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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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[ laughter ]
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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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[ indistinct conversations ]
‐ And yet unpaid.
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‐ [ chuckles ]
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‐ [ chanting ] Abort the ERA,
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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‐ 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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‐ All: Shh!
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‐ ...on her presidential
commission.
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‐ ...to present
the Women of the Year Award
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to nine courageous
talented women.
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‐ She is not fooling anyone
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?
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‐ It has taken us four years
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.
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Now and we only had 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.
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‐ No. She's...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.
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.
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‐ 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
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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?
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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.
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‐ Oh, that's not my newsletter.
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Sorry. May I...
May I see that?
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[ indistinct conversations ]
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Can you find out who wrote this?
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‐ North Carolina has us
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playing a little bit of defense.
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Nobody expected Reagan to win.
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If he keeps doing well,
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there could be
a revolt at the convention.
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Don't worry. Audrey and I
will make sure that
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the caucus has
a strong presence.
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Who are these chocolates for?
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‐ One of my secretaries.
‐ Oh, it's her birthday?
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‐ I threw an ashtray at her.
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‐ Bella, you're not gonna be
able to do that in the Senate.
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They have standards.
‐ Just don't delay too long.
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We're running out of time
on the ERA,
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and Reagan has inspired
the right wing religious nuts
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to come out of the woodwork,
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and Jerry Falwell and
Phyllis Schlafly are his flock.
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‐ Or it's the other way around.
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‐ Did you see she managed
to bring out
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a thousand women to Springfield
this year?
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‐ Isn't she coming
to the National Press Club
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for a debate?
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‐ You're not thinking
of debating her.
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‐ I'm just gonna talk to her.
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You think I need to buy
her book?
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‐ To knock some sense into her.
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Did you hear Elizabeth Ray
is writing a book?
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She's calling it
"The Washington Fringe Benefit."
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‐ It's on my list
right after Betty's new memoir.
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‐ Hey, Shirley, look at this.
You were at the wedding.
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You believe this?
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‐ Ugh. The man served us
wingdings with champagne.
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He has no shame.
‐ [ chuckles ]
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‐ You know,
if a Republican congressman
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had to put his mistress
on the payroll
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as a $14,000‐a‐year clerk,
you would all be up in arms.
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‐ We are up in arms. $14,000
is way too little to shtup Hays.
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She should have gotten
at least 50 grand.
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‐ Shh.
‐ I'm kidding, of course.
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‐ [ laughs ]
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‐ [ chuckles ]
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He does have to resign.
They all do.
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‐ What do you mean, all?
‐ Uh...
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Why don't we meet in my office?
And we can talk in private.
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[ lowered voice ] Ever since
the Hays scandal came out,
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a few secretaries
have confided in me
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that sexual favors are
an expected part of the job.
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[ telephone rings in distance ]
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[ indistinct conversations ]
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[ "If God Is Dead (Who's This
Living In My Soul)" playing ]
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♪♪♪♪♪♪
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‐ Well...
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Loretta Lynn: ♪♪ He put flowers ♪♪
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‐ What a lovely home.
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♪♪ On the hills ♪♪
[ door closes ]
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‐ Excuse us, please.
‐ Good gravy.
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♪♪ That he gladly fills ♪♪
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‐ Well, what are you
fussing about?
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‐ I'm trying to help you.
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00:16:01,575 --> 00:16:04,211
‐ Well, don't get your panties
all in a bunch.
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00:16:04,277 --> 00:16:06,847
It's like putting socks
on a rooster. I'll do it myself.
377
00:16:06,914 --> 00:16:09,249
‐ All right.
378
00:16:09,316 --> 00:16:11,852
‐ Oh, don't get up.
I'm not formal.
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‐ Thank you.
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♪♪ Your stories
have all been told ♪♪
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‐ Did you hear about
the Bicentennial Drink?
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00:16:21,429 --> 00:16:23,397
It's called
a Paul Revere Cocktail.
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After two,
you start horsing around
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and wake your neighbors.
[ laughs ]
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‐ Thank you for seeing us,
Miss Hobbs.
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‐ Ooh.
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What a pretty little box.
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00:16:38,045 --> 00:16:40,348
[ tissue paper rustles ]
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How nice.
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00:16:43,951 --> 00:16:45,653
Do we still have those mints?
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00:16:45,719 --> 00:16:51,692
♪♪ When life gets like a ship
on a raging sea ♪♪
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Shot that one myself.
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‐ She's out there every morning
during the season.
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00:16:55,629 --> 00:16:59,500
‐ Well, we've come
about your Pink Lady flyer.
395
00:16:59,567 --> 00:17:00,701
‐ Oh, don't you love it?
396
00:17:00,768 --> 00:17:03,737
I told the printer
to print them on pink paper.
397
00:17:03,804 --> 00:17:05,839
It really dresses it up.
398
00:17:05,906 --> 00:17:09,276
Then I had him find two ladies
in his clip art collection.
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00:17:09,343 --> 00:17:12,112
And drew the telephone line
around the idea.
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00:17:12,179 --> 00:17:13,414
‐ And then my sister‐in‐law
come up with the name.
401
00:17:13,481 --> 00:17:15,883
‐ You know, in the beauty shops,
the women always say,
402
00:17:15,949 --> 00:17:18,419
"Have you heard?"
to get attention.
403
00:17:18,486 --> 00:17:20,988
‐ Yes, well, you certainly got
my attention.
404
00:17:21,054 --> 00:17:25,158
Now some of this is lifted
almost verbatim
405
00:17:25,225 --> 00:17:27,728
from, uh, my newsletter.
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‐ Without her permission.
407
00:17:29,096 --> 00:17:32,299
‐ So...you want me
to rewrite it
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00:17:32,366 --> 00:17:36,504
without using your words,
409
00:17:36,570 --> 00:17:39,673
and then buy another 15,000
stamps to mail it out again?
410
00:17:39,740 --> 00:17:41,909
‐ You have 15,000 subscribers?
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00:17:41,975 --> 00:17:47,247
‐ Or you could use all my words,
but we join forces‐‐
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00:17:47,314 --> 00:17:49,883
your organization and mine.
413
00:17:49,950 --> 00:17:53,354
‐ Well...isn't that something?
414
00:17:53,421 --> 00:17:56,023
You wanna join
Women Who Want to be Women.
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00:17:56,089 --> 00:17:58,826
‐ That...That's the name
of your organization?
416
00:17:58,892 --> 00:18:01,061
‐ WWWW for short.
417
00:18:01,128 --> 00:18:03,096
‐ Is that shorter?
418
00:18:03,163 --> 00:18:04,264
‐ No, no, no,
we would keep our name.
419
00:18:04,331 --> 00:18:06,299
It's just that we could be
more effective
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00:18:06,367 --> 00:18:08,268
if we coordinated our efforts.
421
00:18:08,335 --> 00:18:13,340
Now your members
would become Eagles,
422
00:18:13,407 --> 00:18:16,877
and we would, uh, handle
all of the organizational costs,
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00:18:16,944 --> 00:18:18,912
the stamps
and the‐‐the printing.
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00:18:18,979 --> 00:18:20,581
‐ Or we could just sell
this bowl.
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00:18:20,648 --> 00:18:22,315
[ laughter ]
426
00:18:22,383 --> 00:18:25,018
It used to be if Catholics
and Evangelicals came together,
427
00:18:25,085 --> 00:18:26,620
you'd have a bloodbath.
428
00:18:26,687 --> 00:18:28,622
‐ I'm Presbyterian.
429
00:18:28,689 --> 00:18:30,157
‐ No, no, we all serve
the same Lord,
430
00:18:30,223 --> 00:18:31,959
but if we're willing
to come together
431
00:18:32,025 --> 00:18:36,364
to fight a common cause, then we
can fight with each other later.
