1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:31,367 --> 00:00:33,179 Five minutes! 2 00:01:01,736 --> 00:01:04,070 - Here. Do you want a light? - Oh. Thank you. 3 00:01:04,727 --> 00:01:07,235 What kind of law are you planning to specialize in? 4 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,453 Oh, constitutional. 5 00:01:10,087 --> 00:01:11,492 And you? 6 00:01:11,517 --> 00:01:13,586 Oh, I didn't take the bar. 7 00:01:14,051 --> 00:01:15,539 You don't think practicing law 8 00:01:15,564 --> 00:01:19,071 runs contrary to your preachings on a woman's proper place? 9 00:01:22,499 --> 00:01:23,906 Nice disguise, Mrs. Schlafly. 10 00:01:23,931 --> 00:01:25,531 I didn't have time to fix my hair. 11 00:01:25,556 --> 00:01:27,123 I'm with the "Tribune." 12 00:01:27,295 --> 00:01:30,375 I have raised six children. I can do whatever I want. 13 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,758 I've always said that women can do whatever they want. 14 00:02:25,843 --> 00:02:30,147 Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie www.MY-SUBS.com 15 00:03:22,032 --> 00:03:23,698 Oh, yes. 16 00:03:24,406 --> 00:03:25,851 Uh-huh. 17 00:03:25,876 --> 00:03:28,218 Well, if I were you, and I had a choice, 18 00:03:28,243 --> 00:03:30,116 I'd come to my gala, 'cause it'll be pleasant, 19 00:03:30,141 --> 00:03:32,335 lovely, nice people, and you'll have a good time. 20 00:03:32,906 --> 00:03:35,616 I think "The New York Times" is gonna cover us. 21 00:03:37,370 --> 00:03:39,365 Well, I'm sure we could fit you in, 22 00:03:39,390 --> 00:03:41,585 but I would need confirmation. 23 00:03:41,610 --> 00:03:42,772 Thank you. 24 00:03:43,463 --> 00:03:46,491 You put Lottie and I at tables with a bunch of nobodies. 25 00:03:46,516 --> 00:03:48,233 - Hmm? - You've put... 26 00:03:48,258 --> 00:03:49,874 Oh, you're the distinguished guests. 27 00:03:49,899 --> 00:03:52,280 I just have to, uh, spread you around 28 00:03:52,305 --> 00:03:54,647 like, uh, cherries in a fruit salad. 29 00:03:54,672 --> 00:03:55,898 But I wanted to be at the same table 30 00:03:55,922 --> 00:03:58,444 as Senator Helms so he could sign my book. 31 00:03:58,708 --> 00:04:00,241 He wrote the forward. 32 00:04:00,266 --> 00:04:01,827 One of his aides wrote that. 33 00:04:01,852 --> 00:04:03,886 Well, then we better make sure to introduce you to him 34 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:05,343 at the gala. 35 00:04:05,955 --> 00:04:07,726 Alice. 36 00:04:09,776 --> 00:04:11,772 Thought I'd stop by to see if I can help 37 00:04:11,797 --> 00:04:13,366 with any last-minute planning. 38 00:04:13,858 --> 00:04:16,575 Well, I wasn't sure you'd be coming at all. 39 00:04:16,607 --> 00:04:19,707 Of course I am, and Buck, too. 40 00:04:19,732 --> 00:04:21,888 You haven't been around much all year. 41 00:04:22,275 --> 00:04:25,841 I'm sorry. I've just been so busy with grandma duty, 42 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:28,481 but I have typed up all the names 43 00:04:28,508 --> 00:04:31,083 of the new representatives for this year's ERA vote. 44 00:04:31,108 --> 00:04:33,274 I cannot believe we have to push this boulder up 45 00:04:33,299 --> 00:04:35,106 for another three years. 46 00:04:35,308 --> 00:04:36,941 How can I help? 47 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:39,747 Why don't you start by typing up 48 00:04:39,772 --> 00:04:41,939 the press release for the gala? Hmm? 49 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,177 Sure. 50 00:04:47,236 --> 00:04:48,927 How are the grandkids? 51 00:04:48,952 --> 00:04:51,059 Uh, a handful. 52 00:04:51,084 --> 00:04:53,364 Well, you know. Boys. 53 00:04:54,278 --> 00:04:56,641 "The women's libbers are rewarded with an extension 54 00:04:56,666 --> 00:04:59,799 "of the ERA deadline despite our pro-family rally in Houston 55 00:04:59,824 --> 00:05:01,942 being twice as big as..." 56 00:05:04,259 --> 00:05:07,559 Are you sure the crowd at our rally was twice as big? 57 00:05:08,411 --> 00:05:10,184 - Yes. - Definitely. 58 00:05:10,209 --> 00:05:12,622 I should know. I was at both. 59 00:05:13,050 --> 00:05:15,661 It didn't feel that much bigger. 60 00:05:15,686 --> 00:05:18,983 Satan's destructive forces are so strong and well-financed. 61 00:05:19,309 --> 00:05:20,983 It's easy to get confused. 62 00:05:25,799 --> 00:05:28,008 Eric! Come back here! 63 00:05:31,390 --> 00:05:34,856 Oh, no, you forgot to find a seat for Pamela and Kevin. 64 00:05:34,881 --> 00:05:36,958 Oh, uh, they can't make it. 65 00:05:37,099 --> 00:05:39,567 Oh, you've worked so hard for seven years. 66 00:05:39,592 --> 00:05:40,856 You deserve to celebrate. 67 00:05:40,881 --> 00:05:42,326 Kevin didn't wanna spend the money, so... 68 00:05:42,350 --> 00:05:44,383 Well, maybe we could figure something out. 69 00:05:44,408 --> 00:05:46,495 - You should talk to him. - Phyllis says that 70 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,919 a man needs to feel like the king of his castle. 71 00:05:49,734 --> 00:05:52,177 Otherwise, they act out. 72 00:05:54,861 --> 00:05:56,616 You told her that? 73 00:05:57,966 --> 00:06:00,233 Well, you don't marry a man to reform him. 74 00:06:00,258 --> 00:06:03,349 I've been trying to take the time to let him know 75 00:06:03,374 --> 00:06:05,114 how much I need him. 76 00:06:05,139 --> 00:06:08,172 It's all about a positive mental attitude. 77 00:06:14,458 --> 00:06:17,856 There are going to be some fun surprises at the gala. 78 00:06:17,881 --> 00:06:19,731 I'm looking forward to it. 79 00:06:20,018 --> 00:06:21,559 Are you? 80 00:06:21,952 --> 00:06:24,138 What do you mean? 81 00:06:24,886 --> 00:06:26,653 Phyllis is so kind and trusting. 82 00:06:26,678 --> 00:06:29,544 She doesn't see what's going on, but I do. 83 00:06:32,404 --> 00:06:35,481 - What are you talking about? - Loyalty. 84 00:06:36,325 --> 00:06:38,622 You're questioning my loyalty? 85 00:06:38,647 --> 00:06:41,395 I can tell your heart isn't in the fight. 86 00:06:41,728 --> 00:06:43,669 I always said to Phyllis you'd get bored 87 00:06:43,694 --> 00:06:45,581 and drop off eventually. 88 00:06:45,606 --> 00:06:48,380 My commitment has never changed. 89 00:06:48,859 --> 00:06:51,263 I'm the one who brought the ERA to Phyllis' attention. 90 00:06:51,288 --> 00:06:52,755 You gathered everything into a box. 91 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:55,692 That story is getting a little old. 92 00:06:57,172 --> 00:06:59,419 I've always supported Phyllis... 93 00:07:00,014 --> 00:07:03,192 when things were simple and clear, 94 00:07:03,556 --> 00:07:06,708 when it was about protecting our place in the home. 95 00:07:08,087 --> 00:07:09,587 But somewhere along the way, 96 00:07:09,612 --> 00:07:11,888 it's become about something else. 97 00:07:11,913 --> 00:07:14,846 We are in the midst of a conservative revolution. 