"[Projector clicking, ♪...]" "[♪...]" "Man:♪ youcanget 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 fear" "♪ win or lose, you've got to get your share ♪" "♪ got your mind set on a dream" "♪ you can get it now, 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 ♪" "♪ leads to sweeter 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" "[♪...]" "[Music changes]" "Governor...wearenot ,not , not going to be explaining." "When we're explaining, we're losing." "[Phone rings]" "Now, we'll protect you from this bullshit." "We will attack, attack and attack again." "Woman:" "Thisis PaulTurner, former presidential aide and the guy for politicians in trouble." "He's called the master of disaster." "ButI needSophia by your side." "I'vegotthe,uh," "Vermont gov." "Calling." "...and this is me," "Kerstin Rhee, his assistant." "I learned more in my first week with Paul on how it all really works than in four years of college." "Allright,O.K." "I'll call you later." "You... don't worry." "Just, just don't." "Thankyou." "Hey,listen." "Ididn'thavemuch." "Absent father, mother with two low-paying jobs and my sister" "Mary, my big sister, who always dreamed of becoming a doctor." "But, 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." "Kerstin:" "LarryBeckerwas  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." "Firstwemovedintoa homeless shelter, but that wasn't safe." "Eventually we found a tiny one-bedroom apartment-- the three of us." "Thepresswillmostlikely 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." "Allright,great." "Got it." "Thank you guys." "Ah." "All right, show time." "Kerstin:" "StephenGreenisthe 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." "Mymamastruggledday and  night, but it wasn't enough." "Eventually, my, 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 and a roof over woman:" "Whatdo yousay about" "Campbell's charge that you're man:" "Whatis theair force going to do about the Travis base closing?" "As a former" "Navy seal, what do you think of the way they handled it?" "Gaspricesareata record high, companies are making enormous profits-- what's your response?" "O.K.,guys,theseare great questions, I'm going to 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 two-thirds of the population is overweight." "Now 90% of our middle schools no longer have daily gym classes." "AtnightI'dhearmy 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 hard-working" "Americans?" "It's just not right!" "Thisisacrisis." "And it's a crisis that we owe it to our children to solve." "And the time to solve it is now." "[Reporters voices overlapping]" "Man:..." "Afghantrooplevels, senator!" "Hey,Reed?" "Hey." "Why don't you go fishing for the three-day weekend, we'll dump the divorce news after five on Friday by tipping the A.P. To the legal filings on an embargoed basis." "They'll play on the wires after seven, it's the perfect time for a document dump." "All right, talk to you later." "He'll live." "[All talking at once]" "Larry:" "Whoo!" "Ca-ching!" "Money shot-- message of the day." "Thisone'syours,all right?" "Oh, God!" "Sir,areyouO.K.?" "Yeah,I 'mallright." "All right!" "Come on!" "[♪...]" "[Groans in pain]" "Samething?" "Yes,yes." "Now,asIstandhere inthe 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 hard-working 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!" "[Applause]" "...you don't have to do that-- you're an aide, not a waitress." "It'smypleasure." "And can I ask you something?" "Ofcourse." "Howmuchof thatstoryyou just told is true?" "Helena..." "One hundred percent." "Really?" "Aw..." "Come here." "[♪...]" "[Elevator dings]" "Room1600?" "You'retawny?" "Totherescue." "1600?" "Downthehalltoyour left ." "[♪...]" "Hey, could you be a bit more obvious?" "Ithoughthe wasgettinga masseuse, not some starlet playing a masseuse." "Hey,sheandher 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'snotthe only thing, you jerk." "[♪...]" "InKentucky,we 'regoingto the mattresses." "I'vegotsomeideas on the statement." "Well,they'dbetterbegood  because if he goes down, it's gonna be a four-day school week there, minimum wage will drop to 75 cents an hour, you'll be able to light the" "Kentucky rivers on fire." "[Chuckles]" "Howlatearewe?" "Realtimeor Paultime?" "Exactly on time." "How do you know this person?" "She'smylawschool roommate's sister." "But the object is to get in, get out and get back to the" "Kentucky mess." "Man:" "Max!" "Julia!" "Yes?" "GetmePaul." "Get him now." "Senator,let'sjustgo through this bit by bit." "What are we talking about here?" "She'sclaimingthat we did it." "Well,didwhat?" "A happy ending, or..." "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." "Andwhatkindofmasseuseis this, like a masseuse-masseuse or an escort?" "Juliagotherfromthe speaker of the assembly!" "We'reinroomfive." "O.K.,howmanypeopleknow  about this?" "Justus." "Come on man, this is-- this could be a career killer." "O.K.,I need15 minutes here-- make it 10-- and I'm on this." "Lookoutthedoor:" "Malnourished children, aids rampant, people looking for decent jobs-- or any job for that matter." "The victims of an education system horribly broken, and hope, something in extremely short supply." "Icompletelyagreeand Ican only imagine what it's like to try to run this every year." "And next year, you're going to 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-good-er" "Iwantto runfor governor." "[Stammers]Excuseme ?" "Iwantto runfor governor." "[Laughs]Well,Iguessthat 's one way to solve your problem." "O.K., do you mind if I ask you why?" "Fornineyears,Ihave 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-- [knock on door]" "Woman:" "I 'mreallysorry." "Whatdoyouwantmeto tell nothingfromchildren's?" "O.K., we're going to have to road trip it." "Get in their faces, guilt them into the transplant." "And ask the O.R. nurses when" "Chris Anderson gets out of his last surgery." "Sure." "Dim sum on the way back?" "Perfect,thanks." "[Sighs] 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,forgiveme ." "You're Dan's sister and I love him and you seem like a very nice person yourself, but I gotta 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." "Runninga freeclinicwith what the state gives me, that's insane too." "O.K.,um,allright,wehad 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?" "Notyet." "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?" "Notyet." "And then they'll say-- and, I'll say it right now-- what the hell qualifications do you have to be governor?" "Inmyjob,Iwork 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." "Goodthings?" "Yes ." "Excuseme." "This isn't a high school service club, O.K.?" "Getting elected isn't the" "Harvard-Yale debate society where the best argument carries the day." "These are steel cage death matches." "And 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'ma singlemom." "I have a six-year-old son." "Whataboutthekid 'sdad ?" "Irrelevant." "Notifyou'regoing to 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 going to be voting for you." "This is a blood sport, O.K.?" "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." "[Softly] Look..." "To win in politics, you have got to be the person who's willing to bring a gun to a knife fight." "Isthisyourusualpeptalk?" "No." "Well,that'sgood,Iguess." "No,thisone'sfor friends and family-- usually it's worse." "Hmm.