1 00:00:34,260 --> 00:00:37,585 The following is a true story. 2 00:00:38,127 --> 00:00:40,610 Or as true as it can be given that Dick Cheney 3 00:00:40,634 --> 00:00:43,367 is one of the most secretive leaders in history 4 00:00:43,564 --> 00:00:47,451 But we did our fucking best. 5 00:01:36,819 --> 00:01:38,133 How you doing tonight? 6 00:01:38,157 --> 00:01:40,637 I need you to get out of the car. 7 00:01:43,987 --> 00:01:46,374 C'mon, let's get out. 8 00:02:08,012 --> 00:02:09,438 Move, get cleared! 9 00:02:10,543 --> 00:02:12,688 Move, clear. 10 00:02:13,355 --> 00:02:15,219 - Move, move, move. - Clear. 11 00:02:23,270 --> 00:02:25,626 A plane just struck The Pentagon. 12 00:02:31,666 --> 00:02:33,149 Let’s make sure those phone lines 13 00:02:33,173 --> 00:02:34,698 - are working. - Phone's are a go sir. 14 00:02:34,722 --> 00:02:38,175 SIVITS. Let’s contact the FAA. Find out how many planes are in the air. 15 00:02:38,199 --> 00:02:39,932 - Yes. - Let's get these televisions working. 16 00:02:39,956 --> 00:02:41,308 May I get the President on the line, please? 17 00:02:41,332 --> 00:02:44,172 That’s right. We’ve got planes in the air nowhere for them to land. 18 00:02:47,635 --> 00:02:50,288 I need permission for them to land at the Canadian airport. 19 00:02:50,921 --> 00:02:53,441 If I go to Pennsylvania on course, 20 00:02:53,562 --> 00:02:55,609 and three other planes are unaccounted for. 21 00:02:55,633 --> 00:02:57,796 I am seeing five planes unaccounted for. 22 00:02:57,820 --> 00:02:59,840 No, no. Scratch that, I am seeing four. 23 00:02:59,868 --> 00:03:01,888 I have got three in international air. 24 00:03:01,891 --> 00:03:03,569 I have NOID on the line. 25 00:03:03,593 --> 00:03:06,019 That is correct, he has, that is correct. 26 00:03:06,468 --> 00:03:09,387 Mr. Vice President, POTUS, line 1 sir. 27 00:03:13,315 --> 00:03:14,976 Mr. President. 28 00:03:17,039 --> 00:03:20,749 This situation is extremely fluidic. 29 00:03:20,773 --> 00:03:23,442 Strongly recommending you stay in the air. 30 00:03:24,169 --> 00:03:27,436 I’ve sequestered Congressional leadership. 31 00:03:27,460 --> 00:03:29,324 Okay then. 32 00:03:29,632 --> 00:03:32,623 Sir, Don Rumsfeld is at The Pentagon, on line 3. 33 00:03:32,647 --> 00:03:34,062 - That? - Uh huh. 34 00:03:34,085 --> 00:03:35,233 Yes sir. 35 00:03:35,257 --> 00:03:38,655 Dick, are there still passenger planes in the air? I need rules of engagement. 36 00:03:38,679 --> 00:03:40,926 Let's get to President back on line sir. 37 00:03:41,822 --> 00:03:47,915 You have authorization to shoot down any aircraft deemed a threat. 38 00:03:47,939 --> 00:03:50,928 - Presidential authority? - That is correct. 39 00:03:50,935 --> 00:03:53,521 - All orders are UNODIR. - UNODIR sir? 40 00:03:53,545 --> 00:03:55,823 Unless otherwise directed. 41 00:03:59,723 --> 00:04:03,630 By all accounts of what people saw in that room 42 00:04:03,654 --> 00:04:05,970 on that terrible day, 43 00:04:06,113 --> 00:04:08,443 there was confusion, 44 00:04:08,911 --> 00:04:10,822 fear, 45 00:04:11,294 --> 00:04:13,228 uncertainty, 46 00:04:15,047 --> 00:04:19,654 but Dick Cheney saw something else that no one else did... 47 00:04:21,859 --> 00:04:23,888 he saw an opportunity. 48 00:04:27,591 --> 00:04:31,604 As the world becomes more and more confusing, 49 00:04:31,898 --> 00:04:36,395 we tend to focus on the things that are right there in front of us. 50 00:04:38,223 --> 00:04:42,826 While ignoring the massive forces that actually change 51 00:04:42,850 --> 00:04:44,807 and shape our lives. 52 00:04:46,327 --> 00:04:49,811 With people working longer and longer hours, 53 00:04:49,835 --> 00:04:51,574 for less and less. 54 00:04:51,801 --> 00:04:54,309 When we do have free time, 55 00:04:54,333 --> 00:04:59,150 the last thing we want is complicated analysis of our government, 56 00:04:59,248 --> 00:05:04,894 lobbying, international trade agreements, and tax bills. 57 00:05:07,545 --> 00:05:09,896 So it's no surprise that 58 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:15,511 when a monotone bureaucratic Vice President came to power 59 00:05:15,842 --> 00:05:17,738 we hardly noticed. 60 00:05:19,451 --> 00:05:21,317 As he achieved 61 00:05:21,341 --> 00:05:23,922 a position of authority that very few leaders 62 00:05:23,946 --> 00:05:27,299 in the history of America ever have. 63 00:05:35,156 --> 00:05:38,188 Forever changing the course of history 64 00:05:38,212 --> 00:05:41,208 for millions and millions of lives. 65 00:05:43,186 --> 00:05:46,089 And he did it like a ghost. 66 00:05:46,366 --> 00:05:49,905 With most people having no idea who he is 67 00:05:49,929 --> 00:05:52,300 or where he came from. 68 00:06:11,128 --> 00:06:14,722 How does a man... go on to become... 69 00:06:14,746 --> 00:06:16,172 who he is. 70 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:19,141 Well... 71 00:06:19,159 --> 00:06:22,266 it starts in 1963. 72 00:06:22,732 --> 00:06:27,478 Dick's best girl Lynne was getting straight A's at Colorado College. 73 00:06:32,038 --> 00:06:35,956 Lynne had helped Dick get a scholarship at Yale, 74 00:06:38,075 --> 00:06:42,111 where he did way more drinking than class attending. 75 00:06:44,251 --> 00:06:47,232 Pretty soon Dick got the boot. 76 00:06:47,927 --> 00:06:49,861 Then he went back home to Wyoming 77 00:06:49,885 --> 00:06:52,193 where he got a job working as a lineman 78 00:06:52,217 --> 00:06:54,025 for the state. 79 00:07:00,289 --> 00:07:04,973 Back then, they would have called a guy like him a nerd-do-well. 80 00:07:05,329 --> 00:07:07,328 In today’s parlance 81 00:07:07,352 --> 00:07:10,045 I think they would just call him a dirt bag. 82 00:07:12,318 --> 00:07:14,035 Man down! 83 00:07:23,904 --> 00:07:26,878 His leg looks like an Elvis dance move. 84 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:30,554 Somebody give that poor son of a bitch a shot of whiskey. 85 00:07:30,578 --> 00:07:32,798 Alright, back to work. 86 00:07:32,822 --> 00:07:35,341 I said, back to work! 87 00:07:38,408 --> 00:07:41,195 Take him into town, put $5 in his pocket. 88 00:07:41,219 --> 00:07:43,008 Find another man for tomorrow. 89 00:07:43,032 --> 00:07:44,404 Help. 90 00:07:45,403 --> 00:07:47,684 You got a problem Cheney? 91 00:07:47,708 --> 00:07:49,611 - Help me please. - No sir. 92 00:08:03,650 --> 00:08:05,686 Are we becoming friends? 93 00:08:05,955 --> 00:08:07,756 Will you stop touching me? 94 00:08:08,119 --> 00:08:11,631 What? What you gonna do about it, Mr. Yale? 95 00:08:15,263 --> 00:08:18,056 The fuck you gonna do about it, Mr. Yale? Come on! 96 00:08:51,534 --> 00:08:53,211 Two times... 97 00:08:53,870 --> 00:08:55,638 Two times! 98 00:08:55,662 --> 00:08:59,307 I have to drag you out of that jail like a... 99 00:08:59,331 --> 00:09:00,745 filthy hobo! 100 00:09:00,909 --> 00:09:03,227 - I’m sorry, Lynne. - What? 101 00:09:05,108 --> 00:09:07,374 - What did you just say? - I’m sorry, Lynnie. 102 00:09:07,398 --> 00:09:09,887 You’re sorry? Don’t call me “Lynnie!” 103 00:09:12,109 --> 00:09:13,723 You're sorry. 104 00:09:16,071 --> 00:09:18,743 One time is “I’m sorry.” 105 00:09:18,767 --> 00:09:22,670 Two times makes me think that I’ve picked the wrong man! 106 00:09:23,595 --> 00:09:28,482 You already got your ass thrown out of Yale for drinking... and fighting. 107 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:31,301 And now you are just gonna be a lush that hangs power lines for the state? 108 00:09:31,325 --> 00:09:33,514 Are you gonna live in a trailer and we're gonna have ten kids? 109 00:09:33,538 --> 00:09:35,466 - Is that the plan?! - Can we discuss this later... Please? 110 00:09:35,490 --> 00:09:38,370 No. We are gonna discuss this right now, while you smell like vomit 111 00:09:38,459 --> 00:09:40,440 and cheap booze. 112 00:09:40,953 --> 00:09:42,920 - Does Dick want some coffee? - What? 113 00:09:42,976 --> 00:09:44,512 Mum, get out! 114 00:09:44,641 --> 00:09:48,325 Get out! Does Dick want some coffee? Jesus Christ! 115 00:09:49,969 --> 00:09:52,051 OK. Here’s my plan. 116 00:09:53,023 --> 00:09:54,223 Right. 117 00:09:55,077 --> 00:09:59,222 Either you stand up straight, 118 00:09:59,483 --> 00:10:01,761 and you get your back straight 119 00:10:02,550 --> 00:10:06,990 and you have the courage to become someone, or I am gone! 120 00:10:07,014 --> 00:10:10,878 I know a dozen guys and a few Professors at school who would date me! 121 00:10:11,092 --> 00:10:12,533 I love you, Lynne. 122 00:10:12,557 --> 00:10:14,710 Then prove it! 123 00:10:14,751 --> 00:10:16,247 Prove it! 124 00:10:19,277 --> 00:10:20,852 I can't... 125 00:10:22,222 --> 00:10:25,357 go to a big Ivy League school! And I can't... 126 00:10:25,381 --> 00:10:29,388 run a company or be Mayor! That’s just the way the world is for a girl! 127 00:10:29,412 --> 00:10:30,971 I need you. 128 00:10:31,762 --> 00:10:33,623 And right now you’re a 129 00:10:33,647 --> 00:10:37,478 big fat piss soaked ze-ro! 130 00:10:42,458 --> 00:10:46,263 I’ve seen my mom waiting up all night for my father to get home 131 00:10:46,287 --> 00:10:50,224 and I’ve seen my father drunk in this house and raising his voice 132 00:10:50,248 --> 00:10:54,079 and way worse and I’m not dancing that dance anymore... I’m not! 133 00:10:54,325 --> 00:10:56,940 Do you know why I fuck her? 134 00:11:02,478 --> 00:11:03,982 I'm not. 135 00:11:05,078 --> 00:11:06,864 So, can you change? 136 00:11:07,683 --> 00:11:11,305 Can you change, or am I wasting my goddamn time? 137 00:11:18,167 --> 00:11:21,031 I won’t ever disappoint you again Lynne. 138 00:11:27,723 --> 00:11:32,467 “Beware the quiet man. For while others speak, he watches. And while others 139 00:11:32,491 --> 00:11:37,102 act, he plans. And when they finally rest... he strikes.” - ANONYMOUS 142 00:12:47,398 --> 00:12:51,418 Fellowship, you're a train goes back one hundred years. 143 00:12:51,747 --> 00:12:54,606 You were chosen because of your hard work, 144 00:12:54,630 --> 00:12:57,173 your diligence and dedication. 145 00:12:57,450 --> 00:12:59,184 State it simply, 146 00:12:59,208 --> 00:13:02,009 you are America’s best and brightest. 147 00:13:06,553 --> 00:13:10,785 So, let's go forward and learn and be of service. 148 00:13:11,563 --> 00:13:15,310 God bless you all... and God bless this great 149 00:13:15,759 --> 00:13:17,498 nation. 150 00:13:17,628 --> 00:13:22,199 And now, I would like to introduce some young man from Illinois 151 00:13:22,223 --> 00:13:25,115 who’s done quite well for himself here in The Capitol. 152 00:13:25,267 --> 00:13:29,170 Representative... Donald Rumsfeld. 153 00:13:36,497 --> 00:13:40,488 Did Bob tell you that this internship 154 00:13:40,512 --> 00:13:42,681 is a great honor? 155 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:44,186 Huh? 156 00:13:45,056 --> 00:13:46,279 Did he? 157 00:13:46,337 --> 00:13:48,154 Huh? Yeah? 158 00:13:48,259 --> 00:13:49,889 Well... 159 00:13:50,113 --> 00:13:51,649 it's not. 160 00:13:52,086 --> 00:13:55,372 It’s what we called in the Navy “a shit detail.” 161 00:13:56,513 --> 00:14:00,736 Donald Rumsfeld, or Rummy as they called him, 162 00:14:01,132 --> 00:14:04,546 was the former captain of the Princeton wrestling team... 163 00:14:04,570 --> 00:14:07,988 and an elite navy jet pilot. 164 00:14:08,031 --> 00:14:11,251 Most Congressmen used their power like an axe, 165 00:14:11,259 --> 00:14:12,607 Best and brightest. 166 00:14:13,156 --> 00:14:16,942 Rumsfeld on the other hand, used his 167 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,920 like a master of the butterfly knives. 168 00:14:20,944 --> 00:14:25,394 And like any master if you got in his way, he would cut you. 169 00:14:26,580 --> 00:14:28,523 This can be a great opportunity. 170 00:14:29,072 --> 00:14:31,975 An opportunity, to work in the 171 00:14:32,214 --> 00:14:37,499 hallways of decision making in the most powerful country in the goddamn world. 172 00:14:37,893 --> 00:14:40,960 And if that doesn’t give you a hard on, I don’t know what will. 173 00:14:41,573 --> 00:14:43,117 Sorry to the, 174 00:14:43,310 --> 00:14:45,138 few ladies in the room. 175 00:14:45,162 --> 00:14:48,237 This program didn't use to have girls, now it does. 176 00:14:48,256 --> 00:14:51,823 Anyway, I'm done, whatever you do... 177 00:14:52,451 --> 00:14:55,721 Don't work for Bob over here. 178 00:14:55,866 --> 00:14:59,871 He’s the most boring son of a bitch in DC. Isn't that right Bob? 179 00:15:01,087 --> 00:15:04,375 Alright. That’s it. Go, get a Congressman a cup of coffee! 180 00:15:04,399 --> 00:15:07,609 And if his wife calls, he’s always in a meeting! Alright? 181 00:15:07,633 --> 00:15:09,513 That's it. Scat. 182 00:15:13,878 --> 00:15:15,231 Hey, I'm Alan. 183 00:15:15,255 --> 00:15:17,668 You’re the other guy from the university of Wisconsin right? 184 00:15:17,692 --> 00:15:18,470 Right. 185 00:15:18,692 --> 00:15:22,784 So, one of us is supposed to start with a Democrat, the other, a Republican. 186 00:15:22,808 --> 00:15:24,981 Do you care if I go with the Dem cause 187 00:15:25,005 --> 00:15:27,555 I did a lot of work with the DNC on campus. Umm... 188 00:15:29,068 --> 00:15:31,034 What party is uh... 189 00:15:31,264 --> 00:15:33,046 The guy we just heard? 190 00:15:33,070 --> 00:15:36,358 - Three penises walking down the street. - Yeah, you know who are the other two. 191 00:15:36,382 --> 00:15:39,387 Rumsfeld is a Republican. 192 00:15:41,471 --> 00:15:43,523 Perfect, cause uh... 193 00:15:45,050 --> 00:15:46,593 It's what I am. 194 00:15:59,460 --> 00:16:02,496 Don't lurk. Come in dammit. 195 00:16:04,610 --> 00:16:07,380 Dick Cheney... Reporting for work. 196 00:16:07,806 --> 00:16:11,691 You’re Congressional relations for my Office of Economic Opportunity. 197 00:16:11,715 --> 00:16:15,336 And you’ll assist me in my job as councilor to the President. 198 00:16:16,697 --> 00:16:17,991 Right. 199 00:16:19,196 --> 00:16:21,482 Jesus Christ. You want me to pin your mittens to 200 00:16:21,506 --> 00:16:23,897 your sleeves, so you don’t fucking lose them? Go! 201 00:16:24,795 --> 00:16:26,078 Oh Cheney, 202 00:16:26,102 --> 00:16:29,737 your two DUls came up on your transcript. Don’t worry. I vouched for you. 203 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:31,166 Thank you sir. 204 00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:34,960 No. Thanks are when your neighbor Dottie pulls your pud for the first time. 205 00:16:35,731 --> 00:16:37,269 You owe me. 206 00:16:37,293 --> 00:16:39,391 - Yes sir. - Go! 207 00:16:41,738 --> 00:16:44,407 The first thing our department did 208 00:16:44,834 --> 00:16:47,870 was to conduct a sweeping audit. 209 00:16:48,131 --> 00:16:52,010 At the population distribution across the nation. 210 00:16:52,086 --> 00:16:55,329 You'll see the office of economic opportunity 211 00:16:55,353 --> 00:16:56,281 benefits... 212 00:16:56,305 --> 00:16:58,023 You’re Rumsfeld’s lackey right? 213 00:16:58,047 --> 00:16:59,758 Make sure he sees this. 214 00:16:59,782 --> 00:17:01,837 You gotta get that on Nixon's desk, huh? 215 00:17:01,861 --> 00:17:04,794 Roger Ailes, founder of FOX News. 216 00:17:04,963 --> 00:17:07,659 He first pitched the idea as conservative news 217 00:17:07,683 --> 00:17:10,159 when he worked for Nixon as a media consultant. 218 00:17:10,183 --> 00:17:11,446 Hey Don. 219 00:17:11,465 --> 00:17:14,816 Roger wants Nixon to start a republican news TV network. 220 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,900 Forget it. Roger knows TV. But he doesn’t know politics. 221 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,450 So I would do this flaming baton trick and Dick 222 00:17:21,474 --> 00:17:24,308 would wait backstage with a bucket of water. 223 00:17:24,332 --> 00:17:29,676 So I’m at the State Finals and I throw up the baton....and it doesn’t come down. 224 00:17:30,872 --> 00:17:32,238 Shady. 225 00:17:32,262 --> 00:17:33,766 Oh, where did you find her? 226 00:17:33,790 --> 00:17:38,219 It is doing nothing but damage to our private healthcare institutions. 227 00:17:38,243 --> 00:17:40,217 But I still got second place. 228 00:17:40,406 --> 00:17:44,291 White families, males, women, Hispanics, minorities. 