Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series)

A Vote for Debra (2002)

Ray Romano: Ray Barone

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• Ray Barone : [yelling up the stairs]  Okay. All right. Fine, guys. You win. Stay up forever! I tell you what. I'm not gonna sing you any more lullabies.

  Geoffrey Barone , Michael Barone : Okay!

  Ray Barone : Oh, yeah. Funny. How about I call Santa, tell him how funny you guys are?

  [to himself as he goes to the couch] 

  Ray Barone : Santa calls the Easter Bunny, he calls the Tooth Fairy. I don't gotta buy squat.

  [Debra comes in] 

  Debra Barone : Hi.

  Ray Barone : Oh, my God. How long was this meeting?

  Debra Barone : It ended at 8:00, but I stayed after to talk.

  Ray Barone : You know, here's the thing about the twins. I know that I'm supposed to love them, but why do they make it so freakin' hard?

  Debra Barone : Listen, listen, Ray, it was such a great meeting. Remember all those ideas I had about fundraising and the readathon? It was amazing. I was talking, and all these people were really interested in what I had to say.

  Ray Barone : The problem is, the twins they know I have to love them. They use that love against me. You know what? I can't anymore.

  Debra Barone : All these people want me to run for president.

  Ray Barone : What people?

  Debra Barone : The people at the school. They want me to run for president of the school governing board. Isn't that fantastic?

  Ray Barone : Wha...

  Debra Barone : There's an election next week, and so far Bill Parker is running unopposed.

  Ray Barone : Parker. I hate that Parker.

  Debra Barone : Would you listen?

  Ray Barone : He stole our babysitter.

  Debra Barone : I'm gonna do it, Ray.

  Ray Barone : Do what?

  Debra Barone : Run for president. President of the school. Yeah.

  Ray Barone : President of the school?

  Debra Barone : Yeah.

  Ray Barone : But that's, like, a lot of meetings at night.

  Debra Barone : This is the perfect thing for me. I've been waiting for something like this to get involved in, where I can make a difference and use my brain and help people. I could make a good president.

  Ray Barone : But you're already president of this house. We need you. Ask not what your house can do for you.

• Ray Barone : What's this?

  Woman : Tabbouleh.

  Ray Barone : If I saw this on the floor, I'd rub my dog's nose in it.

  Woman : I made the tabbouleh.

  Ray Barone : Hi, I'm Bill Parker.

• Debra Barone : How could you do that to me?

  Ray Barone : Well, I just looked at what both candidates brought to the table, and I thought Bill Parker...

  Debra Barone : Bill Parker? You hate Bill Parker!

  Ray Barone : I hate Bill Parker the man, but I just thought that Bill Parker the candidate had an interesting platform

  Debra Barone : Shut up! I'm your wife. I don't care if my platform was... anti-puppy. You have to vote for me.

  Ray Barone : But doesn't it say in the Constitution...

  Debra Barone : I don't care what it says in the Constitution! You vote for you your wife! And since you you know what it says in the Constitution?

  Ray Barone : I'm not gonna stand here and let you badmouth America.

• Frank Barone : I don't know why you're letting her waste her time with this crap.

  Ray Barone : No, Debra's right. She said it's important for parents to get involved in their kids' education. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

  Frank Barone : We never got involved with your education.

  Robert Barone : That's right. Pa didn't go in for all that fancy book-larnin'.

  Frank Barone : What? What did I pay taxes for? You think I had time to tell you what two plus two is?

  Robert Barone : Well, maybe if you took more interest, who knows how far I could have gone?

  Frank Barone : Four! Two plus two is four! Go get 'em, tiger!

• Debra Barone : We all know why you didn't vote for me, Ray. Because you were afraid that if I win, I might get out of this house and you might have to get off your butt once in awhile and do something! You want me locked in this house. Your vote was a vote for slavery!

  Ray Barone : I have always spoken out against slavery.

• Ray Barone : You know, you're not supposed to ask people who they vote for. That's why we folded our votes and put it in the shoebox with tape around it, and they locked it up in the school's cafe-gym-a-torium... as our forefathers did.

• Ray Barone : So who do you think's gonna be president?

  Guy : Oh, it's a toss-up. Bill Parker sounds pretty good, but I'll probably vote for that Debra Barone.

  Ray Barone : Oh yeah? Why is that?

  Guy : She's got a nice little caboose.

• Debra Barone : Marriage is two people supporting each other for better or for worse, standing up for each other no matter what. But you don't get that. And that's why at that potluck, I had to tell people I didn't even know you.

  Ray Barone : What? You told people you don't know me?

  Debra Barone : Of course. You were acting like a goofball.

  Ray Barone : I don't care what I was doing. You denied knowing me at the potluck?

  Debra Barone : You were stuffing your pants with food.

  Ray Barone : I'm your husband. You're supposed to support me no matter what's in my pants. Didn't you just say, "partners for better or worse, standing up on each other"

  Ray Barone : It's not the same thing, and you know it. You embarrassed me.

  Ray Barone : I didn't do anything different at that potluck that I don't do at any other public place you drag me to. I have always liked beef! And I have always tried to get as much of it as I could at any function!