1 00:00:01,469 --> 00:00:03,571 I was pregnant, and I was scared. 2 00:00:05,206 --> 00:00:07,641 (coughing, inhales) 3 00:00:09,343 --> 00:00:11,379 This is my deathbed confession. 4 00:00:33,801 --> 00:00:36,637 [ clock ticking ] 5 00:00:40,641 --> 00:00:43,344 [ pens scribbling ] 6 00:00:45,179 --> 00:00:46,680 [ papers rustling ] 7 00:00:52,253 --> 00:00:54,222 - Five minutes! 8 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:11,038 [ clank ] 9 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:14,074 [ indistinct conversations ] 10 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,983 [ footsteps approach ] 11 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:25,486 - Here. Do you want a light? - Oh. Thank you. 12 00:01:25,519 --> 00:01:28,356 - What kind of law are you planning to specialize in? 13 00:01:28,389 --> 00:01:32,360 - Oh, constitutional. And you? 14 00:01:32,393 --> 00:01:34,628 - Oh, I didn't take the bar. 15 00:01:34,662 --> 00:01:36,830 You don't think practicing law 16 00:01:36,864 --> 00:01:40,601 runs contrary to your preachings on a woman's proper place? 17 00:01:43,604 --> 00:01:45,105 Nice disguise, Mrs. Schlafly. 18 00:01:45,139 --> 00:01:46,707 - I didn't have time to fix my hair. 19 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:48,476 - I'm with the "Tribune." 20 00:01:48,509 --> 00:01:51,545 - I have raised six children. I can do whatever I want. 21 00:01:51,579 --> 00:01:53,080 I've always said that women can do whatever they want. 22 00:01:53,113 --> 00:01:56,484 [ camera shutter clicking ] 23 00:01:56,517 --> 00:01:59,787 [ "A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy playing ] 24 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:09,797 *** 25 00:02:09,830 --> 00:02:19,673 *** 26 00:02:19,707 --> 00:02:29,717 *** 27 00:02:29,750 --> 00:02:39,727 *** 28 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:49,737 *** 29 00:02:49,770 --> 00:02:57,811 *** 30 00:03:02,383 --> 00:03:04,652 [ engine turns off, keys jangle ] 31 00:03:04,685 --> 00:03:06,820 [ dog barking in distance ] 32 00:03:08,989 --> 00:03:11,292 [ bird calling ] 33 00:03:29,743 --> 00:03:31,645 [ whirring ] 34 00:03:31,679 --> 00:03:34,548 [ indistinct conversations ] 35 00:03:34,582 --> 00:03:37,851 *** 36 00:03:37,885 --> 00:03:41,322 [ telephone ringing ] 37 00:03:41,355 --> 00:03:42,890 [ laughter ] 38 00:03:42,923 --> 00:03:44,825 - Oh, yes. 39 00:03:44,858 --> 00:03:46,760 - [ baby crying ] - Uh-huh. 40 00:03:46,794 --> 00:03:48,996 Well, if I were you, and I had a choice, 41 00:03:49,029 --> 00:03:50,964 I'd come to my gala, 'cause it'll be pleasant, 42 00:03:50,998 --> 00:03:54,001 lovely, nice people, and you'll have a good time. 43 00:03:54,034 --> 00:03:55,102 [ lowered voice ] I think "The New York Times" 44 00:03:55,135 --> 00:03:56,904 is gonna cover us. 45 00:03:58,706 --> 00:04:00,708 [ normal voice ] Well, I'm sure we could fit you in, 46 00:04:00,741 --> 00:04:04,512 but I would need confirmation. Thank you. 47 00:04:04,545 --> 00:04:07,515 - You put Lottie and I at tables with a bunch of nobodies. 48 00:04:07,548 --> 00:04:09,483 - Hmm? - You've put... 49 00:04:09,517 --> 00:04:11,018 - Oh, you're the distinguished guests. 50 00:04:11,051 --> 00:04:13,554 I just have to, uh, spread you around 51 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:15,689 like, uh, cherries in a fruit salad. 52 00:04:15,723 --> 00:04:17,291 - But I wanted to be at the same table 53 00:04:17,325 --> 00:04:19,293 as Senator Helms so he could sign my book. 54 00:04:19,327 --> 00:04:21,061 He wrote the forward. 55 00:04:21,094 --> 00:04:23,230 - Oh, one of his aides wrote that. 56 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:24,898 - Well, then we better make sure to introduce you to him 57 00:04:24,932 --> 00:04:26,634 at the gala. 58 00:04:26,667 --> 00:04:28,769 - Alice. 