All language subtitles for West Wing S02E08 Shibboleth.DVDRip.HI.cc.en.WB

So, tell me what
the problem is, Toby?

Previously, on The West Wing:

I'm Sam, sir.

And I am the Deputy
Communications Director.

I'm Leo McGarry, White
House Chief of Staff.

Well, I'm personal
aide to the President.

I'm the Press Secretary.

It's an unavoidable
conflict of interest.

You're the Communications
Director, Toby.

I'm a speechwriter.

Matter of fact, I'm the
Deputy Chief of Staff.

Which I guess makes me
Deputy Deputy Chief of Staff.

C.J.: Ladies and gentlemen

the President of
the United States.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

( garbled police
radio dispatches)

Man: Yeah, I'm going to need
Romero and Rydell on a backup.

I'm going to need
them there in 20.

In about 20.

Why the priority?

It's 'cause we need a
support team out there, over.

Yes, sir.

Oh, take these right
over there, okay?

Commander Cale.

Yeah?

Joseph Russo, INS.

It's the container ship Horizon.

We're holding
them a half mile out.

They started from
the Fujian province.

How many?

Maybe a hundred.

Did you call the
State Department?

Yeah. We're going to need
translators who speak Mandarin.

We got 'em.

Are we talking about
expedited removal or...?

I'm sorry?

Are we talking about
expedited removal?

That's not up to me.

SAM: "Well over three
and a half centuries ago,

"strengthened by faith

"and bound by a
common desire for liberty,

"a small band of pilgrims sought
out a place in the New World

"where they could worship

"according to
their own beliefs...

and solve crimes."

Sam... It'd be good.

Read the thing.

By day, they churn
butter and worship

according to their own beliefs.

And by night they solve crimes.

Read the thing.
Pilgrim detectives.

Do you see me laughing?

I think you're
laughing on the inside.

Okay. With the big hats.

Give me the speech.

Have either of you heard of...

I don't know, the something...

the Jamestown
Mayflower Daughters

of the American Revolution
Preservation Society?

The Jamestown
Mayflower Daughters?

I may have gotten
the name wrong.

They're inviting the White House

to participate in some
kind of, I don't know,

Thanksgiving Revolutionary
War re-enactment.

C.J., let's not torture
American history

completely to death.

Who the hell...

Jamestown was the 16th century.

The Mayflower landed at
Plymouth in the 17th century.

The fathers of the Daughters

of the American
Revolution fought in...

the 18th century!

It's a festival

feast of some kind.

Who cares?

Somebody needs to learn

the true meaning
of Thanksgiving.

Reenactments and...

proclamations

and Native American corn husk
hanging contests with Native...

Corn husk hanging?

Whatever. I'm the Thanksgiving

cruise director around here.

It wasn't like this last year?

I wasn't here last year.

Where were you last year?

They sent me home last year.

You don't remember me
having a 101.7 degree fever

and flu-like symptoms? No.

That's 'cause every time
we come up on a holiday

you guys check out like
seniors who are done with finals.

We're writing an important

Thanksgiving proclamation.

And possibly a new
action-adventure series.

Nobody here has checked out.

Hey, I was just flipping
a nickel in my office...

16 times in a row,
it came up tails.

I'm going home.

Have a good night.

Yeah, yeah.

16 times in a row.

Yeah.

Excuse me, fellas...

It's okay, you can come in here.

( gobbling)

This is Morton Horn.

He's from Jasper
Farms in Virginia.

Tell them what you're
doing here, Morton.

I'm dropping off the turkeys.

He's dropping off the turkeys.

What are, uh...

Nobody left me instructions.

He had a pass for
the northwest entrance.

I'm dropping off
the turkeys. Yeah.

Where should I put them?

C.J.'s office. C.J.

I'd definitely put them in
C.J.'s office. Good idea.

C.J. Cregg's office.
It's right there.

Well, C.J.'s
office is right here.

C.J. handles all the...
birds. Donna will show you.

C.J., yeah.

Okay.

And, Morton...

Ms. Cregg is gone for the night,

and her office is secure,
so you should feel free

to let the turkeys
out of the cage

and allow them to,
you know, roam freely

as they were meant
to do. Absolutely.

Okay.

Okay.

Show her who's slacking off.

Pizza?

Yeah.

Josh. They need
you on the phone.

What's going on?

A Commander Cale
of the Coast Guard

is talking to the
Watch Commander

in the Situation Room

and they want you to
sit in on the call. Why?

I don't know. Something
about a boat from China.

Josh Lyman.

Captioning sponsored
by WARNER BROS.

Josh: It's an 800-foot
container ship

called the Horizon.

83 Chinese were stowed
away in containers in the hold.

I heard 96.

