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\f0\fs24 \cf0 BARTLET: Charlie. \ \
CHARLIE: Good morning. \ \
BARTLET: How was your weekend? \ \
CHARLIE: It was good, sir. \ \
BARTLET: : What'd you do? \ \
CHARLIE: I was here most of the time with you, sir. \
\ BARTLET: Time well spent. \
\ CHARLIE: Yeah \
\ BARTLET: Weren't you going to a flea market?
CHARLIE: Yeah, I picked something up for you. \
\ BARTLET: You didn't have to do that. \
\ CHARLIE: Yeah? It's a map of the Holy Land
that was drawn in 1709. It's titled "Canaan, Palestine, or the Holy Land." \
\ BARTLET: Nice sucking up. \
\ CHARLIE: Thank you, sir. \
\ BARTLET: Look at these topographical details.
Seriously, I'm going to have this framed, this is great. \
\ CHARLIE: If you leave it here, I'll send it
out. \ \
BARTLET: No, I'm going to play with it some more. \
\ LEO: Good morning. \
\ BARTLET: Look at this map. 1709. The Dead
Sea, Jordan River, Mount Sinai. \ \
LEO: That's beautiful. \ \
BARTLET: You want to come inside? \ \
LEO: Yeah. \ \
BARTLET: Thanks again, Charlie.\ \
\ BARTLET: All right. Hey, you want to see something?
Charlie gave this to me. It's a map of the Holy Land, drawn in 1709. He got at a flea
market. It's hand-colored, copper engraved. I was going to put it in the outer office.
TOBY: This outer office? \ \
BARTLET: Yeah. \ \
TOBY: No. \ \
BARTLET: Why? \ \
TOBY: Why? \ \
BARTLET: Yeah. \ \
TOBY: 'Cause some people are going to find it offensive. \
\ BARTLET: Why? \
\ TOBY: It doesn't recognize Israel. \
\ BARTLET: It was drawn in 1709. \
\ TOBY: Yeah. \
\ BARTLET: There was no Israel. \
\ TOBY: Right. \
\ BARTLET: Israel wouldn't happen for another
250 years. \ \
TOBY: Yeah. \ \
BARTLET: So, what's the problem with the map? \
\ TOBY: Some people are going to find it offensive.
\ \
BARTLET: Why? \ \
TOBY: It doesn't recognize Israel. \ \
BARTLET: Take lunch, would you?\ \
\ BARTLET: Wait. I want to show you this great
map Charlie found. \ \
C.J.: Sir, I know about it. You can't put it up in the West Wing. \
\ BARTLET: C.J.: ?! \
\ C.J.: It doesn't recognize Israel. \
\ BARTLET: There was no Israel in 1709. \
\ C.J.: That's right. \
\ BARTLET: So, it's not on the map. \
\ C.J.: Which is what some people are going
to find offensive. \ \
BARTLET: That's ridiculous. \ \
C.J.: You know what would be great? \ \
BARTLET: If I put it someplace else? \ \
C.J.: Yes. \ \
BARTLET: Leo has--in what used to be his house when he was married--a map of the United States.
The first third of it is the 13 original colonies. The second third of it is the French territory
of Louisiana. And the third third is Mexico. In this map of the United States, there is
not a single state. That's because when this map was made there was no United States. \
\ CHARLIE knocks and enters. \
\ BARTLET: I am the President of the United
States and I'm not offended by it. \ \
C.J.: Well, you're bigger than ten men, sir. What do you say we put it out of the way?
BARTLET: I'm having it enlarged and bolting it to the hood of my limo. They don't want
us to put up our map, Charlie. They're philistines in the fight for freedom but that doesn't
bother us, does it? \ \
CHARLIE: Huh? \ \
BARTLET: Never mind. \ \
C.J.: It's not like I'm agreeing with the people who are going to be offended. It's
just that you're asking for a whole lot of pain, in exchange for which you get nothing
but an old map. \ \
BARTLET: That's the key. An old map. An old map. Spin that. \
\ C.J.: See, now you got me out there spinning
things. \ \
BARTLET: Anything else?\ \
\ BARTLET: No. Let me ask you something. You
may be the last sane voice around here. \ \
LEO: Hang on, before I forget. That map that Charlie gave you. Make sure you don't put
it where people can see it. \ \
BARTLET: I don't believe this. \ \
LEO: Recognizing Israel's a pretty hot button, wouldn't you say? \
\ BARTLET: In Lebanon. Not here. It's not like
I'm thinking "God, I was going to recognize Israel, but now that I've seen this map..."
You know what? Let's just sit here quietly. \
\ LEO: Yes, sir.}