1 00:00:00,917 --> 00:00:05,000 (portending percussion drumming) 2 00:00:26,071 --> 00:00:28,638 - Remember, on point with curbing the Fed, 3 00:00:28,638 --> 00:00:30,132 reenacting Glass-Steagall, 4 00:00:30,132 --> 00:00:32,129 even the playing field for the little guy. 5 00:00:32,129 --> 00:00:35,337 You're just talking to the base. 6 00:00:35,337 --> 00:00:36,766 Once we get this meeting over with, 7 00:00:36,766 --> 00:00:38,099 we'll go over the bullet points. 8 00:00:38,099 --> 00:00:39,073 - What's with this meeting anyway, 9 00:00:39,073 --> 00:00:40,209 do we have to do this now? 10 00:00:40,209 --> 00:00:41,467 - NSA's got a situation. 11 00:00:41,467 --> 00:00:42,563 Brenner's guys set it up, 12 00:00:42,563 --> 00:00:44,967 something to do with securing nukes in Pakistan. 13 00:00:44,967 --> 00:00:46,100 - You're NSA, just handle it. 14 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:48,450 - We're not confirmed yet, gotta be a solo tete-a-tete. 15 00:00:48,450 --> 00:00:50,275 - 10 minutes max, I'll see to it. 16 00:00:50,275 --> 00:00:53,531 (fast-paced bongo drumming) 17 00:00:53,531 --> 00:00:55,322 - The station chafed my ass. 18 00:00:55,322 --> 00:00:57,353 Well, you were just a kid when I left. 19 00:00:57,353 --> 00:00:58,939 - It's Lahore High, pal. 20 00:00:58,939 --> 00:01:00,769 You order room service, you get a few Stinger missiles, 21 00:01:00,769 --> 00:01:03,018 an AK-47 and go with it. 22 00:01:03,018 --> 00:01:05,048 - Coffee sucked too, huh? 23 00:01:05,048 --> 00:01:07,525 Not as bad as Sri Lanka though. 24 00:01:07,525 --> 00:01:10,019 - Where else were you? 25 00:01:10,019 --> 00:01:13,686 - Taipei, Hong Kong, Lahore High, Islamabad. 26 00:01:14,632 --> 00:01:16,336 Makes you fond for the Musharraf days, 27 00:01:16,336 --> 00:01:18,532 fuck the good old days. 28 00:01:18,532 --> 00:01:21,621 By the way, when you gonna get a decent suit, man? 29 00:01:21,621 --> 00:01:23,450 We're talking about POTUS. 30 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:25,119 You look like a bum, respect. 31 00:01:25,119 --> 00:01:27,657 We're not shoveling shit in Tora Bora anymore, sporto. 32 00:01:27,657 --> 00:01:29,973 - Okay, I haven't had time, pal. 33 00:01:29,973 --> 00:01:31,393 Besides, you've been in the rear with the gear 34 00:01:31,393 --> 00:01:33,394 a few more years than me now, 35 00:01:33,394 --> 00:01:34,895 that fuckin' hair of yours. 36 00:01:34,895 --> 00:01:36,153 - I seem to remember what you grossed 37 00:01:36,153 --> 00:01:39,497 on that billion dollar Baghdad pallet bomb. 38 00:01:39,497 --> 00:01:40,655 - Yeah, well, you didn't do too bad 39 00:01:40,655 --> 00:01:42,504 with that 400,000,000 (mumbles). 40 00:01:42,504 --> 00:01:43,602 - I wasn't Agency then. 41 00:01:43,602 --> 00:01:45,598 - Oh, pffffffft! 42 00:01:45,598 --> 00:01:46,431 Please. 43 00:01:49,161 --> 00:01:50,015 What do you got? 44 00:01:50,015 --> 00:01:51,110 - POTUS is in the building. 45 00:01:51,110 --> 00:01:52,096 - Mmm, good. 46 00:01:52,096 --> 00:01:54,050 - You're gonna have to break your cherry first, 47 00:01:54,050 --> 00:01:55,350 this is your first time. 48 00:01:55,350 --> 00:01:57,016 Why don't you do the intro? 