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00:18:36,430 --> 00:18:39,700
‐ What is your favorite piece
of scripture?
433
00:18:39,767 --> 00:18:46,173
‐ Well...I have so many,
I wouldn't know where to start.
434
00:18:48,308 --> 00:18:53,714
‐ Our Eagle motif is, uh,
from a passage in Isaiah.
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00:18:53,781 --> 00:18:55,883
"They shall mount up
with wings like eagles.
436
00:18:55,949 --> 00:18:58,318
"They shall run
and not be weary.
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00:18:58,386 --> 00:19:00,654
They shall walk and not faint."
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00:19:00,721 --> 00:19:01,989
‐ That's right.
439
00:19:02,055 --> 00:19:04,257
‐ We also have a rose motif.
440
00:19:04,324 --> 00:19:07,995
‐ Ah, the rose.
It is a symbol of our struggle.
441
00:19:08,061 --> 00:19:09,897
‐ It's a symbol of our struggle,
too.
442
00:19:09,963 --> 00:19:12,400
We want roses, not rights.
443
00:19:12,466 --> 00:19:18,005
It's my favorite slogan because
it's so simple and elegant.
444
00:19:18,071 --> 00:19:20,774
‐ We use the rose...
445
00:19:20,841 --> 00:19:23,644
to honor the martyrdom...
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00:19:23,711 --> 00:19:26,046
of the unborn.
447
00:19:26,113 --> 00:19:30,117
You know what they do
in abortion?
448
00:19:30,183 --> 00:19:32,886
They take the lovely baby
449
00:19:32,953 --> 00:19:35,656
from its natural habitat...
450
00:19:35,723 --> 00:19:38,392
and they...
451
00:19:38,459 --> 00:19:39,527
rip it out.
[ loud rip ]
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00:19:39,593 --> 00:19:41,194
♪♪♪♪♪♪
453
00:19:41,261 --> 00:19:47,768
And they throw it...away.
454
00:19:47,835 --> 00:19:50,070
Thank you for coming by.
455
00:19:50,137 --> 00:19:52,440
I'll have a think
about your proposal.
456
00:19:52,506 --> 00:19:54,375
Here are copies of my book.
457
00:19:54,442 --> 00:19:57,811
You might want to look
at the chapter about Mary.
458
00:19:57,878 --> 00:20:01,382
It shows some
of the papal inconsistencies
459
00:20:01,449 --> 00:20:04,652
involving the virgin birth.
460
00:20:04,718 --> 00:20:08,589
I wrote it...all myself.
461
00:20:08,656 --> 00:20:26,574
♪♪♪♪♪♪
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00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,643
‐ Some light reading
before you hit the road?
463
00:20:29,710 --> 00:20:31,579
Jill Ruckelshaus.
I didn't get a chance
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00:20:31,645 --> 00:20:32,980
to introduce myself
before the debate.
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00:20:33,046 --> 00:20:34,715
‐ Yes, I know who you are.
466
00:20:34,782 --> 00:20:37,485
‐ Mind some company?
467
00:20:37,551 --> 00:20:40,521
Oh, you know, my hands
get so dry this time of year.
468
00:20:40,588 --> 00:20:43,491
My daughter asks,
"Mommy, why does Mary Poppins
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00:20:43,557 --> 00:20:45,192
have the kitchen sink
in her purse?"
470
00:20:45,258 --> 00:20:47,695
But I get it.
We need to be prepared.
471
00:20:47,761 --> 00:20:50,731
Of course, the question is,
can I find anything in here?
472
00:20:50,798 --> 00:20:53,967
I'm basically Julie Andrews
without the soot or the Oscar.
473
00:20:54,034 --> 00:20:58,406
Thank you. I bet your purse
is perfectly organized.
474
00:20:58,472 --> 00:21:00,474
‐ How old is your daughter?
‐ She's 7.
475
00:21:00,541 --> 00:21:02,643
‐ Oh.
‐ Then there's Jennifer.
476
00:21:02,710 --> 00:21:05,413
She's 12. Billy Jr.'s 11,
and the twins are 15.
477
00:21:05,479 --> 00:21:08,649
‐ And the twins are from
your husband's first marriage?
478
00:21:08,716 --> 00:21:10,317
‐ I met them
when they were infants.
479
00:21:10,384 --> 00:21:12,152
It was love at first sight,
480
00:21:12,219 --> 00:21:13,754
and their dad
wasn't too bad either,
481
00:21:13,821 --> 00:21:16,089
so I brought Dr. Spock
on the honeymoon, and...
482
00:21:16,156 --> 00:21:17,290
‐ Oh. [ chuckles ]
483
00:21:17,358 --> 00:21:18,959
‐ How about you?
How old are yours?
484
00:21:19,026 --> 00:21:22,796
‐ 25, 21, 20, 18, 14, and 11.
485
00:21:22,863 --> 00:21:25,599
‐ Oh! Seven more years,
and you're free.
486
00:21:25,666 --> 00:21:28,669
‐ Motherhood is freedom, Jill.
487
00:21:33,140 --> 00:21:35,308
‐ I thought of you recently
488
00:21:35,376 --> 00:21:38,379
when I read about
Kissinger's mistake in Nairobi.
489
00:21:38,446 --> 00:21:40,448
‐ Well, yes.
‐ Mm‐hmm.
490
00:21:40,514 --> 00:21:42,182
‐ And then, of course, uh,
the‐‐the Nobel Committee‐‐
491
00:21:42,249 --> 00:21:44,317
well, I think
they should be ashamed,
492
00:21:44,385 --> 00:21:46,554
because his peace talks
took two years
493
00:21:46,620 --> 00:21:48,756
before South Vietnam collapsed.
494
00:21:48,822 --> 00:21:51,124
How was that, uh, noble?
495
00:21:51,191 --> 00:21:53,761
‐ [ laughs ]
Have a drink with me.
496
00:21:53,827 --> 00:21:55,763
‐ I don't, uh...
497
00:21:55,829 --> 00:21:58,331
Well, maybe a white wine
on occasion.
498
00:21:58,399 --> 00:22:01,234
‐ I'm sure they have soda pop.
499
00:22:03,036 --> 00:22:04,271
‐ [ laughs ]
‐ Your arguments
500
00:22:04,337 --> 00:22:05,739
against the SALT Treaty
501
00:22:05,806 --> 00:22:08,776
are exactly what Rummy
now says about SALT, too.
502
00:22:08,842 --> 00:22:12,012
‐ Well, yes, he steals
all his ideas from me,
503
00:22:12,079 --> 00:22:13,313
and soon he'll be talking
504
00:22:13,381 --> 00:22:14,815
about space interceptors
and orbital bombers,
505
00:22:14,882 --> 00:22:19,219
but, uh, if Reagan
were the nominee,
506
00:22:19,286 --> 00:22:21,622
now I would advise him
to, of course,
507
00:22:21,689 --> 00:22:24,291
get rid of Kissinger
but consider keeping Rumsfeld.
508
00:22:24,358 --> 00:22:28,729
‐ Wow. Your face lights up when
you're talking about defense.
509
00:22:28,796 --> 00:22:30,598
‐ Oh, well... [ laughs ]
510
00:22:30,664 --> 00:22:31,899
‐ I haven't been able
to figure out
511
00:22:31,965 --> 00:22:34,502
why a Harvard‐educated expert
on nuclear arms
512
00:22:34,568 --> 00:22:38,205
with 20 years' experience
in defense policy
513
00:22:38,271 --> 00:22:40,173
would suddenly take up
a women's issue.
514
00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,611
‐ It affects me.
‐ It affects you.
515
00:22:43,677 --> 00:22:45,613
Sure, I scrub
my own kitchen floors, too.
516
00:22:45,679 --> 00:22:47,415
Should we compare dishpan hands?