98 00:07:14,896 --> 00:07:17,829 After years of being ostracized and discounted, 99 00:07:17,854 --> 00:07:21,286 religious voices are being heard in the political arena. 100 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:25,177 Did you really think there'd be no casualties? 101 00:07:26,216 --> 00:07:28,895 It's bigger than the ERA now. 102 00:07:40,091 --> 00:07:42,863 I serve at the pleasure of the president. 103 00:07:43,189 --> 00:07:46,714 I also serve five kids, a husband, two cats, two dogs, 104 00:07:46,739 --> 00:07:48,642 14 rabbits, 105 00:07:48,667 --> 00:07:51,909 so it's not easy to drop everything and fly across the country. 106 00:07:51,934 --> 00:07:54,784 I had a chicken in the oven when the call came. 107 00:07:54,809 --> 00:07:56,242 I was down the street at Stan's, 108 00:07:56,267 --> 00:07:58,049 but I am also very irritated. 109 00:07:58,074 --> 00:07:59,817 We've been pushing the president to meet with us 110 00:07:59,841 --> 00:08:02,394 for what, over a year? Since Houston. 111 00:08:02,419 --> 00:08:05,419 Nothing, and then all of a sudden, one day's notice? 112 00:08:05,444 --> 00:08:08,244 That's how it goes. We all made sacrifices. 113 00:08:08,269 --> 00:08:09,469 This is important. 114 00:08:09,494 --> 00:08:12,591 There were 1,500 media groups at our conference. 115 00:08:12,616 --> 00:08:15,009 Then two men decided to have a conversation, 116 00:08:15,034 --> 00:08:16,556 and we were knocked below the fold. 117 00:08:16,581 --> 00:08:18,658 Two men... Sadat and Begin. 118 00:08:18,683 --> 00:08:20,916 Did you want to stand in the way of peace in the Middle East? 119 00:08:20,940 --> 00:08:22,873 No, but I can't believe we're getting peace 120 00:08:22,898 --> 00:08:24,986 in the Middle East before equal rights for women. 121 00:08:25,011 --> 00:08:26,011 You can't? 122 00:08:26,036 --> 00:08:27,728 We have nothing to show for Houston. 123 00:08:27,753 --> 00:08:30,486 They did give us an extension on the ERA deadline. 124 00:08:30,511 --> 00:08:32,158 Things move slowly in Washington. 125 00:08:32,183 --> 00:08:35,275 It takes at least two years to implement any policy, 126 00:08:35,300 --> 00:08:37,433 let alone laws that benefit women. 127 00:08:37,641 --> 00:08:39,541 It's too soon to get frustrated. 128 00:08:39,759 --> 00:08:41,275 Let's get started. 129 00:08:41,599 --> 00:08:45,197 Do we assume Carter has or hasn't read this beforehand? 130 00:08:45,222 --> 00:08:46,384 Hasn't. 131 00:08:46,409 --> 00:08:48,540 So I'll make some introductory remarks. 132 00:08:48,565 --> 00:08:50,884 Then each of you will take a minute to brief the president 133 00:08:50,909 --> 00:08:52,742 on our proposals to Congress. 134 00:08:52,767 --> 00:08:55,208 We have to move fast. We only have 15 minutes. 135 00:08:55,775 --> 00:08:57,441 15 minutes for which part? 136 00:08:59,779 --> 00:09:01,861 Total. 137 00:09:02,340 --> 00:09:03,617 Would you rather we have no meeting? 138 00:09:03,641 --> 00:09:05,783 15 minutes isn't a meeting. 139 00:09:05,808 --> 00:09:07,416 It's a photo op. 140 00:09:07,441 --> 00:09:09,086 Well, what am I supposed to do? 141 00:09:09,111 --> 00:09:10,501 Cancel it. 142 00:09:10,971 --> 00:09:13,049 Ask for a proper meeting. 143 00:09:13,074 --> 00:09:15,953 Canceling signals that we expect real results. 144 00:09:15,978 --> 00:09:19,416 We've spent two years coming up with this plan of action. 145 00:09:19,441 --> 00:09:21,141 Meanwhile, he's cutting domestic programs 146 00:09:21,166 --> 00:09:22,916 so he can increase military spending. 147 00:09:22,941 --> 00:09:24,703 We should issue a press release. 148 00:09:24,728 --> 00:09:26,000 Say exactly that. 149 00:09:26,025 --> 00:09:28,424 I don't think we wanna criticize our own president in the press. 150 00:09:28,448 --> 00:09:31,353 Kissinger has been publicly strong-arming Carter for weeks 151 00:09:31,378 --> 00:09:33,594 to get asylum for the Shah of Iran. 152 00:09:33,619 --> 00:09:35,869 This is how the boys do it. 153 00:09:43,008 --> 00:09:45,775 Rita, get me Ham Jordan! 154 00:09:45,967 --> 00:09:47,700 Please! 155 00:09:55,774 --> 00:09:57,650 I got you a present. 156 00:10:07,744 --> 00:10:08,841 How did you... 157 00:10:08,866 --> 00:10:10,683 Ah, I can't divulge my sources. 158 00:10:10,708 --> 00:10:12,483 - Oh. - Let's just say 159 00:10:12,508 --> 00:10:16,695 a certain presidential candidate is desperate for our support. 160 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,449 Who? Crane? 161 00:10:20,158 --> 00:10:23,345 He sees Reagan in his rearview mirror, gaining speed, 162 00:10:24,037 --> 00:10:26,880 but that tax amendment of his was a breath of fresh air. 163 00:10:26,905 --> 00:10:28,405 And I don't see him drifting center. 164 00:10:28,430 --> 00:10:30,783 Yeah, the establishment, uh, respects him, 165 00:10:30,808 --> 00:10:32,505 but I-I think it's a long shot. 166 00:10:32,530 --> 00:10:35,996 Every true conservative is. Phil Crane in the White House, 167 00:10:36,536 --> 00:10:39,374 a Republican president from Illinois. 168 00:10:39,708 --> 00:10:41,817 Get ready for your appointment, Mrs. Schlafly. 169 00:10:41,842 --> 00:10:43,802 Mrs. Schlafly, Esquire. 170 00:10:43,826 --> 00:10:45,416 I was just sworn in. 171 00:10:45,441 --> 00:10:47,216 You gonna change your stationery? 172 00:10:47,241 --> 00:10:49,591 Well, it's the only place to put it. 173 00:10:49,616 --> 00:10:51,050 I'm never gonna practice. 174 00:10:51,075 --> 00:10:52,864 I must say, the way he looks at you, 175 00:10:52,889 --> 00:10:55,149 it almost makes me want to endorse Kemp. 176 00:10:56,247 --> 00:10:57,741 The way he looks at me? 177 00:10:57,766 --> 00:10:59,474 - Mm. - Oh! 178 00:11:00,141 --> 00:11:02,825 Be still, my beating heart. 179 00:11:05,164 --> 00:11:06,997 The index goes... 180 00:11:07,908 --> 00:11:11,408 from Saxby to... straight to Schlesinger. 181 00:11:11,433 --> 00:11:12,677 What? 182 00:11:15,162 --> 00:11:16,559 Here. 183 00:11:16,591 --> 00:11:18,141 That was an oversight. 184 00:11:19,052 --> 00:11:21,816 Goldwater would never have won that nomination without me. 185 00:11:21,841 --> 00:11:23,231 Because he wasn't a winner, 186 00:11:23,256 --> 00:11:26,245 and we need to run a winner this time, 187 00:11:26,270 --> 00:11:28,520 and we will have our pick. 188 00:11:28,545 --> 00:11:32,379 Think of everyone coming to D.C. for this gala, 189 00:11:32,474 --> 00:11:34,614 and we will hear what they have to say. 190 00:11:34,639 --> 00:11:37,974 - Mm-hmm? - And then we will decide. 