"[ Man ] Previously on Tanner '88." "[ Tanner ] As a people of conscience, we cannot- we must not settle... for anything less than a comprehensive, global boycott of South Africa." "[ Cheering ]" "[ Crowd Chanting ] Freedom, yes!" "Apartheid, no!" "Freedom, yes!" "Apartheid, no!" "Congressman Jack Tanner." "Is Congressman Tanner here?" "Dad, we're gonna get arrested." "Get psyched.!" "Apartheid, no!" "Freedom, yes!" "Apartheid, no!" "Freedom, yes!" "Apartheid, no!" "Okay, I have to take some responsibility for the arrest." "I mean, Daddy probably wouldn't have been there if it hadn't been for me." "But I have no regrets." "None whatsoever." "I would do the same thing again today." "Somebody had to stand up against the tyranny in South Africa at that time." "Someone had to stand up and be counted... to - to put themselves on the line." "That's just the way that I felt." "As did Dad." "You know, unless you're Nelson Mandela... there's not really that big an electoral payoff to going to jail." "Doesn't have the same... moral glamour that it does in other parts of the world." "I mean, in the Czech Republic or Argentina, say... past imprisonment's part of your political narrative." "It's your log cabin." "But in this country, being arrested over a principle is a liability." "It says "'60s." It says "loser."" "Better to be busted on a few D.U.I.'s like Bush." "That says "cars and beer." That says "manly."" "That says "America."" "I'd like to advise you that you're now interfering with an arrest." "I cannot allow you to arrest this man." "He is a presidential candidate." "[ Crowd Chanting ]" " I can't allow you to arrest this man." " [ Crowd ] No business in South Africa.!" "No business.!" "No business.!" "No business in South Africa.!" "Congressman, did you have any idea that you would be this involved?" " I have no idea." " No business.!" "No business.!" "No business in South Africa.!" "No business.!" "No business.!" "No business in South Africa.!" "I'm not goin' nowhere." "You can't do this to me." "I'm not goin' nowhere." "No." "You're not gonna put me in no truck." " What do we want?" " [ Crowd ] A free South Africa." " When do we want it?" " Now!" " What do we want?" " [ Molly ] How do you feel about this arrest?" "Do you think it's gonna make any impact on your electability?" "Come on." "Let me just ask the question." " What do we want?" " A free South Africa.!" " When do we want it?" " Now.!" " [ Woman ] Exercise your right to vote - [ Chanting Continues ]" "Keep democracy afloat" "Though all the candidates sound the same close your eyes and pick a name and vote" "Exercise your right to choose" "From all the turkeys on the news" "And if nobody turns you on take the least offensive one and vote" "JesseJ." "I'm overdosed" "Gephardt's K-car I've been grossed out" "Though Gore I've had an earful of it's Tipper who I'm fearful of the most" "Imagine Tipper Gore in the White House." "It's good-bye, Smothers Brothers." "And the bad news is every one of these guys is gonna be famous for 1 5 minutes." "But the good news is Richard Gephardt's 1 5 minutes are over.!" "[ Crowd Cheering ]" "[ Woman ] Whoo.!" "SeeJack Tanner on the air" "Realize there's nothing there" "They'll say "He's for real" is his pitch There's nothing in his spiel for which to vote" "You know,Jack Tanner is about as real... as Ronald Reagan has been unreal." "Dukakis, Babbitt, Gephardt, Gore" "Jackson, Simon, Kemp, Hart or Robertson, Tanner, Dole or Georgie Bush" " Let's - [ Cheering ]" "Let's kick some tush" "I quote" "Put on your coat, get off the boat open your throat" "And vote" "[ Applause ]" " That'll be fine." " I have some campaign ideas I'd like to " " Hayes." " Haven't you heard?" " Heard what?" "How's he doing in there?" " He never showed." "He was arrested." " [ T.J. ] What?" " [ Emile ] Get out of here, Taggerty." " I just called my office." "They said he was trespassing at the South African embassy." " Trespassing?" "Where's my pen?" "Alex too." "They were at some demonstration." "I don't know." "I'm off to police headquarters