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CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION

[CLAPPING AND CHEERING]

COBRA-2, COBRA-1, IT'S WHITEY-1.

IT'S SHOWTIME.

WEST QUADRANT SECURE.

WHITEY-2 MOVING INTO EAST QUADRANT.

HERE WE GO.

* SOME PEOPLE WILL WORK

* SOME SIMPLY WILL NOT

* BUT THEY'LL COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN *

* AND COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN *

* SOME PEOPLE MUST HAVE

* SOME NEVER WILL... *

BOB ROBERTS IS A STALWART AMERICAN.

BOB'S A CHAMPIONSHIP SWORDSMAN.

BOB IS A TIRELESS WORKER.

SO FULL OF LIFE.

MAN OF VISION.

DYNAMIC PERSONALITY.

UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL.

HE'S ONE OF A KIND.

BOB'S A PEOPLE PERSON. A GENIUS.

AN INSPIRATION.

A MAN OF THE PEOPLE.

BOB'S A PARAGON OF VIRTUE.

BOB'S THE LEADER OF A GENERATION.

SUDDENLY A YOUNG MAN WITH A GUITAR

STARTS SINGING A SONG

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESTAURANT.

THIS IS HAPPENING IN BROPHY'S, NOW.

THIS JUST DOES NOT HAPPEN.

HE NOT ONLY HAD A BRILLIANT MIND AND WONDERFUL WIT,

HE COULD ALSO SING.

HE FINISHES THE SONG AND TREMENDOUS APPLAUSE

AND THEN BOOM, OUT THE DOOR. HE'S GONE.

I LOOK AT MR. HART AND SAY, "WHAT WAS THAT?"

HE SAYS, IN HIS INIMITABLE WAY,

"THAT, MY FRIEND, WAS A GOLD MINE."

[TERRY MANCHESTER] AND THEN?

AND THEN IT HAPPENED.

HE BECAME A STAR. OVERNIGHT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

HE IS A TREMENDOUS TALENT,

AN ARTIST IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE WORD.

AND THE NEXT SENATOR FROM THE GREAT STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SEIZE THE DAY!

* I SPEND ALL MY TIME DRUNK IN A BAR *

* I WANT TO BE RICH

* I DON'T HAVE A BRAIN

* SO GIVE ME A HANDOUT

* WHILE I COMPLAIN *

BOB ROBERTS-- FENCING ENTHUSIAST,

POET, FOLK SINGER, BUSINESSMAN,

SENATORIAL CANDIDATE.

THIS CONTROVERSIAL,

YET EXTRAORDINARILY POPULAR ENTERTAINER

FIRST APPEARED ON THE MUSIC SCENE THREE YEARS AGO

WITH HIS DEBUT ALBUM,

THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB ROBERTS.

DESPITE BEING ASSAILED BY THE MUSIC CRITICS

AS A CORRUPT, UNFAIR DIATRIBE AGAINST THE SIXTIES,

THE ALBUM REMARKABLY SOARED TO NUMBER 23

ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS.

[APPLAUSE]

BACKED BY A TEAM OF NOVICES,

WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF A MAJOR RECORD LABEL,

RELYING ON WORD OF MOUTH

AND HIS OWN TEAM OF BUSINESSMEN AND ASSOCIATES

WHO SEEMED MORE SUITED TO A TOWNHOUSE THAN A TOUR BUS,

ROBERTS CREATED A NICHE FOR HIMSELF

IN A BUSINESS THAT HAD CONTEMPTUOUSLY REJECTED HIM.

HIS SECOND ALBUM, TIMES ARE CHANGIN' BACK,

PEAKS AT NUMBER THREE.

QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT

FOR A JOURNEYMAN FOLK SINGER

THAT SPIN MAGAZINE ONCE CALLED

A CRYPTO-FASCIST CLOWN.

THIS IS A PRESS CONFERENCE.

YOU HAVE THE WRONG PASS.

I DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM.

GO TO THE POLICE FOR THE PASS.

ON JULY 4th OF THIS YEAR,

BOB ROBERTS ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY

FOR THE U.S. SENATE SEAT IN PENNSYLVANIA.

THIS DOCUMENTARY CHRONICLES THE MAN

AND HIS QUEST FOR ELECTION.

EIGHT YEARS AGO I HAD HAD ENOUGH!

I HAD SEEN THE DREAMS OF A GENERATION SQUASHED

BY AN EVIL MENACE,

AN EVIL MENACE CALLED DRUGS.

I MADE UP MY MIND THERE AND THEN

TO DEDICATE MY LIFE

TO SEEING THAT THIS PROBLEM

END IN OUR LIFETIME!

I CONTACTED MY FRIEND LUKAS HART,

AND I ENLISTED HIS HELP.

IT IS BECAUSE OF LUKAS HART'S

DILIGENCE AND EFFORTS

THAT EIGHT YEARS AGO

BROKEN DOVE WAS BORN.

BROKEN DOVE IS HARD AT WORK

FIGHTING THE WAR ON DRUGS,

BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME.

WE MUST START THE WAR EARLY,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

WE MUST START THE WAR WITH OUR CHILDREN

AT HOME AND IN OUR CLASSROOMS!

HEY, MISTER, CAN I SEE YOUR GUN?

CAN I SEE YOUR GUN?

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I HAVE A GUN?

UHH!

COME ON OVER THIS WAY.

THERE'S SOME GREAT SHOTS WITH THE KIDS.

ALL RIGHT, JOHN, YOU GOT ME.

YOU GOT ME.

GOOD WORK, KIDS. I'M DEAD.

HERE'S MRS. ROBERTS.

HERE'S MRS. ROBERTS-- POLLY.

POLLY AND BOB.

WHY DON'T YOU LET US TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE KIDS?

WHY DON'T YOU SIT RIGHT THERE ON THE TABLE?

BOB'S A TIRELESS WORKER, UNBRIDLED ENERGY.

AS HIS DOCTOR, I TELL HIM TO SLOW DOWN.

HE WON'T LISTEN.

WITHOUT HIS ORGANIZATION BROKEN DOVE,

THIS CLINIC WOULD NOT EXIST.

I WANT YOU ALL TO SAY VOTE BOB.

VOTE BOB!

* WHAT DID THE TEACHER TELL YOU IN SCHOOL TODAY *

* IN SCHOOL TODAY?

* WHAT DID THE TEACHER TELL YOU *

* IN SCHOOL TODAY, MY CHILD? *

* SAID IT'S A CRIME TO SAY A LITTLE PRAYER *

* SAID GOD'S NO LONGER WANTED HERE *

* OH, THAT'S WHAT THE SILLY TEACHER *

* TOLD YOU IN SCHOOL *

ROBERT ROBERTS JR.

WAS BORN ON JANUARY 3, 1955,

IN SAINT VINCENT'S HOSPITAL, PHILADELPHIA.

IN HIS EARLY YEARS,

BOB LIVES ON A COMMUNE IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA.

IT WAS AN IDEALISTIC ATTEMPT.

THIS WAS THE LATE FIFTIES,

PREHIPPIE.

WE TRIED TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY

BASED ON THE IDEA OF COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY.

IT'S A CRAZY IDEA.

IT WAS NUTS.

IT WAS AN UNREALISTIC ENVIRONMENT

FOR A CHILD TO GROW UP IN.

WE MOVED TO PHILADELPHIA WHEN BOBBY WAS 3.

IT'LL BE COLD TODAY.

CHILLY, CHILLY, CHILLY

AS THE LEAVES OF AUTUMN MAKE WAY

FOR THE CHILL WIND OF WINTER.

SNOW WAS REPORTED IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS.

DON'T DUST OFF THE SKIS YET, FOLKS.

IT'S A BRISK 43.

NOW OUR OWN KELLY NOBLE INTERVIEWS

SENATORIAL CANDIDATE BOB ROBERTS.

I MUST SAY UP FRONT

I'M NOT A FAN OF YOUR MUSIC.

I FIND IT OFFENSIVE.

I'M SORRY, BUT I WOULDN'T VOTE FOR YOU

IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT.

GOOD MORNING, PHILADELPHIA!

OUR GUEST TODAY IS BOB ROBERTS,

PENNSYLVANIA SENATORIAL CANDIDATE

AND FOLK SINGER.

OUR VIEWERS ARE CURIOUS

ABOUT WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.

WHERE DID IT START FOR YOU?

WHERE DID WHAT START?

WAS IT A SMALL COLONIAL HOME

WITH MOM IN A YELLOW STARCHED DRESS

AND DAD IN A SEERSUCKER SUIT?

YOU'RE SPEAKING OF MY UPBRINGING?

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ISSUES,

BUT I'LL HAPPILY INDULGE YOUR PERSONALITY SEARCH.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED LOWER MIDDLE CLASS

RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE--

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MY FATHER WAS A FRY COOK, MY MOTHER A PEACENIK.

I HAD NO BROTHERS OR SISTERS.

MAKE YOUR JUDGMENTS, IF YOU MUST.

HE WAS A MODEL STUDENT,

SO FULL OF LIFE AND ENERGY.

SOME OF THE OTHER KIDS DIDN'T LIKE HIM VERY MUCH.

OH, BUT I DID. VERY MUCH.

INCREASING RESTLESSNESS

AND TROUBLE WITH AUTHORITY FIGURES AND CLASSMATES

CREATE PROBLEMS FOR BOB IN HIGH SCHOOL.

BY HIS SENIOR YEAR, HIS GRADES HAVE FALLEN.

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE WITHOUT A HOME.

I WAS HOMELESS AT 17.

I DIDN'T RAMBLE. I DIDN'T ROAM.

NO, SIRREE. NO BOXCARS OR PARK BENCHES.

NO PANHANDLING FOR ME.

I WENT STRAIGHT TO WORK.

EARNED ENOUGH MONEY OUT ON MY OWN

TO ENROLL MYSELF IN A SCHOOL OF MY CHOICE,

A SCHOOL I WANTED.

THAT'S NOT QUITE TRUE.

BOBBY ENROLLED HIMSELF IN MILITARY COLLEGE

BY FORGING MY SIGNATURE ON A CHECK OF MINE.

HE WAS HAPPY THERE.

HE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE HE NEEDED DISCIPLINE,

MORE STRUCTURE IN HIS LIFE.

FELT WE OFFERED TOO MUCH FREEDOM.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

HE WAS RIGHT.

I WAS TRYING TO INSTILL DIFFERENT VALUES IN HIM

THAN THE ONES HE HAS NOW.

LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

WELL, THE SIXTIES ARE,

LET'S FACE IT,

A DARK STAIN ON AMERICAN HISTORY.

AT NO OTHER TIME HAS LAWLESSNESS AND IMMORALITY

BEEN SO WIDESPREAD.

YOU'RE SPEAKING OF WATERGATE AND OUR INVASION OF CAMBODIA?

NO, I'M NOT.

I'M SPEAKING OF YOU.

I'M SPEAKING OF LAWLESSNESS AND IMMORALITY

WITH REGARD TO DRUG USE AND SEXUAL PRACTICE.

EXCUSE ME?

DISREGARD IN THE PRESS

FOR THE SACRED INSTITUTIONS

THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY WHAT IT IS TODAY.

IS SOCIAL PROTEST

DISREGARD FOR OUR LAWS AND INSTITUTIONS?

CERTAINLY, IT IS.

YET IT'S A GUARANTEED RIGHT IN OUR CONSTITUTION.

SO'S BURNING THE FLAG. NEED I SAY MORE?

YES, YOU NEED SAY MORE,

OR ARE WE TO BELIEVE

THAT WHAT BOB ROBERTS WANTS TO SEE IN AMERICA

IS A COMPLIANT AND SILENT PUBLIC

WHICH RESPECTS THE WISHES AND ACTIONS OF ITS PRESIDENTS,

NO MATTER HOW IMMORAL OR ILLEGAL?

ARE YOU A COMMUNIST?

EXCUSE ME?

SELF-DETERMINATION--

A CHOICE TO BE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE,

AND I WANTED TO BE...

RICH!

ROBERTS GRADUATES

FROM WESTMORELAND MILITARY ACADEMY

WITH HONORS IN 1977

AND IS SELECTED AS A CANDIDATE

FOR A MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS

AT YALE UNIVERSITY.

IN 1980 ROBERTS GRADUATES FROM YALE

AND BEGINS HIS PHENOMENAL RISE

ON WALL STREET.

* GRANDMA FELT GUILTY ABOUT BEIN' SO RICH *

* AND IT BOTHERED HER UNTIL THE DAY SHE DIED *

* BUT I WILL TAKE MY INHERITANCE *

* AND INVEST IT WITH PRIDE *

* YES, INVEST IT

* WITH PRIDE *

YOU HAVE JUST SAID THAT OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVES

ARE IMMORAL CRIMINALS.

I TAKE OFFENSE AT THAT DEEPLY.

I'M AN AMERICAN THAT BELIEVES INTENSELY IN MORALITY,

AND I BELIEVE IN THE SANCTITY

OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY.

I TRUST THE AMERICAN PUBLIC

DOESN'T SHARE YOUR CYNICAL, ANTI-AMERICAN VIEWS

AND WILL CAST VOTES ACCORDINGLY

WITH PRIDE AND CONVICTION.

THANK YOU, KELLY AND BOB.

I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT,

BECAUSE IT MEANS YOU WANT AMERICANS TO VOTE

BASED ON HATRED AND IGNORANCE.

YOU'RE TAKING SIDES, MA'AM.

YOU'RE ABUSING YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A JOURNALIST.

I AM OFFENDED BY YOU, SIR.

IF I IGNORE MY FEELINGS, I'M TAKING YOUR SIDE.

ISN'T YOUR JOB ONE OF OBJECTIVITY?

YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT OBJECTIVITY.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IGNORANCE.