13 of them died on the way.

What happened
to the dead bodies?

They came over
with the 83 live ones.

INS has them in a temporary
detention facility by the water.

Brief C.J.

You doing anything
for Thanksgiving?

The First Family.
What about you?

Toby, Sam and I are
going to watch football.

Brief C.J. on the Chinese.

Yeah, Leo, do me
a favor, would you?

Don't tell the President
we're just watching football.

He'll want to
invite us for dinner.

Well, yes, I'm sure
upon hearing the news

you're free, the President
of the United States

will insist that you
join him for dinner.

I'm just saying, we've
been working hard

and we'd prefer
to watch football

rather than listen

to a history of
the yam in Latin.

Brief C.J.

Yeah.

Josh: Hey.

Hello.

Listen... What?

About a hundred
Chinese stowed away

in the cargo hold
of a container ship.

INS has them in a
temporary interment camp

in San Diego.

I'll need more than that.

I don't have more than that.

But I will in a few minutes,

so stay out of the press
room until you talk to me.

What about the
recess appointments?

Toby wants to talk to the
President about adding a name.

Who? Josephine McGarry.

Really? Yeah.

Is this as a favor to Leo?

This is Toby sniffing around

for a fight on school prayer.

He'll get one. Yeah.

Well, I'm going to
see what's next for me

in this week of unendurable
Thanksgiving nonsense.

Okay.

Hey, C.J.

Hey, Carol.

( gobbling)

Oh, yeah.

The turkeys came.

Wait, wait, wait,
wait, I'm coming!

I didn't think you
were here yet.

I am.

The turkeys came.

So Carol said.

Excuse me.

Josh, Toby and Sam said
they should go in your office.

Yes.

These are the turkeys.

Turkeys for what?

You weren't here last year.

When? Oh, for Thanksgiving.

You were sick.

Yes. Every year on Thanksgiving

the President pardons a turkey.

He pardons a turkey.

Yeah, it's your event, so...

Why are there two?

I'm sorry?

Why are there two turkeys?

Customarily, the Press
Secretary decides...

No.

Which of the two finalists
is more photogenic.

Their names are...

I don't want to
know their names.

This one's Eric
and this one's Troy.

Eric and Troy?

Yeah.

And I'm to choose the
more photogenic of the two

to receive a
Presidential pardon?

Yeah.

Okay, I have a Master's degree

from the University of
California at Berkeley.

That's a good school.

Yeah.

They eat grain, or really
whatever's lying around.

And...

Troy doesn't like to be touched.

Okay, I'd like to be alone now.

I understand.

( gobbling)

Hey. Hey, Sam.

What's going on?

I'm shopping for a new
carving knife for the President.

This President takes
carving knives very seriously.

Yes, I've discovered.

Would you mind telling him
I'm going to need a few minutes

to talk about the
Chinese in San Diego.

Something's going on.

What? I'm just
getting it in now.

How'd it go?

I think I've got it this time.

Well, I wouldn't get
your hopes up, dear.

No, this is a very good knife.

He's very particular.

That's one word for it.

I heard that.

Mr. President.

Ah...

I think you'll find these to
your liking, Mr. President.

Yes, yes, indeed I do.

Excellent.

The Chef's Choice.

Twice the amount of carbon,

which means it'll
hold a sharp edge

up to ten times longer.

And you can see the handle,

which is texturized
molded polymer,

has no rivets or air pockets.

Well, I'm glad you're
happy, Mr. President.

This is an American knife.

Yes. No German knives for us.

No, sir. Good job.

Thank you, sir. Hold on.

Sir?

Nah... Nah.

No, the balance isn't right.

I'll take it back, sir.

Yeah, you know what we need?

A German knife?

Yeah. I'll get on it.

And, Mr. President,

Sam asked me to
give you a heads up.

He'll need a few minutes
to talk about San Diego.

You tell him they
already briefed me.

He said there might
be something else.

Sir? Okay. Thank
you, Mr. President.

The Germans know how

to make a knife, Charlie.

Yes, sir.

Josephine McGarry?

She's been put on a lot of short
lists, why not pull the trigger?

She's a pretty
controversial woman.

That's not a flaw.

It is when it's a
recess appointment.

Recess appointment

assumes the Senate's

going to have no
problem with the nominee.

The Senate is going to
have a considerable problem

with this nominee.

That's the Senate's
problem. Toby...

Mr. President, you want to
have a debate on school prayer.

Yes, I do. This will start it.

I've got to say,
look, I'm just...

Toby, I'm not wild
about the woman.

I've known her for 25 years

and I think she's All About Eve.

Well, I wouldn't
cast her in a play,

but at the Department
of Education...

