I have always been a Republican. My father is a Republican. His father was State Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party.
Yes.
When I was young, I was a Young Republican.
Yeah, Ainsley, even if you hadn't already told me all of this, you know, many, many times, I would know it anyway, 'cause I have this FBI file.
You have my FBI file?
Yes.
I can't believe that! You have my FBI file?
Yes.
I have an FBI file?
Ainsley...
Mr. McGarry, I loathe almost everything you believe in. [stands up]
Where are you going?
I'm not going anywhere, I'm standing up, which is how one speaks in opposition in a civilized world.
Well, you go, girl.
I find this administration smug and patronizing, and under the impression that those who disagree with them are less than they are, and with colder hearts.
I don't think that's true.
How many people on your staff assumed that I was ambitious, mean, and stupid?
None. [after a moment] C.J. Cregg thinks you kill your pets. You don't do that, do you?
No, I don't kill my pets. I don't have any pets. I was thinking about getting a pet, but-- that doesn't matter. The point is...
Ainsley.
Yes, sir.
Don't you want to work in the White House?
Oh, only since I was two.
[shrugging] Okay.
Ainsley...
Mr. McGarry.
The President likes smart people who disagree with him. He wants to hear from you. The President's asking you to serve. And everything else is crap.
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