49 00:01:57,016 --> 00:01:59,084 - Sure, why not? 50 00:01:59,084 --> 00:02:00,428 Oh, Mr. President, John Dulles, 51 00:02:00,428 --> 00:02:02,534 Deputy Assistant NSA to your predecessor. 52 00:02:02,534 --> 00:02:05,134 This is my associate, Joseph Tucciarone. 53 00:02:05,134 --> 00:02:06,759 - Mazel tov, Mr. President. 54 00:02:06,759 --> 00:02:07,656 - Thank you. 55 00:02:07,656 --> 00:02:09,287 Thank you, gentlemen. 56 00:02:09,287 --> 00:02:10,524 Not quite official yet. 57 00:02:10,524 --> 00:02:12,438 - Ah well, inauguration's just two weeks away, 58 00:02:12,438 --> 00:02:15,931 I think we're in safe territory, huh? 59 00:02:15,931 --> 00:02:18,939 Here oh please, have a seat Sir, after you. 60 00:02:18,939 --> 00:02:19,856 - Oh, ah... 61 00:02:20,741 --> 00:02:21,957 - Help yourself. - [Joseph] Fresh lox, bagel? 62 00:02:21,957 --> 00:02:23,457 - [President] Thank you though, I appreciate it. 63 00:02:23,457 --> 00:02:24,509 - [John] We thought of you. 64 00:02:24,509 --> 00:02:25,737 - [Joseph] Pickled herring? 65 00:02:25,737 --> 00:02:26,675 - Never touch the stuff. 66 00:02:26,675 --> 00:02:28,907 - [Joseph] Ah, it's quite good. 67 00:02:28,907 --> 00:02:32,362 - He didn't have breakfast, forgive him. 68 00:02:32,362 --> 00:02:34,392 (portending orchestral music) 69 00:02:34,392 --> 00:02:35,496 - So, there's an issue in Pakistan, 70 00:02:35,496 --> 00:02:37,212 is that what we're talking about? 71 00:02:37,212 --> 00:02:38,109 - Hell yeah it is. 72 00:02:38,109 --> 00:02:39,583 Hell yeah it is. 73 00:02:39,583 --> 00:02:40,963 - 65 megaton warheads, 74 00:02:40,963 --> 00:02:43,603 whereabouts still not quite determined. 75 00:02:43,603 --> 00:02:47,176 - Oh, I admit Pakistan's always gonna be a pain in the ass, 76 00:02:47,176 --> 00:02:50,142 but that was just a pretext for us to, 77 00:02:50,142 --> 00:02:52,181 let's say have this talk. 78 00:02:52,181 --> 00:02:55,063 We're gonna have to pivot to some domestic affairs first. 79 00:02:55,063 --> 00:02:56,608 - Yeah first, we're completely on board 80 00:02:56,608 --> 00:02:58,600 with the whole bringing back Glass-Steagall, 81 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,469 income quality, stabilized markets, 82 00:03:00,469 --> 00:03:03,274 high-frequency trading, dark pools, et cetra. 83 00:03:03,274 --> 00:03:04,630 - But tampering with the Fed? 84 00:03:04,630 --> 00:03:06,056 Tampering with the Fed? 85 00:03:06,056 --> 00:03:07,056 Na-uh. Nope. 86 00:03:08,774 --> 00:03:10,478 Normalized relations with Iran, yes. 87 00:03:10,478 --> 00:03:12,545 Russian Federation in the pivot to Asia, 88 00:03:12,545 --> 00:03:14,628 mmm, not quite yet, Sir. 89 00:03:14,628 --> 00:03:17,028 - Sir, I just got back from Kabani, 90 00:03:17,028 --> 00:03:18,504 and if the Kurds lose that land 91 00:03:18,504 --> 00:03:20,835 and ISIS takes it so it's runnin' things over there, 92 00:03:20,835 --> 00:03:23,061 and people realize just what fracking is doing 93 00:03:23,061 --> 00:03:24,691 to a severely limited water supply, 94 00:03:24,691 --> 00:03:27,006 that whole peak oil thing back in '05 and '06, 95 00:03:27,006 --> 00:03:27,839 it's gonna come into play. - [Joseph] We're gonna need 96 00:03:27,839 --> 00:03:29,297 - [Joseph] Iran's light sweep Cruise 97 00:03:29,297 --> 00:03:32,914 