517
00:22:48,849 --> 00:22:50,551
You've been trying to get
a far‐right candidate
518
00:22:50,618 --> 00:22:52,620
into the White House
since Goldwater.
519
00:22:52,686 --> 00:22:55,356
Reagan challenges Ford,
and suddenly you're, uh,
520
00:22:55,423 --> 00:22:58,626
growing your power base,
forming alliances
521
00:22:58,692 --> 00:23:00,561
with other
conservative churches, Mormons.
522
00:23:00,628 --> 00:23:01,929
‐ Well, with the direction
the country is going,
523
00:23:01,995 --> 00:23:04,331
I think I need all the help
I can get.
524
00:23:04,398 --> 00:23:07,935
‐ And I think that you are using
the fight over women's equality
525
00:23:08,001 --> 00:23:11,238
to build a mailing list
of women who would support
526
00:23:11,304 --> 00:23:12,706
a conservative
presidential candidate
527
00:23:12,773 --> 00:23:14,207
like Reagan.
528
00:23:14,274 --> 00:23:16,810
That list is gonna be worth
a lot.
529
00:23:16,877 --> 00:23:21,749
‐ Now you and I both know that
the ERA is not about equality.
530
00:23:21,815 --> 00:23:24,385
It's about power.
531
00:23:24,452 --> 00:23:26,554
And the left is making
a power grab.
532
00:23:26,620 --> 00:23:28,689
‐ The Reagan revolution
is going to fail,
533
00:23:28,756 --> 00:23:30,524
just like
the Goldwater revolution failed.
534
00:23:30,591 --> 00:23:33,394
‐ Oh, Goldwater didn't fail.
He laid the groundwork.
535
00:23:33,461 --> 00:23:35,796
‐ There are more of us
than there are of you.
536
00:23:35,863 --> 00:23:40,033
What if I could get you
in a room with Rumsfeld?
537
00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:41,402
Personally, I find him a bore,
538
00:23:41,469 --> 00:23:42,970
but it seems to me
that you and he
539
00:23:43,036 --> 00:23:45,739
would have quite a lot
to talk about.
540
00:23:51,812 --> 00:23:54,448
Billy likes to say
that we educate men and women
541
00:23:54,515 --> 00:23:58,018
through college
to be precisely equal,
542
00:23:58,085 --> 00:24:01,555
but then the men go off
to do interesting things.
543
00:24:02,556 --> 00:24:04,725
‐ Your husband supports you, uh,
544
00:24:04,792 --> 00:24:07,595
leaving your children
on a Saturday afternoon?
545
00:24:07,661 --> 00:24:10,931
‐ Yes. He wants me to have
my own life, my own career.
546
00:24:10,998 --> 00:24:15,369
‐ Well, there's nothing stopping
you from doing just that.
547
00:24:18,872 --> 00:24:23,276
‐ Do you know what I had to do
to get my commission funded?
548
00:24:23,344 --> 00:24:26,079
I had to let more
than a dozen congressmen
549
00:24:26,146 --> 00:24:31,452
put a hand on my arm,
my hip, my backside.
550
00:24:31,519 --> 00:24:33,621
More than a dozen demanded
to see my pretty smile
551
00:24:33,687 --> 00:24:36,690
before they agreed to sign on.
552
00:24:36,757 --> 00:24:39,326
I had to say,
"You'd be our hero"
553
00:24:39,393 --> 00:24:45,699
and "You have so much clout"
more times than I can remember.
554
00:24:45,766 --> 00:24:48,369
And that is nothing compared
to what those secretaries
555
00:24:48,436 --> 00:24:51,138
on the Hill are dealing with
on a daily basis.
556
00:24:51,204 --> 00:24:54,408
‐ But don't you think
those kind of women
557
00:24:54,475 --> 00:24:56,877
are really just inviting it?
558
00:24:56,944 --> 00:24:58,846
‐ I'm sorry?
559
00:24:58,912 --> 00:25:01,749
‐ Well, virtuous women
are rarely accosted
560
00:25:01,815 --> 00:25:05,486
by unwelcome
sexual propositions.
561
00:25:07,087 --> 00:25:08,389
‐ Let me tell you something
562
00:25:08,456 --> 00:25:10,524
about those kind of women,
Phyllis.
563
00:25:10,591 --> 00:25:13,761
They could be me.
They could be you.
564
00:25:13,827 --> 00:25:15,696
They're just trying
to get a fair shake.
565
00:25:15,763 --> 00:25:17,998
They wanna go to work,
get paid, go home.
566
00:25:18,065 --> 00:25:20,501
They're not asking
to be harassed,
567
00:25:20,568 --> 00:25:24,071
manhandled, degraded,
assaulted.
568
00:25:24,137 --> 00:25:26,574
‐ You're so angry.
569
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:27,841
‐ How dare you?
‐ Well, only one state ratified
570
00:25:27,908 --> 00:25:30,778
in over two years,
even with White House support
571
00:25:30,844 --> 00:25:32,913
and a $5 million check
from Congress,
572
00:25:32,980 --> 00:25:35,549
it must be terribly frustrating
for you.
573
00:25:35,616 --> 00:25:37,117
‐ You wanna get ahead
574
00:25:37,184 --> 00:25:40,754
climbing on the shoulders
of men, Phyllis, fine.
575
00:25:40,821 --> 00:25:45,158
Just know they're looking
right up your skirt.
576
00:25:46,460 --> 00:25:51,732
[ footsteps depart ]
577
00:25:51,799 --> 00:25:52,900
[ telephone rings ]
‐ We are doing something.
578
00:25:52,966 --> 00:25:55,369
The House Fair Employment
Practices Agreement.
579
00:25:55,436 --> 00:25:57,070
‐ Only 62 congressmen
have signed it.
580
00:25:57,137 --> 00:25:58,406
‐ Give it time.
581
00:25:58,472 --> 00:25:59,973
‐ And none
of the 20 congressmen
582
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,410
accused by their secretaries
have.
583
00:26:02,476 --> 00:26:05,312
‐ The secretaries can go
to the Ethics Committee.
584
00:26:05,379 --> 00:26:07,648
‐ Which won't touch
a congressman,
585
00:26:07,715 --> 00:26:09,617
or the Justice Department,
586
00:26:09,683 --> 00:26:11,919
which we'll call
the congressman.
587
00:26:11,985 --> 00:26:13,921
He'd deny it,
and they'd be fired.
588
00:26:13,987 --> 00:26:16,223
We need to go to the press
with these allegations.
589
00:26:16,289 --> 00:26:20,027
‐ These are our friends.
‐ Some of them are good friends.
590
00:26:20,093 --> 00:26:22,430
‐ We're heading
into an election.
591
00:26:22,496 --> 00:26:25,298
That's 20 liberal votes
we can lose.
592
00:26:25,366 --> 00:26:27,901
You think the other side's
a bunch of choirboys?
593
00:26:27,968 --> 00:26:29,570
We only know
about our own party.
594
00:26:29,637 --> 00:26:30,838
‐ Nothing is going to change
595
00:26:30,904 --> 00:26:34,842
unless there is
a public reckoning.
596
00:26:34,908 --> 00:26:38,045
Even if it hurts us,
they need to resign.
597
00:26:38,111 --> 00:26:40,681
‐ If none of the secretaries
come forward publicly‐‐
598
00:26:40,748 --> 00:26:43,417
‐ They're scared!
Can you blame them?
599
00:26:43,484 --> 00:26:46,153
‐ It will be dismissed as
a few office affairs gone bad.
600
00:26:46,219 --> 00:26:49,523
‐ Congressmen are asking
young women in job interviews
601
00:26:49,590 --> 00:26:52,092
if they engage in oral sex.
602
00:26:52,159 --> 00:26:55,262
‐ I feel terrible for
these secretaries. I really do.
