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In observance of
International Women's Year
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here in the United States,
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I have signed an executive order,
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creating a national
commission to honor women
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and urge ratification of
the Equal Rights Amendment.
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I am appointing Jill Ruckelshaus
as chairwoman of the commission.
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- [APPLAUSE]
- Thank you, Mr. President.
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[APPLAUSE CONTINUES]
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[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]
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I will get those last five states, sir.
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Four. I just called Senator
Kretschmar this morning,
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and he confirmed.
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You see? Your wife is my secret weapon.
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She just tipped the
scales in North Dakota.
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Well, you should be up
front and center, Jill.
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Who better to prove that
"feminism" isn't a dirty word
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than a Midwestern married mom of five?
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You're as American as apple pie.
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Thank you, Betty.
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Pretty big promotion.
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And yet unpaid.
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- _
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- _
- Abort the ERA,
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- Betty Ford, get off the phone!
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- Abort the ERA...
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- Abort the ERA!
- [SCOFFS]
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Betty Ford, get off the phone!
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Abort the ERA! Betty Ford...
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You might ask yourself what
kind of self-respecting woman
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pickets the First Lady of her own party?
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[MUFFLED VOICE] ... would
see abortion-on-demand
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mandated at all hospitals.
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The, uh, proponents, uh,
see as an unfair, uh, burden
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on the mothers that they have
to take care of their babies.
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What about popular opinions
of people being for the ERA?
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Well, the real poll is the ballot box.
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Most American women don't want this.
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They... They know it's a fraud,
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and all it would do would be to allow...
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We can go.
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["A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN"
BY WALTER MURPHY PLAYING]
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Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie
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We are mothers and daughters.
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We are married, single,
widowed, divorced.
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We are homemakers and career women...
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You know, not a single leader
of any anti-ERA
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or pro-life organization
is represented...
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- on her presidential commission.
- ALL: Shh!
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... to present the Women
of the Year Award
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- to nine courageous talented women.
- She is not fooling anyone
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in those pearls.
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She does have a nice smile.
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- Hmm.
- ...who has indicated many...
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Five more minutes, Anne.
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But "Fifth Dimension" is coming on.
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- I fixed him one.
- Oh.
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...opportunity for women.
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- Oh.
- And I know I speak
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- for the president...
- Mother?
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Come on. Let's go upstairs.
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I'll be up in a minute to tuck you in.
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... politicians that...
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Between her and Nelson Rockefeller,
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there's no place for us.
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The Republican Party's in peril.
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What happened to all that talk at CPAC
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about breaking off and forming
a national Conservative Party?
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Oh, Reagan won't run
on a third-party ticket.
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He thinks he can beat Ford.
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No, he doesn't have the numbers.
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... week after week in our polls...
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[TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING]
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I'm counting 58.
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Which brings us close to 10,000.
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Now our mailing list has
barely budged in 12 months.
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We need to double it
by this time next year.
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- Double it?
- It has taken us four years
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just to get this big.
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Well, NOW has over
40,000 members and growing.
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Who cares? We're winning.
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Only North Dakota ratified this year.
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Yes, but they only need four more.
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Now the feminists control both houses,
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the liberal media, and Jill Ruckelshaus
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has the First Lady shilling for them.
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They're everywhere. Now and we only had
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30 show up in D.C. to picket.
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Now does that sound like winning to you?
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I need help drawing a
map of Sherman's March.
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- Uh, can...
- I have called every woman
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I have ever met in my entire life,
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even the ones I can't stand.
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There are three teas
I'm dreading attending.
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There is no one left to call.
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We're going to make a big splash
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in the convention.
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We're gonna have to start
recruiting women who are not
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active in politics.
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If they aren't active,
how are we going to find them?
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Why do we have to make a big
splash at the convention?
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Because the country
thinks Jill Ruckelshaus
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is the face of the Republican Party.
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[TELEPHONE RINGS]
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STOP ERA. Rosemary speaking.
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Oh, hello, Kevin. Yes.
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- [WHISPERS] Tell him I've left.
- No. She's...
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on her way home... to you.
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[RECEIVER CLATTERS]
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[SWITCH CLICKS]
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- [DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
- Marriage takes work.
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You should hear how he talks to her.
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He has a temper.
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We all have problems.
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She needs to learn to manage him.
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[EXHALES DEEPLY]
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♪♪
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I saw Bella backstage.
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First words out of her mouth...
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"When are you gonna
testify for my bill?"
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No "How are you?" No "Nice dress."
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Oh, it is a very nice dress.
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She completely disregards the fact
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that her bill is duplicating the work
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my commission's already doing.
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Bella bosses everybody around.
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She bossed me around
when I headed the EPA.
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Don't take it personally.
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She said your commission has
no authority and no money.
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I'm not supposed to
take that personally?
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[SIGHS] I'm only
trying to rescue the ERA
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after the Democrats made a mess of it,
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and she's right about the money.
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I don't understand how the
president expects me to...
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To launch a national campaign
for the ERA with no funding.
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Am I a magician?
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- You're the woman of the year.
- [CHUCKLES]
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I presented the Women of the Year.
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I'm not one.
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- Mmm. [KISSING]
- [SIGHS] Honey.
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No, they're... they're asleep.
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But did you check on Robin's fever?
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Yes, and she told me she feels fine.
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Wait. She told you she feels fine?
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She's sick, so we shouldn't trust her.
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I took her temperature
right after you left.
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It was only 99.7.
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I also fed the kids
something besides pizza,
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and I even managed to
dress myself this morning.
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And it's a big improvement
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from the tweed suits you wore
when we first started dating.
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You didn't like me in tweed?
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- So stuffy.
- Ah. I was dynamite.
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You were square.
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Square?
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- Oh.
- [CHUCKLES]
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- I just... I'm gonna go check on her.
- Can...
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If you want me to be
in charge of the kids,
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you have to let me be in charge.
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Mmm.
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[TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE]
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[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
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Excuse me.
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Do you know how much longer he'll be?
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I don't do his schedule.
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What exactly do you do?
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[BOOK THUDS]
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[TELEPHONE CONTINUES RINGING]
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These young women come to work here
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knowing what they're getting into.
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You can't blame him.
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Oh, you can blame him. It's not right.
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When I graduated from law school,
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my mother said to me,
"Wear a hat and gloves."
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That way, they won't mistake
you for a secretary."
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Well, when did the gloves come off?
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- [LAUGHS]
- [DOOR OPENS]
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[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
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Campaign spot rang long. Bicentennial.
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You're wasting your time, Bella.
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I can't support a radical lib agenda
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and show my face in Ohio.
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Oh, whoa. Who said
anything about radical?
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Let's ban that word from our vocabulary.
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You brought Jill.
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You know I can't resist
when you tag-team me.
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Reminds me of my frat days as a Buckeye.
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[LAUGHTER] Don't be a jackass, Wayne.
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You're making the rest of us look bad.
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- Jill.
- Congressman.
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- [SIGHS]
- Excuse me.
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[LOWERED VOICE] I'm used
to suffering for the cause.
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The funds for my bill will be
used to sponsor conferences
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on women's issues in
each of the 50 states,
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culminating in a national convention.
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Our goal... to come
up with a plan of action
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for Congress to enact
laws that benefit women.
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Which in turn will give a
much-needed shot in the arm
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to the ERA ratification drive.
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Is it me, or are the gals never happy?
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Not when the gals are only
making 56% of what the men make.
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So you won't be happy till you
make 100% of what men make?
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TOGETHER: Yes.
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[GROANS SOFTLY]
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Are you gonna help us
whip up votes or what?
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What if this national
conference for women
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were run through my commission?
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There's no question
it would be bipartisan.
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It would have the
endorsement of the president
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and headed by me, arguably
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the most fiscally conservative
person in this room.
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State meetings open to the public.
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Sounds like a fiasco.
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I've never been
associated with a fiasco.
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- Massacres, yes. Fiascos, no.
- [CHUCKLES]
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We can't do it without you, Congressman.
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You have all the clout.
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Consider it a gift for
your young new bride.
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Do you know some reporter
called us "Beauty and the Beast"?
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You don't think I'm a beast, do you?
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No, but I was with
General Haig for two years,
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so perhaps I'm not the best judge.
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[LAUGHTER]
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You could learn something
from this one, Bella,
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especially if you wanna
make a run for the Senate.
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It helps to have a sense of humor.
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I have a great sense of humor.
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Thank you, Congressman.
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- [TELEPHONE RINGING]
- [SIGHS]
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[UNDER BREATH] Don't get too excited.
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I still have to sell
it to the president.
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For this women's conference,
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the American taxpayer will
be paying $6,000 per minute
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so that the, uh, libbers can
fly to Miami or, uh, wherever
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and complain about
their miserable lives.
