The Contender

- With all due respect... 670 00:41:36,895 --> 00:41:38,863 um, Senator... 671 00:41:38,931 --> 00:41:40,978 it doesn't matter what I have to say for myself. 672 00:41:41,002 --> 00:41:41,866 Oh, it doesn't? 673 00:41:41,934 --> 00:41:47,566 It seems to me, Mr. Chairman, all you can claim about me... claim, is that I had sex... 674 00:41:47,639 --> 00:41:49,834 - Deviant sex. - Who says it was deviant? 675 00:41:49,908 --> 00:41:51,842 I do. 676 00:41:51,910 --> 00:41:54,470 And what I say, the people will believe. And you know why? 677 00:41:54,546 --> 00:41:58,539 Because I'll have a very big microphone in front of me. 678 00:42:00,452 --> 00:42:03,114 Wow, you must really hate me, Shelly. 679 00:42:03,188 --> 00:42:07,215 I don't hate you. It's not possible to hate you. You're... 680 00:42:07,292 --> 00:42:10,693 What the hell was it that Reynolds called you the other day? 681 00:42:10,762 --> 00:42:14,129 Groovy. You're a groovy chick. 682 00:42:14,199 --> 00:42:17,965 No, what I, um, do detest is your selfishness. 683 00:42:18,036 --> 00:42:21,437 I have served this nation without regard for personal income for over ten years. 684 00:42:21,507 --> 00:42:26,001 You are selfish because you want to take on a job that positions you to assume... 685 00:42:26,078 --> 00:42:28,342 a mantle of gigantic responsibility... 686 00:42:28,413 --> 00:42:30,847 and you do it full well with the knowledge... 687 00:42:34,119 --> 00:42:36,383 Of what? 688 00:42:36,455 --> 00:42:38,389 What? 689 00:42:39,525 --> 00:42:42,892 Greatness is the orphan of urgency, Laine. 690 00:42:42,961 --> 00:42:46,226 Greatness only emerges when we need it most... 691 00:42:46,298 --> 00:42:50,359 in times of war or calamity. 692 00:42:50,435 --> 00:42:53,871 I can't ask somebody to be a Kennedy or a Lincoln. 693 00:42:53,939 --> 00:42:56,669 They were men created by their times. 694 00:42:56,742 --> 00:43:00,906 What I can ask for is the promise of greatness. 695 00:43:00,979 --> 00:43:04,210 And that, Madam Senator... 696 00:43:04,283 --> 00:43:06,308 you don't have. 697 00:43:09,988 --> 00:43:12,548 Well, then... 698 00:43:12,624 --> 00:43:15,752 I just wouldn't be using sex as leverage... 699 00:43:15,827 --> 00:43:19,228 if I were you, Sheldon. 700 00:43:19,298 --> 00:43:21,960 Because there's one thing you don't want. 701 00:43:22,034 --> 00:43:26,095 It's a woman with her finger on the button who isn't getting laid. 702 00:43:26,171 --> 00:43:30,835 Will that be the argument the senator offers up before the committee? 703 00:43:57,603 --> 00:44:01,562 Sir? Can I get you something to drink? 704 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:03,665 - Uh, no, I'm fine. Thank you. - You sure? 705 00:44:03,742 --> 00:44:06,108 No, great. Thanks a lot. 706 00:44:39,645 --> 00:44:42,011 - Ah, Mr. Webster. - Mr. President. 707 00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:44,014 - Good to see you. - It's an honor, sir. 708 00:44:44,082 --> 00:44:46,092 I've been meaning to have you up here for some time. 709 00:44:46,116 --> 00:44:46,778 Really? 710 00:44:46,852 --> 00:44:52,085 Excuse me. Willie? Thank you, Willie. 711 00:44:52,157 --> 00:44:55,684 Yeah, you betcha. You unseated that old bastard Bettis. 712 00:44:55,761 --> 00:44:58,252 He must've voted against me 70 percent of the time. 713 00:44:58,330 --> 00:45:02,027 You know what this is? That's a shark steak sandwich. 714 00:45:02,100 --> 00:45:04,364 Fucking shark steak. 715 00:45:04,436 --> 00:45:07,633 - You want half? - Uh, no, thank you. 716 00:45:07,706 --> 00:45:12,006 - Are you a vegan? Had lunch? - No. Uh... 717 00:45:12,077 --> 00:45:17,037 So you choose not to break bread with the president of the United States? 718 00:45:18,517 --> 00:45:21,008 Thank you. 719 00:45:21,086 --> 00:45:23,941 When I was in the Senate, Bettis could always be counted to leave 720 00:45:23,965 --> 00:45:25,386 half a grand at the poker table. 721 00:45:25,457 --> 00:45:28,790 Always stayed in, never folded. Always wanted that miracle card. 722 00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:30,623 - That's good, isn't it? - Mm-hmm. 723 00:45:30,696 --> 00:45:33,529 Now, Truman, he was a poker player. 724 00:45:33,598 --> 00:45:36,658 Damn fine one, as I understand it. 725 00:45:36,735 --> 00:45:39,203 Son, I understand you may be making a mess of our plans... 726 00:45:39,271 --> 00:45:41,671 to put Laine Hanson into the vice president mansion. 727 00:45:41,740 --> 00:45:45,301 Right now, sir, I cannot see supporting Laine Hanson. 728 00:45:45,377 --> 00:45:48,608 - How old are you? - Me, I'm 28. 729 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,507 And at that age and experience, you think 730 00:45:51,531 --> 00:45:54,585 you're the one to sit and judge Mrs. Hanson? 731 00:45:54,653 --> 00:45:57,247 Well, that's the whole point, isn't it? 732 00:45:57