now." " Stevie, right?" " Oh, my God." " When is this candidate ever gonna grow up?" " Is he kidding?" "No, no." "There must be some mistake." "I mean, Congressman Tanner- he would never trespass." " We gotta get over there right now." " All right." "I'll go get the car." " [ Emile ] Hayes." " [ Andrea ] Oh, my God." " What?" " My" " My parents." "They were gonna watch the hearings on TV." "[ Sirens Wailing ]" "It's a rooster." "Hi." "All right." "Actually, we're very pleased with the way things turned out this afternoon." "Got the priest out here and - Wait, now." " Here comes Tanner." " ...here and around the country and around the world." "I'd like to thank the D.C. Police Department." "I'd like to thank Mr. Tanner." " [ Chattering ] - [ Molly ] Do your job." "Hurry up." "[ Chattering ]" "How do you feel?" " Fantastic." " Have you ever been arrested before?" "[ Hayes ] Did you hear Dukakis's remark about your arrest,Jack?" "I'm sure many of you are, uh... wondering if I have taken leave of my senses." "And I'd like to report that, uh, being arrested today... was a matter of conviction." "But the fact of the matter was it was an accident." "But what's happening in South Africa today is not an accident." "It's deliberate oppression on the part of a tiny, privileged minority." "And" "And what my father and I... and the other people who got arrested here today are trying to say... is that it's time to stand up." "It's time to put our bodies where our mouths are." "Or words to that effect." "When my father gets elected president... he will withdraw U.S. aid that now permits South Africa... to finance UNITA and the Mozambique National Resistance in their surrogate wars." " How much was the bail?" " Don't worry." "Andrea's working on your legal defense fund." " We'd better work on Amy Carter here." " Yeah." "Congressman, I just want you to know I really believe in your innocence." " And I believe in yours, Andrea." " [ Laughs ]" "Except for my father, there is a conspiracy of silence... against the apartheid issue from all the other candidates." "I mean, where is JesseJackson today?" "Why is he not out here with us?" " T.J. - [ Alex ] We ask you tojoin with us today." "No business." "No business." " Get her." "Get the hook." " No business in South Africa." "No business." "No business." "No business in South Africa." "No business." "No business." "No business in South Africa." " No business." "No business." " [ Emile ] Jack, we're going to the car." " [ Tanner] We're staying right here." " Okay, we're not going to the car." "Hayes, listen." "I'm gonna need to see you " "[ Chattering ]" "[ T.J.] I love that." "I love that." "Do I worry for you?" " Ha, ha." " What did you eat when you were in jail?" " I beg your pardon?" " What did you eat when you were in jail?" "Um" "They had some kind of mush." "I didn't go for it." " What did you say, Molly?" " How do you feel about your daughter's speech?" "Oh, yeah." "What a kid." "On November 8, 1 987..." "Jack Tanner wrote in his journal..." ""Last night T.J. and I watched Ginsburg withdraw his nomination for the Supreme Court." ""I'm obviously gonna have to give some thought..." " to the whole question of past drug use in light of what seems to be -" - [ Knocking On Door ]" " Deke,you got a minute?" " Thank you." "Thank you very much." " You've ruined my sound track." " Sorry." "I thought you'd be done by now." "I have about 25 words of voice left." "What do you want?" "Nothing." "It can wait." "I just wanted to get your advice on a clip I'm sending out." "My advice?" "Someone around here " "[ Spits ] wants my advice on something?" "I know the feeling." "Oh, what are you talking about, man?" "You're the media director." " You're the man, right?" " Yeah, right." "What are you saying here?" "You're not?" "I'm not saying anything, Deke." "Forget it." "Hey, hey, hey." "Come on." "Talk to me, man." "You brought me on board, remember?" "Yeah, well, if your ass is history, so is mine." "And I'm telling you, I'm in no position to lose this gig." "I owe six grand to