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This is POWER speaking to you;

“I know what you want. Oh, sure they may have tried to separate us but what we have is too strong; too powerful. After all, we shared everything; you and I. I told you everything, my deepest, darkest secrets.

“I showed you exactly what people are capable of. I shocked you with my honesty but mostly, I challenged you and make you think; and you trusted me even though you knew you shouldn’t.

“So, when I’m done, no matter what anyone says. And besides, I know what you want. You want me back. Of course, some believed everything and just been waiting with bated breath to hearing me confess it all; they are just dying to have me declare that everything said is true, and that I got what I deserved.

“Wouldn’t that be easy? If it was all so simple. Only you and I know it was never that simple, not in politics, not in life. But you wouldn’t believe the words without evidence, would you? You wouldn’t rush to judgements without fact, would you? Did you?

“No, not you. You’re smarter than that. Anyway, all these presumptions made for such an unsatisfying ending. And to think it could’ve been such a memorable send-off… I mean, if you and I have learned nothing else this year is that in life and art, nothing should be off the table. We weren’t afraid, not of what we said or what we did, and we’re still not afraid.

“Because I can promise you this; if I didn’t pay the price of what the things we both know I did do, I’m certainly not gonna pay the price for the things I didn’t do. Of course, they are gonna say I’m being disrespectful not playing by the rules… like I ever played by anyone’s rules before. I never did, and you loved it.

“Anyhow, despite all the puppy cop, the animosity, the headlines, the impeachment without a trial; despite everything, despite even my own death, I feel surprisingly good. And my confidence grows each day that soon enough, you will know the full truth…. oh wait a minute, now that I think of it, you never actually saw me die, did you?

Excerpts from the movie House of Cards. 😎