p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Another end to:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"The West Wing Season 4 before Sams election/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Ok boys and girls, Scott will get a big fat slap somewhere on his behind but for the time being let's get Sam into Congress. Come on, we have two weeks, every day counts from now on, your team has arrived, we are here to work for you and you know what we can do so lets not waste any time, because we don't have it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Guys, you are/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Shut up!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Excuse me?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: We are here, we will tell the Democratic caucus what to do with themselves later, now listen and listen closely what CJ has to say, will ya?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Thank you Toby./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Well I don't know the people here so I hope you know what you are doing because you cannot have Will because somebody has to be in Washington to write the Inauguration speech and I hope he does not mess it up, this is all because you because you…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Toby, he gets it, he looks pale already and not in a good way. Sam, Sammy, what is the favourite thing people do here? /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Going to the country club, get drunk and gossip? You lived here, you know what people do all day, you…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: I lived here yes, I had a nice house, a great salary, and a pool which I fell into the day I got fired when Toby found me to offer me this job. But this is not the point. The point is I did not grow up in this part of the world. So what do people do here? Young people, first time voters? What did your friends do when you grew up? Think high school, that is when you left, right?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes, thank god otherwise my brain would have been fried up by now, we played beach volleyball CJ a lot of it, I was young, I left when I was 18 and went to Harvard, the little school you went to as well if I may say so, I am only here to see my mom and that is not very often./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: I know but again you grew up here and I wasn't the one telling Mrs. Wilder exactly that so come on, its two weeks and you are not losing this election, the president needs a win, you need a win and the team needs a win so the first thing you do is go to the beach./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: The beach? /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yes, the thing with tons of sand, the beach and we are going shopping beforehand but first of all give me your tie, this, who told you to wear this?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Excuse me?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Probably Scott to make you look neat, neat in Newport Beach oh I cannot believe it that is not what people here are wearing, you never wore stuff like this even in Washington. Deep breath Claudia Jean you can do this, you can do this, sorry here my brain goes in overload mode a lot so listen Sam, the people here need to realise they are sending their son to congress. They are sending their son to the bad East Coast where the sun never shines. I know these people because whenever we talked about sending somebody to New York we had to draw straws, believe me so we have to make you into somebody they /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I went to Harvard, I really did go to Harvard, I wanted to leave because/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: I know but you grew up here, you in the spur of a moment told Mrs Wilder that you are grew up here because you are good guy, yeah we should have left you here with Scott because he would have destroyed your career to further his own but no we are not doing this, we trusted our people, we will not make this mistake again and believe me the president I don't think he will show any leniency with Scott or the people involved so now is not the time to argue. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I doubt the president/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Shshs, I am not finished and you are not going to interrupt me again. Will is in Washington doing your job because somebody needs to be there for the president but he will call us, he gave us lists over lists, Will got us this seat and we will keep it and not to forget that I lived here, Toby found me here on the day I got fired because one of the guys dropped from 3suprd/sup most important to 9supth/sup coming back to this oh I remember how people yep I know exactly what we are doing. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Really? You got fired because /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yes, I thought you knew that? Everybody does, Josh/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: No, I but that is kind of, I always thought you were perfect./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Well it happened and I am not and the movie was bad. Now come on Sam you know the drill. I called a photographer, a friend that owes me a favour and in two days your face will be all over the OC, you with your youthful and boyish smile. I booked Leno where you will tell a few jokes, nothing too serious, talk about your old days in high school here in California, some harmless stories which I hope you have. How are your parents? You said you are visiting your mom /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Mom still lives here, let's not talk about dad./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: We don't have to, you and her are having lunch, mother and son./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: But I do not want her to be, I mean I am not going to use her, she is my mom and she/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: You are the candidate, you will be here more often if you win and you are/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: 7,10 points down, at the moment you are losing. You wanna win? We need every freakin vote! So go and do what CJ tells you because she used to do that for people and she was damn good at her job she just had a spineless boss and have you ever seen one candidate without his family? That is why they hate you. They need to know somebody who knows somebody who is your mom's green grocer, tailor or the postman./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Exactly, thanks Toby. Young voters, please tell me you can play beach volleyball, I mean, tell me you are good at it and that you won a few tournaments.../span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes, of course and I think I am good, I won the state championships with my partner and also in Lacrosse, and I was the captain of the debate team... do you want my old /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yearbook? Yes, hell yes/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: No, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: I ll get that from his mom. I am good at that. You wanted his gym bag?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yes, where is your gym bag Sam?