scales.
are my lips swollen?
yeah.
whatcha got behind your back?
is it a dirt bike?
is it a really old seventh-grade textbook of yours that you're gonna make me read cover to cover and discuss at dinner and drive me crazy with?
"understanding the constitution."
you talked to mr. linder?
i like it fine, dad.
i don't know what to say, dad. i guess i'm just not. i don't know.
"property of gilmore junior high school."
"we, the people, of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union"
i can't wait.
do you see it as part of your job to torture me?
it's supposed to be tight. it's supposed to make you look regal.
all done.
social studies.
i don't know. i just guess.
yeah.
it's totally okay.
dad, it's cool. go for it.
you'll be fine. just be yourself.
and compliment her shoes.
girls like that.
are you ms. wade?
lucy shepherd.
my dad told me to tell you he's on the phone with his dentist and that i should behave myself and entertain you till he gets here.
no. he told me to tell you he's on the phone with his dentist. he wants you to think he's a regular guy.
the prime minister of israel.
no. they're talking about that abbreviation i can never remember.
yeah.
right.
can we eat?
dad--
this is a nightmare. this is a social studies nightmare.
g'night, dad.
it was nice meeting you, mrs.--
it was nice meeting you, sydney.
i love you, too.
i honestly don't know.
it's progressive.
hey, dad, what's wrong with sydney? you guys have a fight?
she seemed pretty--
she's here.
in your room. why is she mad?
were you a dork?
if you were a dork, you should say you're sorry. girls like that.
this is oatmeal.
we never have oatmeal.
i'm from wisconsin. i need food.
we're done.
we ratified it last week.
it's not a big deal, dad.
dad, i'm perfectly--
damnit, dad!
you know--
look--
--sometimes when you talk, you say things i disagree with.
i mean politically.
yes.
yes. okay. yes. sometimes, i mean, i'm not sure. you know a lot more than i do -- but still, i have these feelings, and i don't think they're wrong. like, okay, for instance, i'm not so sure it's all right to burn a flag. i mean, it really bothers a lot of people, and i don't know why you think it's okay. i hear senator rumson talk, and some of the things he says sounds right to me, and i think, "god, am i like bob rumson?! i mean, dad thinks he's a jerk. dad hates this guy! why am i agreeing with him" and then i think, "well, maybe i'm not really like bob rumson, but maybe i'm not like dad either." but the point is i'm the president's kid, and people pay attention to what i say, and if i say something different from what you say, it'll be embarrassing for you. so i can't just get up in social studies class and say whatever i want.
what's that?
dad, is everything all right?
hold still.
all done.
article 2, section 3, of the u.s. constitution. executive powers. "he shall, from time to time, give to the congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient."