White House Chief of Staff 3 00:00:08,109 --> 00:00:11,445 will be filled by Claudia Jean Cregg. 4 00:00:11,512 --> 00:00:12,946 The President can always send C.J. Cregg 5 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:16,484 to Ramallah to swat at suicide bombers with her purse. 6 00:00:18,952 --> 00:00:20,421 C.J.: My purse! 7 00:00:20,488 --> 00:00:22,090 Page Carol! Get him the hell out of there! 8 00:00:22,156 --> 00:00:23,491 Can I apologize again? 9 00:00:23,557 --> 00:00:25,093 No, but let's move finding my replacement 10 00:00:25,159 --> 00:00:26,727 from priority three to priority one. 11 00:00:26,794 --> 00:00:28,829 CHARLIE: The President made me promise that 12 00:00:28,896 --> 00:00:30,798 when I got the degree, I'd leave this job. He doesn't want 13 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:32,933 me holding his jacket for the rest of my life. 14 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,535 You don't want a new press secretary. 15 00:00:34,602 --> 00:00:38,272 Then who exactly do you think is going to brief the press? 16 00:00:38,339 --> 00:00:39,307 You. 17 00:00:48,782 --> 00:00:51,051 MAN: Great car. 18 00:00:51,119 --> 00:00:53,254 Hybrid-- wave of the future. 19 00:00:53,321 --> 00:00:54,755 The future's here. 20 00:00:54,822 --> 00:00:55,756 There's a waiting list. 21 00:00:55,823 --> 00:00:56,757 60 miles a gallon? 22 00:00:56,824 --> 00:00:57,791 In the city. 23 00:00:57,858 --> 00:00:58,892 51 highway. 24 00:00:58,959 --> 00:00:59,827 Isn't that...? 25 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:01,429 Backwards, yeah. 26 00:01:01,495 --> 00:01:03,897 Electrical battery recharges every time you hit the brake. 27 00:01:03,964 --> 00:01:04,965 Perfect for D.C. 28 00:01:05,032 --> 00:01:06,834 The car that loves gridlock. 29 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:08,068 Like Congress. 30 00:01:08,136 --> 00:01:10,238 And with gas prices at an all-time high... 31 00:01:10,304 --> 00:01:12,906 They're not, actually. 32 00:01:12,973 --> 00:01:14,875 The record high was in '81. 33 00:01:14,942 --> 00:01:16,210 Adjusted for inflation, 34 00:01:16,277 --> 00:01:19,913 gas was $2.80 a gallon in today's money. 35 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:21,315 Okay. ( chuckles ) 36 00:01:21,382 --> 00:01:23,317 In the '50s, prices were equivalent 37 00:01:23,384 --> 00:01:24,218 to what they are now. 38 00:01:24,285 --> 00:01:25,486 A little more, even, 39 00:01:25,553 --> 00:01:29,022 but per capita real income was less than half 40 00:01:29,089 --> 00:01:30,424 what it is today. 41 00:01:30,491 --> 00:01:32,660 Cost your parents twice as much at the pump 42 00:01:32,726 --> 00:01:34,762 as what you pay. 43 00:01:34,828 --> 00:01:37,097 Grandparents, in your case. 44 00:01:37,165 --> 00:01:38,799 You're really up on your, uh... 45 00:01:38,866 --> 00:01:40,434 I work at the White House. 46 00:01:40,501 --> 00:01:42,403 A great statement for a government official: 47 00:01:42,470 --> 00:01:45,139 "Drive the car that reduces our dependence on OPEC." 48 00:01:45,206 --> 00:01:46,340 Yeah, it's foreign made. 49 00:01:46,407 --> 00:01:48,976 The symbolism's kind of a wash. 50 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:50,344 $3,500 over sticker? 51 00:01:50,411 --> 00:01:52,380 Some dealers getting $10,000 over. 52 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:55,115 So, I should just be happy you're gouging me less? 53 00:01:55,183 --> 00:01:56,784 It's a popular package. 54 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:58,519 How many on your waiting list? 55 00:01:58,586 --> 00:01:59,687 Uh, 700. 56 00:01:59,753 --> 00:02:01,422 Whoa! Hmm. 57 00:02:01,489 --> 00:02:02,223 How long? 58 00:02:02,290 --> 00:02:05,159 Eight months. 59 00:02:05,226 --> 00:02:07,761 Want to take a test drive? 60 00:02:07,828 --> 00:02:09,463 No, I'm just... 61 00:02:09,530 --> 00:02:10,698 you know... 62 00:02:13,867 --> 00:02:16,136 Can I drive that? 63 00:02:16,204 --> 00:02:18,672 ( engine starts ) 64 00:02:26,314 --> 00:02:27,648 Congratulations. 65 00:02:27,715 --> 00:02:28,882 Thanks. 66 00:02:28,949 --> 00:02:30,017 It's a long wait, huh? 67 00:02:30,083 --> 00:02:31,219 Oh, worth it. 68 00:02:31,285 --> 00:02:33,521 Individuals need to take responsibility. 69 00:02:33,587 --> 00:02:35,122 The government won't do anything 70 00:02:35,189 --> 00:02:36,824 about improving mileage. 71 00:02:36,890 --> 00:02:39,193 It's so deep in the pockets of the oil and car companies. 72 00:02:39,260 --> 00:02:41,495 Yeah, Congress is a nightmare. 73 00:02:41,562 --> 00:02:43,264 Bartlet's done squat. 74 00:02:43,331 --> 00:02:45,566 SALESMAN: Mr. Lyman! 75 00:02:45,633 --> 00:02:47,335 All set. 76 00:02:51,772 --> 00:02:53,274 All right. 77 00:02:54,308 --> 00:02:55,843 Thank you. 78 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:01,882 I know I sound like a dork, 79 00:03:01,949 --> 00:03:04,151 but this is way cool. 80 00:03:04,218 --> 00:03:06,487 Yeah, it's a lot of machine. 81 00:03:06,554 --> 00:03:08,188 ( engine starts ) All right. 82 00:03:08,256 --> 00:03:09,523 So, uh, easy out of the lot. 83 00:03:09,590 --> 00:03:11,292 Not like I'm off-roading in Baja? 84 00:03:11,359 --> 00:03:12,393 Not on the lot. 85 00:03:12,460 --> 00:03:14,495 ( tires squeal ) Whoa! 86 00:03:14,562 --> 00:03:17,565 ( phone rings ) It's a lot of machine. 87 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:20,934 DONNA: Hey. Yeah? 88 00:03:21,001 --> 00:03:22,803 McNaughton at the D triple C needs you right away. 89 00:03:22,870 --> 00:03:24,672 You should see this thing I'm driving. 90 00:03:24,738 --> 00:03:25,906 It's a monster. 91 00:03:25,973 --> 00:03:26,974 What? 92 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,042 My testosterone is flying. 93 00:03:29,109 --> 00:03:30,578 Try not to get any on anyone. 94 00:03:30,644 --> 00:03:31,512 Uh... 95 00:03:31,579 --> 00:03:34,682 I'll put my hands-free thing in. 96 00:03:34,748 --> 00:03:35,649 What? 97 00:03:35,716 --> 00:03:36,684 Hang on. 98 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:38,686 Look out! Whoa! 99 00:03:40,087 --> 00:03:42,022 ( car alarm wailing ) 100 00:03:42,089 --> 00:03:43,457 Josh? 101 00:03:43,524 --> 00:03:44,792 Are you all right? 102 00:03:45,826 --> 00:03:48,529 Tell McNaughton I may be a while. 103 00:04:37,745 --> 00:04:39,980 Thank you again. 104 00:04:44,284 --> 00:04:45,218 Good morning. 105 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:46,186 Hey. How was your weekend? 106 00:04:46,253 --> 00:04:47,254 What weekend? 107 00:04:47,321 --> 00:04:48,556 Oh, you mean that two-day period 108 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:50,358 with a giant mountain of briefing material 109 00:04:50,424 --> 00:04:52,059 invade your domicile instead of your office, 110 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,293 finally and completely obliterating 111 00:04:53,361 --> 00:04:55,028 whatever desperate and pathetic distinction 112 00:04:55,095 --> 00:04:57,297 you've labored mightily and yet foolishly to try and maintain? 113 00:04:57,365 --> 00:04:58,799 At least you could do it in your jammies. 114 00:04:58,866 --> 00:05:00,334 You're picturing that, aren't you? 115 00:05:00,401 --> 00:05:02,202 A little bit. And you? 116 00:05:02,269 --> 00:05:03,404 I don't wear jammies. 117 00:05:03,471 --> 00:05:04,405 Your weekend. 118 00:05:04,472 --> 00:05:06,106 You know, boring. 119 00:05:06,173 --> 00:05:07,174 You got nothing to report, 120 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,242 nothing adventurous or illicit? 121 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:10,844 Boring. Dull, even. 122 00:05:10,911 --> 00:05:11,879 In your non-jammies? 123 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:13,013 You're picturing that, aren't you? 124 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,715 Trying furiously not to. 125 00:05:14,782 --> 00:05:16,350 You seen Toby? 126 00:05:16,417 --> 00:05:19,086 He's briefing, isn't he? 127 00:05:19,152 --> 00:05:20,621 Okay, then. 128 00:05:20,688 --> 00:05:22,089 Yeah. 129 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:23,123 I have no information 130 00:05:23,190 --> 00:05:25,593 on that at this time. Yeah? 131 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:26,894 The CAFE standards amendment 132 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,062 raising auto fuel efficiency requirements 133 00:05:29,129 --> 00:05:30,698 comes up for House vote today. 134 00:05:30,764 --> 00:05:33,401 Will the President sign the Omnibus Transportation Bill 135 00:05:33,467 --> 00:05:34,568 without that provision? 136 00:05:34,635 --> 00:05:36,370 I can't speculate on an amendment 137 00:05:36,437 --> 00:05:38,939 that hasn't been voted for on a bill that hasn't passed. 138 00:05:39,006 --> 00:05:40,641 Does anybody know where your esteemed 139 00:05:40,708 --> 00:05:42,776 confreres might be? 140 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:45,446 Is it a press holiday of some kind? 141 00:05:45,513 --> 00:05:47,815 H.L. Mencken's birthday? 142 00:05:47,881 --> 00:05:49,983 Anniversary of the expense account? 143 00:05:52,319 --> 00:05:54,187 ( clamoring voices ) 144 00:05:54,254 --> 00:05:55,188 Get out! 145 00:05:55,255 --> 00:05:56,424 REPORTERS: C.J.! 146 00:05:56,490 --> 00:05:58,592 All of you! You cannot be in here! 147 00:05:58,659 --> 00:05:59,660 Why couldn't you...? 148 00:05:59,727 --> 00:06:01,161 A human wave. I was overwhelmed. 149 00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:02,095 Toby is killing us. 150 00:06:02,162 --> 00:06:02,996 He won't engage. 151 00:06:03,063 --> 00:06:04,231 We do not do this anymore. 152 00:06:04,297 --> 00:06:05,232 You really have to leave. 153 00:06:05,298 --> 00:06:06,333 We get nothing to file. 154 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:07,768 We're all going to get fired. 155 00:06:07,835 --> 00:06:09,002 That's not going to be the best argument 156 00:06:09,069 --> 00:06:10,504 to make to him or to me at the moment. 157 00:06:10,571 --> 00:06:12,305 You got to help us. I'll talk to him. 158 00:06:12,372 --> 00:06:14,174 Now-- and I say this with love-- 159 00:06:14,241 --> 00:06:15,809 get the hell out of my office! 160 00:06:18,512 --> 00:06:20,414 Have the rules of engagement been finalized 161 00:06:20,481 --> 00:06:21,715 for the Mideast peacekeepers...? 162 00:06:21,782 --> 00:06:24,618 I'm looking for something to hurl at you. 163 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:27,921 JOSH: Mine-sniffing rats? 164 00:06:27,988 --> 00:06:29,523 KATE: The Gambian giant pouched rat. 165 00:06:29,590 --> 00:06:30,958 You hit a Prius with an SUV? 166 00:06:31,024 --> 00:06:34,094 Connecting my cell phone's hands-free device. 167 00:06:34,161 --> 00:06:35,262 The ironies abound. 168 00:06:35,328 --> 00:06:36,329 Yeah, verily. 169 00:06:36,396 --> 00:06:37,531 What happened to training dogs? 170 00:06:37,598 --> 00:06:38,599 Dogs get bored. 171 00:06:38,666 --> 00:06:40,333 Sniffing for land mines? 172 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,069 These are some jaded pooches. 173 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:43,236 What kind of SUV? 174 00:06:43,303 --> 00:06:44,705 A humongous one. Excursion, Expedition, 175 00:06:44,772 --> 00:06:46,507 Escalade, what? I don't know. One of those. 176 00:06:46,574 --> 00:06:48,976 I just wanted to drive it. Like a Hummer. 177 00:06:49,042 --> 00:06:50,744 Wouldn't you want to experience that once? 178 00:06:50,811 --> 00:06:51,979 Yeah, I've had the pleasure. 179 00:06:52,045 --> 00:06:52,980 It's less of a giggle 180 00:06:53,046 --> 00:06:54,582 when your taking automatic weapons fire. 181 00:06:54,648 --> 00:06:56,116 I don't know how we get funding 182 00:06:56,183 --> 00:06:57,685 for giant, mine-sniffing rats. 183 00:06:57,751 --> 00:06:59,453 Three of them found 20 live mines 184 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:00,521 in a test in Mozambique. 185 00:07:00,588 --> 00:07:01,955 Was the Prius just totaled? 186 00:07:02,022 --> 00:07:02,990 Pretty much. 187 00:07:03,056 --> 00:07:04,324 Isn't there, like, a big waiting list? 188 00:07:04,391 --> 00:07:05,559 Just got longer. 189 00:07:05,626 --> 00:07:07,360 This is hilarious, but not actually funny. 190 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:10,197 See, and I'd say since it's mostly expensive and embarrassing, 191 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,533 it's funny, but not actually hilarious. 192 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,234 You ever hear of the Hubbert Peak? 193 00:07:14,301 --> 00:07:16,537 Does it have to do with gradations of mirth, 194 00:07:16,604 --> 00:07:19,439 or are we back on rats of an unusual size? 195 00:07:19,507 --> 00:07:21,041 Hubbert was a geologist who predicted-- 196 00:07:21,108 --> 00:07:22,710 pretty much right on the money-- 197 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:25,112 when U.S. oil production would peak and then decline. 198 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:26,547 Did he win something? 199 00:07:26,614 --> 00:07:29,517 Weekend in Shreveport? Year's supply of Vaseline? 200 00:07:29,583 --> 00:07:30,551 Oil supply's a bell curve. 201 00:07:30,618 --> 00:07:31,585 The worldwide Hubbert Peak 202 00:07:31,652 --> 00:07:33,020 may have already hit, 203 00:07:33,086 --> 00:07:35,122 but no one thinks it's more than 20-30 years off. 204 00:07:35,188 --> 00:07:36,790 Meaning, within the lifetime of kids today 205 00:07:36,857 --> 00:07:38,391 oil production will plummet. 206 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:39,693 I just wanted to drive a Hummer once. 207 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:40,961 And that's only half the story. 208 00:07:41,028 --> 00:07:42,496 I mean, what's going to happen 209 00:07:42,563 --> 00:07:43,931 when everyone in the developing world has a car? 210 00:07:43,997 --> 00:07:46,066 Be a good time to be in the insurance business. 211 00:07:46,133 --> 00:07:47,167 Glass houses. 212 00:07:47,234 --> 00:07:48,368 Yeah. Point taken. 213 00:07:48,435 --> 00:07:50,070 Exploding demand meets plummeting supply. 214 00:07:50,137 --> 00:07:52,405 Whether we've ever fought one over it up till now, 215 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:54,307 the next war will be about oil. 216 00:07:54,374 --> 00:07:56,176 See ya. 217 00:07:56,243 --> 00:07:58,011 ( knocking ) C.J.: If you're coming in here with 218 00:07:58,078 --> 00:08:00,548 one more thing to read, I will strangle you with my bare hands 219 00:08:00,614 --> 00:08:03,183 and enjoy it. Will's here. 220 00:08:03,250 --> 00:08:04,417 I can scrag him, too. 221 00:08:04,484 --> 00:08:05,686 I don't doubt it. 222 00:08:05,753 --> 00:08:06,920 So I'm thinking briefing books on tape 223 00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:08,756 for in the car, while you're jogging. 224 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:09,957 You jog? Not anymore. 225 00:08:10,023 --> 00:08:11,992 The President would like the VP to meet 226 00:08:12,059 --> 00:08:14,795 with the NSC on the new nuclear fallout analysis they're coordinating. 227 00:08:14,862 --> 00:08:17,030 Absolutely. The focus is evacuation? 228 00:08:17,097 --> 00:08:18,899 Attribution, post-event forensics. 229 00:08:18,966 --> 00:08:20,634 If terrorists know a detonation can be traced, 230 00:08:20,701 --> 00:08:21,869 they'll be less likely to attempt it. 231 00:08:21,935 --> 00:08:23,904 Terrorists being notably responsive 232 00:08:23,971 --> 00:08:25,906 to logic and self-interest. 233 00:08:25,973 --> 00:08:27,875 Almost sounded important there for a minute. 234 00:08:27,941 --> 00:08:29,977 The House just defeated the CAFE standards amendment. 235 00:08:30,043 --> 00:08:32,445 Already? They limited floor debate to 20 minutes. 236 00:08:32,512 --> 00:08:35,148 So the car companies won't have to raise miles per gallon from 237 00:08:35,215 --> 00:08:38,586 venti to grande. Actually, it's the other way around, but something like that. 238 00:08:38,652 --> 00:08:39,486 Not unexpected. 239 00:08:39,553 --> 00:08:40,588 Or entirely unwelcome. 240 00:08:40,654 --> 00:08:41,889 Hey, hey, that's the spirit. 241 00:08:41,955 --> 00:08:43,857 Dems get credit with enviros for favoring it, 242 00:08:43,924 --> 00:08:45,458 but the Vice President doesn't have to defend it 243 00:08:45,525 --> 00:08:46,794 with voters in Michigan. 244 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:48,662 Politics being more important than principle. 245 00:08:48,729 --> 00:08:49,963 This administration's had seven years 246 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:51,665 to make better fuel efficiency a priority. 247 00:08:51,732 --> 00:08:53,033 Seven years... Don't take your guilt out on me. 248 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:54,534 Seven years of a hostile Congress. 249 00:08:54,602 --> 00:08:56,670 And a public busy singing "I Want My SUV." 250 00:08:56,737 --> 00:08:57,938 That's regret, not guilt. 251 00:08:58,005 --> 00:08:59,139 You don't have the votes, you don't 252 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:00,473 have the votes. The art of the possible. 253 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:01,642 Exactly what Leo'd say. 254 00:09:01,709 --> 00:09:02,776 I'd spend the rest of the week 255 00:09:02,843 --> 00:09:04,211 trying to decide if sounding like 256 00:09:04,277 --> 00:09:06,346 a dyspeptic 60-year-old is an actual compliment. 257 00:09:06,413 --> 00:09:09,449 You wanted to see me? Where are we on finding a new press secretary? 258 00:09:09,516 --> 00:09:10,684 Getting up to speed. 259 00:09:10,751 --> 00:09:12,052 Time for a turbo boost. 260 00:09:12,119 --> 00:09:14,121 No one-- and I don't mean this unkindly-- 261 00:09:14,187 --> 00:09:15,723 no one is anxious to have you keep briefing. 262 00:09:15,789 --> 00:09:17,725 Just curious, but how'd you have put it 263 00:09:17,791 --> 00:09:19,627 had you meant it unkindly? 264 00:09:21,128 --> 00:09:22,529 ( knocking ) 265 00:09:22,596 --> 00:09:24,765 PRESIDENT: You're hovering. 266 00:09:24,832 --> 00:09:26,166 He's hovering. 267 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:27,234 Verging on looming. 268 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:28,068 And he's stalling. 269 00:09:28,135 --> 00:09:28,836 I'm crafting. 270 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:30,470 They're just remarks. 271 00:09:30,537 --> 00:09:32,339 People listening won't know they're just remarks. 272 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:35,442 To them, it'll sound uncannily like a speech. 273 00:09:35,508 --> 00:09:36,810 A short speech. 274 00:09:36,877 --> 00:09:38,445 The prompter guy needed this half an hour ago. 275 00:09:38,511 --> 00:09:39,947 You're on your own. I am the leader 276 00:09:40,013 --> 00:09:42,182 of the free world. People pay attention when I speak. 277 00:09:42,249 --> 00:09:44,251 The job's not all waving from the chopper. 278 00:09:44,317 --> 00:09:47,254 Not as good as it might be. It's all your fault. 279 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,056 I'm prepared to live with the verdict of history. 280 00:09:49,122 --> 00:09:50,523 Thank you, sir. Charlie, one sec? 281 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:51,792 Mr. President, I wanted to remind you 282 00:09:51,859 --> 00:09:53,460 about the reception in the East Room today. 283 00:09:53,526 --> 00:09:54,795 What? 284 00:09:54,862 --> 00:09:57,230 The girls' National Field Hockey champions. 285 00:09:57,297 --> 00:09:59,366 Sir, you have to be there. 286 00:09:59,432 --> 00:10:00,600 Charlie? 287 00:10:00,668 --> 00:10:01,969 I'll get him there. Thank you. 288 00:10:02,035 --> 00:10:04,872 I'm noticing a distinct slackening of awe, 289 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:06,974 a certain lack of trembling in my presence. 290 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,842 Yes, Mr. President. Yes, sir. 291 00:10:09,677 --> 00:10:10,978 DONNA: Josh? 292 00:10:11,044 --> 00:10:12,479 What is it? 293 00:10:12,545 --> 00:10:14,748 That gossip blog, District Scene. 294 00:10:18,351 --> 00:10:19,519 How did she get this? 295 00:10:19,586 --> 00:10:20,954 Someone at the dealer, I guess. 296 00:10:21,021 --> 00:10:22,422 It's not the end of the world. 297 00:10:22,489 --> 00:10:23,891 It's a web log. 298 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:24,758 It's not The Washington Post. 299 00:10:24,825 --> 00:10:25,826 ( phone rings ) 300 00:10:25,893 --> 00:10:27,060 Josh Lyman's office. 301 00:10:27,127 --> 00:10:29,296 Yeah. 302 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:31,298 C.J.'s office... now. 303 00:10:31,364 --> 00:10:32,733 TOBY: You didn't think it was a story? 304 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,167 It's obviously a story. 305 00:10:34,234 --> 00:10:35,669 I just didn't think it'd become a ... 306 00:10:35,736 --> 00:10:37,337 Every news organization in this country 307 00:10:37,404 --> 00:10:38,271 surfs these blogs now. 308 00:10:38,338 --> 00:10:39,840 This'll be everywhere. 309 00:10:39,907 --> 00:10:41,141 C.J.: What possessed you? 310 00:10:41,208 --> 00:10:42,009 I don't know. 311 00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:43,877 I saw it and was taken over 312 00:10:43,944 --> 00:10:45,245 by my reptilian brain stem. 313 00:10:45,312 --> 00:10:46,980 The press is going to have a party with this. 314 00:10:47,047 --> 00:10:48,849 Conga lines, piñatas... 