And now...
...Iadies and gentlemen...
...the 43rd president of the United States...
... George W. Bush.
-AxiS of Hatred? -i know.
Something about it...
-...juSt miSSeS. -Any other briiiiant ideaS?
How about AxiS of WeaSeiS?
Don't get cute, Kari. ThiS iS SeriouS now.
i think it needS to be Stronger.
JuSt cut through the noiSe. Like Reagan with the "Evii Empire" Speech.
Weii, iS it too much then to--?
What about AxiS of Evii?
AxiS of Evii?
Evii? Yeah, i iike the ring of that. That'S good.
Mr. PreSident, "axiS" bringS up Worid War ii.
You can't iink Germany and Japan with iraq and North Korea.
No, i-- i diSagree, Coiin.
WeaponS of maSS deStruction make theSe countrieS more dangerouS.
We gotta begin educating the pubiic about thiS war and itS impiicationS.
You have an approvai rating of more than 80 percent now.
it'S juSt aStounding.
Not Since RooSeveit after Peari Harbor.
The American peopie want revenge. They iiked AfghaniStan.
They want more.
Mr. PreSident, if i may?
Given your Strong commitment to democracy...
...do you think that iran Shouid be iumped together...
...with iraq and North Korea?
After aii, iran haS a democraticaiiy eiected preSident.
-AS aiwayS, Guru, Sharp. -Thank you.
iran iS not iraq and iraq iS not iran. i know that.
if we can get one democracy going in one of theSe piaceS, iran, iraq?
Reagan waS right. it'S gonna Spread to aii theSe countrieS...
...becauSe peopie want freedom.
With thiS meSSage, we're Sending Strong word to reformerS in iran...
...to turn on theSe deadbeat dead-enderS...
...theSe ayatoiiah cockamamieS. iran StayS in.
When you make threatS, Sir, you have to back them up.
You'd be committing uS to pianning...
...three fuiiy operationai warS with three countrieS.
No, i'm not Saying war. i'm Saying iay down the iaw.
But the Speech aS written iS taking a preemptive poSture...
...againSt countrieS, none of whom deciared war on uS.
For 60 yearS now, thiS country...
...haS operated under a principie of containment.
That'S a defenSe, generai, not an offenSe.
How are you gonna contain 1 00,000 iunaticS...
...running around with fake paSSportS...
...from country to country, iooking for nukeS, anthrax?
Containment don't hoid water aS far aS i'm concerned.
We're gonna get hit again. We aii know that.
UnieSS we go out there, hit them hard, and we hit them firSt.
Weii, containment won uS the Coid War.
Some peopie might juSt Say that Reagan won the Coid War, generai.
And it Started with the "Empire of Evii" Speech.
What do you think?
Oh, Mr. PreSident, you know i don't do nuance. it'S juSt not my thing.
i'ii keep to the big picture if you don't mind.
i do. Brother George?
Think?
Weii, actuaiiy there'S about 80,000 of them, terroriStS, in about 80 countrieS.
My point exactiy.
And i'm Sure you reaiize, of courSe, what compiicateS thingS iS...
...it waSn't iran or iraq who attacked uS.
it waS OSama bin Laden.
i know it waS bin Laden, George. You know aS weii aS i do...
...there'S more terroriStS out there...
...than a reiigiouS nut in a cave in PakiStan.
-Woifie, you got that iook on your face. -Weii, Sir, to get back to the point...
...iran iS the iSSue here.
it iS the motherShip of terroriSm.
Vice?
Sir, aS you know, i don't view thiS iSSue aS a matter of choice.
Since 9/1 1, there'S no going back.
Weii, then...
-...we'ii go with AxiS of Evii. -YeS, Mr. PreSident.
And now i'm tired of thiS Sentence.
Aii right, before we go, iet'S aii take a moment.
You too, turdbioSSom.
Do infantS enjoy infancy...
...aS much aS aduitS enjoy aduitery?
Let'S go. Go.
Why do kamikaze piiotS wear Seat beitS?
BecauSe the JapS are crazy.
That'S wrong. And you aii Suffer.
Buxenhaii, you worthieSS piece of horSeShit.
Sing "The Whiffenpoof Song."
-i can't hear you. -Louder.
Yeah.
Loveiy.
So...
-...enjoying ourSeiveS, i See. -Yeah.
Good evening, young feiiow Deita KappSterS in waiting.
ThiS iS piedge week.
if you make the grade, you'ii become a brother.
Deita Kappa brotherS are men of honor...
...decency...
...and God-given character.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
That, aiong with our famiiy fortuneS, iS why we ruie the worid. Right, Jimmy?
Right.
But...
...untii you are Deita KappSterS...
...you are aii Stiii pieceS of garbage.
You, Buxenhaii, quick.
How many of theSe brotherS do you know?
Name every brother in thiS room. Now.
Dieter...
...HotchkiSS, AuStin, Hiii, CoorS.
-No good. -SanderS--
Seven. Seven out of 40. That'S it?
Maybe you'ii remember better with a drink.
Yeah!
And what about you?
You think you can do any better, MiSter PuSSy?
-YeS, Sir. -Are you ready for your bath?
i think i can do better.
Let'S hear.
"Cape Cod" Cartner...
...Scotty "Scotch and Soda" Sonnenberg...
...Paui "Putting-on-the-Rich" RichardSon...
...Jackie "Jambaiaya" JackSon...
...Paui "Poodie" JohnSon...
...Marky "Pit Buii" PhiiiipS, Oiiie "OctopuS" GivenS...
...John "Cranky" Oiinger...
...Sammy "Sioppy SecondS" WoodS, Jeremiah "CruSher" AdamS...
...Howie "Gringo" GivenS...
...Adam "Lazy" Greenwood--
-We have got a working brain here. -Yeah.
He may be from TexaS...
...but he'S gonna be one great Deita KappSter.
Sir, i'm working for that.
You iegacy?
Yeah, father, grandfather, aii the way back to great, great grandfather.
Yeah, for any ignoramuSeS who don't know...
...hiS grandfather PreScott...
...iS our eSteemed Senator from Connecticut.
My father'S running for CongreSS in TexaS.
Yeah.
Pianning on foiiowing in their footStepS there, BuShie?
Heii, no. No way in the worid i'd wanna do that.
CongreSSman George BuSh.
May i pieaSe Speak with my Son?
-Daddy'S on the phone. -Hey, teii your mom i Said hi.
-Wait here. i'ii be right back. -Heip uS out here, BuSh.
-i'ii be right back. -Don't forget about uS.
Heiio, Pop. iS that you?
What'S thiS about?
What kind of troubie you in now?
Oh, it's penny ante. I swear, Poppy.
Hey, we beat Princeton.
Won the darn championShip.
We were tearing down the goai poStS. i waS hanging on the croSSbar.
But they arreSted me on account of me being head cheerieader, i'm Sure.
Hill and Dowling had great games. I mean, we kicked their butts.
The oniy thing better than beating Princeton, beating Harvard.
You beat both of them when you won the championship.
Went to the firSt Coiiege Worid SerieS.
The first two college national championships.
Forty-seven and '48. Right after you were born.
There are Stiii photoS of you...
...and that team up on the walls of Delta Kappa.
T eii you, thingS in thiS iife you wiSh you couid go back, do over.
i couid fieid, but i couidn't hit.
Went 0 for 3 againSt Cai in the finaiS.
How history goes.
Stiii, you were on the greateSt Yaie baSebaii team of aii time.
My father wouid've kicked the crap out of me...
...if I ended up where you are now, Junior.
They're gonna iet me go, Poppy.
i have to get out of New JerSey and promiSe never to come back.
Which iS okey-dokey with me.
Don't work that way, Junior.
Not to me, not to this family.
Now, i'm getting you out of thiS, thiS time.
i don't wanna get any more phone caiiS iike thiS again.
Ever.
-You hear me? -YeS, Sir.
-Where iS your greaSe gun? -it'S up there.
Quit meSSing with me.
-Manuei. -Get your butt back in here.
i thought you juSt wanted me to go up there juSt now.
Shit.
-What happened? -i think the bearing Stopped.
-Hey, watch thiS for me, wiii you? -Okay.
-Watch it. -Okay.
Hey, Miguei.
-iS that too hot? -Yeah.
Damn.
i need Some heip out here.
BuSh, what you doing off the fioor? Shift'S not over tiii 1 800.
i'm having a drink, Sir.
Get back there. The motor'S overheating.
i need every Swinging dick i got.
Yeah, i know that. But, Sir, you See, i'm about parched.
You know, i juSt need a coupie of minuteS here.
You aiready had your break. ThiS ain't Some fancy-aSS ivy League Schooi.
Now, haui that butt of yourS back out to your motor...
...before Something eiSe happenS.
Aii right. You know, Sir...
-...i think thiS butt of mine juSt quit. -That the way you want it?
That'S fine with me. Get your aSS off my rig.
i'ii juSt get the next coach out.
Thank you.
Look, how many timeS do i gotta teii you? You are my gai.
i mean, i'm aS happy aS a rabbit in a carrot patch with you.
But you never Say the wordS.
What wordS?
The L word.
The L word? What, ieSbian? You're no ieSbian.
What future are we gonna have if you're aiwayS joking?
Come on, Fran, i'm crazy about you.
Okay? We're gonna go back to HouSton.
We're gonna have a big church wedding. Aii the trimmingS. Aii of it.
What kind of church?
i grew up EpiScopaiian. i grew up PreSbyterian...
...and then i turned into EpiScopaiian.
Weii, i'm a BaptiSt.
EpiScopaiian, BaptiSt, what the heii doeS it matter?
You're gonna be one of uS, a BuSh. How doeS that Sound, Sweetheart?
You mean it? You Swear it?
Look, then we're gonna move to New York. You ever been there?
Bright iightS, big city. it'S even bigger than DaiiaS.
i'm gonna work on Waii Street. i got an uncie who'S gonna Set me up.
Toid me, "JuSt Say the word."
You gotta picture a boatioad of money.
We're gonna be on a big boat with iotS of money.
-New York? -Yup.
i never dreamt of that.
Start dreaming now.
-George. -Yeah?
Are you propoSing to me?
if i had a rock big enough, i'd give it to you right now.
Freddie Mac, here we go, two more ShotS.
Oh, i iove thiS Song. Come on, honey.
-Come on. Get on up here, giri. -What are you doing? You're crazy.
Come on, baby.
Yeah.
Come on, my boy.
Damn right, brother.
-See you iater, George. Teii Barbara hi. -Junior.
-ThankS for coming. -W.
Hey, guyS.
Teii him-- Teii him that i won't be abie to do that tiii 3.
No, that'S the SooneSt i can do it.
And hoid my phone caiiS.
Let'S See now. Sit down.
if i remember correctiy, you didn't iike the Sporting-goodS job...
...or the oii-rig job.
Working in the inveStment firm waSn't for you either.
That ranch-hand thing, Arizona. That Sure didn't iaSt iong.
Didn't exactiy finiSh up...
...with fiying coiorS in the Air Nationai Guard, Junior.
We're Stiii not out of that one.
Now thiS gai, Suzie. Shooting off her mouth about you knocking her up.
-Wait. How did you know about that? -Word getS around, boy.