seein' as the Saudis are spewin' that sour tar. 98 00:03:32,914 --> 00:03:35,349 Not to mention, help us manage Vladimir, 99 00:03:35,349 --> 00:03:37,299 as old "W" used to say. 100 00:03:37,299 --> 00:03:41,481 See, we bring Russia just to the brink o' war, pull back. 101 00:03:41,481 --> 00:03:42,495 Pull back. 102 00:03:42,495 --> 00:03:43,760 Grab that NAC-ass pipeline 103 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,396 goin' though the Caspian Basin, Sir. 104 00:03:46,396 --> 00:03:50,377 - Bring Russia just to the brink of war. 105 00:03:50,377 --> 00:03:52,612 Excuse me, who are you again? 106 00:03:52,612 --> 00:03:56,250 Why am I listening to this, is Brenner playing a game? 107 00:03:56,250 --> 00:03:59,290 - Our National Security Clearance checks out. 108 00:03:59,290 --> 00:04:03,457 I'm a Yale guy, most of the time at the Agency, NSA. 109 00:04:04,417 --> 00:04:06,858 Gravitated to the private sector, as they say. 110 00:04:06,858 --> 00:04:08,128 Consulting. 111 00:04:08,128 --> 00:04:10,035 See, we don't write op-eds for the New York Times 112 00:04:10,035 --> 00:04:11,210 or Washington Post. 113 00:04:11,210 --> 00:04:13,770 We don't do Charlie Rose or Meet The Press. 114 00:04:13,770 --> 00:04:15,318 We don't work for some Mickey Mouse op 115 00:04:15,318 --> 00:04:17,592 like Brookings Institute, God forbid. 116 00:04:17,592 --> 00:04:18,425 - Heritage Foundation. 117 00:04:18,425 --> 00:04:20,147 - Citizens United. 118 00:04:20,147 --> 00:04:23,753 No we um, we walk between the raindrops. 119 00:04:23,753 --> 00:04:28,283 - Well, we represent a consortium of folks who well, 120 00:04:28,283 --> 00:04:30,315 helped you get elected. 121 00:04:30,315 --> 00:04:33,199 - Senate, media, Congress, all locked down. 122 00:04:33,199 --> 00:04:35,360 You know, what those whack jobs on Coast to Coast radio 123 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,844 call the "Illuminati", the "Bildenbergers", 124 00:04:37,844 --> 00:04:39,554 all that conspiracy horse shit. 125 00:04:39,554 --> 00:04:41,697 Pretty sure that was Agency disinformation, right? 126 00:04:41,697 --> 00:04:43,286 - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, it's classic. 127 00:04:43,286 --> 00:04:45,439 I mean, it's right up there with controlled demolition, 128 00:04:45,439 --> 00:04:47,026 you know, it's complete fantasy. 129 00:04:47,026 --> 00:04:48,193 Ooh, ooh, ooh. 130 00:04:49,912 --> 00:04:52,631 - This is sort of an early inauguration, Sir. 131 00:04:52,631 --> 00:04:54,133 You know, like when you were at Columbia, 132 00:04:54,133 --> 00:04:55,880 or an orientation, if you will. 133 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,644 See, every president since Harry S. Truman 134 00:04:58,644 --> 00:05:00,106 has had a version of this talk. 135 00:05:00,106 --> 00:05:02,059 I mean, some Hillbilly from Missoura. 136 00:05:02,059 --> 00:05:03,035 - Cow shit on his shoes. 137 00:05:03,035 --> 00:05:04,743 - Couldn't run a fuckin' hot dog stand. 138 00:05:04,743 --> 00:05:06,209 - President? 