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Car/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Good, Toby, Josh you tell him what to say and do, write and call Joey Lucas. We need a new poll./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I don't think that I can afford her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Just let us do our job because you can't embarrass the president, our numbers aren't that good and we need a win, here in the land where the sun always shines, god this city makes me nervous./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Then go inside Toby. Sam/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Do you surf?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes, I do but/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Brilliant this is getting good, wet suit, I ll ask somebody to fetch you your surfboard that is with your/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: mother, yes but/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Try not to fall off./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I am not, I did a lot, I was a different kind of person, I/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: You need to become this person again. Just for two weeks!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Good, then/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: I am planning a beach party, get all the helpers, we need to get you out of the stuffy hotels, nea headquarter will be the Newport Beach Country Club. Is your mom still a member?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Lifetime/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Brilliant, you will win that, I ll call and organise a quick fundraiser for tomorrow…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott comes in: What the hell is going on here?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: You are fired and this is a meeting you are excluded from you little oh I am not wasting my time to say it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott: What? Say what?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: You are fired and you are never mind, we heard why you did what you did and that you didn't help Wilder because you thought the 47supth/sup wasn't winnable but guess what? Will did so now we are taking over/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott: I going to tell/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: What? The president? Guess why we are here without getting paid for two weeks?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott: You are going to regret this your president is not as safe as he think and/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: No, you are. Toby call security or better the FBI because I think Scott might have taken some money that was supposed to be for Sam/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Yeah Scott, have taken something you shouldn't have, money that was allocated to help Sam?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott fumes further and leaves/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ laughs: Now call Will. Sam tomorrow morning you will first surf and then do a little jog, I ll send the reporters to the beach and you talk about the beauty, the environment, conservation and that it's good to be back home. Than we are going to your old high school and you talk with the kids, the seniors who have parents, press they will love you and so will the students. Then soup kitchen in Los Alamitos, we really need the Hispanic vote, talk about the tax plans and things that are close to your heart. Then the photoshoot although I bet we will have enough from that morning, your mom in the afternoon, I booked the restaurant, cakes and coffee, one reporter that will ask you a few questions, then Leno and dinner at a country club, after that quick change and I take you clubbing my friend, you and me, beach house and I hope we get some nice shots by the fire, don't worry../span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Are you insane? I am, this is not Vogue, I am not running to be the next Sexiest Man alive. I want them to send me to congress so/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Not yet and I know because that is just day 1. You will/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I have no time, I need to talk to people, go to democratic leadership meetings and /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: You are the candidate, you can read, we give you stuff and the democratic leadership doesn't believe you can win this. So trust us because this is a mess and we are just picking up the pieces so tell me you can do this./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Ok, I can do this./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Good, will you listen to us and tell the people you meet what we tell you do to?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Otherwise you wing it, wing it in the way you always do but do not offend anyone. Just try to remember that you know these people, deep breath, you are 18 plus we have a secret weapon./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley comes me/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Hi Ainsley/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Ainsley, why, did you know, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Donna, I should have/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yeah, Donna told me after a few drinks, wasn't easy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley: and because I love you and although I play for the other team I kind of like you guys so I thought why not help to bag the liberal republicans for a bit more bi partisanship? Then you owe me one/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: But I, you don't have to do this. I did not call you because I, that is why/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley: I know, but you are not sleeping with me because you want to win an election?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: No, I /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley: See and I ll help, I ll sip smoothies and talk to moms about kids and values, I am good at that believe me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I am/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Talk when you won and now go, oh wait here/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What is that?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Rodeo drive, here try this on. Come on, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: NO, I am not, this is a polo shirt, I, you make me into this/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley: Yeah, you will. I have seen people here, they were that and here, jeans, wait don't forget the loafers… /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I hate you guys, I left for a reason and/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Just do it and shut up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam changes/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I look so cliché, I look like/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Yeah for about two weeks then you come home with us and help us. Spy for us and get great things done. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What great things?