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[COINS CLATTER]
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Kissinger meets privately
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with Ambassador Dobrynin for hours,
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and nobody knows why.
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- [COINS CLATTER]
- Because Jessica's parents
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do not supervise their child,
that's why.
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Dear Mr. Orben,
I am a big fan of your work
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with Jack Paar and Red Skelton.
Stop. But your last...
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Please deposit 10 cents.
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- [COINS CLATTER]
- But your last speech
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for President Ford had
seven jokes on wives
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and none on the libbers. Stop.
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Do you want me to
repeat that back to you?
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Uh, no, I'm afraid I don't
have time for you
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- to repeat it back.
- [RECEIVER CLATTERS]
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♪♪
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The court upheld the government's suit
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to dissolve the Northern
Securities Company.
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Now let's see what 20th century Supremes
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say about antitrust and
the Sherman Act, shall we?
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Mr. Snyder?
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What can you tell us about
this week's Supreme Court case?
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United States v. Falstaff Brewing Corp.
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Well, Falstaff was a regional
beer producer here in St. Louis
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that wanted to achieve national status,
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- so they decided to expand...
- [MOUTHS WORDS]
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to the northeast market.
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Now instead of breaking into
new markets de novo,
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they decided to acquire
the largest beer seller
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in New England because they already had
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an established infrastructure.
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And what was the central
question in the case?
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Yes, Mrs. Schlafly?
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Was Falstaff successful
in dominating the market?
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That is not the central question.
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Yes, but it is the most interesting one.
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[SIGHS]
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Did Falstaff violate Section
7 of the Clayton Act?
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Well, the Supreme Court
found in Falstaff's favor,
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and they remanded the case back
to the, uh, district court...
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de novo,
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a decision... with which I concur.
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I would like to make
a person-to-person call
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to Georgia Peterson in Salt Lake City.
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Elder Packer,
I'm a friend of Georgia Peterson's.
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My name's Phyllis Schlafly.
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♪♪
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I met a woman at a pro-life rally
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who can put us in touch with a
group of rabbis in New Jersey.
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Good morning, uh, Rabbi Neuberger?
285
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One of the mothers at Kimmy's school
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is active in the Calvary Baptist Church.
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Pastor Starr? Phyllis Schlafly.
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I'm calling to invite you to
join me in a new organization
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for all denominations.
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Welcome to the alternative
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to the so-called women's
liberation movement.
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Welcome to the Eagle Forum.
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Now as impossible as it may seem,
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our challenge is to have 40,000 members
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by the Republican National Convention,
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and I feel that, uh,
we'll be far more effective
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if we all work together.
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Take a look to the right
and to the left of you.
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You might be sitting next
to someone you can't save,
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but you can be nice to them.
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[APPLAUSE]
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I have a question about your newsletter.
303
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Oh, that's not my newsletter.
304
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Sorry. May I... May I see that?
305
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[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
306
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Can you find out who wrote this?
307
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North Carolina has us
playing a little bit of defense.
308
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Nobody expected Reagan to win.
309
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If he keeps doing well,
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there could be a
revolt at the convention.
311
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Don't worry. Audrey and I
will make sure that
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the caucus has a strong presence.
313
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Who are these chocolates for?
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- One of my secretaries.
- Oh, it's her birthday?
315
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I threw an ashtray at her.
316
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Bella, you're not gonna be
able to do that in the Senate.
317
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- They have standards.
- Just don't delay too long.
318
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We're running out of time on the ERA,
319
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and Reagan has inspired the
right wing religious nuts
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to come out of the woodwork and,
321
00:14:36,205 --> 00:14:39,496
Jerry Falwell and Phyllis
Schlafly are his flock.
322
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Or it's the other way around.
323
00:14:43,011 --> 00:14:44,776
Did you see she managed to bring out
324
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a thousand women
to Springfield this year?
325
00:14:46,776 --> 00:14:48,381
Isn't she coming to
the National Press Club
326
00:14:48,405 --> 00:14:49,423
for a debate?
327
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You're not thinking of debating her.
328
00:14:51,543 --> 00:14:52,984
I'm just gonna talk to her.
329
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You think I need to buy her book?
330
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To knock some sense into her.
331
00:14:55,897 --> 00:14:58,490
Did you hear Elizabeth
Ray is writing a book?
332
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She's calling it
"The Washington Fringe Benefit."
333
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It's on my list right
after Betty's new memoir.
334
00:15:03,558 --> 00:15:06,028
Hey, Shirley, look at this.
You were at the wedding.
335
00:15:06,087 --> 00:15:07,155
You believe this?
336
00:15:07,180 --> 00:15:09,735
Ugh. The man served us
wingdings with champagne.
337
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- He has no shame.
- [CHUCKLES]
338
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You know, if a Republican congressman
339
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had to put his mistress on the payroll
340
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as a $14,000-a-year clerk,
you would all be up in arms.
341
00:15:17,737 --> 00:15:21,689
We are up in arms. $14,000 is
way too little to shtup Hays.
342
00:15:21,714 --> 00:15:23,353
She should have
gotten at least 50 grand.
343
00:15:23,378 --> 00:15:25,336
- Shh.
- I'm kidding, of course.
344
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[LAUGHS]
345
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[CHUCKLES]
346
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He does have to resign. They all do.
347
00:15:30,806 --> 00:15:32,720
- What do you mean, all?
- Uh...
348
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Why don't we meet in my office?
And we can talk in private.
349
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[LOWERED VOICE] Ever since
the Hays scandal came out,
350
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a few secretaries have confided in me
351
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that sexual favors are an
expected part of the job.
352
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[TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE]
353
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[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
354
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["IF GOD IS DEAD (WHO'S THIS
LIVING IN MY SOUL)" PLAYING]
355
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♪♪
356
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Well...
357
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LORETTA LYNN: ♪ He put flowers ♪
358
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What a lovely home.
359
00:16:11,617 --> 00:16:12,906
[DOOR CLOSES]
360
00:16:13,286 --> 00:16:16,063
- Excuse us, please.
- Good gravy.
361
00:16:17,149 --> 00:16:19,470
- Well, what are you fussing about?
- I'm trying to help you.
362
00:16:19,494 --> 00:16:21,578
Well, don't get your panties
all in a bunch.
363
00:16:21,603 --> 00:16:24,930
It's like putting socks on a rooster.
I'll do it myself.
364
00:16:24,955 --> 00:16:26,102
All right.
365
00:16:26,867 --> 00:16:29,403
Oh, don't get up. I'm not formal.
366
00:16:29,428 --> 00:16:30,963
Thank you.
367
00:16:35,546 --> 00:16:38,750
Did you hear about
the Bicentennial Drink?
368
00:16:38,775 --> 00:16:41,172
It's called a Paul Revere Cocktail.
369
00:16:41,197 --> 00:16:43,008
After two, you start horsing around
370
00:16:43,033 --> 00:16:45,903
- and wake your neighbors.
- [LAUGHS]
371
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Thank you for seeing us, Miss Hobbs.
372
00:16:50,197 --> 00:16:51,727
Ooh.
373
00:16:52,222 --> 00:16:54,328
What a pretty little box.
374
00:16:55,058 --> 00:16:57,361
[TISSUE PAPER RUSTLES]
375
00:16:57,684 --> 00:17:00,305
How nice.
376
00:17:01,370 --> 00:17:03,641
Do we still have those mints?
377
00:17:09,271 --> 00:17:10,772
Shot that one myself.
378
00:17:10,797 --> 00:17:13,556
She's out there every
morning during the season.
379
00:17:13,581 --> 00:17:16,725
Well, we've come about
your Pink Lady flyer.
380
00:17:16,750 --> 00:17:18,412
Oh, don't you love it?
381
00:17:18,437 --> 00:17:21,342
I told the printer to
print them on pink paper.
382
00:17:21,367 --> 00:17:23,402
It really dresses it up.
383
00:17:23,427 --> 00:17:26,797
Then I had him find two ladies
in his clip art collection.
384
00:17:26,822 --> 00:17:29,006
And drew the telephone
line around the idea.
385
00:17:29,031 --> 00:17:31,155
And then my sister-in-law
come up with the name.
386
00:17:31,180 --> 00:17:33,582
You know, in the beauty shops,
the women always say,
387
00:17:33,607 --> 00:17:35,702
"Have you heard?" to get attention.
388
00:17:35,727 --> 00:17:38,545
Yes, well,
you certainly got my attention.
389
00:17:38,577 --> 00:17:42,842
Now some of this is
lifted almost verbatim
390
00:17:42,867 --> 00:17:45,131
from, uh, my newsletter.
