Mr. President, do you want to sew up reelection right now? Do you want a lock on your second term right here, right now in this room?
What do you got?
Why do you encourage him?
What do you got, Al?
A truckload of voters, Mr. President, about 47%, overwhelmingly white men, pool and patio types, who voted against you by 20 plus points. They share an affinity towards authority, a President. And they see you as smart and having vision, so why didn't they vote for you? Because they also see you as a wimp. Two-thirds of them on a thermometer place you as some degree of weak.
We've heard these numbers before.
Yeah, but I never get tired of hearing them, you know. Especially in front of my daughter.
Look, I get that this is not the most popular idea in the room. But I got numbers, and I know numbers, and I trust numbers. And the reason you're all looking a little pale right now is so do you. This is not theoretical. The flag burning amendment made it through the House with 20 votes over the required two-thirds. It hasn't made it through the Senate yet, but that day will come, that day will come, that day will come soon. Laws against flag burning are favored overwhelmingly in the polls, and a constitutional amendment won't be subject to a Presidential veto, or overturning by the Supreme Court.
Look...
This all adds up to one thing, Mr. President. It's over! The game's been played and won. But because of guys like me, you get the results before anyone else does, so you get to pick which side you're on. And not only do we get to be on the winning team, we get to lead the winning team.
[Josh's phone rings. He walks away from the table.]
Excuse me.
Toby, you're smiling.
I just figured out who you were.
He's going to say Satan.
No. You're the guy that runs into 7-Eleven to get Satan a pack of cigarettes.
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