[ Chuckles]" "Shewantsto be governor." "Oh, man." "Ilikedher." "She was cool and sharp and seemed like she really wanted it." "Well,I wantto play shortstop for the giants, but it's not gonna happen in this lifetime." "...O.K." "Jimmy, you want to start us off?" "Thisisourfriendtawny" "Shearson-- courtesy of YouTube-- at her massage school graduation picnic." "Sosheis an actualmasseuse, this is not a set-up?" "Licensedandwithsix years experience." "Oh,thatsucks." "Butwithother 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." "O.K.,sowe 'renotdealing with the virgin Mary here." "Exactly,andyou,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" "O.K., that's the good news." "O.K.,tellme thebad news." "She'sa proandyou 'reonher massage table in your boxers." "That's our bogey." "Doweknowwhatshe's asking for?" "Twomillion." "Oh,forgetthat." "Jimmy, could you bring up the next thing?" "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." "Woman:" "NowaywouldI believe him." "Andifshehad ashadypast and was a known and proven liar?" "Idon'tknow." "Someone who looks like that?" "He's still a guy." "Guysdowhatthey're gonna do." "Andhowaboutifsomeonetold 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?" "Ifmyhusbandsaidsomething like that, not only would I think that he a cheating jerk, but that he can't make up a halfway decent lie." "O.K.,theyweremypeople." "IfI toldyouthatbecauseof a war injury, sometimes he takes strong pain medication which makes him drowsy and that's why this happened?" "Well,that's10 %better, but 90% pure lame-o." "Come on." "Really." "Paul:" "Theyloveyou when you're talking about smaller class sizes, but not so much when you're trying to explain away a quickie with tawny." "Iamsuchanidiot." "Youareanythingbut ." "But you got caught up in some nasty shit." "We're going to figure out a way to get you out of it." "Kerstin:" "Howis shegoingto spill it?" "She'sgotsomekindain 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." "Sowhataretheywaitingfor?" "She'steedit up ,buthasn't given the deliverables." "This is straight-up pay to play." "And even if we do pay, Roger is still probably going to run with it." "O.K.,look,we 'regoingto figure out a way to inoculate you against this and we're going to dig up the shit on this girl." "What do you think is the best" "CarlLudwigat KCOPlovesus." "OrMaggieDarcy?" "Ihavetwowordsforyou." "Peaches o'Dell." "[Door bells jingle]" "[Muzak playing in store]" "Hey." "Man:" "Hey." "CanI buyyouanothercoffee?" "Nothanks,I'vegot enoughto last me all night which, at the rate you're dumping your garbage on me, is where I'm going to be again." "Youdidagreatjobwiththat tawny mug shot." "She'sa ho." "She'sa howithastory." "Yeah,well,likeall ofus." "Howmuchdiditcost you?" "Nothing." "I did a little thing for an interpol guy running a buttoncam video on a dot-com gazillionare." "Athing?" "Athing." "You don't wanna know, trust me." "And..." "I got you a little present." "Thiswouldn'thaveanything to do with health-related issues, would it?" "Tryeverything." "Your buddy in Kentucky-- the ex-left fielder for the" "Baltimore orioles, no less-- guess what?" "He's mortal." "I'mheartbroken." "Yeah,metoo." "Who would have thunk it?" "Leagues-while-you-were-a-pussy- in-the-peace-corp, arrogant prick fuck." "Andthisis solid?" "Platinum." "Actuallyseen, or talked about?" "Whatdoyoutakemefor?" "Asourfriendthe gipper always said," ""doveryai, no proveryai."" "Trust, but verify." "O.K." "[Chuckles]" "Well, no pro-pro-pro-- look at it." "Wow." "Yeah." "You can kiss me if you like." "Irregularheartbeat." "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." "But I can't exactly tell a local news honey I just happened to sneak a peek at Perkins' medical records." "Well,no,Imean, not like that." "How,then?" "It'sallabouthow 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." "Look..." "look what time we're talking now." "It's what, it's 3:15 in the morning your time." "[Scoffs]Yeah." "Whatyoudo ..." "Is incredibly difficult." "It requires tremendous strength and stamina." "Yeah,you'refucking telling me." "Trying to get my anti-foreclosure thing..." "Through this wing-nut legislature is like trying to run a Red Sox flag up in yankee stadium." "How'sitgoing?" "Ah,youknow,two steps forward, one-and-a-half back." "And not to sound like some kinda ad you guys do, but my mama could've used something like this..." "And if these assholes want a fight, they're going to get a fight." "Andit'san incredibly difficult fight, right?" "And look, all we're doing is asking the voters to compare the two candidates' health records and make an informed choice." "I mean, you're going to release everything you have, right?" "I mean, and is there anything in there that I need to be worried about?" "Nothing." "Reallynothing?" "Trustme." "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'mgoingto havemyguylook 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." "Whatifhe doesn'tgoforit?" "Well,that'sexactly 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 causes people to lose trust." "And once you've lost the public trust, you're a dead man walking." "Betterhimthanme." "Andthat'sjust then we get some credible third parties down there to just pound him..." "Ask him, "has he ever failed a steroids tests?"" "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" "S.T.D. 