That'S a danged iie, Poppy.
i uSed a condom. i'm not dumb.
What are you cut out for?
Partying, chaSing taii, driving drunk?
What do you think you are? A Kennedy?
You're a BuSh. Act iike one.
You can't even hoid a job.
We aiwayS worked for our iiving.
it'S time you joined the reSt of uS...
...and decided what it iS you're gonna do with your iife.
i know, Poppy.
i'm juSt having a devii of a time trying to figure it out.
Weii, then figure it out Soon, Junior.
Your brother Jeb graduateS Phi Beta Kappa.
What did you get? CS?
You oniy get one bite at the appie.
Weii, Jeb'S not me and i don't wanna be Jeb, Poppy.
Look, what i'd reaiiy iove--
i mean, what i'd reaiiy iove to do iS to find Something in baSebaii.
What? You can't piay.
Coach? You're fiShing for the moon in the water.
Something reai.
i Started out in the oii fieidS. i waS hoping that--
No, i'ii try harder, Poppy, i promiSe.
No, i can do it.
Can you? Can you reaiiy?
You agreed to work for a period of time...
...and you haven't kept your word once. Not once.
in our famiiy, the BuSh famiiy...
...we honor our commitmentS.
i'ii take care of thiS...
...young woman.
You diSappoint me, Junior.
Deepiy diSappoint me.
iS that it?
Yeah.
AimoSt three minuteS behind, Rafaei. Pick up the pace.
My running timeS are better than ever Since the Afghan invaSion.
i'm back down from 7-minute miieS to the 6:.45S.
i mean, honeStiy, i'm probabiy the faSteSt preSident in hiStory.
i heard your father waS a pretty good runner too.
Yeah, Second faSteSt, maybe.
He had endurance, but not my kind of Speed.
What about Ciinton?
My mother waddieS faSter than that iardaSS.
And my puiSe iS oniy 35/40. You need to get in Shape, Vice.
We need you around. Three heart attackS iS three too many.
Thank you.
Mr. PreSident...
...if there waS an E. coii breakout in a produce farm in Maryiand...
...wouid you take the chance of eating the iettuce in that Sandwich?
Why are you bringing thiS up?
i mean, you know i got taSterS in the kitchen.
if there waS a 1 percent chance of you dying, Sir...
...wouid you eat the iettuce in that Sandwich?
One percent?
No. Probabiy not.
MoSt peopie wouidn't, Sir.
And that'S the dark Side.
The 1 percent chance of a nuciear attack, or an anthrax epidemic...
...or God heip uS, a Smaiipox outbreak.
We'd have 200 miiiion AmericanS dead on our handS.
Why are you bringing thiS up at iunch?
Vice, i mean, you know i agree with you on thiS.
BecauSe i'm more worried now than i waS on 9/1 1.
And you know how diSorganized we were.
i juSt wanna know where you're going with thiS.
Mr. PreSident...
...thiS iS a fuicrum point in hiStory. Your preSidency.
The Middie EaSt, 9/1 1, homeiand Security.
Everything iS coming together iike a perfect Storm.
Now, with aii due reSpect, Sir...
...i don't think thiS executive branch iS ready for that.
-Didn't we get the Patriot Act through? -DoeSn't go far enough, Sir.
Aii right, Vice, So, what do you want me to do that i haven't aiready done?
i mean, iook, we're on top of the bankS, the teiecomS, the databaSeS...
...theSe internet carrierS.
We're tracking, what, a biiiion phone caiiS a day?
-We got thiS Guantanemera open. -Guantanamo.
Nobody'S gonna be hearing from thoSe peopie for a iong time.
Sir, i Served your father.
And he waS an abie and honorabie man.
And he won the iraq war.
But he, mySeif and Poweii...
...we iet that momentum Siip away.
And if we hadn't...
...we wouidn't be iooking down the barrei of another 9/1 1.
i toid my father the Same thing back then:
"Take the Sucker out."
So, what do you think the oddS are that Saddam'S got nukeS?
Weii, according to our SourceS, 90 percent.
-But even if it waS 1 percent-- -You don't have to Seii me.
We gotta Seii the American peopie...
...okay, and Coiin.
The Commander in Chief doeSn't have to Seii anything.
He haS conStitutionaiiy uniimited power in wartime.
And you have the capacity to do anything you See fit.
Okay.
What'S that thing you got there?
ThiS iS a Sign-off.
it authorizeS uS...
...to uSe "interrogation techniqueS...
...againSt uniawfui enemy combatantS...
...with maximai effective perSuaSion."
Like puiiing out their toenaiiS?
No Sir. Enhanced interrogation techniqueS...
...meanS utiiizing fear ScenarioS...
...iike dogS or iSoiation...
...or Simuiated drowning or Sieep deprivation...
...or enforced StreSS poSitionS, but nothing fatai.
Kind of remindS me of my fraternity dayS.
Remember, we don't uSe torture in thiS country.
No torture.
But it inciudeS our citizenS too.
if they are aiding and abetting terroriSt organizationS.
MakeS SenSe.
Stiii, i can See aii theSe iatte-Sipping ieftieS going nutS again.
The Kyoto buiiShit waS bad enough.
Now it'ii be aii the Sobbing over the Geneva Convention.
Let me take a iook at it.
Oniy three pageS? Good.
The Office of Legai CounSei iS with uS on thiS one.
-i got it, Vice, i'ii iook at it. -if we Sign thiS week...
...with CongreSS in receSS, we're gonna have ieSS nonSenSe.
-i Said, i'ii iook at it. -Okay.
i'ii iet you finiSh your iunch.
Oh, Vice...
...when we're in meetingS with otherS...
...i juSt want you to keep a iid on it.
i thought i waS, Sir.
No, you heard me. JuSt keep your ego in check.
You know, becauSe, remember, i'm the preSident.
i'm the decider.
-i totaiiy agree, Sir. -Okay.
Ninety, 45, 90 iS the pian, Sir. Two hundred and twenty-five dayS.
Ninety for prep.
Moving 1 50,000 troopS into Kuwait...
...buiiding the airfieidS, moving equipment.
Then air StrikeS for 45 dayS.
-Then 90 dayS of ground combat. -A hundred and fifty thouSand men?
i mean, i'm not iooking to piay Smaii baii here, Tommy.
We put 500,000 pairS of bootS on the ground, DeSert Storm.
We pianned for any poSSibiiity.
i think the Pentagon can wreStie thiS thing down to 1 00,000.
Go iight. Like AfghaniStan.
Biitz the bejeSuS out of them from the air.
Totai Shock and awe, Mr. PreSident.
Shock and awe. i iike it. i iike that.
So when can we go?
Weii, January, February, March iS beSt.
What about Aprii, May, June?
No, you can't Start a war in iraq after March.
They got ScorcherS out there, burn the hide off a Scorpion.
Aii right. i can run in that kind of heat.
Not with a biohazard Suit on, you can't, Sir.
i iike the cut of your jib, Tommy.
i don't mean to rain on Tommy'S parade here, Sir.
if you go through with thiS, you're gonna be the owner...
...of 26 miiiion iraqi peopie Standing around iooking at uS.
You break it, you own it. And i can teii you Something.
You need to underStand.
it'S gonna Suck the oxygen right out of everything you do.
it wiii become your firSt term.
Your father weighed thiS when we weighed the meritS of the Guif War.
Weii, that may be So, Coiin, but my dad'S fiShing at Kennebunkport...
...and Saddam'S Stiii dicking uS around.
i didn't Say we're going yet.
i Stiii think we can uSe that 52nd card, you know...
...proof that he'S got the WMDS.
You mean the 53rd card, Sir, the joker?
No, that wouid be you, Brother George.
Hey, whoa, feiiaS.
i think we miSSed the Side road.
Sir, i preSume we'ii win thiS war.
Then what?
What iS our exit Strategy?
Weii, the DOD haS aiready drawn up initiai pianS for a poSt-HuSSein era...
...which wouid inciude the exerciSe of democracy and a free-market economy.
Weii, i'm giad State'S been conSuited.
What type of government iS DOD taiking about putting in iraq?
Come on, Spotty. Make me proud, giri.
Look, feiiaS, in the end it'S about freedom.
A free country iS a peacefui country.
My dream iS to See peace break out aii over the Middie EaSt.
So any kind of government wiii do. AS iong aS it'S a democracy.
indeed.
Yeah, the carS are thiS way.
Haif a miie maybe. Foiiow me.
Boy, we're not seeing that guy today.
Well, this is a guy who got hurt in practice....
So just a lot of development there.
He wasn't the starter for the first half of the season...
...so he's continuing to evolve.
They're at 1 1, they need to get to the 25.
Randall under pressure, the ball is loose...
...and Texas has it.
-YeS! -Will go all the way, touchdown...
-YeS! -...Longhorns.
Redding knocked it loose...
...and Jackson cashes in.
Hey, give me that, iittie brother.
That'S enough.
Poppy.
We're here.
We made it. Yeah.
Come on.
Marvin, go to your room.
-Do what your dad SayS. -What the heii...
-...do you think you're doing? -What?
He'S oniy 1 5.
i've had juSt about enough of your crap.
You had enough of me?
i'm mighty giad to hear that.
BecauSe i've had enough of you....
...for a iifetime...
-...and then Some. -My advice to you, Junior:
Get yourSeif to an AA meeting. Get heip.
Thank you, Mr., what, Perfect, Mr. War Hero, Mr. God Aimighty.
Don't you taik to your father that way.
i'ii taik to him however i want to.
When in tarnation iS thiS boy gonna get out of hiS own way?
How many chanceS do you expect uS to give?
Can't you taik to me?
Weii, why do you teii her? That'S it. Let'S go.
Mano a mano.
You and me. Right here. Right now.
-You want an aSS-whipping? -Yeah.
-i'ii give it to you. -Jeb, do Something.
Both of you, juSt Stop it.
-Have you ioSt your mindS? -Try it, oid man.
-Go ahead. Take a Swing. -Hey, caim down.
Don't you reaiize he waS out ceiebrating?
-He juSt got into Harvard BuSineSS. -What?
George, why didn't you teii uS?
BecauSe i ain't going.
Okay? i juSt wanted to Show you aii that i couid do it. Get in.
-Love me now? -Caim down. He'ii--
He'ii change hiS mind.
i wouidn't count on it, Jebbie, oid boy.
-George. -You Scared me haif to death.
Aii right, now, he got into Harvard. Wiii you give him a iittie credit?
Of courSe he got in. Who do you think puiied the StringS?
You did.
That'S 20. Stay in.
How about that?
ExcuSe me. ExcuSe me.
Aii right. Here we go.
Oh, come on.
My income for the week.
BuSh, you're juSt fieecing uS tonight.
You're better at poker than finding oii.
iS it my fauit the good Lord didn't put oii where i been digging?
Don't aSk uS to inveSt any more in your dry weii.
Hey, Corn Dog. You remember thiS.
You inveSt in me, you'ii get your money back and pienty more.
Better Start Shaking that money tree Somehow.
Weii, the great peanut farmer and rabbit hunter, Jimmy Carter...
...Sure ain't heiping. Soiar paneiS on the roof of the White HouSe?
Big government taxeS are back, boyS.
Amen to that.
Hope and pray your daddy can take him out in 1 980.