59 00:04:30,771 --> 00:04:33,006 - Thought I'd stop by to see if I can help 60 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:34,608 with any last-minute planning. 61 00:04:34,642 --> 00:04:37,578 - Well, I wasn't sure you'd be coming at all. 62 00:04:37,611 --> 00:04:40,781 - Of course I am, and Buck, too. 63 00:04:40,814 --> 00:04:43,216 - You haven't been around much all year. 64 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:46,887 - I'm sorry. I've just been so busy with grandma duty, 65 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,323 but I have typed up all the names 66 00:04:49,357 --> 00:04:52,225 of the new representatives for this year's ERA vote. 67 00:04:52,259 --> 00:04:54,261 - I cannot believe we have to push this boulder up 68 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:55,863 for another three years. 69 00:04:55,896 --> 00:04:57,431 - How can I help? 70 00:04:58,966 --> 00:05:00,934 - Why don't you start by typing up 71 00:05:00,968 --> 00:05:02,936 the press release for the gala? Hmm? 72 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,609 - Sure. 73 00:05:08,642 --> 00:05:10,411 - How are the grandkids? 74 00:05:10,444 --> 00:05:12,112 - Uh, a handful. [ laughter ] 75 00:05:12,145 --> 00:05:14,582 Well, you know. Boys. 76 00:05:14,615 --> 00:05:17,618 "The women's libbers are rewarded with an extension 77 00:05:17,651 --> 00:05:20,621 "of the ERA deadline despite our pro-family rally in Houston 78 00:05:20,654 --> 00:05:22,790 being twice as big as..." 79 00:05:25,459 --> 00:05:28,629 Are you sure the crowd at our rally was twice as big? 80 00:05:28,662 --> 00:05:31,298 - Yes. - Definitely. 81 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:34,134 I should know. I was at both. 82 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:36,804 - It didn't feel that much bigger. 83 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:39,773 - Satan's destructive forces are so strong and well-financed. 84 00:05:39,807 --> 00:05:41,775 It's easy to get confused. 85 00:05:41,809 --> 00:05:45,112 - [ baby crying ] - [ Eric laughing ] 86 00:05:45,145 --> 00:05:46,580 [ giggles ] 87 00:05:46,614 --> 00:05:48,849 - Eric! Come back here! 88 00:05:48,882 --> 00:05:52,586 - [ baby wailing ] 89 00:05:52,620 --> 00:05:55,923 - Oh, no, you forgot to find a seat for Pamela and Kevin. 90 00:05:55,956 --> 00:05:58,091 - Oh, uh, they can't make it. 91 00:05:58,125 --> 00:06:00,461 - Oh, you've worked so hard for seven years. 92 00:06:00,494 --> 00:06:02,195 You deserve to celebrate. 93 00:06:02,229 --> 00:06:03,997 - Kevin didn't wanna spend the money, so... 94 00:06:04,031 --> 00:06:05,298 - Well, maybe we could figure something out. 95 00:06:05,332 --> 00:06:07,167 You should talk to him. - Phyllis says that 96 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,971 a man needs to feel like the king of his castle. 97 00:06:11,004 --> 00:06:13,140 Otherwise, they act out. 98 00:06:13,173 --> 00:06:16,043 - [ baby fussing and crying ] 99 00:06:16,076 --> 00:06:17,344 - You told her that? 100 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:18,979 - [ baby cries ] 101 00:06:19,012 --> 00:06:21,381 - Well, you don't marry a man to reform him. 102 00:06:21,415 --> 00:06:24,384 - I've been trying to take the time to let him know 103 00:06:24,418 --> 00:06:26,420 how much I need him. 104 00:06:26,454 --> 00:06:29,322 It's all about a positive mental attitude. 105 00:06:29,356 --> 00:06:34,962 - [ baby continues wailing ] 106 00:06:34,995 --> 00:06:38,866 - There are going to be some fun surprises at the gala. 107 00:06:38,899 --> 00:06:41,134 - I'm looking forward to it. 108 00:06:41,168 --> 00:06:43,336 - Are you? 109 00:06:43,370 --> 00:06:45,906 - [ scoffs ] What do you mean? 110 00:06:45,939 --> 00:06:47,708 - Phyllis is so kind and trusting. 111 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:50,844 She doesn't see what's going on, but I do. 112 00:06:53,614 --> 00:06:56,717 - What are you talking about? - Loyalty. 