191 00:11:39,941 --> 00:11:44,284 So... when do you think is the best time for us to declare 192 00:11:44,309 --> 00:11:47,550 who we're going to, uh... back? 193 00:11:47,575 --> 00:11:50,684 Mm... after Iowa. 194 00:11:52,179 --> 00:11:55,079 All right, now you be careful with my hair. 195 00:11:57,712 --> 00:12:00,716 Uh, no need to apologize, Mr. President. 196 00:12:01,314 --> 00:12:03,749 No, no, thank you very much. 197 00:12:03,774 --> 00:12:05,853 Uh, we look forward to it. 198 00:12:08,141 --> 00:12:10,209 We got in for two hours. 199 00:12:12,909 --> 00:12:14,548 Were his jokes really that funny? 200 00:12:14,573 --> 00:12:17,359 Oh, God, no, something about Sadat at Camp David. 201 00:12:17,384 --> 00:12:19,189 I had no idea, but you laugh. 202 00:12:19,620 --> 00:12:20,780 We should get going. 203 00:12:20,805 --> 00:12:22,532 Stan's waiting in the car. 204 00:12:24,116 --> 00:12:26,767 You have to come back down to D.C. in a couple of weeks. 205 00:12:26,792 --> 00:12:28,916 I have a meeting with Kay Graham anyway. 206 00:12:28,941 --> 00:12:31,649 You're doing a piece in the "Post"? Isn't that your competition? 207 00:12:31,674 --> 00:12:34,032 I'm looking at buyers for "Ms." 208 00:12:35,659 --> 00:12:37,189 I can't keep it afloat. 209 00:12:37,214 --> 00:12:40,381 I just hope she doesn't turn it into another "McCall's." 210 00:12:40,866 --> 00:12:42,150 "Ms." gave us a voice 211 00:12:42,174 --> 00:12:43,841 when no one was listening. 212 00:12:44,118 --> 00:12:45,993 Now look at us. 213 00:12:46,220 --> 00:12:48,156 We have the ear of the president. 214 00:12:50,198 --> 00:12:51,649 Ahh! 215 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,614 And now, ladies and gentlemen, 216 00:13:13,639 --> 00:13:16,114 a very special performance. 217 00:13:16,638 --> 00:13:19,472 Here to dazzle you with their vocal stylings... 218 00:13:19,497 --> 00:13:23,114 Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug! 219 00:13:33,919 --> 00:13:36,277 ♪ Two little feminists are we ♪ 220 00:13:36,302 --> 00:13:38,551 ♪ Shrill as a feminist can be ♪ 221 00:13:38,576 --> 00:13:41,243 ♪ Godless and man-less and ornery-eeh ♪ 222 00:13:41,268 --> 00:13:42,914 ♪ Two little feminists ♪ 223 00:13:42,939 --> 00:13:45,351 ♪ We beg you to pass the ERA ♪ 224 00:13:47,417 --> 00:13:50,197 ♪ And take our privileges away ♪ 225 00:13:52,019 --> 00:13:55,309 - ♪ Except if you're lesbian or gay ♪ - Mm! 226 00:13:57,175 --> 00:13:59,043 ♪ Two little feminists ♪ 227 00:14:02,792 --> 00:14:05,197 ♪ This feminist, she will not marry ♪ 228 00:14:05,222 --> 00:14:07,298 ♪ Draft her into the military ♪ 229 00:14:07,323 --> 00:14:09,931 ♪ Abortion was also necessary ♪ 230 00:14:10,759 --> 00:14:12,931 ♪ Two little feminists ♪ 231 00:14:12,956 --> 00:14:15,909 ♪ Two little feminists ♪ 232 00:14:19,706 --> 00:14:22,134 ♪ This feminist from New York City ♪ 233 00:14:22,159 --> 00:14:24,283 ♪ Bane of the Ways and Means Committee ♪ 234 00:14:24,308 --> 00:14:27,447 ♪ Lost her seat? Oh, what a pity ♪ 235 00:14:27,472 --> 00:14:29,643 ♪ Two little feminists ♪ 236 00:14:29,668 --> 00:14:33,173 ♪ Two little feminists ♪ 237 00:14:39,519 --> 00:14:40,922 Whoo! 238 00:14:40,947 --> 00:14:42,243 Bravo! 239 00:14:48,393 --> 00:14:51,143 Please join me in welcoming the woman of the hour... 240 00:14:51,168 --> 00:14:54,118 Mrs. Phyllis Schlafly! 241 00:15:08,263 --> 00:15:10,216 Thank you. 242 00:15:10,448 --> 00:15:11,989 Thank you, friends. 243 00:15:12,014 --> 00:15:13,763 Thank you. 244 00:15:13,788 --> 00:15:19,009 Welcome to the ERA Follies of 1979! 245 00:15:20,893 --> 00:15:22,997 Okay. Thank you. 246 00:15:26,194 --> 00:15:30,818 The libbers thought they had won a great victory 247 00:15:30,843 --> 00:15:34,583 when they pressured Congress and the White House 248 00:15:34,608 --> 00:15:40,169 to grab them a crooked extension to the ratification deadline. 249 00:15:40,287 --> 00:15:43,818 But as far as I am concerned, tonight is the night 250 00:15:43,843 --> 00:15:46,576 on the original deadline 251 00:15:46,601 --> 00:15:52,376 that the ERA dies morally and constitutionally. 252 00:15:53,081 --> 00:15:56,576 And we are here to dance on its grave. 253 00:16:03,194 --> 00:16:06,677 This has been a righteous battle, 254 00:16:07,328 --> 00:16:11,543 and like the battle for suffrage 50 years ago, 255 00:16:11,568 --> 00:16:15,919 it had to be fought and won by women. 256 00:16:20,708 --> 00:16:24,083 They say that women are like teabags. 257 00:16:24,108 --> 00:16:28,497 You don't know their strength until they get into hot water. 258 00:16:29,587 --> 00:16:32,753 And, ladies, we sure did reach a boiling point. 259 00:16:37,913 --> 00:16:43,497 But when we saw that the devil was using one little word 260 00:16:43,522 --> 00:16:45,974 in that amendment... sex... 261 00:16:45,999 --> 00:16:48,286 To take away the rights of wives 262 00:16:48,311 --> 00:16:51,505 and give them to the homosexuals and to the abortionists, 263 00:16:51,530 --> 00:16:55,443 we knew we had to fight back, and we are winning, 264 00:16:55,468 --> 00:16:58,276 because we have God on our side. 265 00:17:01,513 --> 00:17:07,972 But tonight we celebrate not only the end of the ERA 266 00:17:07,997 --> 00:17:10,001 but the end of an era. 267 00:17:10,544 --> 00:17:13,768 We stand on a precipice, 268 00:17:14,027 --> 00:17:17,527 giving birth to a new mighty movement, 269 00:17:17,552 --> 00:17:22,505 a movement that will lead America back onto the right path, 270 00:17:23,194 --> 00:17:27,076 and together, we can take our country back. 271 00:17:37,343 --> 00:17:39,621 Now, my friends, I would now like to thank 272 00:17:39,646 --> 00:17:41,232 one very special person... 273 00:17:41,257 --> 00:17:45,557 The person who has been with me since the beginning, 274 00:17:45,744 --> 00:17:50,605 a person who has saved me from the life of a working girl, 275 00:17:50,630 --> 00:17:53,909 my coach, my cheerleader, 276 00:17:53,934 --> 00:17:55,396 and my lover... 277 00:17:55,592 --> 00:17:58,308 My dear husband Fred, 278 00:17:58,333 --> 00:18:01,083 thank you for letting me come here tonight. 279 00:18:06,774 --> 00:18:09,276 I love to say that because it irritates the women's libbers 280 00:18:09,301 --> 00:18:11,365 more than anything that I say. 281 00:18:11,934 --> 00:18:16,058 Now those libbers love to ask me, 282 00:18:16,083 --> 00:18:18,310 "Who's looking after your children?" 283 00:18:19,036 --> 00:18:23,315 And I say, "I'll show mine if you show me yours." 284 00:18:23,835 --> 00:18:27,209 So please give a hand to my life's work... 285 00:18:27,234 --> 00:18:28,854 My six jewels, 286 00:18:28,879 --> 00:18:33,645 John, Bruce, Roger, Liza, Andy, Anne. 287 00:18:36,676 --> 00:18:38,376 Fred. 288 00:18:40,105 --> 00:18:41,638 Thank you. 289 00:18:41,702 --> 00:18:43,017 Thanks. 290 00:18:43,738 --> 00:18:45,990 Thank you. 291 00:18:50,730 --> 00:18:51,908 Did you get the crowd? 