315 00:10:48,916 --> 00:10:50,250 They'll have fun and be done in a day. 316 00:10:50,317 --> 00:10:52,185 Not the week raising CAFE standards 317 00:10:52,252 --> 00:10:55,222 goes down in the House with us having barely put up a fight? 318 00:10:55,288 --> 00:10:56,323 I just got a phone call 319 00:10:56,389 --> 00:10:57,758 from the Alternative Energy Resources Council 320 00:10:57,825 --> 00:10:59,292 threatening to hold a press conference 321 00:10:59,359 --> 00:11:00,928 trashing our commitment to conservation 322 00:11:00,994 --> 00:11:02,696 citing your little demolition derby as Exhibit "A." 323 00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:03,731 I'll call 'em. 324 00:11:03,797 --> 00:11:04,664 You'll do better than that. 325 00:11:04,732 --> 00:11:05,999 You're going to head up 326 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:07,234 the White House Task Force on Alternative Energy. 327 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:08,435 What White House...? 328 00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:09,703 The one I promised to get them to hold off. 329 00:11:09,770 --> 00:11:10,871 I want a meeting today 330 00:11:10,938 --> 00:11:12,072 that ends with something announceable. 331 00:11:12,139 --> 00:11:13,540 You standing with people in Birkenstocks 332 00:11:13,606 --> 00:11:14,942 in front of the press. Birkenstocks... 333 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:17,144 And bicycle clips. 334 00:11:17,210 --> 00:11:19,146 Yeah. 335 00:11:21,181 --> 00:11:22,582 Bicycle clips? 336 00:11:22,649 --> 00:11:25,118 For your pants. 337 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:27,187 You got a...? 338 00:11:27,254 --> 00:11:28,121 Yeah. 339 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:30,257 Not counting today-- today was, uh... 340 00:11:30,323 --> 00:11:32,592 I don't know what today was-- but the briefings? 341 00:11:32,659 --> 00:11:33,927 Yeah, they're getting better. 342 00:11:33,994 --> 00:11:35,963 Good. On a scale of one to ten-- 343 00:11:36,029 --> 00:11:38,198 ten being C.J. and one being a chimp throwing feces-- 344 00:11:38,265 --> 00:11:39,666 where do I rank? 345 00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:41,634 They're getting better. 346 00:11:41,701 --> 00:11:43,603 I gotta go get my ass kicked. 347 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:44,972 Yeah, me, too. 348 00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:48,441 Congressmen... woman. 349 00:11:48,508 --> 00:11:51,678 Does this President believe fuel efficiency standards should be raised? 350 00:11:51,745 --> 00:11:53,146 We're dispensing with the small talk. 351 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:54,547 LACKEY: Answer the question. 352 00:11:54,614 --> 00:11:56,116 It's a shame, 'cause I'd been hoarding 353 00:11:56,183 --> 00:11:58,518 amusing anecdotes, mordant observations... 354 00:11:58,585 --> 00:12:00,387 GLEESON: This administration's environmental record 355 00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:02,756 is an embarrassment to its party and a betrayal 356 00:12:02,823 --> 00:12:04,691 of its supporters. 357 00:12:04,758 --> 00:12:05,893 Mordant enough for you? 358 00:12:05,959 --> 00:12:07,260 "Betrayal, embarrassment," 359 00:12:07,327 --> 00:12:09,029 it's that kind of temperate rhetoric 360 00:12:09,096 --> 00:12:11,498 that so endears the green movement to the electorate. 361 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:12,766 You rolled over. 362 00:12:12,833 --> 00:12:13,867 JOSH: We did the arithmetic! 363 00:12:13,934 --> 00:12:14,868 Any increase in CAFE standards 364 00:12:14,935 --> 00:12:15,702 wasn't going to happen. 365 00:12:15,769 --> 00:12:16,536 Josh, 366 00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:17,637 you rolled over. 367 00:12:17,704 --> 00:12:18,839 An eight-year-old can count heads. 368 00:12:18,906 --> 00:12:19,940 This is supposed to be about leadership. 369 00:12:20,007 --> 00:12:21,842 Leaders avoid losing battles. 370 00:12:21,909 --> 00:12:23,376 You live to fight another day. 371 00:12:23,443 --> 00:12:25,212 LACKEY: You're missing the point, Josh. 372 00:12:25,278 --> 00:12:26,847 Nobody thought we were going to win this one. 373 00:12:26,914 --> 00:12:28,415 But you've made it easy for them. 374 00:12:28,481 --> 00:12:30,483 AUREN: Seat belts, air bags, the first 375 00:12:30,550 --> 00:12:31,985 fuel economy standards-- 376 00:12:32,052 --> 00:12:33,921 the auto industry had to be dragged kicking 377 00:12:33,987 --> 00:12:35,222 and screaming into all of them. 378 00:12:35,288 --> 00:12:36,289 GLEESON: They didn't go out of business. 379 00:12:36,356 --> 00:12:37,424 They figured it out. 380 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:38,591 LACKEY: When the White House doesn't lead 381 00:12:38,658 --> 00:12:39,993 on fuel mileage, 382 00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:42,629 opponents get to cast their vote at no cost. 383 00:12:42,695 --> 00:12:43,864 We don't just lose a vote, 384 00:12:43,931 --> 00:12:45,632 we lose out on a national debate. 385 00:12:45,698 --> 00:12:48,168 LACKEY: Making it that much harder to win the next vote. 386 00:12:48,235 --> 00:12:49,937 This isn't a poli-sci seminar! 387 00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:52,772 We didn't have the votes! 388 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:53,640 Thank you 389 00:12:53,706 --> 00:12:54,975 all for your time. 390 00:12:57,177 --> 00:12:58,611 Well? 391 00:12:58,678 --> 00:12:59,813 And a pleasant good morning to you. 392 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:01,214 You find someone? 393 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:03,350 Slept extremely well, thank you so much for asking. 394 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:05,853 Well, sleep less and get us a new press secretary, will you? 395 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:06,987 I'm sorry. 396 00:13:07,054 --> 00:13:08,488 When you asked me to do this, 397 00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:10,190 I didn't realize you expected me to find someone 398 00:13:10,257 --> 00:13:11,758 by the first hour of the first morning of my first day. 399 00:13:11,825 --> 00:13:12,993 The sooner you get someone, 400 00:13:13,060 --> 00:13:14,594 the sooner I can stop doing briefings. 401 00:13:14,661 --> 00:13:16,997 I told you, your doing them for a while is a good thing. 402 00:13:17,064 --> 00:13:18,231 Well, I'm glad someone doesn't think 403 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:19,732 they're a total train wreck. 404 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:22,202 Oh, no, they're horrible. But I can help you. 405 00:13:22,269 --> 00:13:24,704 Help me by doing the job you were hired for, 406 00:13:24,771 --> 00:13:27,841 and find us a new press secretary. 407 00:13:28,675 --> 00:13:30,010 Settling in just fine. 408 00:13:30,077 --> 00:13:31,711 But the muffin basket, the flowers... 409 00:13:31,778 --> 00:13:32,846 it's too much. 410 00:13:32,913 --> 00:13:34,314 JOSH: Donna! 411 00:13:34,381 --> 00:13:35,815 Get some alternative energy spokespeople in here 412 00:13:35,883 --> 00:13:37,717 for a meeting right away. You mean... 413 00:13:37,784 --> 00:13:41,588 Wind, solar, hamsters in wheels, whatever's out there-- today. 414 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:42,622 You have that... 415 00:13:42,689 --> 00:13:45,525 Cancel it. This takes priority. 416 00:13:45,592 --> 00:13:46,659 Hey, Donna. 417 00:13:46,726 --> 00:13:48,228 Hey. Was Josh expecting you? 418 00:13:48,295 --> 00:13:50,330 Actually, I came by to see you. 419 00:13:50,397 --> 00:13:51,564 How you doing? 420 00:13:51,631 --> 00:13:52,832 Good. I'm good. 421 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:54,601 How soon before you're out of that cast? 422 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:56,303 Soon. I can't wait. I bet. 423 00:13:58,238 --> 00:14:00,607 Look, we don't know each other that well, 424 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:02,542 but if you ever want to talk... 425 00:14:02,609 --> 00:14:03,810 Thanks, but I... 426 00:14:03,877 --> 00:14:06,046 I'm sure you've spoken to somebody, 427 00:14:06,113 --> 00:14:08,048 but I just thought, if you ever wanted someone... 428 00:14:08,115 --> 00:14:09,917 another woman... I don't know. 429 00:14:09,983 --> 00:14:12,953 Is this completely inappropriate? 430 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:14,754 No, no, it's fine. 431 00:14:14,821 --> 00:14:16,789 It's just, I've been around the sort of thing you went through. 432 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:18,191 I appreciate your concern. 433 00:14:18,258 --> 00:14:19,526 Okay. 434 00:14:19,592 --> 00:14:22,195 Well, if you ever want to. 435 00:14:22,262 --> 00:14:23,931 I should really get back to... 436 00:14:23,997 --> 00:14:26,199 Okay. 437 00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:34,474 He's sure he's up to it? 438 00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:35,308 Said so. 439 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:36,243 He's not just being polite? 440 00:14:36,309 --> 00:14:37,577 I'm sorry-- Leo...? 441 00:14:37,644 --> 00:14:38,578 He has a courtly side. 442 00:14:38,645 --> 00:14:39,679 Not with me. 443 00:14:39,746 --> 00:14:40,948 Don't want to overtax him. 444 00:14:41,014 --> 00:14:42,215 He would've said. 445 00:14:42,282 --> 00:14:43,750 A car will pick up the food, 446 00:14:43,816 --> 00:14:46,219 then swing by to take you over to his hotel at 1:00. 447 00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:47,020 Great. 448 00:14:47,087 --> 00:14:48,521 He asked if you play chess. 449 00:14:48,588 --> 00:14:50,457 Chess? Not really. 450 00:14:50,523 --> 00:14:52,325 I'll let him know. 451 00:14:53,426 --> 00:14:55,162 JOSH: Get this woman on the phone. 452 00:14:55,228 --> 00:14:56,896 TOBY: You didn't think to mention someone had a camera? 453 00:14:56,964 --> 00:14:57,864 There was no camera. 454 00:14:57,931 --> 00:14:59,399 Well, there's a picture. 455 00:14:59,466 --> 00:15:00,867 Just was a guy, his wife, and his teenage daughter. 456 00:15:00,934 --> 00:15:02,369 That was it. Daughter have a cell phone? 457 00:15:02,435 --> 00:15:04,704 Josh Lyman's office calling, please. 458 00:15:04,771 --> 00:15:05,872 One moment, please. 459 00:15:05,939 --> 00:15:07,807 TOBY: I wouldn't do this. 460 00:15:07,874 --> 00:15:10,677 This is Josh Lyman, and this is off the record. 