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You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

But you must try

Try and try

Try and try

You'll succeed at last

Listen

Persecution, you must bear

Win or lose, you've got to get your share

Got your mind set on a dream

You can get it, though hard it may seem now

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

But you must try

Try and try

Try and try

You'll succeed at last

And I know it

Listen

Rome was not built in a day

Opposition will come your way

But the harder the battle, you see

ls the sweeter the victory, yeah

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

But you must try

Try and try

Try and try

You'll succeed at last

- Governor, we are not, not, not going to be explaining.

When we're explaining, we're losing.

Now, we'll protect you from this bullshit.

We will attack, attack, and attack again.

- This is Paul Turner,

former presidential aide

and the guy for politicians in trouble.

He's called "the master of disaster. "

- But I need Sophia by your side.

- I've got the, uh, Vermont gov calling in.

And this is me, Kerstin Rhee, his assistant.

learned more in my first week with Paul

on how it all really Works

than in four years of college.

- All right. Okay.

I'll call you later. You-don't worry.

Just-just don't.

- Thank you.

- Hey, listen.

- I didn't have much.

Absent father,

mother with two low-paying jobs,

and my sister Mary, my big sister,

who always dreamed of becoming a doctor.

But, as hard as my mother worked

she couldn't keep up the payments

on our little house.

And one day, the bank came and foreclosed on us.

- Larry Becker was born to run for office.

He's taken on the Wall Street banks,

Who, in return, have declared jihad against him.

And he's in a bare-knuckled reelection campaign

against a crazy ex-baseball player

- First we moved into a homeless shelter,

but that wasn't safe.

Eventually we found a tiny one-bedroom apartment-

three of us.

- The press will most likely have questions about

Afghan troop levels, the Travis base closing,

levies, the budget debates.

Just blow through those questions

and pivot to our message of the day.

- All right, great.

Got it. Thank you, guys.

Ah.

All right. Showtime.

- Stephen Green is the real deal."

war hero, cares, actually knows the facts.

And he's cruising for reelection

against Duff Campbell,

who has none of those things,

but Duff does have good hair and unlimited money,

which is the mother's milk of all politics.

- My mama struggled day and night,

but it wasn't enough.

Eventually, my sister Mary,

she had to quit high school, get a job as a waitress.

Both of them working just to provide me

with some food, clothing, roof over my head.

- What do you say to Campbell's charge

that you're afraid to debate him?

- What is the air force gonna do about the Travis Base?

- As a former Navy SEAL,

what do you think about the way they handled it?

- Gas prices are at a record high.

Companies are making enormous profits.

What's your response?

- Okay, guys, these are great questions.

I'm gonna get to all these,

But my primary purpose here today is to talk

about our most precious natural resource,

which is our children.

We now live in a country where over 2/3 of the population

is overweight.

Now, 90% of our middle schools

no longer have daily gym classes.

- At night, I'd hear my mama come home

from her late shift at the tanning plant.

As I lay there in bed...

I could hear my mama cry.

And I ask you,

how is it possible

that a country that can afford

to bail out the Wall Street banks

to the tune of over $2 trillion-

trillion-

how could that country not afford to have

those same banks

from taking away the American dream

from so many hardworking Americans?

It's just not right.

- This is a crisis.

And it's a crisis that we owe it to our children to solve.

And the time to solve it is now.

Thank you.

- Just a couple more questions on Afghan troop levels, Senator.

- Hey, Reed? Hey.

Why don't you go fishing for the three-day weekend?

We'll dump the divorce news after 5:00 on Friday

by tipping the AP

to the legal filings on an embargoed basis.

They'll play on the wires after 7:00.

It's the perfect time for a document dump.

All right. Talk to you later.

He'll live.

- All right!

- Ka-ching.

Money shot. The message of the day.

- This one's yours, all right?

Oh, God!

- Sir, are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm all right. Thanks. Thanks.

All right! Come on!

- Same thing?

- Yes. Yes.

- Now, as I stand here in the governor's house-

the people's house,

I am using the power of this house

to help keep the people of Kentucky

in their houses.

Today I am sending a bill to the state senate

that offers real and solid protection

from the kind of cruel foreclosures

that my mama and so many hardworking Kentuckians

have been forced to endure.

And I'm asking for you to back me on this.

It's-it's fair, it's decent,

and it is right.

You don't have to do that.

You're an aide, not a waitress.

- It's my pleasure.

And can I ask you something?

- Of course.

- How much of that story you just told is true?

- Helena.

100%.

- Really?

- Come here.

- Room 1600?

- You're Tawny?

- To the rescue.

1600'?

- Down the hall to your left.

Hey, could you be a bit more obvious?

- I thought he was getting a masseuse,

not some starlet playing a masseuse.

- Hey, she and her company were vetted.

She had the recs. - Yeah.

She has the killer bod. That's the only rec that counts.

You know, come to think of it, my back feels stiff too.

- Yeah, that's not the only thing, you jerk.

- Nice.

- In Kentucky, we're going to the mattresses.

- I've got some ideas on the statement.

- Well, they better be good, 'cause if he goes down,

it's gonna be a four-day school week there.

Minimum wage will drop to 75� an hour.

You'll be able to light the Kentucky rivers on fire.

- How late are we?

- Real time or Paul time?

Exactly on time. How do you know this person?

- She's my law school roommate's sister.

But the object is to get in, get out,

and get back to the Kentucky mess.

- Max! Julia!

- Yes?

- Get me Paul.

Get him now.

- Senator, let's just go through this bit-by-bit.

What are we talking about here?

- She's claiming that we did it.

- Well, did What'?

A happy ending, OI'-

- More.

I'm sure she thinks it'll get her a bigger check.

Look, man, I am dying because of your photo op,

and now I'm dying because of this fucking psycho.

- And what kind of masseuse is this,

like a masseuse masseuse or an escort?

- Julia got her from the Speaker of the Assembly!

- We're in room five.

- Okay, how many people know about this?

- Just us.

Come on, man. This is-

This could be a career killer.

- Okay, I need 15 minutes here-

make it 10-

and I am on this.

malnourished children,

AIDS rampant, people looking for decent jobs

or any job, for that matter,

victims of an education system horribly broken,

and hope, something in extremely short supply.

- I completely agree,

and I can only imagine what it's like

to try to run this every year.

And next year, you're gonna have even less money for this clinic.

So in terms of fund-raising,

I think I should put you in touch

with some deep-pocket guys in Woodside,

Pacific Heights, internet do-gooder-

- I want to run for governor.

Excuse me?

- I want to run for governor.

Well, I guess that's one way to solve your problem.

Okay, do you mind if I ask you why?

- For 9 years, I have worked 12,

14 hours a day here,

seeing what's working in our society

and, more importantly, what isn't.

And I'm not just a physician, I-

- I'm really sorry. - Yeah?

- What do you want me to tell Maria's mom?

- Nothing from Children's?

Okay, we're gonna have to road-trip it.

Get in their faces. Guilt them into the transplant.

And ask the OR nurses when Chris Anderson

gets out of his last surgery.

- Sure. - Okay.

- Dim sum on the way back? - Perfect, thanks.

Sorry. My life.

Anyway, I'm not just a physician.

I also do community organizing,

a job qualification that didn't hurt our president.

And, uh, not to sound too immodest,

but I think I can make people's lives better.

- Look. Forgive me.

You're Dan's sister, and I love him,

and you seem like a very nice person yourself,

but I got to tell you, and I think, as a doctor,

you'll understand when I say this:

You need to have your head examined.

I mean, seriously, because this is insane.

- Running a free clinic with what the state gives me,

that's insane too.

- Okay, um, all right.

We had something that came up,

so I don't have a ton of time,

but let me just walk you through this.

If you are ballsy enough or crazy enough to do this,

I can promise you an unending barrage

of innuendo, vitriol, and lies.

Everything will be on the public record,

from the dope that you smoked in the 11th grade

to the blow you did with your girlfriends

during your college lesbian experimentation period.

There's not one moment of your past

that will not be scrutinized in excruciating detail.

- Done? - Not yet.

After that all comes out and more,

the facts will be twisted, stomped, and exaggerated

to the point that you will no longer recognize them.

And if that doesn't do it, new facts will be made up

so they can destroy you.

- Done? - Not yet.

And then they'll say- and I'll say it right now-

what the hell qualifications do you have to be governor?

- In my job, I work with every sort of person

a giant array of problems.

I run a team that daily produces real, tangible results.

I see our problems up close,

and I think that I can bring people together

to accomplish things- good things.

- Good things? - Yes.

- Excuse me.

This isn't a high school service club.

Okay, getting elected isn't the Harvard-Yale debate society

where the best argument carries the day.

These are steel-cage death matches.

Even if you win, which, with all due respect,

would be laughable,

they will hobble you.

They will shatter you.