603
00:26:55,328 --> 00:26:58,699
But Jim Buckley spends his days
dreaming up ways
604
00:26:58,766 --> 00:27:00,934
to reverse Roe v. Wade.
605
00:27:01,001 --> 00:27:01,835
‐ [ sighs ]
606
00:27:01,902 --> 00:27:03,804
‐ I'm gonna win
that Senate seat,
607
00:27:03,871 --> 00:27:05,773
and I'm gonna kick his ass
back to Connecticut,
608
00:27:05,839 --> 00:27:07,841
and that's good for all women.
609
00:27:11,211 --> 00:27:15,849
[ telephone ringing
in distance ]
610
00:27:22,590 --> 00:27:25,359
‐ Hello? Kids?
611
00:27:25,426 --> 00:27:26,894
I have Razzles and Fun Dip
612
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,698
and all the things
I never let you eat!
613
00:27:34,668 --> 00:27:36,804
What are you guys doing?
614
00:27:36,870 --> 00:27:39,973
‐ Dad said no noise,
no footsteps until they're gone.
615
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:41,308
‐ Who's they?
616
00:27:41,375 --> 00:27:43,711
‐ Men in suits.
617
00:27:47,047 --> 00:27:48,248
‐ Mr. Cheney.
618
00:27:48,315 --> 00:27:51,352
[ chuckles ] What a surprise‐‐
a nice surprise.
619
00:27:51,419 --> 00:27:53,387
is everything all right
with the president?
620
00:27:53,454 --> 00:27:55,589
‐ Quite. We'll speak soon.
621
00:27:55,656 --> 00:27:57,558
‐ Very good, Dick.
622
00:28:02,630 --> 00:28:04,632
[ door opens ]
623
00:28:04,698 --> 00:28:06,367
[ door closes ]
624
00:28:06,434 --> 00:28:08,702
‐ And what was that about?
625
00:28:09,970 --> 00:28:13,707
‐ It seems
I am on the short list.
626
00:28:13,774 --> 00:28:15,242
‐ For vice president?
627
00:28:15,308 --> 00:28:17,010
All right!
628
00:28:17,077 --> 00:28:20,548
[ laughter ]
629
00:28:20,614 --> 00:28:21,982
I can't believe it.
630
00:28:22,049 --> 00:28:23,517
I mean, of course,
I can believe it.
631
00:28:23,584 --> 00:28:27,755
You on the ticket with Ford‐‐
I mean, you'll be unbeatable.
632
00:28:27,821 --> 00:28:30,223
Oh, my gosh!
Let's go celebrate.
633
00:28:30,290 --> 00:28:32,192
Let's lock up the kids
and go to dinner.
634
00:28:32,259 --> 00:28:33,827
‐ Should we hold off
on locking the kids up
635
00:28:33,894 --> 00:28:35,529
until they're done vetting me?
636
00:28:35,596 --> 00:28:36,630
‐ Why didn't they come
when I'm home?
637
00:28:36,697 --> 00:28:38,165
They always vet the wife.
638
00:28:44,705 --> 00:28:47,741
They didn't want me to be home.
639
00:28:47,808 --> 00:28:49,843
They came to talk to you
about me.
640
00:28:49,910 --> 00:28:51,979
‐ They're very worried
about the Reaganites.
641
00:28:52,045 --> 00:28:54,582
‐ The Reaganites?
Oh, they're a band now.
642
00:28:54,648 --> 00:28:56,249
‐ Well,
they have to appease them.
643
00:28:56,316 --> 00:28:58,386
‐ And they don't want
their number two
644
00:28:58,452 --> 00:29:02,322
to have a mouthy
pro‐choice feminist for a wife.
645
00:29:02,390 --> 00:29:05,493
‐ They didn't say "mouthy."
They said "outspoken."
646
00:29:05,559 --> 00:29:08,729
But I told them, "I don't
control my wife." So there.
647
00:29:08,796 --> 00:29:12,866
‐ [ sighs ]
‐ What?
648
00:29:12,933 --> 00:29:14,802
‐ I‐I just wish you'd said,
"She's not outspoken.
649
00:29:14,868 --> 00:29:16,837
"She's the normal amount
of spoken.
650
00:29:16,904 --> 00:29:18,839
She speaks about as much
as any man."
651
00:29:20,541 --> 00:29:23,711
But you didn't say that because
you want me to lay low.
652
00:29:23,777 --> 00:29:25,145
‐ Just until it's announced.
653
00:29:25,212 --> 00:29:26,880
‐ No, I am going
to the convention, Billy.
654
00:29:26,947 --> 00:29:28,982
I am scheduled to give
a seconding speech.
655
00:29:29,049 --> 00:29:30,418
There's gonna be a fight
over abortion.
656
00:29:30,484 --> 00:29:32,019
‐ We could do so much
for the women's movement
657
00:29:32,085 --> 00:29:33,286
if we're the second family.
658
00:29:33,354 --> 00:29:35,689
So you just want me to, what,
hide out
659
00:29:35,756 --> 00:29:37,525
until the‐‐the last day
of the convention?
660
00:29:37,591 --> 00:29:39,427
‐ No. You make an entrance.
661
00:29:39,493 --> 00:29:41,529
‐ Smile and wave
to the delegates
662
00:29:41,595 --> 00:29:44,231
instead of speaking to them.
663
00:29:44,297 --> 00:29:47,735
‐ I‐I mean, I don't wanna
interfere with your career.
664
00:29:52,139 --> 00:30:05,453
♪♪♪♪♪♪
665
00:30:05,519 --> 00:30:07,020
[ birds chirping ]
666
00:30:07,087 --> 00:30:09,423
‐ I hope you're not wearing
any perfume.
667
00:30:09,490 --> 00:30:11,324
It spooks the deer.
668
00:30:11,392 --> 00:30:15,295
‐ I thought we might
have got off on the wrong foot.
669
00:30:17,230 --> 00:30:20,434
Now I think it is remarkable
that you have devoted your life
670
00:30:20,501 --> 00:30:22,603
to overturning Roe v. Wade,
671
00:30:22,670 --> 00:30:25,506
but it's gonna take more
than devotion.
672
00:30:25,573 --> 00:30:27,641
It's gonna take political power.
673
00:30:27,708 --> 00:30:30,077
‐ I'm not much
for D. C. politics.
674
00:30:30,143 --> 00:30:33,547
‐ Because there's no morality
in government?
675
00:30:33,614 --> 00:30:36,249
Well, we can change that.
676
00:30:36,316 --> 00:30:38,085
And now's the time.
677
00:30:38,151 --> 00:30:40,754
Now the left is splintering.
[ rifle clicking ]
678
00:30:40,821 --> 00:30:42,423
It's too many voices,
679
00:30:42,490 --> 00:30:45,192
so we need to be united.
680
00:30:46,994 --> 00:30:50,230
Now I believe Reagan
is our Moses,
681
00:30:50,297 --> 00:30:52,600
and he's gonna lead us
out of the wilderness,
682
00:30:52,666 --> 00:30:54,935
but he's gonna need our help.
683
00:30:55,002 --> 00:30:58,439
‐ I am not convinced
he is a true believer.
684
00:31:00,741 --> 00:31:02,943
[ gunshot ]
685
00:31:05,446 --> 00:31:07,715
‐ Well, would you rather be
ruled by a wise Turk...
686
00:31:07,781 --> 00:31:08,849
[ click ]
687
00:31:08,916 --> 00:31:10,651
...or a foolish Christian?
688
00:31:10,718 --> 00:31:12,185
[ click ]
689
00:31:15,423 --> 00:31:19,860
Now I would like to offer you
a seat on my board.
690
00:31:19,927 --> 00:31:22,363
‐ I was thinking...
691
00:31:24,064 --> 00:31:26,734
...vice president
of your Eagle Forum.