113 00:06:56,750 --> 00:06:59,887 - You're questioning my loyalty? 114 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,723 - I can tell your heart isn't in the fight. 115 00:07:02,756 --> 00:07:05,025 I always said to Phyllis you'd get bored 116 00:07:05,058 --> 00:07:06,494 and drop off eventually. 117 00:07:06,527 --> 00:07:10,498 - My commitment has never changed. 118 00:07:10,531 --> 00:07:12,566 I'm the one who brought the ERA to Phyllis' attention. 119 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,234 - You gathered everything into a box. 120 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:16,436 That story is getting a little old. 121 00:07:18,606 --> 00:07:21,141 - I've always supported Phyllis 122 00:07:21,174 --> 00:07:24,712 when things were simple and clear, 123 00:07:24,745 --> 00:07:27,981 when it was about protecting our place in the home. 124 00:07:29,249 --> 00:07:30,684 But somewhere along the way, 125 00:07:30,718 --> 00:07:33,020 it's become about something else. 126 00:07:33,053 --> 00:07:35,989 - We are in the midst of a conservative revolution. 127 00:07:36,023 --> 00:07:38,992 After years of being ostracized and discounted, 128 00:07:39,026 --> 00:07:43,163 religious voices are being heard in the political arena. 129 00:07:43,196 --> 00:07:47,100 Did you really think there'd be no casualties? 130 00:07:47,134 --> 00:07:50,437 It's bigger than the ERA now. 131 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:57,511 *** 132 00:07:57,545 --> 00:08:01,214 [ typewriter keys clacking, indistinct conversations ] 133 00:08:01,248 --> 00:08:04,585 - [ sighs ] I serve at the pleasure of the president. 134 00:08:04,618 --> 00:08:07,955 I also serve five kids, a husband, two cats, two dogs, 135 00:08:07,988 --> 00:08:09,489 14 rabbits, 136 00:08:09,523 --> 00:08:11,458 so it's not easy to drop everything 137 00:08:11,491 --> 00:08:13,260 and fly across the country. 138 00:08:13,293 --> 00:08:14,995 - I had a chicken in the oven when the call came. 139 00:08:15,028 --> 00:08:16,296 - Aw. 140 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:17,665 - I was down the street at Stan's, 141 00:08:17,698 --> 00:08:19,166 but I am also very irritated. 142 00:08:19,199 --> 00:08:20,734 - We've been pushing the president to meet with us 143 00:08:20,768 --> 00:08:23,604 for what, over a year? Since Houston. 144 00:08:23,637 --> 00:08:26,674 Nothing, and then all of a sudden, one day's notice? 145 00:08:26,707 --> 00:08:29,276 - That's how it goes. We all made sacrifices. 146 00:08:29,309 --> 00:08:30,844 This is important. 147 00:08:30,878 --> 00:08:33,647 - There were 1,500 media groups at our conference. 148 00:08:33,681 --> 00:08:36,183 Then two men decided to have a conversation, 149 00:08:36,216 --> 00:08:37,618 and we were knocked below the fold. 150 00:08:37,651 --> 00:08:39,753 - Two men--Sadat and Begin. 151 00:08:39,787 --> 00:08:42,222 Did you want to stand in the way of peace in the Middle East? 152 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:44,257 - No, but I can't believe we're getting peace 153 00:08:44,291 --> 00:08:46,059 in the Middle East before equal rights for women. 154 00:08:46,093 --> 00:08:47,360 - You can't? 155 00:08:47,394 --> 00:08:49,462 - We have nothing to show for Houston. 156 00:08:49,496 --> 00:08:51,965 - They did give us an extension on the ERA deadline. 157 00:08:51,999 --> 00:08:53,466 - Things move slowly in Washington. 158 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:56,503 It takes at least two years to implement any policy, 159 00:08:56,536 --> 00:08:58,505 let alone laws that benefit women. 160 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:00,473 It's too soon to get frustrated. 161 00:09:00,507 --> 00:09:02,743 Let's get started. 162 00:09:02,776 --> 00:09:06,379 - Do we assume Carter has or hasn't read this beforehand? 