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Not now Josh, later come on, we cannot tell him yet./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: You will have to buy a lot of rounds for me doing that, you/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Stop whining and go and I hope your muscles/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley: He looks fine without a shirt, trust me/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ grins: Good to know/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley: Now/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Lets start calling people and Josh/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: I am going to meet his mom and talk to her plus I cant wait to see his old yearbook./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"10 days later/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I cannot believe/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Told you which is why Webb hates your guts./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: But I/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: See, I know these people, I left because I wanted to do more but I know these people, and gosh I missed these appetisers and healthy drinks and I got a tan again and I will miss the pool and the beach but hey/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yeah still, I mean, this is incredible and I/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yep, plus I love your mom and Ainsley, gosh she is perfect and going to the Wayfarers Chapel/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: We are not getting married yet./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Denny comes in/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Hello stranger, thanks for/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: What is he/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: I invited him and/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Denny: Off the record, ok? Boy you guys are really something, you really want this, Sam nice abs/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Thanks but how do you, did you buy, I/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Denny: My female co-workers, they cannot shut up about you. I mean when do you have time to/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: 2am Potomac river or when I am on a call where technically I just have to listen in. You know with people, stuff Toby/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Denny: Got you, maybe I should try that./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ smiles/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Anyway, you are neck to neck now, so tonight the president is coming/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: He doesn't think, I lost/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: No, tonight you will look like the son he wanted when Zooey was born./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Will on speaker: And he will say something like that. Plus, how much he also learned to appreciate the other side because of Ainsley which will hopefully make liberal republicans vote for you because they hate Webb and we need them. So the president is going to come and hug you and/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: But he doesn't have to do that and I /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yes, he does and he loves you. You know that, you are like a son to him, I thought you knew that, I mean everybody knows that. Anyway, just do what you are told, that worked great in the last few days./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: My brain is melting, has melted, its why I left, I feel/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Shut up and be grateful for what we did, ok? We didn't get paid so you owe us a lot of rounds in the bar/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Ok, thanks I will remember that but also/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: But nothing but, Ginger is already prepping the office for you with Donnas help of course./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What? You, I haven't won yet and so, are you jinxing it?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: I am lending you Ginger plus the Intern who has the Economics degree but still went on and studied Ballet, God only know why she did that but she is good./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What? I mean, why did/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Will is going to explain that plus you get Elsie, his sister and Toby fired all the writers because they were mean to Will./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Yes, I couldn't help it, I hated them anyway and we need more women that is what my wife is telling me all the time so now we have women./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Ok, so Elsie that is, will she/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Yes, she helped Will now you are getting her but fire will be upon you /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: If you don't make your own decisions./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Mr. President, you are here and/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Sam, do I not get a Thank you? /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Of course, I thank you but/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Josh gave me the little thing you guys compiled, the thing that was so way in the future/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Josh/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: He was forced, trust me. Sam/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: All you have to do is win, got that?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Good because we are going to talk in 6 months which is when we tell you everything./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Everything, the thing you cant tell me now?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Correct/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Does Ainsley know?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: She does,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Fine then let me take off my shirt because that is what CJ told me to do the whole week./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: I ll see you in the evening./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: You guys, I am not a Tommy Hilfiger advert, I am/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yeah, yeah stop complaining Cali boy its getting old. Btw, tonight, you are speaking in front of several fraternities and sororities at the CU campus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Are you insane?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: No, I am not insane I am doing my job./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Exactly, because our volunteers signed all of them up in exchange for a brilliant party that we are sponsoring./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: All you have to do is stand up there and talk to them, make them believe that even if their grades totally suck the boys can be like you because you made it to Washington./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I left after highschool…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: That doesn't matter because now you look like one of them again and /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: And the girls will believe that the boy they are dating does exactly that, become you because you used to be one of them. Got it?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: But, they cant be/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: That stupid? Yes they can and every vote counts. Business hates you, Scott was not believing in you, we do, you need to get the other half./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Fine, the moment I am back in DC I am going into the, gosh my brain is; i/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: That's fine, you have Toby and Josh for that. Now go and change/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Again?