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'snice, considering he's got none of those things." "Well,maybehe hasand maybe he hasn't." "We're just asking questions." "Look, your guy loves to talk about hitting major league pitching?" "Well, politics is the N.F.L." "And we're gonna hit him helmet to helmet." "Let'ssayhe doesrelease them and people feel sorry for him?" "Then I just look like some kind of a jerk for bringing it up." "Youdidn'tknowwhat was in it!" "You're as surprised as 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's best qualified to lead a state that nobody could possibly care about more than you." "Gotit." "[Inhales deeply]" "Crazy times, man." "Hey, is it true Stephen green got a hummer from a pro?" "Wheredidyouhearthat ?" "Iheardit ." "Comeon." "Oneofgreen'sguysdidthe, uh, the webb race with one of mine." "[Laughs]" "That makes my stuff look like a walk in the park." "Was she hot?" "Icanneitherconfirmnor deny the story." "Yeah,yeah,yeah." "Was she hot?" "Allegedly,very." "[♪...] ...hey, peaches!" "Really,you'recomingtome?" "Always." "Oh ,comeon." "When I'm looking my worst?" "Yourworstis athousand times better than most people's best." "Weren't you a miss-something?" "Nebraska?" "Arizona." "Arizona." "MissArizona." "Some of us had to get ahead without the fancy schools." "Hey,whileyouwerepolishing 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." "Trywoodenspoon." "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'vegotmewithout 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." "Ihaveastoryforyou." "Oh,stopit ." "IhearthatCNN may be bringing you to D.C. to try you out nationally?" "Well,itcouldbe." "Well,thiscouldhelp." "Paul,whateveryou'vegot 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." "Wearetalkingaboutaunited states senator and a purple heart winner with a documented history of a bad back-- injured, I might add, in service of this country." "Right,andJohnF.Kennedy had a bad back, but it didn't stop him from fucking" "Marilyn Monroe." "Thisisno Marilyn." "No,Marilynwasasecret." "And not this baby." "She is hot and she is mine-o-mine." "O.K.,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." "O.K.What?" "Ihaveafriend,whotells me that your newest anchor Connie" "Connor went to a bachelorette party in Vegas a few years back." "And?" "Thingsgotprettywild." "[♪...]" "Oh,yeah!" "O.K." "O.K., your friends are good." "These on the net?" "Notyet." "So... some room service?" "Mmm." "AmI goingto lovethis?" "Doyouloveme?" "Deeply." "No, show me the spot first." "ManonTV :" "Iusedto 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, but the young officer that I was transporting single-handedly fought off an entire squad of" "Taliban until reinforcements could arrive." "I didn't think I'd make it through that night." "And when the rescue choppers finally came, that same officer carried me over a quarter mile on his back." "By all accounts," "I 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." "Stephen:" "I wasso veryproud to serve with captain Johnny" "Duncan-- a true American hero." "I'm Stephen green and I approve this message." "[♪...]" "Stephen:" "Yeah,it 'sforthat new cruiser, which costs more than an aircraft carrier did when I was coming up." "Well,somebodywillget rich on it." "Yeah,youknow,Igota  feeling it doesn't even do what the uh, Navy says it's supposed to do, but you try to find real data on it?" "I mean, good luck." "Thank you." "Youhaveacalltomake." "Mandy Denton." "Soundsvaguelyfamiliar." "Sherunscommercials 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'sher." "Goodnight." "Youknowwhatthey'redoing, right?" "The more they pound family values, they're just laying track for you-know-who." "Scum." "Firstclass." "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,familyvalues." "What's Roger actually got?" "He'stryingto swiftboatyou ." "He's got all his guys meeting with anybody and everybody you ever served with." "Yeah?" "Happyhunting." "What's Mandy's story?" "She'sgoodat whatshe does." "She's got two kids at home, the husband's a dot-com guy." "I don't think he knows." "So..." "O.K.,Roger?" "I want you to blow that asshole up." "This Mandy thing, kill it." "She's a civilian." "Whatisit ?" "Talkingpointsforthe  governor on his budget." "Andwhatdo youknow about that?" "Sixweeksago,not much." "O.K.,butyoucan fakeit." "Yeah,it'snothing." "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'rewelcome." "[Phone rings and vibrates]" "Don't be pissed." "Oh,myGod." "Hey,Paul." "Hey,it'snottoo late to call you, is it?" "Ah,no." "Doyourememberthe ,uh..." "[Whispering]Hi,Paul." "...footballplayerwhowas  wanting to run for mayor of San Diego?" "TonyBlanchard." "Right,right..." "Right, and doesn't he have a book coming out?" "Firstandgoal, something like that." "Let'sgethiminhere ." "O.K." "[Indistinct conversation]" "O.K.,so,ah ,89 ." "You wanna push it?" "8-9, perfect." "Thank you." "[Sighs]" "Hmm." "[Rattles door]" "You and me, lunch." "O.K." "Wantpizza,yeah?" "O.K." "[Car engine idling]" "We're going to have to wait just a second, honey." "Come on." "Hello." "Hey, guys." "...petitions from people who want me to run." "Didyouhaveeveryjunkiein the mission sign these?" "No." "O.K., yes." "[Chuckles] But I also got architects, other physicians, waitresses, delivery guys, teachers, painters." "O.K.,look,Ihavenodoubt  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 wasraisedin" "Santa Barbara." "My dad was a doctor there" "O.K.,well,great,but that's not gonna help you with your druggy 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 going that'swhattheweb 'sfor ." "There has to be a million people willing to pay $10 for real change." "Boom-- there's $10 million for you." "Californiahasmorelocal 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." "O.K.,thenI'llget four that's only 10% of the state to pay $10." "You got 40." "You know, I gotta, I gotta believe that one in 10 people will think for the price of two frappuccinos, they'll finally get a governor who will really change things." "O.K.,I getit ." "I'm sure you would be a great governor." "But I'm in the business of winning." "Ithoughtyouwereinthe business of helping." "Helpingpeoplewhocan win ." "[Phone rings]" "Hello?" "Wouldyoujust,wouldyou,  would you just help me?" "Would you, would you think about it?" "Kentucky." "He loved the talking points." "Ihavethoughtaboutit." "I'm sorry." "Hey, hey... no." "Comeon,buddy,wegottago." "Fora girlborninseoul, she's sure got that Kentucky thing down..." "Thank you." "Right?" "I think it's going to move the numbers... a little." "Gimmea break!" "What?" "Look." "Man:" "I playedprofessional baseball for 15 years and was fortunate enough to make the" "American league all-star team six times and later, I shared in the highest honor in team sports-- winning the world series." "And after that amazing season," "I 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 I 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'thaveanF.B.I." "Badge, but I know blackmail when" "I see it." "AsI 'msureyoucan  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." "Senatorgreenhasa 