business, we had this whole area tied up. Before this Kanoma City business, we had this whole area tied up. Now we're losing the hick vote. Let's find a way to split that vote. All l know is, the way it is now, it looks like l'm not going to win. l know a way. Find a dummy. Find a dummy. That's what we got. A guy from the sticks, strong enough to grab votes... ...and dumb enough not to ask questions. lf you want to listen to a boy from the sticks... ...l know just the guy. So it's no more politics? l've worked too hard in my time to get there. l'll just go on practicing law and making more money. l'd like to ask... ...why all the speeches you're making around the countryside? l wonder who that is. l brought some people up from the capital just to meet you. Folks, l want you to meet Willie Stark... ...the next governor of our state. Bear patiently with me for a few minutes. l'd like to tell you what this state needs. lt needs a balanced tax program. l'd like to give you the facts and the figures. How did it sound? Fine, fine. l forgot to send a telegram to Lucy. Conductor! l'd like to add something about last year's taxes. l wouldn't add a thing. Just give them the facts. -And the figures. -Great speech! What this state needs is a balanced tax program. Last year... ...the state claimed to have spent on roads.... We know figures don't lie, and facts are easy to understand. -Do you mind if l sit with you? -Stand, sit, whatever. Thanks. What are you on this merry-go-round for? l take notes. -For whom? -For those ''whom'' pay me. -Which is? -People. Smart people? Anybody that pays me is smart. You don't have to be smart to frame Willie Stark. No, you don't. lsn't it a frame? Why don't you give me a cigarette? To split the vote, so Harrison can win. lf you know, why you ask? l just want to make sure. Why don't you tell the boys to save their money? Willie couldn't steal a vote... ...from Abe Lincoln in the cradle of the Confederacy. l wish the poor had enough sense to have somebody give him... ...a greasing for the beating he's going to get. All he gets out of it is the ride. Those speeches. Ain't they awful? Ain't they just plain awful? Question to you: lf somebody told him he was a sucker... ...you think he'd quit? l don't know, Sadie. l really don't know. -Did it sound all right? -Fine. Now if you'll bear with me for a few minutes... Now if you'll bear with me for a few minutes... ...l'll give you the figures. What we need is a balanced tax program. l need sleep! -Shut up. -Shut up yourself! Try it on your feet. My feet are killing me. Let me stay here. Look, you tell them too much. Tell them you'll soak the fat boys, and forget the tax stuff. That's what l say. But it's the way you say it. Make them cry or laugh. Make them mad. Stir them up and they'll come back for more. But for heaven's sakes, don't try to improve their minds. A man don't have to be governor. What? A man don't have to be governor. -They haven't counted the votes yet. -l'll lose, l know that. Don't try and fool me. l won't lie to you. l wanted it. l wanted it so badly, l stayed up nights thinking about it. A man wants something so badly, he gets mixed up. lt's something inside of you. l'd have made a good governor. Better than those others. -Come in. -A great governor. Give me a drink. Build them highways.... Help yourself. -l'd build them schools. -What's up? Nothing, except he says he's not going to be governor. So you told him? l don't tell anyone anything. l just listen. Who told you? Told me what? Told me what? That you won't be governor. Jack, told me what? That you've been framed, you poor sap. -Framed? -And how! Oh, you decoy. You woodenhead decoy. And you let them. You know what you are? You're the goat. The sacrificial goat. You are a sap because you let them. -That's enough! -Enough? He didn' ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Бетховен 5 на английском - текст Вам и не снилось... на английском - текст Добро пожаловать, или Посторонним вход воспрещён на английском - текст Последний герой боевика на английском - текст На экзамене-то я провалился... на английском |