IS HE ONE OF YOURS?

OH, JIMINY.

HEY, BROTHER...

DOES GETTING IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR

MEAN CHECKING YOUR SKIN AT THE DOOR?

CAN'T BLACK PEOPLE HAVE MORE THAN ONE OPINION?

OH, YOU'RE STILL BLACK?

I'D LIKE TO THINK SO.

GUESS WE ALL HAVE TO ADHERE

TO THE SAME MILITANT BLACK PARTY LINE.

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!

WONDERFUL WORK ON THE NEWS.

WE ALWAYS WATCH YOU.

YOU'RE NOW A MEMBER OF OUR CAMPAIGN TEAM.

DO YOU THINK I CAN GET ANOTHER ONE

FOR MY SON?

WE'LL SEND YOU SEVERAL.

YOU'RE WELCOME HERE ANYTIME, BOB.

GOOD LUCK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

GREAT.

BOB ROBERTS IS YET ANOTHER OF THAT FACTION

THAT LIVES TO DESTROY

WHATEVER GOOD CAME OUT OF THE SIXTIES,

TO REWRITE THE HISTORY OF THAT IMPORTANT PERIOD,

A PERIOD WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

ACTUALLY WERE INFORMED

AND AWARE AND REALIZED

THAT THEY HAD A VOICE.

THEY DEMANDED THAT A WAR END.

BOB ROBERTS IS NIXON,

ONLY HE'S SHREWDER,

MORE COMPLICATED, THIS BOB ROBERTS.

NOW, HERE IS A MAN

WHO HAS ADOPTED THE PERSONA AND MIND-SET

OF THE FREETHINKING REBEL

AND TURNED IT ON ITSELF.

THE REBEL CONSERVATIVE.

THAT IS DEVIANT BRILLIANCE.

WHAT A MACHIAVELLIAN POSEUR.

* THIS LAND

* IS MY LAND

* THIS LAND

* IS OUR LAND

* YOU GOT TO BE PROUD TO BE *

* IN THE LAND OF THE FREE *

* THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR US *

* THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR ME **

THIS IS QUITE A TOUR.

MR. ROBERTS!

MY NAME IS BUGS RAPLIN.

I'M FROM TROUBLED TIMES JOURNAL.

COULD I POSSIBLY ARRANGE AN INTERVIEW?

MY PLEASURE.

HERE'S OUR NUMBER.

CALL OUR CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS.

YEAH, RIGHT.

LET'S FIRE IT UP.

KOGI, ARE YOU THERE?

[SPEAKING JAPANESE]

NIKKEI IS UP 24,041.45.

AS TENSIONS CONTINUE TO MOUNT--

MEMBERS OF THE 101st AIRBORNE--

FINAL STEP ON AMERICAN SOIL--

FOR OPERATION DESERT SHIELD. CHUCK.

THANK YOU, CAROL.

SENATOR BRICKLEY PAISTE

WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL YET AGAIN YESTERDAY.

PAISTE SAMPLED HOMEMADE GOODIES

WHILE VISITING THE LOCAL LADIES' AUXILIARY

IN DUQUESNE.

PAISTE ALSO PRESIDED OVER THE DEDICATION

OF THE STEAM TORPEDO MONUMENT IN PITTSBURGH.

I THINK IT'S HIGHLY SUITABLE TODAY,

THAT AS WAR CLOUDS ONCE AGAIN

ARE UPON THE HORIZON,

THAT WE DEDICATE THE STEAM TORPEDO

AS SYMBOL OF 13 MILLION OF US

WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II...

CAROL.

THANKS, CHUCK.

SENATOR PAISTE'S OPPONENT BOB ROBERTS

IS CREATING QUITE A SENSATION

IN HIS PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION TOUR,

PLAYING TO SOLD-OUT AUDIENCES

FROM SCRANTON TO PITTSBURGH.

THE CANDIDATE WAS IN TOWN TODAY

PAYING A VISIT TO THE LOCAL MENCK CLINIC.

WITH THIS STORY, ROSE PONDELL. ROSE?

THIS IS MENCK CLINIC IN SCRANTON,

SET UP WITH MONEY RAISED BY BROKEN DOVE,

SENATORIAL CANDIDATE BOB ROBERTS'

PRIVATE RELIEF ORGANIZATION.

THE MENCK CLINIC AND BROKEN DOVE

HONORED BOB ROBERTS THIS AFTERNOON

IN A CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON.

...HONORING YOU AS PATRIOT OF THE YEAR!

WHOO!

BOB HAS A GREAT VISION

FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY

AND A GREAT VISION

FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CHILDREN.

HE'S THE ONLY MAN TO VOTE FOR.

HE'S AMAZING.

HE'S A POET AND A GENIUS.

IT'S CLEAR TO ALL PRESENT HERE

THAT DRUGS ARE A TOUGH PROBLEM

AND THAT A TOUGH MAN IS NEEDED TO TACKLE IT.

FROM ALL INDICATIONS,

BOB ROBERTS MIGHT BE THAT MAN.

THIS IS ROSE PONDELL, WAPW, ACTION NEWS.

THANK YOU, ROSE. CHUCK.

THANK YOU, CAROL.

RECENT POLLS SHOW INCUMBENT SENATOR PAISTE

LEADING ROBERTS BY 10 PERCENTAGE POINTS.

SOURCES IN THE ROBERTS' CAMPAIGN

SAY ROBERTS WILL BE A STRONG FINISHER.

I COULD USE A STRONG FINISHER MYSELF SOMETIMES.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

[LAUGHING]

MR. HART LOVES IT!

WHAT ABOUT BOB? DOES HE LIKE IT?

BOB LOVES IT, TOO!

WHAT IS LUKAS HART'S CONNECTION

WITH BOB'S SUCCESS?

NO CONNECTION.

LUKAS HART IS HELPING SEND

BOB ROBERTS TO WASHINGTON.

THEY DO THIS EVERY MORNING.

IT COULD LAST FOR HOURS.

THIS THROWS ME BEHIND SCHEDULE.

IT PISSES ME OFF.

I GET THE SPEEDING TICKETS, NOT HIM.

I DON'T GIVE A SHIT. I DO THE BEST I CAN.

GOOD MORNING, PHILADELPHIA.

SENATOR BRICKLEY PAISTE ANGRILY DENIED ALLEGATIONS

REGARDING A REPORT

THAT RAN IN THE PITTSBURGH POST TIMES

ACCUSING HIM OF AN EXTRAMARITAL LIAISON

WITH A CAMPAIGN WORKER.

THE GIRL IN QUESTION

IS A FRIEND OF MY GRANDDAUGHTER.

IF THE ENTIRE PHOTOGRAPH HAD BEEN SHOWN,

YOU'D SEE MY GRANDDAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR.

I DEEPLY RESENT THIS SLANDER.

YOU CAN BE SURE

I'LL FIND OUT WHO'S BEHIND IT.

OVERNIGHT POLLS SHOW SENATOR PAISTE'S LEAD

HAS SLIPPED CONSIDERABLY

AND IS AHEAD OF ROBERTS BY A NARROW MARGIN.

WE ARE DOING VERY WELL

IN EVERY AREA OF THE STATE.

THE KEY THING IS WE'RE DOING WELL IN DEPRESSED AREAS.

THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN HIT VERY HARD.

THEY'RE VERY DEPRESSED ECONOMICALLY.

PLANTS HAVE CLOSED.

SUPPORTING INDUSTRIES HAVE CLOSED.

PEOPLE DON'T HAVE JOBS.

THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES.

THEY'RE FORECLOSING ON THEIR HOMES.

SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE FOR THESE PEOPLE.

BOB'S GOING TO DO IT.

ART, CHECK YOUR SECURITY COORDINATES.

WE'LL BE THERE IN A MINUTE.

HOW MANY YOU WANT TO BUY?

50,000.

COME ON. NEXT! KEY IN! KEY IN!

NEXT!

5,000 AT 6!

NEXT.

5,000. I SENT A FAX ON IT.

WE'LL GET FAXES ON A SLOW BOAT TO TIENANMEN SQUARE.

BOB ROBERTS IS A LIVING TRIBUTE

TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

A SELF-MADE MAN AT THE AGE OF 35,

HE'S RUMORED TO HAVE A NET WORTH

OF SOMETHING OVER $40 MILLION.

TODAY I'M WAITING TO MEET BOB ROBERTS

IN THE SANITARY CONFINES OF THE PRIDE--

HIS FUNCTIONALLY DESIGNED

TWO-ROOM TRADING FLOOR ON WHEELS.

EVER SINCE THIS IRAQ BUSINESS,

TALKING TO YOUR BROKER'S

LIKE TALKING TO A RAMBLING, INSECURE CHILD.

WHO WAS THAT?

LAVAL.

THERE GOES THE POOL.

THE HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.

WORLD MARKETS HAVE BEEN TUMULTUOUS

FOR THREE YEARS,

SINCE THE CRASH OF '87.

HOW DID YOU DO?

DID YOU LOSE MONEY IN THE CRASH?

YEAH, RIGHT.

WHAT'S FUNNY?

BACK TO WORK.

THE SLOW LOST MONEY IN THAT CRASH.

SMART MONEY GOT OUT BEFORE THE JUNK BONDS HIT THE FAN,

IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

UP-TO-MINUTE GOLD-PLATED INFORMATION

COST ME CONSIDERABLE EFFORT AND DILIGENCE.

IF I'D MISSED THOSE CALLS,

I'D HAVE BEEN SCREWED,

BUT I KNOW THE MARKET IMPORTANCE

OF PAGING SYSTEMS AND MOBILE PHONES.

EVERYONE'S NERVOUS OVER THEIR LACK OF CONTROL

OVER THE POLITICAL SITUATION OVERSEAS.

YOU CAN'T READILY OBTAIN THAT INFORMATION,

BUT YOU CAN STAY IN TOUCH.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY TOO MUCH,

BUT THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO,

WAYS YOU READ THE WORLD.

WHAT I READ EXCITES ME, FRANKLY.

* W-W-W-WALL STREET

* W-W-WALL STREET

* WALL STREET RAP

* I CAN FIX A LOAN FROM A MIDWESTERN S&L *

* HE PUTS THE MONEY IN A QUICK-DRYING INKWELL *

* TAKES A LOSS, GETS CROSSED *

* WALKS TO THE CORNER STORE *

* PULLS A KNIFE, CALLS HIS WIFE *

* CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE

* LOOK OUT, JOE, HOW FAR WILL IT GO? *

* TAKE AWAY THE FIRE AND WHERE DOES THE WATER FLOW? *

* S-S-S-S&L

* S&Ls

* JERRY'S IN THE ATTIC MESSING WITH THE STATIC *

* JUNIOR'S ON THE TELEPHONE, NOTHING PROBLEMATIC *

* JULIE'S SELLING T-BONDS, HER BILL IS TURNING OVER *

* JOHNNY'S BUILDING WALLS, MANIPULATING A TAKEOVER *

* LOOK OUT, JOE, HOW FAR WILL IT GO? *

* TAKE AWAY THE FIRE AND WHERE DOES THE WATER FLOW? *

* MANIP--MANIP--MANIP--

* MANIPULATING A TAKEOVER

* GET TOUGH, GET RIGHT

* TRY TO GET SOME SLEEP AT NIGHT *

* TRY HARD, GET HARDER

* LOVE TO WIN, LIVE TO FIGHT *

* OWN THE TOWN, LOVE THE BEST *

* DON'T SHARE THE TREASURE CHEST *

* IF YOU CHEAT, GET AWAY *

* LEAD 'EM DOWN AN ALLEYWAY *

* LOOK OUT, JOE, HOW FAR WILL IT GO? *

* TAKE AWAY THE FIRE AND WHERE DOES THE WATER FLOW? *

* FLOW

* LOOK OUT, JOE, HOW FAR WILL IT GO? *

* TAKE AWAY THE FIRE AND WHERE DOES THE WATER FLOW? *

* P-P-P-P-PORK--PORK--PORK-- PORK BELLIES **

NOW'S THE TIME TO INVEST.

WE MUSTN'T BE INTIMIDATED

BY THIRD-WORLD MADMEN.

WE MUST STAY STRONG AND MARKET-CONFIDENT.

RELUCTANCE FEEDS THE AGGRESSOR.

AS WE SAY ON THE PRIDE,

IF YOU'RE AFRAID OF AN ACTIVE MARKET,

[ALL] YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!

PARAGROUP, PREPARE TO DOCK. LET'S LOCK AND LOAD!

THERE'LL BE A MIDEAST RESOLUTION

AND A BULL MARKET BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

MARK MY WORDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

COBRA, WHITEY-1, WE'RE ON THE MOVE!

GOOD LUCK, BOB!

TO THE RIGHT, PLEASE.

EVERYBODY, TO THE RIGHT, PLEASE!

STEP AWAY. THANK YOU.

TO THE RIGHT, PLEASE!

WE'RE WALKING AROUND ON THE CAMPAIGN.

MR. ROBERTS, MR, ROBERTS!

I CONTACTED YOUR CAMPAIGN OFFICE.

THEY SAID I HAD TO BE CONNECTED TO A MAJOR NEWS NETWORK

OR NEWSPAPER TO GET A PRESS PASS.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS. TALK TO CHET MacGREGOR.

HE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

BUGS.

BUGS?

JOHN ALIJAH RAPLIN.

JOHN RAPLIN. PUBLICATION?

TROUBLED TIMES.

THERE'LL BE A PASS WAITING AT THE DOOR TONIGHT.

OH.

YEAH, SURE.

OH!

IT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME.

I DON'T THINK SO, CHET.

COURSE NOT. IT'S A BAD IDEA.

YOU WANTED TO SEE IT THROUGH.

MR. HART THINKS WE SHOULD STICK WITH

BOB ROBERTS AND THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.