The process itself will change you in ways

that you cannot even possibly imagine.

Is that what you want,

and is that what you want for you, for your family?

Do you have a family?

- I'm a single mom. I have a six-year-old son.

- What about the kid's dad? - Irrelevant.

- Not if you're gonna do this.

Nothing will be irrelevant.

Despite this being the bluest state in the country,

it still knocked down gay marriage

and the legalization of pot.

Over half of the people in the state

self-identify as born-agains or regular church-goers,

not exactly the profile of someone

who's gonna be voting for you.

This is a blood sport, okay?

I have worked for men who were shot at in Vietnam,

and the campaign literally broke them down to tears.

A man I loved- who America loved,

with the Navy Cross and two Purple Hearts,

sat crying on my living room couch

because of what the press said about him and his family.

You're too good a person for this.

Look.

To win in politics,

you have got to be the person

who is willing to bring a gun to a knife fight.

- Is this your usual pep talk?

- No.

- Well, that's good, I guess.

- No, this one's for friends and family.

Usually it's worse.

- Hmm.

- She wants to be governor. Oh, man.

- I liked her.

She was cool and sharp,

and it seemed like she really wanted it.

- Well, I want to play shortstop for the Giants,

but it's not gonna happen in this lifetime.

Okay.

Jimmy, you want to start us off?

- This is our friend Tawny Shearson,

courtesy of YouTube

at her massage school graduation picnic.

- So she is an actual masseuse? This is not a set-up?

- Licensed and with six years' experience.

- Oh, that sucks.

- But with other experience too.

She had the misfortune of being arrested twice

for prostitution.

The first time, she pleaded guilty

and was sentenced to probation.

The other time, charges were dropped.

- Okay, so we're not dealing with the Virgin Mary here.

- Exactly.

And you, sir, are a war hero

who served your country

in the freezing mountains of Afghanistan

while she was selling her pussy at the Beverly Hills hotel.

So if it becomes her word against yours,

you should be okay.

That's the good news.

- Okay, tell me the bad news.

- She's a pro,

and you're on her massage table in your boxers.

That's our bogey.

- Do we know what she's asking for?

- $2 million. - Oh, forget that.

Jimmy, could you bring up the next thing?

Okay, we just threw this together,

probably a little early, but we had to know.

You want to know why you're up seven points?

This is why.

Soccer moms, 35 to 45.

These are your people.

- No Way would I believe him.

- And if she had a shady past

and was a known and proven liar?

- I don't know.

Someone who looks like that?

He's still a guy.

- Guys do what they're gonna do.

- And how about if someone told you

that he was in a state of semi-consciousness

because of all the pain,

and that's Why he didn't realize how bad it might look,

him being in there with her?

- If my husband said something like that,

not only would I think that he's a cheating jerk

but that he can't make up a halfway decent lie.

- Okay, they were my people.

- And if I told you that because of a war injury,

sometimes he takes strong pain medication,

which makes him drowsy, and that's why this happened?

- Well, that's 10% better,

but 90% pure lame-o.

Come on. Really.

- They love you when you're talking

about smaller class sizes but not so much

when you're trying to explain away a quickie with Tawny.

- I am such an idiot.

- You are anything but.

You got caught up in some nasty shit.

We're gonna figure out a way to get you out of it.

- How's she gonna spill it?

- She's got some kind of in at Fox.

This asshole they brought in to run KXSF, Roger Fillmore,

he's practically smacking his lips on this one,

not to mention his riding-high Tea Party pals.

This is their wet dream.

- So what are they waiting for?

- She's teed it up but hasn't given the deliverables.

This is straight-up pay to play.

And even if we do pay,

Roger is still probably gonna run with it.

- Okay, look, we're gonna figure out a way

to inoculate you against this,

and we're gonna dig up the shit on this girl.

What do you think is the best room service?

- Carl Ludwig at I-(COP loves us.

- Or Maggie Darcy?

- I have two words for you:

Peaches O'Dell.

. He)'- . He)'-

- Can I buy you another coffee?

- No, thanks.

I got enough to last me all night,

which, at the rate you're dumping your garbage on me,

is where I'm gonna be again.

- You did a great job with that Tawny mug shot.

- She's a ho. - She's a ho with a story.

- Yeah, well, like all of us.

- How much it cost you?

- Nothing.

I did a little thing for an Interpol guy

running a button cam video on a dot-com gazillionaire.

- A thing? - A thing.

You don't want to know. Trust me.

And I got you a little present.

- This wouldn't have anything to do

with health-related issues, would it?

- Try everything.

Your buddy in Kentucky,

the ex-left fielder for the Baltimore Orioles, no less-

Guess what? He's mortal.

- I'm heartbroken. - Yeah, me too.

Who would have thunk it?

Mr. "I used to play in the big leagues

while you were a pussy in the Peace Corps,"

arrogant prick fuck.

- And this is solid? - Platinum.

- Actually seen or talked about?

- What do you take me for?

- As our friend the Gipper always said,

"Doveryaf, no proveryaf."

Trust but verify.

- Okay.

Well, no pro-pro-prover-

Look at it.

- Wow.

- Yeah.

You can kiss me if you like.

- Irregular heartbeat.

He's had it for years.

And one of the great truisms of the game is,

when voters start to worry about a candidate's health,

it is a gigantic numbers suck.

- Well, sure, Paul.

But I can't exactly tell a local news honey

I just happened to sneak a peek at Perkins' medical records.

- Well, no, {mean not like that.

- How, then?

- It's all about how you frame the narrative.

Look, this is a race about leadership.

One guy is using his position in the state senate

to conduct a completely meritless witch hunt

against a man who has served the public

his entire adult life,

a man who works for the state of Kentucky 24/7.

I mean, look-

Look what time we're talking now.

It's what?

It's 3:15 in the morning your time.

Yeah.

- What you do

is incredibly difficult.

It requires tremendous strength and stamina.

- Yeah, you're fucking telling me.

Trying to get my antiforeclosure thing

through this Wing-nut legislature is like

trying to run a Red Sox flag up in Yankee Stadium.

- How's it going?

- Ah, you know, 2 steps forward, 1 'I,-"2 back.

And not to sound like some kind of ad

you guys do, but my mama

could've used something like this.

And if these assholes want a fight,

they're gonna get a fight.

- And it's an incredibly difficult fight, right?

I mean, look, all We're doing is asking the voters

to compare the two candidates' health records

and make an informed choice.

mean, you're gonna release everything you have, right?

mean, and is there anything in there

that I need to be Worried about?

- Nothing.

- Really nothing? - Trust me.

Despite decades of avoiding the gym

like that's where you get dengue fever,

I have, probably unfairly, been dealt a pretty good hand.

- I'm gonna have my guy look it over anyway.

And then when we do release it,

every day, at every stop through every news cycle,

we hammer him to release his.

- What if he doesn't go for it?

- Well, that's exactly what we want.

More than anything else, it's the refusal to release

that creates the story.

Look.

Campaigns always come down to one thing above all else."

Who do you trust?

And by not releasing,

that ca uses people to lose trust.

And once you've lost the public trust,

you're a dead man walking.

- Better him than me.

- And that's just the beginning.

Then we get some credible third parties down there

to just pound him

ask him, "Has he ever failed a steroids test?�

You think Roger Clemens on steroids was a big story?

How about a guy running for governor

on the juice?

And the nurses are with us

big-time, we get them out there,

picketing his fucking office every week, and then we get

our blog buddies to float a story

that he may be suffering from some sort of STD,

and then we put the flyers on the windshield at the churches,

and then we follow that up with a killer push poll.

- Well, that's nice, considering he's got none of those things.

- Well, maybe he has, and maybe he hasn't.

We're just asking the questions.

Look, your guy loves to talk

about hitting major-league pitching?

Well, politics is the NFL.

And we're gonna hit him helmet-to-helmet.

- Let's say he does release them and people fee! sorry for him?

Then {just look like some kind of a jerk for bringing it up.

- You didn't know what was in it!

You're as surprised as anyone else.

He was an all-star baseball player,

for Christ's sake.

Of course, you feel for him,

and you'll keep him in yours and Sophia's prayers,

but what you're more interested in

is who is best qualified to lead a state

that nobody could possibly care about more than you.

- Got it.

Crazy times, man.

Hey, is it true Stephen Green got a hummer from a pro?

- Where did you hear that?

- {heard it

- Come on.

- One of Green's guys did the, uh-

the Webb race with one of mine.

That makes my stuff look like a walk in the park.

Was she hot?

- I can neither confirm nor deny the story.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Was she hot?

- Allegedly, very.

Hey, Peaches!

- Really? You're coming to me?

- Always. - Oh, come on.

When I'm looking my worst?

- Your worst is 1,000 times better

than most people's best.

Weren't you a Miss something?

Nebraska? - Arizona.

- Arizona. - Miss Arizona.