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yes, because you still want to be cool so jeans and a shirt it is./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: You will thank me for your wardrobe, gosh thank god that some people are still talking to me. Here, that will look good on you./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: My mom, I look so/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: I talked to your mom, you weren't the nice member of the chess club, you were cool, articulate but you were one of them now wear that shirt because actually this one, she chose for you. She just knew she didn't have to send it to you to Washington/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I ll change/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam changes and CJ laughs/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Come on, what did/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: No, this was necessary and you have met his mom, she is really nice. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: She is, and I mean the house, I can't believe he likes Washington/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Coming from you? Mr. I grew up in Connecticut and did not have to live on Campus but was chauffeur driven every day to university?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Well, my mom/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Your mom /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: My mom moved to Florida, thank god she kept the house because I would have never forgiven her/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: She kept the house?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Yes, it's big and dad. She kept it, she knew I would have to, she, I go down to Florida but I am from Connecticut, ok?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam grins: I hear you, well then. If we all can't escape our pasts let's do this. What can it hurt? Few more days, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: A few more days, Joey says you are going to win. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam looks at Joey: Really?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Joey: Yeah and hey I think I am getting a posters of you./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Really?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Joey laughs/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I hate you guys. I never, I have degrees, I am a lawyer…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: We know now come on and smile./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Election night/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Somewhere in Washington DC/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott: That idiot, I tried everything but still/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Reporter: So you sabotaged his campaign?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott: You bet I did but he…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott starts rambling while downing his next bourbon./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"In Los Angeles/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ opens a bottle of champagne: You my friend did it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yeah and I am a Congressman now CJ./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Yes you are and we need you, I mean/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Let him be Joshua, Sam if you don't agree with us. That s ok. Josh and Leo can only use you for the big things and if you really agree with us and don't kill yourself here./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Thank you but, thank you Mr. President I mean, thank you for your support and for the team and thank you./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Can I offer you a ride home?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam hugs President Bartlett/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes, yes you can Sir. Please/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Great, people let's move. What's next?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"1 week later, Sam is at the Capitol still not used to the new atmosphere/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Ginger?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ginger: Yes/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Where is Ainsley?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ginger: Back at the White House, where her job is…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam grins: I forgot, sorry/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ginger: I know Congressman/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: That is new as well. Is Josh coming over?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ginger: Yes he is and /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Elsie: And Will says you have to say no, for your own good./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Why?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Elsie: Because you have to be strong, you are not his puppet or spy. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What does he want?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Elsie: Just say no/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh comes in and Sam grins/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What do you want?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Mandatory building regulations/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Where?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Seafront properties and areas of concern/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: No, absolutely not./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Yeah, it will hurt Florida more than you/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: You know/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: And you know that we can exclude things/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What do you mean?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh grins because he knows he is in the game/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: We exclude structures that are just there for the summer like beach bars, the ones where you can buy coconut water and/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Deal, I just wanted them for the mansions and hotels./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: You bastard./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Hey, anything you need?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: No, yes tell me/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Bartlett wants you to be the next president after him so don't mess it up and oh yeah, CJ as your vice and I am going to be chief of staff./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Yeah, we wanna stay in here. Don't ask why/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Whiskey?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: You/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Some of the things people give you or Tequila/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Good one?