SIMPLICITY AND STRENGTH.

I TEND TO AGREE WITH MR. HART.

THIS IS TOO BASIC, TOO SIMPLE.

THIS ONE SEVERE, STRONG. I LIKE IT, BUT TOO STRONG.

THIS ONE'S A NIGHTMARE. IT SCARES ME.

I TEND TO AGREE WITH MR. HART AS WELL.

STICK WITH THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN--

RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. BART?

ABSOLUTELY, BOB.

STRAIGHT UP.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I THINK THERE'S NO QUESTION.

THAT'S THE ONE.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

YOU, NIGEL?

THE NAUGHTY NIGEL.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP--

OUR NEW TELEVISION COMMERCIAL.

GET OUT OF THE WAY.

BOB, YOU SIT HERE.

SCAT, BART.

IT'S 15 SECONDS, MAKES ITS POINT STRONGLY.

STARTS AIRING TOMORROW.

* FOR A NEW DAY DAWNING

* AHH *

WHAT DO YOU THINK, BART?

I LOVE IT, BOB.

PERRIGREW?

GREAT, BOB.

DOCKETT?

CHILLY MOST, BOB.

WHAT DID HE SAY?

CHILLY MOST.

WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?

IT MEANS TERRIFIC, BOB.

I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT.

WE HAVE ABOUT TWO MORE SPOTS IN PRODUCTION.

NEXT WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S WIFE RIGHT OUTSIDE,

LOVELY LADY WANTS TO SEE YOU

AND THREE BOYS WHO WANT TO SAY HELLO TO BOB ROBERTS.

COBRA-2, ON THE MOVE.

HI.

MRS. DAVIS, THIS IS BOB ROBERTS.

WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.

WE'RE SO PROUD TO PLAY YOUR MUSIC

IN OUR HOME.

SOMETIMES I PLAY IT WHEN I'M ALONE,

BUT DON'T TELL MY HUSBAND.

WE WON'T.

ANYWAY, FRANK AND I BOTH AGREE

THAT YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE

FOR THE YOUTH OF THIS COUNTRY.

WE WISH THERE WERE MORE SINGERS LIKE YOU.

WE INTEND TO VOTE FOR YOU.

WE'RE SO TIRED OF BRICKLEY PAISTE

AND ALL HIS PHILANDERING.

ANYWAY, THIS IS MY SON ROGER

AND HIS FRIENDS BURT AND KEVIN.

PLEASED TO MEET YOU, SIR.

WE GOT ALL-- BOTH ALBUM...

NICE TO MEET YOU.

HEY, HI.

OHH!

YEAH!

WE GOT A BAND.

ACTUALLY, WE PLAY SOME OF YOUR SONGS.

WE PLAY RETAKE AMERICA

AND THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR ME.

WHAT INSTRUMENT DO YOU PLAY?

WE ALL PLAY GUITAR.

I MUST ADMIT,

WHEN YOUNG ROGER FIRST WANTED HIS GUITAR,

WE WERE FIT AS BIRDS.

BUT MY HUSBAND TRUSTED

HIS SON WOULD TAKE THE LORD'S LESSONS WITH HIM,

NO MATTER WHAT INSTRUMENT OF THE DEVIL CARESSED HIS HAND.

MR. ROBERTS?

WE'D LIKE TO SEND STUFF

TO THE W--

YOU'RE GREAT.

WE WISH THAT THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, STUFF.

LIKE IF THERE WAS, UH,

WHEN I HEARD THAT... WOW, YOU KNOW!

ARE THERE ANY MORE STUFF?

WHEN--WHEN'S THE NEW ALBUM?

ELECTION DAY.

WE'RE RELEASING IT ELECTION DAY.

MR. ROBERTS HAS TO BE ON HIS WAY.

WHAT ARE THE SONGS ABOUT?

WELL, VARIOUS THINGS-- CONGRESS, LIBERALS, IRAQ.

WE HEARD ABOUT THAT.

WHAT?

IRAQ.

OH, YEAH. I HOPE WE KICK THEIR ASS.

SO DO I.

WILL IT BE NECESSARY TO USE FORCE?

WE MUST BE STRONG WHENEVER DEMOCRACY IS THREATENED.

WE WANT TO AVOID VIOLENCE BY ANY MEANS,

BUT I'M AFRAID IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY.

HUSSEIN IS A MADMAN.

EXCUSE US. BOB HAS A SHOW TO GET READY FOR.

IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE MEETING YOU.

I WISH THERE WAS A WAY I COULD VOTE FOR YOU A HUNDRED TIMES.

THERE IS, ACTUALLY.

REALLY?

JUST KIDDING.

LET'S NOT SHOOT THIS.

COME ON.

COME ON OVER HERE.

IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND WHO BOB ROBERTS IS,

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHO LUKAS HART III IS.

LUKAS HART IS A SPOOK,

ONE OF THE LANGLEY CROWD NEW GUARD.

HART HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE SHADOWS.

HE WAS A LIEUTENANT-- VIETNAM, SPECIAL FORCES,

WORKED ON THE INFAMOUS PHOENIX PROGRAM,

TRANSFERRED TO SOUTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS,

MESSED AROUND IN CENTRAL AMERICA--

HE PROBABLY POPPED A COUPLE OF HEADS--

SET UP AN ORGANIZATION CALLED BROKEN DOVE,

WHICH SUPPLIED TRANSPORT PLANES

TO U.S. GOVERNMENT OPERATIVES,

GOT HIS HANDS REAL DIRTY IN IRAN-CONTRA.

THE SENATE WASHED HIM CLEAN.

I CAN'T RECALL, SIR.

YOU CAN'T RECALL. I SEE.

DID YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION BROKEN DOVE

HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH A TRANSPORT PLANE

THAT WAS DOWNED IN NICARAGUA...

SIR?

ON MAY 23, 1987?

THE PLANE WAS CONTRACTED

TO FLY HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES INTO IMPOVERISHED REGIONS

IN SOUTHERN HONDURAS.

BROKEN DOVE IS A PRIVATE RELIEF CORPORATION.

SO YOU HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE GUNS

THAT WERE ON THAT PLANE?

NO, SIR.

BUT THE THREE MEN

WERE ALL CLOSE BUSINESS ASSOCIATES OF YOURS?

REST THEIR SOULS, YES.

THEY WERE PATRIOTS ACTING ON THEIR OWN VOLITION.

CAN YOU SUM UP THESE BELIEFS FOR US?

THAT THE U.S. CONGRESS WAS RESTRICTING THE GROWTH AND SAFEGUARD

OF DEMOCRACY IN CENTRAL AMERICA.

THAT THE ACTIONS OF THESE MEN,

ALTHOUGH AGAINST THE BOLAND AMENDMENT,

WERE NEVERTHELESS ON THE SIDE OF GOODNESS AND DECENCY.

I HAVE A COPY OF A FBI REPORT

REGARDING TRACES OF COCAINE

FOUND ON ONE OF THE TRANSPORT PLANES.

THIS WILL BE DEALT WITH IN CLOSED SESSION.

I AGREE.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE DEPTHS

TO WHICH THE U.S. CONGRESS IS PREPARED TO SINK.

THIS IS A TRAVESTY.

THE CHARGES AGAINST BROKEN DOVE

WERE FOUND TO BE GROUNDLESS.

THE ORGANIZATION WAS COMPLETELY EXONERATED.

THE WHOLE INVESTIGATION WAS A SHAM.

THEY DISCOVERED A SECRET GOVERNMENT

OF LIARS AND DRUG SMUGGLERS,

DIDN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT.

THE STORY DIED IN THE MAJOR PRESS.

IT'S IDIOTS LIKE ME WHO FIND OUT JUST HOW DEEP IT GOES.

I'M MEETING WITH A CONTACT

WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE EVIDENCE THAT CONNECTS BROKEN DOVE

TO A FAILED SAVINGS AND LOAN.

I GOT TO GO.

I CANNOT BELIEVE THE LIES AND INNUENDO

THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF.

IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAD NO INVOLVEMENT

WITH THIS ESCAPADE.

WE ARE WASTING YOUR TIME.

I AM SORRY.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?

THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE ERRONEOUS AT BEST--

ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE.

HOW MUCH MORE OF THIS FICTION

DOES MY FAMILY HAVE TO SUFFER?

I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT I HAD DONE ENOUGH BY NOW

TO MAKE MY POSITION ON NARCOTICS PERFECTLY CLEAR.

* DRUGS STINK

* THEY MAKE ME SICK

* THOSE THAT SELL 'EM

* AND THOSE THAT DO 'EM *

* STRING 'EM UP

* FROM THE HIGHEST TREE

* WITHOUT A TRACE OF SYMPATHY *

* DRUGS STINK

* DRUGS STINK

* BE A CLEAN-LIVIN' MAN

* WITH A ROPE IN YOUR HAND *

* DRUGS STINK

* DRUGS STINK

* HANG 'EM HIGH FOR A CLEAN-LIVIN' LAND *

* POT-HEADED WEIRDOS

* SEX DEVIATES

* DANCIN' FOOLS

* YOUR DAY IS DONE

* IT'S TIME TO LEAVE

* THE FACE OF THIS EARTH *

* DOPE-SMOKING MORONS

* DIRTY HIPPIE FREAKS

* DRUGS STINK

* DRUGS STINK

* BE A CLEAN-LIVIN' MAN

* WITH A ROPE IN YOUR HAND *

* DRUGS STINK

* DRUGS STINK

* HANG 'EM HIGH FOR A CLEAN-LIVIN' LAND *

* HANG 'EM HIGH

* FOR A CLEAN-LIVIN' LAND *

HEY!

DESPITE RECENT ECONOMIC INDICATIONS

SHOWING A STAGNANT ECONOMY,

AT LEAST ONE BUSINESS

IS SHOWING AN INCREASE IN PROFIT.

RIBBON MANUFACTURERS

ARE SHOWING AN INCREASE IN DEMAND

AS AMERICANS ARE SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT

OF OUR TROOPS IN THE PERSIAN GULF.

WELL, MR. BOB ROBERTS HAS SUGGESTED

THAT HE KNEW WHICH WAY I WAS LEANING

ON WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

I'M TOTALLY OPPOSED TO IT.

IT'S THE ENEMY-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB AGAIN.

SADDAM HUSSEIN--

I BELIEVE HE'S-- HE'S THE MOST EVIL MAN--

WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT SAY?

SINCE ADOLF HITLER.

BEFORE THAT THERE WAS NORIEGA.

HE WAS THE MOST EVIL MAN SINCE FU MANCHU.

AND THERE WAS QADDAFI

AND THEN THERE'S CASTRO,

AND THESE FIGURES ARE THROWN OUT THROUGH THE MEDIA

AND MADE INTO GREAT MONSTERS.

WHY?

BECAUSE WE MUST JUSTIFY THE MILITARY BUDGET.

IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU MUST HAVE ENEMIES,

SO WE BLOW UP THESE LOCAL THUGS

INTO THESE HUGE HITLER-LIKE FIGURES

AND PRETEND IT'S WORLD WAR II ALL OVER AGAIN.

DO NOT PIN YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS ON TRANSPORT PLANES.

THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO BUILD TRANSPORT PLANES

IF THE SHOOTING WAR IS PROLONGED.

SOMETHING TELLS ME IT IS NOT GOING TO BE ANOTHER VIETNAM.

A LITTLE BIRD TELLS ME.

THERE'S A HART DOCKET.

OH, HI, LISA.

IS MISS McGOREN IN AS WELL?

COME ON. GET IT.

GET IT!

BUY 6,000 AT 12.

NEXT.

SELL 25.

TRUST ME. HANG ON.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU VOTE BOB?

BOB, YOU'RE THE BEST.

THAT WAS AMAZING.

WE LOVE YOU, BOB.

OH, CHEEZ WHIZ! DON'T BE A FAG!

GOD!

DO YOU SUPPORT BROKEN DOVE?

YES. PROUDLY.

BROKEN DOVE IS AN ORGANIZATION

THAT WORKS EFFECTIVELY TO KEEP CHILDREN OFF DRUGS.

BEFORE ITS CURRENT INCARNATION

AS AN ANTIDRUG ORGANIZATION,

BROKEN DOVE BOUGHT TRANSPORT PLANES

THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE SMUGGLING OF DRUGS.

THAT'S COMPLETELY ABSURD AND SUBVERSIVE AND OLD NEWS.

BROKEN DOVE WAS ALREADY EXONERATED

OF THESE RIDICULOUS CHARGES

BY THE UNITED STATES SENATE.

RECENT EVIDENCE, HOWEVER, SUGGEST THAT THESE PLANES

WERE PURCHASED WITH MONEY FROM A LOW-INCOME HOUSING LOAN

GIVEN TO YOUR ORGANIZATION BY WEST PENNSYLVANIA SAVINGS AND LOAN,

A NOW INSOLVENT THRIFT.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

YOU TOOK MONEY MEANT FOR HOUSING

TO BUY PLANES TO SMUGGLE DRUGS.

THAT'S COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.

THEN WHERE IS THE MONEY FROM THOSE LOANS?

BUILDING HOUSING.

WHERE EXACTLY ARE THESE HOUSES?

DO YOU FEEL ANY RESPONSIBILITY

FOR THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES

CARRIED OUT BY GROUPS YOU SUPPORT?

I TOLD YOU ALREADY

THAT BROKEN DOVE WAS EXONERATED OF THESE CHARGES.

WHY WOULD YOU ASK ME?

DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME?

WHY WOULD YOU ASK THAT?

WHAT WOULD MOTIVATE YOU?

I AM TALKING ABOUT NEW EVIDENCE

CONNECTING BROKEN DOVE TO THE FAILED S&L.

SO, WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION?

WHAT?

ASK THE QUESTION. WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION?