Some of us had to get ahead without the fancy schools.

- Hey, while you were polishing your tiara,

I was busting my ass on construction sites

up in Minnesota.

- Oh, please.

Didn't you go to Harvard Law or something?

Sounds kind of silver-spoony to me.

- Try wooden spoon.

My dad was a building trades union steward.

That's how I got all my cushy jobs

lugging lumber up four flights of stairs.

- Well, you've got me without the glam,

and as much as I do enjoy seeing you,

I don't think you came all the way across town

to check me out in my sweaty gear.

- I have a story for you. - Oh, stop it.

- I hear that CNN may be bringing you to D.C.

to try you out nationally?

- Well, it could be.

- Well, this could help.

- Paul, whatever you've got for me,

it cannot be as good

as what I'm getting from Campbell's guys,

which, as I understand it,

involves a tasty treat from a smokin' hot masseuse.

- Well, Peaches, of course we're gonna deny that.

We are talking about a United States senator

and a Purple Heart winner

with a documented history of a bad back

injured, I might add, in service of his country.

- Right, and John F. Kennedy had a bad back,

but it didn't stop him from fucking Marilyn Monroe.

- This is no Marilyn. - No, Marilyn was a secret.

And not this baby.

She is hot, and she is mine-oh-mine.

- Okay, look.

Like everything else,

there's another side to this.

And I thought that you and I

might be able to work something out.

- Hmm.

Not friggin' likely.

- Okay-

- What?

- I have a friend who tells me

that your newest anchor, Connie Connor,

went to a bachelorette party in Vegas a few years back.

- And?

- Things got pretty wild.

- Oh, yeah!

Okay.

Okay, your friends are good.

These on the net?

- Not yet.

So...

Some room service?

- Mm.

- Am I gonna love this?

- Do you love me? - Deeply.

No, show me the spot first.

- I used to be a Navy pilot.

On a mission in Afghanistan, my helicopter was shot down.

Both of my legs and four ribs were broken.

The enemy came to finish us off.

The young officer that I was transporting

single-handedly fought off an entire squad of Taliban

until reinforcements could arrive.

didn't think I'd make it through that night.

When the rescue choppers finally came,

that same officer carried me over 1/4 of a mile on his back.

By ah' accounts, {should be dead

But I'm not, thanks to one man

Stephen Green fought for me with everything he had,

and now he's fighting just as hard

for all of California's families.

- I was so very proud to serve with Captain Johnny Duncan,

a true American hero.

I'm Stephen Green, and I approve this message

- Some light reading?

- Yeah, it's for that new cruiser,

which costs more than an aircraft carrier did

when I was coming up.

- Well, somebody will get rich on it.

- Yeah, you know, I got a feeling

it doesn't even do

what the Navy says it's supposed to do.

But you try to find real data on it,

then good luck.

Thank you.

- You have a call to make.

Mandy Denton.

- Sounds vaguely familiar.

- She runs commercials for Campbell.

- Oh, God, those cloying, what,

"I believe how a guy treats his family,"

those "Mr. Family Values till you want to retch,"

those ads?

- Yeah, that's her.

- Good night.

- You know what they're doing, right?

The more they pound family values,

they're just laying track for you-know-who.

- Scum.

- First-class.

But it turns out that Mandy

not only makes the commercials for Campbell.

She also makes his bed.

It's all one big happy family,

along with Roger Fillmore down at KXSF.

But he's really just a mouthpiece for Campbell

and his 90 million bucks he's got earmarked to bury you.

- Yeah, family values.

What's Roger actually got?

- He's trying to swiftboat you.

He's got all his guys meeting with anybody and everybody

you ever served with.

- Yeah? Happy hunting.

What's Mandy's story?

- She's good at what she does.

She's got two kids at home. The husband's a dot-com guy.

I don't think he knows.

So...

- Okay. Roger?

I want you to blow that asshole up.

This Mandy thing, kill it.

She's a civilian.

What is it?

- Talking points for the governor on his budget.

- And what do you know about that?

- Six weeks ago, not much.

- Okay, but you can fake it.

- Yeah, it's nothing.

My parents think that I'm taking some time off

before applying to med school.

And remember, you're not Samantha

but a guy named Sam.

- Oh, thanks.

- You're welcome.

Don't be pissed.

- Oh, my God. - Hey, Paul.

- Hey, it's not too late to call you, is it?

- Uh, no.

- Do you remember the, uh... - Hi, Paul.

- The football player who was wanting to run

for mayor of San Diego?

- Tony Blanchard.

- Right, right.

Right, and doesn't he have a book coming out?

- First and Goal, something like that.

- Let's get him in here.

- Okay-

- Okay, so, uh, 89.

You want to push it?

Eight, nine.

Perfect. Thank you.

Hmm.

You and me. Lunch.

- Okay. - You want pizza?

Yeah? Okay.

You're gonna have to wait just a second, honey.

Come on.

Hello. Hey, guys.

Petitions from people who want me to run.

- Did you have every junkie in the Mission sign these?

- No. Okay, yes.

But I also got architects, other physicians,

waitresses, delivery guys, teachers, painters.

- Okay, look, I have no doubt those people love you.

But you also need the farmers in the Central Valley,

the soccer moms in Concord,

and the second- and third-generation Latinos

in San Bernardino to love you too,

not to mention the golf crowd in Santa Barbara.

- Hey, I was raised in Santa Barbara.

My dad was a doctor there for 35 years.

- Okay, well, great, but that's not gonna help you

and your druggie friends.

And then the other side of that, your parents' friends

don't want to know about the dirty needle crowd.

And here's the cold reality:

You have no name recognition.

So how the hell are you gonna pay for this?

- That's what the web's for.

There has to be a million people

willing to pay $10 for real change.

Boom. There's $10 million for you.

- California has more local media markets

than any state in the union.

It costs $2.5 million a week for a statewide media buy.

$10 million?

Try multiplying that by five just to get into the game.

- Okay, then I'll get 4 million people.

That's only 10% of the state to pay $10.

You got 40.

You know, I got to- I got to believe

that one in ten people will think

for the price of two frappuccinos

they'll finally get a governor who will really change things.

- Okay, I get it.

I'm sure you would be a great governor.

But I'm in the business of winning.

- I thought you were in the business of helping.

- Helping people who can win.

- Hello?

Great. - Would you just-

Would you- would you just help me?

Would you- Would you think about it?

- Kentucky. He loved the talking points.

- I have thought about it.

I'm sorry.

Hey. Hey. No.

- Come on, buddy. We got to go.

- For a girl born in Seoul,

she's sure got that Kentucky thing down.

- Thank you.

- Right?

I think it's gonna move the numbers a little.

- Give me a break.

- What? - Look.

- I played professional baseball for 15 years

and was fortunate enough

to make the American League AH-Star team six times.

And later, /shared in the highest honor

in team sports."

Winning the World Series.

And after that amazing season,

{came home to serve in our state senate,

Where I stood up for small businesses,

cutting your taxes and cracking down

on bloated pensions

for overpaid and underworked bureaucrats.

But the greatest honor {could ever have

is going to bat for all of Kentucky

as your governor.

I'm Justin Perkins,

and I approve this message.

- Oy.

- Yeah, right?

- Now, I don't have an FBI badge,

but I know blackmail when I see it.

- As I'm sure you can understand,

we see it rather differently.

My client has suffered enormous emotional damage.

Imagine you're hired to do a job,

you do it exceptionally well for six years,

then suddenly, out of the blue,

you're hit on by a United States senator?

- Senator Green has

a completely different recollection of these events,

and with all due respect,

if it comes down to his word against your client's,

I think we both know who wins.

- You're a bit overconfident.

Do you have any idea what faces your boss

if he doesn't settle this case?

A legal colonoscopy without anesthesia.

- Okay, I want to know what you want.

- Finally.

What I want is a check-

- Sweetheart, please.

Let me handle this.

What Miss Shearson wants is three things:

$3 million.

What your client wants- - Wasn't it $2 million?

- It was $2 million until your boss

accused my client of extortion,

a million-dollar costly mistake.

- Look, even if we were to pay that outrageous amount,

what guarantee do we have that we still wouldn't

hear this story from Peaches O'Dell

or any of your other media buddies?

- Paul, I keep my promises.

How do you think I built this law firm?

- Okay-

All right.

This is what I'm prepared to offer you.

And I really want you to think about it,

because this is as high as it will ever get.

Zero.

That's my offer.

- Well, I guess we're gonna be hearing a lot more

about a particular senator.

Now, Paul, I want you to understand,

this is not a threat.

It's just- - You don't have much to go on.

a sterling-silver reputation.

multiple prostitution arrests.

- Maybe.

But we have something that you don't have.

We have a lab report

from a forensic lab in Mountain View.

It shows Tawny's shirt.

You want to guess what's on it?