461 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:12,212 She's not a... 462 00:15:12,279 --> 00:15:13,680 There may be more disreputable ways to make a living 463 00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:16,183 than trafficking in gossip and clandestine photos, 464 00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:18,151 but none spring to mind. 465 00:15:18,218 --> 00:15:21,488 My and this administration's environmental bona fides 466 00:15:21,554 --> 00:15:22,855 are well established. 467 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,857 To use this incident to imply otherwise 468 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:26,826 is scurrilous and irresponsible-- 469 00:15:26,893 --> 00:15:29,963 cheap and easy irony from what I can only surmise 470 00:15:30,030 --> 00:15:32,899 is a cheap and shallow person. 471 00:15:32,966 --> 00:15:33,967 WOMAN: How do you spell scurrilous? 472 00:15:34,034 --> 00:15:35,602 I said this was off the record. 473 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:36,836 She's not a journalist. 474 00:15:36,903 --> 00:15:38,171 You're gonna post this? 475 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:42,175 She's posting it now. 476 00:15:48,181 --> 00:15:50,050 CHARLIE: He made the sushi...? 477 00:15:50,117 --> 00:15:51,118 PRESIDENT: It's his hobby. 478 00:15:51,184 --> 00:15:52,485 Nothing against the ambassador, 479 00:15:52,552 --> 00:15:53,720 but I don't want my raw fish prepared 480 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:55,155 by anyone but a professional. 481 00:15:55,222 --> 00:15:57,157 Said you're not supposed to use a lot of wasabi. 482 00:15:57,224 --> 00:15:59,326 Said it's considered disrespectful. 483 00:15:59,392 --> 00:16:00,293 To the fish. 484 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,861 Isn't it pretty much past caring? 485 00:16:01,928 --> 00:16:04,364 And there's such a thing as sushi being too fresh. 486 00:16:04,431 --> 00:16:05,132 Not for me. 487 00:16:05,198 --> 00:16:07,934 You need to age the fish. 488 00:16:08,001 --> 00:16:09,969 So the rigor mortis has time to pass. 489 00:16:10,037 --> 00:16:11,304 I knew you were going to ruin it for me. 490 00:16:11,371 --> 00:16:14,207 ALL: Surprise! 491 00:16:21,148 --> 00:16:22,515 A little bird told me. 492 00:16:22,582 --> 00:16:23,783 ZOEY: Tweet. 493 00:16:23,850 --> 00:16:24,951 Congratulations. 494 00:16:25,018 --> 00:16:25,952 Thank you, Mr. President. 495 00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:27,087 You know what this means, right? 496 00:16:27,154 --> 00:16:27,987 Yes, sir. 497 00:16:28,055 --> 00:16:29,622 Enjoy your party. 498 00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:34,427 I think everyone's blocked off all of eight minutes. 499 00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:36,329 Way to go, Charlie. Congratulations. 500 00:16:36,396 --> 00:16:37,264 Thanks, man. 501 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:39,099 God, how did you do it? 502 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:41,368 MARGARET: I don't even have time to learn how to program my TiVo. 503 00:16:41,434 --> 00:16:42,802 When it's the President of the United States 504 00:16:42,869 --> 00:16:45,038 asking if you did your homework, it gets done. 505 00:16:45,105 --> 00:16:46,939 I'm glad you told me. 506 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,875 I just hope he is. 507 00:16:48,941 --> 00:16:50,443 I gotta get back to work. 508 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,951 ...totaled a hybrid with an SUV. 509 00:16:59,018 --> 00:17:00,487 He's like an eco-terrorist in reverse. 510 00:17:00,553 --> 00:17:02,122 We'll be sure to point that out to the press. 511 00:17:02,189 --> 00:17:03,656 What do you need? 512 00:17:03,723 --> 00:17:05,492 Draft a release about the alternative energy summit 513 00:17:05,558 --> 00:17:06,693 Josh is holding this afternoon. 514 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:07,694 Mm, that's not gonna work. 515 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,329 Which I don't recall asking. 516 00:17:09,396 --> 00:17:11,798 No meeting's gonna counteract the symbolism of that accident. 517 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,100 You need to laugh it off. 518 00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:15,802 Refer questions to the Department of Metaphor. 519 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:19,239 Put out a statement from the Undersecretary for Whimsy and Caprice. 520 00:17:19,306 --> 00:17:20,807 ( weak laugh ) 521 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:22,542 Just draft the release. 522 00:17:22,609 --> 00:17:24,177 Will you be briefing? 523 00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:26,379 I imagine. 524 00:17:29,516 --> 00:17:30,150 What? 525 00:17:30,217 --> 00:17:31,017 How do you get women? 526 00:17:31,084 --> 00:17:32,185 Excuse me? 527 00:17:32,252 --> 00:17:33,886 Briefing the press is a seduction. 528 00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:35,155 You've got a hot ex. 529 00:17:35,222 --> 00:17:36,156 How'd you get her? Get out of my office. 530 00:17:36,223 --> 00:17:37,324 Know what she says? 531 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:38,625 Oh, my God. You called Andy... 532 00:17:38,691 --> 00:17:39,826 Smart and funny. 533 00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:40,560 That's how guys who-- 534 00:17:40,627 --> 00:17:44,197 no offense-- 535 00:17:44,264 --> 00:17:45,665 Are you trying to get fired? 536 00:17:45,732 --> 00:17:46,799 I'm trying to help you. 537 00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:48,568 That Mencken line this morning was funny. 538 00:17:48,635 --> 00:17:50,603 No one laughed 'cause you flung it at them. 539 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:53,906 Briefing the press isn't a seduction, it's war. 540 00:17:53,973 --> 00:17:57,377 What C.J. did for seven years wasn't combat. 541 00:17:57,444 --> 00:18:00,380 It was charm and disarm. 542 00:18:00,447 --> 00:18:02,315 Just draft the release. 543 00:18:02,382 --> 00:18:04,217 Smart and funny. Seduce them. 544 00:18:04,284 --> 00:18:06,085 Worked on your wife. We're divorced. 545 00:18:06,153 --> 00:18:07,887 Living with you's a whole another ballgame. 546 00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:09,356 I get that already. 547 00:18:09,422 --> 00:18:10,257 C.J.: Charlie. 548 00:18:10,323 --> 00:18:11,858 Thanks, C.J., 549 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:13,293 for whatever part you played in that back there. 550 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:15,328 I showed up and ate too many corn chips. 551 00:18:15,395 --> 00:18:16,929 Leo e-mailed me something about 552 00:18:16,996 --> 00:18:18,631 reminding the President to play chess. 553 00:18:18,698 --> 00:18:21,134 He and Leo played weekly chess games. 554 00:18:21,201 --> 00:18:22,802 Okay... 555 00:18:22,869 --> 00:18:23,803 What did Leo say about it? 556 00:18:23,870 --> 00:18:25,138 Just to remind him. 557 00:18:25,205 --> 00:18:27,440 I guess that's just it then. 558 00:18:27,507 --> 00:18:28,841 Yeah. 559 00:18:28,908 --> 00:18:30,143 C.J. 560 00:18:30,210 --> 00:18:31,544 Mr. Vice President. 561 00:18:31,611 --> 00:18:33,012 How are you adjusting to the new job? 562 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:34,514 It's an adjustment. 563 00:18:34,581 --> 00:18:36,048 I got to admit I was surprised when I first heard-- 564 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:37,450 we all were-- but, uh, 565 00:18:37,517 --> 00:18:38,785 the more I thought about it, it started making sense. 566 00:18:38,851 --> 00:18:40,019 Thanks. 567 00:18:40,086 --> 00:18:41,921 Leo was Leo, no one expects you to be him. 568 00:18:41,988 --> 00:18:43,156 But you'll find your way. 569 00:18:43,223 --> 00:18:44,891 I'm finding it, actually. 570 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:46,326 Just want you to know that I'm here to help. 571 00:18:46,393 --> 00:18:47,660 I appreciate that, sir. 572 00:18:47,727 --> 00:18:49,229 I look forward to working more closely with you. 573 00:18:49,296 --> 00:18:51,097 As do I, Mr. Vice President. 574 00:18:51,164 --> 00:18:53,032 I work well with strong women. 575 00:18:53,099 --> 00:18:54,100 Good to know. 576 00:18:54,167 --> 00:18:56,836 My mother... strong woman. 577 00:18:56,903 --> 00:18:58,137 Well, there you go. 578 00:18:58,205 --> 00:19:00,240 If you'll excuse me. 579 00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:03,210 WILL: This where I might find 580 00:19:03,276 --> 00:19:05,178 the "puling poster boy for Bartlet's 581 00:19:05,245 --> 00:19:06,446 indifferent energy policy"? 582 00:19:06,513 --> 00:19:09,015 I was shopping for a Prius. Just performing 583 00:19:09,081 --> 00:19:10,116 your own crash test. 584 00:19:10,183 --> 00:19:11,384 A joke the blogger missed. 585 00:19:11,451 --> 00:19:12,785 Maybe you should shoot her an e-mail. 586 00:19:12,852 --> 00:19:15,722 You just had the quintessential consumer experience. 587 00:19:15,788 --> 00:19:17,957 Your head said hybrid but your heart said SUV. 588 00:19:18,024 --> 00:19:20,126 Reptilian brain's what I've been going with. 589 00:19:20,193 --> 00:19:21,728 It's not like people want them 590 00:19:21,794 --> 00:19:23,830 because they get lousy mileage. That's the argument 591 00:19:23,896 --> 00:19:25,565 for mandating higher mileage standards. 592 00:19:25,632 --> 00:19:27,900 No one's saying it's the wrong argument. 593 00:19:27,967 --> 00:19:29,602 ( heavy sigh ) 594 00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:31,170 You've got a pretty tight relationship 595 00:19:31,238 --> 00:19:33,005 with Michael Hirsch, yes? 596 00:19:33,072 --> 00:19:34,106 People in show business 597 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:35,775 are charming for a living. 598 00:19:35,842 --> 00:19:39,078 I'm one of his four or five thousand closest buds, yeah. 599 00:19:39,145 --> 00:19:39,946 Close enough to make a call? 600 00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:41,381 For the Vice President? 601 00:19:41,448 --> 00:19:42,849 You're one of the few around here who doesn't 602 00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:44,183 regard him with disdain. 603 00:19:44,251 --> 00:19:45,918 Or at least has the courtesy to hide it. 604 00:19:45,985 --> 00:19:47,420 The Hollywood support's all going to Baker. 605 00:19:47,487 --> 00:19:49,055 He's raised enough money out there 606 00:19:49,121 --> 00:19:50,122 to start green lighting movies. 607 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:51,791 Governor Baker hasn't declared. 