A GROUP THAT YOU SUPPORT WAS RECENTLY IMPLICATED.

WHAT IS MEANT BY THE WORD "IMPLICATED"?

TO SUGGEST.

SUGGEST, NOT TO PROVE.

NOT TO INDICT.

ARE YOU MAKING ALLEGATIONS

YOU'RE WILLING TO BACK UP IN COURT?

THE CAMERA HAS JUST DOCUMENTED THIS ON FILM.

I DON'T THINK YOU'RE BEING FAIR.

YOU DON'T?

NO, I DON'T.

I HAVE A SWORN AFFIDAVIT.

YOU'RE NOT SHOWING THE SLIGHTEST RESPECT.

YOU'RE ABUSING YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A JOURNALIST.

SHUT OFF THE CAMERA!

LEAVE IT ON. LEAVE IT ON.

IS IT BEING RESPONSIBLE AS A JOURNALIST

TO GLOSS OVER THE FACTS, TO PAINT ONLY FAVORABLE PORTRAITS?

RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM IS OBJECTIVE.

THE INTERVIEWER DOES NOT BRING HIS OWN OPINIONS

INTO THE INTERVIEW.

HE'S OBJECTIVE.

I FEEL I'M BEING OBJECTIVE.

I'VE ASKED YOU A QUESTION,

AND YOU HAVE EVADED IT.

YOU HAVE ASKED AN INCREDIBLY SLANTED QUESTION

BASED ON LIES AND CONJECTURE,

AND I HAVE RESPONDED WITH AN ANSWER

APPROPRIATE TO THAT KIND OF YELLOW JOURNALISM.

AND THAT ANSWER IS?

I DON'T TALK TO LIARS OR GOSSIPMONGERS.

THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER.

TURN THE CAMERA OFF NOW.

HEY, THE INTERVIEW'S OVER.

BART, WOULD YOU PLEASE ESCORT THIS GENTLEMAN TO THE DOOR?

MR. ROBERTS,

IS IT TRUE THAT YOU REFERRED TO CRACK

AS BEING THE GREAT EQUALIZER?

CAMERA OFF!

ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT CRACK

SERVES TO REDUCE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION?

WHEN BOB SAYS CUT IT OFF, YOU CUT IT OFF.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

IS THAT OFF?

YES, IT'S OFF. ISN'T IT OFF?

THIS IS A MELTDOWN!

WHERE WERE YOUR MEN?

THEY TOOK THE WRONG DOOR.

CLARK, THIS CAN'T HAPPEN!

IT CAN'T!

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET ME UPSTAIRS.

YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO LISTEN TO ME, MAN.

WE HAVE A CAMPAIGN HERE WE'VE GOT TO WIN.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

[CLARK] LISTEN TO ME.

JESUS!

* SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL GIRL

* AS PRETTY AS A PICTURE *

* SHE'S A DAY IN MAY

* AS REAL AS TODAY

* SHE'S GOT TO BE A GIRL *

* SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL GIRL

* A FACE FULL OF FLOWERS *

* A DYNAMITE DAME

* SHE'S DESTINED FOR FAME

* SHE'S GOT TO BE A GIRL

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR FINALISTS ARE--

MISS CRUCIBLE...

MISS BROKEN DOVE...

MISS 3-MILE ISLAND...

MISS PITTSBURGH...

MISS ROADKILL...

MISS PHILADELPHIA.

* SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL GIRL

* JUST A LITTLE BIT SILLY

GOODBYE, MOTHER!

* A FIVE-ALARM FIRE

* OUR HEARTS' DESIRE

* A BEAUTIFUL GIRL

YOU'RE A DRUG SMUGGLER, AND YOU'RE GOING TO PAY!

* WATCH HER WALK, SHE'S SAUNTERING *

YOU SOLD OUT YOUR COUNTRY, MR. ROBERTS,

AND I'M GOING TO GET YOU!

* SHE'S WANDERIN'

* SHE'S A LOOKER

YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME?

* A PRESSURE COOKER

* A SPECTACULAR GIRL *

I'M GOING TO GET YOU, BOB ROBERTS!

A RECENT REPORT ON HOMELESSNESS

BY THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS

ESTIMATES THAT OVER, UH...

I CAN'T READ THAT.

AMERICANS LIVE WITHOUT HOMES, AND, UH,

A LOT OF AMERICANS

LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL.

AHEM.

AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY,

SENATOR BRICKLEY PAISTE ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM.

I HAVE JUST BEEN DISCUSSING THE PAISTE AMENDMENT,

WHICH I SHALL INTRODUCE INTO THE SENATE THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

THIS WILL EARMARK $200 MILLION

FOR THE HOMELESS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?

WELL, IT'S THE FAMOUS PEACE DIVIDEND,

WHICH I HOPE VERY MUCH

THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT TRANSFORM

INTO AN INVESTMENT IN WAR.

ON A LIGHTER NOTE,

THE MISS INDEPENDENCE BEAUTY CONTEST

WAS HELD TONIGHT AT ALTOONA TOWN HALL.

CONTESTANTS CAME FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE,

VYING FOR TOP HONORS

AND THE CHANCE TO REPRESENT PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE NATIONAL FINALS.

CURRENT SENATORIAL CANDIDATE BOB ROBERTS

WAS THERE LENDING HIS SUPPORT FOR THE CONTEST.

THE WINNER WAS MISS CRUCIBLE.

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD.

YOU DO? THAT'S EXCITING.

SHE HAD REALLY GREAT RHYTHM.

YOU KNOW, SHE TOLD ME

SHE'S NEVER EVEN HAD FRIED CHICKEN BEFORE.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

[TAWNA] RECENT POLLS SHOW BOB ROBERTS

JUMPING AHEAD OF SENATOR BRICKLEY PAISTE

IN THEIR RACE FOR THE SENATE,

AS PAISTE CAN'T SEEM TO SHAKE

THE ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

THAT HIT HIS CAMPAIGN LAST WEEK.

SENATOR PAISTE, HAVE THE ALLEGATIONS HURT YOUR CAMPAIGN?

OF COURSE NOT.

THIS IS AMERICA.

VIRTUE ALWAYS PREVAILS.

SENATOR PAISTE,

RECENT REPORTS SUGGEST THAT THE ROBERTS CAMPAIGN

HAS BEEN BEHIND THE LEAK OF THE STORY

REGARDING YOURSELF AND A TEENAGED CAMPAIGN WORKER.

THAT IS A LIE.

THE WHOLE THING'S A LIE.

I'VE ALREADY EXPLAINED THAT THE GIRL IN QUESTION

IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF MY GRANDDAUGHTER,

AND I WAS DRIVING THEM BOTH HOME.

I AM ALSO DISTRESSED THAT A 16-YEAR-OLD

WHO HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG

SHOULD BE SO PUBLICLY VILIFIED.

AS FOR BOB ROBERTS,

I COULD IMPLY GUILT BY ASSOCIATION,

WHICH I THINK YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO,

BUT I WON'T,

BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE,

AND I HAVE NEVER BELIEVED,

IN NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHY CAN'T YOU GET AHEAD?

WHY CAN'T YOU HAVE THE HOME OF YOUR DREAMS,

THE FAST CAR,

A NICE VACATION?

LET'S TACKLE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM.

LET'S TACKLE CHILDCARE, HEALTH CARE.

WHY HAS YOUR AMERICAN DREAM

BEEN RELEGATED TO THE TRASH HEAP OF HISTORY?

I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

BECAUSE OF THE WASTEFUL SOCIAL PROGRAMS

OF BRICKLEY PAISTE.

LET'S PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK,

CREATE JOBS,

ENCOURAGE INDUSTRY.

I CAN SEE A BRIGHTER FUTURE,

BUT WE HAVE TO WORK HARD,

AND, DARE I SAY IT,

SACRIFICE.

AND I REMIND THE PUBLIC

THAT BRICKLEY PAISTE STILL HAS NOT TOLD US

HOW HE WILL VOTE ON THE USE OF FORCE

IN THE PERSIAN GULF.

WE NEED A STRONG AMERICA

DEDICATED TO ISSUES THAT MATTER.

WE NEED TO CARE...

ABOUT PEOPLE.

LET'S CUT TAXES.

LET'S ALLOW THE WORKING MAN TO KEEP THE MONEY HE EARNS.

BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT POLITICS IS REALLY ABOUT--

REALITY,

NOT IMAGE.

VOTE FOR ME,

AND I WILL BRING THE VALUES OF THE COMMON MAN

TO BEAR IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

I WILL BRING YOUTH AND EXPERIENCE

AND PASSION AND BELIEF.

SO LET US...

BE REAL TOGETHER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE.

I WAS QUITE DISTURBED DURING OUR FAMOUS DEBATE,

IF IT COULD BE CALLED THAT.

SERIES OF PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES

IS PERHAPS MORE PRECISE.

I GET VIBRATIONS FROM MR. BOB ROBERTS

OF A VERY DISTURBING SORT.

I HAVEN'T ANY IDEA WHO HE IS.

I HAVEN'T ANY IDEA WHAT HE'S LIKE.

I DON'T THINK I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY IDEA.

I KNOW THAT HE PROVED TO BE A MASTER

OF PUSHING RACIST BUTTONS

AND SEXIST BUTTONS,

THIS AND THAT--

THE POLITICS OF EMOTION.

UH, HE'S VERY GOOD AT THAT.

WHAT'S BEHIND IT?

I DON'T SEE ANYBODY AT HOME,

BUT I WILL SAY THAT ONCE OR TWICE

IN THE COURSE OF OUR DEBATE,

I DETECTED A SLIGHT WHIFF OF SULFUR IN THE AIR.

* I'M A BLEEDING HEART

* LET'S GIVE MONEY AWAY

* TO LAZY PEOPLE

* IN THE SLUMS

* I'M A BLEEDING HEART

* LET'S ELIMINATE OUR NUCLEAR BOMBS *

* ARABS CAN BE

* OUR FRIENDS

RIGHT.

* DON'T VOTE IF YOU BELIEVE IN THAT *

* WE'LL BE FINE WITHOUT YA *

* IT'S PLAIN TO SEE WHAT YOU BELIEVE *

* WILL LEAD TO ANARCHY

I'VE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT. I HAD A DEADLINE.

LEAD STORY-- "BOB ROBERTS AND S&L" BY BUGS RAPLIN,

AND I QUOTE, BASED ON A SOURCE I SPOKE TO LAST NIGHT--

OCTOBER 22--TODAY'S--

"AN UNIDENTIFIED SOURCE

"INVOLVED IN THE WEST PENNSYLVANIA SAVINGS AND LOAN DISASTER

"TOLD THIS REPORTER THAT IN 1986

"AN ORGANIZATION CALLED BROKEN DOVE

"PROCURED REAL ESTATE LOANS

"UNDER THE PRETENSE OF BUILDING HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS

"AND PROCEEDED TO USE THE MONEY

"TO BUY TRANSPORT PLANES FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.

"ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE TIME

"INCLUDED BUSINESSMAN LUKAS HART III

AND U.S. SENATORIAL CANDIDATE BOB ROBERTS."

* SO IF YOU'RE HANGIN' TO THE RIGHT *

* YOU CAN VOTE FOR ME

* IT IS YOUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT *

* FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

ROBERTS AND HART RIPPED OFF SAVINGS AND LOANS

TO BUY PLANES.

THE MONEY MEANT FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING

WENT TO BUY PLANES TO SMUGGLE DRUGS.

THIS IS AN ASTONISHING ACCUSATION.

THIS IS THE SMOKING GUN.

HE'S GOING DOWN FOR THIS ONE.

* ...SING THIS SONG

* TOGETHER WE'LL BE STRONG *

* AND WE'LL VOTE *

IF THE MAJORS PICK UP THIS STORY,

I'LL BE VERY SURPRISED,

BUT I HAVE A CONTACT AT A TV STATION IN HARRISBURG.

MAYBE HE'LL RUN IT.

THIS COULD BE BIG. YOU KEEP THAT.

HOW ABOUT A BIG HAND FOR CLARISSA FLAN?

[ROBERTS] THANKS, CLARY.

THIS NEXT LITTLE DITTY IS DEDICATED TO--

BOB STINKS!

BOO! BOO!

THIS NEXT LITTLE DITTY IS DEDICATED TO YOU.

* SOME PEOPLE MUST HAVE

* SOME PEOPLE HAVE NOT

* AND THEY COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN *

* AND COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN *

* SOME PEOPLE WILL WORK

* SOME SIMPLY WILL NOT

* BUT THEY'LL COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN *

* AND COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN *

* LIKE THIS

* IT'S SOCIETY'S FAULT I DON'T HAVE A JOB *

* IT'S SOCIETY'S FAULT I AM A SLOB *

* I GOT POTENTIAL NO ONE CAN SEE *

* GIVE ME WELFARE

* LET ME BE ME

WHAT'S GOING ON?

ARE YOU SURE?

* HEY, BUD, YOU'RE LIVIN' *

* IN THE LAND OF THE FREE *

* NO ONE'S GONNA HAND YOU *

* OPPORTUNITY

BOB ROBERTS DOESN'T REPRESENT THE COMMON MAN.

HE REPRESENTS BIG BUSINESS.

CONTEMPTIBLE YUPPIE SCUM.

IT'S ABOUT HIS MONEY.

HE TALKS ABOUT TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES

AS IF HE DEFINED WHAT THEY WERE,

AS IF TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES

MEANT GREED, DISTRUST, AND AVARICE.

HE PASSES THE BUCK OF BLAME

ONTO THE SILENT

WHO HE KNOWS WILL NOT RESPOND.

ACCORDING TO BOB ROBERTS,

THE DISENFRANCHISED ARE THE PROBLEM,

THE REASON FOR THE MESS WE'RE IN,

LIKE BLAMING THE WOMAN FOR THE RAPE

OR THE DEAD FOR THE MURDER.