292 00:18:51,933 --> 00:18:54,057 One more. Make like you're singing. 293 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,729 ♪ Ahh ♪ 294 00:18:56,754 --> 00:18:58,394 Lose the book, Rosemary. 295 00:18:58,419 --> 00:18:59,419 ♪ Ahh ♪ 296 00:18:59,444 --> 00:19:01,509 - ♪ Ahh ♪ - ♪ Ahh ♪ 297 00:19:01,534 --> 00:19:03,563 Do you like my Bella? Is she loud enough? 298 00:19:03,588 --> 00:19:05,072 She isn't as loud as you think. 299 00:19:05,097 --> 00:19:07,321 - She's actually quite funny. - Mm. 300 00:19:07,346 --> 00:19:10,180 I see you, uh, invited a few of Reagan's people tonight... 301 00:19:10,205 --> 00:19:11,836 - Orrin, Jerry, Jesse. - Oh, no, no, no. 302 00:19:11,861 --> 00:19:15,407 Tonight's not about politics. It's about family. 303 00:19:15,432 --> 00:19:16,830 Well, I wouldn't miss it. 304 00:19:16,855 --> 00:19:18,955 I pushed my flight to Iowa to be here. 305 00:19:19,031 --> 00:19:21,096 If I can win there, I'm gonna rise out of the pack, 306 00:19:21,121 --> 00:19:25,274 so I spend my days judging corn on the cob eating contests. 307 00:19:25,299 --> 00:19:27,852 But you know what? Beats any day in the House. 308 00:19:27,877 --> 00:19:30,869 I can't get anything done while Tip O'Neill is speaker. 309 00:19:30,894 --> 00:19:33,060 Mark Twain said it best... "Suppose I am a thief, 310 00:19:33,085 --> 00:19:36,176 and suppose I am a congressman, but I repeat myself." 311 00:19:39,754 --> 00:19:43,307 You are gonna make me beg for your mailing list, aren't you? 312 00:19:44,619 --> 00:19:46,947 Well, suppose you were a thief. 313 00:19:46,972 --> 00:19:48,877 Suppose you were a congressman. 314 00:19:49,205 --> 00:19:53,002 Well, I wouldn't mind, uh, Ambassador to the U. N. 315 00:19:53,027 --> 00:19:55,527 Or, uh, Secretary of Defense. 316 00:19:55,552 --> 00:19:57,907 I can't think of a better way to stick a dagger 317 00:19:57,932 --> 00:19:59,202 through the heart of women's lib 318 00:19:59,226 --> 00:20:01,119 than to nominate you to my Cabinet. 319 00:20:02,846 --> 00:20:04,947 What about the rumors? 320 00:20:05,182 --> 00:20:06,197 What rumors? 321 00:20:06,222 --> 00:20:09,486 Oh, Phil. Don't make me say it. 322 00:20:11,883 --> 00:20:15,033 There are whispers of a ménage à trois. 323 00:20:15,236 --> 00:20:19,016 Oh. Kennedy had hundreds of women come to the White House, 324 00:20:19,041 --> 00:20:20,119 and no one blinked. 325 00:20:20,144 --> 00:20:23,576 Yes, but Kennedy wasn't running on family values. 326 00:20:24,010 --> 00:20:26,843 I'm offended that you think Arlene would invite 327 00:20:26,868 --> 00:20:29,908 a girl into our bed who wasn't from a good family. 328 00:20:34,176 --> 00:20:36,261 When it comes to the shootout, 329 00:20:36,809 --> 00:20:38,809 I won't waver on the issues... 330 00:20:40,004 --> 00:20:42,155 just like I never wavered on you. 331 00:20:54,598 --> 00:20:56,709 When Betty Ford came out for the ERA, 332 00:20:56,734 --> 00:20:59,328 I told Alyse, "Stop spending all my money 333 00:20:59,353 --> 00:21:00,754 running up the phone bill." 334 00:21:00,779 --> 00:21:03,197 And do you know what Phyllis said when I told her that? 335 00:21:03,222 --> 00:21:06,301 She said, "Oh, no, we're just going to fight harder," 336 00:21:06,326 --> 00:21:09,283 and we did. We showed them. 337 00:21:09,308 --> 00:21:11,315 She's our miracle woman. 338 00:21:11,340 --> 00:21:12,340 Yeah. 339 00:21:13,777 --> 00:21:15,990 You know, Phyllis is right. 340 00:21:16,088 --> 00:21:17,691 Easy. 341 00:21:19,534 --> 00:21:21,160 It's a party. 342 00:21:29,189 --> 00:21:31,009 We've come so far. 343 00:21:35,129 --> 00:21:37,588 You know, sometimes I forget how to spell "Schlafly." 344 00:21:39,868 --> 00:21:41,378 - Thank you. - There's our Joan of Arc. 345 00:21:41,402 --> 00:21:43,369 - Oh! - Doesn't she work miracles? 346 00:21:43,394 --> 00:21:45,168 Now this is my dear friend Alice, 347 00:21:45,193 --> 00:21:46,712 - who first told me... - Unless your husband's a jerk, 348 00:21:46,736 --> 00:21:48,683 and then you're on your own. 349 00:21:49,507 --> 00:21:52,486 Oh, I think someone's had a bit too much celebration. 350 00:21:52,511 --> 00:21:54,066 Pamela needed your support. 351 00:21:54,091 --> 00:21:55,669 - Alice, this is really not the time... - And the best you could do 352 00:21:55,693 --> 00:21:57,843 was tell her to manage it better. 353 00:21:58,004 --> 00:21:59,908 Why don't you come with me to the ladies' room? 354 00:21:59,933 --> 00:22:02,450 I don't wanna go with you to the ladies' room. 355 00:22:02,475 --> 00:22:05,043 I wanna know why you said that to her. 356 00:22:08,163 --> 00:22:11,701 Well, uh... Kevin may not be perfect, but he provides, 357 00:22:11,726 --> 00:22:13,968 and she's never had to work a day in her life. 358 00:22:13,993 --> 00:22:15,460 Oh. Lucky her. 359 00:22:15,485 --> 00:22:16,906 All right, I think people have heard enough. 360 00:22:16,930 --> 00:22:19,374 When did you get so mean? 361 00:22:20,468 --> 00:22:23,601 Now I thought of all people, you would be enjoying tonight, 362 00:22:23,962 --> 00:22:25,735 - after all of our hard work. - Oh, don't. 363 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,430 - What? Alice. - This is what you do. 364 00:22:27,455 --> 00:22:28,916 - You change the subject... - People are looking at you. 365 00:22:28,940 --> 00:22:30,571 And you twist things up. 366 00:22:32,543 --> 00:22:35,368 Do you even care about me at all? 367 00:22:36,795 --> 00:22:38,712 Now I did all of this for you. 368 00:22:38,737 --> 00:22:41,166 - You did all of this for me? - So you would not feel invisible. 369 00:22:41,190 --> 00:22:42,954 I have never felt more invisible 370 00:22:42,979 --> 00:22:44,033 - than when I'm around you. - Mrs. Schlafly! 371 00:22:44,057 --> 00:22:45,455 Mrs. Schlafly, we need to get you out of here. 372 00:22:45,479 --> 00:22:47,290 What? What's going on? 373 00:22:51,015 --> 00:22:52,079 Ladies and gentlemen, 374 00:22:52,103 --> 00:22:53,501 please remain calm. 375 00:22:53,526 --> 00:22:56,593 The ballroom will have to be evacuated immediately. 376 00:23:08,254 --> 00:23:09,688 I heard it was a bomb. 377 00:23:09,713 --> 00:23:12,165 I heard it was a bomb threat. 378 00:23:12,190 --> 00:23:14,337 Did they find anything? 379 00:23:16,253 --> 00:23:17,686 I don't know. 380 00:23:25,096 --> 00:23:27,004 How come nobody's talking to you? 381 00:23:27,029 --> 00:23:28,841 Me? 382 00:23:29,604 --> 00:23:31,907 Ah, no. I'm nobody. 383 00:23:31,932 --> 00:23:33,780 Ah. 384 00:23:34,516 --> 00:23:38,134 Well... guess I'm nobody, too. 385 00:23:56,043 --> 00:23:59,613 I told, uh, John to take everyone back to the hotel. 