( door opens) Good morning.

You want to have a
debate on school prayer?

Yeah. This will start it.

What are we talking about?

Recess appointments.

I've got the final list

right here.

Hey, Leo...

"James Elkins,

"Assistant Secretary

"of Transportation for Aviation;

"Leslie Cryer,
Assistant Secretary

"of Commerce for
Economic Development;

Umberto Sepio, Deputy
Administrator for the EPA."

Leo, we're adding a name.

Who? Josey.

No, no.

Assistant Secretary for Primary

and Secondary Education.

Did my sister...

We want the debate.
Did my sister call you

and ask you for this?

She did not call me.

I'm amazed.

She called me.

I'm less amazed.

Take her name off the list.

It's not patronage
if she's qualified.

Sir... Which she is.

A Ph.D. in Education,
six years as a principal

four years as superintendent

and a significant Democrat.

They'll bring up school prayer.

No kidding.

Mr. President, please,

don't hop on the
back of Toby's horse.

It'll take you to a fight
we're not geared up for.

We are geared up for it,

and if we're not,
we should get out.

Sure, you first.

I'll take the meetings.

You're damn right.

You'll take the meetings
and you'll start with aides

to the Republican leadership

and you'll gauge exactly

the volume of dumbness
with no reward we can expect.

Excuse me, Mr. President.

Take the meetings.

I'm very happy to. Yeah?

Mr. President, there's a wrinkle
in the situation in San Diego.

What is it?

You're not going to believe it.

What? They're claiming they're

Christian evangelicals
fleeing persecution.

You're kidding me.

They're seeking

religious asylum.

You're kidding me.

No.

The Christian community's
going to scream

that they've got to stay.

China's going to
say send them back.

INS is going to say
the law's the law.

This is a whole new thing.

Yeah.

C.J.: Well, the INS conducts

something called a
"credible fear" interview.

This is not a hearing on
whether or not to grant asylum

just a hearing to determine

if the detainee
has a credible fear

that they'll be harmed

if returned to their
country. Steve.

C.J., will the White House
be meeting with leaders

of the Christian community
to hear their input?

Yes, we will. In
the following days

we'll be meeting with
the Reverend Al Caldwell,

members of Beijing's
Embassy and INS agents.

The President has asked
Josh Lyman and Sam Seaborn

to run these meetings,

so it's entirely possible
that by week's end

we'll have alienated Christians,
China and our own government.

( reporters clamoring) That's
all I have on the refugees.

I was going to release the
list of recess appointments,

but I'm going to wait a day.

I can tell you the
list has been sent

to the appropriate
committee chairs,

and I imagine one of them

will leak it to you
sometime this afternoon.

I'll also remind you that
it's Thanksgiving week,

which means the traditional
Presidential pardon, you know...

of the chosen turkey.

That will be
Wednesday afternoon.

Thursday morning

the President will make his
Thanksgiving proclamation

in the Rose Garden.

Among the guests will be

members of the Boys
and Girls Clubs of America

and members of Big Brothers
and Big Sisters of America.

Will you be leading
them in song?

I'm sorry?

The Press Secretary
usually leads the kids in song.

Yes, of course I will
be leading them in song

for I am the Press Secretary.

Thank you.

Reporter: C.J.,
happy Thanksgiving.

I got to learn some songs.

Don't bring it up
at the meeting.

Josh...

Don't bring it up
at the meeting.

The guy threatened to blow up
the theater in the name of God.

Yes.

A theater with people in it.

Yes.

But sending illegal
Chinese immigrants

back to China is objectionable.

Don't bring it up
at the meeting.

It might slip out.

Shove it back in. Okay.

Morning, Reverend Caldwell.

Oh, morning, Josh, Sam.

La Salle: Good
morning. Reverend.

Josh: Good morning,
everybody. Welcome.

Morning, Mary.

Josh, the White House will face

considerable embarrassment

if the President
continues to maintain

his stranglehold on indifference

when it comes to
persecuted Christians

around the world.

Okay, we're done
with "good morning."

These are people from a country

that oppresses Christians.

The President has to
grant their asylum request.

The President doesn't
grant asylum requests.

The INS judge does.

The INS judge is going to do

what the President
urges him to do,

and if the President
doesn't urge the INS judge

to grant the asylum,
he's going to wish he had.

Mary, I swear to
God, you're not going

to get anywhere in this
building by threatening me.

Do we know that they
were persecuted in China?

Excuse me?

Do we know they were persecuted?

They're Christians.

I believe that
they're Christians.

I'm asking if they
were persecuted.

Yes.

How do you know? They stuffed

themselves in 20 by 20-foot
container compartments

for a month and a half.

Why else would they be here?

