House of Cards Page #4
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- 2013
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10.
RUSSO:
(realizes what he’s up
against)
Right. Well...
The phone rings. Russo looks sympathetically to Chapman.
RUSSO (CONT’D)
One sec.
(picks up the phone)
Christina I told you - no calls.
Not while I’m meeting with Mr.
Chapman.
(pause)
The President-Elect?
Chapman’s eyes widen.
RUSSO (CONT’D)
Put him through Christina.
(short beat)
Mr. President-Elect...Thank you, we
were pleased to win by double
digits...Absolutely, anything you
need...
CUT TO Christina at her desk outside the office. She’s
whispering into a receiver.
CHRISTINA:
I need you to put that long, wet,
talented tongue of yours between my
thighs and make me squeal like
Monica Lewinsky.
CUT BACK TO Russo on his phone. Laughs boisterously.
RUSSO:
Me too, me too...Okay, thanks again
Mr. President-Elect.
And he hangs up. Chapman is impressed.
RUSSO (CONT’D)
I’m sorry - what were we
discussing?
INT. BLAIR HOUSE - OFFICE - DAY
As the Aide lets Francis into the office, we see that it’s
Vasquez, not Walker, who is behind the desk. Francis
registers a whiff of surprise.
11.
VASQUEZ:
Thanks for coming Frank.
(gestures at a chair)
Please...
FRANCIS:
(as he sits)
Will the President-Elect be joining
us?
VASQUEZ:
No. He told me to apologize on his
behalf. I’ll brief him though.
Francis has no other choice but to roll with the punches. He
hands Vasquez a manila folder.
FRANCIS:
This is a memo I drafted on the
Middle East policy we’ve been
developing. I think we need a more
direct way to frame our approach.
We’ll steal from Reagan - trickle-
down diplomacy. If we tackle
VASQUEZ:
Frank - I’m going to stop you right
there.
(half beat)
We’re not nominating you for
Secretary of State.
A huge blow. Francis stares at Vasquez in stunned silence.
VASQUEZ (CONT’D)
I’m sorry, I know he made you a
promise, but circumstances have
changed.
FRANCIS:
The nature of promises, Linda, is
that they remain immune to changing
circumstances.
VASQUEZ:
Garrett has thought long and hard
about this, and he’s decided we
need you to stay in Congress.
FRANCIS:
I built the campaign’s foreign
policy platform from the ground up.
(MORE)
12.
FRANCIS (CONT'D)
I briefed him, I prepped him for
debates. And the deal we agreed
upon was
VASQUEZ:
I’m sorry Frank. If it had been up
to me I would’ve handled this
differently. I wouldn’t have
waited this long to tell you.
FRANCIS:
So you knew this was what you were
going to do.
VASQUEZ:
It’s been an evolving discussion.
FRANCIS:
(slowly)
An evolving discussion...
VASQUEZ:
Frank...
FRANCIS:
I got fourteen conservative
Democrats in key states to endorse
him. I was personally responsible
for raising over six million
dollars in contributions to the
campaign, seven million for House
races to keep hold of our majority
in
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