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: You bet/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Tequila it is/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Aged in Canadian Oak for 12 years/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Gosh this is good/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I know/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"The West Wing Season 4 before Sams election/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Ok boys and girls, Scott will get a big fat slap somewhere on his behind but for the time being let's get Sam into Congress. Come on, we have two weeks, every day counts from now on, your team has arrived, we are here to work for you and you know what we can do so lets not waste any time, because we don't have it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Guys, you are/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Shut up!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Excuse me?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: We are here, we will tell the Democratic caucus what to do with themselves later, now listen and listen closely what CJ has to say, will ya?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Thank you Toby./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Well I don't know the people here so I hope you know what you are doing because you cannot have Will because somebody has to be in Washington to write the Inauguration speech and I hope he does not mess it up, this is all because you because you…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Toby, he gets it, he looks pale already and not in a good way. Sam, Sammy, what is the favourite thing people do here? /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Going to the country club, get drunk and gossip? You lived here, you know what people do all day, you…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: I lived here yes, I had a nice house, a great salary, and a pool which I fell into the day I got fired when Toby found me to offer me this job. But this is not the point. The point is I did not grow up in this part of the world. So what do people do here? Young people, first time voters? What did your friends do when you grew up? Think high school, that is when you left, right?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes, thank god otherwise my brain would have been fried up by now, we played beach volleyball CJ a lot of it, I was young, I left when I was 18 and went to Harvard, the little school you went to as well if I may say so, I am only here to see my mom and that is not very often./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: I know but again you grew up here and I wasn't the one telling Mrs. Wilder exactly that so come on, its two weeks and you are not losing this election, the president needs a win, you need a win and the team needs a win so the first thing you do is go to the beach./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: The beach? /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yes, the thing with tons of sand, the beach and we are going shopping beforehand but first of all give me your tie, this, who told you to wear this?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Excuse me?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Probably Scott to make you look neat, neat in Newport Beach oh I cannot believe it that is not what people here are wearing, you never wore stuff like this even in Washington. Deep breath Claudia Jean you can do this, you can do this, sorry here my brain goes in overload mode a lot so listen Sam, the people here need to realise they are sending their son to congress. They are sending their son to the bad East Coast where the sun never shines. I know these people because whenever we talked about sending somebody to New York we had to draw straws, believe me so we have to make you into somebody they /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I went to Harvard, I really did go to Harvard, I wanted to leave because/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: I know but you grew up here, you in the spur of a moment told Mrs Wilder that you are grew up here because you are good guy, yeah we should have left you here with Scott because he would have destroyed your career to further his own but no we are not doing this, we trusted our people, we will not make this mistake again and believe me the president I don't think he will show any leniency with Scott or the people involved so now is not the time to argue. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I doubt the president/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Shshs, I am not finished and you are not going to interrupt me again. Will is in Washington doing your job because somebody needs to be there for the president but he will call us, he gave us lists over lists, Will got us this seat and we will keep it and not to forget that I lived here, Toby found me here on the day I got fired because one of the guys dropped from 3suprd/sup most important to 9supth/sup coming back to this oh I remember how people yep I know exactly what we are doing. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Really? You got fired because /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yes, I thought you knew that? Everybody does, Josh/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: No, I but that is kind of, I always thought you were perfect./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Well it happened and I am not and the movie was bad. Now come on Sam you know the drill. I called a photographer, a friend that owes me a favour and in two days your face will be all over the OC, you with your youthful and boyish smile. I booked Leno where you will tell a few jokes, nothing too serious, talk about your old days in high school here in California, some harmless stories which I hope you have. How are your parents? You said you are visiting your mom /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Mom still lives here, let's not talk about dad./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: We don't have to, you and her are having lunch, mother and son./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: But I do not want her to be, I mean I am not going to use her, she is my mom and she/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: You are the candidate, you will be here more often if you win and you are/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: 7,10 points down, at the moment you are losing. You wanna win? We need every freakin vote! So go and do what CJ tells you because she used to do that for people and she was damn good at her job she just had a spineless boss and have you ever seen one candidate without his family? That is why they hate you. They need to know somebody who knows somebody who is your mom's green grocer, tailor or the postman./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Exactly, thanks Toby. Young voters, please tell me you can play beach volleyball, I mean, tell me you are good at it and that you won a few tournaments.../span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes, of course and I think I am good, I won the state championships with my partner and also in Lacrosse, and I was the captain of the debate team... do you want my old /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yearbook? Yes, hell yes/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: No, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: I ll get that from his mom. I am good at that. You wanted his gym bag?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yes, where is your gym bag Sam?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Car/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Good, Toby, Josh you tell him what to say and do, write and call Joey Lucas. We need a new poll./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I don't think that I can afford her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Just let us do our job because you can't embarrass the president, our numbers aren't that good and we need a win, here in the land where the sun always shines, god this city makes me nervous./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Then go inside Toby. Sam/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Do you surf?