The leaders of the
Fangcheg Church

were thrown into labor camps.

Last August, three Taiwanese-born
American evangelicals

were arrested in
Henan province...

For... I'm quoting now...

"activities incompatible

with tourist status under
which they entered China."

In other words, for
spreading the Gospel

100 of their followers
were detained

and one woman was
beaten by the police.

Chinese Catholics are being
arrested by the wagon load

for recognizing the
Vatican's authority.

Caldwell: An 82-year-old
bishop was released

after 30 years in prison,
then arrested again.

An 84-year-old bishop was
tortured until he passed out.

He's now in a coma.

China harasses Christians, Josh.

The State Department says so.

Amnesty International says so.

I say so.

It is fact.

Marsh: And the
scores of millions

of American Christians

and Christians around the world

will not stand blithely by

while religious
freedom is threatened.

Sure, you will.

Sam...

No, they will stand blithely by

while religious
freedom is threatened.

They're just not
doing it this time.

Okay.

Is this about the play?

A guy writes a play

called Apostles

in which Jesus Christ is
gay, and you protest... fine...

But when a guy threatens
to blow up the theater

you guys are nowhere
to be heard from.

That play was disgusting.

So you're committed
to religious freedom

for all people unless you
don't like what they have to say.

That's not what I'm... Don't look
now, but I think the playwright's

headed to China.

Josh?

Yeah.

Sorry about that.

No, Sam's right, and
it's a point well taken.

I just don't want
to get bogged down

in a Mary Marsh mud-fight.

Yes, sir.

This is too important.

Yes, it is.

And I want you to know, I
want the President to know:

My church will pay out the
bond for each of the refugees.

Well, we might be talking
about more money...

I know how much
we're talking about.

My church'll pay it.

If they won't, I will.

Okay, thank you, Reverend.

I'll pass that along.

Thank you.

Good morning, Toby.

Good morning, Reverend.

You look determined.

I am, sir.

Good boy.

( door opens)

Aide: Before we
get to anything else

I want to object to
the totally crappy way

we were informed about this.

You knew you were getting faxed
the list of recess appointments.

Toby, what makes you
think you can just...?

Article II, Section 2:
"The President shall have

"the power to fill all
vacancies that may happen

"during the recess of the
Senate by granting commissions

which shall expire at the
end of their next session."

You can't just
slip her in, Toby.

Slip who in?

Don't be cute.

I can't help it.

McGarry's sister.
It's Mr. McGarry

and her name is
Dr. Josephine McGarry.

She has a Ph.D. in
Education from Cornell.

She's published many scholarly
essays on public education.

She was superintendent of
the Atlanta School District,

servicing 58,000 students

with some of the highest
standardized test scores

in the country.

What in particular troubles

the senators you work
for about her resume?

I think you know.

I do, but I'd like
you to say it.

She's anti-religion, Toby.

Is she?

Yes, she is.

Hmm... She's on the Board
of Visitors at her church.

She teaches Sunday mornings

at the Immaculate
Heart of Mary school.

You know what we're
talking about, Toby.

She's against prayer.

She's against prayer?

School prayer.

Ah.

As she's published many
times in her scholarly essays.

You want to know
who else is against it?

The 11th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals.

Organized prayer in
public schools is prohibited

and your problem with her

is that, while superintendent,
she enforced the law.

A law that 70% say is wrong.

70% of the people say...

Laws don't work
like that, Wayne.

We don't ask for
a show of hands.

You understand that
the Senate Republicans...

No, I don't.

Can you explain it to me slowly

using small words
and visual aids?

Toby...

The Senate Republicans

will hold up the confirmations
of other nominees.

This is an abuse of
the recess appointment.

It's there for convenience.

It's not there to circumvent

the Senate's Constitutional
right to confirm nominees.

Neither is the filibuster.

I'll put down my gun
when you put down yours.

The fact is, if you don't think

she'd be confirmed,
then it's outrageous that...

No, what is outrageous is that
this would never come to vote

if we did it in session.

There's no way the Senate
could not confirm her.

She's too qualified.

This would never come to a vote!

So... hold up all the
appointments you want,

shut down the government,

'cause a teacher
did as she was told.

You'll have given
us a second term

and we won't even
have to leave the building.

But not because I'm
right and you're wrong...

Though I am and you are...

But just because I am
better at this than you.

Not this time.

I'm sorry?

You're not better this time.

This... is a picture of her.

Doing what?

Enforcing the law.

( Toby sighs)

It was a home game.

There was an organized prayer

and she's breaking it up.

Yes, she is.

It's not good, but
it's not, you know...

These are high school students.

Two of them are on
their knees praying

while being handcuffed,

with my sister
standing next to the cop

whose hand is on his nightstick.