NYU..." "I owe 2,7 00 on my Handycam..." "I'm paying 300 a month on a marriage that lasted about five minutes." "Now you're telling me... that the guy who talked me into this train wreck's about to take a fall?" "That sucks, man." "That sucks in a big way." "No, really, don't worry about me." "I'm fine." "Go ahead." "Oh, sure." "Go ahead." "This is great." "I have come here today not to bury Ronald Reagan... but to praise him for leaving us nowhere to go but onward and upward." "Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do." "But, unfortunately, I'm afraid they know all too well." "[ Alex, Crowd Chanting ] No guns, no trade... no arms, no aid." " No guns, no trade - - [ Knocking On Door ]" " Who is it?" " It's us." "Bonnie and Clyde." " You're on the news." " We are?" " Yes." " [ Screams ]" "There I am!" "Oh, my God!" "You should have been there." "It was incredible." "There were about 20 of us, and we handcuffed ourselves to one another... and the pigs had to cut us apart with these huge wire clippers." "They shoved us in" "They took us down to headquarters and had us fingerprinted." " Great." " You're not getting that stuff on my blouse, are you?" "No, I washed my hands." "What did you do all day?" " I made some calls." " That's what I thought." " I wasted my one call trying to get through to you." " I called the dorm." "I talked to about 1 0 people on my hall." "None of them would believe where I was calling from." " Where you going?" " To the office." "I have an appointment." " Come on." "I just got out of the joint." " So order a steak." " I'll see you later." " Okay." "Dad, you're missing my speech." "Other people said it would compromise his integrity." "Well, what is integrity?" "[ Stringer ] Did you ever believe in something, Deke?" "I mean, really believe in something?" "I used to believe in commercials." "Yeah, they were so real to me as a kid." "Do you remember that one - that Rolaids commercial... where the tablet would digest all the blue stomach acid, turn it clear?" "God, I bought that." "I went out and got about 20 packs of Rolaids... poured 'em in this can of blue paint." "I figured, you know, it would turn the paint clear." "Then I'd paint myself with it, become invisible... and go beat the shit out of this guy who'd been hassling me at school." "So?" "So, the paint didn't turn clear." "The next day I got pounded as usual." "And, uh, that's the last time I believed in a commercial." "Is that what you meant?" "[ Phone Rings ]" "Tanner's daughter went on to note this was the second arrest for demonstrating against apartheid." " Hello." " Hi, honey." " Hi, Mom." " Are you all right?" " Yeah, I'm okay." " I'm watching you right now." "You're watching it now?" "On what network?" " NBC." " Hold on." "It's Mom." "She's watching it now on TV." " [ Mouths Words ] - [ Molly ] He left with no further comment." " You have a real police record now, honey." " Yeah." "Yeah, I know." "My F.B.I. file is growing daily." "This is Molly Hark, NBC News, Washington." " Oh, K.G.B." " Sorry." "No, that's okay." "Now, listen." "We understand each other here, don't we, David?" "Yeah, yeah." "We're on background." "So, do you have these negative spots in production yet?" "Let's be clear." "No direct quotes." "This is simply the view of the campaign as you perceive it." "All right?" "Now, I don't have anything against Dukakis or any of his people." " Of course you don't." " I just want our position put into play." "Now, I don't envision the use of attack videos." "It's not reallyJack's style." "But Estrich has to know that she's got to rein Dukakis in." "Warning shot duly noted." "Now, what do I get for bulletining this for you?" "Well... how about the advance text ofJack's testimony before the committee on Tuesday?" "Oh, please." "Do I look like I'm in need of general anesthesia?" " [ Chuckles ]" " No." "Give me your internals." "What are your polling reports on Ohio?" "[ Chuckles ] No way, no way." "We are very happy with our standing in the expectations game, thank you." " That bad, huh?" " That