I LEARNED THAT TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES

HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH ALTRUISM,

EQUALITY, AND KINDNESS.

FORGET HUMAN RIGHTS.

FORGET WOMEN'S RIGHTS.

FORGET HELPING THE HOMELESS.

LET ME TELL YOU THAT.

ALL THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY.

THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THE MONEY

THAT EVERYBODY MAKES

AND USE IT FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT.

HE'S NOT FOR THE PEOPLE.

HE'S FOR HIMSELF AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE HIM POWERFUL.

HE REMINDS ME OF THE ROAST BEEF

AT THE BUTCHER SHOP UP FRONT--

THE GOOD PIECE OF MEAT THAT THEY BRING OUT.

THE BIG AND POWERFUL ARE BRINGING OUT THIS GUY,

BUT UNDERNEATH, SOMETHING SMELLS.

* SOME NEVER WILL

* BUT THEY'LL COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN *

* AND COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN *

* YEAH, THEY'LL COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN *

* AND COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN **

YOU'RE BOTH COMMIE LIBERALS!

YOU FASCIST MORON ASSHOLES!

WHAT IS YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM?

GET AWAY!

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

* WE'RE MARCHING, ALWAYS HOPING *

* THAT THERE'S ROOM FOR ME *

* WE'RE MARCHING TO...

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

* WE'RE MARCHING FOR THE HONOR *

* OF THE SILENT NAMELESS ONES *

* WORKING HARD FOR BRIGHTER DAYS *

* DAYS OF PROFIT, PROUDLY WON *

* WE'RE MARCHING...

GOOD EVENING. AT THE TOP OF OUR NEWS,

VIOLENCE BROKE OUT DURING A BOB ROBERTS CONCERT

AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY TONIGHT.

SOURCES SAY THAT BETWEEN 20 TO 30 STUDENTS

BEGAN VERBALLY ABUSING THE POPULAR SINGER/CANDIDATE

MIDWAY INTO THE CONCERT.

AS THEY WERE BEING REMOVED FROM THE HALL,

THE PROTESTERS ATTACKED SECURITY GUARDS,

AND A MELEE ENSUED.

SOURCES CLOSE TO THE CANDIDATE SAY THAT HE IS UNHARMED

BUT, QUOTE, "UPSET AT THE PREPONDERANCE

OF RADICALS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES TODAY."

"THE SIXTIES ARE OVER," SAID ROBERTS.

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE, TAWNA.

POLLS RELEASED TODAY INDICATE

THAT BRICKLEY PAISTE IS RUNNING NECK AND NECK

IN HIS RACE AGAINST THE FOLK-SINGING POLITICIAN BOB ROBERTS.

PAISTE HAS BEEN HURT RECENTLY BY RUMORS

OF AN AFFAIR WITH A TEENAGE CAMPAIGN WORKER, TAWNA.

ALTHOUGH HE'S DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS,

PAISTE HAS NOT FULLY RECOVERED IN THE POLLS.

* WE WERE MARCHING FOR THE CHILDREN *

* WE WERE MARCHING FOR THE POOR *

* NOW WE'RE MARCHING FOR SELF-INTEREST *

* WE'LL MARCH FOREVERMORE *

A BOMBSHELL DROPPED OVERNIGHT, CHUCK.

AND THE MORNING FINDS US WITH A STORY

DESTINED TO PROVE TROUBLING

FOR THE BOB ROBERTS CAMPAIGN.

FROM OUR SISTER STATION IN HARRISBURG,

CORRESPONDENT ROCK BORK.

I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF WHAT ONCE WAS

THE WEST PENNSYLVANIA SAVINGS AND LOAN,

WHICH UNTIL LAST YEAR

WAS A VIABLE, FUNCTIONING THRIFT.

ONLY A YEAR AGO, FEDERAL REGULATORS

CLOSED THE BANK AND BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION

OF IMPROPRIETIES INVOLVING MISUSE OF FUNDS.

TODAY COMES INFORMATION THAT LUKAS HART III,

BOB ROBERTS' CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN,

MAY BE SUBPOENAED TO TELL THE REGULATORS

WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION

CALLED BROKEN DOVE

AND ITS INVOLVEMENT WITH UNPAID HOUSING LOANS.

HELLO, REALITY CHECK.

BROKEN DOVE RIPPING OFF S&Ls?

BROKEN DOVE, WHOSE DONATIONS TO HOSPITALS

HELP KEEP YOUNGSTERS OFF DRUGS.

ACCUSE YOUR ENEMY OF YOUR OWN WORST CRIME.

A VICTIM OF DISINFORMATION.

CREDO HYPOCRITUS.

POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK.

YOU KNOW, TERRY,

MOST POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS WOULD PALE IN COMPARISON,

BUT THIS ONE IS A PEACH.

IT'S LIKE A VICIOUS, HARD-FOUGHT GAME, YOU SEE?

CLOSE TO THE FINAL MINUTES, ABSOLUTE CHAOS REIGNS,

AND THEN ONE TEAM EXPLODES

RIGHT THROUGH THE PROVERBIAL ROOF, AS IT WERE.

AS THE DUST SETTLES, THE BLOOD IS FLOWING,

IT'S A MASSACRE,

BUT THAT ONE TEAM IS JUMPING UP AND DOWN

WITH BIG SILLY GRINS ON THEIR FACES.

THAT'S GOING TO BE US, TERRY.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE UNBRIDLED FUN

OF A HARD-FOUGHT CAMPAIGN.

HE'S DOWN!

BOB!

BOB!

COME ON!

OH, BOB!

GO BACK!

CALL FOR HELP!

BOB! BOB!

SEAL THE WOUND!

CALL AN AMBULANCE!

SEAL THE WOUND! MOVE OUT!

COME ON, HE'S HURT! CALL AN AMBULANCE!

GET YOUR GODDAMN HANDS OFF ME, YOU FAG!

MOVE IT! MOVE IT! COME ON!

I'M ALL RIGHT!

FORGET THE GODDAMN BIKE!

PUT YOUR GUNS AWAY!

YOU GET ON THE GODDAMN BUS!

SECURITY'S FALLING APART.

BUSH LEAGUE, PAL!

BUSH LEAGUE!

GET THE GODDAMN CAMERA OUT OF HERE!

WE'LL SEE YOU LATER.

* WE SHALL NOT

* NOT BE MOVED

* WE SHALL NOT

* MOVED * NOT BE MOVED

* TIMES ARE CHANGIN' BACK *

* TIMES ARE CHANGIN' BACK *

* TIMES ARE CHANGIN' BACK TODAY *

* DEEP IN MY HEART, I DO BELIEVE *

* TIMES ARE CHANGIN' BACK *

TODAY, CHILDREN, I AM TALKING HYPOCRISY.

* WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED *

* MOVED * WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED *

* WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED *

HYPOCRISY THAT WINDS ITSELF DOWN EVERY DAY

FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.

* WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED TODAY *

THE HYPOCRISY OF AN ORGANIZATION

THAT CALLS ITSELF THE U.S. CONGRESS!

* TIMES ARE CHANGING

* BACK

* TO...

THE HYPOCRISY OF AN INVESTIGATION * DAY

THAT SEEKS TO IMPLICATE PATRIOTS,

OUR DEAREST FRIENDS, IN THE CONSTANT STRUGGLE

TO MAKE THIS LAND A PURE ONE AGAIN.

* TIMES ARE CHANGIN'

* CHANGING BACK

* WHOA, YEAH *

LORD, PAVE THE WAY FOR A REBEL'S PATH

TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

MAKE THE ROAD A SMOOTH ONE FOR BOB ROBERTS,

A MAN WHO CAN CLEAN UP THE DEVIL'S MESS

IN OUR CAPITOL!

SAY AMEN.

AMEN.

SAY A-MEN!

A-MEN!

A-MEN!

A-MEN!

DESPITE HIS EFFORTS TO RISE ABOVE

WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE TRUTH,

TROUBLE SEEMS TO BE FOLLOWING THE ROBERTS CAMPAIGN.

CHUCK?

YES, CAROL, IT SEEMS MORE BAD NEWS

HAS COME FOR ROBERTS.

THIS MORNING IT WAS ANNOUNCED

THAT LUKAS HART III, BOB ROBERTS' FRIEND

AND CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN, WAS SUBPOENAED TODAY

TO APPEAR BEFORE THE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE

INVESTIGATING THE WEST PENNSYLVANIA SAVINGS AND LOAN SCANDAL.

PARTISAN MANEUVERING, UNSUBSTANTIATED INNUENDO.

THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE HOGWASH!

THE TIMING IS OBVIOUSLY MEANT TO HURT US,

BUT THE VOTERS WILL SEE STRAIGHT THROUGH

THIS PATHETIC ATTEMPT TO DERAIL OUR CAMPAIGN.

THE SUBPOENA HAS COME AS A SHOCK TO THE CAMPAIGN,

AND STAFFERS FEAR SLIPPAGE IN THE POLLS.

DESPITE HART'S DENIALS, THIS COULD SPELL TROUBLE

FOR THE ROBERTS CAMPAIGN. CAROL?

MORE NEWS IN A MOMENT.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

THE CURRENT SENATOR OF PENNSYLVANIA

BELIEVES IN GIVING FREE RIDES TO WELFARE RECIPIENTS.

THE CURRENT SENATOR OF PENNSYLVANIA

BELIEVES IN GIVING UNQUALIFIED MEN AND WOMEN

JOBS THAT COULD BE YOURS.

THE CURRENT SENATOR OF PENNSYLVANIA

VOTED TO GIVE HIMSELF A PAY RAISE LAST YEAR.

PAISTE--AS HE SLEEPS, WE LIVE HIS NIGHTMARE.

WAKE UP. VOTE BOB.

ONE WEEK BEFORE THE ELECTION,

AMIDST CONTROVERSY AND DECLINING POLLS,

THE ROBERTS CAMPAIGN TRAVELS FROM PENNSYLVANIA

TO NEW YORK CITY.

CAN'T TOUCH THESE!

IMMIGRANTS!

BOB HAS BEEN INVITED TO PERFORM

ON A HIGHLY RATED TELEVISION SHOW-- CUTTING EDGE LIVE.

THE TOP-RATED SHOW REACHES 20 MILLION PEOPLE NATIONALLY,

ONE MILLION IN PENNSYLVANIA ALONE.

WE HOPE, WE HOPE, WE HOPE SO.

[LAUGHTER]

NOT...NOT REAL INTERESTING,

MORE LIKE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE IMMIGRANTS.

NO, NO, IMMIGRANTS LOVE--

IT MIGHT BE AT THE EXPENSE

OF SOME IMMIGRANTS.

EXCUSE ME, GUYS.

BOB, HOW ARE YOU?

HI.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU.

MRS. POLLY ROBERTS, MICHAEL.

HELLO, I'M MICHAEL JAMES.

SUCH A PLEASURE FOR US TO BE HERE.

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT BIG FLAN--FANS WE ARE.

I'M SO NERVOUS, I GUESS.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE, IT REALLY IS.

WELL, IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE...

I GUESS.

THIS IS MY ASSISTANT CAROL.

HELLO, CAROL, IT'S A PLEASURE.

YEAH.

MY WIFE, POLLY.

OUR GUEST HOST IS, UH...

WORKING ON HIS LINES.

IMMIGRANTS! IMMIGRANTS!

I LOVE THE KORNHAUSERS.

IT'S MY FAVORITE.

"CAN'T TOUCH THESE!" "CAN'T TOUCH THESE!"

ABSOLUTELY! IS THE LOBSTER FAMILY GOING TO BE ON?

POLLY'S FAVORITE IS THE LOBSTER FAMILY.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

JUST, UH, CARRY ON. BYE-BYE.

BYE, BOB.

MICHAEL, MICHAEL, MICHAEL...

YES.

WHAT'S UP WITH BOB ROBERTS?

MUSICAL GUEST.

YOU SAID TO ME KRS-ONE

WAS GOING TO BE THE MUSICAL GUEST.

RIGHT, AND THEY'RE SICK.

STANDARDS.

IN L.A., I THINK.

THEY'RE SICK. STANDARDS.

THEY'RE SICK IN L.A., THEY CAN'T FLY.

IT WAS DEFINITELY STANDARDS.

PRESSURE. I THINK IT'S AN EAR THING.

STANDARDS.

IN 5...4...3...2...

COME AND JOIN US FOR CUTTING EDGE LIVE,

AND WATCH ME GROVEL BEFORE THE VIDEO ALTAR.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST,

WHO I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE KRS-ONE.

JUST READ. JUST READ.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT.

GOOD. HOW ARE WE FOR TIME?

THAT WAS GOOD FOR TIME.

EXCEPT HE DIDN'T SAY, "CAN'T STOP SAYING THAT."

BOB, IF YOU WOULD JUST STRUM.

SURE.

YOU'LL SAY THE FIRST PART AGAIN.

WE'LL PULL TOGETHER, AND WE'LL DO IT.

THEY HAVE TO STAND TOGETHER.

THIS IS PROMO NUMBER TWO.

YOU WANT ME TO SAY THAT?

IN 5...4... 3...2...

HI.

I'M SORRY.

I'M, UH, LEAVING.

[PAISTE] OFFHAND I WOULD NOT SAY

THAT BEING A PROFESSIONAL SINGER

IS THE BEST BACKGROUND

FOR A LEGISLATOR OF THE UNITED STATES,

BUT I BELIEVE IN MR. BOB ROBERTS' BACKGROUND,

IF IT IS TRUE THAT HE HAS HAD SOME EXPERIENCE

WITH THE CIA,

THEN HE COMES BETTER PREPARED

THAN MOST PEOPLE DO TO THE SENATE,

WITH A KNOWLEDGE

OF WHAT THE REAL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS,

WHICH IS THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.