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes, I do but/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Brilliant this is getting good, wet suit, I ll ask somebody to fetch you your surfboard that is with your/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: mother, yes but/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Try not to fall off./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I am not, I did a lot, I was a different kind of person, I/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: You need to become this person again. Just for two weeks!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Good, then/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: I am planning a beach party, get all the helpers, we need to get you out of the stuffy hotels, nea headquarter will be the Newport Beach Country Club. Is your mom still a member?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Lifetime/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Brilliant, you will win that, I ll call and organise a quick fundraiser for tomorrow…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott comes in: What the hell is going on here?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: You are fired and this is a meeting you are excluded from you little oh I am not wasting my time to say it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott: What? Say what?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: You are fired and you are never mind, we heard why you did what you did and that you didn't help Wilder because you thought the 47supth/sup wasn't winnable but guess what? Will did so now we are taking over/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott: I going to tell/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: What? The president? Guess why we are here without getting paid for two weeks?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott: You are going to regret this your president is not as safe as he think and/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: No, you are. Toby call security or better the FBI because I think Scott might have taken some money that was supposed to be for Sam/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Yeah Scott, have taken something you shouldn't have, money that was allocated to help Sam?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott fumes further and leaves/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ laughs: Now call Will. Sam tomorrow morning you will first surf and then do a little jog, I ll send the reporters to the beach and you talk about the beauty, the environment, conservation and that it's good to be back home. Than we are going to your old high school and you talk with the kids, the seniors who have parents, press they will love you and so will the students. Then soup kitchen in Los Alamitos, we really need the Hispanic vote, talk about the tax plans and things that are close to your heart. Then the photoshoot although I bet we will have enough from that morning, your mom in the afternoon, I booked the restaurant, cakes and coffee, one reporter that will ask you a few questions, then Leno and dinner at a country club, after that quick change and I take you clubbing my friend, you and me, beach house and I hope we get some nice shots by the fire, don't worry../span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Are you insane? I am, this is not Vogue, I am not running to be the next Sexiest Man alive. I want them to send me to congress so/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Not yet and I know because that is just day 1. You will/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I have no time, I need to talk to people, go to democratic leadership meetings and /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: You are the candidate, you can read, we give you stuff and the democratic leadership doesn't believe you can win this. So trust us because this is a mess and we are just picking up the pieces so tell me you can do this./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Ok, I can do this./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Good, will you listen to us and tell the people you meet what we tell you do to?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Otherwise you wing it, wing it in the way you always do but do not offend anyone. Just try to remember that you know these people, deep breath, you are 18 plus we have a secret weapon./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley comes me/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Hi Ainsley/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Ainsley, why, did you know, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Donna, I should have/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yeah, Donna told me after a few drinks, wasn't easy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley: and because I love you and although I play for the other team I kind of like you guys so I thought why not help to bag the liberal republicans for a bit more bi partisanship? Then you owe me one/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: But I, you don't have to do this. I did not call you because I, that is why/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley: I know, but you are not sleeping with me because you want to win an election?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: No, I /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley: See and I ll help, I ll sip smoothies and talk to moms about kids and values, I am good at that believe me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I am/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Talk when you won and now go, oh wait here/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What is that?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Rodeo drive, here try this on. Come on, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: NO, I am not, this is a polo shirt, I, you make me into this/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley: Yeah, you will. I have seen people here, they were that and here, jeans, wait don't forget the loafers… /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I hate you guys, I left for a reason and/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Just do it and shut up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam changes/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I look so cliché, I look like/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Yeah for about two weeks then you come home with us and help us. Spy for us and get great things done. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What great things?