391
00:17:45,156 --> 00:17:46,725
Without her permission.
392
00:17:46,750 --> 00:17:49,319
So... you want me to rewrite it
393
00:17:49,344 --> 00:17:53,303
without using your words,
394
00:17:53,989 --> 00:17:57,092
and then buy another 15,000
stamps to mail it out again?
395
00:17:57,117 --> 00:17:59,866
You have 15,000 subscribers?
396
00:17:59,891 --> 00:18:05,163
Or you could use all my words,
but we join forces...
397
00:18:05,188 --> 00:18:07,202
Your organization and mine.
398
00:18:07,627 --> 00:18:11,031
Well... isn't that something?
399
00:18:11,056 --> 00:18:13,584
You wanna join Women
Who Want to be Women.
400
00:18:13,609 --> 00:18:16,346
That... That's the name
of your organization?
401
00:18:16,371 --> 00:18:18,540
WWWW for short.
402
00:18:18,565 --> 00:18:20,041
Is that shorter?
403
00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:22,080
No, no, no, we would keep our name.
404
00:18:22,105 --> 00:18:23,947
It's just that we could
be more effective
405
00:18:23,972 --> 00:18:25,963
if we coordinated our efforts.
406
00:18:25,988 --> 00:18:30,619
Now your members would become Eagles,
407
00:18:30,644 --> 00:18:34,408
and we would, uh, handle
all of the organizational costs,
408
00:18:34,433 --> 00:18:36,252
the stamps and the... the printing.
409
00:18:36,277 --> 00:18:38,150
Or we could just sell this bowl.
410
00:18:38,175 --> 00:18:39,842
[LAUGHTER]
411
00:18:39,867 --> 00:18:42,806
It used to be if Catholics and
Evangelicals came together,
412
00:18:42,831 --> 00:18:44,189
you'd have a bloodbath.
413
00:18:44,214 --> 00:18:45,947
I'm Presbyterian.
414
00:18:45,972 --> 00:18:48,244
No, no, we all serve the same Lord,
415
00:18:48,269 --> 00:18:49,791
but if we're willing to come together
416
00:18:49,816 --> 00:18:53,799
to fight a common cause,
then we can fight with each other later.
417
00:18:53,904 --> 00:18:56,799
What is your favorite
piece of scripture?
418
00:18:57,264 --> 00:19:02,314
Well... I have so many,
I wouldn't know where to start.
419
00:19:06,164 --> 00:19:11,299
Our Eagle motif is, uh,
from a passage in Isaiah.
420
00:19:11,324 --> 00:19:13,697
"They shall mount up
with wings like eagles.
421
00:19:13,722 --> 00:19:15,760
"They shall run and not be weary.
422
00:19:15,785 --> 00:19:18,053
They shall walk and not faint."
423
00:19:18,117 --> 00:19:19,385
That's right.
424
00:19:19,410 --> 00:19:21,612
We also have a rose motif.
425
00:19:21,637 --> 00:19:23,635
Ah, the rose.
426
00:19:23,660 --> 00:19:25,447
It is a symbol of our struggle.
427
00:19:25,472 --> 00:19:27,416
It's a symbol of our struggle, too.
428
00:19:27,441 --> 00:19:29,878
We want roses, not rights.
429
00:19:30,205 --> 00:19:35,439
It's my favorite slogan because
it's so simple and elegant.
430
00:19:35,464 --> 00:19:37,525
We use the rose...
431
00:19:38,190 --> 00:19:40,494
to honor the martyrdom...
432
00:19:41,012 --> 00:19:42,924
of the unborn.
433
00:19:43,532 --> 00:19:45,955
You know what they do in abortion?
434
00:19:47,149 --> 00:19:49,478
They take the lovely baby
435
00:19:50,387 --> 00:19:52,556
from its natural habitat...
436
00:19:53,657 --> 00:19:55,791
and they...
437
00:19:55,816 --> 00:19:57,878
- ... rip it out.
- [LOUD RIP]
438
00:19:58,922 --> 00:20:03,056
And they throw it... away.
439
00:20:05,957 --> 00:20:07,619
Thank you for coming by.
440
00:20:07,644 --> 00:20:09,947
I'll have a think about your proposal.
441
00:20:10,097 --> 00:20:11,966
Here are copies of my book.
442
00:20:11,991 --> 00:20:15,197
You might want to look at
the chapter about Mary.
443
00:20:15,222 --> 00:20:18,861
It shows some of the
papal inconsistencies
444
00:20:18,886 --> 00:20:21,283
involving the virgin birth.
445
00:20:22,004 --> 00:20:25,875
I wrote it... all myself.
446
00:20:26,684 --> 00:20:30,684
♪♪
447
00:20:44,013 --> 00:20:46,385
Some light reading
before you hit the road?
448
00:20:47,278 --> 00:20:49,385
Jill Ruckelshaus. I didn't get a chance
449
00:20:49,410 --> 00:20:50,909
to introduce myself before the debate.
450
00:20:50,933 --> 00:20:52,369
Yes, I know who you are.
451
00:20:52,394 --> 00:20:54,236
Mind some company?
452
00:20:54,884 --> 00:20:58,088
Oh, you know,
my hands get so dry this time of year.
453
00:20:58,113 --> 00:21:01,016
My daughter asks, "Mommy,
why does Mary Poppins
454
00:21:01,041 --> 00:21:02,237
have the kitchen sink in her purse?"
455
00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:05,088
But I get it. We need to be prepared.
456
00:21:05,477 --> 00:21:07,994
Of course, the question is,
can I find anything in here?
457
00:21:08,019 --> 00:21:11,188
I'm basically Julie Andrews
without the soot or the Oscar.
458
00:21:11,882 --> 00:21:13,330
Thank you.
459
00:21:13,526 --> 00:21:15,939
I bet your purse is perfectly organized.
460
00:21:15,964 --> 00:21:18,142
- How old is your daughter?
- She's 7.
461
00:21:18,167 --> 00:21:19,783
- Oh.
- Then there's Jennifer.
462
00:21:19,808 --> 00:21:23,002
She's 12. Billy Jr.'s 11,
and the twins are 15.
463
00:21:23,027 --> 00:21:25,752
And the twins are from your
husband's first marriage?
464
00:21:25,777 --> 00:21:27,713
I met them when they were infants.
465
00:21:27,738 --> 00:21:29,689
It was love at first sight,
466
00:21:29,714 --> 00:21:31,299
and their dad wasn't too bad either,
467
00:21:31,324 --> 00:21:33,592
so I brought Dr. Spock on
the honeymoon, and...
468
00:21:33,677 --> 00:21:34,811
Oh. [CHUCKLES]
469
00:21:34,836 --> 00:21:36,437
How about you? How old are yours?
470
00:21:36,462 --> 00:21:40,111
25, 21, 20, 18, 14, and 11.
471
00:21:40,136 --> 00:21:42,872
Oh! Seven more years, and you're free.
472
00:21:43,444 --> 00:21:45,994
Motherhood is freedom, Jill.
473
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,455
I thought of you recently
474
00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,885
when I read about Kissinger's
mistake in Nairobi.
475
00:21:55,910 --> 00:21:57,650
- Well, yes.
- Mm-hmm.
476
00:21:57,675 --> 00:21:59,830
And then, of course, uh, the...
the Nobel Committee...
477
00:21:59,855 --> 00:22:01,846
Well, I think they should be ashamed,
478
00:22:01,871 --> 00:22:04,306
because his peace talks took two years
479
00:22:04,331 --> 00:22:06,467
before South Vietnam collapsed.
480
00:22:06,492 --> 00:22:08,338
How was that, uh, noble?
481
00:22:08,363 --> 00:22:11,166
[LAUGHS] Have a drink with me.
482
00:22:11,191 --> 00:22:12,830
I don't, uh...
483
00:22:13,412 --> 00:22:15,783
Well, maybe a white wine on occasion.
484
00:22:15,808 --> 00:22:17,916
I'm sure they have soda pop.
485
00:22:20,342 --> 00:22:23,338
Your arguments against the SALT Treaty
486
00:22:23,363 --> 00:22:26,619
are exactly what Rummy
now says about SALT, too.
487
00:22:26,644 --> 00:22:29,510
Yes, he steals all his ideas from me,
488
00:22:29,535 --> 00:22:30,769
and soon he'll be talking
489
00:22:30,794 --> 00:22:32,611
about space interceptors
and orbital bombers,
490
00:22:32,636 --> 00:22:36,736
but, uh, if Reagan were the nominee,
491
00:22:36,761 --> 00:22:38,916
now I would advise him to, of course,
492
00:22:38,941 --> 00:22:42,025
get rid of Kissinger but
consider keeping Rumsfeld.