229 00:17:44,315 --> 00:17:46,537 You’re quiet. I like that. 230 00:17:46,783 --> 00:17:49,845 You don't go blabbing about what cards you have. 231 00:17:49,869 --> 00:17:52,663 I missed my flush draw about a month ago, 232 00:17:53,442 --> 00:17:56,380 but everybody still thinks I have pocket kings. 233 00:17:56,404 --> 00:17:57,888 Except maybe fucking Haldeman. 234 00:17:57,912 --> 00:18:00,530 I mostly play hearts, so I’m not... 235 00:18:00,554 --> 00:18:01,530 No, no... 236 00:18:01,554 --> 00:18:03,882 For a man like Donald Rumsfeld, 237 00:18:03,906 --> 00:18:07,496 he only wanted three things from his lackey. 238 00:18:07,971 --> 00:18:10,734 He had to keep his mouth shut, 239 00:18:11,495 --> 00:18:13,468 do what he was told 240 00:18:13,948 --> 00:18:16,965 and always, always... 241 00:18:16,989 --> 00:18:17,996 be loyal. 242 00:18:18,020 --> 00:18:20,840 What it means is, Nixon likes me, but his circle hates me. 243 00:18:20,864 --> 00:18:23,033 - No, I'm sure that's not true. - So... 244 00:18:23,145 --> 00:18:25,693 What's it gonna be? Is it a yes, or a no? 245 00:18:25,717 --> 00:18:26,789 It's a yes. 246 00:18:26,813 --> 00:18:29,263 You don’t even know what the question is, do you? 247 00:18:29,391 --> 00:18:32,466 - I am assuming... - No, no, no. It's OK. 248 00:18:32,735 --> 00:18:34,899 That’s exactly the kind of “yes” I was looking for. 249 00:18:34,923 --> 00:18:39,512 Cheney had always been a so so student and a mediocre athlete, 250 00:18:39,536 --> 00:18:44,142 But now finally he had found his life's calling. 251 00:18:44,348 --> 00:18:49,668 He would be a dedicated and humble servant to power. 252 00:18:49,692 --> 00:18:51,298 Here’s your new office. 253 00:18:51,625 --> 00:18:55,622 No windows, but all you’d see are a bunch of hippies flipping off Nixon. 254 00:18:56,430 --> 00:18:58,318 Alright then. 255 00:19:02,314 --> 00:19:03,408 Now, 256 00:19:03,432 --> 00:19:05,901 at this point, you're probably wondering 257 00:19:05,925 --> 00:19:08,100 who exactly I am. 258 00:19:08,668 --> 00:19:12,095 Well, let me introduce myself. My name is Kurt. 259 00:19:12,262 --> 00:19:15,243 My favorite football team is The Steelers. 260 00:19:15,291 --> 00:19:18,773 And me and my son, we love Spongebob. 261 00:19:18,945 --> 00:19:23,293 And if you are wondering how I know so much about Dick Cheney, 262 00:19:23,461 --> 00:19:25,773 well, let's just say we are... 263 00:19:25,797 --> 00:19:28,848 kind of related... We’ll get to that later. 264 00:19:39,881 --> 00:19:43,394 - Hello. - Lynnie... guess where I’m calling from? 265 00:19:45,553 --> 00:19:48,386 I am so proud of you right now Dick Cheney... 266 00:19:48,881 --> 00:19:52,253 I knew I picked the right man. I knew it even when I didn’t... 267 00:19:53,975 --> 00:19:55,222 We did it. 268 00:19:56,460 --> 00:19:58,348 Have you seen Nixon? 269 00:20:01,289 --> 00:20:03,127 I did. I met him. 270 00:20:03,151 --> 00:20:05,562 - I shook his hand. - Oh my gosh. 271 00:20:06,870 --> 00:20:08,601 He gave me that... 272 00:20:08,761 --> 00:20:11,211 That impish smile of his. 273 00:20:11,503 --> 00:20:13,523 I gotta pinch myself. 274 00:20:15,281 --> 00:20:17,000 Pardon my French. 275 00:20:17,024 --> 00:20:19,950 It is the best... fucking feeling... 276 00:20:20,180 --> 00:20:21,481 in the world. 277 00:20:21,779 --> 00:20:24,713 I can only imagine, I am so proud of you. 278 00:20:24,958 --> 00:20:26,593 - I love you. - We are proud of you. 279 00:20:26,617 --> 00:20:29,101 Girls are proud of you. Are you proud of your daddy? 280 00:20:29,125 --> 00:20:32,184 - Yes. - You say you're proud of your daddy. 281 00:20:32,305 --> 00:20:33,669 Proud of my daddy. 282 00:20:33,758 --> 00:20:35,746 Proud of your daddy, oh my goodness. 283 00:20:54,477 --> 00:20:56,013 Dick Cheney's office. 284 00:20:56,184 --> 00:20:59,410 So now, that I'm not just flipping cards 285 00:20:59,434 --> 00:21:02,118 - I have a few ideas... - Stop. 286 00:21:03,145 --> 00:21:04,736 See that door? 287 00:21:05,102 --> 00:21:07,187 To Kissinger’s office? 288 00:21:07,211 --> 00:21:08,630 That's right. 289 00:21:09,047 --> 00:21:12,039 I happen to know that Nixon’s in there right now. Now why 290 00:21:12,063 --> 00:21:14,968 would Nixon not be meeting Kissinger in the Oval Office? 291 00:21:14,992 --> 00:21:17,499 He’s having a conversation he doesn’t want to go on the record? 292 00:21:17,523 --> 00:21:18,723 Very good. 293 00:21:18,789 --> 00:21:20,755 What is the conversation? 294 00:21:21,204 --> 00:21:23,047 They’re going to bomb Cambodia. 295 00:21:23,071 --> 00:21:25,853 No, no. That’s impossible. That needs approval by Congress 296 00:21:25,877 --> 00:21:27,331 - No. - And I go there everyday. 297 00:21:27,355 --> 00:21:29,803 Fuck Congress. Unless you’re in it. 298 00:21:29,827 --> 00:21:32,472 Then it’s the greatest deliberative body on earth. 299 00:21:32,616 --> 00:21:33,983 But we’re not, so fuck it. 300 00:21:34,007 --> 00:21:36,366 But didn't the President campaigned on ending the war? 301 00:21:36,390 --> 00:21:38,301 Shhh, listen to me. 302 00:21:39,609 --> 00:21:43,407 Because of the discussion that Nixon and Kissinger are having right now 303 00:21:43,431 --> 00:21:46,335 behind that door, five feet away from us 304 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,172 in a couple of days, 10 thousand miles away... 305 00:21:49,196 --> 00:21:51,785 a rain of 750 pound bombs 306 00:21:51,978 --> 00:21:54,876 dropped from B-52s, twenty thousand feet 307 00:21:54,900 --> 00:21:58,475 will hit villages and towns all across Cambodia. 308 00:21:59,649 --> 00:22:01,325 Thousands will die... 309 00:22:01,922 --> 00:22:05,083 The world will change for better, or worse. 310 00:22:12,909 --> 00:22:17,015 That is the kind of power that exists in this squat little ugly building. 311 00:22:18,504 --> 00:22:20,599 Screw Kissinger, he’s overrated. 312 00:22:20,623 --> 00:22:21,990 Let's go. 313 00:22:26,845 --> 00:22:29,171 So... what do we... 314 00:22:30,525 --> 00:22:32,057 Spit it out. What are you trying to say? 315 00:22:32,081 --> 00:22:34,672 I mean aren't we against spending... What do we believe? 316 00:22:34,869 --> 00:22:36,420 What do we believe? 317 00:22:47,084 --> 00:22:48,988 What do we believe?! 318 00:22:50,882 --> 00:22:53,535 Oh, that's very good! What do we believe? 319 00:23:02,279 --> 00:23:03,671 Oh, shit! 320 00:23:11,377 --> 00:23:13,999 Like that, through there, you wanna try? 321 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,013 - Yeah. - You find out what the 322 00:23:16,037 --> 00:23:18,069 fish want, in this case it’s a worm 323 00:23:18,392 --> 00:23:19,874 and then uh... 324 00:23:20,159 --> 00:23:21,557 we use it to catch them. 325 00:23:21,581 --> 00:23:24,398 Look here, look here, dad, dad, look. 326 00:23:24,401 --> 00:23:25,690 Family gets to eat. 327 00:23:25,714 --> 00:23:28,515 Is it a good trick we’re playing? With the worms? 328 00:23:29,081 --> 00:23:31,687 It’s not good, or bad. It’s fishing. 329 00:23:32,313 --> 00:23:34,255 I don't want this one hurt. 330 00:23:34,274 --> 00:23:39,019 Dick had taken a job as a political consultant for a large financial firm. 331 00:23:39,043 --> 00:23:41,540 Where he was finally making good money. 332 00:23:42,410 --> 00:23:47,946 He took the job because Nixon’s inner circle have had enough of Donald Rumsfeld. 333 00:23:48,065 --> 00:23:49,429 I’m out. 334 00:23:49,692 --> 00:23:51,922 They’re sending me to Brussels. 335 00:23:51,946 --> 00:23:53,016 - What? 336 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:54,676 - Nixon is making me 337 00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:57,496 permanent ambassador to NATO. 338 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,397 Or as he called it, a fuck off assignment. 339 00:24:00,421 --> 00:24:03,116 Kissinger and Haldeman won. I want you to come with me. 340 00:24:03,140 --> 00:24:06,457 I got a four and a seven year old, Donald. 341 00:24:06,994 --> 00:24:11,054 Tell Don we’re not moving just because everyone at the White House hates him! 342 00:24:11,076 --> 00:24:14,444 Good boy. I taught you well these past couple of years. 343 00:24:14,468 --> 00:24:16,213 I am sorry Don. 344 00:24:18,021 --> 00:24:19,248 I really am. 345 00:24:19,272 --> 00:24:21,675 Don’t worry. I’m like bed bugs. 346 00:24:21,991 --> 00:24:24,550 You have to burn the mattress to get rid of me! 347 00:24:25,929 --> 00:24:29,982 Dick was becoming sharper and sharper as a D.C. insider. 348 00:24:30,323 --> 00:24:32,892 And Lynne had started to write articles 349 00:24:32,916 --> 00:24:35,419 and explore ideas for her first novel. 350 00:24:35,443 --> 00:24:36,748 Dick. 351 00:24:37,732 --> 00:24:39,151 Dick. 352 00:24:39,911 --> 00:24:41,225 Then... 353 00:24:41,249 --> 00:24:44,754 she received news from back home in Casper. 354 00:24:52,307 --> 00:24:54,082 Lynne’s mother Edna, 355 00:24:54,106 --> 00:25:00,295 who had avoided the water her whole life, was found drowned in the local Casper Lake. 356 00:25:01,025 --> 00:25:03,958 They said her and Wayne, Lynne’s Dad, 357 00:25:03,982 --> 00:25:07,098 they had had a nasty argument an hour before. 358 00:25:07,122 --> 00:25:08,994 She doesn’t swim, Dick. 359 00:25:09,509 --> 00:25:11,662 - My Mother doesn’t swim. - What happened? 360 00:25:11,681 --> 00:25:13,545 She never swam. 361 00:25:13,641 --> 00:25:17,239 I don't know. She just never swims. And then... 362 00:25:18,196 --> 00:25:22,771 There was never a serious investigation into Lynne's mom's death. 363 00:25:34,021 --> 00:25:37,833 So listen, after this... What should we do? Should we go get some food? 364 00:25:37,857 --> 00:25:41,025 Girls, Lynne. Why don’t you go to the car? 365 00:25:42,614 --> 00:25:46,103 Come on girls. Let's... Listen to your Father. Alright? 366 00:25:53,398 --> 00:25:55,872 They getting so beautiful Dick. 367 00:25:56,133 --> 00:25:58,434 It's amazing. 368 00:26:01,834 --> 00:26:04,815 You catching any fish? 369 00:26:10,669 --> 00:26:12,526 How are you Dick? 370 00:26:14,763 --> 00:26:16,807 Things going good in DC? 371 00:26:19,231 --> 00:26:22,610 Don’t ever go near my daughters, or my wife again. 372 00:26:41,023 --> 00:26:42,653 Big shot! 373 00:26:43,283 --> 00:26:46,022 Big shot in D.C. Dick! 374 00:26:54,857 --> 00:26:56,221 Sir? 375 00:26:57,865 --> 00:27:00,080 Thanks. 376 00:27:14,031 --> 00:27:15,546 So... 377 00:27:15,570 --> 00:27:17,653 - What do you got? - Page eight. 378 00:27:22,275 --> 00:27:24,279 Hassan Mustafa Nasser. 379 00:27:24,337 --> 00:27:27,084 A cleric based in Milan, Italy. 380 00:27:27,302 --> 00:27:30,306 He’s a member of Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya, 381 00:27:30,330 --> 00:27:34,178 - the group that killed Anwar Sadat. - That’s The Blind Sheikh, right? 382 00:27:34,197 --> 00:27:36,694 There’s some debate at Langley on 383 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,928 - whether they’re a threat, or not. - They claim to be peaceful now. 384 00:27:42,048 --> 00:27:43,858 I “claim” 385 00:27:43,908 --> 00:27:45,483 to be eating healthy. 386 00:27:54,967 --> 00:27:56,682 Okay... 387 00:27:57,756 --> 00:27:59,588 You'll pick him up. 388 00:28:24,513 --> 00:28:26,416 What’s the next name? 389 00:28:27,137 --> 00:28:30,915 Well Mr. Vice President, there’s been some chatter about 390 00:28:32,584 --> 00:28:34,448 an engineering student from Berlin... 391 00:28:35,076 --> 00:28:38,136 I have never been a quitter. 392 00:28:38,602 --> 00:28:41,357 To leave the office before my term is completed, 393 00:28:41,381 --> 00:28:44,537 is of harm to every instinct in my body. 394 00:28:46,137 --> 00:28:47,548 But as president, 395 00:28:47,794 --> 00:28:51,471 I must put the interest of America first. 396 00:28:53,006 --> 00:28:56,432 America needs a full time president. 397 00:28:56,495 --> 00:28:59,898 Nixon forgot about the voice activated recorders. 398 00:29:00,479 --> 00:29:02,343 He got sloppy. 399 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:06,617 - Is the President being punished? - No, no. The President has lot of enemies. 400 00:29:06,823 --> 00:29:08,776 Brussels please... 401 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,562 You need to remember 402 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:12,726 Lizzy... 403 00:29:14,084 --> 00:29:18,065 that if you have power, people will always try to take it from you. Always. 404 00:29:20,005 --> 00:29:21,877 - Yes Ma’am. - Remember that. 405 00:29:22,165 --> 00:29:26,154 - Donald Rumsfeld please... - This is a tragedy. 406 00:29:26,209 --> 00:29:28,003 That is our president. 407 00:29:28,053 --> 00:29:31,909 - This is ridiculous. - I actually think this could be 408 00:29:32,232 --> 00:29:34,229 very, very good news. 409 00:29:38,247 --> 00:29:39,588 The way I see it, 410 00:29:39,677 --> 00:29:44,275 any Republican not touched by Watergate is golden right now. 411 00:29:45,436 --> 00:29:48,792 Ford called me before my plane took off. I think we're in. 412 00:29:49,494 --> 00:29:50,866 Still... 413 00:29:50,911 --> 00:29:52,603 driving this chick magnet, huh? 414 00:29:52,627 --> 00:29:54,204 You can always take the bus. 415 00:29:54,228 --> 00:29:59,772 Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. 416 00:30:00,845 --> 00:30:02,725 Vice President Ford 417 00:30:02,736 --> 00:30:05,006 will be sworn in as President 418 00:30:05,088 --> 00:30:06,268 at that hour. 419 00:30:06,292 --> 00:30:08,741 - So what’s the plan? - Well, the plan... 420 00:30:09,690 --> 00:30:12,144 is to take over the damn place... 421 00:30:12,168 --> 00:30:14,266 Who lit a fire under your ass? 422 00:30:14,528 --> 00:30:16,978 I haven’t flipped cards for a long time Don. 423 00:30:23,140 --> 00:30:24,527 They gave me 424 00:30:24,757 --> 00:30:26,723 the keys to the damn palace! 425 00:30:28,687 --> 00:30:30,121 Chief of Staff. 426 00:30:30,897 --> 00:30:32,605 Holy shit! 427 00:30:32,999 --> 00:30:35,168 You salty son of a bitch. 428 00:30:35,589 --> 00:30:36,836 You did it. 429 00:30:37,457 --> 00:30:39,703 Part, we have work to do. 430 00:30:39,949 --> 00:30:43,336 Kissinger is trying to kiss and make up with the Soviets. 431 00:30:43,550 --> 00:30:44,861 Well, 432 00:30:44,885 --> 00:30:47,827 let’s make sure that shit doesn’t happen. 433 00:30:51,881 --> 00:30:53,197 Yeah. 434 00:31:00,708 --> 00:31:04,544 If I may, I believe I may have a way 435 00:31:04,568 --> 00:31:07,411 to put an ore in the water, on Russia. 436 00:31:07,435 --> 00:31:08,643 What if... 437 00:31:08,818 --> 00:31:10,786 - We create... - Mr. President. 438 00:31:10,810 --> 00:31:13,152 Come on Henry, let’s hear Dick out. 439 00:31:13,176 --> 00:31:16,581 One of Dick Cheney’s special super powers, 440 00:31:16,605 --> 00:31:21,385 was the ability to make the most wild and extreme ideas 441 00:31:21,409 --> 00:31:24,111 sound measured and professional. 442 00:31:24,135 --> 00:31:26,642 What if on a unilateral basis, 443 00:31:26,666 --> 00:31:30,236 we all put miniature wigs on our penises 444 00:31:30,260 --> 00:31:33,591 and we walked out to the White House lawn, 445 00:31:33,615 --> 00:31:35,571 and jerked each other off. 446 00:31:35,595 --> 00:31:39,789 So, like a puppet show, but much more enjoyable? 447 00:31:41,147 --> 00:31:43,753 I do like a good puppet show. 448 00:31:43,796 --> 00:31:45,305 I say we do it. 449 00:31:45,329 --> 00:31:47,928 Henry Kissinger has been relieved as National 450 00:31:47,952 --> 00:31:50,920 Security Adviser and replaced by Brent Scowcroft. 451 00:31:52,982 --> 00:31:55,599 They’re calling it the Halloween Massacre. 452 00:31:55,623 --> 00:31:57,366 - Mr President. - Hold on... 453 00:31:57,390 --> 00:32:00,497 Donald Rumsfeld has replaced Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger. 454 00:32:00,521 --> 00:32:02,318 And Dick Cheney has been chosen, as the 455 00:32:02,342 --> 00:32:05,655 the youngest Chief of Staff in history! It's amazing. It’s a dream. 456 00:32:05,679 --> 00:32:06,956 It's real. 457 00:32:07,523 --> 00:32:08,578 Don... 458 00:32:08,602 --> 00:32:11,082 is the youngest Secretary of Defense ever. 459 00:32:11,106 --> 00:32:15,087 Well, I’m not talking about Don, I’m talking about you 460 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,360 And I’m going to give you 461 00:32:18,488 --> 00:32:21,368 a kiss, right here in the White House. 