692
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,570
‐ [ chuckles ]
693
00:31:29,637 --> 00:31:32,172
All right.
694
00:31:32,239 --> 00:31:34,274
Now our first order of business
695
00:31:34,341 --> 00:31:37,378
is to mobilize as many
of our women as we can
696
00:31:37,445 --> 00:31:40,113
to go to the convention
to support Reagan.
697
00:31:40,180 --> 00:31:41,915
Now once I have
your mailing list,
698
00:31:41,982 --> 00:31:45,386
I will send out my most recent,
uh, newsletter
699
00:31:45,453 --> 00:31:47,220
which contains all
the relevant information,
700
00:31:47,287 --> 00:31:50,958
including a terrific article
Rosemary wrote
701
00:31:51,024 --> 00:31:53,527
on the dangers of the ERA.
702
00:31:53,594 --> 00:31:55,863
Now I would advise that‐‐
703
00:31:55,929 --> 00:31:57,498
‐ Can you give you
some friendly advice?
704
00:31:57,565 --> 00:32:00,701
What scares my women
more than anything
705
00:32:00,768 --> 00:32:01,902
is mothers killing their babies
706
00:32:01,969 --> 00:32:04,538
and homosexuals raising
our children.
707
00:32:04,605 --> 00:32:06,039
That gets them.
708
00:32:06,106 --> 00:32:07,641
You have children?
709
00:32:07,708 --> 00:32:09,276
‐ Yes, six.
710
00:32:09,342 --> 00:32:12,045
‐ Do you want perverts
teaching in our schools,
711
00:32:12,112 --> 00:32:14,214
touching our children?
712
00:32:16,049 --> 00:32:18,686
Don't you wanna see
every one of those perverts
713
00:32:18,752 --> 00:32:20,821
and abortionists
burnt at the stake?
714
00:32:23,023 --> 00:32:25,359
[ deer chuffing ]
715
00:32:25,426 --> 00:32:27,294
You see?
716
00:32:27,361 --> 00:32:29,229
It's emotional.
717
00:32:29,296 --> 00:32:32,132
‐ [ chuffing ]
‐ Not the head.
718
00:32:35,603 --> 00:32:36,537
[ gunshot echoes ]
719
00:32:36,604 --> 00:32:38,839
♪♪♪♪♪♪
720
00:32:38,906 --> 00:32:40,874
‐ Bless me, Father,
for I have sinned.
721
00:32:40,941 --> 00:32:43,744
It has been a week
since my last confession.
722
00:32:43,811 --> 00:32:47,581
I have taken the Lord's name
in vain.
723
00:32:47,648 --> 00:32:50,551
I have borne false witness.
724
00:32:50,618 --> 00:32:53,020
But...
725
00:32:53,086 --> 00:32:57,625
Father, I have done something
that is...
726
00:32:57,691 --> 00:32:59,593
that is far worse.
727
00:33:06,299 --> 00:33:10,438
I have sin that is pressed...
728
00:33:10,504 --> 00:33:12,305
[ voice breaking ]
deep in my heart.
729
00:33:16,844 --> 00:33:18,912
My son...
730
00:33:22,950 --> 00:33:25,453
[ whispers ] My son's a pervert.
731
00:33:27,688 --> 00:33:31,925
And I know I should have
boundless love for my children.
732
00:33:33,961 --> 00:33:37,297
But some...sometimes I think...
733
00:33:37,365 --> 00:33:40,834
maybe I loved him too much,
or I wasn't around enough,
734
00:33:40,901 --> 00:33:43,604
and he felt distant from me.
735
00:33:45,406 --> 00:33:48,942
But why would God put
this fire in me
736
00:33:49,009 --> 00:33:54,181
if he didn't want me
to act on it?
737
00:33:54,247 --> 00:33:56,950
Why does he punish me?
738
00:34:00,521 --> 00:34:03,991
Please help me, Father,
'cause I don't know what to do.
739
00:34:06,427 --> 00:34:09,397
Help me, Father.
I don't know what to do.
740
00:34:14,134 --> 00:34:16,970
[ indistinct conversations ]
741
00:34:17,037 --> 00:34:20,107
‐ You're running in a tough
primary, so you've found God?
742
00:34:20,173 --> 00:34:21,942
‐ Don't you have a game show
to host?
743
00:34:22,009 --> 00:34:24,412
‐ [ chuckles ]
744
00:34:29,316 --> 00:34:31,218
‐ Are you here to pray?
745
00:34:31,284 --> 00:34:33,020
‐ My God
is the God of Leviticus,
746
00:34:33,086 --> 00:34:35,423
so I'm here to atone.
‐ [ chuckles ]
747
00:34:35,489 --> 00:34:38,959
‐ I, uh, I should've gone on
the record with you. I'm sorry.
748
00:34:39,026 --> 00:34:40,861
‐ Ugh. Wouldn't have done
any good.
749
00:34:40,928 --> 00:34:44,264
No follow‐up exposé,
no outrage.
750
00:34:44,331 --> 00:34:46,133
‐ You did what you could do
for those women.
751
00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:47,735
You put our colleagues
on notice.
752
00:34:47,801 --> 00:34:49,169
They have to be better behaved.
753
00:34:49,236 --> 00:34:53,641
[ indistinct conversations ]
754
00:34:53,707 --> 00:34:59,580
[ laughter ]
755
00:34:59,647 --> 00:35:03,384
[ indistinct conversations
continue ]
756
00:35:09,490 --> 00:35:11,058
‐ [ scoffs ]
757
00:35:18,131 --> 00:35:20,534
‐ We're all secretaries to them.
758
00:35:20,601 --> 00:35:21,802
[ glass clinking ]
759
00:35:21,869 --> 00:35:24,772
‐ Senator Jesse Helms
will lead us in prayer.
760
00:35:24,838 --> 00:35:28,776
‐ I welcome you all to
a very special prayer breakfast
761
00:35:28,842 --> 00:35:32,346
on the eve
of our nation's 200th birthday.
762
00:35:32,413 --> 00:35:36,183
Our founding fathers prayed
for divine guidance
763
00:35:36,249 --> 00:35:38,719
just as we must pray today
for the same guidance
764
00:35:38,786 --> 00:35:40,821
as we work together
765
00:35:40,888 --> 00:35:44,858
to restore our country
to its glorious past.
766
00:35:44,925 --> 00:35:46,360
Let us give thanks.
767
00:35:54,201 --> 00:35:56,169
Amen.
‐ Amen.
768
00:35:56,236 --> 00:36:14,622
♪♪♪♪♪♪
769
00:36:14,688 --> 00:36:17,591
[ fireworks popping ]
770
00:36:21,128 --> 00:36:23,130
[ fireworks whistling ]
771
00:36:26,367 --> 00:36:28,436
‐ [ playful shouting ]
‐ Careful with those.
772
00:36:28,502 --> 00:36:31,171
‐ We're gonna go into town,
see the fireworks.
773
00:36:31,238 --> 00:36:33,407
‐ Okay.
‐ Can I borrow your car?
774
00:36:34,542 --> 00:36:36,209
[ keys jangle ]
‐ Be careful.
775
00:36:36,276 --> 00:36:38,679
‐ Fred.
‐ John.
776
00:36:38,746 --> 00:36:41,615
Could you, uh, stay
for a minute, please?
777
00:36:41,682 --> 00:36:44,752
[ dog barking in distance,
fireworks continue popping ]
778
00:36:44,818 --> 00:36:46,186
Your mother and I think it's
time you made some decisions
779
00:36:46,253 --> 00:36:48,422
about your future.
780
00:36:48,489 --> 00:36:50,290
‐ I'll have something
lined up soon.
781
00:36:50,358 --> 00:36:53,160
‐ Not good enough.
You are lost,
782
00:36:53,226 --> 00:36:54,695
and we are going to help you
find your way.