493
00:22:42,050 --> 00:22:46,533
Wow. Your face lights up when
you're talking about defense.
494
00:22:46,558 --> 00:22:48,049
Oh, well... [LAUGHS]
495
00:22:48,074 --> 00:22:49,151
I haven't been able to figure out
496
00:22:49,175 --> 00:22:52,166
why a Harvard-educated
expert on nuclear arms
497
00:22:52,191 --> 00:22:55,822
with 20 years' experience
in defense policy
498
00:22:55,847 --> 00:22:57,749
would suddenly take up a women's issue.
499
00:22:57,917 --> 00:23:00,838
- It affects me.
- It affects you.
500
00:23:01,010 --> 00:23:03,017
Sure, I scrub
my own kitchen floors, too.
501
00:23:03,042 --> 00:23:05,158
Should we compare dishpan hands?
502
00:23:06,198 --> 00:23:08,026
You've been trying to
get a far-right candidate
503
00:23:08,050 --> 00:23:10,052
into the White House since Goldwater.
504
00:23:10,527 --> 00:23:13,392
Reagan challenges Ford,
and suddenly you're, uh,
505
00:23:13,417 --> 00:23:16,072
growing your power base,
forming alliances
506
00:23:16,097 --> 00:23:18,158
with other conservative
churches, Mormons.
507
00:23:18,183 --> 00:23:20,280
Well, with the direction
the country is going,
508
00:23:20,305 --> 00:23:22,267
I think I need all the help I can get.
509
00:23:22,292 --> 00:23:25,658
And I think that you are using
the fight over women's equality
510
00:23:25,683 --> 00:23:28,580
to build a mailing list
of women who would support
511
00:23:28,605 --> 00:23:31,744
a conservative presidential
candidate like Reagan.
512
00:23:31,769 --> 00:23:34,305
That list is gonna be worth a lot.
513
00:23:34,421 --> 00:23:39,705
Now you and I both know that
the ERA is not about equality.
514
00:23:39,730 --> 00:23:41,369
It's about power.
515
00:23:41,660 --> 00:23:44,072
And the left is making a power grab.
516
00:23:44,097 --> 00:23:46,127
The Reagan revolution is going to fail,
517
00:23:46,152 --> 00:23:48,236
just like the Goldwater
revolution failed.
518
00:23:48,261 --> 00:23:50,626
Goldwater didn't fail.
He laid the groundwork.
519
00:23:50,651 --> 00:23:53,212
There are more of us
than there are of you.
520
00:23:53,634 --> 00:23:57,009
What if I could get you
in a room with Rumsfeld?
521
00:23:57,323 --> 00:23:58,696
Personally, I find him a bore,
522
00:23:58,721 --> 00:24:01,196
but it seems to me that you and he
523
00:24:01,221 --> 00:24:03,243
would have quite a lot to talk about.
524
00:24:09,083 --> 00:24:12,243
Billy likes to say that
we educate men and women
525
00:24:12,268 --> 00:24:15,071
through college to be precisely equal,
526
00:24:15,715 --> 00:24:18,603
but then the men go off
to do interesting things.
527
00:24:19,928 --> 00:24:22,204
Your husband supports you, uh,
528
00:24:22,229 --> 00:24:24,939
leaving your children
on a Saturday afternoon?
529
00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:28,478
Yes. He wants me to have
my own life, my own career.
530
00:24:28,503 --> 00:24:32,243
Well, there's nothing stopping
you from doing just that.
531
00:24:36,166 --> 00:24:39,407
Do you know what I had to do
to get my commission funded?
532
00:24:40,888 --> 00:24:43,876
I had to let more than
a dozen congressmen
533
00:24:43,901 --> 00:24:48,024
put a hand on my arm,
my hip, my backside.
534
00:24:48,969 --> 00:24:51,642
More than a dozen demanded
to see my pretty smile
535
00:24:51,667 --> 00:24:53,782
before they agreed to sign on.
536
00:24:54,410 --> 00:24:57,298
I had to say, "You'd be our hero"
537
00:24:57,323 --> 00:25:01,892
and "You have so much clout"
more times than I can remember.
538
00:25:03,146 --> 00:25:05,884
And that is nothing compared
to what those secretaries
539
00:25:05,909 --> 00:25:08,540
on the Hill are dealing
with on a daily basis.
540
00:25:09,388 --> 00:25:11,970
But don't you think those kind of women
541
00:25:11,995 --> 00:25:14,235
are really just inviting it?
542
00:25:14,706 --> 00:25:16,431
I'm sorry?
543
00:25:16,456 --> 00:25:19,814
Well, virtuous women are rarely accosted
544
00:25:19,839 --> 00:25:22,915
by unwelcome sexual propositions.
545
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:25,634
Let me tell you something
546
00:25:25,659 --> 00:25:27,634
about those kind of women, Phyllis.
547
00:25:27,659 --> 00:25:30,548
They could be me. They could be you.
548
00:25:31,238 --> 00:25:33,439
They're just trying to get a fair shake.
549
00:25:33,464 --> 00:25:35,699
They wanna go to work,
get paid, go home.
550
00:25:35,724 --> 00:25:38,243
They're not asking to be harassed,
551
00:25:38,268 --> 00:25:41,337
manhandled, degraded, assaulted.
552
00:25:42,025 --> 00:25:43,931
You're so angry.
553
00:25:43,956 --> 00:25:45,557
- How dare you?
- Well, only one state ratified
554
00:25:45,581 --> 00:25:48,454
in over two years,
even with White House support
555
00:25:48,479 --> 00:25:50,399
and a $5 million check from Congress,
556
00:25:50,424 --> 00:25:52,993
it must be terribly frustrating for you.
557
00:25:53,410 --> 00:25:54,911
You wanna get ahead
558
00:25:54,936 --> 00:25:58,478
climbing on the shoulders
of men, Phyllis, fine.
559
00:25:58,503 --> 00:26:02,454
Just know they're looking
right up your skirt.
560
00:26:04,324 --> 00:26:08,649
[FOOTSTEPS DEPART]
561
00:26:08,975 --> 00:26:10,299
- [TELEPHONE RINGS]
- We are doing something.
562
00:26:10,323 --> 00:26:12,423
The House Fair Employment
Practices Agreement.
563
00:26:12,448 --> 00:26:14,689
Only 62 congressmen have signed it.
564
00:26:14,714 --> 00:26:15,983
Give it time.
565
00:26:16,008 --> 00:26:17,509
And none of the 20 congressmen
566
00:26:17,534 --> 00:26:19,704
accused by their secretaries have.
567
00:26:19,932 --> 00:26:22,392
The secretaries can go
to the Ethics Committee.
568
00:26:22,417 --> 00:26:25,353
Which won't touch a congressman,
569
00:26:25,378 --> 00:26:27,280
or the Justice Department,
570
00:26:27,305 --> 00:26:29,376
which we'll call the congressman.
571
00:26:29,401 --> 00:26:31,337
He'd deny it, and they'd be fired.
572
00:26:31,362 --> 00:26:33,598
We need to go to the press
with these allegations.
573
00:26:33,623 --> 00:26:36,814
- These are our friends.
- Some of them are good friends.
574
00:26:38,012 --> 00:26:39,610
We're heading into an election.
575
00:26:39,635 --> 00:26:42,243
That's 20 liberal votes we can lose.
576
00:26:42,738 --> 00:26:45,603
You think the other side's
a bunch of choirboys?
577
00:26:45,628 --> 00:26:47,230
We only know about our own party.
578
00:26:47,255 --> 00:26:48,899
Nothing is going to change
579
00:26:48,924 --> 00:26:51,329
unless there is a public reckoning.
580
00:26:52,366 --> 00:26:55,649
Even if it hurts us,
they need to resign.
581
00:26:55,674 --> 00:26:58,017
If none of the secretaries
come forward publicly...
582
00:26:58,042 --> 00:27:00,485
They're scared! Can you blame them?
583
00:27:00,510 --> 00:27:03,907
It will be dismissed as a
few office affairs gone bad.
584
00:27:03,932 --> 00:27:07,103
Congressmen are asking young
women in job interviews
585
00:27:07,128 --> 00:27:09,634
if they engage in oral sex.
586
00:27:09,867 --> 00:27:12,970
I feel terrible for these secretaries.
I really do.
587
00:27:13,435 --> 00:27:16,806
But Jim Buckley spends
his days dreaming up ways
588
00:27:16,831 --> 00:27:18,501
to reverse Roe v. Wade.
589
00:27:18,526 --> 00:27:19,735
[SIGHS]
590
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,298
I'm gonna win that Senate seat,
591
00:27:21,323 --> 00:27:23,337
and I'm gonna kick his
ass back to Connecticut,
592
00:27:23,362 --> 00:27:25,364
and that's good for all women.