THIS WAS CREATED IN 1950 BY HARRY TRUMAN,

AND THE COUNTRY IS GOVERNED

BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL,

WHICH IS THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT,

THE CIA, IN COMBINATION

WITH THE GREAT MAKERS OF WEAPONS

AROUND THE COUNTRY.

SO HE'S ALREADY HAD SOME INITIATION

INTO TRUE POWER.

IN THE BEGINNING, OUR GREAT COMPANY PROVIDED APPLIANCES.

WE HEATED YOUR HOME, REFRIGERATED YOUR FOOD,

IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE.

WE PROSPERED, AND YOU LOVED US, AND WE GREW.

IN FACT, WE OWN THIS VERY NETWORK.

DON'T VOTE AND A NEW SONG.

BRAND-NEW.

BUT DON'T SMOKE, THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED ON.

MICHAEL...

OUR CHIEF SOURCE OF INCOME, HOWEVER,

IS THE ARMS INDUSTRY.

YES, WE RELY HEAVILY ON THOSE FAT GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

TO MAKE THESE USELESS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN CONVICTED FOR FRAUD

SEVERAL TIMES,

YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT OUR BAD SIDE

BECAUSE, WELL, WE OWN OUR OWN NEWS DIVISION.

BOB DOESN'T CARE WHAT WE AGREED ON.

OH, REALLY?

HE FEELS VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THE NEW MATERIAL.

YEAH.

AND HE WILL NOT BACK DOWN.

CHANCES ARE SLIM YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MISHAPS

OR THE WAY WE BUST THOSE UNIONS.

WE EVEN HAVE A HIGHLY RATED SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW

THAT THE PUBLIC BUYS AS ENTERTAINMENT

WITH A LEFTIST SLANT.

I'M REALLY SORRY, BUT WE HAVE A POLICY

ON CUTTING EDGE

THAT NO NEW MATERIAL IS EVER PERFORMED

UNTIL IT'S PROVEN TO WORK.

I MEAN, THIS IS LIVE TELEVISION.

IT DOESN'T WORK.

IT'S NOT FUNNY.

IT'S SHOOTING YOUR PAYCHECK IN THE FOOT.

IT'S SELF-DESTRUCTIVE, AND IT'S NOT FUNNY.

I THINK IT'S FUNNY.

WE ALL WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD,

BUT WE WANT TO KEEP OUR JOBS, TOO.

I PERSONALLY FIND HIM REPULSIVE.

I FOUGHT HIS APPEARANCE ON THIS SHOW,

BUT THE NETWORK LIKES BOB ROBERTS.

AND, HEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE BOSS.

THEY CAN TELL US BOB'S ON THE SHOW,

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE CRAZY

IF YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO LET

THAT FASCIST YUPPIE ON LIVE TELEVISION

AND JUST SING WHATEVER HE WANTS TO!

CAROL, WOULD YOU KINDLY PLEASE...

BOB TOLD ME HE WILL WALK OFF THIS SHOW

IF HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO EXPRESS HIMSELF FREELY.

LET HIM WALK!

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS PRIVATELY.

FINE.

CAROL, HAVE BONNIE

PLACE A CALL TO LUKAS HART.

WHICH JAIL IS HE IN?

THAT WAS UNCALLED-FOR!

EXCUSEZ-MOI!

SHE IS A LOUD, ABRASIVE WOMAN!

OH, SHOVE IT!

AND SHE'S RUDE!

IT'S NOT FUNNY!

REAL CRAZY WEEK, FULL MOON AND ALL.

WE'RE AN HOUR FROM AIR,

AND, UH, I CAN'T FIND THE HOST.

I DON'T KNOW. WHERE IS HE?

FIND HIM!

YEAH.

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS WATCHING? THE NEWS.

MICHAEL, EXCUSE ME, GUYS.

MICHAEL, IT'S TAKEN CARE OF.

HE WON'T GIVE A COPY OF THE LYRICS,

AND HE'S READY TO WALK.

MR. HART'S ON HIS WAY DOWN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE O.K.

CAN'T TOUCH THESE! CAN'T TOUCH THESE!

AND NOW, ONCE AGAIN, PRIDE RECORDING LABEL ARTIST

BOB ROBERTS!

I WAS GOING TO SING A SONG TONIGHT

CALLED DON'T SMOKE,

BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF LIVE TELEVISION,

I'D LIKE TO SING A SONG I JUST WROTE

ABOUT COURAGE AND CONVICTION

IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES.

[APPLAUSE]

Shit!

* THERE'S A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS *

* THERE'S A MAN WITH A PLAN *

* WHO HAS THE COURAGE TO TAKE *

* AN HONEST STAND

TURN IT OFF! COME ON, TURN IT OFF!

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

GET THE CAMERA OUT NOW.

GO TO COMMERCIAL.

NO, NO!

CAMERA OUT NOW!

YOU LIED TO ME!

THE NETWORK WANTS IT ON.

YOU CAN'T FUCKING DO THIS!

THE NETWORK REVIEWED THE MATERIAL,

AND THEY WANT IT ON.

THIS IS OBSCENE!

THIS IS A FUCKING COMMERCIAL

FOR A FUCKING POLITICAL CANDIDATE!

YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A FUCKING SHELL WITH GOO INSIDE!

ARE YOU HAVING YOUR PERIOD?

* ONLY ONE MAN UNDERSTANDS *

* THE AMERICAN WAY

* THAT'S ME

* AMERICA IS A WORK OF ART *

* AND I THANK THE LORD *

* FOR AMERICA

* RETAKE AMERICA *

COCKSUCKING NAZI!

FUCK YOU!

LIGHTS! HEY!

HEY, TURN ON THE LIGHTS!

LIGHTS!

IT'S AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE!

WHAT HAPPENED?

YOU GET OUT NOW!

THIS IS IT! YOU'RE THROUGH!

BOO HOO HOO!

GET OUT NOW!

NO PROBLEM!

NOW!

READY WITH THE LOBSTER SKETCH?

YES!

I WISH TO EXTEND MY VERY HUMBLE APOLOGIES.

YOU'LL BE ON THIS SHOW AGAIN.

EVERYBODY, A NICE ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE,

TO BOB ROBERTS.

[APPLAUSE]

WHERE'S POLLY?

SHE STAYED BEHIND TO WATCH THE LOBSTERS.

I'M SURE SHE'LL JOIN US AT THE HOTEL LATER.

[CROWD CHEERING]

MR. ROBERTS!

MR. ROBERTS!

DID YOU READ MY ARTICLE, MR. ROBERTS?

COME ON, GO, GO!

[GUNSHOTS]

CALL AN AMBULANCE!

CALL THE COPS!

GET BACK!

SOMEBODY CALL AN AMBULANCE!

WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE AMBULANCE!

LET'S GO. LET'S GO.

GET IT ALL CLEAR?

YEAH!

IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT!

HOLD THE WOUND!

HANG ON, BOB!

LISTEN TO ME, BOB, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE!

YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT!

EASY, EASY, EASY!

YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT!

DON'T GO ON ME, BOB!

GET THE DOOR! GET THE DOOR!

HANG ON!

WATCH THE STEPS!

WATCH HIS HEAD!

EASY! EASY, EASY, EASY!

NIGEL, COME ON, HURRY UP!

WATCH HIS HEAD!

[SIREN]

THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED.

I WAS WAITING FOR BOB, WHEN THERE WERE GUNSHOTS.

SEVEN OR EIGHT ARABS.

I FOUND THE MAIN GUY, DISARMED HIM,

KNOCKED HIM UNCONSCIOUS.

TERRY MANCHESTER?

WHO WANTS TO KNOW?

HEY, DON'T GET SMART.

YOU TERRY MANCHESTER?

YES.

WERE YOU FILMING?

YES.

WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT FOOTAGE.

IT MIGHT PROVIDE SOME EVIDENCE.

I'LL GET IT.

IF HE DIES, I SWEAR TO GOD,

I'M GOING TO FUCKING FIND THAT GUY.

[WEEPING]

PLEASE, JESUS. PLEASE, JESUS. PLEASE, JESUS.

SAVE BOB, SAVE BOB.

AT 12:17 A.M. THIS MORNING,

PENNSYLVANIA SENATORIAL CANDIDATE BOB ROBERTS

WAS SHOT AS HE WAS LEAVING THE CUTTING EDGE LIVE

TELEVISION SHOW.

HE WAS SHOT TWICE AT CLOSE RANGE

WITH A .22 CALIBER PISTOL.

HIS CONDITION HAS BEEN LISTED AS CRITICAL.

IS THERE A SUSPECT?

YES, WE HAVE A SUSPECT.

HE'S UNDER INTERROGATION.

WHO?WHAT'S HIS NAME? WHO IS IT?

I CANNOT REVEAL THAT INFORMATION.

* THEIRS IS A FOOL'S GAME *

* AND THOSE THAT PLAY

* WILL FIND THEIR HANDS TIED *

* AND THEIR HEARTS DRY

* PREVAILING TIDES WILL DROWN YOU *

* UNLESS YOU LEARN TO SWIM AGAINST THEM **

HE'S IN SERIOUS CONDITION, JACK,

AND THEY DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL LIVE OR NOT.

JUST MINUTES AGO

WE LEARNED THE NAME OF THE SUSPECT

FROM FRANK RYAN, OF THE NYPD.

HIS NAME IS JOHN ALIJAH RAPLIN,

NICKNAME BUGS.

QUIET! SHH!

HE'S AN ETHNIC MALE,

APPROXIMATELY 35 YEARS OLD.

NOT MUCH ELSE IS KNOWN AT THE PRESENT TIME,

BUT WE KNOW THEY'LL BE MOVING HIM SHORTLY

FROM THE 33rd PRECINCT FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING.

THIS IS ERNESTO GALLEANO REPORTING LIVE

FROM MID-MANHATTAN PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL.

WHERE'S THE 33rd PRECINCT?

SHH! SHH!

I TOLD YOU HE WAS AN ARAB.

HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT BOB!

LET'S GO KILL HIM.

COME ON, LET'S GO.

COME ON, LET'S GO.

WHAT'S GOING ON? COME ON.

STOP THIS!

STOP IT!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

GET OFF ME!

FUCK YOU, MAN!

KILL HIM!

[SIRENS]

* WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED

* WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED TODAY *

* OUR MINDS ARE QUICK

* AND OUR HEARTS ARE SOOTHED *

* WE SHALL NOT

* BE MOVED TODAY

* TIMES ARE CHANGIN' BACK *

* TIMES ARE CHANGIN' BACK *

I'M EVIL.

I KILLED HIM. IT WAS MY FAULT.

I'M BAD LUCK.

HE SAID I COULD.

HE SAID I COULD KISS HIM.

WHO SAID?

WHO SAID YOU COULD, WHO?

ONE OF THE COP MEN,

MEN WITH THE BLACK STRINGS IN THEIR EARS,

SAID, "YOU CAN KISS BOB."

HE SAID, "BOB WANTS YOU TO GIVE HIM A KISS."

AND I KISSED HIM, AND HE WAS SHOT.

I JUST CAME FOR SOME AIR.

HOW IS BOB?

HE'S GOING TO LIVE, THANK GOD.

HE PROBABLY WON'T WALK, UH, FOR A WHILE,

BUT HE'S GOING TO LIVE, AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS.

YOU'VE ALL HAD A VERY ROUGH EVENING.

I'M SORRY WE HAVE TO BOTHER YOU.

THAT'S O.K.

I JUST WANT TO UNWIND.

UM, I'M GOING TO GO BACK UP.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A DOCTOR HERE

WHO CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON MR. ROBERTS' MEDICAL CONDITION.

I'M BOB ROBERTS' PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.

I FLEW UP FROM PHILADELPHIA

THE MOMENT I LEARNED OF THE SHOOTING.

MR. ROBERTS' CONDITION IS CRITICAL.

ONE OF THE BULLETS, REGRETTABLY,

ENTERED THE SPINAL COLUMN AT THE L5 VERTEBRA.

PARALYSIS HAS INCURRED IN BOTH OF HIS LEGS.

MIKE, RIGHT HERE!

IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THE RUMOR

THAT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS FILMED?

THERE WAS A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER

PRESENT AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME,

AND WE ARE NOW IN POSSESSION OF THAT FILM.

TONY.

DOES THE FILM IDENTIFY THE ASSASSIN?

I--I HAVE NO ANSWER AT THIS TIME.

THE FILM IS BEING ANALYZED.

WE WILL INFORM YOU AS SOON AS WE KNOW.

IT WAS RAPLIN.

I WAS STANDING RIGHT BEHIND HIM.

I SAW HIM SHOOT BOB.

THAT PEOPLE LIKE RAPLIN EXIST

SHOWS WHAT YOU GET WITH A LIBERAL AGENDA.

YOU PUMP PEOPLE WITH DRUGS AND PIPE DREAMS,

AND THEY COME GUNNING FOR PEOPLE LIKE BOB.

YOU CAN'T KILL THE TRUTH.

BOB ROBERTS WON'T BE STOPPED BY ANY BULLET.

HE'LL BE BACK. HE'S HEADED STRAIGHT FOR WASHINGTON.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY.

EXCUSE ME.

I HAVE TO GO PRAY.

THE FILM OFFERS NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF ANY KIND

REGARDING MY CLIENT.

MR. RAPLIN ASSERTS THE GUN WAS PLACED ON HIM,

THAT HE WAS SET UP.

WHO DID IT, THEN?

THAT'S FOR THE POLICE TO FIND OUT.

IS IT TRUE THE ASSASSIN

WAS A CARD-CARRYING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION?

I DON'T KNOW. IF HE WAS, SO WHAT?

