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A taped confession lays out the scheme: the kickback money was laundered through a front company, Olympia, and a cover-up was ordered. Then the two men must choose — storm the White House or go to the press. "We've done enough already," one says, before the other refuses to settle for that.
A Career Out of Doing Enough
❝ Monólogo · 9 frases The Fool Who Still Believes
With a confession in hand, the men learn the money was run through a front company and a cover-up was ordered. Joe offers them two choices: walk into the White House and face Tanner, or hand the tape to the press. One decides to go to Haney anyway, and argues it is worth it for the people who still believe in them.
The scene turns a confession into a question of character. The facts are almost secondary — a front company, a cover-up, a rogue agent — because Joe already knows where they lead: the big fish will slip away, and nothing changes. What matters is the argument that follows. One man attacks the safe, career-long habit of never offending anyone, and answers it with "some idealistic sucker who still believes in us." The speech is not about winning; it is about whether public service means anything once the cameras are gone, and it ends on the promise itself, "Preserve, protect, and defend."
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“some idealistic sucker who still believes in us.”
Calling the believer a sucker makes the faith sound both foolish and precious.
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“Well, tell that to Wayne and Genny and their kids living in their car.”
An abstract excuse demolished by naming real people sleeping in a car.
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“No, I've made a career out of doing enough.”
A whole career is reduced to doing the bare minimum, and the honesty lands.
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“I always did just enough not to piss anybody off, 'cause a pissed-off somebody won't vote for you.”
A career of playing it safe summed up in one brutally honest sentence.
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But you know something? Somewhere out there there's another fool, some idealistic sucker who still believes in us. After all the scandals, and the party politics, and all the bull, there's somebody out there who still believes that we care, that we would do what we promised to do, and that's what I'm doing now, Russell. I'm doing what I promised. Preserve, protect, and defend. Because if we lose that idealistic, gloriously diluted fool out there, hey, it's all over.
Siguiente · 12the end of the worldLa escena: Tanner Corners Them in the TunnelHe admits the kickback money was laundered through a front company, Olympia, and that he ordered the cover-up. He insists, however, that he never ordered anyone to kill.
It means hiding the truth about a crime or mistake to protect those involved. The confession includes the line "you did order the cover-up," even while the killings are denied.
First, go to the White House and tell Haney they know about Olympia — which means getting past Tanner, who may kill them. Second, stop running and take the taped confession to the press.
He fears going public would only trigger another cover-up, letting the big fish escape. He wants to confront Haney directly, bringing Witnaur along, so the truth cannot be buried again.