593
00:27:28,419 --> 00:27:32,204
[TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE]
594
00:27:40,032 --> 00:27:42,556
Hello? Kids?
595
00:27:42,901 --> 00:27:44,807
I have Razzles and Fun Dip
596
00:27:44,832 --> 00:27:47,839
and all the things I never let you eat!
597
00:27:52,011 --> 00:27:53,512
What are you guys doing?
598
00:27:53,709 --> 00:27:57,035
Dad said no noise,
no footsteps until they're gone.
599
00:27:57,375 --> 00:27:58,643
Who's they?
600
00:27:58,668 --> 00:28:00,902
Men in suits.
601
00:28:04,507 --> 00:28:05,708
Mr. Cheney.
602
00:28:05,733 --> 00:28:08,770
[CHUCKLES] What a surprise...
A nice surprise.
603
00:28:08,795 --> 00:28:10,763
Is everything all right
with the president?
604
00:28:10,788 --> 00:28:12,965
Quite. We'll speak soon.
605
00:28:12,990 --> 00:28:14,892
Very good, Dick.
606
00:28:19,839 --> 00:28:21,841
[DOOR OPENS]
607
00:28:22,493 --> 00:28:23,699
[DOOR CLOSES]
608
00:28:23,724 --> 00:28:25,535
And what was that about?
609
00:28:27,266 --> 00:28:31,293
It seems I am on the short list.
610
00:28:31,318 --> 00:28:32,769
For vice president?
611
00:28:32,924 --> 00:28:34,504
All right!
612
00:28:34,529 --> 00:28:38,000
[LAUGHTER]
613
00:28:38,025 --> 00:28:39,393
I can't believe it.
614
00:28:39,418 --> 00:28:41,035
I mean, of course, I can believe it.
615
00:28:41,060 --> 00:28:44,707
You on the ticket with Ford...
I mean, you'll be unbeatable.
616
00:28:44,732 --> 00:28:48,012
Oh, my gosh! Let's go celebrate.
617
00:28:48,037 --> 00:28:49,699
Let's lock up the kids and go to dinner.
618
00:28:49,724 --> 00:28:51,488
Should we hold off
on locking the kids up
619
00:28:51,513 --> 00:28:52,832
until they're done vetting me?
620
00:28:52,857 --> 00:28:55,257
Why didn't they come when I'm home?
They always vet the wife.
621
00:29:01,766 --> 00:29:03,816
They didn't want me to be home.
622
00:29:05,017 --> 00:29:07,052
They came to talk to you about me.
623
00:29:07,077 --> 00:29:09,480
They're very worried
about the Reaganites.
624
00:29:09,505 --> 00:29:11,957
The Reaganites? Oh, they're a band now.
625
00:29:11,982 --> 00:29:13,583
Well, they have to appease them.
626
00:29:14,268 --> 00:29:15,793
And they don't want their number two
627
00:29:15,818 --> 00:29:19,293
to have a mouthy pro-choice
feminist for a wife.
628
00:29:19,318 --> 00:29:23,105
They didn't say "mouthy."
They said "outspoken."
629
00:29:23,409 --> 00:29:26,207
But I told them,
"I don't control my wife." So there.
630
00:29:26,951 --> 00:29:28,910
- [SIGHS]
- What?
631
00:29:30,033 --> 00:29:32,512
I-I just wish you'd said,
"She's not outspoken.
632
00:29:32,537 --> 00:29:34,144
"She's the normal amount of spoken.
633
00:29:34,169 --> 00:29:36,104
She speaks about as much as any man."
634
00:29:37,813 --> 00:29:40,433
But you didn't say that
because you want me to lay low.
635
00:29:41,182 --> 00:29:42,550
Just until it's announced.
636
00:29:42,575 --> 00:29:44,527
No, I am going to the convention, Billy.
637
00:29:44,552 --> 00:29:46,254
I am scheduled to give
a seconding speech.
638
00:29:46,279 --> 00:29:47,825
There's gonna be a fight over abortion.
639
00:29:47,849 --> 00:29:49,605
We could do so much
for the women's movement
640
00:29:49,630 --> 00:29:50,831
if we're the second family.
641
00:29:50,856 --> 00:29:52,683
So you just want me to, what, hide out
642
00:29:52,708 --> 00:29:54,785
until the... the last
day of the convention?
643
00:29:54,810 --> 00:29:57,074
No. You make an entrance.
644
00:29:57,257 --> 00:30:00,191
Smile and wave to the delegates
instead of speaking to them.
645
00:30:00,889 --> 00:30:04,887
I-I mean, I don't wanna
interfere with your career.
646
00:30:09,294 --> 00:30:16,294
♪♪
647
00:30:21,884 --> 00:30:23,887
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
648
00:30:24,078 --> 00:30:26,414
I hope you're not wearing any perfume.
649
00:30:26,777 --> 00:30:28,611
It spooks the deer.
650
00:30:29,305 --> 00:30:32,230
I thought we might have
got off on the wrong foot.
651
00:30:34,229 --> 00:30:38,043
Now I think it is remarkable
that you have devoted your life
652
00:30:38,068 --> 00:30:40,170
to overturning Roe v. Wade,
653
00:30:40,195 --> 00:30:43,031
but it's gonna take more than devotion.
654
00:30:43,056 --> 00:30:45,124
It's gonna take political power.
655
00:30:45,332 --> 00:30:47,701
I'm not much for D.C. politics.
656
00:30:47,726 --> 00:30:50,301
Because there's no
morality in government?
657
00:30:50,448 --> 00:30:53,083
Well, we can change that.
658
00:30:53,392 --> 00:30:55,637
And now's the time.
659
00:30:55,662 --> 00:30:58,222
- Now the left is splintering.
- [RIFLE CLICKING]
660
00:30:58,247 --> 00:30:59,849
It's too many voices,
661
00:30:59,874 --> 00:31:02,576
so we need to be united.
662
00:31:04,212 --> 00:31:07,105
Now I believe Reagan is our Moses,
663
00:31:07,382 --> 00:31:10,113
and he's gonna lead us
out of the wilderness,
664
00:31:10,138 --> 00:31:12,058
but he's gonna need our help.
665
00:31:12,345 --> 00:31:15,782
I am not convinced
he is a true believer.
666
00:31:18,239 --> 00:31:20,441
[GUNSHOT]
667
00:31:22,890 --> 00:31:25,613
Well, would you rather
be ruled by a wise Turk...
668
00:31:26,364 --> 00:31:28,099
... or a foolish Christian?
669
00:31:28,124 --> 00:31:29,591
[CLICK]
670
00:31:32,656 --> 00:31:37,093
Now I would like to offer
you a seat on my board.
671
00:31:37,253 --> 00:31:39,689
I was thinking...
672
00:31:41,398 --> 00:31:44,355
... vice president of your Eagle Forum.
673
00:31:44,380 --> 00:31:46,254
[CHUCKLES]
674
00:31:46,792 --> 00:31:48,504
All right.
675
00:31:49,527 --> 00:31:52,285
Now our first order of business
676
00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:55,215
is to mobilize as many
of our women as we can
677
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,535
to go to the convention
to support Reagan.
678
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,730
Now once I have your mailing list,
679
00:31:59,755 --> 00:32:02,676
I will send out my most recent,
uh, newsletter
680
00:32:02,701 --> 00:32:04,879
which contains all the
relevant information,
681
00:32:04,912 --> 00:32:08,277
including a terrific
article Rosemary wrote
682
00:32:08,302 --> 00:32:11,027
on the dangers of the ERA.
683
00:32:11,052 --> 00:32:12,996
Now I would advise...
684
00:32:13,021 --> 00:32:14,840
Can you give you some friendly advice?
685
00:32:15,119 --> 00:32:18,207
What scares my women more than anything
686
00:32:18,232 --> 00:32:19,668
is mothers killing their babies
687
00:32:19,693 --> 00:32:21,933
and homosexuals raising our children.
688
00:32:22,025 --> 00:32:23,459
That gets them.
689
00:32:23,738 --> 00:32:25,273
You have children?
690
00:32:25,298 --> 00:32:26,866
Yes, six.
691
00:32:26,891 --> 00:32:29,418
Do you want perverts
teaching in our schools,
692
00:32:29,689 --> 00:32:31,791
touching our children?
693
00:32:33,227 --> 00:32:35,864
Don't you wanna see every
one of those perverts
694
00:32:35,889 --> 00:32:38,230
and abortionists burnt at the stake?