- I don't think I want to.

- DNA

in a stain,

perfect match to your senator.

It seems as if your guy is being screwed again.

Mr. Green, in the bedroom,

with his happy little gun.

- Why did he do it'?

Look, politicians are politicians

because they have completely interrelated strengths

and frailties.

They can be incredibly committed

to truly changing the world

and also be wildly self-destructive.

- I'll take the first and pass on the second.

- It's not so easy in the real world.

The qualities that make a star politician-

the need for the spotlight, the quest for power,

the ability to use people and then discard them

when you're through with them-

is the exact same skill set

that enables an FDR to create the New Deal,

saving the country and having multiple affairs.

Or Eisenhower, liberate a continent

and be carrying on an affair with his aide the whole time.

Or President Clinton

presiding over an unprecedented period

of peace and prosperity

and then banging Monica Lewinsky.

- To all our detriment.

But is this something that we got to have

or something we've just bought into?

- You don't get the outsized talent

without the outsized weakness.

And look, this isn't a video game or a TV show.

This is the real thing.

People in power truly impact our lives.

You know, do they screw up?

Are they perfect?

Look.

Stephen Green could be president, right?

And he would be a great one.

Because of some blackmailing hooker,

are we gonna throw away all of the good that he's done,

all of the good that he's gonna do?

- Yeah, but still.

- When it gets like this,

you just got to get revved and ready

and say, "WWMD?"

What would Machiavelli do?

- This better work, man.

- Look at it this way.

If it doesn't, I've got you back on the road

to get in shape.

- I'd rather be riding down that road on my Harley.

A lot more fun. - What?

- What, what?

You're looking at the new me, sweetheart.

- Really?

- Don't sound so skeptical.

I used to be in pretty good shape.

Hey, I still am in reasonable shape, sort of.

Oh, come on.

What'd you bring 'em for?

Hey!

- Tony Blanchard.

So nice to meet you, sir.

- God. The pleasure is all mine.

Tony Blanchard.

I used to watch you all the time,

just in awe of your talent.

Amazing. - Thank you. Thank you.

I appreciate it, sir. Thank you.

- Thanks for coming.

Hey, I hear you're gonna be the next mayor of San Diego.

- Oh, trying Hoping-

- Where did you think I heard it from?

- Governor! - Tony, Tony, over here!

Just one question! - Just a few questions.

Governor, do you have any comments on Justin Perkins

releasing his medical records later today'?

- Just that it's long overdue.

We both-

We both owe it to the voters

to be completely up front and open.

As you know, I released my records over two weeks ago.

But I think if you want to occupy this fine house, well,

the voters have a right to know the state

of their governor's health.

- Is having Tony Blanchard with you today

related to the release?

- Absolutely not.

This is one of the finest athletes

this country has ever produced,

and when Tony offered to take time out of his busy schedule

to come here, I jumped at the chance.

Not every day you get whupped by an all-pro.

- Tony, what do you think of the governor

as a jogging partner?

- I think- and let me stress "think"-

that I could beat your governor today.

But if I'm in as half as good a shape

as Governor Becker is when I hit his age,

I'll be one happy guy.

- "His age." Don't believe it.

Get off. Go. Go. Go long.

You want to join us?

- Not in these heels, but have a good run, Governor.

- Okay, here we go.

- Man, you are fast!

- Not as fast as you and Tony.

- Cheers to that.

- For state senator

and gubernatorial candidate Justin Perkins,

it was a major day indeed.

Perkins finally released

his medical records this morning,

and as We've been reporting,

they showed an irregular heartbeat.

All over the capital and, in fact, the state,

this has been topic number one.

And earlier the Perkins campaign made every effort

to diminish the damage,

including having his personal physician

speak to reporters here at Mercy Hospital.

- Thank you. Welcome to Mercy Hospital

I'm Dr. Ryan Johnson.

I'm Senator Perkins' cardiologist

and his attending physician.

Senator Perkins has arrhythmia,

a condition commonly known as an irregular heartbeat,

a condition shared by millions of Americans.

He is a former professional athlete,

as everybody in Kentucky knows.

He is in superb health.

There WIN be no physical limitations for him

because of this condition.

- But what about the reports of steroids?

- Excuse me. One at a time, please.

- Why were his records not released earlier?

- I'll refer you to the campaign on that.

Again, he's in superb condition.

His arrhythmia will have no impact.

- Any evidence of STDs?

- That's an offensive question that I Won't be answering.

- At the same time,

our current governor had a different take

on the day's events.

- Let me begin by saying

that the issue of a person's health

is far more important than any political campaign.

But this is really about the public trust.

If the public can't trust you

to be up front about your own health,

then how can they trust you with the health of our state?

Of course, Sophia and I WIN have state Senator Perkins

in our hearts and our prayers tonight,

when it comes to his overcoming

this very serious health prob/em.

think if you want to occupy this fine house,

web', the voters have a right to know the state

of their governor's health.

- And later in the day,

Tony Blanchard spoke to a packed-to-the-rafters crowd

at Le/and Middle School

and then afterward signed autographs.

And for those lucky kids getting to meet our governor's

ah'-pro jogging partner,

it'll be a day they'll remember their entire lives.

- Lucky.

- And We caught up with Governor Becker

as he attended a talk and book signing

for football superstar Tony Blanchard

at the Pine Valley Mall.

- Some rush there, Governor!

- Well, I promised I'd come hear Tony speak.

He's a good friend. I'm running a little fate

You know, like everyone else in America,

{cheered when he made that unbelievable Super Bow! run,

and I'm cheering for him now that he's setting

such a fine example for Kentucky's children.

- Thanks for your time, Governor.

- Wow.

- It's a Picasso.

- Sure. A Picasso.

- The escalator was genius.

- And you had the cameras everywhere they needed to be.

Just a great job.

It's great. It's a great job.

- Thanks, sweetheart.

I owe you.

Well, that is it for jogging!

- No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no.

Once a week every week till the campaign ends.

- What?

Can't you just release some photos or something?

- Just one, 'cause you and I

are going to the Seville Bar later.

- The wine bar? - The wine bar.

- Seems a little upscale for you.

- Upscale? Really? Why?

What do you mean?

- The girls keep their clothes on,

for one thing. - Don't be so sure.

There's this waitress there named Lara.

Oh, my God. She's absolutely gorgeous.

- Is she the new thing?

- Well, actually, she's more your type.

- Why are we going to the Seville?

- Okay, Lara,

who is becoming very tight with myself,

has agreed to show some pictures.

- Really? - Yeah.

- Clothed? - Kind of sort of.

- Regarding?

- Regarding bite marks

of a certain set of teeth

from a person of interest

regarding a certain fleshy part of the body.

- What are you still doing here?

- You're here, boss.

Anyway I love this spot.

- Love it?

- Swiftboat the swiftboaters, dude.

Want to see it?

It's still rough in my voice,

but we'll get Don in here tomorrow if you like it.

- Let's have a look.

- Imagine this."

You attend Annapolis.

You play football there

and did so well, you had the chance

to go on and play professionally.

But instead, you turned down the NFL

and went to fight for your country.

Your leadership was recognized with the Navy Cross,

and then, years later,

someone begins knocking on the doors

of those who served with you.

- They came into my house and started asking me questions

about Stephen Green

and all the bad things he had done

when he was a lieutenant in my unit.

Bad things?

There Wasn't an officer in all of Afghanistan

as respected as he Was.

- Yeah, they asked me the same thing,

and every time I said something good

about Stephen Green, they Wanted something bad.

This is the guy who put his body

between us and the Taliban.

And what they're doing is un-American.

So I asked them to please leave my house.

Far too many of our friends are buried here,

and it shocks me that instead of honoring those

that fought and died for this country,

Duff Campbell is spending his money

looking for some kind of dirt that doesn't even exist

on the finest officer /had the honor to serve under."

Lieutenant Stephen Green.

- Fuck you, motherfucker! - Oh!

That is a Rembrandt!

Yeah! Yeah!

Kerstin's still here?

- Yeah, she's on the roof.

. He)'-

. He)'-

- You gonna jump'?

- I should.

- Is that Stephen Green stuff?

- No, it's not that.

Read.

- "I first aspired to go to medical school

"when, as a small child, I would accompany my uncle

"to his small pediatric clinic in Seoul,

where he was a beloved figure."

What is this?

- Well, that's my life,

the clich� of my life.

It's what you do when you're first-generation American

and your parents run a fruit market

in the shadows of Berkeley.

They work, like, 15 hours a day,

just so that, one day,

you can go to that very same college.

- And become a surgeon.

- Not just that.

I could be an internationally renowned

concert pianist or a professor in electrical engineering.

- You ended up here.

- I thought it was a good thing.

- Well, I can't offer you a lab coat, but...

the truth of it is, is that,

as fucked up as things are and as bad as they may seem,

that most people really believe

that leaders can make a difference.

