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We've had some problem with Kerrey people ripping down our signs...

but we're gonna take care of that.

- - Um, other than

- They're gonna ask them not to. - Yeah.

We also have a schizophrenic newspaper which, like...

prints every shit possible on the front page and then apologizes in the editorial.

It's really bizarre.

The Tsongas sign on Route 3 lasted all of two days.

- It's gone now. -

Those Harkin people are stealin' everyone's signs. It's amazing.

Short of, uh, calling for negative ads although maybe

is there any effort underfoot to go after Tsongas?

Let's face it. This guy cannot be squeaky clean.

Sure. Well, this is the question about that, and let's throw that out here.

The problem with attacking Senator Tsongas is I mean, we jokingly call him St. Paul.

It could really backfire against us to someone else's advantage.

- Absolutely. - Um, and that's been

That's what

And it'll look bad, because he's complimented him all along.

And then to come the last week and say that he's bad I think it will look bad.

We have to do a better job of saying our differences.

We always seem to be defending. We don't have to defend a damn thing.

We got the best We know he's the best candidate, 'cause we've met him.

And if everybody in the state of New Hampshire met him...

we wouldn't have a problem we know that.

Thank you. I'm glad to be with you.

I wasn't in the leather jacket group, but, uh...

you know, I had a good time.

But I was a pretty straight kid.

I worked hard enough to make good grades...

but I basically liked my music and my friends...

and I had a heck of a good time when I was in high school.

We had a band in high school called The Three Kings. I've still got a record.

You bet. Thank you.

He likes me. He may not like Clinton, but he likes me.

I'll bet you I said something you could take out of context.

- You weird guys gotta stick together. - Mm-hmm.

"Clinton and Brown have little in common except off-the-wall campaign gurus. "

"Clinton's is James Carville, a Cajun who wears jeans with bright shirts.

Brown's is a Frenchman named Jacques Barzhagi...

who wears jeans with a black leather jacket and black beret, indoors and out.

Carville says of Brown, 'He's just not us. '

Barzhagi says cryptically, "Let them spin. We will win. "

You know my mother and them hates that. They say, "Why do they portray you like that?

We were nice people. We sent our children to college.

You go up there and you act like some kind of weirdo. "

I said, "Ma, they're not interested in the fact that you sent me to college. "

- - Shh.

Is that all right? Thanks.

Is that all right?

Little wobbly.

Gennifer.

Sit down.

Good afternoon.

This whole experience is not easy for me.

Yes, I was Bill Clinton's lover for 12 years...

and for the past two years I have lied to the press about our relationship to protect him.

The truth is, I loved him.

Now he tells me to deny it.

Well, I'm sick of all of the deceit...

and I'm sick of all of the lies.

- -

It's that way.

Mr. Clinton, what's your relationship with Gennifer Flowers?

There really isn't one, obviously.

I mean, the charges are false.

The, uh Today she took money to publish a story...

that she hired a lawyer to say was absolutely defamatory over a year ago.

And, uh, it's sad.

It's sad that this sort of thing could be published...

in a newspaper like the Star which says Martians walk on the earth.

You'd never ask me if Martians walk on the earth.

Will you comment on the tapes she has?

No. I can't. I haven't heard 'em.

The reason I was calling was to tell you...

that this last Wednesday, someone got into my apartment.

- Hold on a minute. - Okay.

- So somebody broke in your apartment? - Well, yeah.

There wasn't any sign of a break-in, but the drawers and things

There wasn't anything missing that I could tell, but somebody had

Somebody had gone through all your stuff.

Had gone through my stuff.

You think they were - But they didn't steal anything?

No. No. My jewelry - I mean, I had jewelry here. It was still here.

You think they were tryin' to look for somethin' on us?

I think so. I mean, why else? Uh

You weren't missin' any any kind of papers or anything?

Like what kind of papers?

Well, I mean, any kind of personal records...

or checkbooks or anything like that phone records?

- Do I have any? - Yeah.

- Uh-uh. I mean, why would I? - I don't know. I just

You usually call me, for that matter. And besides, who would know?

Uh, but I just think that if everybody's on record denying it...

you got no problem.