WILL RAPLIN BE RELEASED?

WITNESSES ASSERT HE PULLED THE TRIGGER.

HE'S BEING HELD IN CUSTODY WITHOUT BAIL.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AFTER THE ATTACK ON BOB'S LIFE,

THE MEDIA OUTCRY IS UNPRECEDENTED.

HIS FACE ECHOES ACROSS THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE

ON THE COVERS OF MAGAZINES,

IN NEWSPAPERS,

AND ON TELEVISION NEWS BROADCASTS.

ROBERTS IS PROCLAIMED AN AMERICAN HERO,

A MARTYR OF THE NEW RIGHT,

A CRIPPLED PROPHET FOR THE FUTURE.

ONE WEEK AFTER THE SHOOTING,

WORD COMES THAT BOB WILL BE RELEASED

AND TRANSPORTED TO PENNSYLVANIA BY MEDEVAC

IN TIME FOR THE ELECTION.

HE'S COMING FROM THE BACK!

LET'S GO!

[CROWD] WE WANT BOB!

WE WANT BOB!

WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES OF COMPLETE RECOVERY?

IT'S UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL.

AFTER SURGERY AND EXTENSIVE REHABILITATION,

HE COULD BEGIN MOVING HIS TOES IN A COUPLE YEARS

AND BE WALKING FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AFTER THAT.

TRUTHFULLY, IT WOULD BE A MIRACLE IF HE EVER WALKS AGAIN.

AS YOU'VE BEEN DENIED ACCESS,

MR. RAPLIN HAS ASKED ME TO CONVEY HIS FEELINGS.

FIRST, HE ASSERTS HIS ABSOLUTE INNOCENCE.

DUE TO A RESTRICTIVE PALSY IN HIS RIGHT HAND,

HE'D NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIRE THE GUN IN QUESTION.

SECOND, HE'D LIKE TO EXPRESS HIS BELIEFS

THAT BOB ROBERTS IS INVOLVED IN DIRTY DEALINGS--

DRUGS, GUNS, AND SAVINGS AND LOANS.

AND LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,

HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT AS A WITNESS TO THIS INCIDENT,

HE SAW THE GUN FIRED TWICE INTO THE GROUND,

NOT AT BOB ROBERTS.

WHAT?

MR. RAPLIN CONTENDS THAT BOB ROBERTS WAS NOT SHOT THAT EVENING.

GO! GO!

[GUNSHOTS]

CHARGES WERE DROPPED TODAY FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE

AGAINST BUSINESSMAN LUKAS HART III

IN THE SENATE INVESTIGATION

INVOLVING THE WEST PENNSYLVANIA SAVINGS AND LOAN SCANDAL.

THE CASE, WHICH GAINED MOMENTUM LAST MONTH,

WAS SAID BY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN HENRY HAYDN TO BE,

"UTTER CONTRIVANCE AND LUDICROUS FANTASY."

MEANWHILE, TENSIONS CONTINUE TO MOUNT IN THE MIDEAST TODAY.

INTELLIGENCE SUGGESTS IRAQ IS VERY CLOSE TO DEVELOPING A NUCLEAR BOMB.

SOURCES SAY IT COULD BE A MATTER OF MONTHS.

[MANCHESTER] ON ELECTION DAY,

HIS NEW ALBUM ENTITLED BOB ON BOB IS RELEASED

AND DEBUTS WITH A BULLET AT NUMBER TWO ON THE CHARTS.

HIS VIDEO AND SINGLE I WANT TO LIVE

GO TO NUMBER ONE.

[RADIO] ...PAISTE AND ROBERTS EACH WITH 48%.

MOVING WEST TO LEBANON COUNTY,

WITH 20% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING,

PAISTE HAS 44%, ROBERTS--49%

IN LEHIGH COUNTY, ROBERTS HAS THE EDGE 52% TO 47%.

SENATOR PAISTE LEADS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY,

BUT BEDFORD AND HUNTINGDON GIVE THE EDGE TO BOB ROBERTS.

IN THE NORTHWEST, ERIE'S LEANING TOWARDS PAISTE,

BUT ROBERTS SHOWS STRENGTH IN CRAWFORD, ELK, AND CLARION COUNTIES.

IN ALLEGHENY WITH 30% OF THE VOTE REPORTING,

IT'S TOO CLOSE TO CALL,

BUT THE ROBERTS' CAMPAIGN IS DEPENDING ON THE LATE RETURNS

TO TIP THE BALANCE IN THE SOUTHWEST.

THAT'S THE NEWS OF THE HOUR. NOW MORE MUSIC.

* I WANT TO LIVE

* CHANCES ARE I WILL

* IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS *

* OF THOSE THAT CARE

* OF THOSE THAT HOLD THEIR BANNER HIGH *

* OF THOSE WITH PRIDE

* I WANT TO LIVE

* BEYOND MY YEARS

* IN ELYSIAN FIELDS

* WHERE POETS WRESTLE WITH INJUSTICE *

* WHERE MY HEART COULD REST *

* WHERE MY WORDS WOULD NEVER DIE *

* TAKE ME TO THE HEART OF THIS BEAUTIFUL LAND *

* AND WALK WITH ME DOWN ITS FINE WHITE ROADS *

* OF JUSTICE AND SUPREMACY *

* OF ROADS BUILT BY YOU AND ME *

[GUNSHOT]

* MMM MMM-MMM MMM

* MMM MMM

* MMM MMM

* OOH

* OOH

* OOH OOH

* OOH

* OOH

* OOH *

IT'S AS IF HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM,

AND THEN, WE HAVE TO USE THE WORD PROPHESTIC.

[RADIO NEWS THEME PLAYS]

THIS IS APW NEWS.

VOTERS THROUGHOUT PENNSYLVANIA

HAVE BEEN TURNING OUT IN RECORD NUMBERS TONIGHT

TO CAST THEIR VOTES IN A SENATORIAL RACE

THAT HAS BEEN FULL OF CONTROVERSY AND DRAMA.

BRICKLEY PAISTE AND BOB ROBERTS

HAVE BEEN RUNNING NECK AND NECK.

APW NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT A WINNER HAS BEEN DECLARED.

WITH 98% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING,

BRICKLEY PAISTE SHOWS 48%

AND BOB ROBERTS--52%.

WHOO! WHOO-HOO! WHOO!

BOB! BOB!

BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB! BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB! BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB! BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB! BOB! BOB!

THANKS ARE DUE A LOT OF PEOPLE,

BUT I WOULD LIKE

TO TAKE A MOMENT OUT OF THIS FESTIVE CELEBRATION

TO REMEMBER A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS

WHO LIES AT HOME TONIGHT,

A MAN WHO WAS SHOT FOR HAVING THE COURAGE

TO TAKE A STAND,

A YOUNG MAN WHO SPEAKS HIS MIND

FOR A BETTER AMERICA.

LET'S ALL BOW OUR HEADS

AND PRAY FOR THE SAFE RECOVERY

OF SENATOR BOB ROBERTS.

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU, LUKAS.

I AM TRULY HONORED TO BE SELECTED...

AS THE NEXT SENATOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

I HEREBY HUMBLY VOW TO SERVE YOU, THE PEOPLE,

TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY

AS LONG AS GOD WILL ALLOW.

POLLY AND I THANK GOD

AND THANK YOU

FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

WE WON'T LET YOU DOWN.

[APPLAUSE]

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

BOB! BOB!

YOU KNOW,

IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY 30 YEARS SINCE I CAME TO THE SENATE.

IT WAS 1960.

JACK KENNEDY HAD BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT.

WE WERE GOING TO GET AMERICA MOVING AGAIN.

THERE WAS GOING TO BE A NEW FRONTIER.

THE WORLD WAS GOING TO BE A BETTER PLACE.

WELL, THE NEW FRONTIER TURNED OUT TO BE...

VIETNAM, AND WE SORT OF...

FELL OFF THE EDGE.

WITH THE AGREEMENT YESTERDAY

AMONG THE FIVE PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS,

THE BROAD COALITION THE U.S. HAS MUSTERED

AGAINST IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN

HAS CROSSED A CRUCIAL THRESHOLD--

AUTHORIZING THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE.

THE UNITED STATES HAS WON THE BACKING

OF THE SOVIET UNION, CHINA, BRITAIN, AND FRANCE

FOR A U.N. RESOLUTION THREATENING TO USE--QUOTE--

"ALL NECESSARY MEANS TO DRIVE IRAQ FROM KUWAIT

IF IT DOES NOT LEAVE BY JANUARY 15th."

SIX WEEKS AFTER THE SHOOTING,

WE RECEIVE A CALL FROM CHET MacGREGOR.

BOB WANTS TO SEE OUR FOOTAGE

OF THE TRAGIC INCIDENT

AT THE CUTTING EDGE LIVE TELEVISION SHOW.

WE'VE TRANSFERRED THE FILM TO VIDEOTAPE

AND ARE JUST ARRIVING AT FAIR ACRES,

BOB'S PALATIAL ESTATE AT BRYN MAWR IN SUBURBAN PENNSYLVANIA.

* AND WONDERS OF HIS LOVE

* AND WONDERS OF HIS LOVE

* AND WONDERS, WONDERS OF HIS LOVE **

OH, THIS IS PRECIOUS.

BOB, SWEETIE, LOOK AT THIS.

IT'S FROM A LITTLE GIRL.

"DEAR BOB, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT VALENTINE'S DAY,

"WILL YOU BE MINE?

SIGNED, AMY BITTLE RICHMAN, AGE 7."

OH, THAT'S SWEET.

LOOK AT THAT.

SEE THAT?

WHY DON'T WE SEND A LETTER BACK TO HER?

DEAR AMY, YOUR KIND VALENTINE

HAS MADE THIS DIFFICULT TRANSITION EASIER.

BE GOOD IN SCHOOL AND DON'T DO CRACK.

IT'S A GHETTO DRUG.

TO AMY

AND ALL THE FUTURE SOLDIERS THROUGHOUT THE LAND.

HEAR! HEAR!

HEAR! HEAR!

"MAKE AMERICA GREAT FOR CHRISTIAN PEOPLE

"AND WALK AGAIN, TOO. GOD BLESS, DOREEN GRAF,

MILLERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA."

"WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS

"AND A YEAR FILLED WITH SONG,

AND WHERE THE BODY IS, THERE WILL THE VULTURES BE GATHERED."

HERE'S ONE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT INTERUNIS.

"WE WISH TO EXTEND OUR SUPPORT.

"INTERUNIS IS A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY

"SPECIALIZING IN WASTE MANAGEMENT AND GENETIC ENGINEERING.

"OUR PHILOSOPHY'S ATTUNED WITH YOURS.

WE PLAY THIS LAND AS AN ANTHEM BEFORE--"

THE GUN RIGHT THERE.

"WE PLAY THIS LAND AS AN ANTHEM BEFORE ALL OUR BOARD MEETINGS.

THE BEST TO YOU AND YOURS."

"MAY HE ROT IN HELL.

"MAY GOD'S VENGEFUL SWORD

"CARRY THAT TERRIBLE MAN THAT SHOT YOU'S HEART

"TO THE PIT OF HELL FOR ETERNITY.

"SIGNED, JAMES McCOBB, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

P.S. DO MORE SONGS LIKE DON'T VOTE."

MORE CHAMPAGNE?

WELL, I'M GOING.

GOODBYE, ALL.

MAYBE YOU BETTER LIE DOWN FOR A WHILE.

I'M TIRED AND SICK.

DELORES, THIS IS VERY--

WELL, SHE'S BEEN WORKING VERY HARD, TERRY,

AND SHE'S GOT A BIT OF THE BUBBLY.

SHE COULD NEVER SAY NO TO THE PERIGNON.

[CROWD YELLING]

YOU'VE HAD IT!

YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!

YOU BETTER WATCH YOURSELF, MY FRIEND!

I'VE GOT MY EYE ON YOU, MY FRIEND!

YOU'RE DEAD!

WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S A FRAME?

IT APPEARS THAT THE GUN WAS PLACED ON MY CLIENT

BY A THIRD PARTY PRESENT AT THE SHOOTING.

HAVE YOU VERIFIED IT?

FINGERPRINTS INDICATE THE GUN WAS FIRED BY MR. RAPLIN'S RIGHT HAND.

MR. RAPLIN CANNOT PICK UP A FORK WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.

HE HAS CONSTRICTIVE PALSY,

WHICH CRIPPLES MOTOR FUNCTIONS IN THAT LIMB.

HIS CLOTHING SHOWED NO POWDER BURNS.

WHY HAS HE BEEN IN CUSTODY SO LONG, THEN?

WELL, YOU TELL ME.

DELORES.

DELORES!

DELORES.

I CAN'T TALK, TERRY.

HAVE YOU LEFT BOB?

YOU'RE NO LONGER WORKING FOR HIM?

THAT'S CORRECT.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I FELT IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

RAPLIN'S BEEN RELEASED. THEY FOUND HE COULDN'T HAVE FIRED THE GUN.

IS THERE SOMETHING WE SHOULD KNOW?

THE TRUTH OF THIS IS

AMERICAN TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR ILLEGAL COVERT WAR

WAGED IN COUNTRIES WE HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD OF.

CENTRAL AMERICA...

THOUSANDS HAVE DIED,

CHILE, INDONESIA, AFRICA.

UP UNTIL NOW, AMERICANS PAID FOR THESE WARS

EVERY TIME THEY DID COCAINE OR CRACK OR HEROIN

OR ANY OTHER ILLEGAL DRUG

SMUGGLED IN BY THESE SELF-PROCLAIMED PATRIOTS.

BUT NOW...

NOW WE HAVE A SITUATION...