139 00:05:06,209 --> 00:05:07,631 Think about it. 140 00:05:07,631 --> 00:05:09,755 - Well, most fellas get in line like Ike did, 141 00:05:09,755 --> 00:05:11,512 you know, after eating shit for two terms, 142 00:05:11,512 --> 00:05:12,732 he had to blow off a little steam 143 00:05:12,732 --> 00:05:15,658 on the whole "military-industrial complex" bit. 144 00:05:15,658 --> 00:05:17,774 Then the Irish Catholic fella, Pulitzer, too. 145 00:05:17,774 --> 00:05:18,607 - No, well Joe thought 146 00:05:18,607 --> 00:05:21,298 all that bootlegging money'd buy him a ticket. 147 00:05:21,298 --> 00:05:23,409 - Say you're gonna smash the CIA in a million pieces, 148 00:05:23,409 --> 00:05:24,872 that's one thing. 149 00:05:24,872 --> 00:05:27,146 Pullin' outta Vietnam, na-uh. 150 00:05:27,146 --> 00:05:31,304 - Signing the National Security Action memo, paper trail. 151 00:05:31,304 --> 00:05:33,578 - It's a Bruder film, you get the idea, Sir. 152 00:05:33,578 --> 00:05:37,401 (mellow Classical music) 153 00:05:37,401 --> 00:05:39,553 - Are you fucking kidding me? 154 00:05:39,553 --> 00:05:41,800 Blackmailing the President of the United States? 155 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,065 - Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Sir. 156 00:05:44,065 --> 00:05:47,505 Although, didn't you have to show him the Bruder film again? 157 00:05:47,505 --> 00:05:48,909 - I sure did. - [John] His predecessor. 158 00:05:48,909 --> 00:05:50,129 - [Joseph] I pressed play. 159 00:05:50,129 --> 00:05:52,979 He took it hard, all that hope and change stuff. 160 00:05:52,979 --> 00:05:55,090 We had to hard-sell it a bit. 161 00:05:55,090 --> 00:05:58,142 (ominous orchestral music) 162 00:05:58,142 --> 00:06:00,083 Pew! - [John] Back and to the left. 163 00:06:00,083 --> 00:06:00,916 - [Joseph] Pew. 164 00:06:00,916 --> 00:06:03,249 - Back, to the left. 165 00:06:03,249 --> 00:06:05,358 Did you see that film, Sir? 166 00:06:05,358 --> 00:06:06,778 It's a fantastic film. 167 00:06:06,778 --> 00:06:07,778 - Brilliant. 168 00:06:09,010 --> 00:06:11,288 - Gentlemen, I appreciate who you are, 169 00:06:11,288 --> 00:06:12,222 and I have a vague understanding 170 00:06:12,222 --> 00:06:15,339 of who and what you represent, 171 00:06:15,339 --> 00:06:16,533 but I have a very important speech to make, 172 00:06:16,533 --> 00:06:17,388 if you''ll excuse me. 173 00:06:17,388 --> 00:06:22,060 (quickening ominous orchestral music) 174 00:06:22,060 --> 00:06:22,893 (bagel thudding) 175 00:06:22,893 --> 00:06:25,930 - [Joseph] ADA, Southern District in New York ring a bell? 176 00:06:25,930 --> 00:06:28,442 - [John] Government versus Cello, Sir? 177 00:06:28,442 --> 00:06:30,775 - Columbo family, I believe. 178 00:06:34,343 --> 00:06:36,049 - I don't know what kind of game you're playing. 179 00:06:36,049 --> 00:06:39,010 I wasn't even in the room, that was proximity only. 180 00:06:39,010 --> 00:06:41,891 - Still, kinda tricky to explain though, don't you think? 181 00:06:41,891 --> 00:06:44,898 Kinda like John Kerry and his position on Iraq. 182 00:06:44,898 --> 00:06:46,848 Subtle, nuanced. 183 00:06:46,848 --> 00:06:49,488 - Now, listen, listen, listen, listen. 184 00:06:49,488 --> 00:06:51,231 Just hang with us a few more minutes. 185 00:06:51,231 --> 00:06:52,566 Just give us a few more minutes of your time, 186 00:06:52,566 --> 00:06:57,074 and I'm sure you'll realize that it's in your best interest. 