Erv, will you explain to this motherfucker just what the fuck it is he's doing here?
Lieutenant Dan-...
[interrupting] Excuse me, sir, but it's pretty basic. If the senator isn't involved in anything illegal, then he doesn't need to worry. I can't be any clearer than that.
Fool, what do you think? That we know anything about who gives money? That we give a damn about who they are or what they want? We have no way of running down them or their stories. We don't care. We just cash the damn cheques, count the votes and move on.
[stands] Anything else, Deputy Burrell? [leaves]
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