WHERE ALL AMERICANS WILL SOON PAY

FOR THE SMUGGLING OF DRUGS IN THE FORM OF TAXES

TO BAIL OUT FAILED SAVINGS AND LOANS,

SAVINGS AND LOANS THAT MISUSED PEOPLE'S FUNDS

AND PROVIDED MONEY TO ILLEGAL, COVERT, DRUG-SMUGGLING OPERATIONS.

AND SURPRISE...

WE FIND OURSELVES

WITH A SEEMINGLY INSURMOUNTABLE DRUG PROBLEM.

BOB.

BOB!

HOW DO YOU FEEL, BOB?

GREAT. THERE'S A NEW BREEZE BLOWING,

A NEW DAY DAWNING.

ANY COMMENT ON THE RELEASE OF RAPLIN?

IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE LEGAL SYSTEM'S TOO LENIENT ON CRIMINALS.

I'LL SEE THAT THIS LENIENCY ENDS

AND THAT CRIMINALS LIKE RAPLIN GET THEIR DUE.

EVER BEEN TO WASHINGTON BEFORE?

YES, BUT THIS TIME'S SPECIAL.

IT'S A NEW TOWN.

WHY'S THAT?

BECAUSE BOB ROBERTS IS HERE TO STAY.

THE REASON IRAN-CONTRA HAPPENED

IS BECAUSE NO ONE DID ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL ABOUT WATERGATE,

AND WATERGATE HAPPENED BECAUSE

THERE WERE NO CONSEQUENCES FROM THE BAY OF PIGS.

THEY'RE THE SAME OPERATIVES--

THE FOOT SOLDIERS IN THE BAY OF PIGS,

THE PLUMBERS AT WATERGATE,

THE GUNRUNNERS IN IRAN-CONTRA-- ALL THE SAME PEOPLE.

A SECRET GOVERNMENT BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE PEOPLE

AND ACCOUNTABLE TO NO ONE.

THE CLOSER WE ARE TO DISCOVERING THE CONNECTION,

THE MORE CONGRESS TURNS A BLIND EYE.

"WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT IN OPEN SESSION," THEY SAY,

"NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS."

THE TRUTH LIES DORMANT IN THEIR LAPS.

THEY'RE BLIND BY CHOICE. A CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE.

THE ENTIRE CONGRESS IS AWARE

OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND ITS FUNCTIONS

AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY STATE

AND LESS AND LESS OF A REPRESENTATIVE ONE,

BUT IT'S--YOU KNOW--

THE STORY OF THE FROG IN THE PAN OF COLD WATER.

IF YOU THROW A FROG INTO HOT WATER,

IT'LL JUMP AROUND AND SUFFER GREATLY AND DIE.

IF YOU PUT THE FROG IN A PAN OF COLD WATER,

PUT THAT ON THE STOVE,

AND HEAT IT TO THE BOILING POINT,

THE FROG DOESN'T STIR.

HE DOESN'T FEEL IT. HE DOESN'T NOTICE IT.

IN THE END, HE'S DEAD.

THESE THINGS HAPPEN INCREMENTALLY.

THEY'RE GRADUAL.

ARE WE COMPLICIT? YES.

ARE WE REVOLUTIONARIES? HOW DO YOU DO IT ONCE YOU'RE HERE?

THERE ARE NO MR. SMITHS IN WASHINGTON.

MR. SMITH HAS BEEN BOUGHT.

JUST A BUNCH OF DEAL-MAKERS--

NO VISIONARIES--

NO ONE REALLY CONCERNED WITH THE DISENFRANCHISED--

JUST A SECRET STATE OF BUSINESS LIAISONS OUT OF CONTROL,

SO OUT OF CONTROL

THEY'RE WILLING TO SEND AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO WAR

TO PROTECT THEIR PRURIENT BUSINESS INTERESTS.

[ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYS]

* WALLS MAY COME DOWN

* BUT WHAT IS LET IN?

* GODLESS MEN

* GODLESS MEN

* THEY'LL TAKE THE JOBS OF THE DECENT ONES *

* AND WAIT FOR THE DAY THAT THEIR LEADERS *

* WILL MAKE YOU THEIR SLAVES *

* THIS WORLD TURNS

* ITS BACK ON GOD

* WE MUST FIGHT TO PROTECT HIM *

* THIS WORLD TURNS

* ITS BACK ON GOD

* WE MUST DIE TO JOIN HIM *

* THE DESERT TEEMS

* WITH DANGEROUS SCHEMES

* GODLESS MEN

* GODLESS MEN

* THEY TAKE THE INNOCENT AND STROKE THEIR FACE *

* AND WAIT FOR THE DAY THAT THEIR OIL *

* WILL MAKE YOU THEIR SLAVES *

* THIS WORLD TURNS

* ITS BACK ON GOD

* WE MUST FIGHT TO PROTECT HIM *

* THIS WORLD TURNS

* ITS BACK ON GOD

* WE MUST DIE TO JOIN HIM *

* MEET FURY WITH FURY

* BELIEF WITH BELIEF

* GOD AGAINST THE DEVIL

* AN ETERNAL FIGHT

* MARCH ON, MARCH ON

* BRAVE YOUNG MEN

* OUR PRAYERS

* GO WITH YOU

* TO THE HOLY LAND

* THIS WORLD TURNS

* ITS BACK ON GOD

* WE MUST FIGHT TO PROTECT HIM *

* THIS WORLD TURNS

* ITS BACK ON GOD

* WE MUST DIE TO JOIN HIM *

* THIS WORLD TURNS

* ITS BACK ON GOD

* WE MUST FIGHT TO PROTECT HIM *

* THIS WORLD TURNS

* ITS BACK ON GOD

* WE MUST KILL TO JOIN HIM **

[APPLAUSE]

[RAPLIN] NO POLL WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH.

CORPORATIONS AND THE BIG BUSINESSES THAT OWN THE NETWORKS,

MAJOR NEWSPAPERS--

IT'S NOT IN THEIR INTERESTS TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.

IT'S TOO DANGEROUS TO THEM.

IF YOU WANT THE TRUTH IN THIS COUNTRY,

YOU HAVE TO SEEK IT OUT.

YOU MUST BE VIGILANT...

UNRELENTING...

UNCOMPROMISING.

I WILL GET BOB ROBERTS.

I DON'T NEED A GUN TO DO IT.

THEN I FINALLY FOUND HIM,

SCOOPED UP CALVIN, HE HAD ALL THE CANDLES READY.

I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO FIND OUT, THOUGH.

HE'S IN THAT ROOM.

I SAW HIM IN THE WHEELCHAIR EARLIER.

HE WAVED.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I THINK HE RECOGNIZED ME.

[MANCHESTER] WHICH ROOM?

THREE UP, SEVEN TO THE LEFT.

THE CURTAIN'S CLOSED NOW. IT WAS OPEN BEFORE.

SO HOW'S THE DOCUMENTARY GOING?

WELL, I'M LEARNING A GREAT DEAL ABOUT BOB ROBERTS.

YOU'RE LUCKY TO BE SPENDING SO MUCH TIME WITH BOB ROBERTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M LUCKY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I...DON'T KNOW IF I REALLY LIKE HIM.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HEALTHY FOR YOUR COUNTRY.

WHY DO YOU LIKE HIM?

BECAUSE HE'S RIGHTEOUS,

AND HE STICKS UP FOR YOU.

HOW DOES HE STICK UP FOR YOU?

HE BELIEVES IN AMERICA, BELIEVES IN MAKING MONEY.

HE'S NOT ONE OF THOSE SENSITIVE LIBERALS

THAT MAKES YOU FEEL RESPONSIBLE

FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE WRONG.

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT HIS CONNECTION TO THE FAILED SAVINGS AND LOAN

AND HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH DRUG-SMUGGLING?

NO.

YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S BULLSHIT.

IT MAY BE, YES.

IT'S THE PRESS. THEY ALWAYS LIE.

THAT MAY BE AS WELL.

ROGER!

CALVIN!

ROGER! CALVIN!

HE'S DEAD!

HE'S DEAD!

THEY GOT HIM!

[MANCHESTER] WHO'S DEAD?

BUGS RAPLIN. HE'S DEAD!

[CHEERING]

[BOB] * WE ARE MOVING TOWARD A GREAT DAY *

* A DAY OF TRIUMPH

[CROWD] BOB! BOB! BOB!

* IN THE MIND

* WE ARE MARCHING FOR THE HONOR *

* OF THE SILENT, NAMELESS ONES *

* WORKING HARD FOR BRIGHTER DAYS *

* DAYS OF PROFIT, PROUDLY WON... *

BUGS RAPLIN WAS SHOT AT 6:30 THIS EVENING

AT CLOSE RANGE BY A MAN DESCRIBING HIMSELF

AS A MEMBER OF THE ARM OF JUSTICE,

A RADICAL RIGHT-WING GROUP

DEDICATED TO UNDOING INJUSTICES IN THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM.

OUTSIDE THE 3rd PRECINCT IN DOWNTOWN PHILADELPHIA,

THE AS-YET UNIDENTIFIED RADICAL

YELLED THAT HE'S ONE OF MANY THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY

AND THAT HIS ACTION'S THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA

FOR JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES.

RAPLIN, WHO SUFFERED FROM CEREBRAL PALSY,

WAS RELEASED LAST MONTH FROM POLICE CUSTODY

AND CLEARED OF ANY CONNECTION

TO THE ATTACK ON SENATOR BOB ROBERTS.

RAPLIN IS A SELF-PROFESSED RADICAL

AND LEAVES NO SURVIVING FAMILY.

THE UNITED NATIONS DELEGATION LEFT BAGHDAD TONIGHT

AFTER A LAST-MINUTE ATTEMPT AT DIPLOMACY WITH IRAQ.

THE IRAQIS HAVE STEADFASTLY REFUSED TO WITHDRAW FROM KUWAIT

AS THE U.N.-MANDATED DEADLINE APPROACHES TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT.

PRESIDENT BUSH SAID YESTERDAY

THAT EVERY ATTEMPT AT DIPLOMACY HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED

AND THAT THE JOB OF REPELLING THE AGGRESSOR

HAS REACHED A CRUCIAL STAGE.

THE SENATE VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY

TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT IF FORCE BECOMES NECESSARY.

* WE WERE MARCHING FOR THE CHILDREN *

* WE WERE MARCHING FOR THE POOR *

* NOW WE'RE MARCHING FOR SELF-INTEREST *

* WE WILL MARCH FOREVERMORE **

TONIGHT ON THE EVE OF WAR,

ONLY 40% OPPOSE THE USE OF FORCE,

THE POLL SAYS.

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, YES

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, FRIEND *

* HUNGRY LIPS ASK ME

* WHEREVER I GO

* COMRADES AND FRIENDS ALL A-FALLIN' AROUND ME *

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, YES

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW

* WHY DO YOUR WAR BOATS

* RIDE ON MY WATERS?

* WHY DO YOUR DEATH BOMBS

* FALL DOWN FROM MY SKIES? *

* AND WHY DO YOU BURN MY

* FARM AND MY TOWN DOWN?

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, FRIEND *

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, YES

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, FRIEND *

* HUNGRY LIPS ASK ME

* WHEREVER I GO

* COMRADES AND FRIENDS ALL A-FALLIN' AROUND ME *

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, YES

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW

* WHAT MAKES YOUR BOAT HAUL *

* DEATH TO MY PEOPLE?

* NITRO BLOCKBUSTERS

* BIG CANNONS AND GUNS

* WHY DOESN'T YOUR SHIP

* BRING FOOD AND SOME CLOTHIN'? *

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, FOLKS *

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW

* WHY CAN'T MY TWO HANDS

* GET A GOOD PAY JOB?

* I CAN STILL PLOW AND PLANT *

* I CAN STILL SOW AND REAP

* WHY DID YOUR LAW BOAT

* CHASE ME OFF MY GOOD LAND? *

* SURE LIKE TO KNOW, FRIEND *

* I'VE JUST GOT TO KNOW

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, YES

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, FRIEND *

* HUNGRY LIPS ASK ME

* WHEREVER I GO

* COMRADES AND FRIENDS ALL A-FALLIN' AROUND ME *

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, YES

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW

* WHAT GOOD WORK DID YOU DO? *

* I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU

* TO GIVE YOU MY MONEY RIGHT OUT OF MY HANDS *

* I BUILT YOUR BIG HOUSE HERE *

* TO HIDE FROM MY PEOPLE

* WHY DID YOU HIDE SO?

* I'D LIKE TO KNOW

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, YES

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, FRIEND *

* HUNGRY LIPS ASK ME

* WHEREVER I GO

* COMRADES AND FRIENDS ALL A-FALLIN' AROUND ME *

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, YES

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW

* YOU KEEP ME IN JAIL

* AND YOU LOCK ME IN PRISON *

* YOUR HOSPITAL'S JAMMED

* AND YOUR CRAZY HOUSE FULL *

* WHAT MADE YOUR COP KILL MY TRADE UNION WORKER? *

* YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK PLAIN 'CAUSE *

* I'VE SURE GOT TO KNOW

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, YES

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, FRIEND *

* HUNGRY LIPS ASK ME

* WHEREVER I GO

* COMRADES AND FRIENDS ALL A-FALLIN' AROUND ME *

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, YES

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW

* WHY CAN'T I GET WORK

* AND CASH A BIG PAYCHECK? *

* WHY CAN'T I BUY THINGS IN YOUR PLACE AND YOUR STORE? *

* WHY DO YOU CLOSE MY PLANT IN MY *

* TOWN DOWN?

* I'M ASKIN' YOU, MAN

* 'CAUSE I'VE SURE GOT TO KNOW *

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, YES

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, FRIEND *

* HUNGRY LIPS ASK ME

* WHEREVER I GO

* COMRADES AND FRIENDS ALL A-FALLIN' AROUND ME *

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW, YES

* I'VE GOT TO KNOW *

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