:16:01
Grab Michigan and California, where they
make cars, planes and burn fossil fuels.
:16:06
But if I'd read these 800 pages
I would've discovered...
:16:08
...that the burning of fossil fuels is
responsible for global warming...
:16:12
...and that the 20 percent reduction
recommended by the GDC...
:16:15
...is a necessary first step...
:16:16
...toward arresting
the catastrophic greenhouse effect...
:16:19
...which has gone unchecked
by this administration.
:16:21
- It's time to--
- The Chief of Staff won't let us leave...
:16:24
...until he's broken the bad news.
:16:30
I'm afraid Sydney's right, although
not about Michigan and California.
:16:34
The President asked me to convey to you
he's sending his energy bill to the floor...
:16:38
...with a call for a ten percent reduction.
:16:42
The President is willing
to go it alone on this...
:16:44
...but he's asking-- Frankly,
he's expecting the full support of the GDC.
:16:49
He is expecting our full support?
:16:51
- He is.
- The President's dreaming.
:16:53
The President has critically
misjudged reality.
:16:55
If he thinks
the environmental community...
:16:58
...is going to whistle a happy tune
while rallying support...
:17:00
...around this pitifully lame mockery
of environmental leadership...
:17:04
...just because he's done better
than his predecessors...
:17:07
...then your boss is
the Chief Executive of Fantasyland.
:17:10
Let's take him out back
and beat the shit out of him.
:17:12
'Morning, Mr.President.
How are you today?
:17:14
Great. My apologies for the interruption.
:17:16
A.J. suggested I come by and say hello.
:17:20
You wouldn't be Sydney Ellen Wade
by any chance, would you?
:17:24
Mr.President, I'm...
:17:26
I don't know what to say. I'm speechless.
:17:30
All evidence to the contrary.
:17:32
Mr.President, we haven't met.
I'm Susan Sloan.
:17:34
I used to work with Congressman Myers.
I hope this incident won't jeopardize--
:17:38
Sydney?
:17:40
Yes, sir.
:17:41
You have a second?
:17:43
Of course.
:17:50
I thought maybe we might talk in private,
someplace less intimidating.
:17:54
Janie.
:17:56
This is Janie Basdin, my personal aide.
Show Ms.Wade to the Rec Room, please.