good." "Oh, you're showing better than expected." " [ Chuckles ] You're welcome." " I don't believe you." " You've got no momentum." "Your funding's drying up." " [ Emile ] Drying up?" "Are you kidding?" "We're spending the limit in both Ohio and Indiana." " [ T.J. ] That's right." " And since the last debate, contributions have been up by a factor of four." "[ T.J. ] That's exactly right." "Why do you think we're putting in 1 0 new telephone lines?" " Ma'am." " You're buying into the Dukakis inevitability scenario, David." "Listen, there are four candidates, and they all have playable leverage." " This convention is gonna be wide open." " Ma'am, excuse me, but I think" "Now, look, the thing that you have got to concentrate on, David " " The main issue here is - - [ Stevie ] T.J." "Congressman Kennedy on 72." " Okay." "I have to take this." " Okay, I gotta go anyway." "Thank you." " Stevie." " Mm-hmm?" " [ T.J.] Hi,Joe." "I'm sorry I couldn't get back to you." " What's the deal with Kennedy?" "Well, T.J.'s an impressive lady, David." "Eventually every candidate she works for becomes hopelessly dependent on her." " I mean, even Jack." " Listen, could you wait just a minute?" " It's just that my work order" " Listen to me." "You know you're taking out 1 0 telephone lines." "I know you're taking out 1 0 telephone lines." "So, take out the goddamn telephone lines, okay?" "Do it." "The thing about T.J. is, she doesn't care about making it work once her guy is in." "I mean, now, I'm not telling you anything that T.J. wouldn't tell you herself." "Shejust gets off on the action of the campaign." "Yeah, well, we never can count on him." "He's so goddamn inconsistent." "Yeah." "I know." " This is for you." " Hi!" "How ya doing?" "Mr. Seidelman, what a surprise." " David, Andrea." "Remember." "David." " I'm sorry." " Andrea." " Andrea." "What is Reagan's problem?" "Doesn't he like children?" "God knows his children don't like him." "[ Andrea ] I think it's my upbringing." "Respecting your elders and all that." " [ Emile ] Oooh.!" " [ David ] Your what?" " Well, that's a tasty morsel." " Andrea, don't ever change." " Oh, yeah." " Well, make up your mind." "Do you guys want copies ofJack's testimony Tuesday?" " When do you think you can get back to me?" " Did we mention we're having a clearance sale on that?" " What's this?" " Jack's testimony Tuesday." "You know, it's really eerie... seeing what he's actually going to say before he says it, isn't it?" " What testimony?" " Hey, come on." " You know." "You're the media director." " Thanks,Joe." "Bye." "Does anybody want to look at this stuff, or should I..." "Listen, David, it was nice talking to you, but I'm busy." "just go shoot myself?" "[ Andrea ] How's it going down there?" "What " "Well..." "Stringer's out of the loop, huh?" " [ Phone Ringing ]" " Excuse me." "I think that's my phone." "[ Chuckles ]" "Good to know." " [ Piano ]" " What?" "Hello, everybody." "Welcome to the Omni Shoreham Marquis Cabaret." "My name is Joan Cushing." "And I'm going to sing some hopefully funny songs about politicians." "I should say how many here - how many people in this room are forJack Tanner for president?" "Nobody wants to admit it, huh?" "Sorry." "How many people have heard ofJack Tanner for president?" "[ Laughs ] Well, I'm going to do a song that I wrote for him... since I see one of his campaign members here." "[ Man ] Hey, Stringer.!" "Over here." " Jack Tanner for president" " Give me five minutes." "Come on." " Good to see you." " Hi." "How ya doing?" " Fine." "Is that what you're drinking?" " Yeah." " Take a seat." "Be with you in a second." " Thanks." "I'm busy." "Do me a favor, darling." "I'll come by here and see you in a while." "That's it." "You're going places." " Lots of women, huh?" " Ooh, you betcha." "D.C. is the land o' opportunity." "It's 4-to-1 here." "I don't have any problems." " A guy like you, freedom of choice." " Uh-huh." "Uh-huh." "That's our campaign song" "Jack Tanner for president" "Won't you come along" "The future's now He'll show us