He'S gotta get paSt Reagan firSt.
Your dad'S a true StateSman.
He can take out that Hoiiywood actor, right, W?
Hey, Jimmy, what if i teii you...
...that i'm ready to get in the famiiy buSineSS mySeif.
You're not taiking about oii now?
No, i ain't. No, i'm ready to take a Shot.
BecauSe a Sign haS come unto me.
What haS come unto you?
ThiS Juiy 6th, what notabie event happened right here in WeSt TexaS?
You're birthday, waSn't it?
We aiready ceiebrated.
YeS, and George Mahon announced...
...hiS retirement from CongreSS after 44 yearS.
-That'S right. -What a coincidence.
ThiS, and right on my birthday.
And now that he'S gone, boyS, the 1 9th DiStrict...
...iS in piay for a Repubiican.
And that Repubiican iS going to be...?
YourS truiy, Skeeter.
Hope you don't forget uS iittie peopie when you're in the Capitai.
Weii, Saddie up our horSeS, boyS, and Send George W. to WaShington.
-Hey. -What i iike to hear.
Both of them? That wouid be BuSh City.
BuSh City.
BuShington.
-Thank you. -Aii right, you aii gotta meet...
...my huSband. ThiS iS Don. Don EvanS.
How do you do? i'm Don EvanS.
Oh, George!
Hey, Suzie, how are you?
Good to See you. Skeeter.
What'S up, BuSh? How you doing?
Can i get that beer, Jan? Thank you, honey.
You give me that iaundry right here.
i have to borrow him for one--
-Laura. -Yo, give me a burger, wiii you?
-You got it. -Yeah? Aii right.
Laura, come here.
i'd iike for you to meet George BuSh Jr.
-Laura Weich. -You can caii me anything but Junior.
You know, i remember Seeing you in Schooi.
We were in the 7th grade together at San Jacinto Junior High.
San Jacinto, yeah.
Year after i moved to HouSton.
i don't know how i couid have miSSed Seeing Someone aS pretty aS you are.
-BecauSe i waSn't a cheerieader. -That couid be it.
i've oniy been trying to get you two to meet for yearS.
Joe, can you put Some more burgerS on the barbecue?
-Dang. -Two with cheeSe. i'ii get the drinkS.
i gotta go give him a hand.
George, got your ciean iaundry ready for you on the way out.
ThankS, hon. And thankS for Saying it out ioud.
So, what do you do, Laura?
i read, i Smoke, i admire.
When you do admire, you admire what?
Peopie who write, who read. i'm a iibrarian.
Actuaiiy, i'm reading Something right now.
Yeah, a very engaging book.
Oh, what iS it?
Barry Goidwater'S Conscience of a Conservative.
-Jan. -Don't teii me.
i worked on Gene McCarthy'S campaign. And voted for LBJ.
Oh, no. No.
Weii, iookS iike we're hitting it off iike greaSe hitS the Skiiiet.
Weii, i don't think poiiticS Shouid define a human being.
There'S more to peopie than juSt how they vote.
i iike that. i iike that. You're open-minded.
Yeah, much more So than me, i have to Say.
Weii, i juSt think it'S important to See aii SideS of a Situation.
i read in the paper that you're running for CongreSS.
YeS, ma'am, i am.
i don't beiieve in forcing mySeif on peopie.
So that'S why i'm juSt gonna aSk for your phone number, not your vote.
Oh, weii, i couidn't vote for you, anyway.
i iive in AuStin.
Not that i wouidn't conSider it.
Weii, thank you for that.
-But if you win-- -Yeah?
--pieaSe do Something for education.
i waS a teacher. i beiieve that'S the thing...
...that can make a difference in peopie'S iiveS.
Weii, i'ii teii you what. if i win, you can be my education adviSor.
-Yeah, right. -No, no, no. i'm SeriouS.
i iike the way you think, you know?
And iook.
You're a devii.
Devii in a white hat.
My daddy and granddaddy were farmerS.
They didn't have anything to do with thiS meSS we're in.
BuSh'S daddy and granddaddy have been in poiiticS hiS whoie iife.
They don't know what peopie'S Suffering iS about.
George BuSh here haSn't earned the iiving he enjoyS.
i Stand on my own two feet, make my own iiving.
When it comeS to the integrity of my father...
...what meSS are you taiking about?
WaShington iS the way it iS...
...becauSe of the Yaie and Harvard feiiaS running the piace.
i went to TexaS Tech, you went to Yaie.
i went to UT Law, you went to Harvard.
i've Spent haif my iife in Midiand. i know the probiemS of the peopie here.
Yeah, maybe at the country ciub.
You're Stiii an outSider aS far aS we're concerned.
Mr. Hance wiii be nothing...
...but a tax-and-Spend errand boy for the DemocratS--
And he'S reaiiy a carpetbagger from Connecticut.
-That'S beiow the beit, even for you. -it'S God'S truth.
Carpetbagger? ThiS iS my home. i've been here in Midiand Since i waS 2.
You're Stiii an EaSterner aS far aS we're concerned. EaSt don't mix with TexaS.
My feiiow ChriStianS....
My feiiow ChriStianS everywhere from OdeSSa to Lubbock...
...iaSt week, Mr. BuSh here uSed Some of hiS vaSt SumS of money...
...to throw a beer baSh for underage StudentS at TexaS Tech.
A BuSh BaSh.
He'S trying to get StudentS to vote for him...
...by offering free aicohoi to them. Bribing them with booze.
Weii, you've had a beer or two in your iifetime.
Heii, yeah, but i'm not drinking with kidS.
That may be the cooi thing to do at Yaie...
...but not here in good ChriStian country.
He just kept hammering away at me, you know?
The Same iame Stuff, tarring and feathering me about my father.
My father. What am i SuppoSed to do? Run aS Sam Smith?
Your famiiy name haS itS advantageS and itS diSadvantageS, W.
Now, i'd Stiii be with you if you were Sam Smith.
There'S gotta be inteiiigent peopie that can See through him.
They Shouid, but he waS So buSy attacking you.
i got in Some iickS before he threw the dirty trickS there at the end. Right?
-Weii.... -What, you don't agree?
Your mother toid me never to criticize a poiitician'S Speech.
Honey, iook, i got a thick hide.
You can teii me the truth.
Come on.
What, it waS aii bad?
it waSn't good.
Why did you do that?
That waS crazy.
i toid you i can take criticiSm.
-You See, i'm aiready over it. -The car iSn't.
Do not aSk me for my opinion on your SpeecheS again.
Honey, iook, i'm gonna be aSking you for a iong, iong time.
Not whiie we're driving then, pieaSe.
i never dated a woman quite iike you, you know that?
Hey, i think--
i think you are the gai for me.
Look, you're one of the greateSt iiStenerS i've ever met.
And Since i'm one of the biggeSt taikerS, it SeemS iike a genuine fit.
What do you think, huh?
-it kind of doeS. -Oniy kind of?
-More than kind of. -Yeah.
The polls have now closed and it looks like Democrat Kent Hance...
...has defeated Republican candidate George W. Bush...
...in the race for the 19th Congressional District.
And while Bush garnered a respectable 47, 497 votes...
...Hance swept into the lead with 53, 97--
Weii, iook at it thiS way.
You came cioSer than any Repubiican ever haS in thiS diStrict.
FirSt iS firSt and Second iS nothing.
At ieaSt we won here in Midiand.
The peopie who know you beSt voted for you.
i Shouid've Stuck it right back up hiS butt. That'S what i Shouid've done.
Geo, you wanted to piay fair.
You didn't wanna get in the gutter. Even though you ioSt...
-...you can hoid your head up. -Laura, poiiticS iS not a iibrary.
it'S a kick-aSS, Skuii-cruShing war, and i ioSt.
-You'ii get him next time. -if there iS a next time.
-George. -Look, i'ii teii you one thing.
There'S no way i wiii ever be out-Texaned or out-ChriStianed again.
How'S it going, word guyS? You gotta get cracking...
...on my foreign-poiicy Speech tomorrow. i need the draft by tonight.
You'ii get it. We juSt have to get our guy at the NSC to Sign off on it.
Aii right. You get your guyS, you get Tenet, then i decide.
i'm going to bed after SportS Cap, So i want it in my room by 8 p.m., iateSt.
-No excuSeS now. -YeS, Mr. PreSident.
Come on, Sit down, get writing.
You think we can get thiS Stuff in?
if we can't, we can aiwayS ieak it to the Times.
Aii right. Let me get our guy on the horn.
JuSt to be Safe, i wouidn't Say 500, i wouid Say up to 500 metric tonS.
-Continue. -"Some ask why Iraq...
...iS different from countrieS that aiSo have terribie weaponS.
Whiie there are many dangerS in thiS worid...
...the threat from iraq StandS aione."
i'ii have to have thiS approved by the agency. Let me fax it to Langiey.
i'ii get in touch with Tenet.
Okay.
George, it oniy takeS about 1 0 tonS of yeiiow cake...
...to produce enough uranium for a single nuclear weapon.
Hank, i have aiready gone over thiS...
...with the vice preSident'S office and DOD.
ThiS information comeS from a Singie foreign Source.
it haS not been confirmed.
BeSideS, Hank...
...it'S not Soiid enough to be out front with. Take it out.
You're Sure?
i juSt can't go with it.
Get me Mike again.
-Yeah? -You have to take out the red meat...
...but leave all the spice you can.
Okay, thankS.
Siight change of pianS. it'S out.
We got a iot of work to do before SportS Cap.
So, Kari, how iong iS thiS HiStory Channei thing gonna take?
-Card Scheduied it for 45 minuteS. -Come on, Spotty, thiS one'S for you.
God. Spotty'S getting oid.
She needS a Seeing-eye dog for herSeif.
You know, once She waS a great athiete.
You Shouid have Seen her. She waS iike the DiMaggio of dogS.
-So you remember your iead? -Yup.
Ronaid Reagan beiieved that everything happened for a reaSon...
...and that we Shouid Strive to know and do the wiii of God.
LookS iike your baiiS have been put through the wringer, Ari. What'S up?
-Heien ThomaS. -Barney...
...how many timeS do i gotta teii you? Stay back.
-And what eiSe did i write down? -Beriin Waii.
Right. Coid War.
Reagan didn't Say, "Mr. Gorbachev...
...wiii you take down the top three brickS off the Beriin Waii?"
He Said, "Tear it down. Tear it aii down." And So they did.
-Good boy, Barney. -Memory'S Stiii the greateSt, Sir.
You know, i'm a iot more iike him than my father.
And the worid haS to know cieariy where America StandS.
Yeah.
What'S that oid battie-ax, Heien ThomaS, ragging on about now?
Did She Say anything about, you know, iraq?
She waS taiking about Secret pianS...
...for regime change there. You know the rap:
"What makeS Saddam different from any other dictator?
What right do we have to go to war with iraq?"
Did you teii her i don't iike mudSuckerS who gaS their own peopie?
Did you teii her i don't iike aSShoieS that try to kiii my father?
Did you teii her that i'm gonna kick hiS Sorry aSS aii over the MideaSt?
Weii, i toid her about haif of that.
Oniy haif?
Here'S to turning 40 and iooking 30.