462 00:32:22,269 --> 00:32:25,902 Excuse me Mr. and Mrs. Cheney. These girls were trying to enter the Oval Office. 463 00:32:25,926 --> 00:32:28,633 Oh dear, oh dear. 464 00:32:28,906 --> 00:32:30,858 - Girls... - Hey you! 465 00:32:30,882 --> 00:32:34,395 Girls this is not a playground, please do not... 466 00:32:35,865 --> 00:32:38,096 Is this where Santa lives? 467 00:32:39,482 --> 00:32:42,135 It's even better, it's even better. 468 00:32:42,733 --> 00:32:44,105 This... 469 00:32:44,222 --> 00:32:45,836 is where 470 00:32:46,269 --> 00:32:47,805 the leader 471 00:32:47,924 --> 00:32:50,858 of the greatest nation on earth lives. 472 00:32:51,069 --> 00:32:54,179 - Are you one of his elves Daddy? - In a way, yes. 473 00:32:54,203 --> 00:32:58,470 No he’s not Mary. Your Father is Chief of Staff. 474 00:32:58,742 --> 00:33:00,669 Chief... Of Staff. 475 00:33:01,945 --> 00:33:04,343 If you’re silly with her she’ll grow up to be a silly woman. 476 00:33:04,367 --> 00:33:06,130 Right, of course. 477 00:33:06,766 --> 00:33:08,927 I forgot, that’s just 478 00:33:08,969 --> 00:33:10,872 that’s just silly, Mary. 479 00:33:11,008 --> 00:33:13,446 And as the new Chief of Staff 480 00:33:13,470 --> 00:33:16,314 and with the Presidency weakened by Watergate, 481 00:33:16,338 --> 00:33:21,420 Dick Cheney wanted to find out exactly how much power did the President have. 482 00:33:21,461 --> 00:33:24,489 I would like to reinstate Executive Authority 483 00:33:24,867 --> 00:33:25,915 Now. 484 00:33:25,939 --> 00:33:27,818 Antonin Scalia, 485 00:33:27,842 --> 00:33:29,866 a young lawyer with the justice department 486 00:33:29,890 --> 00:33:32,740 who would later go on to serve on the Supreme Court, 487 00:33:32,764 --> 00:33:34,225 rocked Dick's world. 488 00:33:34,249 --> 00:33:35,842 Interesting you should ask. 489 00:33:35,866 --> 00:33:39,295 Are you familiar with the theory of the unitary executive? 490 00:33:39,319 --> 00:33:40,945 No. Tell me about it. 491 00:33:40,969 --> 00:33:43,329 There is an interpretation that few 492 00:33:43,353 --> 00:33:46,369 like myself happen to believe, in Article two of the Constitution 493 00:33:46,393 --> 00:33:47,852 that vests the President 494 00:33:47,876 --> 00:33:50,537 with absolute executive authority. 495 00:33:51,462 --> 00:33:53,225 And I mean absolute. 496 00:34:05,516 --> 00:34:07,109 Baby, baby... 497 00:34:07,133 --> 00:34:09,497 you wanna take Cole to the high chair? 498 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,947 - Come on buddy. - I've gotta try 499 00:34:11,971 --> 00:34:14,287 and explain this thing to the people. 500 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,005 Aren't you hungry? 501 00:34:16,661 --> 00:34:21,072 The Unitary Executive Theory. 502 00:34:21,096 --> 00:34:25,822 Certain legal scholars believed that, if the President does anything 503 00:34:25,846 --> 00:34:28,947 it must be legal, because it's the President. 504 00:34:28,971 --> 00:34:31,260 To hell with checks and balances, 505 00:34:31,284 --> 00:34:34,068 especially during times of war. 506 00:34:34,418 --> 00:34:37,449 This was the power of kings, 507 00:34:37,473 --> 00:34:39,767 pharaohs, dictators. 508 00:34:40,028 --> 00:34:41,193 This is perfect. 509 00:34:41,217 --> 00:34:46,664 Dick Cheney was a foot soldier in the power games of Washington DC. 510 00:34:46,688 --> 00:34:49,696 But with the Unitary Executive Theory, 511 00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:55,068 he could become Galactus, devourer of planets. 512 00:34:56,963 --> 00:34:59,851 But then, it was Election Day. 513 00:35:00,002 --> 00:35:02,378 - And there was one big problem... - Carter is the winner with 514 00:35:02,402 --> 00:35:04,753 two hundred and seventy two electoral votes... 515 00:35:04,777 --> 00:35:07,332 we have wondered which of us gonna make this announcement 516 00:35:07,356 --> 00:35:12,051 James Earl Carter, the next President of the United States. 517 00:35:12,052 --> 00:35:13,736 And just like that... 518 00:35:13,967 --> 00:35:15,644 it was all over. 519 00:35:16,045 --> 00:35:20,456 Dick Cheney, the president's chief of staff, he does not have a job. 520 00:35:20,491 --> 00:35:23,929 It can’t be. It's got to be some sort of a mistake, or miscalculation. 521 00:35:23,953 --> 00:35:25,911 There goes the neighbourhood. 522 00:35:30,949 --> 00:35:32,375 Well, thank you all. 523 00:35:34,104 --> 00:35:36,672 The Republicans have lost the Presidency. 524 00:35:36,722 --> 00:35:41,180 They are the minority in Congress in most states. With America demanding change 525 00:35:44,465 --> 00:35:47,458 And President Carter went up on the roof of The White House today, 526 00:35:47,482 --> 00:35:50,468 to show off the new solar water heaters installed there. 527 00:35:50,492 --> 00:35:53,079 Today, and directly harnessing the power of the 528 00:35:53,103 --> 00:35:55,888 sun, we are taking the energy that God gave us. 529 00:35:56,191 --> 00:35:59,297 The most renewable energy that we will ever see. 530 00:35:59,852 --> 00:36:03,904 And using it to replace our dwindling supplies of fossil fuel. 531 00:36:05,450 --> 00:36:08,474 There is no longer any question that solar energy... 532 00:36:43,484 --> 00:36:45,280 Well, not me, not me, sir. 533 00:36:45,304 --> 00:36:48,473 I will become the gentleman from Wyoming. 534 00:36:48,497 --> 00:36:50,798 Most of all, and hear this... 535 00:36:51,406 --> 00:36:53,388 Taxes must go down. 536 00:36:53,578 --> 00:36:55,384 I’ll say it again, taxes must go down 537 00:36:55,408 --> 00:36:58,989 we must ameliorate pain of taxes for the working man... 538 00:36:59,090 --> 00:37:01,452 and bring... 539 00:37:01,669 --> 00:37:04,322 perspicacity to the fore. 540 00:37:10,423 --> 00:37:12,474 Thank God for name recognition. 541 00:37:14,110 --> 00:37:16,025 Well, enough of the horsing around. 542 00:37:16,049 --> 00:37:19,676 Although, that is of course, what us cowboys do. 543 00:37:22,909 --> 00:37:25,112 Vote for Cheney in Congress. 544 00:37:25,136 --> 00:37:28,125 I will not let you down, you can count on me. 545 00:37:28,394 --> 00:37:31,734 And uh, thank you, and vote for Cheney... 546 00:37:31,980 --> 00:37:33,461 in congress. 547 00:37:35,864 --> 00:37:38,385 Either he drinks next time, or I do. 548 00:37:39,554 --> 00:37:41,035 I, uh... 549 00:37:41,100 --> 00:37:43,878 I don’t want anyone to panic, but... 550 00:37:44,187 --> 00:37:47,809 But I do believe I have to go to the hospital. 551 00:37:48,937 --> 00:37:50,598 Now. 552 00:38:00,260 --> 00:38:03,195 It’s an inferior wall infarct. 553 00:38:03,479 --> 00:38:06,421 But that can be fixed, right? 554 00:38:06,556 --> 00:38:09,716 If it was up to me you’d drop out of the election. 555 00:38:11,102 --> 00:38:14,044 But you’ve both made that clear that it's not an option. 556 00:38:14,068 --> 00:38:17,832 So you must have a minimum of two weeks bed rest. 557 00:38:17,856 --> 00:38:19,949 Two weeks off. We’ll lose our lead. 558 00:38:19,973 --> 00:38:21,884 Like hell we will. 559 00:38:22,184 --> 00:38:25,673 Dick Cheney has an illness, so he can’t be here today. 560 00:38:25,777 --> 00:38:27,746 But we got his his wife. 561 00:38:27,770 --> 00:38:30,259 And she's a darn pretty girl. 562 00:38:30,707 --> 00:38:32,431 Lynne Cheney! 563 00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:35,731 Hello! 564 00:38:35,755 --> 00:38:37,791 Hello, how are you today? 565 00:38:38,064 --> 00:38:40,959 Good, good, good to hear. It's really nice... 566 00:38:41,048 --> 00:38:43,358 to be back in my home state. 567 00:38:43,386 --> 00:38:45,336 See, I grew up in Wyoming. 568 00:38:45,464 --> 00:38:49,000 But it seems that somewhere along the line... 569 00:38:49,057 --> 00:38:52,945 Washington DC stopped listening to real folks like us! 570 00:38:53,018 --> 00:38:54,939 And started only listening... 571 00:38:54,963 --> 00:39:00,186 to liberal snobs who want us all to lose our jobs to affirmative action! 572 00:39:02,611 --> 00:39:04,217 Okay Lynne... 573 00:39:05,431 --> 00:39:07,162 That's right. 574 00:39:07,939 --> 00:39:08,899 You know, I am.... 575 00:39:08,923 --> 00:39:13,631 went to New York City, women in New York City are burning their bras. 576 00:39:14,393 --> 00:39:17,608 Well you know what women in Wyoming do with our bras? 577 00:39:17,650 --> 00:39:20,171 We wear them! 578 00:39:20,668 --> 00:39:22,469 We wear them. 579 00:39:23,023 --> 00:39:26,097 Here in Wyoming we believe there is a right and wrong. 580 00:39:26,158 --> 00:39:29,451 Because I’m a mom and a wife from Wyoming. 581 00:39:29,811 --> 00:39:33,678 And I know how it feels to make every penny count. 582 00:39:33,702 --> 00:39:37,312 Not only do I speak for you, but my husband Dick Cheney... 583 00:39:37,336 --> 00:39:41,036 A hard wind of change had been blowing through America. 584 00:39:41,231 --> 00:39:45,298 Civil rights, Roe versus Wade, environmentalism. 585 00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:49,672 But there was a part of the country that was angry about this change. 586 00:39:50,075 --> 00:39:51,357 Thanks to... 587 00:39:51,381 --> 00:39:54,172 My amazing wife... 588 00:39:54,909 --> 00:39:58,593 It's good to be joining you all here in D.C. 589 00:39:58,604 --> 00:40:01,945 as Wyoming’s sole Congressional Representative! 590 00:40:02,706 --> 00:40:03,914 And then... 591 00:40:03,938 --> 00:40:07,460 big money families like the Kochs and the Coors 592 00:40:07,484 --> 00:40:10,824 that were sick of paying income taxes, rolled 593 00:40:10,848 --> 00:40:14,853 right into Washington DC and started writing fat checks 594 00:40:15,114 --> 00:40:17,283 to fund right-wing think tanks. 595 00:40:18,791 --> 00:40:22,756 That would change the way many Americans looked at the world. 596 00:40:25,153 --> 00:40:27,712 Finally in 1980, 597 00:40:27,736 --> 00:40:30,617 this unlikely revolution of the super rich 598 00:40:30,641 --> 00:40:33,452 and white conservatives found its face. 599 00:40:33,803 --> 00:40:35,865 For those without skills, 600 00:40:35,889 --> 00:40:38,646 we will find a way to help them get new skills. 601 00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:40,701 For those without job opportunities, 602 00:40:40,725 --> 00:40:43,303 we will stimulate new opportunities particularly 603 00:40:43,327 --> 00:40:45,472 in the inner cities where they live. 604 00:40:45,678 --> 00:40:47,597 For those who have abandoned hope, 605 00:40:48,085 --> 00:40:51,615 we'll restore hope, and we'll welcome them into a great national crusade... 606 00:40:51,639 --> 00:40:54,113 to make America great again! 607 00:41:06,038 --> 00:41:07,386 It was... 608 00:41:07,491 --> 00:41:10,625 The fucking 1980's... 609 00:41:10,649 --> 00:41:13,830 and it was a hell of a time to be Dick Cheney. 610 00:41:15,716 --> 00:41:21,755 Vote on HR4445 the undetectable fire arms act 611 00:41:21,779 --> 00:41:25,378 to ban plastic guns that can evade metal detectors. 612 00:41:27,519 --> 00:41:29,626 Thank you Congressman Cheney. 613 00:41:29,676 --> 00:41:32,337 I hear you have been quite the ally. 614 00:41:54,122 --> 00:41:56,900 Someone call an ambulance! 615 00:41:58,052 --> 00:42:01,775 - Can you breathe? - I’m having a heart attack, you idiot... 616 00:42:32,039 --> 00:42:33,723 Very nice to see you. 617 00:42:43,331 --> 00:42:44,531 Thank you. 618 00:42:44,647 --> 00:42:47,644 They’re both brilliant, but broke. 619 00:42:50,281 --> 00:42:53,519 Hey Dick! Hello Lynne! 620 00:42:54,406 --> 00:42:57,845 - Congratulations on your appointment. - Well, thank you Mr. Vice President. 621 00:42:57,869 --> 00:42:59,392 How is your lovely family? 622 00:42:59,416 --> 00:43:02,553 Well, we think our son Jeb seems cut out for office. 623 00:43:04,655 --> 00:43:06,874 We may be asking you for endorsements in a few years. 624 00:43:06,898 --> 00:43:08,860 Oh well, if he’s half as charming as you are 625 00:43:08,884 --> 00:43:10,758 George, then he'll have both of our votes. 626 00:43:10,782 --> 00:43:13,469 - Ah, can I get that in writing? - Yeah, yeah, of course. 627 00:43:13,493 --> 00:43:16,050 Dick, I just wanted to say thank you for getting the House 628 00:43:16,074 --> 00:43:18,799 not to override the President’s veto the fairness doctrine. 629 00:43:18,823 --> 00:43:22,768 Not a problem. Happy to get rid of any big government regulations. 630 00:43:22,792 --> 00:43:24,099 Thank you. 631 00:43:24,123 --> 00:43:26,506 The fairness doctrine was a law from the forties 632 00:43:26,530 --> 00:43:29,533 that required any broadcast TV, or radio news 633 00:43:29,557 --> 00:43:32,583 to present both sides of an issue equally. 634 00:43:32,618 --> 00:43:35,924 Its repeal would lead to the rise of opinion news. 635 00:43:35,948 --> 00:43:40,342 Let me tell you something, you skinny, human prophylactic. 636 00:43:40,846 --> 00:43:43,343 Love is the only human emotion that you can't 637 00:43:43,367 --> 00:43:45,898 fake except women, and thank God they can. 638 00:43:48,238 --> 00:43:52,102 And eventually to the realization of Roger Aile's dream. 639 00:43:52,536 --> 00:43:54,051 FOX news, 640 00:43:54,075 --> 00:43:58,450 which would go on to become the no. 1 news station in the United States 641 00:43:58,473 --> 00:44:01,884 and swing America even more to the right. 642 00:44:08,857 --> 00:44:11,046 Alright. Lighten up sweet heart! It’s a party! 643 00:44:11,070 --> 00:44:13,725 Let me go see, if I can see, if everything’s okay over there. 644 00:44:13,749 --> 00:44:15,579 Great to see you both. Love to the girls... 645 00:44:15,603 --> 00:44:17,981 - Love to Barbara. - Will do. 646 00:44:18,212 --> 00:44:20,732 - That's his son. - Oh, crap. 647 00:44:21,143 --> 00:44:23,523 George W, the black sheep of the family. 648 00:44:25,710 --> 00:44:28,090 A little too much unconditional love there. 649 00:44:30,249 --> 00:44:32,098 Can you feel it Dick? 650 00:44:32,254 --> 00:44:34,062 Half the room wants to be us 651 00:44:34,086 --> 00:44:36,247 the other half fears us. 652 00:44:36,548 --> 00:44:39,576 I know George is next in line but, 653 00:44:40,509 --> 00:44:42,842 after that, who knows? 654 00:44:44,017 --> 00:44:46,764 I respect the hell out of Reagan. 655 00:44:47,496 --> 00:44:52,609 But no one has shown the world the true power of the American Presidency. 656 00:45:19,964 --> 00:45:21,683 Excuse me Miss Mary! 657 00:45:21,707 --> 00:45:25,516 You cannot leave the grounds during school hours! Mary! 658 00:45:33,348 --> 00:45:35,892 What, I don’t understand you just... 659 00:45:35,958 --> 00:45:39,728 left school? Why? It doesn’t make sense. 660 00:45:40,730 --> 00:45:42,650 It was Susan... 661 00:45:43,127 --> 00:45:45,523 Susan... Your best friend? 662 00:45:46,264 --> 00:45:50,393 Oh, honey, did you get in a fight over a boy, or... 663 00:45:54,461 --> 00:45:57,310 She broke up with me. 664 00:45:59,780 --> 00:46:02,683 Mom... Dad... 665 00:46:05,388 --> 00:46:07,197 I like girls... 666 00:46:07,805 --> 00:46:09,498 I'm gay. 667 00:46:30,163 --> 00:46:32,191 It doesn’t matter sweetheart. 668 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:35,832 We love you no matter what. 669 00:46:36,952 --> 00:46:38,902 Daddy! 670 00:46:38,980 --> 00:46:42,516 - I love you so much. - I love you Mary. 671 00:46:43,917 --> 00:46:46,441 This is going to make things... 672 00:46:46,465 --> 00:46:48,493 so hard for you. 673 00:46:55,619 --> 00:46:58,329 When George Bush Sr. Was elected President, 674 00:46:58,353 --> 00:47:01,795 Dick Cheney was made Secretary of Defense. 675 00:47:01,884 --> 00:47:04,483 Sixth in line to the Presidency. 676 00:47:04,967 --> 00:47:07,085 And after a few years, 677 00:47:07,109 --> 00:47:09,582 it was Dick’s turn to run for President, 678 00:47:09,953 --> 00:47:13,473 so they decided to do some early polling numbers. 679 00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:15,436 Oh, yeah, that's it? 680 00:47:17,009 --> 00:47:20,217 We can move those numbers... just... 681 00:47:20,883 --> 00:47:24,701 Go after the welfare state, regulations, government waste... 