783
00:36:54,762 --> 00:36:56,964
‐ You can choose law or medicine
or accounting,
784
00:36:57,030 --> 00:36:59,367
but you need
to choose something.
785
00:36:59,433 --> 00:37:02,269
[ fireworks popping ]
786
00:37:02,335 --> 00:37:03,971
‐ I think I'd like law school.
787
00:37:04,037 --> 00:37:05,539
‐ Well, that's settled.
788
00:37:05,606 --> 00:37:09,342
You'll go to Wash U
with your mother
789
00:37:09,410 --> 00:37:13,481
and live at home
and join my practice.
790
00:37:13,547 --> 00:37:16,584
[ fireworks continue popping ]
791
00:37:20,721 --> 00:37:26,293
‐ Or maybe you could, uh, go
to law school out of town.
792
00:37:28,028 --> 00:37:30,764
[ fireworks continue popping ]
793
00:37:30,831 --> 00:37:33,100
Get a fresh start.
794
00:37:33,166 --> 00:37:37,471
[ fireworks continue popping ]
795
00:37:37,538 --> 00:37:41,375
[ dog barking in distance ]
796
00:37:41,442 --> 00:37:42,843
[ fireworks continue popping ]
797
00:37:42,910 --> 00:37:46,680
‐ Under President Ford,
America is on a steady course.
798
00:37:46,747 --> 00:37:48,549
Keep him.
[ triumphant tune plays ]
799
00:37:48,616 --> 00:37:52,853
‐ "Keep him"?
That's the best they could do?
800
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,388
‐ ...convince the young
committed delegates...
801
00:37:54,455 --> 00:37:56,590
‐ Can't imagine the slogans
the guy rejected.
802
00:37:56,657 --> 00:37:58,692
‐ ...that he can win
in November.
803
00:37:58,759 --> 00:38:01,462
Reagan has made that
the big issue here.
804
00:38:01,529 --> 00:38:03,397
‐ Here's a serious question.
‐ Hmm?
805
00:38:03,464 --> 00:38:05,733
‐ Do you think Reagan
dyes his hair?
806
00:38:05,799 --> 00:38:08,201
‐ ...with the slogan,
"He'll be pardoned."
807
00:38:08,268 --> 00:38:09,537
So while he's here...
808
00:38:09,603 --> 00:38:11,805
‐ Should I dye my hair?
809
00:38:11,872 --> 00:38:14,041
‐ ...different kind of
campaigning in private meetings.
810
00:38:14,107 --> 00:38:16,544
‐ No.
‐ Uh‐huh.
811
00:38:16,610 --> 00:38:18,746
‐ I moved the paragraph
on the ERA up.
812
00:38:18,812 --> 00:38:21,349
I added a sentence
about your commitment
813
00:38:21,415 --> 00:38:22,516
to fighting
anti‐choice legislation.
814
00:38:22,583 --> 00:38:25,018
I still think you need
a‐a short quip
815
00:38:25,085 --> 00:38:26,487
right at the top,
816
00:38:26,554 --> 00:38:28,422
before formally accepting
the nomination.
817
00:38:28,489 --> 00:38:29,790
‐ Like?
‐ [ sighs ]
818
00:38:29,857 --> 00:38:33,361
Sometimes I'll start
a speech with,
819
00:38:33,427 --> 00:38:35,095
"I feel like one of
Henry Kissinger's girlfriends.
820
00:38:35,162 --> 00:38:36,464
"I know what's expected of me,
821
00:38:36,530 --> 00:38:38,766
but I'm not sure
how to make it interesting."
822
00:38:38,832 --> 00:38:41,068
‐ Can I use that?
[ chuckles ]
823
00:38:41,134 --> 00:38:43,471
‐ I'm gonna dig up my speech
from the '72 convention.
824
00:38:43,537 --> 00:38:45,639
You can plagiarize
until your heart's content.
825
00:38:45,706 --> 00:38:46,774
‐ Oh. Hmm.
826
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,308
‐ If Daddy becomes
vice president,
827
00:38:48,376 --> 00:38:50,778
will we move
into the White House?
828
00:38:50,844 --> 00:38:53,046
‐ The vice president's family
doesn't live in the White House.
829
00:38:53,113 --> 00:38:56,950
Uh, they get their own house
at the Naval Observatory.
830
00:38:57,017 --> 00:38:59,219
‐ We need a ride to tennis.
831
00:38:59,286 --> 00:39:01,321
‐ ...is to solidify support
among the delegates already‐‐
832
00:39:01,389 --> 00:39:03,824
[ channel knob clicking ]
833
00:39:03,891 --> 00:39:07,695
‐ [ sighs ]
[ applause on TV ]
834
00:39:07,761 --> 00:39:09,062
I'll do it.
835
00:39:09,129 --> 00:39:11,231
[ applause continues ]
836
00:39:11,298 --> 00:39:12,933
[ telephone rings ]
837
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,437
‐ Thank you. Good evening.
Thank you. Good evening.
838
00:39:16,504 --> 00:39:18,672
‐ Well, answer it. Answer it!
[ ring ]
839
00:39:18,739 --> 00:39:21,942
Be cool.
840
00:39:22,009 --> 00:39:24,578
[ ring ]
841
00:39:24,645 --> 00:39:26,447
‐ Ruckelshaus residence.
Ruck speaking.
842
00:39:26,514 --> 00:39:27,681
‐ ...new exciting performer.
843
00:39:27,748 --> 00:39:29,049
I've worked with the fella
before.
844
00:39:29,116 --> 00:39:30,484
‐ She's right here.
845
00:39:30,551 --> 00:39:33,954
[ lowered voice ] It's Audrey.
‐ [ sighs ] Oh.
846
00:39:34,021 --> 00:39:35,523
How's it going there? I was just
about to take the girls‐‐
847
00:39:35,589 --> 00:39:37,290
‐ We're in big trouble.
848
00:39:37,358 --> 00:39:40,193
The Antis‐‐
they are here in full force.
849
00:39:40,260 --> 00:39:42,630
They're backing Reagan,
and Phyllis is making a push
850
00:39:42,696 --> 00:39:44,465
to take the ERA
out of the platform.
851
00:39:44,532 --> 00:39:48,669
‐ No, no, I‐I will call
Mrs. Ford right now.
852
00:39:48,736 --> 00:39:50,971
‐ Reagan won't back down.
853
00:39:51,038 --> 00:39:55,075
I think we can save the ERA,
but there will be concessions.
854
00:39:55,142 --> 00:39:58,145
‐ What kind of concessions?
855
00:39:58,211 --> 00:40:00,047
Abortion?
856
00:40:00,113 --> 00:40:01,815
‐ I wish you could be here.
857
00:40:01,882 --> 00:40:03,384
‐ [ sighs ]
858
00:40:03,451 --> 00:40:10,724
♪♪♪♪♪♪
859
00:40:10,791 --> 00:40:15,028
Forget credential challenges
and child care subsidies.
860
00:40:15,095 --> 00:40:17,164
Forget Social Security reform.
861
00:40:17,230 --> 00:40:19,667
Well, call off the NOW march.
862
00:40:19,733 --> 00:40:22,102
I don't care what
you have to do.
863
00:40:22,169 --> 00:40:23,270
Just hold the line.
864
00:40:23,336 --> 00:40:24,438
Lobby every member
on that committee.
865
00:40:24,505 --> 00:40:26,407
Remind them that we were
866
00:40:26,474 --> 00:40:28,942
the first party to endorse
the ERA in 1940.
867
00:40:29,009 --> 00:40:31,011
‐ Excuse me, Congressman.
868
00:40:31,078 --> 00:40:33,581
‐ Jill: We have never wavered
in 40 years, and we never will.
869
00:40:33,647 --> 00:40:35,048
‐ Congressman Anderson,
870
00:40:35,115 --> 00:40:37,818
if I could just have a moment
of your time, please.
