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[while sitting down to eat at Bush's ranch] George W. Bush:
Whaddaya say?... I want you to be my VP. I want you, you're ma vice. Dick Cheney:
Well, George, I, uh... I'm a CEO... of a large company. And I have been Secretary of Defense... And I have been White House Chief of Staff. The Vice Presidency is a mostly symbolic job. George W. Bush:
Uh-huh. Dick Cheney:
However, if we came to a, uh... different... understanding... I can handle the more mundane... jobs. Overseeing bureaucracy... military... energy... and, uh... foreign policy. [pause] George W. Bush:
[Finishes cleaning chicken grease off his fingers and stares at Cheney for a few seconds, then points at him]
That sounds good!
Whaddaya say?... I want you to be my VP. I want you, you're ma vice. Dick Cheney:
Well, George, I, uh... I'm a CEO... of a large company. And I have been Secretary of Defense... And I have been White House Chief of Staff. The Vice Presidency is a mostly symbolic job. George W. Bush:
Uh-huh. Dick Cheney:
However, if we came to a, uh... different... understanding... I can handle the more mundane... jobs. Overseeing bureaucracy... military... energy... and, uh... foreign policy. [pause] George W. Bush:
[Finishes cleaning chicken grease off his fingers and stares at Cheney for a few seconds, then points at him]
That sounds good!
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Movie Summary
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.
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George W. Bush
Dick Cheney