If you're helping great leaders get in,

aren't you doing a service?

- Yeah.

I know, but-

- It doesn't fit the narrative,

the clich� that we work with every day.

- Like being the daughter of outrageously hardworking

Korean immigrants,

who one day goes off to Johns Hopkins Medical School.

- You broke out of your clich�.

I think that's a great thing.

Look.

On election night,

when your guy goes over the top,

the feeling is un-fucking-believable.

It courses through your veins like nothing else.

- See, that's what I want to do. I...

I want to do what you do.

I want to make kings and queens,

but I can't do what you do.

- You can.

And you'll be better than I am.

- No.

I can't.

- Then you'll be a great doctor,

a Penelope-great doctor.

I'll write a letter of recommendation for you.

I'll get the Vice President of the United States

to write a letter of recommendation for you.

- I'm sorry,

but thank you.

Thanks.

- That photo probably cost him five grand.

- For you. - You're kidding.

- Not at all.

I go to meetings all the time.

All I get from them is a headache.

Now at least you'll have something good

to remember our little talk by.

Sit.

- Well, hopefully we'll be able to provide a happy memory

of our talk.

- We can all use them, or more to the point, uh,

your man Stephen Green can.

Not happy times for our junior senator,

huh, Paul?

- Well, I don't know about that.

He's up nine points in the latest field poll.

He's got 16 major newspaper endorsements,

and more importantly, he's doing great things for the state.

- Spare me.

We're in a no-spin zone here, Paul.

We both know that he's got a giant bull's-eye

painted on his back,

and I have a huge fucking archer standing right behind him.

- But you haven't fired.

- I wanted to see what you had to offer first.

- You're interested in our story?

- Of course.

We're fair. We're balanced.

We're a news organization, for Christ's sake, Paul.

Come on.

Well, I'm not sure that I agree with any of those claims.

Our story is that there is no story.

Nada.

Nothing.

Zilch. - Mm.

That's too bad.

Then I guess we'll be hearing a lot more from Miss Shearson.

It's horrible, what that poor girl experienced.

- Something tells me she's gonna be just fine.

I was hoping you would do me a personal favor.

I'd like you to kill any stories with her ridiculous claims.

You must be joking.

- Not at all.

You see, I've recently become aware of a waitress

at the Seville Wine Bar named Lara.

She tells a pretty incredible story.

- I've never been there.

- The story is, guy comes in, is drinking.

He's interested.

He bites her ass in the bar.

Now, it's-it's-

That was my reaction as well.

So she tells her friend, who also works there,

and it turns out the same guy did the same thing to her too.

- Really?

- And there's more.

Apparently, the guy is so rich-

he was brought in to run a television station

or something-

that both girls, looking for opportunities,

as people are wont to do in these tough economic times,

take pictures...

- Hmm. - Of the bite marks

and what this guy did to them.

I thought you'd want to know.

I can have this story up on Gawker

before I get back to my office.

Most of the major media outlets will probably pick it up,

certainly The Chronicle,

maybe some other television stations.

But I'm guessing

not here?

- Probably not.

This has been great.

Paul, best.

- Thanks for the mug.

- Absolutely.

- Hey, guys. - Hey.

- I'd like you to meet Angela.

- Hi. Sorry, I was working all day.

And Dimitris... - What?

- He spent, like, half your company's budget

on me tonight.

- Just a few drinks.

This girl can go toe-to-toe with the best.

- You look familiar.

- Very good, Jimmy!

There's something in between your ears

besides unlistenable punk.

Very nice. Okay, now tell me from where.

And Paul's disqualified.

Oh, come on. Nobody?

- The Tawny video. Orange bikini.

- That's my girl.

- It was red, and it's my favorite.

- Red, blue, yellow. Who cares?

You looked that fucking beautiful in it.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

- Okay, Dimitris says that you are a proud graduate

of the Bay City School of Massage Therapy?

- She is the all-star graduate.

She-she won, like, the what?

The President's Award or the Iron Cross or something.

- Hey. Hi, I'm sorry.

- Oh, my God. - I'm sorry I'm late.

- Oh, my God!

I watch you all the time!

You're Peaches O'Dell!

You're the best!

- Thank you. You are very sweet to say that.

- Oh, wow!

All I ever wanted to be when I was a little girl

was a TV reporter, and you did it.

Look at you. And you're like-

Wow, you're here, like, right here

on the couch beside me!

- Angela went to school with Tawny.

- Oh? What is she like?

- Mean. - Oh.

- Well, she's not always,

but when she drinks, she gets that way.

- Mm-hmm.

- Um, pretty, tell her what you uh, told me about the Baja.

- Oh, right. Yeah.

We were out drinking and-

Well, something she did a lot of.

Well, but to be honest, kind of something

I did a lot of too.

And we'd had this crazy happy hour

where we did way too many tequila shots

at the Baja Cantina.

You know it? In Venice?

- I don't. - It's awesome!

- Okay-

- So when we left, we passed this rollerblading place,

and she picked up a pair of knee pads,

and she said, "These guys,

"a ticket to Washington,

"and this body,

and I'm golden."

- Nice.

- But how'd she end up in Sacramento?

- Oh, she had some thing with, like, a politician dude

that she thought was gonna go, like, a week,

but then he got elected Speaker of the Assembly.

And when he moved his whole family up there,

then he brought her up too.

- Wow.

- I kind of didn't think much about it.

I didn't think it was that big of a deal.

But then Dimitris... - Yes, I did.

- Found me, and it all came back.

Dimitris found me.

- Would you be willing to tell this story on camera?

- You want me?

Peaches O'Dell, you want to- you want to interview me?

- Yep. - Hell yeah!

Yeah! Yes.

Absolutely, I would, yes.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

This is a story that needs to be heard.

- Yeah.

- Mm-hmm.

Yes.

- Just keeping the media happy.

- Fat and happy. - Fat?

I don't think so.

- Just be glad you're not on camera.

Do you know what I think?

- Hmm? - I think you're running a con.

- I bring you to the best sushi restaurant

in the town, and this is the thanks I get?

- Are you?

- No hidden microphones or secret cameras?

- Want to pat me down?

- Absolutely. - No.

- I think we're surrounded by the con.

"Tax breaks for the rich will help the poor.

"Diet drinks will help you lose 20 pounds,

"and you snag the man of your dreams.

"Paul, please give us the inside scoop,

and we promise we'll treat your guy fairly in the story."

- "The guy you elect today

will change your world tomorrow

- You know, the first race I ever ran

was for my dad's childhood friend, Ron Gerace.

Great guy.

Just very little formal education,

but smart and honest.

He was running for mayor against a corrupt asshole

who had been in office forever and was considered unbeatable.

I was, like, 20 and had no experience

but a lot of energy and a lot of ideas.

But really, I didn't know shit.

- Like now.

More so.

- But what I did know was that if I worked hard enough

and a miracle happened and Ron got in,

that the world would somehow be a better place.

- Did he win?

- He killed.

He was the best mayor Minneapolis ever had.

So, as corny as it sounds,

if you believe,

it happens.

- So what do you believe?

- That if you get the right guy elected,

you are so far into a place

that is beyond running a campaign

or reporting the news.

You are making the news.

And that's what we dream of.

So do I believe?

Yeah.

I believe.

- Conning me?

I am not.

It's the truth. Straight up.

Swear to God.

Oh, yeah, right.

That'll be the day.

That-That is your god.

You believe in the god of BlackBerry.

- Please, it's only a tool.

- Right. Then don't answer it.

I dare you.

You love that thing more than life itself.

- Well, that would be crazy.

What are you-

What the fuck?

- It's merely a tool.

- What? - We did a sweeps piece on this.

I know it looks really weird,

but the rice will bring it back to life.

- It better.

- Hmm.

- Oh, you have some right there.

There you go.

- I'm not too much of a vapid beauty queen?

- I don't know.

I'm not too much of an over educated,

BlackBerry-addicted guy running a con?

- I Come bring me home

It's been a long time coming

- Hello. - Paul, where the hell are you?

I've been emailing you every two minutes!

- You know, I had a long night.

I had meeting after meeting,

and then I just lost track of time.

And then I had a BlackBerry technical malfunction.

It works! Nothing.

Did you send it to the iPhone?

I'll look at it there. Okay.

- And we just learned tonight that a focal man claims

his girlfriend is having an ongoing affair

with the governor.

And he claims he has her diary to prove it.

- Sounds like this is one explosive story.

And what was the governor's response?

- well, nothing yet, Dani.

And to be fair, this just came in but our-

- This is terrible. We need to get down there.

What's the first flight we can get?

- Oh, God.

- Fuck a duck.

- No, honey. You fucked an intern.

That's why we're all here.

- Has anyone actually seen the diary?

- Hey, darlin'.