He's resting it
on his nightstick.

I'm sure that explanation
will be in the caption.

Leo...

One of the students is wearing

his marching band uniform.

One of the students is black.

Listen... And you
say, "It's not good"?

Yeah, look... That's a
penetrating diagnosis

from the White House
Communications Director.

It's not like we weren't
aware of the incident.

We didn't know there was art.

It's a local paper.

It's not local anymore!

Well, I can save it.

Does she know she
was submitted? Yes.

How? I called her.

Toby...! I can save this.

Margaret!

Leo...

Oh, a football game,
high school marching band

on their knees.

The only thing breaking
up Normal Rockwell

are the cops, the
handcuffs, the nightstick

and my sister. Yeah?

Get Josephine on the phone.

Yeah.

I begged you to go
slow with this nomination.

The post needed to...

The post did not
desperately need

to be filled.

Neither the economy
nor national security

nor infrastructure will collapse

without an Assistant Secretary

of Primary and
Secondary Education.

It brings the problem
front and center.

Great.

And what prize
do we get for that?

Leo... What prize do we get

for bringing it
front and center?

Leo?

What?

Your sister.

I'll be in my office.

It brings your problem
front and center,

Toby.

Leave the newspaper.

Hey, Jo.

C.J.: Donna? Hey, C.J.

Can I borrow you
for just a minute?

Josh: Hey, C.J.

You know, I'd love to stand
around and talk with you, Josh,

but I have a turkey
pardoning in five minutes.

I thought that was tomorrow.

No. Tomorrow's the singing.

You're singing?

I'm leading the
children in song.

Excellent! Yes. I need Donna

for a moment.

You need help with the song?

I don't need help
with the song. Donna?

The INS guys will be
here in a minute. Yep.

What do you need? I
need help with the song.

Isn't it the usual song?
There's a usual song?

"We Gather Together."
That's the song.

That's the usual
song. So you know it?

Everybody knows
it. I don't know it.

Didn't you go to
elementary school?

Yes. Right before being
a National Merit scholar.

The madrigals
will know the song.

The madrigals? A couple
of guys wearing costumes

and playing the
lute. It's no problem.

Y-you're not the one
conducting a musical on CNN.

You want me to
teach you the song?

Yes.

Now? Not now.

Right now I have,
you know, actual...

serious work to do.

Okay. Show time, guys.

I've observed you under
a number of conditions

and this is the final.

I can't have you wigging
out in the President's face...

"I just don't like the photo."

So...

You both did fine.

( turkey gobbling)

Troy, I want you to know
it was neck and neck,

but I'm giving it to Eric.

You were in it right
to the end, but it's

the flapping thing
you got going on.

I'll tell you what's of
some concern to me...

That I've been talking
out loud this whole time.

That's very unsettling.

Okay, Eric, here we go.

( gobbling)

Come on, Eric, let's go.

The guy said to support
him under his hindquarters.

Well, I don't know where
his hindquarters are

and I'm not going to look
that hard. Come on, Eric.

Come on, down.
( snapping fingers)

( whistling): Troy?

Passage usually costs
anywhere from $20 to $40,000.

$40,000 buys them a
spot in the container?

Yeah.

How do these
people have $40,000?

They don't.

That's the problem.

They have to pay
off the smugglers

when they get here

so they become
indentured servants.

Sweat shops?
Drugs, prostitution.

You should know

that Al Caldwell and
the Christian League

have offered to pay
their bond. Al Caldwell

and the Christian League
should know it's not uncommon

for them to be coached.

On religious persecution?

It's a good alibi.

Listen, it's not for me to say

but you got to be serious
about illegal immigration

and you got to do these
things within existing laws.

Thanks for coming by.

Good seeing you.

Take it easy.

You, too.

A lot of them
left their families.

Two months on the
water in a container.

Dead bodies in there.

They had to want it.

( sighs)

( knocking)

Mr. President?

Yeah?

We're all set.

What am I doing?

Pardoning a turkey.

Okay.

Mr. President?

Excellent.

I think you'll like this.

The Messermeister.

Meridian 3000 series.

One-piece forged blade,
riveted pom handles.

Terrific.

I don't like the handles.

Okay. Mr. President?

How's it going?

Sir, we've taken a
couple dozen meetings

in the last two days.

You met with Chinese
embassy officials?

Last night. They say...

Christians aren't
persecuted in China.

Since they're not oppressed

they don't qualify
for refugee status...

under U.S. or U.N.
conditions, yeah.

They also make the point
that they broke Chinese law

when they left
the country illegally

and should be sent back

to their country of origin.

It's a fair point.