386 00:24:00,862 --> 00:24:02,504 Did they find a bomb? 387 00:24:02,529 --> 00:24:04,449 Oh, it's probably just a bunch of slobs 388 00:24:04,474 --> 00:24:06,741 and poor lib losers trying to ruin our fun. 389 00:24:06,766 --> 00:24:08,433 Oh, yeah. 390 00:24:09,462 --> 00:24:11,551 Thank you for saving the flowers, though. 391 00:24:11,576 --> 00:24:13,074 A bomb threat? 392 00:24:13,946 --> 00:24:15,801 That's really making it. 393 00:24:15,826 --> 00:24:18,504 I can't tell you how many ladies have come up to me. 394 00:24:18,529 --> 00:24:21,301 They scrounged together every penny they could to come here. 395 00:24:21,326 --> 00:24:22,566 Well, I believe they would walk 396 00:24:22,591 --> 00:24:23,841 to the ends of the earth for you. 397 00:24:23,865 --> 00:24:25,535 Oh, now... 398 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,816 We couldn't take off without asking you 399 00:24:27,841 --> 00:24:30,011 if Ron could count on your support. 400 00:24:31,810 --> 00:24:34,793 Well... there are a lot of attractive candidates. 401 00:24:34,818 --> 00:24:37,019 - Mm-hmm. - Crane. Connolly. 402 00:24:37,044 --> 00:24:38,311 They can't beat Carter. 403 00:24:38,336 --> 00:24:40,543 The economy's in the toilet. Voters are craving 404 00:24:40,568 --> 00:24:42,597 an antiestablishment outsider like Reagan. 405 00:24:42,622 --> 00:24:45,222 Yes, but Ron did make some mistakes four years ago 406 00:24:45,247 --> 00:24:47,676 not fighting for delegates in northern states. 407 00:24:47,701 --> 00:24:48,701 He's learned. 408 00:24:48,726 --> 00:24:51,043 He's going to be making a lot more in-person appearances. 409 00:24:51,068 --> 00:24:52,106 - Mm-hmm. - It helps connect him 410 00:24:52,130 --> 00:24:55,535 to the voters. He comes across as warm and optimistic. 411 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:56,644 Nancy suggested it. 412 00:24:56,669 --> 00:24:58,453 Nancy or her astrologer? 413 00:24:59,130 --> 00:25:00,793 You're not worried about his age? 414 00:25:00,826 --> 00:25:03,730 Almost 70... that's pretty old. I don't know. 415 00:25:03,755 --> 00:25:05,255 Well, he's no Margaret Thatcher, 416 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,496 but we get him in blue jeans and a cowboy hat chopping wood, 417 00:25:08,521 --> 00:25:10,488 it'll make Carter look like an old lady. 418 00:25:10,513 --> 00:25:11,863 Hmm. 419 00:25:12,254 --> 00:25:13,934 I think we'll wait until we see how he does 420 00:25:13,958 --> 00:25:15,613 in Iowa and New Hampshire. 421 00:25:15,638 --> 00:25:16,879 Don't wait too long. 422 00:25:16,904 --> 00:25:19,347 Ron rewards those who are loyal early on. 423 00:25:20,999 --> 00:25:23,974 You know what? I don't think we need to wait for a straw poll 424 00:25:23,999 --> 00:25:26,371 to tell us that, uh, Ron's a winner. 425 00:25:26,396 --> 00:25:28,386 You... You'll have our support. 426 00:25:28,411 --> 00:25:30,344 Just, I think he needs a catchy slogan. 427 00:25:30,369 --> 00:25:33,090 "Together, a new beginning" doesn't get me out of bed. 428 00:25:34,740 --> 00:25:36,277 Thank you. 429 00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:52,000 Did you see he blew Audrey and me a kiss 430 00:25:52,025 --> 00:25:55,024 across the Oval Office? We didn't even vote for him. 431 00:25:55,049 --> 00:25:57,180 - He was in a very good mood. - Mm. 432 00:25:57,205 --> 00:25:59,649 He said he wouldn't stop until the ERA was... 433 00:25:59,674 --> 00:26:01,696 - What was the word he used? - "Enshrined." 434 00:26:01,721 --> 00:26:03,578 Yeah, "enshrined." I thought a little much, 435 00:26:03,603 --> 00:26:06,469 but "enshrined in the Constitution." We'll see. 436 00:26:06,494 --> 00:26:08,446 It felt like a big step forward. 437 00:26:08,471 --> 00:26:10,447 We should ask Rosalynn Carter to put in a few calls 438 00:26:10,471 --> 00:26:11,671 to state senators in Florida 439 00:26:11,696 --> 00:26:14,429 right before they vote on the ERA. She got us Indiana. 440 00:26:14,454 --> 00:26:16,500 Excuse me. Mrs. Abzug? 441 00:26:20,703 --> 00:26:22,436 What's that? 442 00:26:22,461 --> 00:26:25,360 Just a note from one of Carter's Georgia boys. 443 00:26:26,625 --> 00:26:28,078 Fired? 444 00:26:28,130 --> 00:26:30,680 The president has decided to replace you. 445 00:26:30,705 --> 00:26:32,524 What do you mean? We just had a good meeting. 446 00:26:32,549 --> 00:26:34,281 Which you canceled at the last minute 447 00:26:34,306 --> 00:26:36,672 and then demanded that the president reschedule, 448 00:26:37,004 --> 00:26:38,141 and then to shout at him... 449 00:26:38,166 --> 00:26:39,985 - I never shouted. - As you just did. 450 00:26:40,010 --> 00:26:41,016 I spoke with feeling. 451 00:26:41,041 --> 00:26:43,172 A friend at the Labor Department 452 00:26:43,197 --> 00:26:45,328 also brought this press release to our attention. 453 00:26:45,353 --> 00:26:46,860 That was never issued to the media. 454 00:26:46,885 --> 00:26:48,552 And how would that have looked? 455 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,453 Hmm? Like disloyalty. 456 00:26:51,478 --> 00:26:53,446 McGovern compares Carter to Nixon 457 00:26:53,471 --> 00:26:56,031 in "Harper's Magazine," and you all turn the other cheek. 458 00:26:56,056 --> 00:26:57,758 George is a senator. 459 00:26:57,940 --> 00:27:00,040 You were appointed by the president 460 00:27:00,065 --> 00:27:02,133 to run his commission on women's issues. 461 00:27:02,158 --> 00:27:04,641 And I'm not about to sit around smiling 462 00:27:04,666 --> 00:27:06,891 while he does nothing but pay lip service. 463 00:27:06,916 --> 00:27:08,720 We can't have the president getting jerked around 464 00:27:08,744 --> 00:27:10,344 by a bunch of women. 465 00:27:10,572 --> 00:27:12,180 Makes him look weak. 466 00:27:12,205 --> 00:27:15,344 You've been gunning for me ever since you pushed Mitch out. 467 00:27:16,606 --> 00:27:18,625 Does the president know about this? 468 00:27:18,650 --> 00:27:20,883 He approved it this morning. 469 00:27:28,517 --> 00:27:30,917 Before we met with him? 470 00:27:39,046 --> 00:27:40,813 Give me time to... 471 00:27:42,166 --> 00:27:44,469 handle my departure quietly. 472 00:27:45,871 --> 00:27:47,891 I don't want a fuss. 473 00:27:48,405 --> 00:27:50,664 My husband's recovering from a heart attack. 474 00:27:50,689 --> 00:27:52,258 He doesn't need any stress. 475 00:27:52,283 --> 00:27:53,782 Well, if you're having personal problems, 476 00:27:53,806 --> 00:27:56,673 you shouldn't be heading a committee anyway. 477 00:27:56,803 --> 00:27:58,870 Please. 478 00:28:00,815 --> 00:28:02,813 Let me resign. 479 00:28:04,292 --> 00:28:08,196 We might have already mentioned it to Ed Walsh 480 00:28:08,221 --> 00:28:10,854 and Terry Smith at the "Times." 