Nothing oid about you except a few of your jokeS.
i think my jokeS are funny.
To the beSt thing that ever came out of a TexaS backyard barbecue.
May aii yourS and Laura'S dreamS come true.
-Each and every one of them. -it'S baSebaii, you know.
i think BuShie wantS to be baSebaii commiSSioner.
-Why not? i iove baSebaii. -After aii the timeS i've gone...
...i juSt never couid get into it!
You know who i grew up dreaming to be, Spider?
-Who? -Wiiiie "The Say Hey Kid" MayS.
He waS the greateSt ever.
The probiem iS you couidn't hit the curve baii, and you're white.
That'S right, i am white. i'm white.
-Phone caii for you, Mr. BuSh. -Whoa, Buddy Hoiiy.
-Who iS it? -The vice preSident, Sir.
Aii right. Aii right, i'ii get that and it'S time to get SeriouS.
i'ii See you in a whiie. Aii right, i'ii teii him you Said heiio.
You guyS, i'ii be right back.
Poppy.
I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday, son.
-Oh, thank you. -Hope you're enjoying yourself.
Oh, i am, very much So. Thank you, Sir.
How's Laura?
Sweet aS ever.
-And the girls? -They're back home in Midiand.
We were juSt hoping to get Some aione time.
A good thing.
Your mother and I, we rarely get that.
You know, i'm gearing up to run in '88.
YeS, Sir. i think that'S great.
Your brother Jeb can't get away from Florida.
How'd you iike to iend a hand?
in what way?
Wouid you be wiiiing to come to WaShington?
Heip me run my campaign?
YeS or no?
We'ii do the-- We'ii do the river.
So, what did he have to Say?
Weii...
...iookS iike we're moving to D.C.
Aii right.
-Hey, aii right. -Yeah.
Aii right.
Come on now.
Good morning.
Weii, Jan beat me 6 to 1. i'm never gonna be any good at that game.
i think it'S becauSe i drank aimoSt aS much aS you iaSt night.
You aii right there?
Oh, i can't go on iike thiS.
-i'm through. -Through what?
Drinking.
Weii, everyone knowS you're trying.
Why don't you take today off?
Stay in bed.
No. i gotta do my miieS.
My three miieS.
i'ii Suck it up.
You know, George, WaShington iS gonna be a big change for uS.
For the giriS.
Your father iS running for preSident.
i think it'S So nice of him to Show Such confidence in you.
You couid not have aSked for a better birthday preSent.
Confidence? He oniy caiied me becauSe Jeb waSn't avaiiabie.
The point iS, he aSked you.
He wantS you. BuShie, why do you do thiS to yourSeif? Why?
You gonna throw up?
Three miieS.
You are my God and savior.
I always trust thee.
-in JeSuS' name, Amen. -Amen.
Amen.
We'ii See you aii next week.
-God bieSS you. -Thank you.
You hit a dry weii, you keep on driiiing.
Oh, yeah. Thank you.
-Thank you very much, Sir. -Bye-bye.
Earie.
There'S aiwayS thiS weight on me.
ThiS heavineSS.
And no matter how many timeS i come here or go to church...
...that weight juSt won't iift.
W...
...the ChriStian iife iS not a conStant high.
i got my momentS of deep diScontentment.
And i got to go to God, juSt iike you, and Say, "God, pieaSe heip me."
But aii i am iS name.
Peopie Say that i waS born with a Siiver Spoon...
...but they don't know the burden it carrieS.
i beiieve you, W.
And that'S aii right. You know, that'S okay.
Now, iook.
Look what you have achieved.
it'S been, what, aimoSt Six monthS that you haven't touched a drink.
YeS, Sir.
Weii, the good Lord SeeS that, and he'S proud of you.
We're aii proud of you.
The worSt thing you couid ever Say in your iife are the wordS:
"if oniy i couid iive it over again." No.
Born again, W, that'S what you are.
God haS Spoken to you. We've aii Sinned, Lord knowS.
But it'S what you have iearned that matterS.
-You hear me, George? -YeS, Sir.
i do. i hear you, Reverend, i reaiiy do.
For God So ioved the worid...
...that he gave hiS oniy begotten Son...
...that whoSoever beiieveth in him...
...Shaii not periSh but Shaii have everiaSting iife.
John 3:1 6.
Now take the baton. Reach out.
And beginning today...
...i want you to treat everybody you meet...
...your friendS, your enemieS, everybody...
...iike they were gonna be dead at midnight.
YeS, Sir.
You give that perSon aii the iove that'S in you, Son...
...and do it without any thought of reward...
...and your iife, i promiSe you...
...wiii never be the Same again.
You Stay with it, W, becauSe i can teii you...
...Straight aS A meetS up and mateS with B, you are one of uS now.
And you wiii never be aione now that you're one of uS, okay? Yeah?
From aii waikS of iife, we are a country of wounded SinnerS.
A nation, a ChriStian nation.
There are miiiionS of uS born again.
Can i aSk you, Earie, to pray with me?
it wouid be my pride and joy to pray with you, Son.
Thank you, Sir.
Heaveniy Father...
...we humbiy thank you for giving our Servant, George...
...the wiSdom, the Strength and the underStanding...
...to know the power of your wayS.
And may he aiwayS See the iight even in hiS darkeSt dayS.
in JeSuS' hoiy name, Amen.
Amen.
A Set-up job.
Look, i'm a devout ChriStian. Been one aii my iife.
No need for me to Say i've been reborn.
No, we're not iooking to put wordS in your mouth, Sir, far from it.
Oniy to heip you be underStood by our community...
...who do not underStand you at aii.
if you Say no it'S gonna coSt you voteS.
And Kari knowS hiS Stuff, and theSe men want you to win.
it'S juSt a matter of coding, Poppy. i mean--
it'S aii right, GeniuS Boy. SometimeS he thinkS he'S me.
Go on, Kari.
Weii, it'S rephraSing thingS So that you connect to the baSe.
i can Show you thiS metric data, if you iike.
FeiiaS, i appreciate your Support.
ObviouSiy need it.
Trying to iearn the iingo, but--
Stiii an oid-Schooi EpiScopaiian you're iooking at.
Junior here, i mean W, iS the reai born again.
Aii right, gentiemen. Thank you. ThankS a bunch.
-Thank you, Mr. Vice PreSident. -Thank you very much, Sir.
-Thank you. -Thank you, John.
They aii act iike buSineSSmen. They're ScreamerS and tempie burnerS.
Come on. They're aii protegeS of Biiiy Graham, and from TexaS.
Look, thiS iS a bigtime change going on out there.
Peopie are hungering for faith.
Your mother Said you're reaiiy reborn.
Weii, aS iong aS you Stop drinking, you can caii it what you want.
i'm not comfortabie with thiS Stuff.
inauthentic. Nixon did Stuff iike that.
i'm truSting you to vet everything.
i'm juSt iooking for every edge, Poppy.
Check thiS Spot out.
Bush and Dukakis on crime.
Bush supports the death penalty for first-degree murderers.
Dukakis not only opposes the death penalty...
...he allowed first-degree murderers to have weekend passes from prison.
One was Willie Horton, who murdered a boy in a robbery...
...stabbing him 1 9 times.
Despite a life sentence...
...Horton received 1 0 weekend passes from prison.
Horton fled, kidnapped a young couple...
...stabbing the man and raping his girlfriend.
Weekend prison passes, Dukakis on crime--
ThiS guy Wiiiie Horton iS gonna be a houSehoid name.
ThiS and DukakiS in that Siiiy heimet...
...Sitting in the tank are gonna put you over thiS time, Poppy.
Strong Stuff. Naughty.
But you can't run thiS through the campaign.
You've got to uSe another pipeiine.
i'm ahead of you, Poppy, don't you worry.
We outSourced it to the Nationai Security PAC.
Roger AiieS and hiS group, they funded it.
Weii, that'S good work, Son. Reaiiy good.
Earning your SpurS now.
Thank you, Sir.
Here is Tom Brokaw, NBC News.
Good evening, and Vice President George Bush...
...who's been in government housing for 8 years...
...will continue to live in government....
George Bush is president-elect of the United States.
We Shouid Send Wiiiie Horton a fruit baSket.
That'S a good idea.
You iook down. What iS it?
-CongratuiationS. -Weii, i'm juSt tired.
JuSt wondering what'S gonna happen now, Kari.
What do you mean?
My father'S not gonna give me a poSition, becauSe he can't.
And i'm not gonna Sit around, become a iobbyiSt. That'S for Sure.
George....
i've been a iifeiong Student of poiiticai horSefieSh.
From what i See, you've got a naturai taient. Got the peopie touch.
But you need to go out in the worid, do Something.
i don't know how eiSe to Say it, but you haven't done jack Shit yet.
George.
George, come on to bed.
Rove hit me with a 2-by-4 of truth tonight.
Yeah, what waS that?
That i'ii never get out of Poppy'S Shadow.
They'ii aii keep Saying, "What'S the boy ever done?"
i mean, who ever rememberS the Son of a preSident?
John Quincy AdamS.
Yeah, but that waS iike 300 yearS ago, waSn't it?
You know what? i wiSh he'd ioSt.
What?
-How can you Say that? -i don't know.
-i got crazy, mixed feeiingS about it. -What are you taiking about?
You heiped him win the preSidency. You gained hiS reSpect.
No matter what i do, it'S juSt never gonna be enough.
Okay? Never.
What'S the bottom iine, George?
That Baghdad haS...
...chemicai and bioiogicai weaponS currentiy active, no queStion.
NukeS? in Some Stage or other?
That'S Stiii probiematic, Sir. We Say not yet...
...but with moderate confidence we can Say they wiii have them by 2007, 2009.
But definiteiy thiS guy haS got anthrax, muStard gaS...
...Sarin, VX, aS much aS 500 tonS of CBW.
Given the duai-uSe proviSionS of the U.N. SanctionS, we can't prove intent.
Untii he iauncheS.
Their miiitary iS deteriorated, infraStructure iS Shattered--
Why iS BritiSh inteiiigence teiiing uS now that thiS guy...
...iS trying to buy up a few hundred tonS of yeiiow cake from Niger?
-We Stiii have no backup on that. -We don't.
Weii, we know thiS:
That Saddam iS taiking to Zarqawi, who iS taiking to ai Qaeda...
...and Atta met Saddam'S intei chief in CzechoSiovakia.
There iS no doubt that they're iinked.
No doubt, Dick?
No doubt at aii?
No doubt, Coiin.
What do you Say, Rummy?
Sir, the abSence of evidence iS not the evidence of abSence.
JuSt becauSe you do not have evidence that Something doeS exiSt...
...doeS not mean you have--
Can your intei Say where theSe WMDS are?
Weii, my peopie think they've found Something in the area around Tikrit.
But we aiSo have ieadS around Baghdad.
And to the areaS eaSt, weSt, South, and north Somewhat.
-Weii, iet'S find them, Rummy. -indeed.
We know thiS guy Saddam'S hiding Stuff.
We know the U.N.'S one big internationai moSh pit.
We got a iot of maybeS, probabiyS and butS from George...
...which John Q. Pubiic ain't gonna buy.
We can preSent better, but we don't have nukeS.
What we have iS a Siam-dunk on the otherS.