682 00:47:27,185 --> 00:47:29,416 I can't put Mary through that. 683 00:47:31,083 --> 00:47:33,916 Every primary opponent will go after her... 684 00:47:39,285 --> 00:47:40,985 And we deny. 685 00:47:42,722 --> 00:47:45,766 Shame them for going after the family and... 686 00:49:31,982 --> 00:49:34,916 Who is calling on a Sunday morning?! 687 00:49:36,130 --> 00:49:37,971 I don’t know. 688 00:49:43,129 --> 00:49:44,337 I'm coming. 689 00:49:47,699 --> 00:49:49,048 Hello. 690 00:49:52,316 --> 00:49:53,915 That's right. 691 00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:06,558 Any way I can be of assistance. 692 00:50:08,884 --> 00:50:11,443 Yeah. That should work... 3pm... 693 00:50:12,126 --> 00:50:13,920 Of course... 694 00:50:14,364 --> 00:50:15,705 That... 695 00:50:16,359 --> 00:50:18,231 goes without saying... 696 00:50:20,028 --> 00:50:21,267 Thank you. 697 00:50:21,512 --> 00:50:22,863 Thank you. 698 00:50:24,271 --> 00:50:25,736 Who is that? 699 00:50:26,304 --> 00:50:27,996 It was someone from... 700 00:50:28,479 --> 00:50:32,607 - George Bush’s son’s campaign. - Jeb? 701 00:50:32,631 --> 00:50:35,327 No. George W... Jeb’s Florida. 702 00:50:35,351 --> 00:50:36,462 Right. Right. 703 00:50:36,486 --> 00:50:40,231 Oh, I still can’t believe they’ve got that poor boy running for President. 704 00:50:41,009 --> 00:50:42,654 What they want? 705 00:50:43,298 --> 00:50:47,294 They want to talk to me about being his running mate. 706 00:50:48,798 --> 00:50:50,044 What? 707 00:50:51,192 --> 00:50:54,142 They didn’t say it outright, but... 708 00:50:54,552 --> 00:50:56,775 I’ve made that call myself 709 00:50:57,185 --> 00:50:58,916 that’s what they want. 710 00:51:00,286 --> 00:51:02,924 Vice President is a nothing job. 711 00:51:06,247 --> 00:51:07,801 Gonna just hear them out. 712 00:51:07,825 --> 00:51:08,989 I owe that to the father. 713 00:51:09,013 --> 00:51:11,916 The VP just sits around, and waits for the 714 00:51:11,940 --> 00:51:15,041 President to die. You've said so yourself. 715 00:51:16,073 --> 00:51:18,695 - Yeah it's a credit job. - Yeah. 716 00:51:19,846 --> 00:51:21,453 That's just a meeting. 717 00:51:21,844 --> 00:51:23,880 Is it just a meeting? 718 00:51:25,590 --> 00:51:27,735 It's just a meeting. 719 00:51:32,486 --> 00:51:33,686 Good. 720 00:51:54,799 --> 00:51:56,866 Yes, Mr. Governor? 721 00:51:57,932 --> 00:51:59,265 Of course. 722 00:52:00,307 --> 00:52:02,835 The Governor will see you now Secretary Cheney. 723 00:52:08,288 --> 00:52:09,668 Sure. 724 00:52:12,739 --> 00:52:14,560 Hey, hello Dick. 725 00:52:14,584 --> 00:52:16,259 Hello, George. 726 00:52:16,718 --> 00:52:19,272 - It's been a while. - Last year... 727 00:52:19,296 --> 00:52:21,856 foreign policy sessions. 728 00:52:22,054 --> 00:52:23,930 That’s right. Yeah, that's right. 729 00:52:23,954 --> 00:52:25,918 Those meetings were... 730 00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:28,684 very engaging. 731 00:52:28,870 --> 00:52:30,484 Do you remember? 732 00:52:31,045 --> 00:52:33,351 We both agreed my Dad would have been reelected 733 00:52:33,375 --> 00:52:35,490 - if he had taken out Saddam. - Right. 734 00:52:35,514 --> 00:52:37,605 Yeah... War time Presidents 735 00:52:38,516 --> 00:52:39,778 very popular. 736 00:52:39,802 --> 00:52:41,807 That they are. That they are. 737 00:52:42,743 --> 00:52:44,232 So... 738 00:52:46,359 --> 00:52:48,786 Congratulations on a... 739 00:52:49,554 --> 00:52:51,139 successful primary. 740 00:52:51,163 --> 00:52:52,227 I have... 741 00:52:52,251 --> 00:52:56,336 been through a few myself and they can be... Shall we say 742 00:52:56,360 --> 00:52:58,435 - Fucking exhausting! - Right. 743 00:53:01,309 --> 00:53:03,511 It's a grind. 744 00:53:03,535 --> 00:53:07,376 It's a grind, I tell you. Buses, baloney sandwiches... 745 00:53:08,178 --> 00:53:12,073 I like people, but I mean, you know, enough’s enough. 746 00:53:15,061 --> 00:53:16,363 So... 747 00:53:17,862 --> 00:53:19,479 - the call I received... - I forgot 748 00:53:19,503 --> 00:53:22,155 you’re a brass tacks guy aren’t you? I like that. 749 00:53:23,512 --> 00:53:25,895 Are you surprised I’m running for President? 750 00:53:25,919 --> 00:53:29,071 He wants to outrace his father. 751 00:53:29,427 --> 00:53:30,827 More than anything. 752 00:53:30,851 --> 00:53:33,942 After my, shall we say, wild years? 753 00:53:33,995 --> 00:53:39,023 Well, Gorge, I sowed some oats myself back in the day. 754 00:53:39,475 --> 00:53:42,784 And still enjoy a cold beer on occasion. 755 00:53:42,991 --> 00:53:44,651 I bet you did. 756 00:53:44,738 --> 00:53:48,797 I bet you did you rascal. Well I can’t anymore. It got bad. 757 00:53:49,042 --> 00:53:50,516 Yeah. 758 00:53:51,052 --> 00:53:52,564 Good times. 759 00:53:52,723 --> 00:53:54,478 What does he really want? 760 00:53:55,122 --> 00:53:56,615 What does he need? 761 00:53:56,639 --> 00:53:58,563 It's tough, I tell you... 762 00:54:00,771 --> 00:54:03,323 Lost my first congressional race, that was.... 763 00:54:03,669 --> 00:54:05,088 not good. 764 00:54:07,493 --> 00:54:10,474 - How about some brisket? - George... um... 765 00:54:12,063 --> 00:54:13,501 Hey Theresa! 766 00:54:13,525 --> 00:54:15,350 Hey Theresa! 767 00:54:15,365 --> 00:54:16,718 Get some brisket?! 768 00:54:16,742 --> 00:54:18,624 - I will find... - Get the burnt ends! 769 00:54:18,648 --> 00:54:21,035 - 'course. - So listen, I've got a... 770 00:54:22,031 --> 00:54:24,633 lack of experience problem in the polls 771 00:54:24,657 --> 00:54:26,483 and you’re one of the most experienced guys around 772 00:54:26,507 --> 00:54:29,561 you wanna jump on board and be my Vice? 773 00:54:30,072 --> 00:54:32,069 I'm honored. 774 00:54:32,209 --> 00:54:34,334 Don’t be honored. Fucking say yes, Mr. Brass tacks. 775 00:54:34,358 --> 00:54:37,019 I have to say no. 776 00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:39,504 Dick c'mon, we'll have a lot of fun. 777 00:54:39,528 --> 00:54:41,298 What are you doing right now? 778 00:54:41,434 --> 00:54:43,707 - You in the private sector? - Yeah. 779 00:54:43,731 --> 00:54:47,634 - Come on. I know you love politics. - No. George. 780 00:54:47,746 --> 00:54:49,900 - Let's go. - Not gonna happen. 781 00:54:49,924 --> 00:54:51,210 Come on now! 782 00:54:53,780 --> 00:54:56,144 That's a shame. It is. 783 00:54:57,855 --> 00:55:00,399 Perhaps I could... 784 00:55:01,066 --> 00:55:04,075 help you find the right running mate. 785 00:55:04,099 --> 00:55:08,326 - Run my VP search team? - No team. Just me. 786 00:55:14,748 --> 00:55:17,068 Yeah, yeah, that could work. 787 00:55:17,092 --> 00:55:19,831 I’ll have to run it by Rove of course, but... 788 00:55:21,296 --> 00:55:25,566 if I lose maybe I can become commissioner of baseball, you know! 789 00:55:25,968 --> 00:55:27,332 But the... 790 00:55:27,617 --> 00:55:29,153 idea... 791 00:55:29,511 --> 00:55:31,172 is to win?! 792 00:55:32,834 --> 00:55:34,987 I’m going to keep you in the back of my mind. 793 00:55:42,031 --> 00:55:45,520 So are you going to tell me how it went today, or not? 794 00:55:49,034 --> 00:55:51,250 It was... very interesting. 795 00:55:51,300 --> 00:55:53,086 He is a... 796 00:55:55,457 --> 00:55:57,001 green. 797 00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:00,524 He's very green. 798 00:56:02,277 --> 00:56:04,235 And you told him no? 799 00:56:04,363 --> 00:56:05,920 I, uh... 800 00:56:05,944 --> 00:56:08,066 I told him I would help 801 00:56:08,769 --> 00:56:10,328 with the... 802 00:56:11,472 --> 00:56:12,985 search. 803 00:56:27,361 --> 00:56:28,967 What are you thinking? 804 00:56:31,144 --> 00:56:33,141 I can tell you’re thinking. 805 00:56:40,298 --> 00:56:42,951 What was Dick Cheney thinking? 806 00:56:43,486 --> 00:56:45,977 I’m thinking I’ve never seen anything like this. 807 00:56:46,001 --> 00:56:49,073 After his first meeting with George W. 808 00:56:49,097 --> 00:56:52,007 We’ve had a lot of successes Dick. 809 00:56:55,150 --> 00:56:57,029 The Vice President... 810 00:56:57,157 --> 00:56:58,940 is a nothing job. 811 00:56:58,964 --> 00:57:02,232 How many steps ahead was he looking? 812 00:57:02,715 --> 00:57:06,751 How did he feel about the opportunity that was in front of him? 813 00:57:08,153 --> 00:57:09,579 There are... 814 00:57:09,907 --> 00:57:12,896 certain moments, so delicate... 815 00:57:13,899 --> 00:57:16,943 like a teacup and saucer... 816 00:57:20,409 --> 00:57:23,507 stacked on a teacup and saucer... 817 00:57:23,940 --> 00:57:25,963 on a teacup... 818 00:57:25,987 --> 00:57:27,843 and saucer. 819 00:57:31,205 --> 00:57:32,897 And on and on. 820 00:57:38,965 --> 00:57:42,595 That this moment could fall in any direction... 821 00:57:43,239 --> 00:57:45,642 and change everything. 822 00:57:48,982 --> 00:57:51,603 Sadly there is no real way to know 823 00:57:51,627 --> 00:57:56,229 exactly what was going on inside the Cheneys at this history changing moment. 824 00:57:56,603 --> 00:58:00,746 We can’t just snap into a Shakespearean Soliloquy 825 00:58:00,770 --> 00:58:04,430 that dramatizes every feeling and motivation. 826 00:58:04,730 --> 00:58:07,188 It’s just not the way the world works. 827 00:58:15,332 --> 00:58:17,733 My sweet Richard. 828 00:58:17,757 --> 00:58:20,965 Dance’d nimbly round the King’s hearth thou hath. 829 00:58:21,030 --> 00:58:23,992 Even whilst clamored I for more, 830 00:58:24,016 --> 00:58:25,361 more! 831 00:58:25,385 --> 00:58:30,350 Parched maw craned towards the drip, drip of imagined waters. 832 00:58:30,815 --> 00:58:32,773 But I say to you now, 833 00:58:32,797 --> 00:58:35,020 rest, retire. 834 00:58:35,097 --> 00:58:37,636 Thou hast honored thy vows to 835 00:58:37,660 --> 00:58:39,735 wife and crown. 836 00:58:40,136 --> 00:58:43,969 Has blindness usurped vision in you my wife? 837 00:58:46,475 --> 00:58:49,722 No mere treaty is our union! 838 00:58:50,436 --> 00:58:55,916 Thou shared thy torch’s flame with mine revealing halls and spires of 839 00:58:56,578 --> 00:58:58,996 long faded empires. 840 00:58:59,109 --> 00:59:03,075 And now, I, may hold aloft 841 00:59:03,187 --> 00:59:06,035 mine own fiery credit 842 00:59:07,460 --> 00:59:11,082 to make flesh our bond of power. 843 00:59:12,311 --> 00:59:13,675 Dare I? 844 00:59:14,354 --> 00:59:19,694 Dare I let hope’s peak place gathered bramble upon my heart for future’s nest? 845 00:59:20,283 --> 00:59:23,389 Many winters past hath I let this hope die, 846 00:59:23,838 --> 00:59:27,251 cruel winds silencing tiny birds needy cries. 847 00:59:27,275 --> 00:59:30,306 Now that it hath arrived I say yea, yea! 848 00:59:30,330 --> 00:59:32,311 Yea! 849 00:59:32,915 --> 00:59:35,630 Mine own blood and will 850 00:59:35,751 --> 00:59:37,291 are yours, 851 00:59:37,315 --> 00:59:40,596 til pierced be the last soldier’s breast plate, 852 00:59:40,620 --> 00:59:43,671 spilling forth its ruby jellied treasures! 853 00:59:54,203 --> 00:59:55,410 So... 854 00:59:56,023 --> 00:59:59,825 So... I think we... proceed. 855 01:00:00,703 --> 01:00:02,520 What about Mary? 856 01:00:03,208 --> 01:00:04,642 It’s VP. 857 01:00:05,751 --> 01:00:07,927 Not the same scrutiny. 858 01:00:09,090 --> 01:00:11,712 He has allies Dick. 859 01:00:11,997 --> 01:00:15,665 Connections. You’re new to his world. You don’t know the landscape. 860 01:00:21,181 --> 01:00:23,057 I had better 861 01:00:23,081 --> 01:00:26,185 conduct a very thorough search. 862 01:00:26,782 --> 01:00:28,959 Every stone. Hell, 863 01:00:29,079 --> 01:00:31,130 every grain of sand 864 01:00:31,134 --> 01:00:33,025 needs to be looked under for this questionnaire. 865 01:00:33,049 --> 01:00:34,720 Dick, we are asking for... 866 01:00:34,744 --> 01:00:39,209 all financials, all medical, all interviews, press, writings, 867 01:00:39,237 --> 01:00:40,800 all legal records, 868 01:00:40,824 --> 01:00:42,883 family medical and family financials. 869 01:00:42,907 --> 01:00:43,849 And? 870 01:00:43,873 --> 01:00:46,411 Any more “comprehensive” and we’d need a rubber glove. 871 01:00:46,435 --> 01:00:47,599 Sorry Liz. 872 01:00:47,623 --> 01:00:50,245 That wasn’t offensive. Should I be offended? 873 01:00:50,269 --> 01:00:52,848 I’m offended. Dave didn't worry, if I’d be offended. 874 01:00:52,872 --> 01:00:56,336 Oh, a rubber glove. Like a proctology exam. 875 01:00:56,520 --> 01:00:58,830 - That’s... that’s disgusting. - Hello! 876 01:00:59,418 --> 01:01:00,876 Oh. Hello! 877 01:01:08,071 --> 01:01:09,716 David, thoughts? 878 01:01:09,797 --> 01:01:12,138 One... big one. 879 01:01:12,766 --> 01:01:14,186 David Addington, 880 01:01:14,210 --> 01:01:18,796 Dicks main legal adviser and a huge believer in the Unitary Executive Theory. 881 01:01:18,820 --> 01:01:22,387 He was known for telling people to their face that they're stupid. 882 01:01:23,390 --> 01:01:24,618 So the... 883 01:01:24,642 --> 01:01:27,588 Vice Presidency is part of the executive branch and 884 01:01:27,612 --> 01:01:30,619 because the VP casts tie breaking votes to the Senate 885 01:01:30,643 --> 01:01:31,916 also part 886 01:01:31,940 --> 01:01:34,265 - of the legislative branch, right? - Right. 887 01:01:34,452 --> 01:01:35,761 That means, 888 01:01:36,436 --> 01:01:38,521 The VP is also... 889 01:01:38,545 --> 01:01:41,807 not part of the executive, or the legislative. 890 01:01:42,467 --> 01:01:43,673 So... 891 01:01:43,697 --> 01:01:46,303 one could argue that 892 01:01:47,279 --> 01:01:48,807 neither branch 893 01:01:49,007 --> 01:01:51,262 has oversight of the VP? 894 01:01:51,788 --> 01:01:53,715 Not only could “one” argue that 895 01:01:54,101 --> 01:01:55,801 I’m arguing you. 896 01:01:56,390 --> 01:01:58,488 - That's brilliant David. - I know. 897 01:01:58,749 --> 01:02:00,144 Right? 898 01:02:00,234 --> 01:02:03,184 Carl Rove want me to buy this ranch. 899 01:02:03,374 --> 01:02:06,731 Distance myself from my years at Yale and Harvard. 900 01:02:06,734 --> 01:02:09,324 Make me more of a man of the people for the election. 901 01:02:10,179 --> 01:02:11,606 Smart. 902 01:02:14,943 --> 01:02:17,427 So, we gonna do this thing or what? I mean, is this happening? 903 01:02:17,451 --> 01:02:18,698 No. 904 01:02:18,897 --> 01:02:23,347 I have found some very interesting candidates. 905 01:02:23,984 --> 01:02:25,668 If we could schedule, 906 01:02:25,945 --> 01:02:28,765 three hour window to go... 907 01:02:28,789 --> 01:02:31,544 No, I meant you. I want you to be my VP. 908 01:02:32,430 --> 01:02:34,278 - You're the solution to my problem. - No. 909 01:02:34,453 --> 01:02:37,137 I’m CEO of a large company. 910 01:02:38,346 --> 01:02:41,812 I’ve been Secretary of Defense, 911 01:02:41,979 --> 01:02:44,721 I’ve been Chief of Staff. 912 01:02:44,745 --> 01:02:47,961 The Vice Presidency is mostly a 913 01:02:48,417 --> 01:02:51,000 - a symbolic job. - Right, right. 914 01:02:51,618 --> 01:02:53,864 I can see how that wouldn’t be 915 01:02:55,446 --> 01:02:58,591 - enticing to you. - However... 916 01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:04,485 The Vice Presidency is also defined by 917 01:03:04,509 --> 01:03:06,599 The President. 918 01:03:06,775 --> 01:03:09,350 Unless we were to come to a... 919 01:03:10,001 --> 01:03:12,186 different understanding... 920 01:03:13,127 --> 01:03:15,233 Uh-huh. Go on. 921 01:03:16,246 --> 01:03:17,775 I'm listening. 922 01:03:19,123 --> 01:03:21,034 I sense that... 923 01:03:22,125 --> 01:03:26,552 you’re a, kinetic leader. You make decisions based on instinct. 924 01:03:27,328 --> 01:03:29,119 I am. People have said that. 925 01:03:29,143 --> 01:03:32,727 Yeah, yeah, very different. Very different from... 926 01:03:32,864 --> 01:03:34,246 your father, 927 01:03:34,270 --> 01:03:36,080 in that regard. 928 01:03:36,144 --> 01:03:37,390 Now, 929 01:03:37,414 --> 01:03:41,554 Maybe I can handle, some of the more mundane jobs 930 01:03:41,578 --> 01:03:44,239 overseeing bureaucracy, 931 01:03:44,320 --> 01:03:46,512 managing military, 932 01:03:46,627 --> 01:03:50,131 uh energy, uh, foreign policy. 933 01:03:56,094 --> 01:03:57,608 That sounds good. 934 01:04:01,013 --> 01:04:05,096 There won't be the kind of team owner that pulls the starter 935 01:04:05,130 --> 01:04:07,166 - in the 4th inning. - Yeah. 936 01:04:07,636 --> 01:04:09,469 That’s the manager’s job. 937 01:04:11,628 --> 01:04:13,141 One more thing. 