187 00:06:57,074 --> 00:06:59,267 - Absolutely in your best interest, Sir. 188 00:06:59,267 --> 00:07:03,434 Besides, you're a rock star now, what do rock stars do? 189 00:07:04,964 --> 00:07:07,131 - They make the fans wait. 190 00:07:08,016 --> 00:07:11,433 (somber Classical music) 191 00:07:13,380 --> 00:07:14,213 - Anyway. 192 00:07:16,021 --> 00:07:17,104 LBJ, a Texan. 193 00:07:19,079 --> 00:07:22,081 He got to have his Civil Rights but, 194 00:07:22,081 --> 00:07:25,531 Great Society, bit of a non-starter. 195 00:07:25,531 --> 00:07:27,441 - Well, that paranoid fella from Whittier. 196 00:07:27,441 --> 00:07:28,946 - San Clemente, come on! 197 00:07:28,946 --> 00:07:32,682 I mean, Obama had Hawaii, Slick Willy had Martha's Vineyard. 198 00:07:32,682 --> 00:07:35,048 I mean, San Clemente, it's a nice beach town. 199 00:07:35,048 --> 00:07:37,184 - It's a stupid taping system, I mean Jesus Christ! 200 00:07:37,184 --> 00:07:39,986 - Well, Dick Nixon was in line for the most part. 201 00:07:39,986 --> 00:07:42,879 End of the first term, opening China. 202 00:07:42,879 --> 00:07:43,855 Yeah sorta. 203 00:07:43,855 --> 00:07:45,773 - SALT one and two. 204 00:07:45,773 --> 00:07:46,606 Detente. 205 00:07:48,233 --> 00:07:50,817 - Ending the Cold War two decades before necessary, 206 00:07:50,817 --> 00:07:53,295 you do the math on defense budgets. 207 00:07:53,295 --> 00:07:54,640 That dog don't hunt. 208 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,633 Now listen, I'm not saying we can control everything, 209 00:07:56,633 --> 00:07:59,033 the peanut farmer gave back the Panama, like a good fella, 210 00:07:59,033 --> 00:08:00,670 but that kitchen cabinet! 211 00:08:00,670 --> 00:08:02,297 - You know that pesky Ayatollah. 212 00:08:02,297 --> 00:08:04,733 - If Slick Willy just kept his pecker in his pants, 213 00:08:04,733 --> 00:08:07,611 or a cigar, or whatever the fuck that was, I'm still 214 00:08:07,611 --> 00:08:09,580 tryin' to figure that out. - [John] And he's a pervert! 215 00:08:09,580 --> 00:08:11,829 - [Joseph] Then we get to "W". 216 00:08:11,829 --> 00:08:14,623 This fuckin' guy, knuckleheads like Rummey and Cheney, 217 00:08:14,623 --> 00:08:16,216 de-Baathification. 218 00:08:16,216 --> 00:08:19,069 160,000 instead of the 300,000 troops 219 00:08:19,069 --> 00:08:21,982 Shinseki asked for in the first fuckin' place! 220 00:08:21,982 --> 00:08:22,815 - What do you expect? 221 00:08:22,815 --> 00:08:24,742 I mean, Rummey's a Princeton guy for God sakes. 222 00:08:24,742 --> 00:08:25,760 - A fuckin' wrestler no less. 223 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:27,467 - He couldn't even make the football team! 224 00:08:27,467 --> 00:08:29,946 - Hell, Dick Nixon made the damn team. 225 00:08:29,946 --> 00:08:30,829 - Aren't you guys forgetting something 226 00:08:30,829 --> 00:08:32,221 in your little scenario? 227 00:08:32,221 --> 00:08:36,087 Actually, a couple of administrations? 228 00:08:36,087 --> 00:08:37,246 Reagan and Bush? 229 00:08:37,246 --> 00:08:39,594 - [Joseph] Oh, Uncle Ronnie? 230 00:08:39,594 --> 00:08:40,427 Uncle Ronnie? 231 00:08:40,427 --> 00:08:43,300 - Yeah, no, we consider Reagan three terms of Bush one. 232 00:08:43,300 --> 00:08:44,722 - Well, 2-1/2 to be fair. 233 00:08:44,722 --> 00:08:46,386 - [John] Schultz, Baker. 