Cabinet Battle #1
[00:00.00] CABINET BATTLE #1
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[00:00.00] [WASHINGTON – 7]
[00:00.03] Ladies and gentlemen,
[00:01.71] you coulda been anywhere in the world tonight,
[00:04.42] but you’re here with us in New York City.
[00:06.92] Are you ready for a cabinet meeting, huh?
[00:10.76] The issue on the table:
[00:13.35] Secretary Hamilton’s plan to assume state debt and establish a national bank.
[00:17.95] Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir
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[00:21.58] [JEFFERSON – 4]
[00:22.83] Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’
[00:25.32] We fought for these ideals; we shouldn’t settle for less
[00:28.12] These are wise words, enterprising men quote ‘em
[00:31.14] Don’t act surprised, you guys, cuz I wrote ‘em
[00:33.74] [MADISON – 6]
[00:33.95] Oww Oww
[00:35.51] But Hamilton forgets
[00:36.76] His plan would have the government assume state’s debts
[00:39.36] Now, place your bets as to who that benefits:
[00:41.85] The very seat of government where Hamilton sits [HAMILTON – 2]
[00:44.74] Not true!
[00:45.47] Ooh, if the shoe fits, wear it
[00:47.54] If New York’s in debt—
[00:48.79] Why should Virginia bear it? Uh! Our debts are paid, I’m afraid
[00:52.54] Don’t tax the South cuz we got it made in the shade
[00:56.27] In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground
[00:58.15] We create. You just wanna move our money around
[01:00.64] This financial plan is an outrageous demand
[01:03.45] And it’s too many damn pages for any man to understand
[01:06.89] Stand with me in the land of the free
[01:08.97] And pray to God we never see Hamilton’s candidacy
[01:11.76] Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky
[01:14.24] Imagine what gon’ happen when you try to tax our whisky
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[01:18.28] [WASHINGTON – 7]
[01:18.69] Thank you, Secretary Jefferson [CROWD – ALL]
[01:19.86] That’s my alcohol!
[01:21.09] Secretary Hamilton, your response
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[01:23.38] [HAMILTON – 2]
[01:25.58] Thomas. That was a real nice declaration
[01:28.39] Welcome to the present, we’re running a real nation
[01:31.08] Would you like to join us, or stay mellow
[01:33.68] Doin’ whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello?
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[01:37.01] If we assume the debts, the union gets
[01:39.11] A new line of credit, a financial diuretic
[01:41.92] How do you not get it? If we’re aggressive and competitive
[01:44.84] The union gets a boost. You’d rather give it a sedative?
[01:47.55] A civics lesson from a slaver. Hey neighbor
[01:50.34] Your debts are paid cuz you don’t pay for labor
[01:53.03] “We plant seeds in the South. We create.”
[01:55.21] Yeah, keep ranting
[01:56.15] We know who’s really doing the planting
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[01:59.05] And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment
[02:01.13] Don’t lecture me about the war, you didn’t fight in it
[02:03.83] You think I’m frightened of you, man?
[02:05.49] We almost died in the trench
[02:06.74] While you were off getting high with the French
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[02:09.33] Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the President
[02:12.35] Reticent—there isn’t a plan he doesn’t jettison
[02:14.54] Madison, you’re mad as a hatter, son, take your medicine
[02:17.45] Damn, you’re in worse shape than the national debt is in
[02:20.15] Sittin’ there useless as two shits
[02:22.33] Hey, turn around, bend over, I’ll show you
[02:24.32] Where my shoe fits
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[02:26.29] [WASHINGTON – 7]
[02:26.50] Excuse me?
[02:27.64] Madison, Jefferson, take a walk! Hamilton, take a walk!
[02:31.19] We’ll reconvene after a brief recess.
[02:34.00] Hamilton!
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[02:34.50] [HAMILTON – 2]
[02:34.89] Sir!
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[02:35.51] [WASHINGTON – 7]
[02:35.61] A word
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[02:36.56] [MADISON – 6]
[02:37.23] You don’t have the votes [JEFFERSON – 4]
[02:39.72] You don’t have the votes You don’t have the votes
[02:40.96] Aha-ha-ha ha!
[02:42.94] You’re gonna need You’re gonna need
[02:43.53] congressional approval and congressional approval and
[02:44.99] you don’t have the votes You don’t have the votes
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[02:48.06] Such a blunder
[02:48.69] Sometimes it makes me wonder
[02:50.05] wonder why I even bring the thunder
[02:51.50] Why he even brings the thunder…
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[02:55.85] [WASHINGTON – 7]
[02:56.97] You wanna pull yourself together? [HAMILTON – 2]
[02:58.31] I’m sorry, these Virginians are
[02:59.88] birds of a feather
[03:00.92] Young man, I’m from Virginia,
[03:02.38] so watch your mouth
[03:03.53] So we let Congress get held hostage
[03:05.80] by the South?
[03:06.32] You need the votes
[03:07.79] No, we need bold strokes.
[03:09.13] We need this plan
[03:10.07] No, you need to convince more folks
[03:11.93] Well, James Madison won’t talk to me,
[03:13.39] that’s a nonstarter
[03:14.64] Ah. Winning was easy, young man.
[03:16.40] Governing’s harder
[03:17.55] They’re being intransigent
[03:18.28] You have to find a compromise
[03:19.74] But they don’t have a plan,
[03:20.88] they just hate mine!
[03:21.93] Convince them otherwise
[03:22.97] What happens if I don’t get
[03:24.32] congressional approval?
[03:25.46] I imagine they’ll call
[03:26.70] for your removal
[03:27.65] Sir—
[03:28.68] Figure it out, Alexander.
[03:30.97] That’s an order from your commander