871
00:40:37,885 --> 00:40:39,453
‐ If we could just have
a moment of your time...
872
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:40,954
‐ You tell Phyllis
and her Eagles
873
00:40:41,021 --> 00:40:43,757
that they do not represent
Republican women.
874
00:40:43,824 --> 00:40:45,426
We are the party of Lincoln.
875
00:40:45,493 --> 00:40:46,994
‐ Please vote no.
876
00:40:47,060 --> 00:40:48,195
‐ And there's no way
that we are allowing
877
00:40:48,261 --> 00:40:51,264
the Wicked Witch of the Midwest
to enslave us.
878
00:40:51,331 --> 00:40:54,602
Evil queen.
879
00:40:54,668 --> 00:40:56,103
‐ Male reporter: The most
strongly contested issue
880
00:40:56,169 --> 00:40:57,471
on the platform committee
881
00:40:57,538 --> 00:40:59,607
is the struggle over whether
to support
882
00:40:59,673 --> 00:41:01,241
the Equal Rights Amendment
to the Constitution.
883
00:41:01,308 --> 00:41:03,110
‐ Female reporter: Conservatives
and Reagan supporters
884
00:41:03,176 --> 00:41:04,378
are expected to oppose that.
885
00:41:04,445 --> 00:41:06,313
‐ Male reporter:
Republicans have traditionally
886
00:41:06,380 --> 00:41:08,649
backed the ERA, but there was
a strong conservative move
887
00:41:08,716 --> 00:41:10,150
to change that position.
888
00:41:10,217 --> 00:41:13,654
‐ It's extraordinary to me
in our bicentennial year
889
00:41:13,721 --> 00:41:15,423
that we should be debating
890
00:41:15,489 --> 00:41:18,492
whether or not
women are equal citizens.
891
00:41:18,559 --> 00:41:21,061
♪♪♪♪♪♪
892
00:41:21,128 --> 00:41:25,666
‐ [ amplified voice ]
Finally, with 98 votes cast,
893
00:41:25,733 --> 00:41:28,669
we are ready to announce
the results
894
00:41:28,736 --> 00:41:33,707
of the platform committee's
position on the ERA plank.
895
00:41:33,774 --> 00:41:37,545
The Republican Party
reaffirms its support
896
00:41:37,611 --> 00:41:39,580
for ratification
of the Equal Rights Amendment...
897
00:41:39,647 --> 00:41:40,514
[ loud cheers and applause ]
898
00:41:40,581 --> 00:41:43,851
The ayes are 51 to 47.
899
00:41:43,917 --> 00:41:45,953
‐ [ crying ]
900
00:41:46,019 --> 00:41:48,188
‐ [ women chattering ]
901
00:41:48,255 --> 00:41:50,424
‐ It's okay.
902
00:41:50,491 --> 00:41:55,996
[ cheers and applause
continue ]
903
00:41:56,063 --> 00:41:59,232
‐ Well, you almost pulled off
the unthinkable.
904
00:41:59,299 --> 00:42:02,235
‐ Almost.
‐ You planted a flag.
905
00:42:02,302 --> 00:42:04,572
Ron will be impressed.
906
00:42:05,673 --> 00:42:07,841
Come with me to his suite
tonight.
907
00:42:07,908 --> 00:42:09,477
Strategy session.
908
00:42:09,543 --> 00:42:12,613
[ indistinct conversations ]
909
00:42:15,716 --> 00:42:19,019
‐ Well, ladies,
we put on a good show.
910
00:42:19,086 --> 00:42:20,854
Rosemary.
911
00:42:22,456 --> 00:42:23,857
Come on.
912
00:42:23,924 --> 00:42:25,993
♪♪♪♪♪♪
913
00:42:26,059 --> 00:42:28,496
‐ You promised things
wouldn't change.
914
00:42:28,562 --> 00:42:31,031
‐ Pamela,
nothing is going to change.
915
00:42:31,098 --> 00:42:33,967
Trying to take the ERA
out of the party platform
916
00:42:34,034 --> 00:42:35,769
was more symbolic
than anything‐‐
917
00:42:35,836 --> 00:42:38,672
a show of our strength
in numbers.
918
00:42:38,739 --> 00:42:40,941
‐ I think Pamela's just having
a hard time at home.
919
00:42:41,008 --> 00:42:42,543
‐ Hmm?
‐ [ whispers ] Kevin.
920
00:42:42,610 --> 00:42:43,777
[ normal voice ]
And all the hormones,
921
00:42:43,844 --> 00:42:45,546
so it's extra disappointing.
922
00:42:45,613 --> 00:42:48,048
‐ Well, sobbing and whining's
not gonna help.
923
00:42:48,115 --> 00:42:50,150
‐ Mnh‐mnh.
‐ I really have to go.
924
00:42:50,217 --> 00:42:53,654
I am not gonna be late to meet
Reagan's campaign staff.
925
00:42:53,721 --> 00:42:55,756
‐ Oh, please tell me this isn't
about Kissinger.
926
00:42:55,823 --> 00:42:57,691
‐ We don't give a shit
about Kissinger!
927
00:42:57,758 --> 00:43:00,027
‐ Pamela! Language.
928
00:43:00,093 --> 00:43:01,929
‐ Defense policy
doesn't make itself.
929
00:43:01,995 --> 00:43:04,765
‐ You have to fight for us.
‐ I am fighting for you.
930
00:43:04,832 --> 00:43:06,099
You're not gonna accuse me
of not being a fighter.
931
00:43:06,166 --> 00:43:07,968
‐ We have been with you
since the beginning.
932
00:43:08,035 --> 00:43:10,604
‐ Look, it's all related.
Don't you see?
933
00:43:10,671 --> 00:43:13,106
Kissinger, the ERA, abortion.
934
00:43:13,173 --> 00:43:15,376
Now the communists attack
on all fronts.
935
00:43:15,443 --> 00:43:17,911
‐ Well, there is
a parliamentary loophole
936
00:43:17,978 --> 00:43:19,580
that could allow the removal
of the ERA plank
937
00:43:19,647 --> 00:43:22,049
on the convention floor.
938
00:43:22,115 --> 00:43:23,517
We could try it.
939
00:43:23,584 --> 00:43:24,785
‐ If you don't wanna fight
for this anymore,
940
00:43:24,852 --> 00:43:26,119
we can do it ourselves,
941
00:43:26,186 --> 00:43:27,921
but we need to take this
to the floor.
942
00:43:29,423 --> 00:43:32,626
‐ Which is exactly what I am
going to tell Reagan's people
943
00:43:32,693 --> 00:43:34,928
when I meet them.
944
00:43:41,134 --> 00:43:42,536
[ footsteps approach ]
945
00:43:47,541 --> 00:43:51,545
‐ He's going to pick Bob Dole.
946
00:43:55,983 --> 00:43:59,252
‐ He supported
the pro‐life amendment plank.
947
00:44:01,655 --> 00:44:04,425
Audrey said
there'd be concessions.
948
00:44:04,492 --> 00:44:08,095
‐ It was a victory
to hold our own.
949
00:44:11,198 --> 00:44:12,833
‐ I could've been there.
950
00:44:15,235 --> 00:44:17,070
I should've been there.
951
00:44:21,542 --> 00:44:24,678
Found the speech I gave...
952
00:44:24,745 --> 00:44:27,715
to the '72 convention.
953
00:44:30,518 --> 00:44:33,186
"What a beautiful morning
to be a woman...
954
00:44:33,253 --> 00:44:35,322
[ voice breaking ]
"and the best possible time
955
00:44:35,389 --> 00:44:38,091
to be a Republican woman."