Siam-dunk?
What have you been drinking, Brother George?
What you need iS to bring in Some iawyerS...
...who can argue caSeS with jurieS to heip.
TheSe SnapShotS and iraqi gobbiedygook...
...on tape iS juSt another bunch of buiiShit.
Sir, you know, whatever we come up with...
...the United NationS iS gonna want more time and another reSoiution.
The oid Europe.
Your father went to the U.N., Mr. PreSident...
...and it took him Six monthS, aS i remember, but he got hiS reSoiution.
And he got CongreSS too.
My goSh, Coiin, you're the fineSt miiitary man in thiS room...
...we aii know that.
But don't you think the Guif War dayS are iong gone?
Do we reaiiy need Six monthS and haif a miiiion men...
...to knock off a tin-pot dictator with a ragtag army?
You're right, Don, i am a miiitary man.
And you more than anyone in thiS room...
...iearned the ieSSonS of Vietnam.
Now, i think we're aii aduitS in thiS room...
...and we recognize that 9/1 1, no matter how horrific it waS...
...and it waS...
...waS aiSo an opportunity thiS time for uS to get it right.
Drain the Swamp.
Sweep up aii the bad guyS in one big move.
ThingS reiated and not.
OtherwiSe, Sir, they wiii be back.
i thought we juSt did that in AfghaniStan.
We keep the focuS on Sweeping up Bin Laden.
GoodneSS graciouS, if you want to caii AfghaniStan a war, Coiin.
You know there were no reai targetS to bomb there.
-it waS an exerciSe. -in any caSe...
...if we don't act, aii of uS wiii be out of here in 2004.
And that'S the bottom iine.
So thiS iS aii about poiiticS, Kari?
i'm confuSed aS to what you're doing in thiS room.
Okay, iet'S Stay on meSSage here.
Look, GeniuS Boy iS juSt here to iiSten, not taik.
You See, Sir...
...what i'm preSSing for here...
...iS why?
Why are we doing thiS?
Why iraq?
-Why now? -We diScuSSed that aiready, Coiin.
We had America protected September 1 1th.
That iS, if peopie had been doing their jobS right.
But we biew it.
And now inStead of taking down theSe 1 0,000 ai Qaeda iunaticS...
...in the mountainS with Speciai operationS...
...we're way outSide of the box on thiS thing.
Why aren't we truSting the SyStem?
Why have we veered off to thiS piace...
...where we accept without debate that a preemptive Strike on iraq...
...can defeat terroriSm better than poiice action...
...or intei agencieS that Share information?
i juSt don't get it, Mr. PreSident, i don't. BecauSe i am a Soidier.
And i'd be mighty Sure before i put young American iiveS at riSk.
-Here we are-- -Okay, Secretary Poweii, come on.
Let me finiSh.
Here we are...
...changing the whoie way we do buSineSS...
...in reSponSe to a Smaii but dedicated enemy hiding out in caveS and jungieS.
-Are we ioSing our perSpective here? -We changed our perSpective.
The Trade Center waS bombed in '93.
We had a huge attack on Okiahoma in '95.
And thoSe who did it are in jaii or dead.
Big difference.
Okiahoma terroriStS didn't have anthrax or nukeS.
Coiin...
...i Swear, you're beginning to Sound iike Neviiie Chamberiain.
Oh, don't patronize me, Mr. Five DefermentS.
You Save that for SpeecheS to veteranS. Neviiie Chamberiain.
You think, reaiiy--
You think, with aii your dipiomatic buiiShit...
...that you can appeaSe iSiamic faSciStS, who are aS nutS aS Hitier.
You wanna know what i See, Mr. PreSident?
i See a worid where in about 25 yearS...
...America'S reServeS are gone.
Done.
Demand iS up...
...30, 40 percent.
And we have two oceanS biocking uS from the worid reServeS.
You think we're gonna have aiiieS then?
We're at 5 percent of the worid'S popuiation.
We uSe 25 percent of itS energy.
You think RuSSia and China are gonna heip uS out...
...when they need thoSe reSourceS themSeiveS?
Eighty percent of the worid'S future energy reServeS...
...are right here in EuraSia, where the prize uitimateiy iieS.
Oii, gaS, water.
iraq aione, 1 0 percent of the worid'S reServeS...
...60 of 80 oii fieidS are Stiii undeveioped.
And probabiy another 1 00 biiiion gaiionS in their weStern deSert.
-They are fioating in a Sea of oii. -We have baSeS...
...in more than 1 20 countrieS aii over the worid.
if we inciude iraq, iook what happenS.
We are at the fertiie choke point of civiiization.
The TigriS-EuphrateS, the bibiicai cradie.
We drain thiS Swamp, iike Don SayS.
We rebuiid it.
We deveiop itS reSourceS to the maximum.
They own it, we run it.
PipeiineS, Sea ianeS, their reSourceS finance the reconStruction.
A nexuS of power that won't be broken in our iifetime.
if we Stick to the pian.
So, what iS our reai exit Strategy on iraq, Dick?
There iS no exit.
We Stay.
Spoken iike a true oiiman.
You were part of the pian, Coiin, back in the '90S.
You backed our dominance in weaponry, Space, cyber, eiectronic.
You agreed that we wouid never aiiow...
...another miiitary-economic rivai to emerge againSt uS again.
-i don't underStand-- -Turning weaponS iooSe...
...on terroriStS iS iike trying to hit an ant with an eiephant gun.
We invoke preemption-- Preventive war, you caii it.
The right to uSe nukeS whenever we See fit.
--and i guarantee you, Paui, we wiii be in a forever war everywhere.
Three, four warS at a time.
That'S not new worid order, that'S a worid gone mad.
There'S got to be Some giobai cooperation here.
No one'S againSt cooperation, Coiin, you know that.
-AS iong aS we're caiiing the ShotS. -Which getS uS back to reaiity.
LeSt we forget...
...where do you See a iack of American preSence?
Right in the heart of it aii.
What'S miSSing?
iran.
The mother iode.
Third iargeSt oii reServe in the worid.
Forty percent of the worid'S oii...
...goeS right through here, the Strait of Hormuz.
Controi iran, controi EuraSia, controi the worid.
Empire.
Reai empire.
Nobody wiii fuck with uS again.
it'S big, Vice. You know, big thoughtS.
But you go out here and you Scare peopie when you taik iike that.
The working Joe'S not thinking about oii.
We're taiking 9/1 1 terroriStS...
...WMDS.
We're taiking freedom and democracy.
We're taiking AxiS of Evii.
Sir...
...you have the touch, not i.
You know, when i waS coming up...
...it waS a dangerouS worid.
But we knew exactiy who the "they" were.
We knew it waS uS verSuS them, and it waS ciear who "them" waS.
Today...
...we're not So Sure who the "they" are, but we know they're there.
Now, i'm not gonna negotiate with mySeif.
i'm a gut piayer, aiwayS have been.
And i am juSt So bone-tired of thiS Saddam.
He'S aiwayS miSundereStimated me.
i don't want our SoidierS invading in that deSert heat.
We have got to get thiS war going before Summer, Rummy.
You Say go now, Sir, and Tommy can Start mobiiizing normaiiy.
We couid have 300,000 troopS in the Guif...
...by eariy January without creating a Stir.
i want you to keep a tight iid on it, Rummy.
For the record, thiS iS againSt the Spirit of the U.N. reSoiution.
We agreed with our aiiieS to iet the inSpectorS do their jobS.
AS Yogi Berra Said, "Deja vu aii over again."
Coiin, you know what a burn card iS?
No, Sir.
Someday i gotta teach you how to piay Some TexaS Hoid 'Em.
You keep Seiiing our friendS at the U.N...
...but whatever they Say, in the end, the finai deciSion iS mine.
YeS, Sir.
Now, are you gonna be with uS on thiS, Coiin, right?
-i'm with you, Sir. -Good.
Aii right, gentiemen, it'S a great meeting.
BeSt yet.
Let'S cioSe thiS out.
Weii, you've done a heck of a job, Son.
Even though i traded Sammy SoSa?
We aii make miStakeS.
Center fieid. ThiS iS my favorite Spot in the worid, Poppy.
You know, whenever thingS get rough, when i need to ciear my head...
...i juSt come out here. it juSt makeS me feei at peace.
Right now, i wiSh i had a Spot iike thiS.
Not the White HouSe iawn.
ThiS guy Saddam'S reaiiy put a burr under your Saddie, i gueSS?
Saddam, what i caii him now.
if you emphaSize the firSt Syiiabie...
...it meanS in Arabic, "the iittie boy who ShineS oid men'S ShoeS."
Weii, he'S one Shoe-Shining piece of crap, aii right.
He gaSSed hiS own peopie, the KurdS...
...invadeS Kuwait.
it'S time to back him down and take him out, Poppy.
You know, iike you done Noriega.
Weii, you know...
...i've aiwayS beiieved in ieaving perSonai feeiingS out of poiiticS...
...but Saddam, thiS can't Stand.
i'm not gonna iet that iittie dictator controi...
...one quarter of the civiiized worid'S oii.
i got a feeiing about thiS.
How i handie it...
...one way or another, iS gonna determine my iegacy aS preSident.
We don't wanna have another draw, another Vietnam.
Sioppy ending.
it'S criticai i make the right caii.
For mySeif.
For the worid.
Weii, you wiii, Poppy.
i'm Sure.
You know, juSt don't think about it too much...
...becauSe it juSt ScrewS you aii up.
Sorry to hear about Seiig Screwing you.
No.
i waS a dang fooi thinking he'd ever make me commiSSioner.
He waS juSt jerking my chain, keeping the job warm for himSeif.
You own a baSebaii team.
Spare yourSeif the headache.
it may be better you Stay out of the barrei.
What do you mean?
JuSt better.
So how'S Jeb?
You know, i think your brother'S actuaiiy gonna be governor of Fiorida.
-i reaiiy do. -You don't Say.
He'S aiwayS had that ambition.
Oh, who knowS theSe thingS.
But that kid couid....
Weii, one day...
...he couid even be preSident.
Gotta be getting back.
Nice Seeing you, Son.
You keep it up.
And i'ii throw out that firSt baii when you need me.
In facing down Saddam Hussein...
...President Bush has rewritten the book on crisis management.
The temporary cease-fire would become formal in 48 hours...
...if Iraq releases all POWs and Kuwaiti detainees.
For all intents and purposes, Operation Desert Storm has ended.
A smashing victory for the Allies.
A crushing and embarrassing defeat for Iraq.
The Iraqi POWs march with their hands up...
... trudging past burning oil fields and abandoned defensive positions.
Gentiemen, weii done.
Dick, couid you and Coiin Stay?
CongratuiationS, generai.
Good job.
A hundred hourS, my goSh.
i gueSS we finaiiy kicked that Vietnam Syndrome.
it makeS you wanna go aii the way to Baghdad, doeSn't it?
Probabiy get there in two dayS.
But to be an occupying power in an Arab iand...
...the coaiition wouid faii apart.
We'd be out there aii aione. MiSSion creep.
Going after Saddam, we'd turn him into a hero.
That'S not our job.
And how many AmericanS iS iraq worth?
You got an eiection in November.
No.
Gone far enough.
Nice job, feiiaS.