695
00:32:40,201 --> 00:32:42,537
[DEER CHUFFING]
696
00:32:42,768 --> 00:32:44,347
You see?
697
00:32:44,571 --> 00:32:46,439
It's emotional.
698
00:32:46,995 --> 00:32:48,504
Not the head.
699
00:32:51,414 --> 00:32:54,176
[GUNSHOT ECHOES]
700
00:32:54,201 --> 00:32:56,160
♪♪
701
00:32:56,185 --> 00:32:58,262
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.
702
00:32:58,287 --> 00:33:00,918
It has been a week
since my last confession.
703
00:33:00,943 --> 00:33:03,941
I have taken the Lord's name in vain.
704
00:33:04,396 --> 00:33:06,847
I have borne false witness.
705
00:33:07,898 --> 00:33:10,058
But...
706
00:33:10,083 --> 00:33:13,465
Father, I have done something that is...
707
00:33:14,924 --> 00:33:16,826
that is far worse.
708
00:33:23,642 --> 00:33:26,996
I have sin that is pressed...
709
00:33:27,510 --> 00:33:29,574
[VOICE BREAKING] deep in my heart.
710
00:33:34,187 --> 00:33:36,090
My son...
711
00:33:40,112 --> 00:33:42,465
[WHISPERS] My son's a pervert.
712
00:33:44,929 --> 00:33:49,166
And I know I should have
boundless love for my children.
713
00:33:51,092 --> 00:33:54,428
But some... sometimes I think...
714
00:33:54,453 --> 00:33:58,308
maybe I loved him too much,
or I wasn't around enough,
715
00:33:58,333 --> 00:34:01,036
and he felt distant from me.
716
00:34:02,678 --> 00:34:06,777
But why would God put this fire in me
717
00:34:06,802 --> 00:34:09,285
if he didn't want me to act on it?
718
00:34:11,691 --> 00:34:14,394
Why does he punish me?
719
00:34:17,730 --> 00:34:21,200
Please help me, Father,
'cause I don't know what to do.
720
00:34:23,371 --> 00:34:26,341
Help me, Father.
I don't know what to do.
721
00:34:30,756 --> 00:34:33,592
- _
- [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
722
00:34:34,065 --> 00:34:37,377
You're running in a tough primary,
so you've found God?
723
00:34:37,402 --> 00:34:39,510
Don't you have a game show to host?
724
00:34:39,535 --> 00:34:41,938
[CHUCKLES]
725
00:34:46,664 --> 00:34:48,566
Are you here to pray?
726
00:34:48,591 --> 00:34:50,327
My God is the God of Leviticus,
727
00:34:50,352 --> 00:34:52,689
- so I'm here to atone.
- [CHUCKLES]
728
00:34:52,861 --> 00:34:56,424
I, uh, I should've gone on the
record with you. I'm sorry.
729
00:34:56,449 --> 00:34:58,643
Ugh. Wouldn't have done any good.
730
00:34:58,722 --> 00:35:01,518
No follow-up exposé, no outrage.
731
00:35:01,543 --> 00:35:03,627
You did what you could
do for those women.
732
00:35:03,652 --> 00:35:05,188
You put our colleagues on notice.
733
00:35:05,213 --> 00:35:07,057
They have to be better behaved.
734
00:35:07,082 --> 00:35:10,815
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
735
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:15,768
[LAUGHTER]
736
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,857
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE]
737
00:35:26,228 --> 00:35:27,796
[SCOFFS]
738
00:35:27,821 --> 00:35:31,096
_
739
00:35:31,343 --> 00:35:34,057
_
740
00:35:34,082 --> 00:35:35,744
_
741
00:35:36,065 --> 00:35:38,468
We're all secretaries to them.
742
00:35:38,493 --> 00:35:39,694
[GLASS CLINKING]
743
00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:41,994
Senator Jesse Helms
will lead us in prayer.
744
00:35:42,194 --> 00:35:46,565
I welcome you all to a very
special prayer breakfast
745
00:35:46,590 --> 00:35:50,018
on the eve of our
nation's 200th birthday.
746
00:35:50,043 --> 00:35:53,479
Our founding fathers
prayed for divine guidance
747
00:35:53,504 --> 00:35:56,330
just as we must pray today
for the same guidance
748
00:35:56,355 --> 00:35:58,127
as we work together
749
00:35:58,152 --> 00:36:01,697
to restore our country
to its glorious past.
750
00:36:02,117 --> 00:36:03,932
Let us give thanks.
751
00:36:11,565 --> 00:36:12,979
Amen.
752
00:36:13,065 --> 00:36:14,494
Amen.
753
00:36:31,864 --> 00:36:34,767
[FIREWORKS POPPING]
754
00:36:38,281 --> 00:36:40,283
[FIREWORKS WHISTLING]
755
00:36:43,786 --> 00:36:45,855
- [PLAYFUL SHOUTING]
- Careful with those.
756
00:36:46,429 --> 00:36:48,335
We're gonna go into town,
see the fireworks.
757
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,529
- Okay.
- Can I borrow your car?
758
00:36:51,835 --> 00:36:53,311
Be careful.
759
00:36:53,828 --> 00:36:56,231
- Fred.
- John.
760
00:36:56,297 --> 00:36:58,960
Could you, uh,
stay for a minute, please?
761
00:36:58,985 --> 00:37:01,944
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE,
FIREWORKS CONTINUE POPPING]
762
00:37:01,969 --> 00:37:04,148
Your mother and I think it's
time you made some decisions
763
00:37:04,172 --> 00:37:05,686
about your future.
764
00:37:05,830 --> 00:37:07,327
I'll have something lined up soon.
765
00:37:07,352 --> 00:37:08,889
Not good enough.
766
00:37:08,914 --> 00:37:10,381
You are lost,
767
00:37:10,406 --> 00:37:12,319
and we are going to
help you find your way.
768
00:37:12,344 --> 00:37:14,671
You can choose law or
medicine or accounting,
769
00:37:14,696 --> 00:37:16,764
but you need to choose something.
770
00:37:16,789 --> 00:37:19,625
[FIREWORKS POPPING]
771
00:37:19,650 --> 00:37:21,286
I think I'd like law school.
772
00:37:21,518 --> 00:37:23,405
Well, that's settled.
773
00:37:23,546 --> 00:37:26,881
You'll go to Wash U with your mother
774
00:37:26,906 --> 00:37:30,725
and live at home and join my practice.
775
00:37:30,750 --> 00:37:33,787
[FIREWORKS CONTINUE POPPING]
776
00:37:37,961 --> 00:37:43,139
Or maybe you could, uh,
go to law school out of town.
777
00:37:44,830 --> 00:37:47,647
[FIREWORKS CONTINUE POPPING]
778
00:37:48,468 --> 00:37:50,737
Get a fresh start.
779
00:37:51,207 --> 00:37:55,512
[FIREWORKS CONTINUE POPPING]
780
00:37:55,537 --> 00:37:58,874
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
781
00:37:58,899 --> 00:38:00,300
[FIREWORKS CONTINUE POPPING]
782
00:38:00,325 --> 00:38:04,678
Under President Ford,
America is on a steady course.
783
00:38:04,703 --> 00:38:06,757
- Keep him.
- [TRIUMPHANT TUNE PLAYS]
784
00:38:06,781 --> 00:38:10,874
"Keep him"? That's
the best they could do?
785
00:38:11,757 --> 00:38:14,546
Can't imagine the
slogans the guy rejected.
786
00:38:14,571 --> 00:38:16,436
... that he can win in November.
787
00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:19,022
Reagan has made that the big issue here.
788
00:38:19,047 --> 00:38:21,249
- Here's a serious question.
- Hmm?
789
00:38:21,274 --> 00:38:23,543
Do you think Reagan dyes his hair?
790
00:38:23,568 --> 00:38:25,970
... with the slogan,
"He'll be pardoned."
791
00:38:25,995 --> 00:38:27,444
So while he's here...
792
00:38:27,469 --> 00:38:29,546
Should I dye my hair?
793
00:38:31,182 --> 00:38:33,952
- No.
- Uh-huh.
794
00:38:33,977 --> 00:38:36,350
I moved the paragraph on the ERA up.
795
00:38:36,375 --> 00:38:38,717
I added a sentence about your commitment
796
00:38:38,742 --> 00:38:40,425
to fighting anti-choice legislation.
797
00:38:40,450 --> 00:38:42,554
I still think you need a-a short quip
798
00:38:42,579 --> 00:38:43,742
right at the top,
799
00:38:43,767 --> 00:38:45,859
before formally
accepting the nomination.
800
00:38:46,165 --> 00:38:47,562
- Like?