938 01:04:14,801 --> 01:04:16,266 My daughter Mary, 939 01:04:17,708 --> 01:04:19,939 Right... Rove told me she likes girls. 940 01:04:20,645 --> 01:04:23,130 Now, I know you'll have to... 941 01:04:23,154 --> 01:04:25,615 run against gay marriage, 942 01:04:25,639 --> 01:04:26,802 in the south, 943 01:04:26,826 --> 01:04:28,359 mid-west and... 944 01:04:30,388 --> 01:04:31,843 it is my daughter, 945 01:04:31,867 --> 01:04:35,106 and that line is drawn concrete. 946 01:04:35,226 --> 01:04:37,340 Don't you say another word. 947 01:04:37,445 --> 01:04:39,695 So long as you don’t mind us pushing that messaging, 948 01:04:39,719 --> 01:04:41,648 we’re okay with you sitting that one out. 949 01:04:41,672 --> 01:04:43,499 I think it’s important for all the 950 01:04:43,523 --> 01:04:45,957 all the Marys in the world, you know? 951 01:04:47,320 --> 01:04:49,457 No problemo. We got a deal? 952 01:04:50,475 --> 01:04:51,958 Then I believe... 953 01:04:51,982 --> 01:04:53,408 this can work. 954 01:04:54,794 --> 01:04:56,026 Hot damn! 955 01:04:56,836 --> 01:04:58,140 Well, good. 956 01:04:58,164 --> 01:04:59,450 Hey... 957 01:04:59,914 --> 01:05:01,685 let's celebrate! 958 01:05:02,024 --> 01:05:03,310 Cheers! 959 01:05:06,807 --> 01:05:08,187 I realized 960 01:05:08,307 --> 01:05:09,616 best choices 961 01:05:09,823 --> 01:05:11,320 standing by my side. 962 01:05:11,810 --> 01:05:14,760 Please welcome, my friend and my running mate, 963 01:05:15,599 --> 01:05:16,987 Dick Cheney. 964 01:05:24,169 --> 01:05:27,979 Dick never filled out his own 83 question questionnaire. 965 01:05:28,154 --> 01:05:30,926 Full medical records were never handed over. 966 01:05:30,950 --> 01:05:34,494 No tax or corporate filings, nothing. 967 01:05:54,851 --> 01:05:57,512 Gore rescinded his concession. 968 01:06:00,187 --> 01:06:03,418 They’re claiming Florida is too close to call. 969 01:06:04,523 --> 01:06:07,975 He can’t fucking rescind his concession. 970 01:06:07,999 --> 01:06:09,355 He just did. 971 01:06:09,569 --> 01:06:12,613 - Russians are loving this. - There is gonna be a recount. 972 01:06:12,992 --> 01:06:14,540 - So... - How you doing? 973 01:06:14,564 --> 01:06:16,044 What should we do? 974 01:06:16,867 --> 01:06:19,708 We play it like we’ve already won. 975 01:06:20,866 --> 01:06:22,063 Which means, 976 01:06:22,087 --> 01:06:24,534 we need to staff the White House. 977 01:06:25,638 --> 01:06:26,922 Alright. 978 01:06:26,946 --> 01:06:30,060 - Who’s leading the transition team? - I’ll do it. 979 01:06:31,391 --> 01:06:33,650 That’s not something a Vice President really does, is it? 980 01:06:33,674 --> 01:06:35,044 Uh huh... 981 01:06:36,009 --> 01:06:37,078 It is now. 982 01:06:37,102 --> 01:06:39,228 Gore has called Governor Bush 983 01:06:39,252 --> 01:06:41,478 and retracted his concession. 984 01:06:41,502 --> 01:06:43,131 - No. No! - What! 985 01:06:53,898 --> 01:06:55,395 Wolfowitz. 986 01:06:56,000 --> 01:06:59,203 State, or Pentagon? 987 01:06:59,227 --> 01:07:01,689 Depends on who your Secretary of Defense is. 988 01:07:01,713 --> 01:07:03,317 - Rummy. - Hundred percent. 989 01:07:03,439 --> 01:07:06,876 - Rumsfeld? - Doesn’t Bush Sr. hate Rummy? 990 01:07:06,900 --> 01:07:10,280 Not such a bad thing with W. He wants to be his own man. 991 01:07:10,603 --> 01:07:14,339 Rumsfeld believes in a robust Executive. That’s good for us on war powers. 992 01:07:14,363 --> 01:07:17,022 Just keep him out of state, he’ll start World War three. 993 01:07:18,892 --> 01:07:23,711 Halliburton just gave us a 26 million dollar exit package. 994 01:07:23,735 --> 01:07:25,998 Twice of what we expected. 995 01:07:26,157 --> 01:07:27,841 They’re no dummies. 996 01:07:30,470 --> 01:07:32,006 Sorry gang. 997 01:07:34,110 --> 01:07:36,950 Thank God. Perhaps I should... 998 01:07:37,071 --> 01:07:38,927 go to the hospital. 999 01:07:40,044 --> 01:07:42,017 Oh my God! Are you kidding me? 1000 01:07:42,239 --> 01:07:45,764 Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah! 1001 01:07:45,788 --> 01:07:47,917 All persons having business with the Honorable, 1002 01:07:47,941 --> 01:07:49,619 the Supreme Court of the United States, 1003 01:07:49,643 --> 01:07:52,674 are admonished to draw near and give their attention, Oh yeah! 1004 01:07:52,698 --> 01:07:54,679 For the Court is now sitting. 1005 01:07:54,768 --> 01:07:57,941 God bless the United States and this Honorable Court. 1006 01:07:57,965 --> 01:08:01,562 December 12th 2000. Antonin Scalia, remember him? 1007 01:08:01,907 --> 01:08:06,247 And the Supreme Court stopped the state of Florida from completing their recount. 1008 01:08:06,952 --> 01:08:11,554 George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were going to the White House by a margin 1009 01:08:11,578 --> 01:08:14,841 of 537 votes. 1010 01:09:00,135 --> 01:09:02,486 Hey, hey, little Mary Claire. 1011 01:09:02,510 --> 01:09:05,006 Hey little Mary. My little Mary. 1012 01:09:05,439 --> 01:09:06,986 Hey, what are you doing? 1013 01:09:07,010 --> 01:09:08,725 What are you doing? 1014 01:09:13,308 --> 01:09:15,884 Ah, they’re both doing really well. 1015 01:09:15,925 --> 01:09:18,906 Except I’m trying to make this dinner and it’s 1016 01:09:19,339 --> 01:09:20,664 it's a, 1017 01:09:20,688 --> 01:09:25,516 Macaroni and Cheese that you said was easy but it keeps just coming out 1018 01:09:25,540 --> 01:09:26,892 like little watery. 1019 01:09:26,916 --> 01:09:30,741 It’s the milk, remember. You gotta add more milk. 1020 01:09:30,862 --> 01:09:33,515 Yeah, make it thicker. 1021 01:09:34,286 --> 01:09:35,872 No, no, no, no. 1022 01:09:35,896 --> 01:09:38,079 Yeah, it's much better. 1023 01:09:39,310 --> 01:09:41,299 So much, so much I wanna say right now. 1024 01:09:41,395 --> 01:09:45,033 You just... You keep doing what you’re doing. You’re doing so great. 1025 01:09:47,184 --> 01:09:50,657 You have earned something very special... from your wife. 1026 01:09:50,770 --> 01:09:52,571 Listen! Listen! Listen! 1027 01:09:53,405 --> 01:09:57,879 I’m buying wine... and I’m picking something up.... Chinese? 1028 01:09:59,466 --> 01:10:01,666 OK I, I really love you. 1029 01:10:03,454 --> 01:10:04,759 I love you. 1030 01:10:04,783 --> 01:10:06,085 Yeah. 1031 01:10:16,438 --> 01:10:17,633 Good morning to you too! 1032 01:10:17,657 --> 01:10:19,532 We've met a few times, it's nice to see you. 1033 01:10:19,556 --> 01:10:20,643 Of course. 1034 01:10:20,667 --> 01:10:22,659 Alright, listen... 1035 01:10:22,683 --> 01:10:24,121 We get this thing underway... 1036 01:10:24,145 --> 01:10:27,488 Scooter, why don’t you let everyone know the lay of the land? 1037 01:10:27,512 --> 01:10:30,263 Of course. As you all know, I am Scooter Libby, 1038 01:10:30,287 --> 01:10:31,923 Dick’s Chief of Staff... 1039 01:10:32,425 --> 01:10:34,872 I’m also his national security adviser 1040 01:10:34,896 --> 01:10:38,181 and a special adviser to the President. 1041 01:10:38,233 --> 01:10:41,311 Technically, Scooter outranks any of Bush's people. 1042 01:10:41,335 --> 01:10:42,766 Mary Matlin 1043 01:10:42,790 --> 01:10:46,673 will serve as councilor to the VP and assistant to Bush. 1044 01:10:46,790 --> 01:10:48,525 David Addington 1045 01:10:48,549 --> 01:10:49,751 Dick’s main legal counsel, 1046 01:10:49,775 --> 01:10:54,184 will play center field on all matters relating to executive power. 1047 01:10:54,538 --> 01:10:57,882 The President has Alberto Gonzales, 1048 01:10:57,906 --> 01:10:59,507 Karl Rove, 1049 01:10:59,531 --> 01:11:01,110 Karen Hughes 1050 01:11:01,134 --> 01:11:02,669 as his team. 1051 01:11:02,693 --> 01:11:06,080 Quite frankly Gonzales has no clue, 1052 01:11:06,573 --> 01:11:08,539 Rove is a hack, 1053 01:11:09,211 --> 01:11:11,309 Hughes should be in double A ball. 1054 01:11:11,591 --> 01:11:15,029 So, we will have fairly unobstructed access 1055 01:11:15,053 --> 01:11:16,814 to the Oval office. 1056 01:11:17,490 --> 01:11:19,554 We will be automatically 1057 01:11:19,578 --> 01:11:23,289 BCC’d on all e-mails that the President receives, 1058 01:11:23,313 --> 01:11:26,802 or sends, as well as have access to his schedule 1059 01:11:26,806 --> 01:11:29,412 the second it is set, or changed. 1060 01:11:29,658 --> 01:11:33,918 We’ll also be receiving the daily intelligence briefing before 1061 01:11:33,942 --> 01:11:37,033 the President and it gets us inside the decision curve. 1062 01:11:37,231 --> 01:11:39,306 Which will actually be reading. 1063 01:11:40,028 --> 01:11:41,810 Bush approved all of this? 1064 01:11:41,834 --> 01:11:44,292 We have... 1065 01:11:44,670 --> 01:11:46,057 an understanding. 1066 01:11:46,081 --> 01:11:49,003 What about the e-mails? Paper shredders don’t work for e-mails. 1067 01:11:49,027 --> 01:11:52,864 The entire administration will run off of the RNC’s private server. 1068 01:11:52,888 --> 01:11:55,589 And we’ve deactivated automatic archiving. 1069 01:11:55,613 --> 01:11:56,955 We’re clean. 1070 01:11:57,895 --> 01:12:00,769 Okay, so over at The Pentagon we have Don... 1071 01:12:00,793 --> 01:12:02,256 Secretary of Defense. 1072 01:12:02,280 --> 01:12:04,717 Paul Wolfowitz, who worked with Team B 1073 01:12:04,741 --> 01:12:08,249 in the Ford days, Deputy Secretary of Defense. 1074 01:12:08,273 --> 01:12:13,266 Let’s check, see, what plans they have to invade Iraq. 1075 01:12:13,290 --> 01:12:14,895 It’s already in the works. 1076 01:12:14,919 --> 01:12:17,408 Got Ashcroft over at the DOJ. 1077 01:12:17,514 --> 01:12:21,756 State, seems to be the only tricky department. That’s Colin Powell 1078 01:12:21,780 --> 01:12:23,539 his guy Lawrence Wilkerson. 1079 01:12:23,563 --> 01:12:25,687 Collin Powell who never run a camp he didn't like. 1080 01:12:25,711 --> 01:12:27,173 Wilkerson is a true believer. 1081 01:12:27,197 --> 01:12:30,497 We’ve got Bolton over there. He’s a loose cannon, but he's loyal. 1082 01:12:31,306 --> 01:12:34,393 I want to get Liz in there as well. Let’s make sure that happens. 1083 01:12:34,417 --> 01:12:36,624 OK Dick, consider it done. 1084 01:12:36,776 --> 01:12:38,731 And this list of 1085 01:12:38,755 --> 01:12:40,981 “our” people doesn’t include 1086 01:12:41,005 --> 01:12:42,865 about 800 others 1087 01:12:42,889 --> 01:12:47,542 lobbyists, industry insiders that we placed in the regulatory jobs. 1088 01:12:47,902 --> 01:12:50,668 What about Bush's friends? Ridge, Pataki, Thompson? 1089 01:12:50,692 --> 01:12:52,082 I haven't heard their names. 1090 01:12:52,106 --> 01:12:53,887 No, they were not... 1091 01:12:53,911 --> 01:12:57,498 offered jobs in this administration at this time. 1092 01:12:57,522 --> 01:12:59,656 “Not offered jobs at this time?” Are you 1093 01:12:59,680 --> 01:13:02,060 even more ruthless, than you used to be there Dick? 1094 01:13:02,084 --> 01:13:04,214 You're just not getting laid. 1095 01:13:09,887 --> 01:13:12,134 Alright, moving on! We got Paul O'Neill. 1096 01:13:17,411 --> 01:13:20,441 You haven’t been here over 20 years. 1097 01:13:20,465 --> 01:13:21,848 Times have changed. 1098 01:13:21,872 --> 01:13:25,595 We have softer touch, that's the norm now. 1099 01:13:25,997 --> 01:13:28,699 We have the conservative TV 1100 01:13:28,723 --> 01:13:31,181 radio, doing the yelling for us 1101 01:13:32,614 --> 01:13:35,493 Is your old friend embarrassing you? Is that it Dick? 1102 01:13:38,584 --> 01:13:40,120 Soft touch. 1103 01:13:40,166 --> 01:13:41,345 That's all. 1104 01:13:41,369 --> 01:13:44,619 Alright. I have to go to my office at the House of Representatives. 1105 01:13:44,643 --> 01:13:47,983 You mean the senate, Vice President, tie breaker in the senate. 1106 01:13:48,760 --> 01:13:51,444 Nope, I mean the house. 1107 01:13:52,034 --> 01:13:55,663 Dick Cheney had used an old connection with former wrestling coach 1108 01:13:55,687 --> 01:13:57,755 and speaker of the house, Dennis Hastert 1109 01:13:57,779 --> 01:14:00,292 to get an office at the House of Representatives. 1110 01:14:00,382 --> 01:14:02,717 The house is where revenue bills originate 1111 01:14:02,741 --> 01:14:04,999 and he wanted to be near the money faucet. 1112 01:14:05,023 --> 01:14:06,540 Hey Dick! 1113 01:14:06,564 --> 01:14:08,528 Will this work for you? 1114 01:14:09,289 --> 01:14:11,161 Two more offices in the Senate... 1115 01:14:11,789 --> 01:14:15,880 Hey Dick. I found this extra office. I hope it works for you. 1116 01:14:16,173 --> 01:14:17,857 One in the Pentagon. 1117 01:14:17,923 --> 01:14:20,610 Welcome to your new home away from home. 1118 01:14:20,634 --> 01:14:23,327 I got you a little house warming gift. 1119 01:14:23,882 --> 01:14:27,624 And later when Cheney needed intelligence to invade Iraq, 1120 01:14:27,648 --> 01:14:29,563 a conference room at the CIA. 1121 01:14:29,587 --> 01:14:32,223 The room is soundproof and secure. 1122 01:14:33,521 --> 01:14:35,791 Cheney was everywhere. 1123 01:14:35,962 --> 01:14:38,896 But the most powerful place in all of DC was 1124 01:14:38,946 --> 01:14:41,061 a non descript conference room 1125 01:14:41,085 --> 01:14:45,394 for relatively new think tank called Americans for Tax Reform. 1126 01:14:45,696 --> 01:14:50,966 Grover Norquist ran the anti-tax group with huge funding from the Koch brothers network 1127 01:14:51,076 --> 01:14:53,198 big oil and big tobacco. 1128 01:14:54,232 --> 01:14:57,397 His Wednesday meeting as it was called 1129 01:14:57,421 --> 01:14:59,436 had become the center 1130 01:14:59,460 --> 01:15:01,371 of the Republican world. 1131 01:15:02,328 --> 01:15:04,262 Well, let's go ahead and start 1132 01:15:04,484 --> 01:15:06,395 with the estate tax. 1133 01:15:07,052 --> 01:15:09,294 Now this has been hard to eliminate 1134 01:15:09,318 --> 01:15:13,947 because the tax only affects those estates with over 2 million. 1135 01:15:14,091 --> 01:15:15,994 But we have made strides 1136 01:15:16,436 --> 01:15:19,902 and marketing guru Frank Luntz is here to help. 1137 01:15:25,633 --> 01:15:26,966 Hello all. 1138 01:15:28,492 --> 01:15:32,423 Getting regular people to support cutting taxes on the very wealthy 1139 01:15:32,447 --> 01:15:34,419 has always been extremely hard. 1140 01:15:34,667 --> 01:15:37,242 We have had some success in the past. 1141 01:15:37,539 --> 01:15:40,309 But these estate taxes has always been very difficult. 1142 01:15:41,213 --> 01:15:42,483 However... 1143 01:15:43,655 --> 01:15:45,745 I think we may have had a breakthrough. 1144 01:15:46,186 --> 01:15:48,394 Now, the Estate Tax 1145 01:15:48,686 --> 01:15:49,964 kicks in 1146 01:15:50,077 --> 01:15:54,089 on anyone inheriting over $2 Million dollars. 1147 01:15:54,280 --> 01:15:56,425 How many of you have a problem with that? 1148 01:15:57,389 --> 01:15:58,273 Okay. 1149 01:15:58,297 --> 01:16:01,264 How many of you would have a problem with something called a 1150 01:16:01,288 --> 01:16:03,082 “death tax?” 1151 01:16:07,055 --> 01:16:10,442 Instead of global warming, 1152 01:16:10,822 --> 01:16:13,538 which we all agree sounds very scary, 1153 01:16:15,474 --> 01:16:16,791 we call it 1154 01:16:17,677 --> 01:16:18,966 climate change. 1155 01:16:18,990 --> 01:16:22,776 Folks, the government is taking your money after you die! 1156 01:16:23,203 --> 01:16:24,903 It’s a death tax... 1157 01:16:36,012 --> 01:16:37,892 The death tax has to go. 1158 01:16:38,067 --> 01:16:42,428 The elite liberals at Washington would tax us for laughing, or crying if they could. 1159 01:16:42,452 --> 01:16:46,600 So with one of the biggest media and political machines 1160 01:16:46,624 --> 01:16:48,316 ever created behind him 1161 01:16:49,335 --> 01:16:52,730 Cheney was able to squash action on Global Warming 1162 01:16:53,076 --> 01:16:58,056 cut taxes for the super rich and got regulations for massive corporations. 1163 01:16:58,080 --> 01:17:02,256 And then there was Cheney’s National Energy Policy Development Group. 1164 01:17:02,447 --> 01:17:04,081 His first major test 1165 01:17:04,105 --> 01:17:06,488 to expand executive power. 