The INS agents also feel

it's not uncommon
in this situation

for refugees to...

How do I put it...

Feign faith.

Yeah. They'll be coached.

So how do you tell
the difference...?

You guys know
what a shibboleth is?

It's a catchphrase, isn't it?

A cliche.

Comes from the Bible:

"Then said now unto him

"'Say now shibboleth!'

"And he said, 'Sibboleth'

for he could not frame
to pronounce it right."

It was a password...
A way the army used

to distinguish true
Israelites from impostors

sent across the river
Jordan by the enemy. Sir...

I'm having one of the
Chinese refugees flown here.

I'll meet with him tonight.

Mr. President, I
can't, you know...

indefinitely with the turkey.

Yeah. Excuse me. Mr. President,

what are you going to
ask the Chinese refugee?

I'm going to ask
him to say shibboleth.

Leo?

She's here?

Yeah.

Okay.

I understand they've
already started

beating the drums over the me.

Yeah.

I don't think I need to tell you

that I'm not going
to shrink from a fight.

No, you don't.

In fact, you look for them.

Just like my brother.

I don't look for fights, Josey.

There are enough
that look for me.

Leo...! And I am
trying to stage manage

an undisciplined White House

through what I would
say was a difficult time,

except I haven't
experienced an easy one yet.

This is going to
be a big victory

for us, Leo.

I will have support lined
up from the AFT, the NEA.

I will have...

Josey, I want you to withdraw
your name from consideration.

Why?

You feel you can do more
as superintendent in Atlanta.

No, I mean, wh...?

'Cause the President won't,

and even if he
would, it'd look bad.

No, I'm asking
you why you've...?

They've got a newspaper picture.

Of what?

You know of what.

There were a lot
of pictures, Leo.

This one is special.

This one is game's over.

The handcuffs.

Yeah.

And you wouldn't even consider

sticking by me?

A few years ago

on a campaign swing
through the South

I met a stringer photographer
named Odabee Jones.

It was an unusual name

and so I've remembered it.

He told me he had you to thank

for starting his career
in photojournalism,

'cause you'd give him a heads up

when there was going to be

something worth shooting.

Leo, what in God's name...?

Look at the photo
credit on the picture.

You called the photographer.

You wanted a
picture taken of that.

Those kids are commendable.

In this day and age,
those kids are phenomenal.

Now we have laws,
and they are difficult

and they have to be enforced

and it's right that
they're enforced.

But we do not strut... ever.

Is there something
you need me to sign?

Anything else?

Kiss your kids hello for me.

She'll get over it.

She hasn't gotten over
my making her return

the stolen Milk Duds.

( clears throat)

You were right.

I know.

Josey was the wrong
face to put on this.

Yes.

But I'll tell you why it
should be front and center.

It's not the First Amendment.

It's not religious freedom.

It's not Church and State.

It's not... abstract.

What is it?

It's the fourth-grader who
gets his ass kicked at recess

'cause he sat out the
voluntary prayer in homeroom.

It's another way of making
kids different from other kids...

and they're required
by law to be there.

That's why you want
it front and center.

Fourth grader.

That's the prize.

What'd they do to you?

Leo?

Yeah.

You're right about that part.

That part needs to
be talked about more.

It does.

Okay.

What are you doing
for dinner tomorrow?

'Cause Josh and Sam and I

are watching the game.

I'm with the First Family.

Okay. Hey, Leo, do me a favor.

Don't tell the President...

Oh, the President could
honestly give a damn

what you guys are
doing tomorrow, Toby.

Yeah.

That's...

( clears throat)

Mrs. Landingham:
Ah, Mr. President.

President: Is he here?

Yes, sir.

Good.

Did we get an interpreter?

He speaks English.

He's a chemistry professor.

Yeah?

There was a while there I
wanted to be a chemistry professor.

What happened?

I never actually
studied chemistry.

A lot of these college
chemistry departments

are really demanding
that way. Yeah.

Mr. President.

Jhin Wei?

Yes, sir.

I'm Jed Bartlet,
this is Leo McGarry.

How do you do?

Thank you for coming

all this way.

Yes, sir.

Fellas...

would you mind waiting outside?

Certainly, sir.

Would you care to sit down?

It's perfectly all right.

There are some sandwiches here.

If you get hungry,
you should feel free

to eat as much as you please.

Yes, sir.

There are questions

as to the veracity of
your claim to asylum.

Yes, sir.

How did you become a Christian?

I began attending a house church

with my wife in Fujian.

Eventually, I was baptized.

How do you practice?

We share Bibles...
We don't have enough.

We sing hymns.

We hear sermons. We
recite the Lord's Prayer.

We are charitable.

Who's the head of your church?