163 00:09:06,413 --> 00:09:07,781 - All: Hasn't. 164 00:09:07,815 --> 00:09:09,950 - So I'll make some introductory remarks. 165 00:09:09,983 --> 00:09:12,019 Then each of you will take a minute to brief the president 166 00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:13,654 on our proposals to Congress. 167 00:09:13,687 --> 00:09:16,323 We have to move fast. We only have 15 minutes. 168 00:09:16,356 --> 00:09:18,325 - 15 minutes for which part? 169 00:09:20,961 --> 00:09:23,396 - Total. - [ scoffs ] 170 00:09:23,430 --> 00:09:24,798 - Would you rather we have no meeting? 171 00:09:24,832 --> 00:09:28,535 - 15 minutes isn't a meeting. It's a photo op. 172 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:30,037 - Well, what am I supposed to do? 173 00:09:30,070 --> 00:09:34,074 - Cancel it. Ask for a proper meeting. 174 00:09:34,107 --> 00:09:37,077 - Canceling signals that we expect real results. 175 00:09:37,110 --> 00:09:40,547 We've spent two years coming up with this plan of action. 176 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:42,249 Meanwhile, he's cutting domestic programs 177 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:43,917 so he can increase military spending. 178 00:09:43,951 --> 00:09:45,452 - We should issue a press release. 179 00:09:45,485 --> 00:09:47,154 Say exactly that. 180 00:09:47,187 --> 00:09:48,355 - I don't think we wanna criticize our own president 181 00:09:48,388 --> 00:09:50,190 in the press. 182 00:09:50,223 --> 00:09:52,592 - Kissinger has been publicly strong-arming Carter for weeks 183 00:09:52,626 --> 00:09:54,361 to get asylum for the Shah of Iran. 184 00:09:54,394 --> 00:09:57,130 - This is how the boys do it. 185 00:10:04,071 --> 00:10:07,074 - Rita, get me Ham Jordan! 186 00:10:07,107 --> 00:10:08,776 - Please! 187 00:10:16,750 --> 00:10:18,551 - I got you a present. 188 00:10:24,658 --> 00:10:28,295 - [ gasps ] 189 00:10:28,328 --> 00:10:29,897 How did you... 190 00:10:29,930 --> 00:10:31,699 - Ah, I can't divulge my sources. 191 00:10:31,732 --> 00:10:33,667 - Oh. - Let's just say 192 00:10:33,701 --> 00:10:37,470 a certain presidential candidate is desperate for our support. 193 00:10:37,504 --> 00:10:40,607 - Who? Crane? 194 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,776 - He sees Reagan in his rearview mirror, 195 00:10:42,810 --> 00:10:46,046 gaining speed, but that tax amendment of his 196 00:10:46,079 --> 00:10:47,915 was a breath of fresh air. 197 00:10:47,948 --> 00:10:49,616 And I don't see him drifting center. 198 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:51,785 - Yeah, the establishment, uh, respects him, 199 00:10:51,819 --> 00:10:54,087 but I-I think it's a long shot. 200 00:10:54,121 --> 00:10:57,457 - Every true conservative is. Phil Crane in the White House, 201 00:10:57,490 --> 00:11:00,593 a Republican president from Illinois. 202 00:11:00,627 --> 00:11:02,930 Get ready for your appointment, Mrs. Schlafly. 203 00:11:02,963 --> 00:11:04,898 - Mrs. Schlafly, Esquire. 204 00:11:04,932 --> 00:11:06,633 I was just sworn in. 205 00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:08,335 - You gonna change your stationery? 206 00:11:08,368 --> 00:11:10,904 - Well, it's the only place to put it. 207 00:11:10,938 --> 00:11:12,505 I'm never gonna practice. 208 00:11:12,539 --> 00:11:14,241 - I must say, the way he looks at you, 209 00:11:14,274 --> 00:11:16,276 it almost makes me want to endorse Kemp. 210 00:11:16,309 --> 00:11:18,812 - The way he looks at me? 211 00:11:18,846 --> 00:11:21,281 - Mm. - Oh! 212 00:11:21,314 --> 00:11:24,117 Be still, my beating heart. 213 00:11:26,486 --> 00:11:28,956 The index goes... 214 00:11:28,989 --> 00:11:32,392 from Saxby to... straight to Schlesinger. 215 00:11:32,425 --> 00:11:34,694 - What? 216 00:11:34,728 --> 00:11:35,829 [ papers rustle ] 217 00:11:35,863 --> 00:11:36,864 - Here. [ thud ] 218 00:11:36,897 --> 00:11:39,332 - That was an oversight. 