Hold on just a sec here, people.

- Where'd he go? -

Do you have any comments...

about the allegations from Gennifer Flowers and the tape recordings?

She was worried about being assumed to be guilty just because her name was brought in.

I said, "That's not true.

Even if your name gets used, in the absence of proof, nobody can prove you're guilty.

Don't worry about it. Tell the truth. Just tell 'em that you didn't do it. " That's all I ever said.

- How do you know her? - See ya.

Thank you, Governor.

Did the governor at any time tell you on the telephone...

to just tell the truth about what happened?

He told me to just deny it.

Did Governor Clinton use a condom?

- - Jesus. Right here.

Right here.

Ladies and gentlemen Ladies and gentlemen, we're gonna put this to a stop...

if there are any further questions that are degrading, in my opinion, like that.

Now, right here, sir.

You were paid by the Star.

Did anyone ever approach you from the Republican Party

perhaps another Democratic candidate to urge you to tell this story publicly?

- Yes, they did. - Who?

- I can't say. - Wait. You're saying

Wait, are you saying that somebody from another campaign

Democratic Party or Republican Party approached you to tell this story?

Was it the Democratic Party or was it the Republican Party, Ms. Flowers?

It was the Republican Party.

We knew we'd get attacks, but, I mean, you know

We just couldn't believe the press would pick up a tabloid story that somebody

I mean, we're at a new low in a way. That's why it's so important.

But we are fighting back.

Somebody who's been through a lot of tough elections...

is James Carville, who's known as the Ragin' Cajun in the business.

- - We'd like him to say a couple of words to you.

Uh, we have a tough fight comin' right down the stretch.

It's gonna come out that Roger Ailes is behind a lot of this stuff before the election...

that you been seein' about Governor Clinton.

- Okay? Ailes. - Boo!

And of course Bush and Georgette Mosbacher and everything.

Let me tell you what's at stake in this election.

Every time that somebody comes along that's got some ideas

a Democrat comes along

the Republicans come up here and they ambush him.

Remember Muskie? Okay?

That is standard procedure. And here comes Clinton.

He comes to New Hampshire. People here are hurtin'.

They want hope. They want somebody with vision. He gives it to 'em.

So what do Republicans do?

They get together with their wedge issues and they knock it off.

If they succeed this time, it's gonna be every time.

You are never going to get a presidential candidate. Okay?

You're never gonna get somebody to come up here and run for president...

that's served 11 years as governor who's got any kind of experience.

Okay? And every time somebody comes up, they're gonna do it.

If we win this, then you have knocked this shit back forever.

- - Okay?

And every time that we get a Democrat that we can believe in...

Roger Ailes a- a-and Georgette Mosbacher

You know that she's the secretary of the person closest to Bush.

You know what she said?

She can't wait till this election's over so she can get her Maserati and her jewels back.

That's the mind-set you're fightin' against. And if they beat us back

Paul Tsongas Look, he ain't gonna win anything, okay?

This is not about Paul Tsongas.

It's about George Bush and Roger Ailes and Georgette Mosbacher...

and the whole sleazy little cabal of 'em that wanna keep hold of anything...

and that wanna knock anybody off that we believe in...

and anything that we care about.

And if we beat them and you're out there...

and your knuckles get tired or your feet get cold or anything else...

you think about that.

Because if they knock us off, then so what?

The next one that comes up, they gonna knock the next one off.

- - And the next one and everything else.

And you know what kind of shit you're gonna get?

You're gonna get the kind of Supreme Court that you got.

You're gonna get the kind of four different positions on civil rights that you get from 'em.

You gonna get tax breaks for the wealthy.

You gonna get a guy that doesn't know what a grocery store scanner is. Okay?

So let's go. We got You know, we got six more days to go.

And don't forget who the real enemy is in here.

And don't forget what we're really campaigning against. Thank y'all very much.

- Thank you. - Good to see you.

How are you? Nice to see you.

- Hello. - This is Ally.

Is that Ally? Oh, I'm so And what's your bear's name?

- Kelly. - Okay, good.

Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!

How are you? Good. Nice to see you. Good to see you. Thank you.

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