956
00:44:38,158 --> 00:44:46,500
♪♪♪♪♪♪
957
00:44:46,567 --> 00:44:49,136
[ indistinct conversations ]
958
00:44:49,202 --> 00:44:52,172
‐ How are you? John.
‐ Hey, Phil.
959
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:53,206
‐ Good to see you. How are you?
‐ Nice to see you. Good.
960
00:44:53,273 --> 00:44:54,575
‐ John Majors...
‐ Mm‐hmm.
961
00:44:54,642 --> 00:44:55,809
‐ Phyllis Schlafly.
‐ Pleasure.
962
00:44:55,876 --> 00:44:57,445
‐ Phyllis,
this is George Phillips.
963
00:44:57,511 --> 00:44:59,179
‐ George.
‐ Good to see you.
964
00:44:59,246 --> 00:45:00,113
‐ Mark.
‐ Phil.
965
00:45:00,180 --> 00:45:01,649
‐ How are you?
‐ Good to see you.
966
00:45:01,715 --> 00:45:03,250
‐ Mark Jones, Phyllis Schlafly.
‐ Hello.
967
00:45:03,316 --> 00:45:04,552
‐ Ma'am.
968
00:45:04,618 --> 00:45:06,253
‐ And we have John Sears,
Joseph Coors...
969
00:45:06,319 --> 00:45:07,655
‐ Oh, yes.
970
00:45:07,721 --> 00:45:08,756
‐ And, of course,
you know Senator Jesse Helms.
971
00:45:08,822 --> 00:45:10,090
‐ Jesse.
‐ Phyllis.
972
00:45:10,157 --> 00:45:12,593
‐ Oh, it's such a pleasure
to meet you.
973
00:45:12,660 --> 00:45:13,661
‐ Pleasure.
‐ Gentlemen, Phyllis has...
974
00:45:13,727 --> 00:45:14,595
‐ Thank you.
‐ ...activated a group
975
00:45:14,662 --> 00:45:16,063
of apolitical woman.
976
00:45:16,129 --> 00:45:17,230
‐ Oh, yes,
we're the fastest growing
977
00:45:17,297 --> 00:45:19,967
organization of women
in America.
978
00:45:20,033 --> 00:45:23,036
And since, uh,
creating the Eagle Forum,
979
00:45:23,103 --> 00:45:26,907
my, uh, mailing list
has ballooned to over 40,000.
980
00:45:26,974 --> 00:45:29,142
‐ Including many evangelicals.
‐ Yes, that's right.
981
00:45:29,209 --> 00:45:31,979
‐ I should introduce you
to Jerry Falwell.
982
00:45:32,045 --> 00:45:33,847
‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ He wants to get in the game
983
00:45:33,914 --> 00:45:35,549
but doesn't quite know how
to play.
984
00:45:35,616 --> 00:45:38,686
‐ Oh, well, I think I could
teach him a few things.
985
00:45:38,752 --> 00:45:40,921
[ laughter ]
986
00:45:40,988 --> 00:45:46,727
‐ You know, Ron sure would
love to see your mailing list.
987
00:45:46,794 --> 00:45:50,731
‐ Well, if he wants to see
my list, he can call me.
988
00:45:50,798 --> 00:45:52,900
‐ It makes
the evangelicals happy,
989
00:45:52,966 --> 00:45:55,202
but the hawks feel betrayed.
990
00:45:55,268 --> 00:45:57,805
‐ Yes, but he should be fighting
for it on foreign policy.
991
00:45:57,871 --> 00:46:00,841
Attack his weakness.
You know, the Helsinki treaty.
992
00:46:00,908 --> 00:46:03,343
I have two words for Ford‐‐
fire Kissinger.
993
00:46:03,411 --> 00:46:04,778
[ laughter ]
994
00:46:04,845 --> 00:46:06,313
Oh, Ron can quote me.
995
00:46:06,380 --> 00:46:11,318
Uh, and, uh, if he wants
to keep my ladies happy,
996
00:46:11,385 --> 00:46:15,356
he should support taking
the ERA fight to the floor.
997
00:46:15,423 --> 00:46:17,324
‐ Who here wasn't hoping
that Elizabeth Ray
998
00:46:17,391 --> 00:46:19,593
would take down Kissinger
along with Wayne Hays?
999
00:46:19,660 --> 00:46:21,161
[ laughter ]
‐ Oh, Phil.
1000
00:46:21,228 --> 00:46:22,930
‐ It's one thing not to be able
to control yourself,
1001
00:46:22,996 --> 00:46:24,465
but your secretary?
[ laughter ]
1002
00:46:24,532 --> 00:46:25,799
‐ Right.
‐ Yeah, well, you know
1003
00:46:25,866 --> 00:46:27,300
the best way to shut
your secretary up?
1004
00:46:27,368 --> 00:46:29,870
‐ Put a muzzle on her.
‐ No. Dump her in the Potomac.
1005
00:46:29,937 --> 00:46:32,373
‐ No, no, no.
Stick it in her mouth.
1006
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:33,607
‐ Oh.
[ laughter ]
1007
00:46:33,674 --> 00:46:34,842
‐ [ groans ]
1008
00:46:34,908 --> 00:46:36,844
‐ Mrs. Ford's made it
her mission
1009
00:46:36,910 --> 00:46:39,146
to keep the party pro‐ERA.
‐ Mm.
1010
00:46:39,212 --> 00:46:40,881
‐ And any challenge
will antagonize
1011
00:46:40,948 --> 00:46:43,484
the delegates
still on the fence.
1012
00:46:43,551 --> 00:46:46,354
You'll drop the floor fight.
1013
00:46:52,893 --> 00:46:55,696
[ Lesley Gore's
"You Don't Own Me" playing ]
1014
00:46:55,763 --> 00:46:57,798
♪♪♪♪♪♪
1015
00:46:57,865 --> 00:47:00,200
‐ You haven't touched
your Scotch.
1016
00:47:00,267 --> 00:47:01,935
‐ Hmm?
1017
00:47:02,002 --> 00:47:03,971
♪♪ You don't own me ♪♪
1018
00:47:04,037 --> 00:47:05,606
‐ Hey, so, the credentials...
1019
00:47:05,673 --> 00:47:08,308
♪♪ I'm not just one
of your many toys ♪♪
1020
00:47:08,376 --> 00:47:09,743
Yeah, I don't know.
1021
00:47:09,810 --> 00:47:11,111
♪♪ You don't own me ♪♪
1022
00:47:11,178 --> 00:47:13,381
‐ No, I trust you with this.
‐ [ laughs ]
1023
00:47:13,447 --> 00:47:19,487
♪♪ Don't say I can't go
with other boys ♪♪
1024
00:47:19,553 --> 00:47:23,891
♪♪ And don't tell me what to do ♪♪
1025
00:47:23,957 --> 00:47:27,260
♪♪ Don't tell me what to say ♪♪
1026
00:47:27,327 --> 00:47:31,298
♪♪ And please,
when I go out with you ♪♪
1027
00:47:31,365 --> 00:47:34,402
♪♪ Don't put me on display ♪♪
1028
00:47:34,468 --> 00:47:38,506
♪♪ I'm young,
and I love to be young ♪♪
1029
00:47:38,572 --> 00:47:42,242
♪♪ I'm free,
and I love to be free ♪♪
1030
00:47:42,309 --> 00:47:46,013
♪♪ To live my life
the way I want ♪♪
1031
00:47:46,079 --> 00:47:50,751
♪♪ To say and do
whatever I please ♪♪
1032
00:47:50,818 --> 00:48:00,894
♪♪♪♪♪♪
1033
00:48:00,961 --> 00:48:04,398
♪♪ And don't tell me
what to do ♪♪
1034
00:48:04,465 --> 00:48:09,036
♪♪ Oh, don't tell me
what to say ♪♪
1035
00:48:09,102 --> 00:48:11,071
♪♪ And, please, when I... ♪♪
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