1166 01:17:06,512 --> 01:17:08,615 I don’t understand what the goddamn problem is! 1167 01:17:08,639 --> 01:17:11,421 I want to hear what the energy CEOs need and I’m not allowed to? 1168 01:17:11,445 --> 01:17:12,649 It’s called FACA. 1169 01:17:12,673 --> 01:17:15,375 - The hell is FACA? - It’s the Federal Advisory Committees Act. 1170 01:17:15,399 --> 01:17:18,209 Congress got their panties in a bunch that you know, 1171 01:17:18,352 --> 01:17:21,873 elected officials would just let CEOs roll in and, 1172 01:17:22,009 --> 01:17:23,685 you know, write the laws. 1173 01:17:25,181 --> 01:17:27,172 The Act demands that 1174 01:17:27,196 --> 01:17:31,459 appropriate government employees... be present. 1175 01:17:31,509 --> 01:17:33,248 Hold on a second. 1176 01:17:34,418 --> 01:17:35,673 What’s your name? 1177 01:17:35,997 --> 01:17:37,291 Doug. 1178 01:17:37,472 --> 01:17:42,062 Doug, how long have you been working reception at the Department of Energy? 1179 01:17:43,043 --> 01:17:44,430 Three months? 1180 01:17:45,039 --> 01:17:46,356 Perfect. 1181 01:17:49,702 --> 01:17:51,998 So what am I supposed to do here? 1182 01:17:52,022 --> 01:17:54,304 Just sit there and be quiet. 1183 01:17:54,328 --> 01:17:55,597 Got it. 1184 01:18:00,061 --> 01:18:01,339 Gentlemen, 1185 01:18:03,787 --> 01:18:05,011 Hello... 1186 01:18:05,076 --> 01:18:06,276 ... 1187 01:18:06,357 --> 01:18:08,655 How’s... How's the business at... 1188 01:18:08,679 --> 01:18:11,948 We're good. Our stock... 1189 01:18:12,359 --> 01:18:14,942 And California has been really... 1190 01:18:15,434 --> 01:18:17,540 - since the regulation. - Great to hear. 1191 01:18:17,958 --> 01:18:18,959 Oh... 1192 01:18:18,983 --> 01:18:20,814 He's with the Energy Department. 1193 01:18:24,713 --> 01:18:29,460 The details of Cheney's meetings with the energy CEO's were never disclosed. 1194 01:18:29,898 --> 01:18:34,411 But, a freedom of information request did provide some documents 1195 01:18:34,774 --> 01:18:36,885 including a map of Iraq's oil fields 1196 01:18:36,909 --> 01:18:39,988 with all of the oil companies that would be interested 1197 01:18:40,012 --> 01:18:41,639 in acquiring them if 1198 01:18:41,793 --> 01:18:45,306 somehow they were ever to become available. 1199 01:18:48,268 --> 01:18:49,671 And then, 1200 01:18:49,846 --> 01:18:51,025 it happened. 1201 01:18:51,049 --> 01:18:54,350 Would you like to lower your monthly mortgage payments? 1202 01:18:54,374 --> 01:18:55,879 Or use the equity in your home 1203 01:18:55,903 --> 01:18:58,387 to consolidate your credit card or other debts? 1204 01:18:58,411 --> 01:18:59,609 Just log on... 1205 01:18:59,633 --> 01:19:03,986 Yeah, this just in, you are looking at obviously a very disturbing live shot there 1206 01:19:04,010 --> 01:19:07,996 that is the World Trade Center and we have unconfirmed reports this morning 1207 01:19:08,020 --> 01:19:11,313 that a plane has crashed into one of the towers. 1208 01:19:13,182 --> 01:19:16,650 It does not appear that there is any kind of an effort up there yet. 1209 01:19:16,674 --> 01:19:18,101 Now, remember, oh my God! 1210 01:19:20,582 --> 01:19:21,730 That looks like a second plane. 1211 01:19:21,754 --> 01:19:23,324 Vice President, we have information that a plane 1212 01:19:23,348 --> 01:19:24,693 is headed to the White House at this moment. 1213 01:19:24,717 --> 01:19:25,951 We have less than a minute to get 1214 01:19:25,975 --> 01:19:28,792 to the secure underground bunker. Let's go! Move! 1215 01:19:29,313 --> 01:19:30,595 Move! 1216 01:19:30,619 --> 01:19:32,631 Move, it's clear. 1217 01:19:33,095 --> 01:19:35,230 Move. The Capitol is being evacuated, we're told. And 1218 01:19:35,254 --> 01:19:38,441 clearly that shot, that we have on our screen now 1219 01:19:38,465 --> 01:19:39,985 this is the the Pentagon, just across 1220 01:19:40,009 --> 01:19:42,088 the river from Washington D.C. 1221 01:19:42,112 --> 01:19:43,246 you gotta believe... 1222 01:19:43,270 --> 01:19:45,295 I need you to take me to Dick. 1223 01:19:45,319 --> 01:19:48,293 Mrs. Cheney, we cannot go back to the White House. 1224 01:19:48,317 --> 01:19:51,519 I’m being told no one is to go to the White House. It is not safe. 1225 01:20:07,310 --> 01:20:08,846 You got the Prime Minister yet? 1226 01:20:12,746 --> 01:20:15,855 Canada's Prime minister's on the phone. That's right, we got planes in the air 1227 01:20:15,879 --> 01:20:17,469 nowhere for them to land. 1228 01:20:17,583 --> 01:20:20,338 Permission for them to land at Canadian Airports. 1229 01:20:20,489 --> 01:20:22,923 International flights into Newfoundland. 1230 01:20:25,106 --> 01:20:26,922 Sir, Don Rumsfeld is at the Pentagon, line 2. 1231 01:20:26,946 --> 01:20:29,189 - That? - Uh huh, yes sir. 1232 01:20:31,000 --> 01:20:33,148 You have authorization 1233 01:20:33,172 --> 01:20:37,403 to shoot down any aircraft deemed a threat. 1234 01:20:37,406 --> 01:20:38,993 Presidential authority? 1235 01:20:39,017 --> 01:20:41,938 That is correct. All orders are UNODIR. 1236 01:20:41,962 --> 01:20:44,455 - UNODIR sir? - Unless otherwise directed. 1237 01:20:44,479 --> 01:20:48,993 Mr. Vice President are we sure these are the proper rules of engagement? 1238 01:20:49,017 --> 01:20:52,232 The country’s under attack, the ROE is fluid. David? 1239 01:20:53,683 --> 01:20:57,500 Now we don't know what exactly what the people in that room were thinking 1240 01:20:57,659 --> 01:20:58,738 but 1241 01:20:58,762 --> 01:21:03,001 it's safe to assume that at least one person wondered why, 1242 01:21:03,294 --> 01:21:06,846 in the midst of the most fateful day in American history, 1243 01:21:07,240 --> 01:21:10,354 was Dick Cheney talking to his lawyer? 1244 01:21:11,739 --> 01:21:13,681 Mr. Vice President, 1245 01:21:15,638 --> 01:21:17,478 Mr. Vice President, 1246 01:21:17,911 --> 01:21:19,470 the Congressional Members you sent to 1247 01:21:19,494 --> 01:21:21,230 Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center 1248 01:21:21,254 --> 01:21:23,204 - want to leave. - Nope. 1249 01:21:23,416 --> 01:21:24,819 Excuse me? 1250 01:21:25,713 --> 01:21:28,976 They’re not going anywhere. Just tell them, 1251 01:21:29,705 --> 01:21:31,679 we’ve all the helicopters. 1252 01:21:31,901 --> 01:21:33,195 Yes, sir. 1253 01:21:33,993 --> 01:21:36,273 Thank you very much for your call Mr. Prime Minister, 1254 01:21:36,297 --> 01:21:38,482 we have the situation under control. 1255 01:21:47,025 --> 01:21:48,803 Are we at war? 1256 01:21:49,452 --> 01:21:52,066 - Yes we are. - With whom? 1257 01:22:23,493 --> 01:22:25,156 We’ve picked up chatter from 1258 01:22:25,180 --> 01:22:28,466 well known Al-Qaeda operatives celebrating today’s attack. 1259 01:22:28,770 --> 01:22:30,076 We shouldn’t rule out Iraq. 1260 01:22:30,100 --> 01:22:34,291 - What’s Al-Qaeda’s Leader’s name? - His name is Osama Bin Laden. 1261 01:22:34,366 --> 01:22:36,648 But this is clearly Al-Qaeda. I’ve been 1262 01:22:36,672 --> 01:22:39,485 tracking their movements for years. They’re fingerprints are all over this. 1263 01:22:39,509 --> 01:22:41,888 Iraq has all the good targets. 1264 01:22:42,407 --> 01:22:44,564 Iraq has nothing to do with this, Don. 1265 01:22:44,588 --> 01:22:46,471 - Richard you don’t know that for sure. - I do know... 1266 01:22:46,495 --> 01:22:48,327 Mr. President, if I may, 1267 01:22:49,340 --> 01:22:53,641 Afghanistan is Al-Qaeda’s headquarters. That is where our focus should be. 1268 01:22:53,699 --> 01:22:56,286 And the CIA would be capable of 1269 01:22:56,310 --> 01:22:58,512 taking out the Taliban’s power structure? 1270 01:22:58,536 --> 01:23:00,815 Yeah, all due respect, George, 1271 01:23:00,849 --> 01:23:03,295 Mr. President, we are the Pentagon. 1272 01:23:03,319 --> 01:23:06,156 - And this is what we do. - Don... 1273 01:23:17,645 --> 01:23:19,368 OK. We'll... 1274 01:23:19,621 --> 01:23:21,591 We’ll go with Tenet and the CIA. 1275 01:23:21,615 --> 01:23:23,411 I’ll make some calls to our allies. 1276 01:23:23,435 --> 01:23:24,940 Thank you, sir. 1277 01:23:29,344 --> 01:23:31,770 Given the current situation Mr. President 1278 01:23:32,180 --> 01:23:34,274 it is wise that we not 1279 01:23:34,298 --> 01:23:37,376 be in the same location for, COG. 1280 01:23:37,400 --> 01:23:39,248 Continuity of Government. 1281 01:23:40,807 --> 01:23:42,499 Of course. 1282 01:23:42,713 --> 01:23:44,796 We're gonna be alright on this... Are we? 1283 01:23:45,659 --> 01:23:47,132 Yes sir. 1284 01:23:47,776 --> 01:23:49,679 Yes, we are. 1285 01:23:53,045 --> 01:23:57,073 Angler has taken off to an undisclosed location. I repeat, Angler is airborne. 1286 01:23:57,427 --> 01:23:59,510 Angler? That’s the VP? 1287 01:23:59,670 --> 01:24:02,916 I thought only the President could land and take off from the south lawn? 1288 01:24:03,232 --> 01:24:05,385 What can I tell you? Today’s fucked. 1289 01:24:29,832 --> 01:24:32,547 This intelligence has been edited 1290 01:24:33,113 --> 01:24:35,430 redacted and reduced. 1291 01:24:35,725 --> 01:24:36,852 Mr. Vice President, 1292 01:24:36,876 --> 01:24:39,361 usually we vet the daily intelligence threat matrix 1293 01:24:39,385 --> 01:24:41,534 to eliminate unreliable sources, non-players 1294 01:24:41,558 --> 01:24:43,329 Stop! Don't you dare. 1295 01:24:43,353 --> 01:24:46,522 Give me a damn disquisition 1296 01:24:47,183 --> 01:24:48,781 on what I cannot hear. 1297 01:24:48,800 --> 01:24:52,297 Mr Vice President, a lot of this intelligence is not verified. 1298 01:24:53,455 --> 01:24:56,468 I'm gonna say this for the last time. I want to hear everything. 1299 01:24:56,565 --> 01:24:57,808 Everyday, 1300 01:24:57,832 --> 01:24:59,983 - from now on. - Yes sir. 1301 01:25:00,140 --> 01:25:01,606 Proceed. 1302 01:25:02,476 --> 01:25:06,194 We’re tracking the possibility of bio-attacks using sarin gas, 1303 01:25:06,218 --> 01:25:08,124 cow pox, Ebola... 1304 01:25:08,148 --> 01:25:11,145 There was a post on a darkweb site 1305 01:25:12,172 --> 01:25:14,845 about mass beheadings in residential areas. 1306 01:25:14,869 --> 01:25:19,301 Movie studios, museums, subways, day care centers may all be targets. 1307 01:25:19,320 --> 01:25:22,918 A source has told me asset about fire bombs targeting hospitals. 1308 01:25:23,016 --> 01:25:26,249 A video was captured describing televised executions 1309 01:25:26,273 --> 01:25:28,545 interrupting American network TV. 1310 01:25:39,391 --> 01:25:42,013 Water filtration plants targeting bio-weapons... 1311 01:26:07,173 --> 01:26:09,084 I’m scared Dick... 1312 01:26:16,782 --> 01:26:18,724 I’ll always take care of you, Lynne. 1313 01:26:20,134 --> 01:26:21,529 You know that. 1314 01:26:24,474 --> 01:26:26,603 What are you going to do? 1315 01:27:14,918 --> 01:27:17,356 So while Powell, the CIA 1316 01:27:17,380 --> 01:27:19,281 and their international coalition 1317 01:27:19,305 --> 01:27:23,026 toppled the Taliban and took Afghanistan in a matter of weeks 1318 01:27:23,352 --> 01:27:26,124 Cheney found something much more powerful, 1319 01:27:26,148 --> 01:27:29,426 than missiles, or jet planes. 1320 01:27:30,132 --> 01:27:32,234 Mr. Vice President, this is John Yoo. 1321 01:27:32,258 --> 01:27:34,692 It’s a pleasure to meet you Mr. Vice President. 1322 01:27:36,503 --> 01:27:40,179 So, David told me you're looking for... executive authority. 1323 01:27:41,089 --> 01:27:43,039 John, here is definitely your guy. 1324 01:27:44,037 --> 01:27:45,467 Now, the war 1325 01:27:45,491 --> 01:27:46,687 we are now fighting 1326 01:27:46,711 --> 01:27:50,402 will require resources and abilities that the 1327 01:27:51,594 --> 01:27:53,809 current interpretation of the law 1328 01:27:54,458 --> 01:27:55,939 impedes. 1329 01:27:56,284 --> 01:27:57,569 The Vice President believes 1330 01:27:57,593 --> 01:28:00,624 it is the duty of The Commander in Chief to protect the Nation. 1331 01:28:00,648 --> 01:28:03,492 And that no other obligation whether the Congress, or existing treaties 1332 01:28:03,516 --> 01:28:04,919 supersedes that duty. 1333 01:28:05,843 --> 01:28:07,668 How do you feel about that statement? 1334 01:28:08,734 --> 01:28:10,371 I couldn’t agree more. 1335 01:28:11,581 --> 01:28:16,124 John Yoo’s first legal opinion allowed the US government 1336 01:28:16,143 --> 01:28:22,507 to monitor every citizen’s phone calls, texts and e-mails without a warrant. 1337 01:28:22,853 --> 01:28:25,979 It was a giant legal leap 1338 01:28:26,003 --> 01:28:28,850 based on sketchy law at best. 1339 01:28:29,019 --> 01:28:31,707 But John Yoo's masterpiece, 1340 01:28:31,731 --> 01:28:35,524 his Moby Dick, if you will 1341 01:28:36,169 --> 01:28:37,791 was the torture memo. 1342 01:28:42,703 --> 01:28:44,942 What about the Geneva Convention? 1343 01:28:45,694 --> 01:28:48,195 Geneva Convention is open to... interpretation. 1344 01:28:48,219 --> 01:28:50,020 What exactly does that mean? 1345 01:28:50,499 --> 01:28:52,098 Stress positions, 1346 01:28:52,281 --> 01:28:54,314 water boarding, confined spaces, dogs. 1347 01:28:54,338 --> 01:28:56,435 We’re calling it enhanced interrogation. 1348 01:28:59,816 --> 01:29:04,071 But torture and privacy laws weren’t the only laws Cheney rewrote with John Yoo. 1349 01:29:04,480 --> 01:29:06,183 They had a full menu 1350 01:29:06,207 --> 01:29:08,893 of legal opinions stretching and challenging 1351 01:29:08,917 --> 01:29:11,222 Constitutional and International law. 1352 01:29:11,246 --> 01:29:12,962 Good evening, gentlemen. 1353 01:29:12,997 --> 01:29:14,684 Tonight we are offering 1354 01:29:14,708 --> 01:29:16,368 the enemy combatant 1355 01:29:16,392 --> 01:29:19,744 whereby a person is not a prisoner of war, or a criminal 1356 01:29:19,768 --> 01:29:23,119 which means of course he has absolutely no protection under the law. 1357 01:29:23,143 --> 01:29:25,869 We are also offering an extraordinary rendition 1358 01:29:25,893 --> 01:29:28,480 where suspects are abducted without record 1359 01:29:28,504 --> 01:29:32,303 on foreign soil and taken to foreign prisons in countries that still torture. 1360 01:29:32,496 --> 01:29:33,812 Well, that sounds delicious. 1361 01:29:33,836 --> 01:29:35,900 We also have Guantanamo Bay, 1362 01:29:35,924 --> 01:29:37,847 which is very, very complicated 1363 01:29:37,871 --> 01:29:41,831 but it does allow you to operate outside the purview of due process 1364 01:29:41,855 --> 01:29:44,448 on land which isn’t technically US territory 1365 01:29:44,472 --> 01:29:46,383 but where we still do have control. 1366 01:29:46,417 --> 01:29:49,012 And also we have a very fresh and delicious 1367 01:29:49,036 --> 01:29:51,214 War Powers Act interpretation, 1368 01:29:51,237 --> 01:29:54,439 which gives the executive branch broad power to attack 1369 01:29:54,463 --> 01:29:58,158 nations, or people who are deems still possibly a threat. 1370 01:29:58,182 --> 01:30:01,269 We have the fact that under the Unitary Executive Theory, 1371 01:30:01,293 --> 01:30:03,275 if the President does anything 1372 01:30:03,299 --> 01:30:04,652 it must be legal. 1373 01:30:04,676 --> 01:30:07,207 Which of course means you can do whatever the fuck you want. 1374 01:30:07,231 --> 01:30:08,720 Sir, gentlemen, 1375 01:30:08,809 --> 01:30:10,181 which would you? 1376 01:30:10,918 --> 01:30:13,243 We’ll... we'll have them all. 1377 01:30:13,496 --> 01:30:14,954 Excellent choice. 1378 01:30:16,418 --> 01:30:18,478 Look, Dick... 1379 01:30:18,898 --> 01:30:21,657 we’ve been working with these focus groups, advertising 1380 01:30:21,681 --> 01:30:23,947 executives to try and sell the war on terror. 1381 01:30:23,971 --> 01:30:27,577 To reiterate, we are still being recorded and there still may 1382 01:30:27,601 --> 01:30:30,300 or may not be clients back behind the two way mirror. 1383 01:30:30,324 --> 01:30:32,569 These guys are pretty sharp. 1384 01:30:34,874 --> 01:30:38,194 There’s a problem. The results show that people are confused. 1385 01:30:38,218 --> 01:30:40,004 You all support the President. 1386 01:30:40,210 --> 01:30:41,826 You hate terrorism. 1387 01:30:41,850 --> 01:30:44,238 Yet, you’re still confused. 1388 01:30:44,281 --> 01:30:45,864 Can you tell me why? 1389 01:30:46,019 --> 01:30:47,531 Anybody? 