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'rea bitoverconfident." "Do you have any idea what faces your boss if he doesn't settle this case?" "A legal colonoscopy without anesthesia." "O.K.,I wantto know what you want." "Finally!" "What I want is a check-- sweetheart,please." "Let me handle this." "What Ms. Shearson wants is three things: $3 million." "What your clients wants-- wasn'tittwomillion?" "Itwastwo,untilyour boss  accused my client of extortion-- a million dollar costly mistake." "Look,evenif we weretopay 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 keepmy promises." "How do you think I built this law firm?" "O.K." "All right." "This is what I'm prepared to offer you." "And I really want you to think because this is as high as it will ever get." "Zero." "That's my offer." "Well,I guesswe 'regoingto be hearing a lot more about a particular senator." "Now, Paul, I want you to understand this is not a threat." "Youdon'thavemuchtogo on ." "On our side:" "A sterling silver reputation." "Your side:" "Multiple prostitution arrests." "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." "Youwantto guess what's on it?" "Idon'tthinkIwant to." "D.N.A.,inastain, 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." "Whydidhe do it ?" "[Sighs]Look,politiciansare  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'lltakethefirstandpass on the second." "It'snotso easyin the real world." "The qualities that make a star politician-- the need for the spotlight, the quest for power, the ability to use people 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 or president Clinton presiding over an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity and then banging Monica Lewinsky." "Toallof ourdetriment." "But is this that we gotta have or just something that we've just bought into?" "Youdon'tgetthe 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 going to throw away all of the good that he's done, all of the good that he's gonna do?" "Yeah,butstill." "Whenitgetslikethis , you just gotta get revved and ready and say:" "W.W.M.D." "What would machiavelli do?" "[Horses neigh]" "Thisbetterwork,man ." "Lookatit thisway :" "Ifit doesn't, I've got you back on the road to get in shape." "I'dratherbe ridingdown that road on my harley." "A lot more fun." "What?" "Whatwhat?" "Looking at the new me, sweetheart." "Really?" "Don'tsoundso skeptical." "I used to be in pretty hey, I still am in reasonable shape... sorta." "Oh, come on." "What'd you bring 'em for?" "Hey!" "TonyBlanchard." "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." "Thankyou,thankyou ." "I appreciate it, sir." "Thank you." "Hey, I hear you're going to be the next mayor of San Diego." "Oh...trying,hoping." "WheredidyouthinkIheard  it from?" "[All laugh]" "Woman:" "Governor!" "Man:" "Tony,overhere!" "Woman:" "Justafew questions." "Governor, do you have any releasing his medical records later today?" "Justthatit 'slongoverdue." "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." "IshavingTonyBlanchardwith  you today related to the release?" "Absolutelynot." "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 whooped by an all-pro." "[Overlapping chatter]" "Tony,whatdo youthinkof the governor as a jogging partner?" "Ithink,andlet mestress think, that I can 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." ""Hisage."" "Get off, go, go long." "Want to join us?" "Notintheseheels,buthave a good run, governor." "[Overlapping chatter]" "Thanks,governor." "O.K.,herewe go ." "Larry:" "Man,youare fast!" "NotasfastasyouandTony." "Cheerstothat." "[♪...]" "Man:" "Forstatesenatorand 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 capitol 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." "Thankyou." "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 will be no physical limitations for him because of this condition." "Butwhataboutthe reports of steroids?" "[Overlapping chatter]" "Excuseme,oneata time , whywerehisrecordsnot released earlier?" "I'llreferyoutothe campaign on that." "Again, he's in superb condition." "His arrhythmia will have no impact." "Anyevidenceof S.T.D.S?" "That'sanoffensivequestion that I won't be answering." "[Overlapping chatter] ...atthesametime, our current governor had a different take on the day's events." "Letmebeginbysayingthat 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 will have state senator Perkins in our hearts and our prayers tonight, when it comes to his overcoming this very serious health problem." "...I think if you want to occupy this fine house, the voters have a right to know the state of their governor's health." "Andlaterin theday ," "Tony Blanchard spoke to a packed-to-the-rafters crowd at leland middle school and then afterward, signed autographs." "And for those lucky kids getting to meet our governor's all-pro jogging partner, it'll be a day they remember their entire lives." "Child:" "Lucky!" "Reporter:" "Andwe caughtup 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 promisedI'dcome hear Tony speak, he's a good friend and I'm running a little late." "You know, like everyone else in" "America, I cheered when he made that unbelievable super bowl run and I'm cheering for him now that he's setting such a fine example for Kentucky's children." "Thanksforyourtime, governor." "Wow." "It'sa Picasso." "Sure." "A Picasso." "Theescalatorwasgenius." "Andyouhadthe cameras everywhere they needed to be." "Just a great job." "It's great, a great job." "Thanks,sweetheart." "I owe you." "Well... that is it for jogging!" "No,no,no ." "No, no, no, no, no, no." "Once a week, every week until the campaign ends." "What?" "Can't we just release some photos or something?" "[♪...]" "Justone,becauseyou and I are going to the Seville bar later." "Thewinebar?" "Thewinebar." "Seemsa littleupscale for you." "Upscale?" "Really, why?" "What do you mean?" "Thegirlskeeptheirclothes on, for one thing." "Don'tbeso sure." "There'sthiswaitressthere named Lara." "Oh, my God, she's absolutely gorgeous." "Isshethenew thing?" "Well,actually,she'smore your type." "Whyarewe going to the Seville?" "O.K.,Lara,whoisbecoming very tight with myself, has agreed to show some pictures." "Really?" "Yeah." "Clothed?" "Kinda,sorta." "Regarding...bitemarks..." "Of a certain set of teeth..." "From a person of interest." "Regarding a certain fleshy part of the body." "[Punk music playing]" "Whatareyoustill doing here?" "You'rehere,boss." "Anyway I love this spot." "Loveit?" "Swiftboatthe swiftboaters, dude." "It's still rough, and my voice, but we'll get don in here tomorrow, if you like it." "Let'shavealook." "[Patriotic music playing]" "Jimmyoncomputer:" "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." "Theycameintomyhouseand 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,theyaskedmethesame 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 kinda dirt that doesn't even exist on the finest officer I had the honor to serve under:" "Lieutenant Stephen green." "[Patriotic music playing]" "Fuckyou,motherfucker!" "Ohh!" "That is a Rembrandt!