- [SIGHS]
801
00:38:47,587 --> 00:38:49,796
Sometimes I'll start a speech with,
802
00:38:50,471 --> 00:38:52,648
"I feel like one of Henry
Kissinger's girlfriends.
803
00:38:52,673 --> 00:38:53,975
"I know what's expected of me,
804
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,236
but I'm not sure how to
make it interesting."
805
00:38:56,813 --> 00:38:58,859
- Can I use that?
- [CHUCKLES]
806
00:38:58,884 --> 00:39:01,375
I'm gonna dig up my speech
from the '72 convention.
807
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,078
You can plagiarize until
your heart's content.
808
00:39:04,103 --> 00:39:06,257
If Daddy becomes vice president,
809
00:39:06,282 --> 00:39:08,250
will we move into the White House?
810
00:39:08,275 --> 00:39:10,835
The vice president's family
doesn't live in the White House.
811
00:39:10,860 --> 00:39:13,750
Uh, they get their own house
at the Naval Observatory.
812
00:39:14,443 --> 00:39:16,343
We need a ride to tennis.
813
00:39:16,368 --> 00:39:19,358
... is to solidify support
among the delegates already...
814
00:39:19,383 --> 00:39:21,179
[CHANNEL KNOB CLICKING]
815
00:39:21,204 --> 00:39:25,008
- [SIGHS]
- [APPLAUSE ON TV]
816
00:39:25,033 --> 00:39:26,334
I'll do it.
817
00:39:26,359 --> 00:39:28,648
[APPLAUSE CONTINUES]
818
00:39:28,673 --> 00:39:30,308
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
819
00:39:30,832 --> 00:39:34,179
Thank you. Good evening.
Thank you. Good evening.
820
00:39:34,204 --> 00:39:36,343
Well, answer it. Answer it!
821
00:39:36,775 --> 00:39:38,492
Be cool.
822
00:39:39,342 --> 00:39:41,911
[RING]
823
00:39:42,025 --> 00:39:44,242
Ruckelshaus residence. Ruck speaking.
824
00:39:46,441 --> 00:39:48,109
She's right here.
825
00:39:48,134 --> 00:39:50,320
- [LOWERED VOICE] It's Audrey.
- [SIGHS] Oh.
826
00:39:51,167 --> 00:39:53,554
How's it going there?
I was just about to take the girls...
827
00:39:53,579 --> 00:39:54,781
We're in big trouble.
828
00:39:54,806 --> 00:39:57,484
The Antis... They
are here in full force.
829
00:39:57,509 --> 00:40:00,109
They're backing Reagan,
and Phyllis is making a push
830
00:40:00,134 --> 00:40:02,109
to take the ERA out of the platform.
831
00:40:02,134 --> 00:40:06,028
No, no, I-I will call
Mrs. Ford right now.
832
00:40:06,053 --> 00:40:08,288
Reagan won't back down.
833
00:40:08,512 --> 00:40:12,591
I think we can save the ERA,
but there will be concessions.
834
00:40:12,616 --> 00:40:14,911
What kind of concessions?
835
00:40:15,529 --> 00:40:17,106
Abortion?
836
00:40:17,131 --> 00:40:18,856
I wish you could be here.
837
00:40:18,881 --> 00:40:20,383
[SIGHS]
838
00:40:21,895 --> 00:40:24,692
- _
- ♪♪
839
00:40:25,382 --> 00:40:27,177
_
840
00:40:28,061 --> 00:40:32,298
Forget credential challenges
and child care subsidies.
841
00:40:32,323 --> 00:40:34,392
Forget Social Security reform.
842
00:40:34,792 --> 00:40:37,185
Well, call off the NOW march.
843
00:40:37,210 --> 00:40:39,083
I don't care what you have to do.
844
00:40:39,416 --> 00:40:40,778
Just hold the line.
845
00:40:40,974 --> 00:40:42,567
Lobby every member on that committee.
846
00:40:42,592 --> 00:40:43,653
Remind them that we were
847
00:40:43,678 --> 00:40:46,528
the first party to
endorse the ERA in 1940.
848
00:40:46,577 --> 00:40:48,388
Excuse me, Congressman.
849
00:40:48,413 --> 00:40:51,263
We have never wavered in 40 years,
and we never will.
850
00:40:51,288 --> 00:40:52,466
Congressman Anderson,
851
00:40:52,491 --> 00:40:55,028
if I could just have a
moment of your time, please.
852
00:40:55,053 --> 00:40:56,872
If we could just have a
moment of your time...
853
00:40:56,897 --> 00:40:58,763
You tell Phyllis and her Eagles
854
00:40:58,788 --> 00:41:01,231
that they do not represent
Republican women.
855
00:41:01,256 --> 00:41:02,817
We are the party of Lincoln.
856
00:41:02,842 --> 00:41:04,343
Please vote no.
857
00:41:04,432 --> 00:41:06,247
And there's no way that we are allowing
858
00:41:06,272 --> 00:41:08,669
the Wicked Witch of the
Midwest to enslave us.
859
00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:10,294
Evil queen.
860
00:41:12,009 --> 00:41:13,865
MALE REPORTER: The most
strongly contested issue
861
00:41:13,889 --> 00:41:14,997
on the platform committee
862
00:41:15,029 --> 00:41:16,731
is the struggle over whether to support
863
00:41:16,756 --> 00:41:18,778
the Equal Rights Amendment
to the Constitution.
864
00:41:18,810 --> 00:41:20,739
FEMALE REPORTER: Conservatives
and Reagan supporters
865
00:41:20,763 --> 00:41:22,208
are expected to oppose that.
866
00:41:22,241 --> 00:41:24,707
Republicans have traditionally
backed the ERA,
867
00:41:24,732 --> 00:41:26,505
but there was a strong conservative move
868
00:41:26,530 --> 00:41:27,919
to change that position.
869
00:41:27,944 --> 00:41:31,872
It's extraordinary to me
in our bicentennial year
870
00:41:31,897 --> 00:41:33,177
that we should be debating
871
00:41:33,202 --> 00:41:36,205
whether or not women are equal citizens.
872
00:41:38,961 --> 00:41:43,106
[AMPLIFIED VOICE] Finally,
with 98 votes cast,
873
00:41:43,131 --> 00:41:46,310
we are ready to announce the results
874
00:41:46,335 --> 00:41:51,044
of the platform committee's
position on the ERA plank.
875
00:41:51,232 --> 00:41:54,825
The Republican Party
reaffirms its support
876
00:41:54,850 --> 00:41:57,583
for ratification of the
Equal Rights Amendment...
877
00:41:57,843 --> 00:42:01,544
The ayes are 51 to 47.
878
00:42:01,569 --> 00:42:03,605
[CRYING]
879
00:42:03,630 --> 00:42:05,552
[WOMEN CHATTERING]
880
00:42:05,577 --> 00:42:07,286
It's okay.
881
00:42:07,311 --> 00:42:12,528
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE CONTINUE]
882
00:42:14,092 --> 00:42:16,567
Well, you almost pulled off
the unthinkable.
883
00:42:16,592 --> 00:42:19,528
- Almost.
- You planted a flag.
884
00:42:19,682 --> 00:42:21,677
Ron will be impressed.
885
00:42:22,889 --> 00:42:25,057
Come with me to his suite tonight.
886
00:42:25,264 --> 00:42:26,833
Strategy session.
887
00:42:27,225 --> 00:42:30,295
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
888
00:42:32,667 --> 00:42:35,474
Well, ladies, we put on a good show.
889
00:42:36,114 --> 00:42:37,882
Rosemary.
890
00:42:39,632 --> 00:42:41,033
Come on.
891
00:42:41,058 --> 00:42:44,091
♪♪
892
00:42:44,116 --> 00:42:46,216
You promised things wouldn't change.
893
00:42:46,241 --> 00:42:48,710
Pamela, nothing is going to change.
894
00:42:48,735 --> 00:42:51,604
Trying to take the ERA
out of the party platform
895
00:42:51,629 --> 00:42:53,466
was more symbolic than anything...
896
00:42:53,491 --> 00:42:55,747
A show of our strength in numbers.
897
00:42:55,772 --> 00:42:58,341
I think Pamela's just
having a hard time at home.
898
00:42:58,366 --> 00:43:00,278
- Hmm?
- [WHISPERS] Kevin.
899
00:43:00,303 --> 00:43:01,514
[NORMAL VOICE] And all the hormones,
900
00:43:01,538 --> 00:43:02,935
so it's extra disappointing.
901
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,785
Well, sobbing and whining's
not gonna help.
902
00:43:05,810 --> 00:43:07,630
- Mnh-mnh.
- I really have to go.
903
00:43:07,655 --> 00:43:10,958
I am not gonna be late to
meet Reagan's campaign staff.