1390 01:30:47,875 --> 01:30:51,489 Don’t we just have to just get Osama bin Laden? He did it. 1391 01:30:51,531 --> 01:30:54,669 So why are they calling it a war? A war with who? 1392 01:30:54,875 --> 01:30:56,657 OK, thank you, Mark. Uh... 1393 01:30:56,681 --> 01:30:58,442 Jasmine, jump in please. 1394 01:30:58,466 --> 01:31:01,106 I don’t get what this Al-Qaeda is. 1395 01:31:01,130 --> 01:31:03,575 Are they a country? Like why can’t we just bomb them? 1396 01:31:03,599 --> 01:31:05,734 That's really interesting. Um... 1397 01:31:05,758 --> 01:31:08,695 Is anybody else confused about what Al-Queda is? 1398 01:31:08,719 --> 01:31:10,137 Show off hands please. 1399 01:31:10,304 --> 01:31:14,102 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... that's a lot of you. 1400 01:31:14,126 --> 01:31:15,304 Right? 1401 01:31:15,328 --> 01:31:18,686 Would it be less confusing if it was a country? 1402 01:31:18,710 --> 01:31:21,590 Damn right. I’m angry as hell. 1403 01:31:22,086 --> 01:31:24,718 We've gotta fuck someone up. 1404 01:31:24,742 --> 01:31:27,821 Got it, Marcus. Really strong feelings from Marc, 1405 01:31:27,845 --> 01:31:30,196 I’m interested, does anybody else feels the same. 1406 01:31:30,220 --> 01:31:32,647 They understand we are at war, but 1407 01:31:33,048 --> 01:31:34,807 they don’t know against who. 1408 01:31:34,831 --> 01:31:36,446 They want a country. 1409 01:31:36,470 --> 01:31:37,963 It’s cleaner, simpler. 1410 01:31:37,987 --> 01:31:39,715 That would certainly help us legally. 1411 01:31:42,229 --> 01:31:44,734 Looks like it’s time to take Iraq. 1412 01:31:46,729 --> 01:31:49,054 It is about goddamn time. 1413 01:31:52,483 --> 01:31:55,071 It’s called the Office 1414 01:31:55,095 --> 01:31:56,968 of Special Plans. 1415 01:31:56,992 --> 01:31:59,771 Tenet is not yet serious enough 1416 01:32:00,142 --> 01:32:02,821 about the threat that Saddam poses 1417 01:32:02,845 --> 01:32:04,654 the global war on terror. 1418 01:32:05,392 --> 01:32:07,118 But I can promise you 1419 01:32:07,142 --> 01:32:09,417 that this intelligence group will be. 1420 01:32:09,441 --> 01:32:11,368 Wolfie, I got something. 1421 01:32:14,700 --> 01:32:16,651 I think that's an excellent idea. 1422 01:32:18,802 --> 01:32:21,939 Go on take that motherfucker Saddam down for a long time. 1423 01:32:22,650 --> 01:32:24,869 Here’s a report that says Mohamed Atta 1424 01:32:24,893 --> 01:32:28,924 one of the 9/11 hijackers may have met with an Iraqi spy in Prague. 1425 01:32:28,948 --> 01:32:32,283 It's really a strong statement, does anybody agree with that statement? 1426 01:32:32,307 --> 01:32:35,586 Wait a minute, we can't just bomb people. 1427 01:32:36,186 --> 01:32:38,935 It’s from Czech intelligence and they question its credibility. 1428 01:32:38,959 --> 01:32:41,023 I’ve been to Prague. They question everything. 1429 01:32:41,047 --> 01:32:43,683 Who wants to be an “anonymous source?” 1430 01:32:44,334 --> 01:32:45,984 Make sure you work in the phrase 1431 01:32:46,008 --> 01:32:48,310 “we don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.” 1432 01:32:48,334 --> 01:32:50,171 That focus group through the roof! 1433 01:32:50,195 --> 01:32:52,490 There will always be uncertainty 1434 01:32:52,514 --> 01:32:55,378 about when he'll acquire nuclear weapons. 1435 01:32:55,381 --> 01:32:57,857 But we don’t want the smoking gun 1436 01:32:57,881 --> 01:32:59,373 - to be a mushroom cloud. - There is a smoking gun, 1437 01:32:59,397 --> 01:33:03,380 or a mushroom cloud... if we're waiting too long... 1438 01:33:03,404 --> 01:33:04,741 There is no doubt 1439 01:33:04,765 --> 01:33:07,945 that Saddam Hussein now has Weapons of Mass destruction. 1440 01:33:07,969 --> 01:33:11,611 We gotta get rid of this dictator. He’s got anthrax. He’s got all these weapons. 1441 01:33:11,635 --> 01:33:15,217 There is no doubt, he is amassing them to use them against our friends. 1442 01:33:15,276 --> 01:33:17,667 Against our allies... And against us. 1443 01:33:17,691 --> 01:33:20,152 When and not if, but when 1444 01:33:20,152 --> 01:33:22,987 Saddam creates and uses his nuclear weapons... 1445 01:33:23,011 --> 01:33:25,236 what will we tell the American people? 1446 01:33:25,260 --> 01:33:28,129 Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his 1447 01:33:28,153 --> 01:33:31,538 capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare. 1448 01:33:36,338 --> 01:33:39,303 To show that we will stand up for what we know to be right. 1449 01:33:39,490 --> 01:33:41,088 To show that we will confront 1450 01:33:41,112 --> 01:33:43,368 the tyrannies and dictatorships and terrorists 1451 01:33:43,392 --> 01:33:45,561 who put our way of life at risk. 1452 01:33:53,091 --> 01:33:54,572 Tribe has spoken. 1453 01:33:57,107 --> 01:33:59,459 Polling for an invasion of Iraq 1454 01:33:59,483 --> 01:34:01,528 is at fifty three percent. 1455 01:34:01,544 --> 01:34:04,966 Focus groups show people still aren’t sure about a connection 1456 01:34:04,990 --> 01:34:07,416 between Saddam and Al-Qaeda. 1457 01:34:07,583 --> 01:34:09,320 And the France and Germany have both said 1458 01:34:09,344 --> 01:34:11,109 that they will not join our coalition. 1459 01:34:11,133 --> 01:34:12,857 And neither will Israel. 1460 01:34:13,511 --> 01:34:15,717 Harry and I, we went to the wall together. 1461 01:34:15,741 --> 01:34:17,849 We conned. We prayed together. 1462 01:34:17,873 --> 01:34:19,623 Israel is one of our closest allies. 1463 01:34:19,647 --> 01:34:22,386 They said an invasion of Iraq would 1464 01:34:22,702 --> 01:34:25,037 destabilize the region, Sir. And... 1465 01:34:25,061 --> 01:34:27,394 they don’t believe Saddam is an immediate threat. 1466 01:34:27,709 --> 01:34:29,198 That's not good. 1467 01:34:29,370 --> 01:34:31,948 I really want a strong coalition for this. 1468 01:34:31,972 --> 01:34:33,586 I have an idea. 1469 01:34:33,662 --> 01:34:37,963 Secretary Powell has the highest trustworthy ratings of all of us. 1470 01:34:38,797 --> 01:34:42,664 What if he gave an address to the U.N. and the American people 1471 01:34:42,688 --> 01:34:44,822 to push this over the finish line? 1472 01:34:44,846 --> 01:34:47,028 Karl, I’ve been very vocal, 1473 01:34:47,052 --> 01:34:49,248 very vocal, about my reservations about invading Iraq. 1474 01:34:49,272 --> 01:34:53,049 No! Colin, you’re such a nervous Nellie. 1475 01:34:53,249 --> 01:34:55,523 We’re talking about invading 1476 01:34:55,547 --> 01:34:59,422 a sovereign nation without any provocation Don! 1477 01:34:59,446 --> 01:35:01,685 It's a sovereign nation, Don. 1478 01:35:02,396 --> 01:35:04,914 What's the exit strategy? What about the intelligence. 1479 01:35:05,036 --> 01:35:07,457 Does the intelligence matter to you at all? 1480 01:35:07,481 --> 01:35:08,693 You break it, you bought it. 1481 01:35:08,717 --> 01:35:10,654 You break it, you bought it! 1482 01:35:10,678 --> 01:35:12,619 Hey, hey, hey, alright. 1483 01:35:14,172 --> 01:35:15,927 Let’s slow down. 1484 01:35:16,657 --> 01:35:18,482 That’s enough of that guys. 1485 01:35:20,688 --> 01:35:23,849 Are you going to take Saddam down, or not? 1486 01:35:24,469 --> 01:35:26,700 You are the President. 1487 01:35:29,414 --> 01:35:31,294 War... 1488 01:35:31,781 --> 01:35:33,325 is yours. 1489 01:35:35,016 --> 01:35:36,617 Not... 1490 01:35:36,641 --> 01:35:40,443 the U.N. or some coalition. Do not share powers 1491 01:35:41,524 --> 01:35:43,521 that are yours alone. 1492 01:35:50,785 --> 01:35:53,688 George, make sure Powell sees the intelligence. 1493 01:35:54,035 --> 01:35:56,977 - Sir. - Colin I want you to make that speech. 1494 01:35:57,446 --> 01:35:59,740 I’m President and I want this to happen! 1495 01:36:01,329 --> 01:36:02,405 Yes sir. 1496 01:36:02,429 --> 01:36:04,608 I look forward to being briefed on that intelligence. 1497 01:36:04,632 --> 01:36:07,538 On another note, I’ve been handed a credible report 1498 01:36:07,562 --> 01:36:11,090 of a small terrorist enclave in Northeastern Iraq. 1499 01:36:11,156 --> 01:36:13,773 If we’re going to invade we suggest taking it out before. 1500 01:36:13,797 --> 01:36:16,250 Let it go, George, we have bigger fish to fry. 1501 01:36:16,274 --> 01:36:17,781 Let me see that intelligence. 1502 01:36:17,805 --> 01:36:19,200 Of course. 1503 01:36:19,633 --> 01:36:20,903 That... 1504 01:36:20,927 --> 01:36:22,633 classified document 1505 01:36:22,657 --> 01:36:26,994 described a terrorist named Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi 1506 01:36:27,018 --> 01:36:29,458 who had started as a drug dealer and pimp 1507 01:36:29,482 --> 01:36:32,991 before becoming fully radicalized in a Jordanian prison. 1508 01:36:33,138 --> 01:36:36,299 Zarqawi went to meet Bin Laden in Afghanistan. 1509 01:36:36,498 --> 01:36:39,432 Did he, or did he not meet with Al-Qaeda? 1510 01:36:39,474 --> 01:36:43,674 But Zarqawi had vowed to kill all Shia Muslims 1511 01:36:43,913 --> 01:36:46,831 and Bin Laden's mother was Shia 1512 01:36:47,124 --> 01:36:49,230 so the meeting didn’t go over well. 1513 01:36:49,311 --> 01:36:52,132 - They had no operational contact. - Hogwash. 1514 01:36:52,156 --> 01:36:53,706 Larry... 1515 01:36:53,880 --> 01:36:55,231 have you seen this speech? 1516 01:36:55,255 --> 01:36:57,014 Yes sir. It’s beyond thin. 1517 01:36:57,038 --> 01:36:59,561 I saw at least five pieces of disproved Intel in there. 1518 01:36:59,585 --> 01:37:00,648 Who wrote it? 1519 01:37:00,672 --> 01:37:03,164 They said it was the President, but I think you can guess who really wrote it. 1520 01:37:03,188 --> 01:37:05,715 No, there’s no need to yell, Larry. 1521 01:37:06,375 --> 01:37:07,950 Yeah, look. 1522 01:37:07,969 --> 01:37:11,559 Well, we'll review the speech and give some notes. 1523 01:37:13,282 --> 01:37:16,717 Powell really doesn’t have a clue. Does he? 1524 01:37:16,954 --> 01:37:21,920 After the US invaded Afghanistan Zarqawi set up shop in Iraq. 1525 01:37:22,205 --> 01:37:26,635 It was the only connection Cheney had between Al-Qaeda and Iraq. 1526 01:37:26,659 --> 01:37:29,118 The Security Counsel will now begin 1527 01:37:29,142 --> 01:37:32,701 its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. 1528 01:37:33,098 --> 01:37:36,412 I call now on the distinguished Secretary of State of 1529 01:37:36,436 --> 01:37:39,669 the United States of America, his excellency 1530 01:37:39,693 --> 01:37:40,968 Mr. Colin Powell. 1531 01:37:40,992 --> 01:37:42,650 My purpose here today 1532 01:37:42,674 --> 01:37:45,079 is to share with you what the United States 1533 01:37:45,103 --> 01:37:47,870 knows about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction 1534 01:37:47,885 --> 01:37:50,702 as well as Iraq's involvement in terrorism. 1535 01:37:51,231 --> 01:37:54,324 Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network 1536 01:37:54,348 --> 01:37:57,182 headed by Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi 1537 01:37:57,231 --> 01:37:58,591 an associate and collaborator of 1538 01:37:58,615 --> 01:38:00,858 - Osama Bin Laden. - Powell’s UN Address was seen by 1539 01:38:00,882 --> 01:38:02,252 millions of Americas. 1540 01:38:02,276 --> 01:38:05,181 But other people were watching as well. 1541 01:38:05,205 --> 01:38:08,476 Collaborator of Osama Bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda lieutenants. 1542 01:38:09,174 --> 01:38:10,933 Zarqawi's activities are not confined... 1543 01:38:10,957 --> 01:38:14,611 The great general of America saying his name over and over again 1544 01:38:14,635 --> 01:38:16,897 immediately made Zarqawi a star. 1545 01:38:18,867 --> 01:38:20,110 Allahu Akbar! 1546 01:38:20,134 --> 01:38:22,165 Within a day he had gone into hiding 1547 01:38:22,189 --> 01:38:23,885 Allahu Akbar! 1548 01:38:23,909 --> 01:38:25,795 Allahu Akbar! 1549 01:38:30,806 --> 01:38:33,001 An Al-Qaeda source tells us that 1550 01:38:33,025 --> 01:38:37,264 Saddam and Bin Laden reached an understanding that Al-Qaeda would no longer 1551 01:38:37,648 --> 01:38:40,056 support activities against Baghdad. 1552 01:38:40,080 --> 01:38:41,762 By the time we invaded Iraq 1553 01:38:41,786 --> 01:38:46,220 70% of Americans thought that Saddam Hussein was involved in 9/11. 1554 01:38:48,425 --> 01:38:51,406 Later... Colin Powell would call the speech 1555 01:38:51,745 --> 01:38:54,531 the most painful moment of his life. 1556 01:38:57,238 --> 01:38:58,484 Thank you, sir. 1557 01:38:59,282 --> 01:39:02,013 I just push for it, and it was Justin right? 1558 01:39:04,319 --> 01:39:06,949 - No, Kelly, right? - And then Justin. 1559 01:39:07,897 --> 01:39:08,820 - What are you talking about? 1560 01:39:08,844 --> 01:39:11,042 American Idol, dad. 1561 01:39:13,071 --> 01:39:15,555 - You’ve seen it. - We watched it at your house. 1562 01:39:15,579 --> 01:39:17,771 The singing and the mean judge. 1563 01:39:20,842 --> 01:39:22,285 Oh, I like him. 1564 01:39:23,631 --> 01:39:26,136 How do you stop a fish from smelling? 1565 01:39:33,523 --> 01:39:36,152 You just cut off its nose. 1566 01:39:36,249 --> 01:39:38,606 Honestly, was I inspired because... 1567 01:39:43,935 --> 01:39:47,056 No, we are not revisiting your father’s 1568 01:39:47,084 --> 01:39:49,924 colorful conversations. 1569 01:40:13,579 --> 01:40:15,373 Yeah, yeah. 1570 01:40:15,423 --> 01:40:17,139 Bring it a little closer, yeah. 1571 01:40:17,290 --> 01:40:18,974 How's my hair? 1572 01:40:21,902 --> 01:40:25,719 We are five, four, three... 1573 01:40:26,035 --> 01:40:28,370 My fellow citizens, at this hour, 1574 01:40:28,394 --> 01:40:30,403 American and coalition forces 1575 01:40:30,427 --> 01:40:33,806 are in the early stages of military operations 1576 01:40:33,830 --> 01:40:35,637 to disarm Iraq, 1577 01:40:35,661 --> 01:40:39,791 to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. 1578 01:40:40,216 --> 01:40:41,831 On my orders, 1579 01:40:41,855 --> 01:40:45,307 coalition forces have begun striking selected targets 1580 01:40:45,331 --> 01:40:46,809 of military importance 1581 01:40:46,833 --> 01:40:51,095 to undermine Saddam Hussein's ability to wage war. 1582 01:40:51,303 --> 01:40:54,296 These are opening stages of what will be a broad 1583 01:40:54,320 --> 01:40:56,425 and concerted campaign. 1584 01:40:57,038 --> 01:41:01,621 To all of the men and women of the United States armed forces now in the Middle East, 1585 01:41:01,845 --> 01:41:06,584 the peace of a troubled world and the hopes of an oppressed people... 1586 01:41:44,335 --> 01:41:45,805 The statement from The White House 1587 01:41:45,829 --> 01:41:49,273 President Bush regards this as an historic moment. 1588 01:41:49,284 --> 01:41:54,202 The scenes on TV show, the thirst of freedom is unquenchable. 1589 01:42:09,319 --> 01:42:13,809 USA! USA! USA! USA! 1590 01:42:19,602 --> 01:42:20,896 Hi. 1591 01:42:23,467 --> 01:42:26,537 Seems like they’ve been shipping men and equipment 1592 01:42:26,561 --> 01:42:28,746 out of Afghanistan into Iraq. 1593 01:42:30,189 --> 01:42:32,556 And at the moment we’re a little 1594 01:42:32,580 --> 01:42:35,491 unsure of what’s going on. 1595 01:42:37,650 --> 01:42:40,951 I don’t want you to worry about me. 1596 01:42:48,447 --> 01:42:51,814 Major Combat operations in Iraq have ended. 1597 01:42:51,838 --> 01:42:53,405 In the Battle of Iraq 1598 01:42:53,423 --> 01:42:56,975 the United States and our allies have prevailed. 1599 01:42:57,711 --> 01:43:01,418 We have concerns over Halliburton KBR’s billing practices. 1600 01:43:02,062 --> 01:43:05,536 As you know, the no-bid contracts they received were quite sizable 1601 01:43:05,781 --> 01:43:06,985 - and now... - Well... 1602 01:43:07,009 --> 01:43:10,144 - We’re not concerned. Are we? - Not at all. 1603 01:43:10,630 --> 01:43:15,112 The Secretary of Defense and the Vice President just said they’re not concerned. 1604 01:43:15,755 --> 01:43:18,181 Now can we please talk about Iran? 1605 01:43:29,441 --> 01:43:34,307 To this day, Dick Cheney has never apologized for this incident. 1606 01:43:34,331 --> 01:43:36,524 Jesus, Dick... 1607 01:43:36,710 --> 01:43:39,279 But, someone else did. 1608 01:43:39,303 --> 01:43:42,214 My family and I are deeply sorry 1609 01:43:42,217 --> 01:43:44,479 for all that Vice President Cheney and his 1610 01:43:44,503 --> 01:43:47,121 family have had to go through this past week. 1611 01:43:47,495 --> 01:43:50,484 We send our love and respect to them. 1612 01:43:51,117 --> 01:43:54,004 And we hope that he will continue to come to Texas 1613 01:43:54,836 --> 01:43:58,083 and seek the relaxation that he deserves. 