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "[Punk music playing]" "Kerstin's still here?" "Yeah,she'son theroof." "Hey." "Hey." "Yougonnajump?" "Ishould." "IsthattheStephengreen stuff?" "No,it'snotthat." "Read." "[♪...]" ""Ifirstaspiredtogoto  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'smy life." "The cliche 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." "Andbecomeasurgeon." "Notjustthat." "I could be an internationally renowned concert pianist, or a" "Professor in electrical engineering." "Butyouendeduphere ." "Ithoughtit wasa good thing." "Well,I can'tofferyou alab 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..." "Itdoesn'tfitthe narrative." "The cliche that we work with every day." "Likebeingthedaughterof outrageously hard-working Korean immigrants who one day goes off to Johns Hopkins medical school." "Youbrokeoutofyour cliche." "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'swhatIwant  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." "Youcan." "And you'll be better than I am." "No..." "I can't." "Thenyou'llbe agreat doctor..." "A Penelope-great doctor." "I'll write a letter of" "I'll get the vice-president of the United States to write a letter of recommendation for you." "I'msorry,butthankyou." "[♪...]" "Thanks." "[♪...]" "Thatphotoprobablycosthim five grand.  [Laughs]" "Foryou." "You'rekidding." "Notatall." "I go to meetings all the time and all I get from them is a headache." "Now, at least, you'll have something good to remember our little talk by." "Sit." "Well,hopefullywe 'llbe able to provide a happy memory of our talk." "Wecanalluse them,ormore to the point, uh, your man" "Stephen green can." "Not happy times for our junior senator, huh, Paul?" "Well,I don'tknow 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." "Spareme." "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 fuckin' archer standing right behind him." "Butyouhaven'tfired." "Iwantedto seewhatyouhad to offer first." "You'reinterestedin  our story?" "Ofcourse." "We're fair." "We're balanced." "We're a news organization, for Christ's sake, Paul, [laughs]Well,I'mnot sure that I agree with any of those claims." "Our story is that there is no story." "Nada." "Nothing." "Zilch." "Mmm." "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." "Somethingtellsme she's going to 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." "[Scoffs]Youmustbejoking." "Notatall." "You see, I've recently become aware of a waitress at the" "Seville wine bar named Lara." "She tells a pretty incredible story." "I'veneverbeenthere." "Thestoryis ,guycomesin, 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?" "Andthere'smore." "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." "...ofthebitemarksand 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?" "Probablynot." "This has been great." "Paul, best." "Thanksforthemug ." "Absolutely." "Hey,guys." "I'dlikeyoutomeet Angela." "Hi." "Sorry, I was working all day, and Dimitris..." "What?" "Hespent,like,halfyour  company's budget on me tonight." "[Laughs]" "Justfewdrinks." "This girl can go toe-to-toe with the best." "Youlookfamiliar." "Verygood,Jimmy!" "There's something in between your ears besides unlistenable punk." "Very nice." "O.K., now tell me, from where?" "And Paul's disqualified." "Oh, come on, nobody?" "Thetawnyvideo, orange bikini." "That'smygirl." "Itwasredand it'smy favorite." "Red,blue,yellow,who cares?" "You looked that fucking beautiful in it." "Thankyou." "You'rewelcome." "O.K.,Dimitrissaysthatyou are a proud graduate of the bay city school of massage therapy?" "Sheistheall-stargraduate." "She has, she won like the, what, the president's award or the iron cross or something-- peaches:" "Hey." "Hi, I'm sorry." "Oh,myGod!" "I'msorryI'mlate." "Oh,myGod!" "I watch you all the time!" "You're peaches o'Dell!" "You're the best!" "You are very sweet to say that." "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!" "Angelawentto school with tawny." "Oh?" "What is she like?" "Mean." "Oh ." "Well,she'snotalways, but when she drinks, she gets that way." "Mm-hmm." "Um,pretty,tellher whatyou 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?" "Idon't." "It  'sawesome!" "O.K." "Sowhenwe left,wepassed 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." "Buthow'dsheend upin" "Sacramento?" "Oh,shehadsomethingwith,  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." "Ikindadidn'tthinkmuch" "I didn't think it was that big of a deal." "But then Dimitris..." "Yes,I did." "...foundmeanditall came back." "Dimitris found me." "Wouldyoube willingtotell  this story on camera?" "Youwantme ?" "Peaches o'Dell, you want to, you want to interview me?" "Yep." "Hell,yeah!" "Yeah!" "Yes." "Absolutely, I would, yes." "[Laughs]" "Thankyou,thankyou ." "This is a story that needs to be heard." "Yeah." "Mm-hmm." "Yes." "Justkeepingthemediahappy." "Fatandhappy." "Fat?" "I don't think so." "Justbegladyou 're not on camera." "Do you know what I think?" "Hmm?" "Ithinkyou'rerunningacon ." "IbringyoutothebestSushi restaurant in the town and this is the thanks I get?" "Areyou?" "Nohiddenmicrophonesor secret cameras?" "Wannapatme down?" "Absolutely." "No ." "Ithinkwe 'resurroundedby 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, we promise we'll treat your guy fairly in the story."" ""Andtheguyyou electtoday will change your world tomorrow."" "Youknowthefirstrace 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." "Likenow." "Evenmoreso .