Whaddaya say?... I want you to be my VP. I want you, you're ma vice. Well, George, I,...
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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!
Transcript
a three-hour window
to get through...
I meant you.
I want you to be my VP.
- You're the solution to my problems.
- No.
I'm CEO of a large company.
I have been, uh, Secretary of Defense.
I have been Chief of Staff.
Uh, the vice presidency
is mostly a symbolic job.
Right, right.
I can see how that wouldn't be, uh...
enticing to you.
However...
the vice presidency is also
defined by the president.
And if we were to come to a, uh...
different understanding...
Uh-huh. Go on.
I'm listenin'.
I sense that, uh, you're a kinetic leader.
You make decisions based on instinct.
Clip duration: 58 seconds
Views: 298
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 13 December, 2020
Genres: comedy, drama
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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00:06 Can you breathe I'm having a heart attack you idiot
01:00 I can feel your recriminations
00:36 As the world becomes more and more confusing
00:36 My sweet Richard
00:07 Love is the only human emotion you can't fake
00:45 So we gonna do this thing or what I mean is this happening
00:05 Screw Kissinger He's overrated Let's go
00:05 If there's a donkey with a radio up his ass
00:06 So because I have the ability to understand facts
00:13 Larry have you seen this speech
00:07 He wants to impress his father
00:11 Who wants to be an anonymous source
00:09 Of the Republican world
00:10 It's a grind I'll tell you
00:12 I'm having a heart attack
02:28 And I am fine with that
02:37 As the world becomes more and more confusing
02:40 My sweet Richard
00:20 So we gonna do this thing
00:58 I want you to be my VP