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Not now Josh, later come on, we cannot tell him yet./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: You will have to buy a lot of rounds for me doing that, you/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Stop whining and go and I hope your muscles/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley: He looks fine without a shirt, trust me/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ grins: Good to know/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ainsley: Now/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Lets start calling people and Josh/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: I am going to meet his mom and talk to her plus I cant wait to see his old yearbook./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"10 days later/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I cannot believe/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Told you which is why Webb hates your guts./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: But I/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: See, I know these people, I left because I wanted to do more but I know these people, and gosh I missed these appetisers and healthy drinks and I got a tan again and I will miss the pool and the beach but hey/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yeah still, I mean, this is incredible and I/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yep, plus I love your mom and Ainsley, gosh she is perfect and going to the Wayfarers Chapel/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: We are not getting married yet./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Denny comes in/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Hello stranger, thanks for/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: What is he/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: I invited him and/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Denny: Off the record, ok? Boy you guys are really something, you really want this, Sam nice abs/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Thanks but how do you, did you buy, I/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Denny: My female co-workers, they cannot shut up about you. I mean when do you have time to/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: 2am Potomac river or when I am on a call where technically I just have to listen in. You know with people, stuff Toby/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Denny: Got you, maybe I should try that./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ smiles/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Anyway, you are neck to neck now, so tonight the president is coming/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: He doesn't think, I lost/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: No, tonight you will look like the son he wanted when Zooey was born./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Will on speaker: And he will say something like that. Plus, how much he also learned to appreciate the other side because of Ainsley which will hopefully make liberal republicans vote for you because they hate Webb and we need them. So the president is going to come and hug you and/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: But he doesn't have to do that and I /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yes, he does and he loves you. You know that, you are like a son to him, I thought you knew that, I mean everybody knows that. Anyway, just do what you are told, that worked great in the last few days./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: My brain is melting, has melted, its why I left, I feel/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Shut up and be grateful for what we did, ok? We didn't get paid so you owe us a lot of rounds in the bar/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Ok, thanks I will remember that but also/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: But nothing but, Ginger is already prepping the office for you with Donnas help of course./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What? You, I haven't won yet and so, are you jinxing it?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: I am lending you Ginger plus the Intern who has the Economics degree but still went on and studied Ballet, God only know why she did that but she is good./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What? I mean, why did/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Will is going to explain that plus you get Elsie, his sister and Toby fired all the writers because they were mean to Will./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Yes, I couldn't help it, I hated them anyway and we need more women that is what my wife is telling me all the time so now we have women./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Ok, so Elsie that is, will she/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: Yes, she helped Will now you are getting her but fire will be upon you /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: If you don't make your own decisions./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Mr. President, you are here and/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Sam, do I not get a Thank you? /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Of course, I thank you but/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Josh gave me the little thing you guys compiled, the thing that was so way in the future/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Josh/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: He was forced, trust me. Sam/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: All you have to do is win, got that?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Good because we are going to talk in 6 months which is when we tell you everything./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Everything, the thing you cant tell me now?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Correct/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Does Ainsley know?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: She does,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Fine then let me take off my shirt because that is what CJ told me to do the whole week./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: I ll see you in the evening./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: You guys, I am not a Tommy Hilfiger advert, I am/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yeah, yeah stop complaining Cali boy its getting old. Btw, tonight, you are speaking in front of several fraternities and sororities at the CU campus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Are you insane?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: No, I am not insane I am doing my job./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Exactly, because our volunteers signed all of them up in exchange for a brilliant party that we are sponsoring./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: All you have to do is stand up there and talk to them, make them believe that even if their grades totally suck the boys can be like you because you made it to Washington./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I left after highschool…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: That doesn't matter because now you look like one of them again and /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: And the girls will believe that the boy they are dating does exactly that, become you because you used to be one of them. Got it?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: But, they cant be/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Toby: That stupid? Yes they can and every vote counts. Business hates you, Scott was not believing in you, we do, you need to get the other half./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Fine, the moment I am back in DC I am going into the, gosh my brain is; i/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: That's fine, you have Toby and Josh for that. Now go and change/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Again?