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Make sure you workin the phrase, "We don't want the smoking gunto be a mushroom cloud."...

Vice • 2018
Make sure you work
in the phrase, "We don't want the smoking gun
to be a mushroom cloud." That focus-grouped
through the roof

Full Transcript

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Make sure you work in the phrase,
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"We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud."
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That focus-grouped through the roof.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
01:33:11
Uploaded
Jun 23, 2025
Genres
comedy, drama
Production
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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.
There will always be uncertainty - Vice 00:06
There will always be uncertainty
But we don't want the smoking gun - Vice 00:38
But we don't want the smoking gun
To show that we will stand up for what we know to be right, to show that we will confront the tyrannies and dictatorships and terrorists who put our way of life at risk....of winning a second UN resolution authorizing war against Iraq. - Vice 00:20
To show that we will stand up for what we know to be right,...
To show that we will stand up for what we know to be right, - Vice 00:10
To show that we will stand up for what we know to be right,
...of winning a second UN resolution - Vice 00:10
...of winning a second UN resolution
Polling for an invasion of Iraq - Vice 00:06
Polling for an invasion of Iraq
Focus groups show people - Vice 00:07
Focus groups show people
And France and Germany have both said - Vice 00:06
And France and Germany have both said
Ariel and I we went to the Wall together with Condi. - Vice 00:04
Ariel and I we went to the Wall together with Condi.
They said an invasion of Iraq would... - Vice 00:04
They said an invasion of Iraq would...
Destabilize the region, sir, - Vice 00:05
Destabilize the region, sir,
Secretary Powell has the highest - Vice 00:05
Secretary Powell has the highest
What if he gave an address to the UN - Vice 00:07
What if he gave an address to the UN
Karl, I have been very vocal, - Vice 00:06
Karl, I have been very vocal,
Oh! Colin, you're such a nervous Nellie. - Vice 00:05
Oh! Colin, you're such a nervous Nellie.
Gonna take Saddam down or not? - Vice 00:04
Gonna take Saddam down or not?
War... is yours. - Vice 00:05
War... is yours.
Not the UN, not some coalition. - Vice 00:05
Not the UN, not some coalition.
George, make sure Powell sees the intelligence. - Vice 00:04
George, make sure Powell sees the intelligence.
On another note, I've been handed a credible report - Vice 00:07
On another note, I've been handed a credible report