1614 01:43:59,008 --> 01:44:01,075 So, this... 1615 01:44:02,469 --> 01:44:03,966 Joe Wilson, 1616 01:44:04,125 --> 01:44:05,505 asshole, 1617 01:44:06,375 --> 01:44:09,497 is questioning our intelligence in the New York Times? 1618 01:44:11,813 --> 01:44:13,427 What’s his wife’s name again? 1619 01:44:14,180 --> 01:44:18,997 Valerie Plame. I confirmed it. She’s undercover CIA. 1620 01:44:19,824 --> 01:44:21,095 Leak it. 1621 01:44:37,268 --> 01:44:40,199 Okay, okay, like... they don’t care about their dogs, man. 1622 01:44:40,223 --> 01:44:42,128 I mean, they shoot them, they let'em run wild... 1623 01:44:42,152 --> 01:44:44,051 What kind of a man don’t love a dog? 1624 01:44:44,075 --> 01:44:46,179 People in India love cows. 1625 01:44:46,203 --> 01:44:49,317 They would look at us and how we treat cows and think the same thing. 1626 01:44:49,719 --> 01:44:50,946 With all due respect 1627 01:44:50,970 --> 01:44:53,290 that sounds like some liberal ass scratching bullshit. 1628 01:45:01,972 --> 01:45:03,266 Linda, 1629 01:45:07,003 --> 01:45:09,395 Look at this crap. Goddammit. 1630 01:45:09,419 --> 01:45:10,619 Hello Don. 1631 01:45:11,618 --> 01:45:13,846 That report says Zarqawi, 1632 01:45:13,870 --> 01:45:16,622 the same fucking Zarqawi we talked up for months, 1633 01:45:16,646 --> 01:45:19,210 is now leading a major insurgency in Iraq. 1634 01:45:19,486 --> 01:45:22,946 And the implication is it’s because we talked him up! 1635 01:45:22,970 --> 01:45:25,502 - Has POTUS seen this? - No, no. 1636 01:45:25,526 --> 01:45:28,963 No I, I, intercepted it before it got across the hallway. 1637 01:45:28,987 --> 01:45:32,742 - This is generated by an analyst. - Get me Tenet. 1638 01:45:33,346 --> 01:45:34,851 This stops here. 1639 01:45:34,930 --> 01:45:36,669 Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi 1640 01:45:36,693 --> 01:45:41,928 had taken his fame from Powell's UN speech and turned it into his own new thing. 1641 01:45:43,104 --> 01:45:46,644 The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant 1642 01:45:46,668 --> 01:45:48,047 or ISIS. 1643 01:45:48,379 --> 01:45:50,125 And because that intelligence 1644 01:45:50,149 --> 01:45:53,838 somehow found itself on the bottom of a stack of papers, 1645 01:45:55,040 --> 01:45:59,310 Zarqawi had a whole year to just do whatever the hell he wanted. 1646 01:45:59,891 --> 01:46:01,826 And what he wanted 1647 01:46:02,547 --> 01:46:04,021 was carnage. 1648 01:46:05,375 --> 01:46:07,622 Shia versus Sunni, 1649 01:46:08,969 --> 01:46:11,208 the West versus Islam 1650 01:46:13,428 --> 01:46:15,777 and death versus life. 1651 01:46:16,968 --> 01:46:18,518 And on top of that 1652 01:46:18,542 --> 01:46:23,388 the US forces couldn't find any WMD's or nuclear programs in Iraq. 1653 01:46:23,443 --> 01:46:25,608 Turns out that Saddam and his son's 1654 01:46:25,632 --> 01:46:29,198 mostly liked cocaine and American movies from the 80's. 1655 01:46:29,581 --> 01:46:32,479 Vice President Dick Cheney is being sued 1656 01:46:32,503 --> 01:46:35,633 by Valerie Plame and her husband Joseph Wilson. 1657 01:46:36,566 --> 01:46:39,238 The White House announced four cabinet resignations 1658 01:46:39,262 --> 01:46:42,200 including that of Secretary of State Colin Powell. 1659 01:46:42,224 --> 01:46:43,775 Dick, 1660 01:46:44,325 --> 01:46:46,832 Look, I hope there’s no hard feelings about us 1661 01:46:46,856 --> 01:46:50,037 investigating the no-bid Iraq contract for Halliburton. 1662 01:46:50,061 --> 01:46:52,529 You know, I'm just doing my job. 1663 01:46:52,553 --> 01:46:54,097 Go fuck yourself. 1664 01:47:04,267 --> 01:47:07,975 Dick Cheney, emerges from the dugout on the third base side. 1665 01:47:32,262 --> 01:47:34,123 Dick Cheney, a little bit low on the outside. 1666 01:47:34,147 --> 01:47:37,946 Much of the intelligence from the Iraq war now proven to be false. 1667 01:47:37,974 --> 01:47:42,139 There is a chorus of people calling for Vice President Dick Cheney to step aside 1668 01:47:42,163 --> 01:47:43,908 and resign. 1669 01:47:44,321 --> 01:47:45,811 Go away! 1670 01:47:54,164 --> 01:47:57,575 I swear to God this whole place is turning against me. 1671 01:48:01,116 --> 01:48:02,268 Where are you? 1672 01:48:02,292 --> 01:48:05,633 I’m in an empty office just trying to get a clean phone line. Listen, 1673 01:48:06,356 --> 01:48:09,614 if we could just get an air bombardment in Iraq, 1674 01:48:09,638 --> 01:48:11,158 I think it’ll make a statement. 1675 01:48:11,294 --> 01:48:13,194 And it would give us some political cover. 1676 01:48:13,218 --> 01:48:14,533 It's over Don. 1677 01:48:15,005 --> 01:48:16,549 What's that? 1678 01:48:16,630 --> 01:48:18,018 What is? 1679 01:48:18,546 --> 01:48:21,461 It’s over. The President wants you to step down. 1680 01:48:21,485 --> 01:48:23,481 He appreciates your service. 1681 01:48:29,089 --> 01:48:30,360 Don, 1682 01:48:33,175 --> 01:48:34,448 Well... 1683 01:48:34,472 --> 01:48:38,781 Does Bush’s kid want me out, or do you? 1684 01:48:41,803 --> 01:48:45,941 - I can’t win every fight Don. - You are a little piece of shit. 1685 01:48:47,951 --> 01:48:51,276 Wow, how did you become such a cold son of a bitch! 1686 01:48:51,654 --> 01:48:53,416 Sorry Don. 1687 01:48:53,925 --> 01:48:55,859 I really am. 1688 01:48:57,331 --> 01:48:59,929 Well, you know how I know you’re not? 1689 01:49:01,120 --> 01:49:02,977 Cause I wouldn’t be. 1690 01:49:08,858 --> 01:49:10,941 Think they’ll prosecute us? 1691 01:49:15,219 --> 01:49:16,786 Okay then. 1692 01:49:19,629 --> 01:49:21,243 Okay then. 1693 01:49:42,720 --> 01:49:45,913 I Barrack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear 1694 01:49:46,586 --> 01:49:51,270 that I will, execute the office of President to the United States faithfully. 1695 01:49:58,232 --> 01:50:00,119 A few years later 1696 01:50:00,143 --> 01:50:02,484 Dick’s heart trouble started up again. 1697 01:50:03,421 --> 01:50:05,613 With no donor available, 1698 01:50:05,687 --> 01:50:07,422 he finally found himself 1699 01:50:07,446 --> 01:50:08,993 at death’s door. 1700 01:50:17,179 --> 01:50:20,238 I wish I had better news. 1701 01:50:20,435 --> 01:50:25,088 Your heart just isn’t pumping enough oxygen to keep your vital organs alive. 1702 01:50:26,897 --> 01:50:30,176 - Should I call for a Minister? - No. 1703 01:50:30,444 --> 01:50:32,746 No. He’s not going anywhere. 1704 01:50:34,369 --> 01:50:35,811 Okay then. 1705 01:50:39,221 --> 01:50:40,744 Dick Cheney, 1706 01:50:40,768 --> 01:50:44,311 you are not going anywhere, do you hear me? 1707 01:50:44,666 --> 01:50:47,389 - You are not going anywhere. - This may be the.... 1708 01:50:48,814 --> 01:50:51,632 one time I can’t do 1709 01:50:52,674 --> 01:50:55,153 what your Mother says. Girls... 1710 01:51:04,608 --> 01:51:07,051 - I love you Dad. - I love you Mary. 1711 01:51:07,780 --> 01:51:09,933 I love you Lizzy. 1712 01:51:22,444 --> 01:51:24,410 I love you girls. 1713 01:51:38,008 --> 01:51:40,727 So, Dick Cheney told his family 1714 01:51:40,751 --> 01:51:42,438 that he was ready to die 1715 01:51:42,462 --> 01:51:44,590 and that he wasn’t afraid. 1716 01:51:44,743 --> 01:51:47,623 Told them he had lived a full life. 1717 01:51:48,155 --> 01:51:50,050 And he had zero regrets... 1718 01:52:41,617 --> 01:52:44,403 Vice President Cheney, cross your arms please. 1719 01:52:44,992 --> 01:52:48,176 There you go, OK, on count of three 1720 01:52:48,523 --> 01:52:50,325 One, two, three. 1721 01:52:53,498 --> 01:52:56,228 They say my heart could give him another ten years. 1722 01:52:57,967 --> 01:53:01,652 Cheney doesn’t like to refer to it as someone else’s heart, 1723 01:53:02,303 --> 01:53:05,074 he likes to refer to it as his new heart. 1724 01:53:06,393 --> 01:53:09,414 Which, even though I'm dead, I have to say 1725 01:53:10,183 --> 01:53:12,320 it still makes me feel pretty shitty. 1726 01:53:14,473 --> 01:53:15,735 And so, 1727 01:53:15,993 --> 01:53:19,787 when Liz decided to run for one of Wyoming two senate seats 1728 01:53:19,811 --> 01:53:22,538 against Republican incumbent Mike Enzi, 1729 01:53:23,081 --> 01:53:25,599 our Dick was right there to hopefully 1730 01:53:25,623 --> 01:53:28,584 see the Cheney legacy of power continue. 1731 01:53:28,608 --> 01:53:33,013 Are you aware Wyoming Senate candidate Liz Cheney supports gay marriage? 1732 01:53:33,037 --> 01:53:35,561 Her sister is married to another woman and Liz 1733 01:53:35,585 --> 01:53:38,429 Chenny refuses to support a constitutional amendment 1734 01:53:38,453 --> 01:53:39,939 banning same sex marriage. 1735 01:53:39,963 --> 01:53:43,448 Instead she equivocates claiming it's a state's right issue. 1736 01:53:43,472 --> 01:53:47,026 Don’t you agree, Wyoming deserves a Senator who believes marriage 1737 01:53:47,050 --> 01:53:49,468 should be between a man and a woman. 1738 01:53:49,495 --> 01:53:51,828 These calls went to every house in Wyoming. 1739 01:53:52,612 --> 01:53:54,586 Every single house. 1740 01:53:57,401 --> 01:53:59,390 I will never win! 1741 01:54:01,158 --> 01:54:03,015 What are we gonna do? 1742 01:54:11,043 --> 01:54:13,144 We’re joined here today by Liz Cheney 1743 01:54:13,168 --> 01:54:14,762 who is running for the Senate 1744 01:54:14,786 --> 01:54:17,683 from the state of Wyoming. According to one poll 1745 01:54:17,707 --> 01:54:20,365 she is behind by double digits. 1746 01:54:20,512 --> 01:54:21,585 Welcome. 1747 01:54:21,609 --> 01:54:24,195 Thank you for having me here Chris. Great being with you. And may 1748 01:54:24,219 --> 01:54:26,880 I point out there are other polls that have me much closer. 1749 01:54:27,090 --> 01:54:31,261 Your opponent Senator Mike Enzi claims that you support 1750 01:54:31,285 --> 01:54:33,079 gay marriage. In part 1751 01:54:33,082 --> 01:54:36,509 because you support your gay sister Mary's union 1752 01:54:36,512 --> 01:54:39,185 with her wife. How do you respond? 1753 01:54:39,209 --> 01:54:42,399 Let me be very, very clear 1754 01:54:43,466 --> 01:54:46,736 I do not support gay marriage. 1755 01:54:47,225 --> 01:54:51,027 I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. 1756 01:54:51,224 --> 01:54:54,137 But you’ve always claimed gay marriage is a state issue. 1757 01:54:54,161 --> 01:54:57,760 Your opponent claims this is an equivocation. 1758 01:54:59,114 --> 01:55:00,623 Cut me aorta. Do you have the specimen bowl ready? 1759 01:55:00,647 --> 01:55:01,824 It's on the field. 1760 01:55:01,848 --> 01:55:03,029 Alright. Here's the heart. 1761 01:55:03,053 --> 01:55:07,685 I know that Liz wouldn’t have done any of this if you and Dad didn’t approve. So, 1762 01:55:08,587 --> 01:55:12,643 I can’t believe you would do this. I really thought there was a limit to... 1763 01:55:12,667 --> 01:55:14,587 No, now you’re just being hysterical. 1764 01:55:14,611 --> 01:55:17,899 I can’t talk to you when you get this way. You need to settle down. 1765 01:55:17,923 --> 01:55:19,221 Okay? 1766 01:55:19,245 --> 01:55:21,225 You’re being hysterical. 1767 01:56:53,335 --> 01:56:54,606 Dad? 1768 01:58:17,105 --> 01:58:19,180 Patient’s heart rate is stable. 1769 01:58:19,987 --> 01:58:21,890 Blood pressure increasing. 1770 01:58:22,507 --> 01:58:24,733 I'm gonna notify the family. What should I tell them? 1771 01:58:24,757 --> 01:58:27,231 - Tell them the patient's doing well. - Okay. 1772 01:59:00,500 --> 01:59:01,898 Mr. Vice President. 1773 01:59:01,922 --> 01:59:04,544 - This must be the right place. - Yes. 1774 01:59:05,184 --> 01:59:06,800 - Hello Martha. - Hi. 1775 01:59:06,824 --> 01:59:08,289 - Nice to meet you. - Pleasure. 1776 01:59:08,394 --> 01:59:10,063 Sit right there. 1777 01:59:10,761 --> 01:59:12,387 So, um... 1778 01:59:12,411 --> 01:59:14,023 is it gonna be just 1779 01:59:14,047 --> 01:59:15,810 me on camera, or... 1780 01:59:15,941 --> 01:59:18,599 Primarily you. A'right, cut back to me. 1781 01:59:18,623 --> 01:59:21,235 Eddie’s got you on the “A” camera. I'm just gonna bench. 1782 01:59:51,982 --> 01:59:53,416 Ready? 1783 01:59:55,755 --> 01:59:58,645 Two-thirds of Americans say the Iraq war 1784 01:59:58,669 --> 02:00:00,709 is not worth fighting. 1785 02:00:00,733 --> 02:00:05,188 And their looking at the value gained versus the cost of American lives. 1786 02:00:05,212 --> 02:00:06,871 And Iraqi lives. 1787 02:00:06,874 --> 02:00:08,176 So? 1788 02:00:09,601 --> 02:00:13,254 So... don’t you care what the American People think? 1789 02:00:14,165 --> 02:00:15,919 No... 1790 02:00:16,087 --> 02:00:17,711 I think you 1791 02:00:17,735 --> 02:00:20,084 cannot be 1792 02:00:20,352 --> 02:00:22,615 blown off course. 1793 02:00:30,797 --> 02:00:32,661 I can feel 1794 02:00:33,359 --> 02:00:35,309 your recriminations 1795 02:00:36,140 --> 02:00:37,934 and your judgment. 1796 02:00:38,015 --> 02:00:40,504 And I am fine with it. 1797 02:00:42,717 --> 02:00:46,191 You want to be loved, go be a movie star. 1798 02:00:48,014 --> 02:00:49,351 The world 1799 02:00:49,375 --> 02:00:51,038 is as you find it. 1800 02:00:51,062 --> 02:00:54,132 You gotta deal with that reality. 1801 02:00:54,156 --> 02:00:56,733 And there are monsters in this world. 1802 02:00:56,757 --> 02:00:58,200 We saw 1803 02:00:58,304 --> 02:01:00,684 three thousand 1804 02:01:00,836 --> 02:01:03,400 innocent people burned to death 1805 02:01:03,424 --> 02:01:06,966 by those monsters. And yet, you object, 1806 02:01:07,759 --> 02:01:13,584 when I refuse to kiss those monsters on the cheek and say, “pretty please.” 1807 02:01:14,163 --> 02:01:17,668 You answer me this, what terrorist attack 1808 02:01:18,046 --> 02:01:20,149 would you have let go forward 1809 02:01:20,173 --> 02:01:24,917 so you wouldn’t seem like a mean and nasty fella? 1810 02:01:26,247 --> 02:01:29,002 I will not apologise 1811 02:01:30,014 --> 02:01:32,167 for keeping your families safe. 1812 02:01:32,736 --> 02:01:35,194 And I will not apologise 1813 02:01:35,668 --> 02:01:38,415 for doing what needed to be done 1814 02:01:39,644 --> 02:01:43,602 so that your loved ones can sleep peacefully at night. 1815 02:01:50,659 --> 02:01:52,398 It has been my honor 1816 02:01:53,261 --> 02:01:54,875 to be your servant. 1817 02:01:56,825 --> 02:01:58,642 You chose me 1818 02:01:59,801 --> 02:02:01,345 and I did 1819 02:02:01,644 --> 02:02:03,266 what you asked. 1820 02:04:56,353 --> 02:04:59,627 Sorry to interrupt, but Mark wanted to share something with everyone. 1821 02:04:59,651 --> 02:05:02,080 Something’s been bothering me this whole movie 1822 02:05:02,104 --> 02:05:03,957 and I just figured it out. 1823 02:05:03,981 --> 02:05:05,804 The whole thing is liberal. 1824 02:05:06,020 --> 02:05:07,864 It’s got a liberal bias. 1825 02:05:07,888 --> 02:05:10,446 Interesting. Does anyone else feel that way? 1826 02:05:11,146 --> 02:05:14,022 One, two, three, four people. Yeah, go ahead. 1827 02:05:14,046 --> 02:05:15,944 This is all facts. 1828 02:05:15,968 --> 02:05:18,627 Right? I mean, they had to vet all this. 1829 02:05:18,739 --> 02:05:20,131 How does it make it what's... 1830 02:05:20,155 --> 02:05:23,020 You would say that libtard. 1831 02:05:23,247 --> 02:05:24,364 OK. I'm sorry. 1832 02:05:24,388 --> 02:05:27,014 So because I have the ability to understand facts, 1833 02:05:27,038 --> 02:05:28,397 that makes me a liberal? 1834 02:05:28,421 --> 02:05:29,936 OK guys, let's just take it down. 1835 02:05:29,960 --> 02:05:31,288 You probably like Killary! 1836 02:05:31,312 --> 02:05:33,524 Let's just take it down a notch, or two. OK? 1837 02:05:33,548 --> 02:05:35,569 OK, first of all, Hillary’s not President! 1838 02:05:35,593 --> 02:05:39,823 OK, the orange cheeto that you hired is the President. 1839 02:05:39,847 --> 02:05:42,582 And he’s ruining the country that you claim to love! 1840 02:05:42,729 --> 02:05:44,093 You chicken shit! 1841 02:05:46,893 --> 02:05:49,160 Stop the fight! Knock it off! 1842 02:05:49,184 --> 02:05:53,093 I can’t wait to see the new FAST AND THE FURIOUS MOVIE. That looks lit!