how" "To set this country straight" "Jack Tanner for president" "Of 1 988" "That is ifJesseJackson doesn't close the gate on him... which I think he already did." "[ Ends ]" "[ Piano ]" "This song is a song I wrote about Ronald Reagan and drug testing." "If you're visiting America from a foreign land" "[ Clears Throat ]" "So, what Rogan tells me tracks." "What's Rogan tell you?" "You might be interested in a new venue." "Uh, I don't know yet, Barney." "What can you offer me?" "That depends on what you can do for us." "Now that Mike is leading the field, he has no shortage of new best friends." " I'm beating back boarding parties every day." " You know what I can do." "You betcha." "The Tanner operation was all Band-Aid and strings... and then you parlayed those ads into a shitload of free media, put it back in the money." "Man,you gotta be golden." " So, why are you so hot to jump to Dukakis?" " I haven't said I am." "I've had a little fall from grace." "[ Laughter ]" "[ Barney ] Another double for my friend here." " [ Rings ]" " If none of the candidates turns you on pick the least offensive one and vote" "Hello." "Oh, hi, Governor." "It's Alex." "Yeah, he's here." "Vote, vote" " Who is it?" " Governor Babbitt." " Oh." "Hi, Bruce." " Bruce Babbitt." "Brave, bold, bland Bruce Babbitt... who actually believes he can balance a badly botched budget." " Yeah, I know." "I'm sorry." "I got hung up." " [ Continues ]" "Oh, yeah." "Well, how did the hearing go?" "Uh-huh." "Well, um... you know, we could go get a bagel or something." " Yeah, where are you?" " Exercise your right to vote" "Good." "I'll meet you downstairs in a few minutes." "How's that?" "Yeah." "Great." "Okay." "Okay." "Good." "Bye." "Uh, I'll be back in an hour or so." "Dukakis." "Every time I hear the word Dukakis, I want to conjugate it." " Hi, do you know " " You know, Duka-ka, Duka-kas" "Excuse me." "I feel right at home." "You'd think he was elected already." " [ Phone Rings ]" " Excuse me." " Can I help you?" " Yeah, I'm looking for Mr. Kittman, please." " You're looking for Mr. Kittman?" " Yeah." " May I ask who's here to see him?" " Sure." "It's Stringer Kincaid." "Stringer Kincaid." "Stringer Kincaid here to see Mr. Kittman!" " Not so loud." " What?" " Nothing." " Oh, down the hall, on the left." " Thanks." " You're welcome." "No, it's the other door, Mr. Kincaid.!" "[ Man ] I don't know about that, but the Red Sox have won" " Excuse me." " Hey, Stringer." "Susan, go play in the traffic." "Come on in." "I was just thinking of you." " Hi." " Have a seat." "[ Stringer ] What's this?" " You don't recognize this?" "This is your greatest hits tape." "It's that Easter Seal benefit when the governor ofTennessee came out and backed Tanner." "[ Barney Chuckling ] That must have given Gore shit-fits." "[ Stringer ] Where'd you get that?" " From CNN." "Don't you guys monitor?" " Ah." "Sure." " Yeah, sure you do." "You mean, like, you compile coverage of the other candidates?" "You know, how else are you gonna counter the other guy's media position?" "You gotta know what he's up to, where he's placing his emphasis, what he's trying to avoid." "Video clip files track the evolution ofhis message he's trying to put across." "Even more important, how it's playing with the media." "Yeah, but, my God, the resources." "You guys monitor all this stuff in-house?" "Stringer, now ask yourself." "What does your average 1 9-year-old volunteer do better than anything else?" "No, no." "Besides that." "He watches television." "Man, these kids are trained at birth." "They don't think anything of 1 2 consecutive hours of the tube." "You ought to be glad we do." "I wouldn't have known how good you were if I wasn't checking Tanner's media hits." "Lots of strong stuff there." "Lots of nights he shouldn't have been on network, but he was... 