234 00:08:46,386 --> 00:08:48,334 - Sununu, Cheney, Rummey. 235 00:08:48,334 --> 00:08:50,037 - All Bush guys. 236 00:08:50,037 --> 00:08:51,703 Think about it! 237 00:08:51,703 --> 00:08:55,595 - Gentlemen, this is all very amusing. 238 00:08:55,595 --> 00:08:58,578 But the fact of the matter is, I am the President-elect. 239 00:08:58,578 --> 00:09:00,083 On a platform the very people themselves 240 00:09:00,083 --> 00:09:02,885 have validated by a wide, by a very wide margin. 241 00:09:02,885 --> 00:09:03,718 - [Joseph] Fuck winning. 242 00:09:03,718 --> 00:09:05,750 - I have some real political capital and clout, 243 00:09:05,750 --> 00:09:08,677 and I'll be God damned if a couple of CIA spooks 244 00:09:08,677 --> 00:09:11,561 and fucking minions are gonna hijack my presidency! 245 00:09:11,561 --> 00:09:13,879 Threaten my life with some surreal stroll 246 00:09:13,879 --> 00:09:16,296 down spiritorial memory lane! 247 00:09:18,576 --> 00:09:20,601 - I know, it's always Lincoln, right? 248 00:09:20,601 --> 00:09:21,659 Oh, crazy man. 249 00:09:21,659 --> 00:09:23,268 Hey! 250 00:09:23,268 --> 00:09:24,855 Listen up. 251 00:09:24,855 --> 00:09:27,209 We're tired of assholes like you comin' into office 252 00:09:27,209 --> 00:09:29,120 and fuckin' things up. 253 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,390 Guys like you get elected and think you run this country, 254 00:09:31,390 --> 00:09:33,827 you don't run this country, we do. 255 00:09:33,827 --> 00:09:35,652 How do you think we got here? 256 00:09:35,652 --> 00:09:36,485 - I've been wondering that for the past 257 00:09:36,485 --> 00:09:37,400 five fucking minutes! 258 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:38,750 - Nothin' better to do than interrupt 259 00:09:38,750 --> 00:09:41,505 your precious little $10,000.00 a plate luncheon? 260 00:09:41,505 --> 00:09:43,537 Ask yourself, how did you get in this room 261 00:09:43,537 --> 00:09:44,796 talking to a couple a-- 262 00:09:44,796 --> 00:09:45,629 - Chzbronies. 263 00:09:45,629 --> 00:09:46,462 - Real schmucks. 264 00:09:46,462 --> 00:09:49,597 - Shlemiels, believe me, Sir. 265 00:09:49,597 --> 00:09:52,490 We didn't pay anybody no 10 dimes to get here, neither. 266 00:09:52,490 --> 00:09:54,891 Then ask yourself, how much does it cost 267 00:09:54,891 --> 00:09:57,565 to run a presidential campaign these days? 268 00:09:57,565 --> 00:09:58,898 - 400? 269 00:09:58,898 --> 00:10:01,951 500,000,000, at the very least, bargain basement. 270 00:10:01,951 --> 00:10:05,563 - Early bird blue plate special, more like a billion per. 271 00:10:05,563 --> 00:10:07,596 Not to mention, it's awfully hard to know 272 00:10:07,596 --> 00:10:09,584 where every single penny came from. 273 00:10:09,584 --> 00:10:10,417 Who knows? 274 00:10:10,417 --> 00:10:13,280 - Who knows, I mean maybe laundered Afghan heroin money 275 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,852 via Citywide, could be. - [Joseph] Could be. 276 00:10:15,852 --> 00:10:16,685 - [John] Could be. - [Joseph] Who knows, 277 00:10:16,685 --> 00:10:17,518 - [Joseph] Wait a minute! 