481 00:28:47,312 --> 00:28:49,212 Hey. 482 00:28:52,161 --> 00:28:54,168 Let's get you home. 483 00:28:56,695 --> 00:29:00,067 "Dear President Carter..." Stop. 484 00:29:00,203 --> 00:29:03,887 "We have never seen eye to eye." Stop. 485 00:29:03,986 --> 00:29:06,582 "I would never have surrendered the Canal zone 486 00:29:06,607 --> 00:29:09,407 "or canceled production of the B-1 bomber, 487 00:29:09,432 --> 00:29:12,075 "but your decision to fire Bella Abzug 488 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:14,567 is finally one I can support." 489 00:29:14,946 --> 00:29:16,004 Uh-huh. 490 00:29:16,029 --> 00:29:18,206 Would you read that back to my secretary? Thank you so much. 491 00:29:18,230 --> 00:29:19,895 It's Western Union. 492 00:29:20,302 --> 00:29:21,848 Hello? 493 00:29:22,675 --> 00:29:24,317 Mm-hmm. 494 00:29:25,225 --> 00:29:26,848 What are those? 495 00:29:27,522 --> 00:29:30,456 Oh, these are called floppy disks. 496 00:29:30,717 --> 00:29:32,978 I was able to transfer my entire mailing list 497 00:29:33,003 --> 00:29:34,520 from the computer onto these. 498 00:29:35,137 --> 00:29:38,176 Well, before you hand those over to Governor Reagan, 499 00:29:38,201 --> 00:29:41,403 you should ask that he be very clear at the convention. 500 00:29:41,428 --> 00:29:43,061 I don't wanna say he abandoned us 501 00:29:43,086 --> 00:29:46,035 on the ERA issue in '76, but... 502 00:29:46,747 --> 00:29:48,107 we felt abandoned. 503 00:29:48,132 --> 00:29:50,536 It's not personal, Rosemary. It's politics. 504 00:30:11,362 --> 00:30:12,695 Hello, Marion? 505 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,686 Yes, it's Phyllis Schlafly. 506 00:30:14,865 --> 00:30:17,475 Uh, I'm calling to talk to you about, uh, supporting 507 00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:19,414 Governor Reagan's campaign. 508 00:30:35,146 --> 00:30:36,779 Oh, I only asked for Carmen. 509 00:30:36,804 --> 00:30:38,448 The rest of y'all can go. 510 00:30:42,797 --> 00:30:44,805 Please, sit. 511 00:30:46,889 --> 00:30:50,295 All right. In this country, we like to pride ourselves 512 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,283 on peaceful transfers of power, 513 00:30:52,308 --> 00:30:54,209 so, Carmen, we will be holding a press conference 514 00:30:54,233 --> 00:30:56,871 to announce you are officially the new presiding officer 515 00:30:56,896 --> 00:30:58,995 of the commission effectively immediately. 516 00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:04,790 With respect to the president and committee... 517 00:31:06,406 --> 00:31:07,872 I resign. 518 00:31:13,189 --> 00:31:15,621 Jill, you seem to be the only professional in the room. 519 00:31:15,646 --> 00:31:17,141 We're gonna... Mm. 520 00:31:17,166 --> 00:31:19,002 I refuse to serve on a commission 521 00:31:19,027 --> 00:31:21,261 on which Bella Abzug is not presiding. 522 00:31:22,526 --> 00:31:24,426 I resign. 523 00:31:26,505 --> 00:31:28,256 You can't both resign. 524 00:31:28,670 --> 00:31:31,255 Like I haven't quit the White House before. 525 00:31:38,957 --> 00:31:40,438 I resign. 526 00:31:42,768 --> 00:31:44,728 I resign. 527 00:31:47,136 --> 00:31:48,669 I resign. 528 00:31:50,551 --> 00:31:52,192 I resign. 529 00:32:05,073 --> 00:32:06,688 This your doing? 530 00:32:06,958 --> 00:32:08,638 I made some phone calls. 531 00:32:11,536 --> 00:32:14,699 We are the ones that are going to have a press conference. 532 00:32:14,724 --> 00:32:16,324 We are going to tell the American people 533 00:32:16,349 --> 00:32:18,371 how disappointed we are with the president's stand 534 00:32:18,396 --> 00:32:20,132 on women's issues. 535 00:32:20,268 --> 00:32:23,407 He is going to have to do something for us 536 00:32:23,432 --> 00:32:25,253 to get us to vote for him. 537 00:32:25,325 --> 00:32:27,881 We're no longer a captive audience. 538 00:32:50,822 --> 00:32:52,973 It was a show of solidarity. 539 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,117 Representatives of some 540 00:32:54,142 --> 00:32:56,674 of the most powerful women's organizations in the country 541 00:32:56,699 --> 00:32:59,628 said they were going to resign in support of Bella Abzug... 542 00:33:00,084 --> 00:33:02,691 Officers of the National Organization of Women, 543 00:33:02,716 --> 00:33:05,504 the National Organization of Business and Professional Women, 544 00:33:05,529 --> 00:33:07,499 and the League of Women Voters. 545 00:33:07,524 --> 00:33:09,724 They had met at length with President Carter yesterday 546 00:33:09,749 --> 00:33:11,889 to present their position on the issues. 547 00:33:11,914 --> 00:33:14,460 Today, they felt deceived. 548 00:33:14,485 --> 00:33:15,710 The president's response 549 00:33:15,735 --> 00:33:18,261 was not to the issues we brought to him 550 00:33:18,286 --> 00:33:21,909 but rather to use our co-chair, Bella Abzug, 551 00:33:21,934 --> 00:33:26,469 as a scapegoat in an effort to suppress our independence. 552 00:33:49,844 --> 00:33:51,654 - I'm heading out. - Mm. 553 00:33:51,679 --> 00:33:53,711 Mmm. Maybe not. 554 00:33:54,548 --> 00:33:56,632 You should publish all your recipes. 555 00:33:56,657 --> 00:33:57,657 Where? 556 00:33:57,682 --> 00:33:59,382 In a cookbook. 557 00:33:59,811 --> 00:34:00,959 Well, I can do a whole chapter 558 00:34:00,983 --> 00:34:02,996 on ERA breads and pies. 559 00:34:04,527 --> 00:34:06,327 - Bye, Leonia. - Bye! 560 00:34:07,126 --> 00:34:08,970 It's just Anne and your mother for dinner tonight? 561 00:34:08,994 --> 00:34:10,418 Mm-hmm. That's right. 562 00:34:10,446 --> 00:34:12,449 When is Anne getting home? 563 00:34:12,687 --> 00:34:14,424 She's not home yet? 564 00:34:18,157 --> 00:34:20,539 Anne's not back from school. 565 00:34:20,734 --> 00:34:22,598 Oh, she must have missed the bus again. 566 00:34:22,623 --> 00:34:24,473 Reagan just took the lead over Anderson. 567 00:34:24,498 --> 00:34:27,250 Oh, shoot. Fred and I are supposed to leave momentarily. 568 00:34:27,275 --> 00:34:28,827 I can't be late. I don't know. 569 00:34:28,852 --> 00:34:32,012 Mother, maybe, uh, you could pick Anne up? 570 00:34:32,037 --> 00:34:33,478 I-I suppose I could. 571 00:34:33,503 --> 00:34:35,304 Well, she can't drive to St. Louis now. 572 00:34:35,329 --> 00:34:36,354 It's getting dark. 573 00:34:36,379 --> 00:34:38,112 Well, I don't have anyone to pick her up. 574 00:34:38,518 --> 00:34:39,885 Well, you'll sort it out. 575 00:34:39,910 --> 00:34:42,844 Ron called me himself to ask for my help. 576 00:34:42,869 --> 00:34:44,949 He's gonna wanna thank me personally. 577 00:34:44,974 --> 00:34:46,612 No, don't... Don't take off your coat. 578 00:34:46,636 --> 00:34:47,747 - Willie? - Yes? 579 00:34:47,772 --> 00:34:49,283 I'm going to need you to drive into St. Louis 580 00:34:49,307 --> 00:34:51,185 and pick Anne up. We're gonna have to go. 581 00:34:51,210 --> 00:34:52,442 Fred, let's go. 582 00:34:52,467 --> 00:34:54,324 I'm sorry, Mrs. Schlafly. I can't tonight. 