[Laughs]" "ButwhatIdid knowwasthat if I worked hard enough and a miracle happened and Ron got in, that the world would somehow be a better place." "Didhewin?" "Hekilled." "He was the best mayor" "Minneapolis ever had." "So, as corny as it sounds, if you believe, it happens." "Sowhatdo youbelieve?" "Thatifyouget the rightguy 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?" "[Sighs] Yeah, I believe." "Conningme?" "[Laughs]I amnot." "It's the truth." "Straight up." "Swear to God." "[Laughs]Oh,yeah,right." "That'll be the day." "[Phone rings and vibrates]" "That... that is your God." "You believe in the God of BlackBerry." "Please,it'sonlyatool ." "Right." "Then, don't answer it." "I dare you." "You love that thing more than well,thatwouldbecrazy." "[Phone continues ringing and vibrating]" "What are you-- what the fuck!" "It'smerelyatool." "[Music playing in apartment]" "What?" "Wedidasweepspiece" "I know it looks really weird, but the rice will bring it back to life." "Itbetter." "Hmm." "Oh,youhavesomeright there." "There you go." "[♪...]" "I'mnottoomuchofavapid beauty queen?" "Idon'tknow." "Not too much of an overeducated," "BlackBerry-addicted guy running a con?" "[♪...]" "[Phone rings and vibrates]" "Kerstin:" "Paul,wherethe hell are you?" "I've been emailing you every two minutes!" "Youknow,Ihad along night." "I had meeting after meeting and then I just lost track of time." "And then I had a BlackBerry technical malfunction." "It works!" "Did you send it to the iPhone?" "I'll look at it there." "O.K." "Woman:" "Andwe justlearned tonight that a local man claims his girlfriend is having an ongoing affair with the governor." "And he claims he has her diary to prove it." "Soundslikethisisone explosive story." "And what was the governor's response?" "Well,nothingyet,Dani." "And to be fair, this just came in..." "Thisisterrible." "We need to get down there." "What's the first flight we can get?" "Oh,God." "Fucka duck!" "No,honey--youfucked an intern." "That's why we're all here." "Hasanyoneactually seen the diary?" "Hey,darlin'." "Doweevenknowthat the diary's real?" "Wedon'tandifit'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,asmuchasI 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?" "Andyou'renotgoingtokobe" "Bryant her, turn her into some sort of predatory slut." "We'rejustgetting started here." "Shemaynotbeperfect, or even completely innocent," "I have no idea." "But you are not going to 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." "[♪...]" "[Sighsdeeply]" "So what do we do?" "Sweetie,wehaveentereda deep, dark, unspinnable place." "[Loud dance music playing]" "Ah,it'snicetoknow no matter how bad things get, there's gonna be a naked girl on a pole to cheer you right up." "Trymany,manygirls,hi." "You object?" "Enjoying." "That'smygirl." "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'tgetme wrong,Icould stay here all day, but you've got to do better than that." "Patience,myfriend, patience." "Junior?" "He sells coke to everyone:" "Girls, customers." "Shit, he probably even sells it to the cops that come in." "O.K.,whatabouther ?" "Ididseeher once." "Anddidjuniorthereprovide the refreshments?" "Yesandno ." "Whatdoyoumean?" "Onetimewe wereall , 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." "Butshedidn'twanttodo it ?" "Notreally." "She kept saying no and 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!"" "Didshedo any?" "Shedidatinybitofthe  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." "Didyoueversee her dothe drugs again?" "Imean,Ibarelysawher [loud dance music continues]" "It'sgotime." "It's do or die, but it's your call." "Sophia'sgoingto  go bat-shit." "Youshouldlookatthis ." "They've made a major ad buy." "It's about to hit." "A guy at the station slipped it to me." "Man:" "LarryBeckerwantsusto  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?" "Perkins:" "I 'mJustinPerkins." "And I'll restore dignity back to the governor's office." "Idon'tknowwhere to fucking start." "And by the way, since when is 22 just out of high school?" "Shecouldhavebeen32, they'd have used the same line." "Knowwhat'sweird?" "She's a good girl... really." "Well,theboyfriendis asshole central." "Dimitris already got him getting a 100k payday and double that if you go down." "Oh,fuckme ." "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." "Sowhat'sit goingtobe?" "Sonny or Michael?" "Sonny." "Go nuclear." "Bloggers." "Yep." "TVreporters." "Yeah." "Talkshowbloviatersand  newspapers." "All of them." "Newspapers." "City,community,college." "I want all of our big guys and I want every newbie looking to break in." "O.K.,they'resetup." "Got it." "Background-- just follow the money, it leads straight back to Perkins." "...listen, I'm doing you this favor so you don't get 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 seven A.M." "Online posting tomorrow." "But you're not giving this to because, let's face it, my blog drives the cable coverage." "All the insiders come to us first." "No,absolutely,youget the  first pop." "Thisisgoingtobemore when I heard about this story," "I had a blogasm." "Nowyougetmultiple blogasms.  [Chuckles]" "Perkinsandhisbuddiesare rat-fucking Kentucky." "...so we're talking about the" "Sunday edition above the fold, right?" "Right." "SoI hearthatyou two are" "Kentucky's answer to woodward and Bernstein." "Who?" "[♪...]" "Nevermind." "But I am deep throat." "[♪...]" "[Loud dance music playing]" "Hey,didn'tyougotoschool with that major anchor in" "Lexington, Dani whatever?" "Icompetedagainsther ." "Well,that'scloseenough." "But, if you slipped her the we'renotexactlyfriends." "Butyoucancallher, right?" "Paul." "Idon'tunderstand what's wrong." "Paul,shutup andfuck!" "[♪...]" "Ithadbeennearlyaweek 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." "Woman:" "Governor,wouldyou  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, because 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." "Andwhatabout" "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." "Woman:" "Helena,overhere, we have a question!" "Why are you denying the affair?" "Woman2 :" "Whydidyou doit," "Helena?" "Was all the sex consensual?" "Has the governor been in touch with you?" "Woman:" "Can we get woman2 :" "Isthegovernor going to divorce his wife?" "Man:" "Helena,areyou in rehab now?" "Woman:" "Helena!" "AndMs.St.Johnalso 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." "Theladyin questionisa  good girl, who like so many fine people, from good families, fell into that terrible, terrible abyss of drugs." "I wish her all the luck in the world in getting her life together and I know that with assistance of clergy, she will be just fine and can become clean and sober once again." "That'sgood." "O.K." "Here's the spot Jimmy just cut." "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." "Woman:" "Somethingsare 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!" "Ioweyou,man !" "But you better get your ass outta dodge." "Hey,nexttimeyou think about running for office, try France." "It's a better fit." "[Chuckles]Well,merci beaucoup." "Taxi'llbehereinfive ." "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,inthesameclasswith your favorite pal." "I gotta tell you," "I have taken a lot." "Iknowyouhave." "I'mnotsureyou 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." "I fell for one Larry Lincoln" "Becker, who