608 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:53,560 But he's still the front runner-- 609 00:19:53,626 --> 00:19:55,395 I mean, no offense to your guy. 610 00:19:55,462 --> 00:19:57,397 It'd be great if you'd make a call. 611 00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:59,232 Let me get back to you. 612 00:19:59,299 --> 00:20:01,501 Mm-hmm. Sure. 613 00:20:01,568 --> 00:20:03,503 Yeah, Hirsch has a hybrid. 614 00:20:03,570 --> 00:20:05,305 Typical Hollywood-- drives his Prius 615 00:20:05,372 --> 00:20:06,773 right up to his private jet. 616 00:20:08,675 --> 00:20:11,177 PRESIDENT: I'm about to go into a meeting with the Commerce Secretary-- 617 00:20:11,244 --> 00:20:12,845 a man so soporific, 618 00:20:12,912 --> 00:20:16,549 one shouldn't operate heavy machinery in his presence. 619 00:20:16,616 --> 00:20:18,885 A meeting that would feel interminable at three minutes, 620 00:20:18,951 --> 00:20:21,954 is certain to stretch into a soul-annihilating 50 minutes-- 621 00:20:22,021 --> 00:20:24,591 presenting, therefore, a perfect opportunity 622 00:20:24,657 --> 00:20:26,759 for you to get started on the particular errand 623 00:20:26,826 --> 00:20:28,861 pertaining to your post-graduate career. 624 00:20:30,997 --> 00:20:33,132 Fiderer prepared them. I'd check for typos. 625 00:20:33,199 --> 00:20:34,534 Thank you, sir. 626 00:20:34,601 --> 00:20:38,104 Now let's get to work and fatten up that resume. 627 00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:40,373 Yes, Mr. President. 628 00:20:46,346 --> 00:20:47,747 DONNA: Meeting's set. 629 00:20:47,814 --> 00:20:50,182 Representatives from solar, ethanol, hydrogen, and wind. 630 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:51,718 Copy Toby on the roster. 631 00:20:51,784 --> 00:20:53,185 Did you know, when we run out of oil, 632 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:55,154 it'll precipitate a global food crisis? 633 00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:56,289 Don't you start. 634 00:20:56,356 --> 00:20:57,324 Fossil fuels are key components 635 00:20:57,390 --> 00:20:58,858 of fertilizers and pesticides, 636 00:20:58,925 --> 00:21:01,127 not to mention the fuel used in farm machinery 637 00:21:01,193 --> 00:21:02,462 and for irrigation. 638 00:21:02,529 --> 00:21:04,631 Said the woman with the electric wheelchair. 639 00:21:04,697 --> 00:21:06,132 I've given it up. You've inspired me 640 00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:08,034 with your profound commitment to renewable energy. 641 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,603 You know, the SUV came through without a scratch. 642 00:21:10,670 --> 00:21:12,038 You're going to hell. 643 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:13,573 MARGARET: C.J., 644 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,842 this is Gail Addison, from the Office of Administration. 645 00:21:15,908 --> 00:21:16,943 Hello. 646 00:21:17,009 --> 00:21:18,445 She's here about changing over your office. 647 00:21:18,511 --> 00:21:19,679 To a day spa, I hope. 648 00:21:19,746 --> 00:21:20,947 I don't know how you prefer to approach 649 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:22,749 your space-- if you have a vision or 650 00:21:22,815 --> 00:21:24,451 would like to be provided options. 651 00:21:24,517 --> 00:21:26,886 At the moment, I prefer not to think about it. 652 00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:27,987 Then I'm happy to. 653 00:21:28,054 --> 00:21:29,155 And have you not think about it either. 654 00:21:29,221 --> 00:21:30,557 I'm sorry? 655 00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:31,491 I'll have Margaret call you once I'm 656 00:21:31,558 --> 00:21:34,794 more settled in. Thanks. 657 00:21:34,861 --> 00:21:35,628 JOSH: Hey... 658 00:21:35,695 --> 00:21:36,729 Baker's running, right? 659 00:21:36,796 --> 00:21:37,930 Yeah. 660 00:21:37,997 --> 00:21:40,400 And he'll have it wrapped up by Super Tuesday. 661 00:21:40,467 --> 00:21:43,636 Will asked me to call Mickey Hirsch. 662 00:21:43,703 --> 00:21:45,271 He thinks Baker's not gonna run? 663 00:21:45,338 --> 00:21:47,407 The Vice President'd be out there virtually unopposed. 664 00:21:47,474 --> 00:21:48,875 President Russell. 665 00:21:48,941 --> 00:21:50,943 You worry he'd win. I worry he'd lose. 666 00:21:51,010 --> 00:21:53,646 A Republican administration and a GOP Congress? 667 00:21:53,713 --> 00:21:54,981 They'd dismantle everything 668 00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:56,182 we've accomplished in eight years. 669 00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:57,183 Baker's gonna run. 670 00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:59,085 Yeah. 671 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:00,653 Hey, how do you get women? 672 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:01,954 Huh...? 673 00:22:02,021 --> 00:22:03,790 Smart and funny... right? 674 00:22:03,856 --> 00:22:07,527 Plus, I got that, you know, boyish thing. 675 00:22:07,594 --> 00:22:08,995 I don't have that. 676 00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:10,162 Yeah. 677 00:22:10,229 --> 00:22:11,063 ( heavy sigh ) 678 00:22:11,130 --> 00:22:12,432 Okay. 679 00:22:22,975 --> 00:22:25,244 More and more charities playing loosely with contributions. 680 00:22:25,311 --> 00:22:27,547 Blessings for the not-so-unfortunate. 681 00:22:27,614 --> 00:22:28,481 What else? The CAFE standards 682 00:22:28,548 --> 00:22:30,417 amendment went down. 683 00:22:30,483 --> 00:22:34,654 That was fast. 684 00:22:34,721 --> 00:22:37,189 longer than that to decide what to order for takeout. 685 00:22:37,256 --> 00:22:39,559 Quick reconciliation. Bill to sign by Wednesday. 686 00:22:39,626 --> 00:22:42,294 Yeah. Oh, and Josh hit a Prius 687 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:44,431 with a Land Cruiser or something. 688 00:22:44,497 --> 00:22:46,365 We're handling it. 689 00:22:46,433 --> 00:22:48,134 We done? Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. 690 00:22:50,302 --> 00:22:51,838 Oh, sir, I'm sorry. 691 00:22:51,904 --> 00:22:54,607 Leo mentioned to remind you to play chess. 692 00:22:54,674 --> 00:22:56,609 Please tell Leo, when he's healthy enough 693 00:22:56,676 --> 00:22:58,244 to come back and give me a game, 694 00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:00,847 I'll be glad to school him at chess. 695 00:23:00,913 --> 00:23:03,583 Thank you, sir. 696 00:23:05,518 --> 00:23:07,253 Josh, got a moment? 697 00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:08,621 Sure. 698 00:23:08,688 --> 00:23:10,222 The President and I had an understanding-- 699 00:23:10,289 --> 00:23:11,491 actually, 700 00:23:11,558 --> 00:23:12,859 it was more of an executive order-- 701 00:23:12,925 --> 00:23:15,127 that once I graduated, I'd look for 702 00:23:15,194 --> 00:23:17,664 what he calls a "real" job. 703 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:19,065 So I'm handing out résumés... 704 00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:21,901 Great. ...that I'd like you to ignore. 705 00:23:21,968 --> 00:23:24,537 Okay. I don't want to leave the President. 706 00:23:24,604 --> 00:23:26,172 Especially now that he's without Leo. 707 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:27,874 Not that I compare myself to... 708 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:29,476 I understand. 709 00:23:29,542 --> 00:23:31,778 Here, I'll... 710 00:23:31,844 --> 00:23:35,081 put it in a safe place in case you change your mind. 711 00:23:35,147 --> 00:23:36,683 Thanks. 712 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,789 The Alternative Energy release. 713 00:23:42,855 --> 00:23:44,323 So what else? 714 00:23:44,390 --> 00:23:47,126 Smart and funny, that's the sum total of your vaunted expertise? 715 00:23:47,193 --> 00:23:49,095 You could wear a little makeup. 716 00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:51,397 Oh, geez. That'll happen. You want my help? 717 00:23:51,464 --> 00:23:53,132 Not if it involves makeup, wardrobe 718 00:23:53,199 --> 00:23:56,669 or alternative facial hair strategies. Body language. 719 00:23:56,736 --> 00:24:00,072 What about it? Projecting comfort and command. 720 00:24:00,139 --> 00:24:01,240 I don't do that? 721 00:24:01,307 --> 00:24:03,175 One might say. 722 00:24:08,414 --> 00:24:10,950 So what do I... ! Follow me. 723 00:24:17,056 --> 00:24:19,458 And, personally, the way you trim your beard? 724 00:24:19,526 --> 00:24:21,327 Little fussy. 725 00:24:21,393 --> 00:24:23,663 KATE: I'd be happy to brief the Vice President. 726 00:24:23,730 --> 00:24:26,232 How often? Occasionally-- a continent at a sitting. 727 00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:29,068 I assume he's pretty much got a handle on North America. 728 00:24:29,135 --> 00:24:31,070 There's the odd confusion, that's all. 729 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:33,640 Sudan and Somalia. Iran, Iraq. 730 00:24:33,706 --> 00:24:35,608 You're kidding. One time. 731 00:24:35,675 --> 00:24:37,076 Actual confusion or slips of the tongue? 732 00:24:37,143 --> 00:24:39,211 Well, we won't presume for these purposes. 733 00:24:39,278 --> 00:24:41,748 He knows Pakistan's the Muslim one and India's Hindu? 734 00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:43,550 Of course. I'm just trying to calibrate. 735 00:24:43,616 --> 00:24:45,718 I wouldn't bet the farm on Bangladesh. 736 00:24:45,785 --> 00:24:47,654 Okay. And he has a little trouble with the whole 737 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,321 Shiite/Sunni thing. 738 00:24:49,388 --> 00:24:51,057 We should start right away. That's what I'm thinking. 739 00:24:51,123 --> 00:24:52,759 I'll come by end of the day. Great. 740 00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:54,861 And bring my flashcards. JOSH: What? 741 00:24:54,927 --> 00:24:55,895 Nothing. 742 00:24:55,962 --> 00:24:57,530 You know why people buy hybrids? 743 00:24:57,597 --> 00:25:00,900 I mean, aside from smugness and moral superiority? 744 00:25:00,967 --> 00:25:03,770 Funny, I was going to say "conscience" and "civic responsibility." 745 00:25:03,836 --> 00:25:05,538 'Cause they think gas prices are too high. 746 00:25:05,605 --> 00:25:06,873 You know why they buy SUVs? 747 00:25:06,939 --> 00:25:08,274 'Cause they're not. 748 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:11,110 Record high was in '81-- adjusted for inflation, 749 00:25:11,177 --> 00:25:13,412 gas was $2.80 a gallon in today's money. 750 00:25:13,479 --> 00:25:15,582 That's the only way you'll get real conservation. 751 00:25:15,648 --> 00:25:16,816 Hold an economic gun to their heads. 