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EXT. WEST WING DRIVEWAY - DAY SUPER: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25TH. DAY 10. The West Wing looms behind Kenny and Bundy. Kenny, poker faced, takes a drag on his cigarette. Bundy nervously flicks his, looks away from Kenny a beat. BUNDY What did you think of Lippman's column this morning? KENNY I think it's a bad idea. Bundy turns back to him. BUNDY Thank God. Look, everyone is furious about it. We trade away our missiles in Turkey and we're fucked politically. Kenny grinds his jaw, but doesn't say anything. He agrees. Bundy steps up to him, confiding. BUNDY (CONT'D) You gotta stop 'em. We know it's Jack and Bobby's idea - they leaked it to Lippman. The military guys are going ape, and they're not alone. KENNY Then they should speak up. BUNDY Christ, Ken, you know it's not that easy. KENNY Yes it is. BUNDY No it isn't. They don't trust the people that feel this way. But these people are right. And the Kennedys are wrong. (beat) We need you to tell 'em, Kenny. They'll listen to you. Kenny prickles, intense, but Bundy presses on, too wrapped up in his own thinking to notice. BUNDY (CONT'D) Jack and Bobby are good men. But it takes a certain character, moral toughness to stand up to -- KENNY -- You listen to me. Nobody, nobody, talks about my friends that way. You're fucking here right now because of the Kennedys. They may be wrong. They make mistakes. But they're not weak. The weak ones are these 'people' who can't speak their own minds. BUNDY You know I don't mean they're weak. Kenny gets in his face, intimidating. KENNY No, they just lack 'moral toughness.' And you think I'll play your Judas. You WASPS and blue-bloods never understood us, thinking we want into your club. Well we got our own club now. (beat) And you guys don't realize fighting with each other is our way. Nobody plays us off each other. And nobody ever gets between us... INT. PRESIDENT'S BEDROOM - DAY Kenny throws himself on a chair in the bedroom's sitting area, newspaper in hand. The President, buttoning his shirt in a full-length mirror, sees him. There's a TV on. The President selects a tie from a nearby rack, eyes the paper. THE PRESIDENT What's that? KENNY Oh, just a bunch of crap about withdrawing our Jupiter missiles in Turkey if the Soviets'll do the same in Cuba. The President's eyes flick over to him in the mirror. THE PRESIDENT I don't want to listen to this again. KENNY If we made a trade, we'd be giving in to extortion, and NATO would never trust us again. We'll get clobbered in world opinion. THE PRESIDENT It's a goddman trial balloon. Trial is the operative word, here. KENNY Then somebody'd better deny it publicly. The President turns around, heads over to the T.V. Kenny folds his arms, disgusted. THE PRESIDENT Jesus Christ, O'Donnell, you're the one saying we need to move forward on a political solution. KENNY Yeah, a good political solution. ON THE T.V. Live coverage of the United Nations Security Council meetings. Holding forth in Russian is VALERIAN ZORIN, 50s, tough, likeable, the Soviet Ambassador to the U.N. and chairman of the Security Council. A translator relays the meaning. TRANSLATOR FOR ZORIN (O.S.) We call on the world to condemn the piratical actions of America... RESUME The President's jaw tightens. He turns to Kenny. THE PRESIDENT You want to turn up the heat? You call Adlai. Tell him to stick it to Zorin. INT. KENNY'S OFFICE - DAY Kenny, phone to his ear, suffers as Bobby harangues him. BOBBY Adlai's too weak! We have to convince Jack to pull him, get McCloy in there. KENNY You can't take him out this late in the game. BOBBY Zorin will eat him alive! KENNY Then talk to your brother, goddamn it. The two of you don't need any advice to get into trouble. BOBBY What's gotten into you? Kenny throws the Lippman article at him. BOBBY (CONT'D) Oh, still sore about this. KENNY Something your father would've come up with. Silence. Terrible silence. That paralyzes Bobby. Kenny stares at him. He means it, but regrets it, too. BOBBY My father -- KENNY -- I'm just trying to make a point. This idea is that fucking bad. But Bobby gets it. Kenny shifts gears, lets it go. KENNY (CONT'D) Adlai can handle Zorin. He knows the inning and the score. BOBBY He better. Because nobody thinks he's up to this. Nobody. INT. U.S. OFFICES - U.N. - DAY The U.S. suite is in frantic preparation, STAFFERS coming and going. Stevenson takes his phone from a SECRETARY. ADLAI Yes? INT. KENNY'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS Kenny turns to gaze at his little T.V. in the credenza, U.N. coverage continuing, as if he could see Adlai there. KENNY Adlai, it's Kenny. How're you doing? INT. U.S. OFFICES - U.N. - CONTINUOUS Adlai is packing up his briefcase. ADLAI Busy, Ken. What do you need? INT. KENNY'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS Kenny rises from his chair, paces toward the T.V. He pauses. KENNY The President told me to pass the word to you: stick it to them. INT. U.S. OFFICES - U.N. - CONTINUOUS Adlai looks around to his own T.V., showing the session going on downstairs. Zorin, ON CAMERA, dominates the council: alternately bold, aggressive, and then reasonable. Even in Russian, with the lagging translation, he's formidable. INT. KENNY'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS Kenny is watching exactly the same performance. Zorin is masterful. Kenny knows it. And when he talks to Adlai, it's with the fatalism of a coach knowing he's putting his third string quarterback in against the all-Pro linebacker. KENNY Adlai. The world has to know we're right. If we're going to have a chance at a political solution, we need international pressure. You got to be tough, Adlai. You need to find it, old friend. INT. U.S. OFFICES - U.N. - CONTINUOUS Adlai watches his Staffers leave his inner office. He hears Kenny, and everything Kenny is saying. ADLAI I hear you. I'm glad it's you calling. I thought it would be Bobby. If they're still sticking to their stonewall strategy, I'll get 'em. (beat) Thanks, Ken. |