dragged me back to this godforsaken place." "Godforsaken?" "IfyougrewupinBrooklyn, absolutely." "You know, I've been a" "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,shedidthe coke." "Bigdeal!" "Half of America has done a line once in their lives." "Andshewasn'traped." "She was a completely willing participant." "Hardly." "Sheknewwhatthe scorewas." "Whatthefuck,Paul?" "Is it worth it?" "Letmetellyou 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." "Anddoesn'tit botheryou ?" "The way you get there?" "It's just you and me here, Paul." "[♪...]" "Thoughtyou'dnevermake it home." "Hi." "Hi." "IsthatmoreKentuckystuff?" "No." "Penelope's petitions." "And they're not just petitions." "I mean, they are, but there's also notes on them." "Oh,boy." "Forexample:"Bestdoctor" "I ever had."" ""Yes," followed by four exclamation points." ""I wish I could sign 10 times, because you are going to be 10 times better than what we got."" "And10timesaslikelyto get slaughtered." "WhynotPenelope?" "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?" "[Sighs]" "Ididn'tknowyou were in town." "CanI talkto youfor  a minute?" "Yeah,sure." "Look, I know that you're still upset about Helena, but..." "This is what happens." "Paul,Helenatriedto 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." "[♪...]" "Ihadno ideaitwould..." "I didn't think it would play like this." "Thisiswhathappens." "[♪...]" "ProfessorSt.John,thisis" "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." "O.K., thanks." "[♪...]" "[Doorbell chimes]" "Please,I justneedfive minutes of your time." "Ple-- 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." "Butyoudid." "Why?" "Why me?" "Idunno." "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 the red cross painted on the top." "It'snotright." "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." "Andthisis abig doseof coming back down to earth." "Giantdose." "And my dad teaches power and politics." "I should've known." "No." "Nobodyreally understands power." "I think that's why we all abuse it so easily." "I'msorry,butthat'sjust  not good enough." "Actions have consequences." "And I think you do understand." "[♪...]" "Hey." "You know better than that." "Oh,yes,Ido." "[Phone rings and vibrates]" "[Phone continues ringing and vibrating]" "[♪...]" "Foreclosure stats and we're cutting the spot now." "Good...where'sthebig guy ?" "Yougotme ." "What'shedoing,hikingthe appalachian trail?" "Yeah,somethinglikethat." "We'retalkingaboutthe most electronically connected dude on the planet." "Where the hell is he?" "Ihaveno 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'sfine,really." "Um,youhaven'theardfrom  him yet, have you?" "Ihaven't,butifI do I 'll call you or text you." "Are you O.K.?" "Justa littleworried." "Well,I 'llletyouknow if I do." "O.K., bye." "Ithinkyouneedashot." "That'smyline." "[♪...]" "Thisiswhatyou 'reup against." "Trip Simmons:" "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." "Seriousstuff." "Ifyouhappentogetpasthim 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." "Andwhatdo we have?" "You." "[Chuckles]I 'mflattered." "But anything else?" "Us." "Areyousureyou 're up for this?" "No more appalachian trail walkabouts?" "Youknow,Iactuallywason the appalachian trail in Maine." "Well,welcomehome." "So,Jimmyis goingtobe following you around 24/7." "He's going to 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." "Andpeoplearegoingtowant to see this?" "Wecanonlyhope." "[Softly]Thankyou." "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."" "Those in the dawn of life, our children;" "Those in the shadows of life, our poor;" "and those in the dusk of life, 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." "Fieldpoll." "Wherearewe ?" "Stillinthesingledigits, six percent." "Oy." "Oh,there'sstilltime." "Whiletheywillprotectwall  street banks and lower taxes for corporations and millionaires, we will fight for jobs." "Canyoudo thatagain, but really emphasize, "we will fight for jobs"?" "Whiletheywillprotectwall  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." "Kerstin:" "A littlehigher." "Yeah, up... yep." "Nowhowis it ?" "Perfect!" "Whatdoyouthink?" "Ithinkit 'sgonnabea knife fight in a phone booth." "[♪...]" "Proteinshakes." "Areyousureyou 'regay ?" "Nope." "ThenwhatthehellamIdoing with peaches?" "Peaches?" "Peaches?" "Is this a thing or a fling?" "Weneedher." "Weneedher?" "What if I told you I was screwing some hair product reporter because we needed him?" "What would you say?" "Ishelocalornational?" "Youwouldnot!" "[Phone rings]" "[Man speaks indistinctly]" "What?" "Yougottagetherenow!" "No,we'llbe there,we'llbe there in less than five." "We're in the mission now, we're on our way." "[Car engine starts]" "You'regoingto givethemto me now, huh?" "You're going to give me 'cause I will cut your fucking throat, little girl." "Excuseme,excuseme!" "Hey, hey!" "Yougonnagive'em tomenow, little girl, huh?" "Putitdown,stop!" "Ah!" "Youtoo,Penelope?" "You going to fucking dis me too?" "Huh?" "Fucking dis me too!" "Hey,Tommy,Tommy,marisolis one of the sweetest, nicest people I have ever met." "She would never intentionally disrespect you." "And you know that, right?" "It'snottrue." "No,never." "We don't even have the pills you want, Tommy." "O.K.,Tommy." "Give me the knife, O.K.?" "Please." "No,I needmy meds." "Iknow." "Give me the knife." "Give me the knife, Tommy." "Please." "Give me the knife." "No!" "Givemetheknife." "Ican't." "Please." "[Softly] Give me the knife." "Ineedmy meds,Penelope!" "My meds, Penelope." "[Siren wailing]" "Kerstin:" "AreyouO.K.?" "Yeah." "Paul:" "Weshouldget you  back inside." "Penelope:" "Holy...shit." "[Phones ringing, ♪...]" "I'mgladyou'reO.K." "I'mfine." "I'mglad." "[♪...]" "I'm, um, so sorry." "Really, really, sorry, you know?" "Don'tbesorry." "No, we're just glad that everyone's O.K. And that Jimmy called us." "Yeah,I mean,youwere amazing out there." "Kerstin:" "Yeah." "Incredible." "No,no." "You see one of the biggest cliches 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?" "[Chuckles] Right?" "[Sighs]" "[Reporters voices overlapping]" "[♪...]" "Sothisis whatyou '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." "Andcounting." "And watch this." "She'sawesome." "She's really inspiring." "Thatladyis definitely walking the walk." "O.K.,youcannottakethat  bandage off until the election." "It'sbeenalmosttwo weeks," "I think it's time." "You've got to give me at least another month." "I'llgiveyouaweek ." "Sold." "Jimmy:" "Whatthefuck?" "What?" "Checkitout." "Helpingthehomelessis nothing new for San Francisco." "We have a long history of it