
Knife Fight
[Projector whirring]
[Bright rock and roll music]
# 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 #
# Listen #
# Persecution,
you must bear #
# Win or lose,
you've got to get your share #
# Got your mind
set on a dream #
# You can get it,
though 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 #
# Is the sweeter the 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 #
[intense instrumental music]
Governor, we are not, not, not
going to be explaining.
When we're explaining,
we're losing.
[Cell phone ringing]
Now, we'll protect you
from this bullshit.
We will attack, attack,
and attack again.
This is Paul Turner,
former presidential aide
and the guy
for politicians in trouble.
He's called
"the master of disaster."
But I need Sophia
by your side.
I've got the, uh,
Vermont gov calling in.
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.
All right.
Okay.
I'll call you later.
You... don't worry.
Just... just don't.
Thank you.
Hey, listen.
I didn't have much.
Absent father,
mother with two low-paying jobs,
and my sister Mary,
my big sister,
who always dreamed
of becoming a doctor.
But, as 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.
Larry Becker
was 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.
First we moved
into a homeless shelter,
but that wasn't safe.
Eventually we found
a tiny one-bedroom apartment...
three of us.
The press will most likely
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.
All right, great.
Got it.
Thank you, guys.
Ah.
All right.
Showtime.
Stephen Green
is the 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.
My mama struggled
day and night,
but it wasn't enough.
Eventually, 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,
roof over my head.
What do you say
to Campbell's charge
that you're afraid
to debate him?
What is the air force
gonna do about the Travis Base?
As a former Navy SEAL,
what do you think about the way
they handled it?
Gas prices
are at a record high.
Companies are making
enormous profits.
What's your response?
Okay, guys,
these are great questions.
I'm gonna get to all these,
But my primary purpose
here today is to talk
about our most precious
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