219 00:11:39,366 --> 00:11:42,870 - Goldwater would never have won that nomination without me. 220 00:11:42,903 --> 00:11:44,604 - Because he wasn't a winner, 221 00:11:44,637 --> 00:11:47,207 and we need to run a winner this time, 222 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,810 and we will have our pick. [ clatter ] 223 00:11:49,843 --> 00:11:53,680 Think of everyone coming to D.C. for this gala, 224 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:55,883 and we will hear what they have to say. 225 00:11:55,916 --> 00:11:59,519 - Mm-hmm? - And then we will decide. 226 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:01,321 [ laughs, kissing ] 227 00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:05,192 - So...when do you think is the best time for us to declare 228 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:08,495 who we're going to, uh...back? 229 00:12:08,528 --> 00:12:12,099 - Mm...after Iowa. 230 00:12:13,666 --> 00:12:16,336 - All right, now you be careful with my hair. 231 00:12:16,369 --> 00:12:17,437 [ chuckles ] 232 00:12:19,206 --> 00:12:21,842 - Uh, no need to apologize, Mr. President. 233 00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:24,845 No, no, thank you very much. 234 00:12:24,878 --> 00:12:26,613 Uh, we look forward to it. 235 00:12:29,316 --> 00:12:31,819 We got in for two hours. - [ gasps ] 236 00:12:31,852 --> 00:12:34,121 [ laughter ] 237 00:12:34,154 --> 00:12:36,156 Were his jokes really that funny? 238 00:12:36,189 --> 00:12:38,191 - Oh, God, no, something about Sadat at Camp David. 239 00:12:38,225 --> 00:12:40,627 I had no idea, but you laugh. 240 00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:42,195 [ laughs ] - We should get going. 241 00:12:42,229 --> 00:12:43,630 Stan's waiting in the car. 242 00:12:45,498 --> 00:12:48,035 - You have to come back down to D.C. in a couple of weeks. 243 00:12:48,068 --> 00:12:50,070 - I have a meeting with Kay Graham anyway. 244 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:51,238 - You're doing a piece in the "Post"? 245 00:12:51,271 --> 00:12:53,106 Isn't that your competition? 246 00:12:53,140 --> 00:12:56,209 - I'm looking at buyers for "Ms." 247 00:12:56,243 --> 00:12:58,578 [ sighs ] I can't keep it afloat. 248 00:12:58,611 --> 00:13:01,882 I just hope she doesn't turn it into another "McCall's." 249 00:13:01,915 --> 00:13:03,383 [ lighter clicks ] - "Ms." gave us a voice 250 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:05,052 when no one was listening. 251 00:13:05,085 --> 00:13:07,287 Now look at us. 252 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:08,822 We have the ear of the president. 253 00:13:08,856 --> 00:13:11,624 [ laughter ] 254 00:13:11,658 --> 00:13:13,093 - Ahh! 255 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:16,063 [ Blondie's "Atomic" playing ] 256 00:13:16,096 --> 00:13:25,138 *** 257 00:13:25,172 --> 00:13:28,808 [ laughter ] 258 00:13:28,842 --> 00:13:32,245 [ applause ] 259 00:13:32,279 --> 00:13:34,948 - [ amplified voice ] And now, ladies and gentlemen, 260 00:13:34,982 --> 00:13:37,350 a very special performance. 261 00:13:37,384 --> 00:13:40,120 Here to dazzle you with their vocal stylings-- 262 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:44,757 Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug! 263 00:13:44,791 --> 00:13:47,527 [ piano playing "Three Little Maids from School Are We" tune ] 264 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:53,000 *** 265 00:13:53,033 --> 00:13:54,935 [ laughter ] 266 00:13:54,968 --> 00:13:57,504 - * Two little feminists are we * 267 00:13:57,537 --> 00:13:59,339 - * Shrill as a feminist can be * 268 00:13:59,372 --> 00:14:01,975 - * Godless and man-less and ornery-eeh * 269 00:14:02,009 --> 00:14:03,510 - * Two little feminists 270 00:14:03,543 --> 00:14:05,946 - * We beg you to pass the ERA 271 00:14:05,979 --> 00:14:08,415 [ laughter ] 272 00:14:08,448 --> 