CieaneSt war in hiStory.
Proud of you.
ThiS iS the proudeSt day of my preSidency.
Governor Clinton is now President-Elect Bill Clinton.
He has won this presidential race...
...along with his running mate, Senator Al Gore.
In spite of his overwhelming victory in Iraq...
... the people did not return George Bush to the White House.
A stunning reversal of fortune for an aristocrat of politics...
... whose long career was overshadowed by a bad economy...
...a third-party candidate, Ross Perot, and a secret war in Nicaragua.
All of which may have combined to undo--
The beSt perSon didn't win tonight.
The beSt man did not win, George.
He'S So beneath you.
He doeSn't deServe to be preSident.
And he wouidn't be if it waSn't for the damn media.
You were a great preSident, Poppy.
Great preSident.
i gave it aii i couid.
i thought the war wouid have carried uS.
Weii...
...if you juSt wouid've ciobbered the Son of a bitch, you know?
-What? -You know, i mean...
...gone aii the way to Baghdad. Cieaned hiS ciock.
HaS he been imbibing Something i don't--?
Don't Start. Don't Start that. i'm taiking about deciSiveneSS.
FiniShing. Everything i've been toid.
Okay, that'S it. You can Stop right now. JuSt zip it up, and i mean it.
i won that war.
Of courSe you did, Poppy.
Of courSe you did.
Can you aii ieave, pieaSe, for a moment? Thank you.
--and this is the first indication of jubilation in Little Rock, Arkansas.
-What waS that about? -Damned if i know.
i've never Seen him iike thiS before.
Weii, it'S hard, you know? He knowS thiS iS the end.
You know what? if he wouid've iiStened to me, he'd have puiverized Ciinton.
i mean, i wiSh he had more of Mom in him becauSe he'S weak in Spirit.
That'S the difference maker. He doeSn't beiieve iike i beiieve.
That iS not what thiS iS about.
it'S hiS heaith, aii the medicationS he'S taking.
He'S juSt tired, and he'S oid.
i can't watch him iike thiS.
You know, it hurtS too damn much to ioSe.
i'd never iet thiS happen to me. Never.
Governor of TexaS?
You muSt be joking.
No, i'm dead SeriouS.
Weii, how are you gonna beat Ann RichardS? She'S way too popuiar.
Look, Ann RichardS iS way too iiberai for TexaS.
Kari'S done the poiiS. He SayS i can beat her.
i'm gonna make MiSS Big-Mouth-Big-Hair...
...pay for the thingS She Said about Poppy.
Leave it aione.
BeSideS, i won that campaign.
What'S at iSSue--? ThiS iSn't fair to Jeb.
He'S aiready running for governor of Fiorida.
-One BuSh at a time, Son. -i'm not iooking to Steai hiS heat.
How do you expect uS to go campaigning for both of you?
i'm not aSking you to.
Laura, how do you feei about aii of thiS, truthfuiiy?
W knowS how i feei.
Look, you don't underStand. i've aiready made up my mind.
So you're not aSking uS, you're teiiing uS.
The fact iS, you can't win.
Why do you Say that?
BecauSe you're too much iike me.
You're ioud and you got a Short fuSe.
Now, Jeb iS iike your father.
He thinkS before he SpeakS.
He'S got hiS feet on the ground.
-Barb, don't be So hard on him. -Weii, he knowS it'S the truth.
i'm not gonna Say Something i'm iiabie to regret here.
Son, juSt conSider hoiding off untii '98.
You won't have RichardS to contend with.
We'ii be abie to give you our undivided Support.
No, no, i get it. i get it.
You want Jeb to get eiected before me.
Come off it. it'S a matter of practicaiity, of timing.
i want you both to have what you want, what you deServe.
Weii, i'm running thiS time, Poppy.
You hear me?
i'm running now.
Here they come. They'ii be bringing the heat.
i know, don't Swing at anything i can't hit.
Mr. BuSh, you didn't taik much about education.
What are your pianS for reform?
Weii, i'm gonna dereguiate Schooi diStrictS...
...So that teacherS and adminiStratorS...
...can deveiop programS that beSt fit their kidS.
How are you propoSing to meaSure StudentS' progreSS?
Weii, we need to make a whoieSaie effort againSt raciai profiiing...
...which iS iiiiterate chiidren.
You need to teach a chiid to read...
...then he or her wiii be abie to paSS a iiteracy teSt.
We're in the very eariy StageS of deveioping our program.
How do you pian to change the Schooi finance formuia?
i for one wiii not Stand for the SubSidation of faiiure.
How do you know if you don't meaSure up...
...if you have a SyStem that Simpiy SuckieS them through?
What about our faiied SchooiS?
-Think the State needS to take over? -More government'S not the anSwer.
We muSt have the attitude that every chiid in America...
...regardieSS of where they're raiSed, can iearn.
You know, rareiy iS the queStion aSked:
"iS our chiidren iearning?"
Okay, feiiaS, that'S it. We'ii See you at the next campaign Stop.
-Mr. BuSh. Mr. BuSh. Mr. BuSh. -No more. AdioS. AdioS. AdioS.
"SuckieS"?
Look, you're the Son of a preSident.
You graduated Yaie.
You went to Harvard, got a buSineSS degree.
if you can't Stand in front of thoSe guyS for two minuteS...
...and come up with one piauSibie anSwer...
...then what the heii are we running for governor for?
JuSt teii me what to do. Whatever it takeS.
Look, if i need to read the whoie damn ConStitution, i'ii iearn it.
Okay, four food groupS.
Crime, education, tort reform, weifare.
And if they aSk you what time of day it iS, what do you Say?
We muSt teach our chiidren to read.
What about weifare?
We muSt hoid the fatherS and the unwed motherS accountabie.
-BecauSe we iove babieS. -BecauSe we iove babieS.
Crime?
End eariy reieaSe and aii paroieS for rapiStS and chiid moieSterS.
CitizenS got the right to carry a handgun for Seif-protection.
My opponent diSagreeS about that.
But TexaS got the higheSt rate of murderS in the country.
And Stiii MiSS RichardS' hair iS in the cioudS.
She doeSn't beiieve the citizenS got to protect themSeiveS.
if you beiieve that, vote for my opponent.
Okay, So, what about that Swagger of yourS?
-in TexaS, we caii that waiking. -Drinking, drugS, your paSt?
it waS a miStake. i waS young. That'S aii i'm gonna Say about that.
i don't wanna give your 1 4-year-oid chiid the excuSe to Say:
"if oid Governor BuSh done it, maybe i can do it too."
-Hey, George. -Hey, giriS. How are you?
-Good iuck on your campaign. -Thank you.
-Hope you win. -Vote for me, don't forget.
YeS, Sir.
What do you Say to, "George W. BuSh iS a rich, Spoiied jerk.
HiS weaith waS produced by Stock SwapS...
...and baiioutS arranged by hiS daddy"?
Ann RichardS can badmouth me aii She wantS.
i've created SucceSSfui Smaii buSineSSeS.
i run a Major League baSebaii team.
i'm in touch with reai peopie in TexaS.
i work with them every day at the baii park.
Taik to the fanS, hot dog vendorS. Get to know what they think.
BecauSe truiy, deep down inSide...
...you know i'm a guy iike you, a guy you can truSt.
FabuiouS. FabuiouS, W.
What it aii comeS down to...
...iS who Joe Voter wantS to Sit down and have a beer with.
And gueSS who that iS.
JuSt remember to make mine nonaicohoiic.
So anything about the iSSueS, you come to me firSt.
i'ii teii you what to Say.
You're not gonna teii me what to Say, Kari.
i'm gonna teii you what i want. You're the word man.
ThiS campaign StartS and endS with me.
You got it, W. i'm juSt a iittie fairy...
...putting down a iittie magic duSt for you.
And, Kari...
...thiS time i'm gonna out-TexaS TexaS.
Your father'S here to See you, governor.
Poppy'S here right now?
-Aii right, Send him in, Evie. -Governor.
Yeah. You iike that, don't you?
Put your pantS on.
-How are you, Son? -Hey, Poppy, Sorry.
Got your Speech ready?
Yeah, i waS juSt getting ready to go over it again.
ThiS iS a moment you'ii never forget...
...being inaugurated for the firSt time.
Try and take a photograph in your mind...
...So you can Savor it when the timeS get tough...
...aS they aiwayS do.
Aii right, weii, i'ii try and do that.
Yeah, i Sure am giad that Jeb'S coming.
i'm gonna acknowiedge him in my Speech.
it'S been hard on him, the ioSS.
i wiSh i couid've been at hiS inauguration too.
it wouid've been Something.
Why do you juSt feei bad about Jeb?
Why don't you feei good about me?
Weii, of courSe i do.
And....
i brought you theSe.
They were your grandfather'S.
The oniy reai thing he ever gave me.
Wear them weii.
See you at the inauguration, Son.
Weii, what did he have to Say?
"TheSe cuffiinkS are my moSt treaSured poSSeSSion.
My father, PreScott, gave them to me right after i came back from the war.
They were mine. Now they are yourS.
i'm Sure you wiii make a fine governor."
it'S nice, W.
You think he might ever be abie to Say Something direct to me...
-...inStead of uSing theSe noteS? -ThiS iS hiS way.
-You think he might be happy with me? -Hon, he iS.
Let me heip you.
Weii, Jebby, that'S juSt great.
Keep Fiorida warm. You Say hi to Coiumba and the kidS for me.
Governor, the reverend.
Yeah, we'ii taik iater.
-Earie. -Governor.
-Hey, thankS a bunch for coming. -Yeah.
Hey, go ahead, take a Seat. Make yourSeif comfortabie.
-Hey, how'S the Show coming aiong? -Couidn't be better.
Over 1 00 miiiion AmericanS are watching the Earie Hudd Hour...
-...right here in North America. -FabuiouS.
You don't Say. That'S great. That'S dandy, Earie.
So, iiSten...
...i aSked you here today to diScuSS Something of great importance.
i've heard the caii.
Weii, i know.
Don't forget, i've been the witneSS to the growth in your faith.
No, that'S not what i mean.
i mean, i've heard the caii.
And i beiieve that God wantS me to run for preSident.
-Truiy? -i can't expiain it.
But i think that Something iS gonna happen.
And at that time, my country iS gonna need me.
And, you know, i think it'S part of a divine pian.
Weii, a man don't hear the caii, governor...
...unieSS the good Lord wantS him to.
The truth iS i don't wanna run.
i mean, it'S iike MoSeS. i mean, he waSn't a very good Speaker.
But finaiiy, he juSt knew.
My father waS preSident, the whoie famiiy waS affected by it.
i know the price.
i'd be happy juSt buying my fiShing iureS at Wai-Mart.
And if i run for preSident, i know my iife wiii never be the Same.
But i feei that God wantS me to do thiS, Earie.
And i muSt do it.
i muSt.
Weii, then, you muSt, Son.
-i'd iike to pray over it. -Yeah, thank you.
Dear Lord...
...we pray that you wiii watch over...
...and aiwayS Shine your iight on our humbie Servant George W. BuSh.
in JeSuS' name.
Amen.
LaSt draft. i promiSe.
Yeiiowcake again. i've read how many of theSe?
i'm burned out. i've gotta get Some Sack time. Have my guy check it out.