278 00:10:17,518 --> 00:10:20,970 Michael Liebman, attorney over at Acres Grand 279 00:10:20,970 --> 00:10:25,512 handled Countryside Financial, real chummy with Art Marello? 280 00:10:25,512 --> 00:10:28,886 Oversaw legal services for WorldCom and Enron, 281 00:10:28,886 --> 00:10:32,998 5.4 million in emerging market iShares ETF? 282 00:10:32,998 --> 00:10:35,190 Boy, that sure smells like insider trading. 283 00:10:35,190 --> 00:10:37,357 - Ah, it smells like um... 284 00:10:38,237 --> 00:10:42,993 Here, take that, it smells like um, foul play to me. 285 00:10:42,993 --> 00:10:45,182 Besides, did I fail to mention how hard it'd be 286 00:10:45,182 --> 00:10:46,357 to get anything done if you lose 287 00:10:46,357 --> 00:10:48,305 10 Senate seats two years in? 288 00:10:48,305 --> 00:10:50,136 - Not to mention another 50 in the House. 289 00:10:50,136 --> 00:10:52,508 Hell, you think it's a do-nothing Congress now? 290 00:10:52,508 --> 00:10:53,768 You ain't seen nothin' yet. 291 00:10:53,768 --> 00:10:58,402 ♫ Eh, eh, eh-eh, eh-eh-eh-eh ♫ 292 00:10:58,402 --> 00:11:00,151 That'd be like Keith Richards' show, right? 293 00:11:00,151 --> 00:11:02,801 Back in '88, that thing got way outta hand. 294 00:11:02,801 --> 00:11:04,081 - [Joseph] It sure as shit did! 295 00:11:04,081 --> 00:11:05,113 - There was enough blow there 296 00:11:05,113 --> 00:11:07,683 to kill a platoon of Marines, wasn't there? 297 00:11:07,683 --> 00:11:08,803 Right? (laughs) 298 00:11:08,803 --> 00:11:09,780 - Didn't he end up in back? 299 00:11:09,780 --> 00:11:11,941 - Yeah, yeah, The Fraternity Brothers, right? 300 00:11:11,941 --> 00:11:12,915 - This is God damned outrageous, 301 00:11:12,915 --> 00:11:14,453 I already won this fucking election! 302 00:11:14,453 --> 00:11:16,737 - Cut the crap, Mr. President! 303 00:11:16,737 --> 00:11:17,873 You think you won this election 304 00:11:17,873 --> 00:11:20,067 because of some fuckin' democracy? 305 00:11:20,067 --> 00:11:23,236 You won this election because of the people we represent. 306 00:11:23,236 --> 00:11:25,819 Now the bill has come due, Sir. 307 00:11:27,024 --> 00:11:29,624 You want us to obliterate your presidency in the first term? 308 00:11:29,624 --> 00:11:31,291 We'll gladly oblige. 309 00:11:34,252 --> 00:11:35,252 But I admit, 310 00:11:37,501 --> 00:11:41,251 you and I maybe we got off on the wrong foot. 311 00:11:43,433 --> 00:11:45,141 Maybe we need to change the prism 312 00:11:45,141 --> 00:11:47,741 by how we look at this thing. 313 00:11:47,741 --> 00:11:51,071 Legacy, Sir, I want you to think legacy. 314 00:11:51,071 --> 00:11:52,253 It's inevitable. 315 00:11:52,253 --> 00:11:53,955 Believe me, Sir, it's much easier to be remembered 316 00:11:53,955 --> 00:11:57,364 for two terms, not one, unless... 317 00:11:57,364 --> 00:11:59,152 - Back and to the left. 318 00:11:59,152 --> 00:12:01,143 - No, that's not the way you wanna go out. 319 00:12:01,143 --> 00:12:02,810 Sir, how would you like to go down 320 00:12:02,810 --> 00:12:06,627 as one of the greatest presidents this country's ever seen? 321 00:12:06,627 --> 00:12:09,316 Would you like me to walk you through that? 322 00:12:09,316 --> 00:12:10,373 Picture this. 323 00:12:10,373 --> 00:12:14,806 You're Michael Liebman, the nation's first Jewish president. 