583 00:34:54,349 --> 00:34:55,433 I have to pick up my daughter. 584 00:34:55,457 --> 00:34:57,357 I'll make it up to you, Willie. 585 00:34:57,554 --> 00:34:59,088 I'm sorry. 586 00:34:59,686 --> 00:35:02,073 I'm not gonna miss this event. 587 00:35:03,273 --> 00:35:04,843 I'll make other arrangements. 588 00:35:04,868 --> 00:35:06,050 Thank you. 589 00:35:08,276 --> 00:35:11,442 Anne. Why didn't you call? I would have gotten you. 590 00:35:11,467 --> 00:35:14,609 Well, all the lines were busy. I called Mrs. Macray. 591 00:35:16,206 --> 00:35:17,373 She's here? 592 00:35:17,398 --> 00:35:18,878 Yeah, she just dropped me off. 593 00:35:19,065 --> 00:35:21,665 Oh, uh, uh, Fred? I'll meet you in the car! 594 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:28,327 Alice! 595 00:35:30,472 --> 00:35:33,168 - Oh, thank you so much. - Oh, it really was no problem. 596 00:35:33,193 --> 00:35:36,598 Yes. Well... thank you. 597 00:35:37,328 --> 00:35:38,373 You're wearing a suit? 598 00:35:38,398 --> 00:35:40,256 Yes, I had just gotten home from the office... 599 00:35:40,281 --> 00:35:41,477 - Oh? - When Anne called. 600 00:35:41,502 --> 00:35:44,290 - What office? - I got a job. 601 00:35:44,885 --> 00:35:47,358 - A job? - As a 4-1-1 operator. 602 00:35:47,633 --> 00:35:49,332 Oh. Did... Did Buck... 603 00:35:49,357 --> 00:35:52,511 Oh, no. Buck just laughs. I'm averaging 500 calls a day, 604 00:35:52,536 --> 00:35:54,247 and he doesn't have to pay for any of them. 605 00:35:54,426 --> 00:35:55,575 - Oh. - And now that the kids 606 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,472 are mostly grown, I just... 607 00:35:58,856 --> 00:36:01,449 And I like not having to ask him for pin money. 608 00:36:02,037 --> 00:36:03,736 It's empowering. 609 00:36:05,256 --> 00:36:07,578 You used to feel empowered by me. 610 00:36:09,388 --> 00:36:11,392 I used to feel scared. 611 00:36:30,692 --> 00:36:32,943 Her daughter was stranded at school. 612 00:36:37,252 --> 00:36:40,777 She has been working seven years for this moment. 613 00:36:40,802 --> 00:36:42,402 I have been working for 50 years 614 00:36:42,427 --> 00:36:43,852 to take our country back. 615 00:36:43,877 --> 00:36:47,211 She was in saddle shoes when F. D. R. gave his New Deal speech. 616 00:36:47,950 --> 00:36:51,942 Yeah. When you look at all she has accomplished, 617 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:55,310 there can only be one explanation for it. 618 00:36:55,789 --> 00:36:58,412 She was anointed by God. 619 00:37:05,860 --> 00:37:08,753 Democrats, Republicans, and Independents 620 00:37:08,778 --> 00:37:10,848 have streamed to the polls to vote 621 00:37:10,873 --> 00:37:13,305 in the biggest and, so far, the most important 622 00:37:13,330 --> 00:37:15,238 - presidential primary election... - Think he might go all the way. 623 00:37:15,262 --> 00:37:17,195 I heard a disturbing rumor 624 00:37:17,220 --> 00:37:18,817 that he's considering picking Bush. 625 00:37:18,842 --> 00:37:20,576 Oh, he wouldn't dare. 626 00:37:20,601 --> 00:37:21,927 It would be a stab in the back. 627 00:37:21,952 --> 00:37:24,037 It'll send our people back into the churches. 628 00:37:24,340 --> 00:37:25,947 He's too moderate. 629 00:37:25,972 --> 00:37:28,937 Look, I don't expect to pull in more than 2% tonight, 630 00:37:28,962 --> 00:37:32,162 but people have been asking if I'd like to be his running mate. 631 00:37:32,404 --> 00:37:34,427 Ron's people are asking? 632 00:37:34,490 --> 00:37:36,190 No, no, reporters. 633 00:37:36,449 --> 00:37:38,549 - Oh. - And I tell them that Reagan 634 00:37:38,574 --> 00:37:40,741 is the only one that I feel comfortable with. 635 00:37:43,103 --> 00:37:46,175 Maybe, uh, maybe you can mention that to him. 636 00:37:47,092 --> 00:37:49,555 You must be Phyllis Schlafly. 637 00:37:49,758 --> 00:37:51,232 We have not had the pleasure officially. 638 00:37:51,256 --> 00:37:52,802 I'm Roger Stone. This is Paul Manafort. 639 00:37:52,826 --> 00:37:56,459 Oh! Yes. What a pleasure to meet you both. 640 00:37:56,484 --> 00:37:59,548 I heard you just formed a political consulting firm with Charlie. 641 00:37:59,670 --> 00:38:01,700 Young Republicans... They're gonna take over D.C. 642 00:38:02,911 --> 00:38:05,249 I'm Mr. Phyllis Schlafly. 643 00:38:06,370 --> 00:38:08,881 You wouldn't mind if we stole her for a bit. 644 00:38:08,977 --> 00:38:11,565 Ron wanted to discuss strategy for the platform hearings. 645 00:38:11,590 --> 00:38:13,291 By all means. 646 00:38:16,875 --> 00:38:19,094 She's doing God's work. 647 00:38:20,774 --> 00:38:22,503 Good evening, Congressman. 648 00:38:23,049 --> 00:38:24,582 Thank you for your service. 649 00:38:40,394 --> 00:38:43,323 Welcome to those of you who have just joined our coverage 650 00:38:43,348 --> 00:38:45,955 of this, uh, quite remarkable election. 651 00:38:48,196 --> 00:38:51,907 It is, in truth, a Reagan Republican landslide 652 00:38:51,932 --> 00:38:53,932 sweeping across this nation tonight. 653 00:38:53,957 --> 00:38:56,254 A Reagan landslide, ladies and gentlemen. 654 00:39:05,091 --> 00:39:08,704 Looks to me as if the modern liberal era is over. 655 00:39:08,729 --> 00:39:11,936 The people of the United States have made their choice. 656 00:39:12,482 --> 00:39:14,876 And, of course, I accept that decision. 657 00:39:16,319 --> 00:39:17,582 You know... 658 00:39:18,245 --> 00:39:19,904 here we are. 659 00:39:21,137 --> 00:39:23,023 About 22 seats in the House... 660 00:39:23,047 --> 00:39:24,670 and looking at the governors races, 661 00:39:24,695 --> 00:39:26,950 the Republicans had expected that they would be able 662 00:39:26,975 --> 00:39:28,677 - to pick up two states... - Excuse me. 663 00:39:28,701 --> 00:39:30,252 - Bella Abzug is on the line. - Oh. 664 00:39:30,277 --> 00:39:32,369 Let's see what they have. We have projection now. 665 00:39:32,394 --> 00:39:34,649 NBC News projecting Washington state, 666 00:39:34,674 --> 00:39:36,382 the Republican, John Spellman... 667 00:39:36,407 --> 00:39:38,988 - Bella. - Congratulations, you. 668 00:39:39,132 --> 00:39:41,928 I can still say I have friends in high places. 669 00:39:41,953 --> 00:39:44,059 Well, for two years, at least. 670 00:39:44,793 --> 00:39:46,693 I don't know if I'm going to run again. 671 00:39:46,718 --> 00:39:48,647 You lasted longer than me. 672 00:39:48,892 --> 00:39:50,849 I couldn't get elected President 673 00:39:50,874 --> 00:39:53,399 of the Bronx chapter of Hadassah. 674 00:39:56,191 --> 00:39:57,710 There's no room for us here now. 675 00:39:57,735 --> 00:39:59,052 Reagan in the White House, 676 00:39:59,077 --> 00:40:01,829 if the economy picks up, he'll take credit for it. 677 00:40:01,854 --> 00:40:03,370 He's charismatic. 