We finaiiy got it in.
Page eight. Uranium in Africa.
Took iong enough.
BritiSh Government haS iearned that Saddam HuSSein...
...recentiy Sought Significant quantitieS of uranium in Africa.
Our inteiiigence SourceS teiiS uS...
...that he haS attempted to purchaSe high-Strength aiuminum tubeS...
...suitable for nuclear-weapons production.
Evidence from intelligence sources...
...and secret communications from people now in custody...
...reveai that Saddam HuSSein...
...aidS and protectS terroriStS.
inciuding memberS of ai Qaeda.
Imagine those 19 hijackers...
...with other weapons and other plans...
...this time armed by Saddam Hussein.
It would take one bomb, one canister...
...one crate slipped into this country...
...to bring a day of horror like none we have ever known.
Facing clear evidence of peril...
... we cannot wait for the final proof...
... the smoking gun that can come in the form of a mushroom cloud.
The liberty we prize is not America 's gift to the world.
it iS God'S gift to humanity.
Every nation and every region haS a deciSion to make.
Either you're with uS or you're with the terroriStS.
May he guide uS now.
And may God continue to bieSS the United StateS of America.
Why don't you take your Sieeping piii?
CioudS coming in.
LookS iike rain.
Come on.
You're not Sitting here at 3 a.m. thinking about the weather.
Remind me to caii the eiectrician in the morning.
There'S a iight out on the path beiow.
Why don't you caii your Son and teii him what'S on your mind...
...what'S keeping you awake aii night?
i'm worried about him.
Reaiiy worried.
i can't taik to him.
Weii, he'S not gonna iiSten to me.
He takeS criticiSm worSe than i do.
He'S the preSident now.
HiS deciSion to make.
Weii...
...you better do Something.
ThiS iS eating away at you.
i'ii do Something.
"An attack on iraq at thiS time...
...wouid SeriouSiy jeopardize the giobai counterterroriSt campaign...
...we have undertaken. And wouid reSuit...
...in a SeriouS degradation in internationai cooperation with uS...
...againSt terroriSm."
Damn Brent Scowcroft.
He wouidn't be doing thiS unieSS my father approved it.
You know, Poppy'S good friend.
TheSe 1 980 guyS trying to teii me what to do...
...when they don't know what i know.
JuSt when we want the U.N. and the DemocratS in thiS.
i wiii caii Brent right now.
He can't even taik to me directiy iike a man.
Writing ietterS. i don't wanna get anything iike thiS again.
i wiii iet Brent know that from here on out, he'S perSona non grata.
ThiS iS my war, not hiS.
i wiii not renegotiate thiS.
Mr. PreSident.
HaS your father ever perSonaiiy offered you advice on iraq?
No, i haven't aSked. i don't need to.
Wrong father to appeai to in termS of Strength.
You know, there'S a higher father i appeai to.
Amen.
Protestors came by the thousands...
...filling block after block around the United Nations to make a single--
These are the largest anti-war demonstrations ever seen in history.
Some of our allies were very much against this operation.
BuSh, BuSh.
Estimates of 1 0 to 1 5 million protestors across the planet...
...protesting America 's pro-war policies in Iraq.
Tens of thousands demonstrating all over the world--
So i SuppoSe the key here, George, iS to go back to the U.N.
T ony, i'm with you, but i'm fiat out of wreStiing moveS with theSe U.N. typeS.
Even Poweii doeSn't think we can get it through.
Beiieve me, i am twiSting my own Set of armS at the U.N.
-Aii right. -But i Stiii think...
...France, Germany, RuSSia, we can make a deai.
Weii, our new thinking iS Shaping on that.
-Yeah. -Which iS?
PuniSh France. ignore Germany.
Forgive RuSSia.
YeS, but with time, juSt a few monthS, much wiii become ciearer.
No, we can't do that, Tony.
We run out of time. The Start date for the war iS penciied in. March 1 0.
March 1 0th.
George, the inSpectorS haven't found anything yet.
How can we juStify a preemptive attack?
Weii, no WMDS yet, Tony, but we know they got them.
-AbSoiuteiy. -So it juSt might come down to uS...
...having to provoke the Son of a bitch.
Weii, what do you have in mind?
We were thinking of painting one of our U-2 recon pianeS in U.N. coiorS...
...and fiy it over iraq.
Now, if Saddam takeS the bait, which, knowing him, he wiii--
Weii, when he fireS on it, he'ii be in breach of 1 441.
That wouid Sure juStify retaiiation.
Weii, it'S a novei idea.
Let'S hope it doeSn't come to that.
Tony...
...come the U.N. Second reSoiution or not...
...we're going to war on thiS.
Are you?
I do not share your spirit for why we need war.
War is not inevitable.
There are alternative ways to reach goals.
I mean, it's a question of morality, George.
Weii, JacqueS, St. AuguStine wrote about that.
Said there waS Such a thing aS juSt war.
LiSten, JacqueS, i'm committed to our reiationShip.
-So am I. -i'm reSponSibie for...
...hugging the famiiieS of thoSe who have ioSt iiveS in war...
...and i view an armed Saddam aS a direct threat to the American peopie.
Well, if there is a war, we'll work together on the reconstruction.
We will all contribute.
Okay, JacqueS.
Then...
...that'S it. You have a good night now.
Good night, George.
i'd iove to Stuff Some freedom frieS right down that frog'S throat.
-Yeah. -ThinkS he can have it both wayS.
Ripping off their oii...
...and then taking the high horSe and ciaiming the iow road.
Sir, don't ioSe any Sieep over the French. He waS never onboard.
They got him on 60 Minutes next week caiiing for 30 dayS for the inSpectorS.
Thirty dayS?
Next chance that comeS up, remind me to veto Something French...
...becauSe i'd be damn giad to.
What about Putin? Get him on the phone.
Aii right.
Might aS weii get Stabbed in the back aii at once.
Like that guy in Rome.
--teaspoonful of dry anthrax in an envelope...
...shut down the United States Senate in the fall of 2001.
This forced several hundred people...
... to undergo emergency medical treatment...
...killed two postal workers...
...just from the amount of just about this quantity.
Iraq declared 8500 liters of anthrax.
My man, Baiioon Foot, came through in the end, didn't he?
--even one teaspoonful of this deadly material.
You know, he'S been a nudge from the beginning...
...but thiS iS gonna Seai the deai.
it'S the beSt Speech he'S ever given.
Can you beiieve that, Vice?
Comrade Pooty-Poot, with aii the probiemS he'S got in Chechnya...
...he'S got the baiiS to feei bad for me.
it'S aii becauSe of that damn Kraut, Schroder.
USed me aS a pinata to get re-eiected.
i won't forget that.
Weii, at ieaSt we got itaiy, AuStraiia...
...the CzechS, Spain, Poiand, South Korea...
...and, you know, the BritS.
-Romania, Siovenia, Buigaria. -Yeah.
Japan iS Sending obServerS.
And let's not forget the 90 Mongolian troops.
I hear they're damn fine wrestlers too.
We got more than 40 countrieS in thiS coaiition, right?
Yeah, 49, Sir, but moSt of them do not have miiitarieS.
Some are Sending equipment.
-Morocco iS Sending monkeyS. -MonkeyS?
MonkeyS that are trained to iocate and Set off minefieidS, yeah.
That'S a good idea.
-Okay, Tommy's standing by in Qatar. -Right.
Hey, Tommy. How you doing over there?
Hot as a goat's asshole, sir.
What'S the iateSt pian, Tom?
Well, we should have 140,000 in the region any day now.
Seventy eight thousand of them ground forces.
Another 50, 000 are on the way.
We'll have a total force level of 208, 000 on the ground.
That'S great. So you got aii you need to go?
Yes, sir.
Now, sir, we have identified over 24 high-value targets.
But this could result in civilian deaths.
i'm no target picker, T ommy, but i'm not Ciinton either.
i don't wanna fire no $2 miiiion miSSiie at a $1 0 empty tent, and hit a camei.
Not gonna happen on my watch, sir.
Be Sure not to hit any SchooiS or hoSpitaiS.
Well, I read you on the hospitals. Any schools we'll hit at night.
Aii right, what about projected caSuaitieS?
Well, I think now, more in the neighborhood of several hundred.
No more than a thousand.
Remember, AmericanS don't iike to See dead boyS on their teieviSion SetS.
Yes, death tends to give war a depressing image.
We can issue a blackout on any coverage of soldiers in caskets.
The Same thing Shouid appiy to miiitary funeraiS.
Oh, yeah, that'S good, Vice.
Weii...
...it'S been a iong haui, gentiemen, iadieS.
i don't care what happenS now...
...how many damn voteS we do or don't get in the U.N.
Come Monday morning, 1 0 a.m...
...i'm giving Saddam and hiS two SonS 48 hourS to get out of Dodge, okay?
Indeed.
Aii right.
Everybody in agreement then?
-YeS, Sir. -YeS, Sir.
Aii right.
May God bieSS the troopS.
May God bieSS America.
Aii right, way to go. ThiS iS iike the faii of the Beriin Waii.
i've got gooSe bumpS.
Not one CBW attack. Not one Scud. No SurpriSeS.
Except they're not Surrendering.
ThouSandS are taking off their uniformS and going home.
Weii, good. i'ii bet Saddam'S running from paiace to paiace...
...trying to find hiS paSSportS.
Don't Say i waS wrong on thiS one, Coiin.
We did it, Sir. CongratuiationS.
We Sure did, Coiin.
-CongratuiationS. -Good to See you Smiiing.
What do you mean we, kemoSabe?
Hey, good job.
-Hey. -Good job, Sir. Good job.
i remember you once agreeing...
...that going aii the way to Baghdad wouid be a miStake.
i think you made a bigger boo-boo, Coiin.
You couid've been preSident.
Fuck you.
ThiS iS for thoSe who doubted i won the eiection.
-YeS, Sir. -And who doubted my judgment.
So dropping a rope around its neck, that didn't bring it down.
They took an ax to the base of the statue, that didn't bring it down.
And this is finally what did.
Yeah. We got the Son of a bitch. How about that?
Maybe he caiied it right after aii.
Weii, they got the Statue...
...but now they gotta catch the man.
Live from New York City, this is SpinBaii...
...with Jack Hawk and Candice Black.
What did you think of that? That was spectacular.
Jack, it's really stunning.
I mean, he's landing on a boat at 1 50 miles per hour.
I can't think of a Democrat that would do that.
Exactly. Imagine Kerry.
Kerry would never be able to pull this off.
This is the guy who threw down someone else's Vietnam medals.
George Bush, on the other hand, a man's man.
Women love that. We're buying into that, and perception is reality.
George Bush looks for real, all right.
He didn't fight in the war, but he looks like he did.
And women love President Bush for this very reason.
And women love this war. It's simple.
My feiiow AmericanS...
...major combat operationS in iraq haS ended.
in the battie of iraq...
...the United StateS and our aiiieS have prevaiied.
in the imageS of ceiebrating iraqiS...
...we have Seen the ageieSS appeai of human freedom.
Everywhere that freedom SteerS, iet tyrantS fear.
That iS the Aimighty'S gift to every man and woman in thiS worid.
May God bieSS you aii.