752 00:25:16,883 --> 00:25:17,984 That's why we should slap 753 00:25:18,050 --> 00:25:19,786 a three-bucks-a-gallon tax on gasoline. 754 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:21,520 Ah, there's a popular position. 755 00:25:21,588 --> 00:25:23,956 Wait till gas lines come back, see how popular that'll be. 756 00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:25,858 I'm about to solve the whole problem. 757 00:25:25,925 --> 00:25:27,493 Your Alternative Energy Summit. 758 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,997 The children of your villages will sing my name. 759 00:25:31,063 --> 00:25:33,900 Hello. Thank you all for coming. 760 00:25:33,966 --> 00:25:35,668 Particularly on such short notice. 761 00:25:35,735 --> 00:25:37,670 I've been waiting to have this meeting 762 00:25:37,737 --> 00:25:39,105 for seven years. Then... 763 00:25:39,171 --> 00:25:40,707 let's get right to making up for lost time. 764 00:25:40,773 --> 00:25:43,142 If we could go around the table. Terry Anders, 765 00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:44,443 the Solar Cell Project. 766 00:25:44,510 --> 00:25:46,178 Riley Sheets, Ethanol Works. 767 00:25:46,245 --> 00:25:47,714 Wind Now, Corinne McKenna. 768 00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:49,716 Paul Tyminski, Hydrogen Caucus. 769 00:25:49,782 --> 00:25:52,351 And I've been waiting a while for this, too. 770 00:25:52,418 --> 00:25:53,953 You guys sound like my mother. 771 00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:55,988 When I call, all she does is complain how I never call. 772 00:25:56,055 --> 00:25:57,790 I'll try to keep everybody straight. 773 00:25:57,857 --> 00:26:00,292 I should've made little symbols-- 774 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,161 picture of the sun, ear of corn, 775 00:26:02,228 --> 00:26:05,064 cloud blowing out its cheeks, and for hydrogen, uh... 776 00:26:05,131 --> 00:26:05,932 The Hindenburg. 777 00:26:05,998 --> 00:26:07,233 Hydrogen didn't cause 778 00:26:07,299 --> 00:26:08,100 the Hindenburg fire. 779 00:26:08,167 --> 00:26:08,901 It was the aluminum 780 00:26:08,968 --> 00:26:10,302 powder coating. Really? 781 00:26:10,369 --> 00:26:12,371 Stuff's used as rocket fuel. But hydrogen is 782 00:26:12,438 --> 00:26:13,606 extremely flammable. 783 00:26:13,673 --> 00:26:14,874 TYMINSKI: So's gasoline. Okay... 784 00:26:14,941 --> 00:26:16,743 Did she say flammable? She meant combustible. 785 00:26:16,809 --> 00:26:18,310 Guys... Hydrogen burns with 786 00:26:18,377 --> 00:26:20,613 a colorless flame-- the Hindenburg burned red. 787 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:21,580 Where's your humanity? 788 00:26:21,648 --> 00:26:23,082 Okay, then... 789 00:26:23,149 --> 00:26:25,351 ( tapping pen ) 790 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:27,453 ( smacks lips ) 791 00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:28,788 This is your room. 792 00:26:28,855 --> 00:26:30,690 You're not venturing onto their turf, 793 00:26:30,757 --> 00:26:32,324 they're treading onto yours. 794 00:26:32,391 --> 00:26:33,860 You have to own it. 795 00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:36,028 You didn't really just say "own it." 796 00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:39,531 I'll show you what you look like up here. 797 00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:41,033 Thanks. Helpful. 798 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:42,702 Smart and funny. 799 00:26:42,769 --> 00:26:44,536 Come here. Come here. 800 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:46,639 You try it. 801 00:26:52,044 --> 00:26:54,246 ( quietly ): "Good afternoon." 802 00:26:54,313 --> 00:26:55,614 Good afternoon. 803 00:26:55,682 --> 00:26:57,283 "I'll take your questions." 804 00:26:57,349 --> 00:26:58,417 I'll take your questions. 805 00:26:58,484 --> 00:26:59,418 Okay, you look like 806 00:26:59,485 --> 00:27:00,753 you loathe this. 807 00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:02,822 Like you cannot wait to get out the door. 808 00:27:02,889 --> 00:27:05,157 I wonder why. You're literally hunching over. 809 00:27:05,224 --> 00:27:07,093 You need to lean back. 810 00:27:07,159 --> 00:27:09,161 Not too much-- you don't want to look 811 00:27:09,228 --> 00:27:10,262 hostile and pugnacious. 812 00:27:10,329 --> 00:27:13,299 I don't? 'Kay, relax your hands. 813 00:27:13,365 --> 00:27:15,702 Look up. Look up. 814 00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:18,137 Okay, now... 815 00:27:18,204 --> 00:27:18,971 how does that feel? 816 00:27:19,038 --> 00:27:20,472 Like a poodle in a dog show. 817 00:27:20,539 --> 00:27:21,540 Let's try it again. 818 00:27:21,607 --> 00:27:23,609 This time... 819 00:27:23,676 --> 00:27:25,978 with more confidence. 820 00:27:28,147 --> 00:27:29,682 Good afternoon. 821 00:27:29,749 --> 00:27:31,317 ( clears throat ) 822 00:27:31,383 --> 00:27:33,686 I can't do this. 823 00:27:39,258 --> 00:27:42,494 ANDERS: Solar energy is, very simply, the answer. 824 00:27:42,561 --> 00:27:43,863 It's clean, it's accessible, 825 00:27:43,930 --> 00:27:45,664 and we're not running out of it anytime soon. 826 00:27:45,732 --> 00:27:46,799 JOSH: And when we do, 827 00:27:46,866 --> 00:27:48,167 we'll be having bigger problems. 828 00:27:48,234 --> 00:27:49,769 We could replace all the fossil fuels 829 00:27:49,836 --> 00:27:51,170 we're burning today 830 00:27:51,237 --> 00:27:53,806 simply by covering 220,000 square kilometers 831 00:27:53,873 --> 00:27:54,974 with solar cells. 832 00:27:55,041 --> 00:27:56,608 Isn't that a lot? A piece of land 833 00:27:56,675 --> 00:27:57,910 300 miles on each side. 834 00:27:57,977 --> 00:27:59,946 Yeah, see... that's kind of a lot. 835 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:01,047 This'll give you an idea 836 00:28:01,113 --> 00:28:02,548 of what we're talking about. 837 00:28:02,614 --> 00:28:04,050 ( whispers ) 838 00:28:05,284 --> 00:28:06,685 That's huge. 839 00:28:06,753 --> 00:28:09,856 Drive it. There's 300 days of sunshine and nothing there. 840 00:28:09,922 --> 00:28:11,390 That covers Las Vegas. 841 00:28:11,457 --> 00:28:13,092 ANDERS: Appropriately-- the most wasteful 842 00:28:13,159 --> 00:28:14,994 energy abuser on the planet. 843 00:28:15,061 --> 00:28:16,395 TYMINSKI: Your cells'll look attractive 844 00:28:16,462 --> 00:28:18,164 covering the Grand Canyon. 845 00:28:18,230 --> 00:28:19,231 You adjust this, 846 00:28:19,298 --> 00:28:20,366 obviously. 847 00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:22,234 Finding square footage in the desert West 848 00:28:22,301 --> 00:28:24,403 will not be the problem. What will? 849 00:28:24,470 --> 00:28:26,272 Manufacturing that many solar cells. We'd have to 850 00:28:26,338 --> 00:28:27,306 pick up the pace some. 851 00:28:27,373 --> 00:28:29,041 You might say-- since all the solar cells 852 00:28:29,108 --> 00:28:30,376 ever made up to this point 853 00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:32,711 would barely cover ten square kilometers. 854 00:28:32,779 --> 00:28:34,513 So, just... 855 00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:38,350 219,990 to go. 856 00:28:38,417 --> 00:28:39,986 CHARLIE: I don't want to leave the President, 857 00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:42,254 and I just don't think the time is right. 858 00:28:42,321 --> 00:28:44,523 So if I could leave you my résumé, 859 00:28:44,590 --> 00:28:46,225 then have you ignore it. 860 00:28:46,292 --> 00:28:47,960 Got it. 861 00:28:48,027 --> 00:28:51,030 ( tears paper ) 862 00:28:57,303 --> 00:28:58,771 ( knocking ) 863 00:29:00,306 --> 00:29:01,407 C.J. Cregg. 864 00:29:01,473 --> 00:29:03,675 Please. 865 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:04,811 Hey, you. 866 00:29:04,877 --> 00:29:08,180 Oh, you are a sight for sore eyes. 867 00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:11,083 And sore legs, sore chest... 868 00:29:11,150 --> 00:29:14,220 You having a lot of pain? The Vicodin helps. 869 00:29:14,286 --> 00:29:15,621 Whatcha got? 870 00:29:15,687 --> 00:29:18,190 Takeout from Terrazzo. 871 00:29:18,257 --> 00:29:19,225 The arugula... 872 00:29:19,291 --> 00:29:22,761 Ooh, with the Pecorino and walnuts. Mm. 873 00:29:22,829 --> 00:29:24,596 And... and gnocchi. 874 00:29:24,663 --> 00:29:26,432 Supposed to be very "gnice." 875 00:29:26,498 --> 00:29:28,467 So much trouble. 876 00:29:28,534 --> 00:29:29,802 If only you were worth it. 877 00:29:29,869 --> 00:29:32,238 I don't have much appetite. 878 00:29:32,304 --> 00:29:33,539 Oh. 879 00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:34,773 He needs to eat. 880 00:29:34,841 --> 00:29:36,575 I'll eat when I'm hungry. 881 00:29:36,642 --> 00:29:37,643 Put it in the fridge. 882 00:29:37,709 --> 00:29:39,211 I'm actually not that... 883 00:29:39,278 --> 00:29:41,013 LEO: No, don't be silly. Go ahead. 884 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,216 I can enjoy it as a spectator sport. 885 00:29:44,283 --> 00:29:46,452 You sure it won't bother you? 886 00:29:46,518 --> 00:29:48,520 It'll be great. 887 00:29:48,587 --> 00:29:50,022 Voyeuristic. 888 00:29:50,089 --> 00:29:52,058 That sounds like the Vicodin talking. 889 00:29:52,124 --> 00:29:53,492 Has its compensations. 890 00:29:53,559 --> 00:29:55,862 ( laughs ) 891 00:29:58,497 --> 00:29:59,999 So, how's it going? 892 00:30:00,066 --> 00:30:01,600 It's overwhelming, 893 00:30:01,667 --> 00:30:03,269 the amount there is to tend to. 894 00:30:03,335 --> 00:30:05,371 I thought I was busy before. 895 00:30:05,437 --> 00:30:07,907 How in the world did you manage it for seven years? 896 00:30:07,974 --> 00:30:09,341 I had a heart attack. 897 00:30:09,408 --> 00:30:11,410 ( laughs ) You remind the President 898 00:30:11,477 --> 00:30:14,113 about playing chess? 899 00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:16,448 He pretty much blew me off. 900 00:30:16,515 --> 00:30:18,584 You need to insist. 901 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:20,386 I obviously don't know the President 902 00:30:20,452 --> 00:30:22,554 as well as you, but already I can tell 903 00:30:22,621 --> 00:30:24,290 when something's a no go. 904 00:30:26,058 --> 00:30:28,194 You have to insist. 905 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:30,997 The President gets 906 00:30:31,063 --> 00:30:34,333 regular physicals, and because of the MS, 907 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,337 rather more regular MRIs and neuro-physical tests. 908 00:30:38,404 --> 00:30:41,673 But MS is a disease of the central nervous system. 909 00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:45,211 It can affect cognition: perception, reasoning, judgment. 