The head of our parish
is an 84-year-old man

named Wen Ling.

He's been beaten and
imprisoned many times.

The head of our
church is Jesus Christ.

Can you name any
of Jesus' apostles?

If you can't, that's okay.

I usually can't remember
the names of my kids,

or for that matter...

Peter, Andrew, John,
Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas,

Matthew, Thaddeus,
Simon, Judas and James.

Mr. President, Christianity
is not demonstrated

through a recitation of facts.

You're seeking
evidence of faith,

a wholehearted
acceptance of God's promise

of a better world.

"For we hold that man

is justified by faith alone"

is what Saint Paul said.

"Justified by faith alone."

Faith is the true...

uh... I'm trying to...

shibboleth.

Faith is the true shibboleth.

Yes, it is.

And you, sir, just
said the magic word

in more ways than one.

Thank you.

It was a pleasure to meet you.

Thank you, Mr. President.

We're trying to sell
more 747s to China,

already a big customer.

We want China to crack down

on violators of
American copyrights.

We're trying to get China

to negotiate a
settlement with Tibet...

Right.

Right.

We don't have to grant asylum.

If you're suggesting
what I think you are,

you should know
it's happened before.

Where are they?

An INS detention
facility in Otay Mesa.

They're being guarded by
INS agents, aided by members

of the 22nd Division of the
California National Guard.

Not the Coast Guard?

No.

Before... when it
happened before...

how did it work?

Well, you don't
want to piss off China

and you don't want
to send them back,

so you got to ask yourself

how secure is the
INS detention facility?

Mrs. Landingham?

Yes, sir.

I need to talk to the
Governor of California.

Carol. Yeah.

We're starting in five minutes.

You can move the
press to the Rose Garden.

Yeah.

Hey, Toscanini. I'm busy.

You learning the song?

I know the song. You
don't know the song.

"We gather together to
ask the Lord's blessing.

He chastens and hastens
his will to make known."

Know what it means?

I don't have to
know what it means.

Listen, I don't know what
you're doing for dinner tonight

but Josh and Sam and I...

It's about damn
time you asked me.

I have been sitting
here for two weeks

turning down all kinds

of very, frankly,
glamorous invitations

from people I like
a lot more than you.

You can't ask a girl
at the last minute...

Well, if you can't
come, that's okay.

No, I can come, I
can come. Good.

Should I bring anything?

Yeah, do you know how
to, you know, cook food?

We're in the Rose
Garden in five minutes.

C.J., this is Morton Horn.

He's from Jasper Farms.

He's here to take one
of the turkeys back.

What do you mean?

Well, I got to take one
of the turkeys back.

No, no, these turkeys are going

to a petting zoo in Delaware.

Well, one of them is.

Yeah, but I'm going
to send both of them.

C.J., Jasper Farms
donated one turkey

and then the other one...

Right, but I'm going
to take them both.

No, I got to take a turkey back.

I'm going to buy him from you.

What's he, 30 bucks?

These turkeys are $275.

For a turkey!?

They're specially raised.

At the Waldorf?

Ma'am, I... I'll pay it.

It's already been sold.

Give them a different turkey.

Well, all the turkeys
have been sold.

C.J., I think...

Ma'am, it was my understanding

that one of these turkeys
was to be pardoned,

the other one sent
back to Jasper Farms.

Yes, and I chose Eric

'cause Troy doesn't
like to be touched,

which, surely, we're not
going to execute him for.

Ma'am, I have a job and I...

Come with me, please.

Ma'am!

Grab the turkey
and come with me.

All right.

Mrs. Landingham,
can I look at a copy

of the Thanksgiving
proclamation?

Sir, why don't you
use the intercom?

'Cause...

'Cause you don't

know how to use the intercom.

I was standing at the door.

Maybe after this ceremony

you can get one
of the fourth graders

to come in and show you

how to use the intercom.

Can I look at a copy...

Sam is bringing it.

Mr. President.

What you got, Charles?

A winner, Mr. President.

The 1985 Komin Yomada.

Made in Japan from the
best materials available.

Lighter weight blade.

Which facilitates cutting
and reduces user fatigue.

I once test-drove the
Komin Yomada. And?

Not wild about it...
How about this?

Okay, Mr. President,

I say this with all
possible respect,

but each of these knives

cuts, you know, meat.

Why is it important...

'Cause it's something
we pass on.

It's something with a
history, so we can say

"My father gave this to me

"and his father gave it to him

and now I'm giving it to you."

Well, okay, sir,
but if that's true

then why don't you
already have one?

I do have one.

Why do you need a new one?

I'm giving mine away.

To who?

Whom.

To whom?

Funny you should ask.