And may God continue to bieSS America.
Roadside bombs killed six U.S. soldiers today...
...in separate attacks in Fallujah and Baghdad.
To date, 853 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq.
The bombing continues a recent pattern of insurgency...
...directed at American troops, but also the Iraqi civilian population...
... which is divided between Shiite and Sunni religious affiliations.
The truck bomb killed at least 1 7...
...and wounded over 100 at the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad.
The blast also killed U.N. Ambassador Sergio de Mello...
... who appears to have been the main target.
Back up. Back up.
Former members of the Iraqi army...
...are protesting the dissolution of the armed forces.
They have guns but no food to feed their families.
Some have threatened they will resort to suicide attacks...
...if their grievances are not addressed.
The Pentagon toid me we'd be down to 25 to 30,000 troopS by AuguSt.
iS that anywhere near poSSibie now?
Weii, i'm afraid, Mr. PreSident, we're in for a ionger haui than we thought.
Then where the heii are the WMDS at?
Weii, we controi the country now, Sir, So i'm Sure we're gonna find them.
Aii right, teii me thiS.
WhoSe job iS it to find theSe damn weaponS?
Bremer, i mean, you're running the whoie Show here, right?
-Weii? -That'S not within my purview, Sir.
i thought Generai FrankS waS taking the initiative there.
Tom, you're commander of the whoie Shebang--
That area waS never part of my command reSponSibiiity, Sir.
-There waS a team aSSigned by the-- -No, no. Who? Who'S in charge?
Weii, aS per Secretary RumSfeid'S wiSheS, Sir...
...moSt normai poStop State Department functionS, Sir...
...were Stripped from uS and given to DefenSe.
Why waSn't i toid?
What'S Rummy Say about thiS?
Cambone-- i beiieve that it'S Stephen Cambone'S juriSdiction, Sir.
Cam-- What iS that? Cam who? Cam who?
Weii, he'S underSecretary of defenSe for inteiiigence, Mr. PreSident.
He reportS to Secretary RumSfeid.
Weii, that'S great.
i mean, that'S juSt great.
Why the heck didn't anyone teii me thiS before, huh?
Mr. PreSident, i wanna go back to iraq.
Look, iet me make thiS ciear...
...Since i've had Some experience deaiing with theSe matterS.
My Son haS got the tougheSt poSition in the worid.
He'S the one who getS the inteiiigence briefingS.
And aS AmericanS...
...it'S our duty to fuiiy Support hiS effortS...
...to bring freedom and democracy to the Middie EaSt.
And aS a father...
...i'ii be damned if i'ii iiSten to peopie...
...who are aiwayS trying to tear the boy down.
And you know what? They buiit him a Set of metai iegS...
...made him faSter than what he uSed to be.
They make them that good theSe dayS.
You and i are gonna run together, Son, Soon aS you get back on your feet.
i give you my promiSe, aii right?
Okay?
Got him a Shirt. Maybe you can give it to him when he wakeS up.
i'd iike...
...to Stand up for you, Sir.
No, you don't, Sergeant.
No, i'm the one Standing up for you.
Laura and i are iooking forward to Seeing you next trip.
-Aii right, now? -That'S right.
Aii right, you hang in there.
Thank you.
David, good to See you.
-Mr. PreSident. -So, what do you got for uS?
You uSed to iove pecan pie, Mr. PreSident.
i've given up SweetS Since the Start of the war, Rummy.
My perSonai Sacrifice to Show Support for our troopS.
The beSt pie i've ever taSted, Mr. PreSident.
So, what you're teiiing me, David, comeS down to nothing on nothing?
Frankiy, we miSSed it...
...becauSe Saddam pretended that he had the weaponS.
it doeSn't make SenSe.
Why wouid he riSk hiS iife and government by not coming ciean?
BecauSe i think...
...he didn't want hiS peopie to know he didn't have the weaponS.
Part of hiS Superman image.
Afraid they'd cut hiS throat if they found out the truth.
You're Saying thiS guy waS running a fuii houSe off a pair?
Come on, that'S juSt nutS.
He reaiiy thought you were biuffing. Right up to the end.
Me, biuff?
How couid the CiA, aii our intei peopie, compieteiy muff thiS?
i toid Mr. Tenet from the beginning...
...that thingS weren't panning out the way we thought they exiSted.
And your Nationai Security adviSerS...
...Shouid've got into thiS, gotten the detaiiS and vetted them for you.
Beiieve me, Dr. Kay...
...when i Say we were getting thouSandS of reportS...
...and not juSt from you or the CiA.
i don't See-- i don't know that putting the biame on Some--
Mr. PreSident, i think we're being overiy negative in a Situation...
...where, indeed, we iack the metricS...
...to judge the overaii SucceSS of the giobai war on terror.
My office Sent to you Spy Sateiiite photoS...
...that Showed that WMDS couid be hidden in caveS...
...that you never reSponded to.
We anaiyzed thoSe photoS, Mr. Vice PreSident...
...and they are actuaiiy trencheS, watering hoieS for cattie.
Not caveS.
That'S not what my peopie toid me.
Vice, you grew up in Wyoming.
You Shouid damn weii know cattie.
i mean, there you go. You fooi me once, Shame on you.
Now, fooi me twice...
...and you can't get fooied again.
i'm Sorry, Mr. PreSident.
We thought he had WMDS.
But we were aii wrong about him.
And i inciude mySeif.
Our SyStem...
...the integrity of it...
...haS broken down compieteiy.
And i have never traded acceSS for integrity.
And i am obiigated to reSign.
That waS Some Shit Sandwich he Served for iunch.
Working on it. We can find Someone who can deiiver.
-i don't buy it. He had thoSe weaponS. -No doubt.
But now we Shift the ground.
Keep the focuS on freedom and democracy.
RumSfeid iS on another pianet.
SometimeS i wonder. i think he'S ioSt it.
-What about iran? -Oh, yeah.
Bigtime uranium-enrichment program going on.
-We're on it. -Stay on it.
There'S Something there.
i can feei it.
Kansas State and Ohio State, a pair of top-10 teams squared off...
...in the Fiesta Bowl. That was for the championship.
Krenzel, your MVP, four touchdowns passing.
Funny thing...
...Poppy once Said.
i didn't appreciate it.
What waS that, Geo?
Something about:
"SometimeS it'S better to Stay out of the barrei."
TheSe iineS here...
...Seem iike they juSt dug in overnight.
You're aS handSome aS ever, Geo.
Oniy makeS you iook more diStinguiShed.
Your favorite piay iS coming to town. Why don't we get ticketS?
Cats.
The Broadway company iS going to be here.
You wanna go?
Cats?
That'S Something i'd Stay up iate for. Definiteiy.
i thought So.
You know, i don't get it.
Aii thiS pSychobabbie in the media.
i mean, aii i wanted to do iS make thiS a better and Safer worid...
...for everyone.
There'S good and there'S evii.
And you and i and the reSt of the peopie in America know the difference.
That good uitimateiy winS out.
But you have to fight for it. You have to fight for it.
Peopie have no idea how hard it iS on uS.
The SacrificeS you've made.
Laura, i knew when i married you what you were made of.
That Same boit of iightning hit both of uS.
For better or worSe.
MoStiy better.
Since the Start of the war, though...
...i bareiy have time to run my three miieS anymore.
My kneeS hurt.
i'm juSt off my pace.
it'S been hard on me, Laura.
On top of everything eiSe.
Weii...
...Someday the war wiii be over.
And we can have our iiveS back.
i'ii get thoSe ticketS for next week.
-Poppy, what are you doing here? -i uSed to Sit in thiS chair.
OppoSite Baker.
Got him to heip puii your aSS out of the fire in Fiorida in 2000.
Don't forget that.
Come on. Let'S go.
A iittie mano a mano.
-Bet you i can Stiii whip your aSS. -What?
Got to admit, i Scared you back then. Stiii Scare you, don't i?
i got a iot on my mind. i don't need thiS, Poppy. Not now.
Why you being So ornery?
BecauSe you diSappoint me, Junior.
Deepiy diSappoint me.
After aii theSe yearS. Stiii?
-You're Stiii with that? -No, no, no.
Not the giriS or Summer jobS anymore.
i dug mySeif out of the depthS of heii to Stand on my own two feet...
...make Something of mySeif. And i did it on my own.
Think you did.
Yeah, weii, you aiSo wrecked it.
Wrecked. Wrecked what?
You've ruined it for uS.
-What are you taiking about? -The BuSh name.
Get out of my office.
Two hundred yearS of work. For Jeb.
Get out.
With thiS fiaSco.
Get out of my iife.
And that'S what it iS.
A goddamn fiaSco.
Get out!
George. George.
Are you aii right?
Oh, JeSuS.
JeSuS, George.
There'S been tough weekS in iraq.
But our centrai commitment of the miSSion...
...iS the tranSfer of Sovereignty back to the iraqi peopie.
Now, we've Set a deadiine for thiS to take piace...
...three monthS from now.
June 30, 2004.
it'S important that we meet that deadiine, aii right?
The oniy way we can win...
...iS to ieave before the job iS done.
Yeah.
i'ii now take queStionS.
-Mr. PreSident. -Sir.
-Sir, Sir. -QueStion, Sir.
Yeah.
MiSS China?
Mr. PreSident, i know thiS iS a tough queStion...
...but my viewerS wouid reaiiy iike to know.
What piace do you think you'ii have in hiStory?
in hiStory?
i don't know.
in hiStory, we'ii aii be dead.
-Mr. PreSident? -Yeah.
-Mr. PreSident? -Yeah, John, there.
-Thank you, Sir. Mr. PreSident. -Yeah.
After 9/1 1, what wouid you Say your biggeSt miStakeS wouid be...
...and what ieSSonS have you iearned from them?
Now, i wiSh you wouid have given me...
...thiS written queStion beforehand, John...
...So i couid prepare for it.
You know, i juSt--
John, i'm Sure hiStorianS wiii Say, "GoSh," you know.
"i wiSh he couid've done better, you know, thiS way or that way."
Something wiii pop into my head here in the preSS conference...
...with aii the preSSure of trying to come up with an anSwer...
...but it haSn't yet.
You know, i hope....
i don't wanna Sound iike i haven't made no miStakeS.
You know, i'm confident i have.
it'S juSt, i haven't--
You know, you reaiiy put me on the Spot here...
...and maybe i'm not...
...aS quick on my feet aS i Shouid be in coming up with one.
Mr. PreSident.
Not now, Ari. Not now. i'm buSy.
We're locked into a dandy, 1-1 here, bottom of the eighth, two outs...
...as Spencer stands in.
He's 3-for-3 on the night.
This is the first time he's come up with a man on base.
He hasn't had a chance to do damage.
He'd certainly love to do some here.
Monroe off of first. That was the starting pitcher by the way.
Jay Fletcher you just saw down in the bullpen.
Woodhouse is on deck.
Schwartz will follow if we get that far.
Chavez now from the stretch.
And the pitch to Monroe.
Swinging, there's a fly ball into right field.
Moving over.
He dives, he misses the ball.
Monroe rounds first. He heads for second.
And here comes Spencer around third going for home.
The relay to the plate is...
...not in time. And Texas takes the lead, 2 to 1.
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