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Yes, because you still want to be cool so jeans and a shirt it is./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: You will thank me for your wardrobe, gosh thank god that some people are still talking to me. Here, that will look good on you./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: My mom, I look so/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: I talked to your mom, you weren't the nice member of the chess club, you were cool, articulate but you were one of them now wear that shirt because actually this one, she chose for you. She just knew she didn't have to send it to you to Washington/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I ll change/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam changes and CJ laughs/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Come on, what did/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: No, this was necessary and you have met his mom, she is really nice. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: She is, and I mean the house, I can't believe he likes Washington/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Coming from you? Mr. I grew up in Connecticut and did not have to live on Campus but was chauffeur driven every day to university?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Well, my mom/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: Your mom /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: My mom moved to Florida, thank god she kept the house because I would have never forgiven her/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: She kept the house?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Yes, it's big and dad. She kept it, she knew I would have to, she, I go down to Florida but I am from Connecticut, ok?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam grins: I hear you, well then. If we all can't escape our pasts let's do this. What can it hurt? Few more days, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: A few more days, Joey says you are going to win. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam looks at Joey: Really?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Joey: Yeah and hey I think I am getting a posters of you./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Really?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Joey laughs/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I hate you guys. I never, I have degrees, I am a lawyer…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ: We know now come on and smile./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Election night/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Somewhere in Washington DC/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott: That idiot, I tried everything but still/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Reporter: So you sabotaged his campaign?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott: You bet I did but he…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Scott starts rambling while downing his next bourbon./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"In Los Angeles/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"CJ opens a bottle of champagne: You my friend did it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yeah and I am a Congressman now CJ./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Yes you are and we need you, I mean/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Let him be Joshua, Sam if you don't agree with us. That s ok. Josh and Leo can only use you for the big things and if you really agree with us and don't kill yourself here./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Thank you but, thank you Mr. President I mean, thank you for your support and for the team and thank you./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Can I offer you a ride home?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam hugs President Bartlett/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Yes, yes you can Sir. Please/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"President Bartlett: Great, people let's move. What's next?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"1 week later, Sam is at the Capitol still not used to the new atmosphere/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Ginger?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ginger: Yes/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Where is Ainsley?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ginger: Back at the White House, where her job is…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam grins: I forgot, sorry/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ginger: I know Congressman/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: That is new as well. Is Josh coming over?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Ginger: Yes he is and /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Elsie: And Will says you have to say no, for your own good./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Why?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Elsie: Because you have to be strong, you are not his puppet or spy. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What does he want?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Elsie: Just say no/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh comes in and Sam grins/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What do you want?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Mandatory building regulations/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Where?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Seafront properties and areas of concern/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: No, absolutely not./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Yeah, it will hurt Florida more than you/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: You know/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: And you know that we can exclude things/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What do you mean?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh grins because he knows he is in the game/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: We exclude structures that are just there for the summer like beach bars, the ones where you can buy coconut water and/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Deal, I just wanted them for the mansions and hotels./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: You bastard./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Hey, anything you need?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: No, yes tell me/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Bartlett wants you to be the next president after him so don't mess it up and oh yeah, CJ as your vice and I am going to be chief of staff./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: What?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Yeah, we wanna stay in here. Don't ask why/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Whiskey?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: You/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Some of the things people give you or Tequila/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Good one?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: You bet/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Tequila it is/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: Aged in Canadian Oak for 12 years/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Josh: Gosh this is good/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-GB"Sam: I know/span/p