A Chili Reception
The senior staff walk in.
BARTLET Everyone! Come in. Come on in.
BARTLET Hey, listen up everybody. Zoey’s down from Hanover. I’m making chili for everyone tonight.
SENIOR STAFF [very weak and uninterested] Great. Okay. Chili.
BARTLET [looks at Leo then to his staff] All right…You know what? Let’s do this.
Everybody look down at the big seal in the middle of my carpet.
BARTLET Now, everybody look back up at me.
Zoey’s coming down from Hanover and I’m making chili for everyone tonight.
SENIOR STAFF [loud and very excited] That’s great! I love chili! Terrific!
BARTLET There, you see how benevolent I can be, when everyone does what I tell them to do. Now sit down.