678 00:40:03,445 --> 00:40:07,291 It's going to turn back 50 years of human progress in this country. 679 00:40:09,660 --> 00:40:11,894 I appreciate the call, Bella. 680 00:40:13,019 --> 00:40:15,551 Hold the door for the next bunch. 681 00:40:29,152 --> 00:40:31,019 Where do we go from here? 682 00:40:33,641 --> 00:40:36,850 This might be the right time for Liz and Egee 683 00:40:36,875 --> 00:40:38,408 to give us grandchildren. 684 00:40:42,166 --> 00:40:43,200 Earlier... 685 00:40:43,225 --> 00:40:45,231 Or... 686 00:40:45,256 --> 00:40:47,333 we could go to the Amalfi Coast. 687 00:40:47,358 --> 00:40:49,947 I've spoken and talked to President Carter. 688 00:40:49,972 --> 00:40:53,805 He called. John Anderson called, and the president... 689 00:40:55,789 --> 00:40:57,639 I thought it was you. 690 00:40:58,808 --> 00:41:01,687 I don't know why you always hide behind a magazine. 691 00:41:01,712 --> 00:41:04,741 No one thinks that you were born with those highlights. 692 00:41:06,311 --> 00:41:07,546 Your hair looks lovely. 693 00:41:07,571 --> 00:41:09,457 Oh. Well, it'll be ruined by tomorrow 694 00:41:09,482 --> 00:41:12,113 because I forgot I had that run. 695 00:41:13,292 --> 00:41:14,315 What run? 696 00:41:14,340 --> 00:41:15,899 The breakfast run 697 00:41:15,924 --> 00:41:18,981 for the Equal Rights Amendment out in the Hamptons. 698 00:41:19,086 --> 00:41:22,916 Gail and I have organized it to raise money for ERAmerica, 699 00:41:22,941 --> 00:41:25,144 and we've enlisted all of these celebrities to run. 700 00:41:25,169 --> 00:41:27,816 We've got Paul Newman. We've got Lucie Arnaz. 701 00:41:27,841 --> 00:41:29,475 We've got Carl Reiner. 702 00:41:29,585 --> 00:41:30,998 A 5-mile run? 703 00:41:31,023 --> 00:41:34,350 2 miles because I run a 16-minute mile. 704 00:41:34,375 --> 00:41:37,603 So it's not a run, Betty. It's a walk. 705 00:41:37,628 --> 00:41:40,778 Oh, the things I do for this movement. 706 00:41:43,154 --> 00:41:45,671 It's terrible, what happened to Bella. 707 00:41:46,887 --> 00:41:48,583 We've had our differences of opinion, 708 00:41:48,608 --> 00:41:50,387 but she deserved better. 709 00:41:50,465 --> 00:41:53,164 And the worst part is she fought so hard to get women 710 00:41:53,189 --> 00:41:54,485 appointed to Cabinet positions, 711 00:41:54,510 --> 00:41:58,874 and now it's going to be Phyllis Schlafly instead of her? 712 00:41:58,899 --> 00:42:00,195 God forbid. 713 00:42:00,220 --> 00:42:04,301 It was a mistake for you to refuse to appear with her. 714 00:42:04,326 --> 00:42:06,218 I mean, she got to say anything she wanted 715 00:42:06,243 --> 00:42:08,896 on Donahue, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas. 716 00:42:08,921 --> 00:42:10,465 You know, you think Zsa Zsa Gabor 717 00:42:10,490 --> 00:42:12,241 was gonna correct her? 718 00:42:13,073 --> 00:42:15,573 She's going to have the last word. 719 00:42:16,216 --> 00:42:20,210 She is not going to have the last word. 720 00:42:25,471 --> 00:42:29,436 The tide is turning against us in Washington. 721 00:42:31,109 --> 00:42:34,251 Our movement didn't start in Washington. 722 00:42:34,517 --> 00:42:36,424 It's not gonna be stopped by it. 723 00:42:52,083 --> 00:42:54,251 I have stood alongside the greatest women 724 00:42:54,276 --> 00:42:56,105 of my generation. 725 00:42:57,479 --> 00:43:00,693 Still, today, we select our leaders first 726 00:43:00,718 --> 00:43:04,223 by eliminating women, then minorities, 727 00:43:04,248 --> 00:43:06,848 then those with too little education. 728 00:43:08,051 --> 00:43:11,512 Changing this will take a very long time. 729 00:43:12,382 --> 00:43:15,148 But after all, we are dealing with 10,000 years 730 00:43:15,173 --> 00:43:17,151 of patriarchy and racism, 731 00:43:17,508 --> 00:43:21,420 but we must continue to move forward in waves. 732 00:43:21,445 --> 00:43:23,445 What will keep us going is the revelation 733 00:43:23,476 --> 00:43:25,049 of what we can be, 734 00:43:25,074 --> 00:43:27,386 what the people around us can be 735 00:43:27,411 --> 00:43:29,353 without the crippling walls and prisons 736 00:43:29,378 --> 00:43:31,462 into which we have been forced. 737 00:43:33,923 --> 00:43:36,477 We are just beginning to discover... 738 00:43:36,502 --> 00:43:39,568 Each of us... who we can be, 739 00:43:39,593 --> 00:43:43,799 and no matter how long this revolution may take, 740 00:43:43,824 --> 00:43:46,050 there can be no turning back. 741 00:44:11,167 --> 00:44:13,195 Schlafly residence. 742 00:44:17,165 --> 00:44:18,832 Uh, I'll go get her. 743 00:44:25,066 --> 00:44:26,566 It's him. 744 00:44:53,078 --> 00:44:55,802 Congratulations, Mr. President-elect. 745 00:44:56,107 --> 00:44:58,025 Well, thank you, Phyllis. 746 00:44:58,050 --> 00:44:59,225 How are you doing? 747 00:44:59,250 --> 00:45:02,084 Oh, I'm very well, sir. And... And yourself? 748 00:45:02,109 --> 00:45:04,662 I hear, uh, there's been a bit of a cold snap, 749 00:45:04,687 --> 00:45:07,045 uh, in Washington, D.C., over the weekend. 750 00:45:07,070 --> 00:45:09,545 Then it's a good thing I'm still at the ranch. 751 00:45:09,570 --> 00:45:13,607 Uh, we still have a few more weeks of the, uh, peanut farmer. 752 00:45:13,632 --> 00:45:16,129 Oh, oh, no. Yes, of course. 753 00:45:16,154 --> 00:45:18,186 Um, I suppose I'm just... 754 00:45:18,938 --> 00:45:21,015 very keen to get to work, sir. 755 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,060 Which is why I'm calling. 756 00:45:23,364 --> 00:45:27,343 Uh, your coalition carried me across the finish line. 757 00:45:27,476 --> 00:45:30,243 Your list was invaluable. 758 00:45:30,608 --> 00:45:33,933 Uh, but Jim tells me that overall I didn't do so well 759 00:45:33,958 --> 00:45:35,531 with the ladies. 760 00:45:35,556 --> 00:45:38,440 Seems I have a woman problem. 761 00:45:41,251 --> 00:45:43,912 It isn't that you don't deserve it. 762 00:45:43,937 --> 00:45:49,068 I just, uh, can't afford to upset the pro-ERA groups. 763 00:45:49,683 --> 00:45:51,540 You fought an important battle, 764 00:45:51,565 --> 00:45:54,978 but sometimes the battle follows us home. 765 00:45:55,968 --> 00:45:58,543 I respect you a great deal, Phyllis, 766 00:45:59,259 --> 00:46:02,811 and that is why I wanted to call to say thank you. 767 00:46:04,147 --> 00:46:05,714 Take care. 768 00:46:31,060 --> 00:46:32,747 You were robbed. 769 00:46:34,201 --> 00:46:36,526 You deserved a Cabinet post. 770 00:46:50,884 --> 00:46:52,850 Shall we have dinner? 771 00:47:00,660 --> 00:47:02,470 It's at 6. 772 00:47:04,741 --> 00:47:06,674 It's always at 6. 773 00:51:43,289 --> 00:51:46,689 Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie www.MY-SUBS.com