The Candidate

Reporter:
[Jarmon's helicopter lands] You know who that is, don't you?

Bill McKay:
Yeah. Smokey the Bear.

Lucas:
You're the Democratic nominee!

Bill McKay:
You make it sound like a death sentence.

Floyd J. Starkey:
I think you'll find we have a lot in common.

Bill McKay:
I don't think we have sh*t in common.

Floyd J. Starkey:
He's gonna get his ass kicked.

John J. McKay:
He's not gonna get his ass kicked.

Floyd J. Starkey:
Oh yeah? How can you be so sure?

John J. McKay:
Because he's cute!

Bill McKay:
[with his team after giving one speech too many] Can't any longer play off black against old - young against poor. This country cannot house its houseless - feed its foodless. [and he begins making gaga noises]

Bill McKay:
So vote once, vote tuh-wice, for Bill McKay... you middle-class honkies.

[last lines]

Bill McKay:
What do we do now?

Bill McKay:
Did you really run your own campaigns?

John J. McKay:
Why, sh*t yes, what do you take me for?

Dinner MC:
[Introducing McKay to fund-raiser dinner audience] Seriously folks, you better watch your step when he comes out here because he's a man who shoots from the hip and a man who's hip when he shoots. Join me in welcoming Bill McKay!