- Do we even know that the diary's real?

- We don't,

and if it's electronic, that would be a huge break.

Is she a nutter?

- No. No. She's solid.

I like her.

I mean, I- You know what I mean.

- Paul, as much as I want to violently disagree

with every single thing, every word,

every syllable my alleged husband says,

that one thing is true.

She's the daughter of one of our professors.

- And?

- And you're not gonna Kobe Bryant her,

turn her into some sort of predatory slut.

- Well, we're just getting started here.

- She may not be perfect or even completely innocent.

I have no idea.

But you are not gonna trash her.

- Look, honey- - No, honey.

You guys trash her,

and I won't be there to do my stand-by-my-man thing,

and then you're really fucked.

Honey.

So what do we do?

- Sweetie, we have entered a deep, dark, unspinnable place.

II'

- Ah.

It's nice to know no matter how bad things get,

there's gonna be a naked girl on a pole to cheer you right up.

- Try many, many girls. Hi.

You object?

- Enjoying. - That's my girl.

There's a gentleman sitting across the way

in a football jersey.

That's the boyfriend.

His name is Junior, believe it or not,

Junior Conway.

He's here all the time.

- Don't get me wrong. I could stay here all day.

But you got to do better than that.

- Patience, my friend. Patience.

- Junior?

He sells coke to everyone:

girls, customers.

Shit, he probably even sells it to the cops that come in.

- Okay, what about her?

- I did see her once.

- And did Junior there provide the refreshments?

- Yes and no.

- What do you mean?

- One time we were all, like, three girls from the club,

Junior and a couple of his buddies-

we were at a frat party in Lexington

doing a bunch of Junior's blow,

and he kept telling her to do it.

- But she didn't want to do it?

- Not really. She kept saying no.

Junior wouldn't let it go.

He was buggin' on it,

and he kept saying over and over,

"Are you 22 or 62? Just go for it."

- Did she do any?

- She did a tiny bit of the blow,

and then, five minutes later, she went home alone.

I mean, if I had to guess,

that was probably the beginning of the end.

I mean, they're just so different.

- Did you ever see her do the drugs again?

- I mean, I barely saw her do it that once.

- It's go time.

It's do or die, but it's your call.

- Sophia's gonna go batshit.

- You should look at this.

They've made a major ad buy.

It's about to hit.

A guy at the station slipped it to me.

- Larry Becker Wants us

to give him another term as governor

so he can A." continue to use the governor's office

as his personal sex spa,

B: use our tax dollars to pay the state troopers

who guard him when he's on the prowl,

or C: convince you that a girl just out of high school

really isn't the first mistress of Kentucky

so he can have four more years in office?

Is this really the kind of man

you would trust with your daughter?

Or your state?

- I'm Justin Perkins.

And I'll restore dignity back to the governor's office.

- I don't know where to fucking start.

And by the way, since when is 22 just out of high school?

- She could have been 32. They'd have used the same line.

- Know what's weird?

She's a good girl, really.

- Well, the boyfriend's asshole central.

Dimitris already got him getting a 100k payday

and double that if you go down.

- Oh, fuck me.

Six months ago, the only way I could lose this thing

was to get caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy.

Now this.

- So what's it gonna be?

Sonny or Michael?

- Sonny.

Go nuclear.

- Bloggers. - Yep.

- TV reporters. - Yeah.

- Talk show bloviaters and newspapers.

All of them. - Newspapers.

- City, community, college.

I want all of our big guys,

and I want every newbie looking to break in.

- Okay, they're set up. Got it.

Take this on deep background.

Just follow the money.

It leads straight back to Perkins.

Listen, I'm doing you this favor so you don't get beat again.

You did all the legwork,

but you definitely did not get this information from us.

Now, this story is yours and yours only,

but remember, whatever you do, don't source back to us.

And remember, this is embargoed

for a 7:00 a.m. online posting tomorrow.

- Yeah, yeah, but you're not giving this

to anyone else, right?

Because, let's face it.

My blog drives the cable coverage.

All the insiders come to us first.

- No, absolutely. You get the first pop.

- This is gonna be more than a pop.

When I heard about this story, I had a blogasm.

- Now you get multiple blogasms.

- Perkins and his buddies are rat-fucking Kentucky.

So we're talking about the Sunday edition

above the fold, right?

- Right.

- So I hear that you two are Kentucky's answer

to Woodward and Bernstein.

- Who?

- Never mind.

But I am Deep Throat.

II'

- Hey, didn't you go to school with that major anchor

in Lexington, Dani whatever?

- I competed against her.

- Well, that's close enough.

But if you slipped her the information-

- We're not exactly friends.

- But you can call her, right? - Paul.

- I don't understand what's wrong.

- Paul, shut up and fuck.

- It had been nearly a Week since Governor Becker

last answered reporters' questions.

But when he came out

of church this morning,

the governor was finally ready to speak to the media.

- Governor, would you like to make a statement?

- Yes, I Would.

Uh, more than anything,

these charges are complete and utter fiction.

John Grisham could have Written this

or, better still, Stephen King,

'cause this has-

This has truly been a horror story for my family.

And this alleged diary the man claims to have

is just more fiction, pure and simple.

- And what about Helena St. John,

the woman at the center of all of these charges?

- well, Dani, Ms. St. John returned

to her parents' home near Boston,

Where she was briefly seen yesterday.

- Helena, over here. We have a question!

- Helena, Helena!

Why are you denying the affair?

- Why did you do it, Helena?

Was all the sex consensual?

- Helena! Helena!

Has the governor been in touch with you?

- Can We get an interview?

- ls the governor gonna divorce his Wife?

- Helena, are you in rehab now? - Helena!

- And Ms. St. John also came up back home,

when We caught up with the governor

heading for a performance

of the Good Shepherd Youth Choir,

run by Lexington police officers.

- The lady in question is a good girl,

Who, like so many fine people from good families,

fell into that terrible, terrible abyss of drugs.

Wish her all the luck in the World

in getting her life together,

and I know that with the assistance of clergy,

she'll be just fine

and become clean and sober once again.

- That's good. Okay.

Here's the spot Jimmy just out.

We're running it at 2,000 points,

heavy rotation for the next two weeks,

major cable buy.

Lifetime, Ellen,

just buying the shit out of the mom demo.

- Some things are pretty darn expensive,

and it makes you Wonder Where all that money comes from.

The cost of incarcerating a cocaine dealer

in Kentucky for 15 months."

$28,313.

The cost of a brand-new pickup."

$34,201,

which was purchased two days after claiming

he had a diary for sale.

The cost of cocaine rehab for a month?

$14,000.

The cost of Wall Street banks trying to ruin the reputation

of a man who has served the commonwealth of Kentucky

his entire adult life."

priceless.

- Booyah, motherfucker!

- I owe you, man!

But you better get your ass out of Dodge.

- Hey, next time you think about running for office,

try France.

It's a better fit.

Well, merci beaucoup.

- Taxi will be here in five.

So you also have the- - Paul.

You son of a bitch.

I can't fucking believe it.

Here.

When you graduated law school, you know where I was, right?

- Sure. You were two years behind me.

- Right, in the same class with your favorite pal.

I got to tell you, I have taken a lot.

- I know you have. - I'm not sure you do.

My father was an artist who struggled his whole life

to support us,

and he told me if I worked hard, got good grades,

and got into Harvard, I could do whatever I wanted.

Guess what I did when I got there.

Fell for one Larry Lincoln Becker,

dragged me back to this godforsaken place.

- Godforsaken?

- If you grew up in Brooklyn, absolutely.

You know, I've been a good sport.

I've done my stand-by-your man thing

for a guy who will fuck anyone- anything in a skirt.

Honestly, it must be so confusing for him

when those Scottish bagpipers come here to play.

But it was all between me and him,

but now you go ahead and you drag this girl

through the mud,

a girl with her whole life ahead of her?

Is that what it's come to?

- Hey, she did the coke. - Big deal.

Half of America has done a line once in their lives.

- And she wasn't raped.

She was a completely willing participant.

- Hardly. - She knew what the score was.

- What the fuck, Paul?

Is it worth it?

- Let me tell you what I'm doing.

I am playing to win

so that your guy gets another four years

so that that asshole Perkins,

who is diametrically opposed

to every single issue that you care about:

foreclosures, minimum wage, clean air

and who doesn't so much as take a shit

without first having it stamped and approved

by Wall Street banks

and the mega-mining and health care industries,

doesn't get to sit where Larry sits.

- And doesn't it bother you, the way you get there?

It's just you and me here, Paul.

- Thought you'd never make it home.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Is that more Kentucky stuff? - No.

Penelope's petitions.

And they're not just petitions.

I mean, they are, but there's also notes on them.

- Oh, boy.

"Best doctor I ever had."

"Yes," followed by four exclamation points.

"I wish I could sign ten times,

"because you are going to be ten times better

than what we got."

- And ten times as likely to get slaughtered.

- Why not Penelope?

- You know why.

There's 101 reasons why she can't win.

- Yeah, I know.

And they're all really good ones,

but I just feel like, if she won,

this world would be a better place.

- Not so?

No?

Hmm.

- I didn't know you were in town.

- Can I talk to you for a minute?

- Yeah, sure.

Look, I know that you're still upset about Helena, but...

this is what happens.

- Paul, Helena tried to commit suicide.

She took a container full of pills,

but her mother found her.

It happened over the weekend.

They're keeping it quiet.

It's not in the media and won't be.

But her mother called to tell me,

and I thought you should know too.

- I had no idea it would...

I didn't think it would play like this.

- This is what happens.

- Professor St. John,

it's just Paul Turner calling again.

Um, I know it's a hard time for you and your family,

but if you could give me a call

at the number that I left earlier,

that-that would be great.

Thank you.

Hello, Helena. It's Paul Turner calling again.

Um, look, if you'd like me to stop calling you,

just text me, and I will.

Okay, thanks.

Please, I just need five minutes of your time.

Pl-five minutes, and I will go home.

I promise. Please.

I can't begin to tell you how sorry I am.

We never should have done it.

I never should have done it.

- But you did.

Why?

Why me?

- I don't know.

No, I do know.

What we do

is like a military guy in Virginia

piloting a drone over Afghanistan

and launching a missile.

It seems like a video game

and there aren't real people involved.

And you hit the fire button,

and you're thinking, "How'd we do?

Did We hit it?"

And sometimes we hit the target,

and other times

we destroy the building with a red cross

painted on the top.

- It's not right.

It's so not right.

For years, after a bad day at school,

I'd jump on that trampoline.

And I'd feel better,

feel like I was free,

floating in space.

But at some point, my mom would come out

and tell me that I couldn't stay here all night.

The last thing that I wanted was to come back to Earth.

- And this is a big dose of coming back down to Earth.

- Giant dose.

And my dad teaches power and politics.

I should've known.

- No. Nobody really understands power.

I think that's why we all abuse it so easily.

- I'm sorry, but that's just not good enough.

Actions have consequences.

And I think you do understand.

. He)'-

You know better than that.

- Oh, yes, I do.

- We have last month's foreclosure stats,

and we're cutting the spot now.

- Good. Where's the big guy?

- You got me.

- What's he doing, hiking the Appalachian Trail?

- Yeah, something like that.

- We're talking about the most electronically connected dude

on the planet.

Where the hell is he?

- I have no idea.

Hi, I'm so sorry for calling you so many times,

and I know you're really busy and I called you yesterday.

- It's fine, really.

- Um, you haven't heard from him yet, have you?

- I haven't, but if I do, I'll call you or text you.

Are you okay?

- Just a little worried.

- Okay, well, I'll let you know if I do.

Okay, We-

- I think you need a shot.

- That's my line.

- This is what you're up against:

internet tycoon

who, after two grueling months teaching,

is running as a public school teacher,

albeit a public school teacher willing to spend $45 million,

95% of which is his own money.

- Serious stuff.

- If you happen to get past him in the primary,

and that is a gigantic "if,"

this is who you will face:

Hammering Hank Harrison, beloved television star

and Tea Party hero,

who is running as the outsider in this race

in spite of having $65 million already in the bank

and off-the-charts name recognition.

- And what do we have?

- You.

I'm flattered.

But anything else?

- Us.

- Are you sure you're up for this'?

No more Appalachian Trail walkabouts?

- You know, I actually was on the Appalachian Trail in Maine.

- Well, welcome home.

- So Jimmy is gonna be following you around 24/7.

He's gonna be filming you.

We'll cut together some spots

about who you are, what you're about,

your commitment to service,

your dedication to this office, that kind of thing.

- And people are gonna want to see this?

- We can only hope.

- Thank you.

Thank you so much.

In the words of the great Hubert Humphrey,

"I am proud to be here today

to represent the people who don't always have a voice,"

our children,

our poor,

our elderly.

I am proud to be here on behalf of those

who work to make California work,

the people who build our houses,

teach our children, care for our sick,

put out the fires, protect our streets,

cook our food pick our fruit,

drive the trucks, and clean our offices.

I am here because we are all in this together

when it comes to standing tall and standing strong

to fight for the California dream.

- Field poll.

- Where are we?

- Still in the single digits.

6%

- Oy.

- Oh, there's still time.

- While they will protect Wall Street banks

and lower taxes

for corporations and millionaires,

we will fight for jobs.

- Can you do that again, but really emphasize,

"we will fight for jobs"?

- While they will protect Wall Street banks

and lower taxes

for corporations and millionaires,

we will fight for jobs.

And while they will complain about what is wrong in America,

we will focus on what is right in America.

Today, our party,

which has saved this nation from depression, from fascism,

from racism, from corruption,

is called upon to do it again,

this time to save the state from confusion and division,

from the threat of eventual fiscal disaster

and from those who lack the courage and vision

to understand that we are all in this together.

- A little higher.

Yeah, up.

Yup.

- Now how is it?

- Perfect.

- What do you think?

- I think it's gonna be a knife fight in a phone booth.

- Protein shakes.

- Are you sure you're gay?

- Nope.

- Then what the hell am I doing with Peaches?

- Peaches?

Peaches?

Is this a thing or a fling?

- We need her.

- We need her?

What if I told you I was screwing

some hair product reporter because we needed him?

What would you say?

- Is he local or national?

- You would not.

What?

- You got to get here now!

- No, we'll be there-

We'll be there in less than five.

We're in the Mission now We're on our way.

- You're gonna give them to me now, huh?

You're gonna give me my meds, huh?

'Cause I will out your fucking throat

little girl.

- Excuse me! Excuse me!

Hey, hey!

- You gonna give 'em to me now, little girl, huh?

- Put it down! Stop! Ah!

- You too, Penelope?

You gonna fucking dis me too?

Huh?

Fucking dis me too!

- Hey, Tommy.

Tommy, Marisol is one of the sweetest,

nicest people I have ever met.

She would never intentionally disrespect you.

And you know that, right?

- It's not true. - No, never.

We don't even have the pills you want, Tommy.

- Okay, Tommy.

Give me the knife, okay? Please.

- No, I need my meds.

- I know.

Give me the knife.

Give me the knife, Tommy. Please.

Give me the knife.

- No!

- Give me the knife.

- I can't.

- Please.

Give me the knife.

- I need my meds, Penelope!

My meds, Penelope.

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

- We should get you inside.

- Holy shit.

- I'm glad you're okay.

- I'm fine. - I'm glad.

- I'll be fine. - Thank you.

I'm, um, so sorry.

Really, really, sorry, you know?

- Don't be sorry.

No, we're just glad that ever},/one's okay

and that Jimmy called us.

- Yeah, I mean, you were amazing out there.

- Yeah. - Incredible.

- No, no.

You see, one of the biggest clich�s

about this neighborhood.

Normally it's not like this, really.

You're probably right.

If I can't even control my own little space,

how can I control an entire state?

Right?

- So this is what you've wrought:

Facebook likes, 1.2 million and counting.

Number of YouTube views of you taking the knife away

from the crazy person:

4,318,000.

- And counting.

And watch this.

- She's awesome. She's really inspiring.

- That lady is definitely Walking the walk.

- Okay, you cannot take that bandage off

until the election.

- It's been almost two weeks. I think it's time.

- No, no, no.

You've got to give me at least another month.

- I'll give you a week. - Sold.

- What the fuck? - What?

- Check it out.

- Helping the homeless

is nothing new for San Francisco.

We have along history of it in our city.

But what is new is a program

one of the volunteers here has started.

- Exhale.

Breathe in.

- Tawny Shearson is no ordinary volunteer.

She has started a special program

for San Francisco's homeless children.

- well, the idea is,

Why should only rich children

get all the amazing benefits of yoga?

These kids love it!

They can't get enough of it.

And honestly, I can't get enough teaching them.

- Tawny Shearson, a woman truly making a difference

for those who need it most.

Rick Sanchez, KXSF News,

at Saint Mary's Church in the Tenderloin.

- Okay, so when she's not blackmailing us,

she's running for saint?

- Those guys are good.

- Mandy Denton behind this?

- 100%.

And we violated the number one commandment in politics.

We had her down, and we did not put in the shiv.

All right, when you think of family,

what are the first things you think of?

- Love, protection, warmth.

- Security, fun.

- Caring, a bond, support.

- Strength as a unit, shelter.

- That's good. When we get back-

- Penelope Nelson runs this clinic,

the same Penelope Nelson

who claims she's qualified to be your governor.

What she doesn't tell you is,

28% of those who come here are not Americans

but illegal aliens.

And it's all funded by you.