'cause you figured that angle or picture or that sound bite that just pushed you on." "I was real impressed." " I think you ought to meetJoanna." "Joanna?" "Yeah,Joanna Buckley, deputy campaign manager." "Someone else knows I'm here?" "It won't get back to T.J." "You have my word." "[ Babbitt ] You know, it's a truism." "You don't see... the disparities and the hurt and the pain and the injustice..." " in your own neighborhood..." " Right." "until you go where you see it in somebody else's neighborhood where you've got these vast inequities." "Then, all of a sudden, you come home and look around and say, my God, you know..." " it's all around here too." " Right." "It's like today, you know." "Lexy grabs the microphone." "She, uh, starts this big harangue with the press... about what I'm gonna do about South Africa once I'm elected." "Of course, we haven't - we haven't discussed any of this." "You know, what am I gonna do?" "Wrest the microphone away from her and tell her she's grounded?" "I " "I stand there with this stupid grin on my face... while she commits me to a nine-point policy, you know." "Yeah, but,Jack, I'll tell ya something." "I heard some of that stuff on the car coming over here." "It's not bad." "You know, maybe you oughta listen to your daughter a little more than... a lot of those advisers you got out there." " Because she's in touch with something." " She is." "It's true." "But, I mean, I feel like I'm becoming an innocent bystander in my own campaign." "I mean " "Every day I give up a little, uh, dignity..." "I give up a little of my soul, I make a deal with some guy that, uh, you know..." "I would have walked away from a few months ago." "I mean, I approve of a - of a - an ad campaign that I think stinks - that I think is humiliating, you know." "So, you just give it up." "You give up a little bit" "They got me - I'm wearing pancake makeup half the time." "I mean, I come out of jail today... and my, uh, campaign manager is slipping me her compact, see... so I'll look good in front of the camera." "[ Babbitt ] My guys tell me you gotta use hypoallergenic... translucent, shine-free blotting powder." "[ Tanner Chuckling ]" "Well, I use MoistureWear." "[ Laughs ]" "What's become of us, you know?" "[ Babbitt ] Yeah." "See, pretty soon... you'll be just like the rest of them." "And" " See, you've got a chance now." " People know you." " Mm-hmm." "You've got a chance now to take the next step - to say, "Okay, I'm gonna take some risks."" "Talk honestly." "Try to make it work." "Now, it may not." "I mean, God knows I'm living testament to that." "I mean, you can walk out there, look people in the eye and say, "Okay..." ""I'm gonna talk to you straight..." ""about our future and how it is Americans have to get together..." ""and start solving problems rather than living in this kind of... you know, silver-screen stage of unreality."" "[ Humming ]" " She got anybody in there with her?" " No, but she's on the phone." "Okay." "Hey, you gotta get to know Ashley." "She is terrific." " Yeah." "We've met." " Oh, yeah?" "[ Woman ] All I know is what was in the Post." "Well, someone's trying to rattle Susan's cage, and I want to know how seriously to take it and" "Well, check it out." "I don't think having Mike go negative before California... is remotely productive, do you?" "No." "Okay." "Good." "Get back to me." "Right." "Bye-bye." "Joanna, I would like you to meet Stringer Kincaid." "Hi." "Um " "Hey." "Come on." "Let's not go by first impressions, huh?" "Barney, do you " "Want to be alone?" "Yeah, sure." "Hey." " Do you mind?" " No, no, no." "Not at all." "So, how's tricks?" "[ Babbitt ] I was always waiting for somebody in one of those interviews to ask one of the candidates..." ""Do you know how much a quart of milk costs?"" "Because I would honestly bet that two-thirds of them... couldn't give you the price of a quart of milk... within 50 cents." "Or of a loaf ofbread or a pound ofhamburger because... they lead lives in which there's no longer" " They don't do those things." " Yeah." "I mean, that's how bad it gets." "You're running for president of the United States, but purpose is what it's all about." "You gotta touch people out there." "You gotta capture... a sense of what it's all about." "What you're