910 00:30:45,277 --> 00:30:49,615 What the doctors actually term executive function. 911 00:30:51,383 --> 00:30:53,252 As President of the United States, 912 00:30:53,319 --> 00:30:57,023 this needs to be monitored on a weekly basis. 913 00:30:57,089 --> 00:31:00,893 You need to get the President to play chess. 914 00:31:03,930 --> 00:31:05,864 Finish your lunch. 915 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,543 and most important, ethanol's made right here 916 00:31:17,609 --> 00:31:18,810 in the U.S. of A. 917 00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:20,012 TYMINSKI: And is already subsidized 918 00:31:20,079 --> 00:31:21,480 up the ying-yang by 919 00:31:21,547 --> 00:31:24,350 the U.S. of A government. 920 00:31:24,416 --> 00:31:25,484 Hang on. 921 00:31:25,551 --> 00:31:27,619 Some claim it's not all that clean. 922 00:31:27,686 --> 00:31:28,988 SHEETS: The EPA's certified 923 00:31:29,055 --> 00:31:30,322 it reduces carbon dioxide 924 00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:33,159 and hydrocarbon tailpipe emissions by up to 30%. 925 00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:34,660 ANDERS: And releases more nitrogen oxide 926 00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:37,463 and makes the entire fuel mixture evaporate easier 927 00:31:37,529 --> 00:31:39,966 than pure gasoline, causing more smog. 928 00:31:40,032 --> 00:31:41,333 It's climate dependent. 929 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:42,768 Helps in cold weather, hurts in hot. 930 00:31:42,834 --> 00:31:44,003 It consumes more fossil fuels 931 00:31:44,070 --> 00:31:44,937 to make than it replaces. 932 00:31:45,004 --> 00:31:45,972 We dispute that. 933 00:31:46,038 --> 00:31:46,905 JOSH: It only replaces 934 00:31:46,973 --> 00:31:48,407 ten percent of gasoline. 935 00:31:48,474 --> 00:31:50,542 So at best, it's a stopgap. 936 00:31:50,609 --> 00:31:52,478 It's practical now. 937 00:31:52,544 --> 00:31:54,880 Not pie in the sky, like some people's solutions. 938 00:31:54,947 --> 00:31:56,548 Let's be honest-- all of us 939 00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:58,217 sitting here know exactly what the biggest thing is 940 00:31:58,284 --> 00:31:59,918 that ethanol has in its favor. 941 00:31:59,986 --> 00:32:02,854 The Iowa caucuses. 942 00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:04,023 MARGARET: C.J., Gail's back 943 00:32:04,090 --> 00:32:06,993 with a quick question. Yes? 944 00:32:07,059 --> 00:32:08,594 I know you said you weren't necessarily prepared 945 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:11,497 to consider redecoration schemes, but I took the liberty 946 00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:13,966 of pulling some pictures of our inventory. 947 00:32:14,033 --> 00:32:15,534 It's just so dark 948 00:32:15,601 --> 00:32:17,103 and masculine in here. 949 00:32:17,169 --> 00:32:18,770 A-And martial. Do you feel it? 950 00:32:18,837 --> 00:32:21,873 It's just militaristic and martial and male. 951 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:23,409 You said a quick question? 952 00:32:23,475 --> 00:32:24,376 Oh, sorry. 953 00:32:24,443 --> 00:32:25,344 This... 954 00:32:25,411 --> 00:32:27,079 was Dolley Madison's desk. 955 00:32:27,146 --> 00:32:29,681 You know, most people think she spelled her name L-L-Y, 956 00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:30,916 but in actuality it was 957 00:32:30,983 --> 00:32:32,351 L-L-E-Y. MARGARET: Perhaps we should... 958 00:32:32,418 --> 00:32:34,420 But it's lovely and feminine. 959 00:32:34,486 --> 00:32:38,224 Dolley-with-an-e Madison was maybe five-three? 960 00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:39,291 Yes. 961 00:32:43,562 --> 00:32:45,431 Of course. 962 00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,500 ANNABETH: Briefing time. 963 00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:50,569 I know. 964 00:32:50,636 --> 00:32:52,304 I won't say a word. 965 00:32:52,371 --> 00:32:54,373 But that tie's going to bleed. 966 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,342 Keep it up, it'll have company. 967 00:32:56,408 --> 00:32:57,709 And don't look at them with veiled contempt. 968 00:32:57,776 --> 00:32:58,910 I don't. 969 00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:00,846 You're right, it's not veiled. 970 00:33:00,912 --> 00:33:03,649 Charm and disarm. 971 00:33:04,750 --> 00:33:07,453 ( indistinct voices ) 972 00:33:09,921 --> 00:33:10,856 Good afternoon. 973 00:33:10,922 --> 00:33:12,024 ALL: Good afternoon. 974 00:33:12,091 --> 00:33:13,192 I'll take your questions. 975 00:33:13,259 --> 00:33:14,626 What's your response to criticism 976 00:33:14,693 --> 00:33:15,794 of the administration's 977 00:33:15,861 --> 00:33:18,430 lukewarm support for higher CAFE standards 978 00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:21,167 as reflected in today's defeat in the House? 979 00:33:21,233 --> 00:33:22,834 Well, what today's vote reflected... 980 00:33:22,901 --> 00:33:25,371 ( clearing throat ) 981 00:33:25,437 --> 00:33:27,539 Between anti-regulatory Republicans 982 00:33:27,606 --> 00:33:30,509 and auto-state Democrats, we were outgunned. 983 00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:33,512 As far as our lukewarm support, 984 00:33:33,579 --> 00:33:36,615 I'd characterize it as more of a parboil, myself. 985 00:33:36,682 --> 00:33:38,184 ( chuckling ) 986 00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:39,851 White House commitment to fuel conservation 987 00:33:39,918 --> 00:33:42,388 can more readily be measured by the Alternative Energy 988 00:33:42,454 --> 00:33:44,923 Task Force meeting currently in progress. 989 00:33:44,990 --> 00:33:47,259 KATIE: Isn't this hastily- convened task force 990 00:33:47,326 --> 00:33:48,960 just an attempt to counteract 991 00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:50,329 the symbolism of a White House 992 00:33:50,396 --> 00:33:52,831 senior staffer totaling a hybrid 993 00:33:52,898 --> 00:33:54,733 while driving one of the most fuel inefficient 994 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,768 passenger vehicles sold in the world? 995 00:33:56,835 --> 00:33:59,405 Questions as to symbolism and the relative meanings thereof 996 00:33:59,471 --> 00:34:01,473 are the purview of the Department of Metaphor. 997 00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:03,142 And I refer you to the Undersecretary 998 00:34:03,209 --> 00:34:05,043 for Whimsy and Caprice for further comment. 999 00:34:05,111 --> 00:34:06,712 ( laughter ) 1000 00:34:06,778 --> 00:34:08,680 MARK: But, really, this Alternative Energy Summit's 1001 00:34:08,747 --> 00:34:09,815 not going to fool anyone. 1002 00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:12,184 Good. Then maybe we can stop thinking of it 1003 00:34:12,251 --> 00:34:13,619 as something intended to fool people, 1004 00:34:13,685 --> 00:34:15,787 and start thinking of it as a way 1005 00:34:15,854 --> 00:34:17,089 to maybe get something done. 1006 00:34:17,156 --> 00:34:19,791 Fuel conservation is a critical issue. 1007 00:34:19,858 --> 00:34:23,329 We were outgunned today in Congress, but not outflanked. 1008 00:34:25,764 --> 00:34:26,865 Yeah. 1009 00:34:26,932 --> 00:34:28,200 So what are the obstacles 1010 00:34:28,267 --> 00:34:29,735 to using hydrogen as a replacement fuel? 1011 00:34:29,801 --> 00:34:31,337 Distribution. 1012 00:34:31,403 --> 00:34:34,506 To transport and then dispense it you'd have to liquefy it. 1013 00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:36,675 JOSH: Is that an issue? You just need to freeze it, 1014 00:34:36,742 --> 00:34:38,244 then open it. At enormous pressure. 1015 00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:39,178 I don't understand. 1016 00:34:39,245 --> 00:34:40,912 What's the problem? 1017 00:34:40,979 --> 00:34:42,848 When you do that, it can... 1018 00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:45,117 Have the tendency to explode. 1019 00:34:45,184 --> 00:34:46,552 Like the Hindenburg. 1020 00:34:48,487 --> 00:34:50,256 So you can just file it or toss it, or... 1021 00:34:50,322 --> 00:34:51,990 The President wants you to quit. 1022 00:34:52,057 --> 00:34:53,959 But like I said, I don't actually... And you promised him 1023 00:34:54,025 --> 00:34:55,394 once you graduated you would. 1024 00:34:55,461 --> 00:34:56,962 It was more of an implied understanding. 1025 00:34:57,028 --> 00:34:58,029 Yes or no, Charlie. 1026 00:34:58,096 --> 00:34:59,331 Yes. I guess. 1027 00:34:59,398 --> 00:35:00,799 It's a dilemma. 1028 00:35:00,866 --> 00:35:01,900 No, all you have to do is... 1029 00:35:01,967 --> 00:35:03,135 Charlie, what's my job? 1030 00:35:03,202 --> 00:35:04,470 Excuse me? 1031 00:35:04,536 --> 00:35:06,372 My job-- it's to serve the President. 1032 00:35:06,438 --> 00:35:09,074 It seems to me the President has expressed a clear wish. 1033 00:35:09,141 --> 00:35:10,509 I don't... If he'd handed me 1034 00:35:10,576 --> 00:35:13,078 your résumé, do you imagine I could ignore it? 1035 00:35:13,145 --> 00:35:14,680 Maybe I should just take this back... 1036 00:35:14,746 --> 00:35:18,417 Yeah, you probably shouldn't have come in here with that... 1037 00:35:18,484 --> 00:35:20,819 Deputy Special Assistant 1038 00:35:20,886 --> 00:35:22,087 to the Chief of Staff. 1039 00:35:22,154 --> 00:35:23,088 Sorry? 1040 00:35:23,155 --> 00:35:24,990 Your new title. 1041 00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:26,658 Come work for me. 1042 00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:28,126 What? 1043 00:35:28,194 --> 00:35:29,395 You're smart, responsible, 1044 00:35:29,461 --> 00:35:30,996 you know the President. 1045 00:35:31,062 --> 00:35:32,398 Why wouldn't I hire you? 1046 00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:34,200 Title's a little gaudy, 1047 00:35:34,266 --> 00:35:36,235 but it mostly means you'll do whatever's needed to be done. 1048 00:35:36,302 --> 00:35:39,037 A catch-all-- but grownup, policy stuff. 1049 00:35:39,104 --> 00:35:40,372 You're serious. 1050 00:35:40,439 --> 00:35:42,107 You'd be a stone's throw from the Oval. 1051 00:35:42,174 --> 00:35:44,743 The President can't miss you if you haven't really gone. 1052 00:35:47,012 --> 00:35:48,880 I don't know what to say. 1053 00:35:48,947 --> 00:35:50,282 Can I think it over? 1054 00:35:50,349 --> 00:35:51,717 Not really. 1055 00:35:53,485 --> 00:35:54,920 ANNABETH: That was... 1056 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:56,455 Absolute misery. What? 1057 00:35:56,522 --> 00:35:59,024 Lean forward, but not too far, but don't lean back. 1058 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:01,627 Oh, my bleeding tie's distracting from my fuzzy beard. 