Charles Durning: Governor
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Quotes
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The Governor : [singing] Ooh, I love to dance the little sidestep / Now they see me, now they don't / I've come and gone / And ooh, I love to sweep around a wide step / Cut a little swath / And lead the people on!
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Female Reporter : Governor, what do you think of the, the crisis in the Middle East?
The Governor : I was sayin' just this morning at the weekly prayer breakfast, in this historic capital, that it behooves both the Jews and the Arabs to settle their differences in a Christian manner!
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The Governor : [singing] Fellow Texas, I am proudly / Standing here to humbly say / I assure you, and I mean it / Now who says I don't speak out as plain as day? / And fellow Texans, I'm for progress / And the flag, long may it fly, / I'm a poor boy, come to greatness, / so it follows that I cannot tell a lie.
Howard K. Smith : What did he say?
Female Reporter : Same as usual: not a damn thing.
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Melvin P. Thorpe : Governor, Melvin P. Thorpe, Watchdog News. Why has the Chicken Ranch operation been so long ignored?
The Governor : We seem to be having some acoustic problems in here.
Melvin P. Thorpe : Aren't you afraid of possible pay-offs and bribes?
The Governor : Melvin, I'm sorry.
Melvin P. Thorpe : Enough o'this pussyfootion', Governor, what do you intend to so about the Miss Mona and the Chicken Ranch?
[the Governor sneaks off while he is looking away from him and into the camera. Melvin looks back to see the Governor is gone]
Melvin P. Thorpe : [Re-appearing in the second level of the Capital Rotunda]
The Governor : Now, Miss Mona, I don't know her/ Though I've heard the name, Oh yes / But of course I've no close contact / So what she is doing I can only guess / And now Miss Mona / She's a blemish / On the face of that good town / I am taking / certain steps here / Someone, somewhere's gonna have to closer her down.
Female Reporter : Was that a yes or a no?
Howard K. Smith : It's a possible maybe.
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Female Reporter : Governor, do you play to take action against the Chicken Ranch?
The Governor : [singing] Now, my good friends, it behooves me to be solemn and declare / I'm for goodness, and for profits, and for living clean and saying daily prayer / And now my good friends, you can sleep nights / I'll continue to stand tall / You can trust me, for I promise / I shall keep a watchful eye upon y'all!
Female Reporter : Did you get any of that?
Howard K. Smith : I hear him talking, but he don't come in.