You pay far too much in taxes already

so that Penelope

can spend your money on illegals?

You work hard. You play by the rules.

Why doesn't she?

Hank Harrison.

Let's make California great again.

- I'm Hank Harrison, and with your help,

We can take back our government.

- That's good.

- Now it's really incoming.

Tawny's lawyer.

- Erik the Red has scheduled a press conference

with Tawny tomorrow at 6:00.

He'll call it off if we deliver him $2 million

tomorrow at 4:00.

- Down $1 million. - It's still blackmail.

- And the answer is still- - No fucking way!

- Good, good. Okay.

Good. Okay. All right.

First, Tawny has a story,

but so does Peaches and her new BFF, Angela.

How is that going?

- All set. - Good.

And second, starting on the 5:00 news,

we're launching a saturation buy of the downed helicopter spot

with your war buddy.

Three, we are making your name and the word "family"

synonymous.

Think Stephen Green,

think family.

- Take all the things that family means,

and go from there,

like love, warmth, strength,

protection, support, caring.

- And with each one of those,

we do a photo and message of the day.

- Like what?

- Well, let's start with the last one

caring.

As in caring for your children's future.

We've worked something up

around your affordable college program,

which I love, incidentally.

- We'll send you to a school or something.

editorials.

Tawny's gonna cry to every reporter with a laptop

that you're a bad guy.

We get editorials saying that the last thing

anybody needs in this economy

is more lipstick and pig stories.

Everybody should be focusing on real issues

that affect real Americans.

- Okay, okay, how about this:

We suggest, gently, but serve it on a silver platter,

that Tawny is a complete distraction

from real issues.

And let them hark back to when Mark Twain

was a reporter here

and that he could see through all the smoke and nonsense,

like this smoke and nonsense.

- Mark Twain. They love Mark Twain.

I love quoting Mark Twain.

- Well, she actually uses zero fossil fuels

and thus has zero emissions.

She can go at highway speeds,

and what's more, she was built entirely

by the class you see here.

- Thank you all for coming.

This is Tawny Shearson. - Hello.

- She's gonna tell you quite a story

about a woman wronged by a United States senator.

- Senator, last month we went

to the California Solar Challenge.

- Mm-hmm.

- And of the five finalists,

we were the only public school there,

but we won.

And what we're showing here is that what it takes

to achieve in science isn't all about money.

It's about inventiveness and creativity and brain power,

all of which this class has in abundance.

- Well, this is amazing. This is truly amazing.

And I think I speak for myself,

but I also think I speak for every senator

when I say that we can learn a lot from Mr. Quinn's class.

It's truly amazing!

Give yourselves a round of applause.

- Thank you so much for coming.

- Senator!

- Senator! Senator Green, one question.

- Senator Green. Senator Green.

Are you aware of the press conference

Tawny Shearson just gave?

She's claiming you had an affair.

- I was just thinking about something

that Mark Twain once said,

which is, "When in doubt, tell the truth."

Well, here's the truth.

I have a bad back.

I injured it in the service in Afghanistan.

And I receive physical therapy for that injury,

including massages.

And during one of those massages,

I crossed the line.

And, uh, here's some more truth.

There is-there's no one to blame for this but me.

There is no excuse for what I did.

It was wrong. It was-

It was wrong to do to my family.

It was wrong to do to the people

that I set an example for.

It was just plain wrong, period.

Now, I could stand up here, and I could spin the facts,

and I could maybe fool some of you,

but I believe that the people of California deserve better.

I think that we are all tired of the spin.

So, I am just here to offer my sincere apology.

And it is my hope that the citizens of California

will forgive me for this mistake

and will choose to reelect me.

I promise I will be your senator,

and I will work tirelessly for the things

that matter most to you,

like classes taught by Matt Quinn here,

where our children are truly inventing the future.

And to that end, I am proposing

a oil company windfall profit tax

with the revenue providing the funds

for every student in America with a B-plus average and above

to go to college.

I'm prepared to do everything for you,

as a not-perfect but a truly dedicated man

who will always fight for you.

II'

- Mission in Afghanistan my helicopter was shot down.

Both of my legs and four ribs were broken.

The enemy came to finish us off,

but the young officer that I was transporting

single-handedly fought off an entire squad of Taliban

until reinforcements could arrive.

- Nice.

- Up, up, up!

Senator, you have jumped five points!

It is off the charts!

- Whoo!

- On the other hand,

Tawny is going to kick ass

if she ever decides to open a chain of massage parlors.

- Oh, sweet. Tell him to check his email.

Jimmy just sent us all a present.

- Check your email.

We got something coming your way.

- And then Tawny went up to the rollerblade guy

and took two knee pads, and she said,

"These guys, a ticket to Washington,

and this body and I'm golden, �

- How did that make you feel?

- Um...

- Now, that is room service.

- Oh, my God.

Penelope's video just got 5 million views on YouTube.

- You see, when you're doing God's work

and you're at the right place at the right time,

good things happen.

- Best 100 bucks you ever spent.

- What do you mean?

- What do you mean what do I mean?

- What are you talking about?

Does somebody want to tell me what's going on?

- It's okay - Oh, my God.

I just assumed that she told you.

Your girl here had me send the guy to the clinic.

- You did what?

- Okay, in her defense,

I gave the guy 100 bucks.

I told him to scream, wave the knife around a little.

In no way...

I did not think that he was gonna take a hostage.

I didn't think that was gonna happen.

- You gave a junkie a knife?

- Yeah, well, in retrospect...

- Meg Whitman spent

$175 million-plus running for governor.

We spent $100

and took Penelope's name recognition

from nonexistent to omnipresent.

Am I fired?

- You are a brilliant,

beautiful woman.

- Mm!

What happened to the guy?

- He's doing 90 days.

I'll give him another $500 when he gets out.

He'll send me flowers for such a nice payday.

Okay, I'll give him $1,000.

- As We've been reporting, Stephen Green

had an easy reelection tonight,

but the real story is right here,

in a gubernatorial race that's too tight to call

between upstart candidate Penelope Nelson

and Hollywood megastar Hank Harrison.

- We have really done something incredible.

No matter what happens tonight,

we have done something incredible.

- It was a very steep hill to climb indeed.

Ms. Nelson is going to need a huge turnout

in Los Angeles and the Bay Area

if she has any hope of eating into Mr. Harrison's margins.

Again, very discouraging news

for Ms. Nelson's campaign and her supporters.

Hank Harrison, one of the country's

most popular television and movie stars,

has been in the public eye for over three decades.

And with 76% of precincts reporting,

if he can maintain that lead, he'll be our next governor.

We have just learned that Santa Barbara,

San Joaquin, and Sacramento Counties,

all bellwether counties, have reported,

and all three have gone narrowly

for Hank Harrison.

This is a devastating blow to Ms. Nelson's campaign.

Sacramento must also be particularly disappointing

for her, as, traditionally...

- You okay? - Yeah, I'm okay.

- As goes Sacramento County, so goes California.

And We're still waiting for results

from Los Angeles County and the Bay Area to come-

Okay.

We just got Word.

Los Angeles County has reported,

and Penelope Nelson is over the top.

- Hey! Hey!

" My God!

- What an incredible victory for Penelope Nelson.

Penelope Nelson, who ran her campaign

on passion and promise but so very little money,

will be the next governor of California.

- Un-fucking-believable.

Un-fucking-believable!

Thank you! Thank you!

- Thank you, California!

Thank you!

- And at the governor's mansion earlier, this was the scene.

- What a feeling?

- Nice.

Hey!

- There she is.

- Oh!

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you.

And you.

Thanks.

- Wow!

- I think it's, "Wow, Governor."

- Absolutely!

Wow, Governor!

- I got a lot of work to do.

So do both of you.

- Well, I'm losing her.

I'm losing her to medical school.

This is her swan song.

- Actually, I'm gonna withdraw my apps.

- Really?

- Really.

- Well, I got to get reelected in four years,

and I can't get stabbed twice, you know.

- Oh, we'll think of something.

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Of the coming of the Lord

He's trampling out the vintage

Where the grapes of wrath are stored

He hath loosed the fateful lightning

Of his terrible, swift sword

His truth is marching on

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

His truth is marching on

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

His truth is marching on

I've read a fiery gospel

Written burnished rows of steel

"As ye deal with my contemners

So with you, my grace shall deal"

Let the hero born of woman

Crush the serpent with his heel

Since God is marching on

He has sounded forth the trumpet

That shall never call retreat

He is sifting out the hearts of men

Before his judgment seat

Be swift, my soul, to answer him

Be jubilant, my feet

His truth is marching on

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

His truth is marching on

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

His truth is marching on

In the beauty of the lilies

Christ was born across the sea

With a glory in his bosom

That transfigures you and me

As he died to make men holy

Let us die to make men free

While God is marching on

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

His truth is marching on

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

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