
Affairs of State
- R
- Year:
- 2018
- 97 min
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[cheering, applause]
[Baines] Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you.
Thank you very much!
Thank you very...
Thank you, so incredibly
grateful to be here.
Thank you very much.
[crowd chanting]
Baines! Baines! Baines!
[rhythmic clapping]
[Baines] God bless America!
[crowd] Baines! Baines! Baines!
Thank you very, very much!
[Michael] History has proven that a
great leader can change the world.
For better or for worse.
Once upon a time,
in the not-too-distant future,
America was at war with itself.
Our political parties
had fallen into crisis.
An identity crisis.
there are soldiers.
[man grunting]
there are casualties.
Mary Maple was once
the Magnolia Queen.
Yes, it's me.
Thirty years and 30 pounds ago.
[laughs]
- Michael.
- Yes.
Tell me about yourself,
what's your background?
Where'd you go to school?
I graduated from GW.
Hmm. What did
you major in?
Political Science with
a minor in Journalism.
What kind of grades?
Graduated with honors.
Cum laude.
Cum laude.
My goodness.
- Sugar?
- Oh, yes please.
[Michael] Mary Maple.
A very good person
to know in Washington.
So, how can I
help you, Michael?
Well, it's pretty clear
that Senator Baines
is gonna run for president.
If I can be anywhere
near that, I mean...
from the man.
Well, John is a good friend.
- Nothing is set in stone, of course.
- No, no, of course.
Rob Reynolds is unofficially
running the campaign.
I have heard of him, although I
haven't made his acquaintance.
Rob is also
a good friend.
He's the best at what he does.
Yes, he is.
the Maple Foundation event,
where my good friend John Boland
Baines is our guest speaker.
I'll even introduce you
to Rob Reynolds myself.
I'd very much appreciate that, Mrs.
Maple.
Call me Mary.
Oh! My goodness!
Oh! My goodness!
Oh! My! Oh, darlin'! Michael!
Darlin', I need you...
I need you...
I need you to stop
for a minute.
Oh. Oh. Oh.
[Mary sighs]
[sighs]
- Hey.
- What?
Where'd you go?
I'm in here.
[chuckles]
You know, I like you
better without it.
You mean you
don't like my wig?
No, no, no.
I like your wig.
I mean, here.
Now.
I like you like this.
[sighs] You do?
Oh, sugar, you really
are something.
[both chuckling]
[moaning]
Oh! Oh!
[moaning loudly]
[Michael] A little over a
year ago, at a lunch counter,
my boss,
Senator Lester Garret,
told me he had a pain
in his abdomen.
Less than two months later,
Lester died of pancreatic cancer.
I'd been out of work
ever since.
I had to make something happen.
I was on borrowed time
in a borrowed SUV.
That Judge Karl?
How did you get this?
Callie, Judge Karl
has a wife and kids.
Precisely.
And he's been
a judicial activist
against same-sex marriage
for his entire career.
Some of his legal language was
actually in DOMA, for Christ's sakes.
I mean, he's a hypocrite
of the highest order.
[Michael] Callie and I met when we
were both interning for Lester.
Yeah, but, Callie...
wife and kids.
Yeah, you're right, I can't
do that to the wife and kids.
[Michael] She's my roommate and
my best friend. But lately...
I'll blackmail him.
How much do you think
we would get?
Not much, honestly.
[scoffs]
[Michael] She had quite
a collection going.
Most of those guys weren't
exactly big players, though.
The judge tape...
This was different.
You know,
in this little box...
is the real DC.
Yeah, and it's going to
stay in that box.
For a rainy day.
Speaking of rainy days...
umm, how we doing on rent?
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