Episode 4 - Oval Office Monkey Business
TENT CITY - EPISODE 4 – Oval Office Monkey Business
FADE IN:
EXT: WHITE HOUSE – EXT.
Drone/Bird’s Eye shot loops around back to WHITE HOUSE – oval office window.
INT. DC OVAL OFFICE – DAY
President RICHARD FAICE & Vice President WILLIAM KELLY and the president’s Chief of Staff KEVIN RALPHS are having an Internet conference meeting with CHARLES WHITE in Aspen.
PRESIDENT
Charles, I agree that something must be done to stop this march from happening. Especially since the chip implant is not going to happen. Kevin – what’s the word of the permits?
KEVIN
Sorry to say it’s a no go because it’s too late Mr. President. Cynthia Sanchez runs that committee and she is a diehard Democratic Socialist. She would go right to the press and the fallout would be crazy – not good a month before the election!
CHARLES
Then I suggest plan B Dick.
PRESIDENT
It’s Mr. President when I’m on the clock Charles – Okay? Remind me of plan B again?
CHARLES
Pardon me…uh Mr. President. Wow - just seems like yesterday I was writing you a big check for your campaign – oh snap! It was yesterday!
PRESIDENT
Yes Charles – You have been my biggest supporter since day one but there still is official protocol to consider. I have access to the nuclear codes – not you. The buck stops here as they say. Anyways, just tell me what you have in mind to stop this march!
CHARLES
Well, I won’t go into details for your own good Mr. President. But what I can tell you - is a good friend of mine in the secret service, who is high on the ladder - owes me a favor. As you may know, my people have already started the character assassination of Palenti in the social media. So whatever congress leaders and fellow military comrades that felt this guy is a middle class hero will soon think he’s a big fat radical zero!
KEVIN
Based on my AI data research, these negative ads and troll comments are actually firing up his base, which is actually bigger than ours in pure numbers, thereby nullifying any gains in making him out to be the boogie man and accomplishing your goal of bringing him down - sir.
CHARLES
Ah yes – Kevin Ralphs, the boy wonder data scientist that got his first big break - working for me! Now a loyal lap dog to the president. Crushing people is my specialty, so you stick to your day-to-day analysis little Kevin and leave the big picture to me. I’ve played this disinformation hand many times in the past and it has yet to fail.
PRESIDENT
Alright, alright Charles – what’s this about a secret service agent? Nothing illegal, I hope.
CHARLES
Like I said – You need not know the details but when in the past has the law stopped us from accomplishing our goals? Laws are for the unruly masses. We, the modern capitalist aristocracy dictate the flow of history. I have no ill will toward the serfs unless they dare to impede on the powers that be. A natural survival of the fittest hierarchy has been established in the world, where might does make right.
VICE PRESIDENT
Enough Charles, chances are this conversation is being recorded and not everyone in the secret service is on our side.
CHARLES
As history has shown, there are enough of them to keep the hegemonic structures established in place. After all we can’t have these lesser, mixed race mongrels running the show again – can we?
KEVIN
With all due respect Sir – science has shown that genetic diversity is actually better for any species in the long run.
CHARLES
I’m not concerned about the long run Kevin. I am concerned about the next and last 20 years of my life. Thoroughbred horses win the top races for a reason.
KEVIN
Until the inbreeding catches up to them.
PRESIDENT
Enough! - Charles, I know you will do what needs to be done as you always have. But do me a favor and keep me out of the loop. I don’t have the trillions you do to buy my way out of whatever sketchy scenario you may have in mind.
CHARLES
We do have our work cut out for us this time. We lost the congress last election, even with voter suppression and our usual bag of tricks. The pressure is on to get all of our people to the polls this time. Otherwise all our plans will be foiled. Did our party not learn our lesson back in the 2020s when we lost our country to the radicals? Our people got too soft and were not willing to play hardball. The J-6 failed coup was the last time we came close to total control but Trump’s MAGA moron cult did not seal the deal. Fighting dirty how we finally won again three an a half years ago after a 30-year run with the Socialists soaking us dry with high taxes and killing our petrol industries with all their stupid regulations! There’s no looking back Dick Faice! My bad - Mr. President!
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