in our city." "But what is new is a program one of the volunteers here has started." "Woman:" "Exhale." "[Child exhales]" "All:" "Ahh!" "Reporter:" "TawnyShearsonis no ordinary volunteer." "Out." "Reporter:" "Shehasstarteda special program for San" "Francisco's homeless children." "Well,theideaiswhyshould 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." "TawnyShearson,awomantruly making a difference for those who need it most." "Rick Sanchez, KXSF news, at Saint Mary's church in the tenderloin." "O.K.,sowhenshe 'snot  blackmailing us, she's running for Saint?" "Thoseguysaregood." "MandyDentonbehindthis?" "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 kerstin:" "Love,protection, warmth." "Jimmy:" "Security, fun." "Caring." "A bond, support." "Strengthasaunit." "Shelter." "That'sgood." "When we get back-- incoming." "ManonTV :" "PenelopeNelson 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'mHankHarrisonand with your help, we can take back our government." "[Phone rings]" "That'sgood." "Nowit'sreallyincoming." "Tawny's lawyer." "Eriktheredhas scheduleda press conference with tawny tomorrow at six." "He'llcallit offifwe deliver him $2 million tomorrow at four." "Downa million." "It'sstillblackmail." "Andtheanswerisstill-- nofuckingway!" "Good,good." "O.K." "Good, O.K." "All right." "First, tawny has a story, but so does peaches and her new" "BFF, Angela." "How is that going?" "Allset." "Good." "And second, starting on the five o'clock 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." "Takeallthethingsthat  family means and go from there." "Like love, warmth, strength, protection, support, caring." "Andwitheachone ofthose, we do a photo and message of the day." "Likewhat?" "Well,let'sstartwiththe last one on the list:" "Caring." "As in caring for your children's future." "We've worked something up around your affordable college program, which I love, incidentally." "We'llsendyoutoa school or something." "Fourth:" "Editorials." "Tawny's going to 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." "O.K.,O.K.,howaboutthis :" "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." "Marktwain." "They love mark twain." "I love quoting mark twain." "Well,sheactuallyuseszero  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." "[♪...]" "Thankyouallfor coming." "This is tawny Shearson." "She'sgoingto tellyou quite a story about a woman wronged by a United States senator." "Senator,lastmonthwewent  to the California solar challenge." "Mm-hmm." "Andofthefivefinalists, 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,thisis 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." "Thankyouso muchfor coming." "[Reporters voices overlapping]" "Senatorgreen,senatorgreen." "Are you aware of the press conference tawny Shearson just gave?" "She's claiming you had an affair!" "Iwasjustthinkingabout 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, 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 an 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!" "[Applause]" "I'm prepared to do everything for you, as a not-perfect, but a truly dedicated man, who will always fight for you." "[Applause, ♪...] ...missioninAfghanistan when 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." "[♪...]" "Up,up,up !" "Senator, you have jumped five points!" "It is off the charts!" "Whoo!" "Ontheotherhand,tawnyis 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." "Checkyouremail,wegot something coming your way." "Angela:" "Andthentawnywent  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."" "Howdidthatmakeyoufeel?" "Um..." "Nowthatis roomservice." "Oh,myGod." "Penelope's video just got five million views on YouTube." "Yousee,whenyou 'redoing" "God's work and you're at the right place at the right time, good things happen." "Besthundredbucks you ever spent." "Whatdoyoumean?" "Whatdoyoumean, what do I mean?" "Whatareyoutalkingabout?" "Does somebody want to tell me what's going on?" "It'sO.K." "Oh,myGod." "[Chuckles] I just assumed that she told you." "Your girl here had me send the guy to the clinic." "Youdidwhat?" "O.K.,inherdefense,Igave the guy a hundred bucks, I told him to scream and wave the knife around a little." "In no way... [laughs] Did I think that he was gonna take a hostage." "I didn't think that was yougaveajunkieaknife ?" "Yeah,well,in retrospect." "MegWhitmanspent175  million-plus running for governor." "We spent a hundred dollars and took Penelope's name recognition from nonexistent to omnipresent." "Am I fired?" "Youareabrilliant, beautiful woman." "Whathappenedto theguy ?" "He'sdoing90 days." "I'll give him another $500 when he gets out." "He'll send me flowers for such a nice payday." "O.K., I'll give him a thousand." "[♪...]" "Aswe'vebeenreporting," "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." "Wehavereallydonesomething incredible." "No matter what happens tonight, we have done something incredible." "[Cheering and applause]" "Peaches:" "Itwasavery 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..." "YouO.K.?" "Yeah,I 'mO.K." "Peaches:..." "Asgoes" "Sacramento county, so goes" "California." "And we're still waiting for results from Los Angeles county and the bay area to come" "O.K." "We just got word, Los Angeles county has reported and Penelope" "Nelson is over the top." "Hey!" "Hey!" "MyGod!" "[Cheering and applause, ♪...]" "Whatanincrediblevictory for Penelope Nelson." "[♪...]" "Penelope Nelson, who ran her campaign on passion and promise, but so very little money, will be the next governor..." "Un-fucking-believable." "Un-fucking-believable!" "[Cheering and applause, ♪...]" "[Kerstin shrieks]" "Thankyou!" "Thank you!" "Thankyou,California!" "[Cheering and applause, ♪...]" "Andatthegovernor'smansion earlier, this was the scene." "Whata feeling!" "[Chuckles]" "[Cheering and applause, ♪...]" "Nice!" "Hey!" "Theresheis !" "Thankyou,thankyou , thank you." "And you." "Thanks." "[♪...]" "Wow!" "Ithinkit 's," ""wow, governor."" "Absolutely!" "Wow, governor!" "Igotalot ofwork todo ." "And so do both of you." "Well,I 'mlosingher." "I'm losing her to medical school." "This is her swan song." "Actually,I 'mgonnawithdraw my apps." "[♪...]" "Really?" "Really." "Well,I gottagetreelected in four years and I can't get stabbed twice, you know." "Oh,we'llthinkofsomething." "[Kerstin chuckles]" "[Screamswithjoy]" "[♪...]" "Woman:♪ mineeyeshaveseen  the glory 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 you deal with my contentment ♪" "♪ 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" "♪ his truth is marching on" "♪ marching on" "♪ marching on" "♪ the truth is marching on" "[Music fades]"