1059 00:36:01,693 --> 00:36:04,230 Be funny, be smart, look pleasant. 1060 00:36:04,296 --> 00:36:06,598 I've never been more self-conscious in my life. 1061 00:36:06,665 --> 00:36:08,334 I don't want to be good at this. 1062 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,203 Don't worry. It was better. 1063 00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:13,939 Good's still a ways off. 1064 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:15,574 You're welcome. 1065 00:36:15,641 --> 00:36:18,744 Wind turbines in California produce enough kilowatt-hours 1066 00:36:18,810 --> 00:36:21,079 of electricity to light San Francisco, 1067 00:36:21,146 --> 00:36:22,581 saving the state the equivalent 1068 00:36:22,648 --> 00:36:24,816 of well over ten million barrels of oil. 1069 00:36:24,883 --> 00:36:30,121 Wind provides 1.27% of California's electricity. 1070 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:31,657 From 13,000 turbines. 1071 00:36:31,723 --> 00:36:32,591 So, in order to get 1072 00:36:32,658 --> 00:36:33,659 all of its energy from wind, 1073 00:36:33,725 --> 00:36:35,026 California would have to build... 1074 00:36:35,093 --> 00:36:36,728 TYMINSKI: Only one million more. 1075 00:36:36,795 --> 00:36:38,497 And, oh, by the way, they're an eyesore 1076 00:36:38,564 --> 00:36:39,798 and no one wants them. 1077 00:36:39,865 --> 00:36:41,800 What happens when the wind doesn't blow? 1078 00:36:41,867 --> 00:36:43,335 Gee, I don't know. What happens when the sun isn't shining? 1079 00:36:43,402 --> 00:36:44,803 This really isn't helpful. 1080 00:36:44,870 --> 00:36:47,205 Wind is clean, increasingly competitive-- 1081 00:36:47,273 --> 00:36:48,340 the fastest-growing 1082 00:36:48,407 --> 00:36:49,941 energy technology in the world. 1083 00:36:50,008 --> 00:36:53,078 The Bartlet administration could restore U.S. leadership 1084 00:36:53,144 --> 00:36:54,145 in wind power. 1085 00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:55,414 I can see the slogan now: 1086 00:36:55,481 --> 00:36:57,416 "Breaking Wind Together." 1087 00:36:57,483 --> 00:36:59,751 ( chuckling ) 1088 00:37:05,757 --> 00:37:07,359 Hey. 1089 00:37:07,426 --> 00:37:09,328 I only have a minute. 1090 00:37:09,395 --> 00:37:10,429 What'd you want to tell me? 1091 00:37:10,496 --> 00:37:11,730 I got an interesting offer 1092 00:37:11,797 --> 00:37:15,000 that you're pretty much responsible for. 1093 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:15,901 What? 1094 00:37:15,967 --> 00:37:17,202 In appreciation, 1095 00:37:17,269 --> 00:37:20,071 I'd like to tell you about it over dinner. 1096 00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:22,941 Are you asking me on a date? 1097 00:37:23,008 --> 00:37:24,443 A thank-you dinner. 1098 00:37:24,510 --> 00:37:26,077 It's a date. 1099 00:37:26,144 --> 00:37:27,846 So far, it isn't anything. 1100 00:37:27,913 --> 00:37:30,248 You haven't said that you'll go. 1101 00:37:32,050 --> 00:37:33,985 Sure. 1102 00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:38,690 So? 1103 00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:39,425 What? 1104 00:37:39,491 --> 00:37:40,359 What are we announcing? 1105 00:37:40,426 --> 00:37:41,293 We don't know yet. 1106 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:42,628 C.J. wants an announcement. 1107 00:37:42,694 --> 00:37:43,829 Yeah, tell her that's not happening. 1108 00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:45,196 Nice try. 1109 00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:46,365 What? 1110 00:37:46,432 --> 00:37:47,899 She's pissed at you, you tell her. 1111 00:37:47,966 --> 00:37:49,568 She wasn't pissed. Nettled, maybe. 1112 00:37:49,635 --> 00:37:51,002 Whatever, you're telling her. 1113 00:37:51,069 --> 00:37:52,438 Really, nothing came out of it? 1114 00:37:52,504 --> 00:37:53,739 Wind power? 1115 00:37:53,805 --> 00:37:55,341 Turns out the churn from the turbines 1116 00:37:55,407 --> 00:37:56,875 changes the weather on the ground. 1117 00:37:56,942 --> 00:37:59,678 Probably not ideal from an environmental standpoint. 1118 00:37:59,745 --> 00:38:01,179 Three hours of stuff like that. 1119 00:38:01,246 --> 00:38:02,614 That you're telling her. 1120 00:38:02,681 --> 00:38:05,150 Yeah. 1121 00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:08,286 ( speaking Chinese ) 1122 00:38:18,397 --> 00:38:22,668 DONNA: I'm not ready. 1123 00:38:22,734 --> 00:38:24,836 I have spoken to experts and they've told me, 1124 00:38:24,903 --> 00:38:27,806 what to look for and I don't have to look very hard. 1125 00:38:27,873 --> 00:38:30,776 I do get angry over everything, cry over nothing, 1126 00:38:30,842 --> 00:38:31,977 right down the list. 1127 00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:34,913 Rejecting offers of help, that's on there, too. 1128 00:38:36,848 --> 00:38:38,784 I'm sure talking to you would be helpful. 1129 00:38:38,850 --> 00:38:41,953 Actually, I'm... I'm not sure of that. 1130 00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:45,023 I'm not sure of much of anything, 1131 00:38:45,090 --> 00:38:47,526 except that I'm not ready. 1132 00:38:47,593 --> 00:38:49,895 I understand. 1133 00:38:49,961 --> 00:38:51,863 Okay. 1134 00:38:57,803 --> 00:38:58,537 Hey. 1135 00:38:58,604 --> 00:39:01,072 How was your energy meeting? 1136 00:39:01,139 --> 00:39:02,674 It was pretty Darwinian. 1137 00:39:02,741 --> 00:39:04,743 They're so great at knocking each other's technology, 1138 00:39:04,810 --> 00:39:07,278 it makes you want to run out and buy stock in Chevron. 1139 00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:09,548 They know we can't fund everything. 1140 00:39:09,615 --> 00:39:11,016 I don't know what we can announce, 1141 00:39:11,082 --> 00:39:13,051 other than the world's running out of oil, 1142 00:39:13,118 --> 00:39:15,220 and in 20 years we're all going to starve to death. 1143 00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:18,023 You know, those that haven't already been wiped out 1144 00:39:18,089 --> 00:39:19,357 in an energy war with China. 1145 00:39:19,425 --> 00:39:20,759 Because the fuel alternatives 1146 00:39:20,826 --> 00:39:23,895 are even less ready than you thought. 1147 00:39:23,962 --> 00:39:26,297 It's all economics. 1148 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:27,232 Mr. President. 1149 00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:28,700 Sir. 1150 00:39:28,767 --> 00:39:31,069 Why do the Saudis fight to keep oil prices from rising? 1151 00:39:31,136 --> 00:39:32,604 To discourage conservation. 1152 00:39:32,671 --> 00:39:34,640 And the development of alternative fuels. 1153 00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:36,842 And it works-- because we let them. 1154 00:39:36,908 --> 00:39:37,976 Economics. 1155 00:39:38,043 --> 00:39:39,911 So what do we do? 1156 00:39:39,978 --> 00:39:42,781 Veto the omnibus transportation bill. 1157 00:39:42,848 --> 00:39:43,782 Why? 1158 00:39:43,849 --> 00:39:46,151 To demand the higher CAFE standards. 1159 00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:47,085 Because Josh 1160 00:39:47,152 --> 00:39:48,687 demolished a hybrid? 1161 00:39:48,754 --> 00:39:51,122 Because improving fuel economy deserves far more 1162 00:39:51,189 --> 00:39:52,458 than a 20-minute debate. 1163 00:39:52,524 --> 00:39:54,259 Sir, there aren't the votes 1164 00:39:54,325 --> 00:39:55,661 to sustain. They'll just override. 1165 00:39:55,727 --> 00:39:57,295 It pushes the subject out there. 1166 00:39:57,362 --> 00:39:58,830 Jump starts a national debate. 1167 00:39:58,897 --> 00:40:01,900 Hummer sales had their best month ever this year. 1168 00:40:01,967 --> 00:40:05,136 And Prius is expanding its production 50%. 1169 00:40:05,203 --> 00:40:08,273 The market's doing what markets do, sorting itself out. 1170 00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:10,542 Messily and with contradiction. 1171 00:40:10,609 --> 00:40:12,077 Better fuel economy's an idea 1172 00:40:12,143 --> 00:40:14,179 that just has to reach its tipping point. 1173 00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:16,848 A veto maybe nudges it a little closer. 1174 00:40:16,915 --> 00:40:18,550 And keep having those meetings. 1175 00:40:18,617 --> 00:40:20,619 We wait till the alternatives are perfect, 1176 00:40:20,686 --> 00:40:21,853 it's all going to be too late. 1177 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,055 Thank you, Mr. President. 1178 00:40:24,122 --> 00:40:25,691 What was it you wanted? 1179 00:40:25,757 --> 00:40:28,660 Sir, if you'll follow me. 1180 00:40:30,629 --> 00:40:34,566 MAN: Mr. President. 1181 00:40:34,633 --> 00:40:36,234 Sir, this is Roger Quast, from HUD. 1182 00:40:36,301 --> 00:40:37,536 He was on the Stanford chess team. 1183 00:40:37,603 --> 00:40:41,239 He's here to play a game with you. 1184 00:40:41,306 --> 00:40:44,175 Roger, unfortunately, you've been dragged here for nothing. 1185 00:40:44,242 --> 00:40:46,244 Sir, I've cleared your schedule for the hour. 1186 00:40:46,311 --> 00:40:47,679 I spoke with Leo. 1187 00:40:47,746 --> 00:40:51,517 You're going to play chess, Mr. President. 1188 00:40:51,583 --> 00:40:53,885 You heard the lady. 1189 00:40:53,952 --> 00:40:55,654 Where do you think you're going? 1190 00:40:55,721 --> 00:40:56,788 Sir? 1191 00:40:56,855 --> 00:40:57,856 You're going to play me. 1192 00:40:57,923 --> 00:40:59,124 Sir, I don't really... 1193 00:40:59,190 --> 00:41:01,860 Stanford here is going to stay and help you. 1194 00:41:01,927 --> 00:41:03,695 Sit down. 1195 00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:08,433 Chess team, huh? 1196 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:09,768 Yes, sir. 1197 00:41:09,835 --> 00:41:11,369 I'm just trying to imagine the cheer: 1198 00:41:11,436 --> 00:41:13,572 "Check him to the left, check him to the right, 1199 00:41:13,639 --> 00:41:14,773 stand up, sit down, shh." 1200 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:16,775 I was on the chess team. 1201 00:41:16,842 --> 00:41:18,109 Right. 1202 00:41:23,582 --> 00:41:24,449 I really have no clue... 1203 00:41:24,516 --> 00:41:25,917 He's going to help you. 1204 00:41:25,984 --> 00:41:28,253 And I'll know if you're holding back, young man. 1205 00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:31,156 You're hereby directed, by presidential fiat, 1206 00:41:31,222 --> 00:41:32,624 to try your damnedest 1207 00:41:32,691 --> 00:41:34,893 to kick your Commander in Chief's ass. 1208 00:41:41,767 --> 00:41:57,716 Move King's pawn up two spaces. 85590

Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.