904
00:43:10,983 --> 00:43:13,263
Oh, please tell me this
isn't about Kissinger.
905
00:43:13,288 --> 00:43:15,271
We don't give a shit about Kissinger!
906
00:43:15,296 --> 00:43:17,565
Pamela! Language.
907
00:43:17,590 --> 00:43:19,536
Defense policy doesn't make itself.
908
00:43:19,561 --> 00:43:22,067
- You have to fight for us.
- I am fighting for you.
909
00:43:22,092 --> 00:43:23,725
You're not gonna accuse
me of not being a fighter.
910
00:43:23,749 --> 00:43:25,669
We have been with
you since the beginning.
911
00:43:25,694 --> 00:43:28,263
Look, it's all related. Don't you see?
912
00:43:28,288 --> 00:43:30,723
Kissinger, the ERA, abortion.
913
00:43:30,748 --> 00:43:33,298
Now the communists attack on all fronts.
914
00:43:33,323 --> 00:43:35,583
Well, there is a parliamentary loophole
915
00:43:35,608 --> 00:43:37,627
that could allow the
removal of the ERA plank
916
00:43:37,652 --> 00:43:39,310
on the convention floor.
917
00:43:39,659 --> 00:43:40,974
We could try it.
918
00:43:40,999 --> 00:43:42,514
If you don't wanna
fight for this anymore,
919
00:43:42,538 --> 00:43:43,731
we can do it ourselves,
920
00:43:43,756 --> 00:43:45,755
but we need to take this to the floor.
921
00:43:46,639 --> 00:43:50,216
Which is exactly what I am
going to tell Reagan's people
922
00:43:50,241 --> 00:43:52,091
when I meet them.
923
00:43:58,553 --> 00:44:00,450
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
924
00:44:05,608 --> 00:44:08,106
He's going to pick Bob Dole.
925
00:44:13,348 --> 00:44:16,617
He supported the
pro-life amendment plank.
926
00:44:18,871 --> 00:44:21,641
Audrey said there'd be concessions.
927
00:44:22,317 --> 00:44:24,942
It was a victory to hold our own.
928
00:44:28,468 --> 00:44:30,103
I could've been there.
929
00:44:32,388 --> 00:44:34,223
I should've been there.
930
00:44:38,664 --> 00:44:41,083
Found the speech I gave...
931
00:44:42,242 --> 00:44:44,606
to the '72 convention.
932
00:44:47,866 --> 00:44:50,534
"What a beautiful
morning to be a woman...
933
00:44:50,828 --> 00:44:52,897
[VOICE BREAKING]
"and the best possible time
934
00:44:52,922 --> 00:44:54,833
to be a Republican woman."
935
00:45:03,572 --> 00:45:06,141
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
936
00:45:06,396 --> 00:45:09,772
- How are you? John.
- Hey, Phil.
937
00:45:09,797 --> 00:45:11,039
- Good to see you. How are you?
- Nice to see you. Good.
938
00:45:11,063 --> 00:45:12,936
John Majors... Phyllis Schlafly.
939
00:45:12,961 --> 00:45:14,758
Phyllis, this is George Phillips.
940
00:45:14,783 --> 00:45:16,451
- George.
- Good to see you.
941
00:45:16,476 --> 00:45:17,609
- Mark.
- Phil.
942
00:45:17,634 --> 00:45:18,689
- How are you?
- Good to see you.
943
00:45:18,713 --> 00:45:20,680
- Mark Jones, Phyllis Schlafly.
- Hello.
944
00:45:20,711 --> 00:45:21,711
Ma'am.
945
00:45:21,736 --> 00:45:24,312
And we have John Sears, Joseph Coors...
946
00:45:24,337 --> 00:45:25,673
Oh, yes.
947
00:45:25,698 --> 00:45:27,108
And, of course,
you know Senator Jesse Helms.
948
00:45:27,132 --> 00:45:28,250
- Jesse.
- Phyllis.
949
00:45:28,275 --> 00:45:29,758
Oh, it's such a pleasure to meet you.
950
00:45:29,783 --> 00:45:31,594
- Pleasure.
- Gentlemen, Phyllis has...
951
00:45:31,619 --> 00:45:33,930
activated a group of apolitical woman.
952
00:45:33,955 --> 00:45:35,344
Oh, yes, we're the fastest growing
953
00:45:35,369 --> 00:45:37,305
organization of women in America.
954
00:45:37,330 --> 00:45:40,570
And since, uh, creating the Eagle Forum,
955
00:45:40,595 --> 00:45:44,328
my, uh, mailing list has
ballooned to over 40,000.
956
00:45:44,353 --> 00:45:46,977
- Including many evangelicals.
- Yes, that's right.
957
00:45:47,002 --> 00:45:49,772
I should introduce you to Jerry Falwell.
958
00:45:49,797 --> 00:45:51,367
- Mm-hmm.
- He wants to get in the game
959
00:45:51,392 --> 00:45:52,875
but doesn't quite know how to play.
960
00:45:52,900 --> 00:45:56,320
Oh, well, I think I could
teach him a few things.
961
00:45:56,345 --> 00:45:58,336
[LAUGHTER]
962
00:45:58,361 --> 00:46:03,938
You know, Ron sure would
love to see your mailing list.
963
00:46:03,963 --> 00:46:07,900
Well, if he wants to see my list,
he can call me.
964
00:46:08,482 --> 00:46:10,584
It makes the evangelicals happy,
965
00:46:10,609 --> 00:46:12,547
but the hawks feel betrayed.
966
00:46:12,572 --> 00:46:15,375
Yes, but he should be fighting
for it on foreign policy.
967
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:18,370
Attack his weakness.
You know, the Helsinki treaty.
968
00:46:18,395 --> 00:46:21,313
I have two words for
Ford... Fire Kissinger.
969
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:23,977
Oh, Ron can quote me.
970
00:46:24,002 --> 00:46:28,313
Uh, and, uh, if he wants
to keep my ladies happy,
971
00:46:28,882 --> 00:46:32,853
he should support taking
the ERA fight to the floor.
972
00:46:33,006 --> 00:46:35,055
Who here wasn't
hoping that Elizabeth Ray
973
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:37,109
would take down Kissinger
along with Wayne Hays?
974
00:46:37,134 --> 00:46:38,813
[LAUGHTER] Oh, Phil.
975
00:46:38,838 --> 00:46:40,462
It's one thing not to be
able to control yourself,
976
00:46:40,486 --> 00:46:41,914
but your secretary?
977
00:46:41,939 --> 00:46:43,206
Yeah, well, you know
978
00:46:43,231 --> 00:46:44,844
the best way to shut your secretary up?
979
00:46:44,869 --> 00:46:47,508
- Put a muzzle on her.
- No. Dump her in the Potomac.
980
00:46:47,533 --> 00:46:49,703
No, no, no. Stick it in her mouth.
981
00:46:49,728 --> 00:46:50,895
[LAUGHTER]
982
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:52,508
[GROANS]
983
00:46:52,959 --> 00:46:54,250
Mrs. Ford's made it her mission
984
00:46:54,275 --> 00:46:56,367
- to keep the party pro-ERA.
- Mm.
985
00:46:56,392 --> 00:46:58,234
And any challenge will antagonize
986
00:46:58,259 --> 00:47:00,156
the delegates still on the fence.
987
00:47:01,330 --> 00:47:03,453
You'll drop the floor fight.
988
00:47:10,132 --> 00:47:12,734
[LESLEY GORE'S "YOU
DON'T OWN ME" PLAYING]
989
00:47:12,767 --> 00:47:15,086
♪♪
990
00:47:15,266 --> 00:47:17,375
You haven't touched your Scotch.
991
00:47:17,546 --> 00:47:18,906
Hmm?
992
00:47:19,157 --> 00:47:21,719
♪ You don't own me ♪
993
00:47:21,744 --> 00:47:22,844
Hey, so, the credentials...
994
00:47:22,869 --> 00:47:25,992
♪ I'm not just one of your many toys ♪
995
00:47:26,017 --> 00:47:27,055
Yeah, I don't know.
996
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:28,088
♪ You don't own me ♪
997
00:47:28,124 --> 00:47:30,697
- No, I trust you with this.
- [LAUGHS]
998
00:47:30,733 --> 00:47:36,732
♪ Don't say I can't go with other boys ♪
999
00:47:37,498 --> 00:47:40,898
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1000
00:48:38,630 --> 00:48:40,703
Did you call the speaker of
the house a four-letter word?
1001
00:48:40,739 --> 00:48:42,206
- No.
- Are you sure?
1002
00:48:42,242 --> 00:48:44,684
Yes, I'm sure.
"Ass" is a three-letter word.
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