Charlie, my father
gave this to me

and his father gave it to him,

and now I'm giving it to you.

Take a look.

The fully tapered
bolster allows for

sharpening the entire
edge of the blade.

It says "P.R."

I thought I knew them all,

but I don't recognize
the manufacturer.

Yeah, these were
made for my family

by a Boston silversmith
named Paul Revere.

( knocking on door)

Mr. President.

I'm proud of you, Charlie.

Thank you, sir.

Five minutes in the Rose Garden.

Yeah.

( clears throat)

Mr. President?

Yeah.

Hi.

Hi.

I'm sorry to ask
you this, sir, but...

Not too late to stop yourself.

I need you to pardon a turkey.

I already pardoned the turkey.

I need you to
pardon another one.

Didn't I do it right?

You did it great, but I need you

to come out here and
pardon another one.

Aren't I going to
get a reputation

for being soft on turkeys?

Sir, can you come out here

and just get this over with?

No, I'm not going to...

What the hell's going on?

They sent me two turkeys.

The more photo
friendly of the two

gets a Presidential pardon

and a full life at
a children's zoo.

The runner-up gets eaten.

If the Oscars were
like that, I'd watch.

Mr. President...

Just buy the second turkey.

They already sold it.

Then there's not much I can do.

You can pardon the turkey.

The turkey hasn't
committed a crime.

Sir...

C.J., I have really no judicial

jurisdiction over birds.

Yes, I know that
and you know that,

but Morton Horn
doesn't know that.

He's the high school kid

from the... turkey place.

He's in high school and he doesn't
know I can't pardon his turkey?

That's what I'm betting.

C.J., if we don't, and
I mean completely

overhaul public education

in this country...

Yes, sir, but maybe
this is not the best time...

Where the hell is he?

Right out here.

Morton, this is
President Bartlet.

Hey, Morton.

Wow.

Well said.

Is that the turkey?

Yes. You're pardoned.

Sir? What do you want?

Well, you know.

By the power vested in me

by the Constitution
of the United States,

I hereby pardon you.

Okay.

No, it's not okay.

Sir...

Morton, I can't pardon a turkey.

If you think I can
pardon a turkey,

then you have got to
go back to your school

and insist that you
be better prepared

to go out in the world.

You can't pardon a turkey?

No.

I tell you what I can do.

I'm drafting this turkey

into military service.

In the meantime,

somebody will be
drafting a check,

which will have
my signature on it,

so the folks can buy
themselves a Butterball.

Okay.

C.J.: Donna, would you have

Morton take Troy back

to his pen and
remember to support

his hind quarters.

What's wrong with him?

The turkey's hindquarters.

I'm still waiting for the thing.

Right here.

Let's go in.

Sir?

Give me two minutes.

I'm going to step out there

and begin the singing
and lute playing.

PRESIDENT: Whatever.

I'm assuming you've heard.

By the way, the
Latin word for "yam"

is "dioscorea."

You've heard.

About the Chinese refugees?

They escaped.

I know. Can you believe it?

No, as a matter of
fact, neither of us

can believe it, sir.

That detention center
was being guarded

by the 22nd Division of the
California National Guard.

Now, what does it say
about our reserve army?

That 83 men, women and children,
who haven't eaten in two months.

Staged a prison break?

Let me read this.

"Well over three-and-
a-half centuries ago,

"strengthened by faith

"and bound by a
common desire for liberty,

"a small band of pilgrims

"sought out a place
in the New World

"where they could worship
according to their own beliefs.

"Now, therefore,
I, Josiah Bartlet,

"President of the United States,

"by virtue of the authority
and laws vested in me

do hereby proclaim this to be a
National Day of Thanksgiving."

I'll see you out there, sir.

You asked the Governor to
stand down the 22nd Division.

And call in the Red Cross.

We didn't do anything illegal.

You're not involved in any
massive criminal conspiracy.

There's no way I
was letting them go

and we needed to
help China save face,

so now they can
tell their people

that the mighty American
military was overpowered by...

Yeah.

( children singing
"We Gather Together")

So, the guy passed
the test, huh?

You think I would
have sent him back

if he'd failed catechism?

Let me tell you something.

We can be the world's policeman,

we can be the world's bank,

the world's factory,
the world's farm.

What does it mean
if we're not also...

They made it to the
New World, Josh.

You know what I get to do now?

I get to proclaim a National
Day of Thanksgiving.

MAN ( in background): Ladies
and gentlemen, boys and girls,

the President of
the United States.

This is a great job.

( applause)

♪ ...He chastens and hastens
His will to make known ♪

♪ The wicked oppressing
now cease from distressing ♪

♪ Sing praises to his name ♪

♪ He forgets not his own. ♪

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