324 00:12:14,806 --> 00:12:18,174 Brings together Fatah, the PLA, Hamas 325 00:12:18,174 --> 00:12:21,217 as well as Likud, Kadima and Labor Party of Israel, 326 00:12:21,217 --> 00:12:23,286 to do what no president has ever done! 327 00:12:23,286 --> 00:12:25,285 - Not Camp David, not the Oslo Accords, 328 00:12:25,285 --> 00:12:28,046 not Begin, not Sadat, not Arafat. 329 00:12:28,046 --> 00:12:31,458 - Peace in the Middle East due to a two-state solution. 330 00:12:31,458 --> 00:12:33,243 And just to add the cherry on top, 331 00:12:33,243 --> 00:12:37,484 the greatest economic recovery since post-World War II. 332 00:12:37,484 --> 00:12:40,779 - Clean Energy Revolution, Sir. 333 00:12:40,779 --> 00:12:44,149 - Just imagine Michael Beschloss's creamin' his jeans, 334 00:12:44,149 --> 00:12:47,684 comparing Liebman to Teddy Roosevelt, TR. 335 00:12:47,684 --> 00:12:50,215 - Jon Meacham, waxing philosophic about 336 00:12:50,215 --> 00:12:52,737 Michael Liebman and Thomas Jefferson. 337 00:12:52,737 --> 00:12:53,630 - Well, minus the debt. 338 00:12:53,630 --> 00:12:55,620 - And the slaves. 339 00:12:55,620 --> 00:12:59,780 - Hold on, plagiaristic lightweight, Doris Kearns Goodwin, 340 00:12:59,780 --> 00:13:03,558 calling Liebman a cross between old Abe Lincoln and FDR. 341 00:13:03,558 --> 00:13:05,105 - And Charlie Rose, no less. 342 00:13:05,105 --> 00:13:06,446 - This is all your future, Sir. 343 00:13:06,446 --> 00:13:08,529 - Provided you play ball. 344 00:13:17,913 --> 00:13:19,663 Watch your step, Sir. 345 00:13:25,549 --> 00:13:28,216 - (exhales) So. 346 00:13:30,918 --> 00:13:31,751 Gentlemen, 347 00:13:33,801 --> 00:13:36,776 exactly what can I decide? 348 00:13:36,776 --> 00:13:38,859 - That's a good question. 349 00:13:41,834 --> 00:13:43,204 - (mumbles) The suits? 350 00:13:43,204 --> 00:13:45,239 - Oh, Brooks Brothers, very presidential. 351 00:13:45,239 --> 00:13:48,526 - [John] Kanye might have somethin' at this point. 352 00:13:48,526 --> 00:13:49,909 - [Joseph] No, there's the Rose Garden. 353 00:13:49,909 --> 00:13:50,742 - [John] Oh yeah, the wifey, 354 00:13:50,742 --> 00:13:52,796 she can go bonkers in that thing. 355 00:13:52,796 --> 00:13:54,834 - [Joseph] The White House West Lawn. 356 00:13:54,834 --> 00:13:55,985 - Chef. 357 00:13:55,985 --> 00:14:00,374 - 24/7. - [John] Anything you want. 358 00:14:00,374 --> 00:14:04,262 - [Joseph] Just remember who's in fucking charge. 359 00:14:04,262 --> 00:14:07,679 (mellow Classical music) 360 00:14:09,150 --> 00:14:12,016 - Excuse me, gentlemen, I have a speech to make. 361 00:14:12,016 --> 00:14:15,433 (mellow Classical music) 362 00:14:16,633 --> 00:14:18,742 - I knew he was gonna do that. 363 00:14:18,742 --> 00:14:21,058 - [Joseph] Think he got the message? 364 00:14:21,058 --> 00:14:22,129 - He will. 365 00:14:22,129 --> 00:14:25,712 (dramatic Classical music) 366 00:15:05,418 --> 00:15:06,802 - Get me everything you can on these guys, 367 00:15:06,802 --> 00:15:07,821 I mean everything! 368 00:15:07,821 --> 00:15:08,754 - Yes, Sir, I'll talk-- 369 00:15:08,754 --> 00:15:09,773 - Just do it! 370 00:15:09,773 --> 00:15:10,666 - [Female Aide] We're actually on schedule. 371 00:15:10,666 --> 00:15:12,833 - Fuck 'em, make 'em wait!