doing" "The reason you're listening to all those other guys... is because you're - you're taking the safe course." "And, look, you'll never win that way." "And if you win... you won't be prepared to govern." "So, why don't you take a chance?" "See, I'm" " I'm here saying, look, I took a chance, got blown out of the water." "Now I'm telling you to take a chance, 'cause I think you -you can do it." "I could get awfully enthusiastic about a-about you... if you go out to those people out there and say, "Okay..." ""I'm not gonna pander to you anymore." "I'm gonna talk to you honestly about what you gotta do for the future of our country. "" "Talk-Talk about... you know, a little bit of sacrifice for the common good." "Uh, talk about a foreign policy that... involves taking some risks." "Tell them if you're elected president... you'll invite Daniel Ortega to the White House and say, "Okay... we're strong enough and confident enough to start acting like the winners we are. "" "Your daughter is right." "See, what she's saying out there by her actions is..." ""I care passionately about something."" "What's she gonna read about you in 20 years?" ""I,Jack Tanner..." ""ran for president..." ""went through all of this crap, listened to all of these people..." ""humiliated myself, and at the end of it I lost... and I didn't say a damn thing in the process."" "Uh,you risk being a footnote in a history book." "You say, "I lost, and I didn't make a difference."" "What you want to do in a campaign... is say, "I ran, I made a difference." " "I'll risk losing, but I just might win." " Yeah." "And in any event, I'll make a difference."" "[ T.J.] Look,Joe, I'm sorry if it embarrassed you." "If it embarrassed you, imagine how embarrassed Jack is." "Well, I can assu" "Who should he go to on the Hill to make amends?" " Here he is." " Solid gold, babe. [ Snorts ]" "Oh, my God." "[ T.J.] Jack, why don't you sit here?" "Because - Because you're not on that committee." "I know." "No, no." "I know you worked very hard to get him invited." " I appreciate every effort you have made." " Ready when you are, big guy." "Listen, I gotta go." "We're gonna watch The Rocky Horror Show." "Yeah, I'll call you later." "Bye." "Okay." "All right." "Let me lay out the concept for you here." "This is like the second stage of the "For Real" campaign." "I've taken it up a notch, heightened the neoreality... invited the voters intoJack's world... let 'em roam around a bit, let 'em check out what makes the man tick." " And then asked them to leave, I hope." " It's kind of a guided tour of your psyche, if you will." "They can't really get close." "But, well, I mean..." " the velvet ropes are still there." " [ T.J. ] Velvet ropes?" "But the illusion of intimacy is sustained throughout the piece." "Or at least it will be." "So, the first time,just let it flow over you." "It's rough, it's real, it's unexpected." " Oh, God." " Here we go." "[ Deke's Voice ] On November 8, 1 987..." "Jack Tanner wrote in his journal..." ""Last night T.J. and I watched Doug Ginsburg... withdraw his nomination for the Supreme Court."" "[ Deke ] Recognize it, big guy?" "It's from yourjournal." "Hope you don't mind." "[ Deke's Voice ] "As I told T.J., half the electorate grew up experimenting." ""Many of them might even be reassured to learn I was part of the times." "Admitting to past drug use might even act -"" "See, this one's about drugs." "There's lots of other good stuff in the journal we could use, you know, in the future." "[ TV:" "Sitar ]" "[ Deke's Voice ] "The way I see it, it's time to get real." ""Either we legalize drugs, regulate and tax them like liquor..." ""or we treat them like the threat to national security they really are..." " Whoosh!" " "and send the marines into producing countries." "[ Deke ] Is that strong, huh?" "Are those balls that clank?" "[ Deke's Voice On TV] "It's time to start saving lives." ""I'll discuss this with Lexy tonight." "I know she's had strong feelings ever since her mother's rehabilitation."" "[ Typewriter Clacking ]" "Oh, my God."