00:14:11,051 - * And take our privileges away * 273 00:14:11,084 --> 00:14:13,153 [ laughter ] 274 00:14:13,186 --> 00:14:15,022 - * Except if you're lesbian or gay * 275 00:14:15,055 --> 00:14:16,056 - Mm! 276 00:14:16,089 --> 00:14:18,158 [ laughter ] 277 00:14:18,191 --> 00:14:19,792 - Both: * Two little feminists 278 00:14:19,826 --> 00:14:23,863 [ laughter ] 279 00:14:23,897 --> 00:14:26,033 - * This feminist, she will not marry * 280 00:14:26,066 --> 00:14:28,268 - * Draft her into the military * 281 00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:30,870 - * Abortion was also necessary * 282 00:14:30,904 --> 00:14:32,672 [ laughter ] 283 00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:33,974 - Both: * Two little feminists 284 00:14:34,007 --> 00:14:36,576 * Two little feminists 285 00:14:36,609 --> 00:14:38,811 [ laughter continues ] 286 00:14:38,845 --> 00:14:41,048 *** 287 00:14:41,081 --> 00:14:43,450 - * This feminist from New York City * 288 00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:45,218 - * Bane of the Ways and Means Committee * 289 00:14:45,252 --> 00:14:47,787 - * Lost her seat? Oh, what a pity * 290 00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:48,989 *** 291 00:14:49,022 --> 00:14:50,523 - Both: * Two little feminists 292 00:14:50,557 --> 00:14:54,161 * Two little feminists 293 00:14:54,194 --> 00:14:56,829 *** 294 00:14:56,863 --> 00:14:57,697 [ laughter ] 295 00:14:57,730 --> 00:14:58,631 [ applause ] 296 00:14:58,665 --> 00:14:59,933 [ song ends ] 297 00:14:59,967 --> 00:15:01,868 - [ laughs ] Whoo! 298 00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:03,036 - Bravo! 299 00:15:03,070 --> 00:15:07,340 [ laughter and cheers ] 300 00:15:07,374 --> 00:15:09,842 [ trumpets play fanfare ] 301 00:15:09,876 --> 00:15:11,911 - Please join me in welcoming the woman of the hour-- 302 00:15:11,945 --> 00:15:15,715 Mrs. Phyllis Schlafly! 303 00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:20,988 [ Verdi's "Triumphal March" from "Aida in D Flat" playing ] 304 00:15:21,021 --> 00:15:26,526 [ cheers and applause ] 305 00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:29,696 *** 306 00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:31,598 - [ amplified voice ] Thank you. 307 00:15:31,631 --> 00:15:33,033 Thank you, friends. 308 00:15:33,066 --> 00:15:35,068 Thank you. [ music stops ] 309 00:15:35,102 --> 00:15:39,806 Welcome to the ERA Follies of 1979! 310 00:15:39,839 --> 00:15:41,908 [ laughs ] 311 00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:44,311 [ cheers and applause ] Okay. Thank you. 312 00:15:44,344 --> 00:15:47,647 [ cheers and applause subside ] 313 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,851 The libbers thought they had won a great victory 314 00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:55,722 when they pressured Congress and the White House 315 00:15:55,755 --> 00:16:01,694 to grab them a crooked extension to the ratification deadline. 316 00:16:01,728 --> 00:16:04,764 But as far as I am concerned, tonight is the night 317 00:16:04,797 --> 00:16:07,767 on the original deadline 318 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:13,273 that the ERA dies morally and constitutionally. 319 00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:14,707 [ cheers and applause ] 320 00:16:14,741 --> 00:16:17,510 And we are here to dance on its grave. 321 00:16:17,544 --> 00:16:19,379 [ cheers and applause ] 322 00:16:19,412 --> 00:16:20,780 - [ whistles ] 323 00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:23,116 [ cheers and applause continue ] 324 00:16:23,150 --> 00:16:24,451 [ applause subsides ] 325 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:28,421 - This has been a righteous battle, 326 00:16:28,455 --> 00:16:32,525 and like the battle for suffrage 50 years ago, 327 00:16:32,559 --> 00:16:37,130 it had to be fought and won by women. 328 00:16:37,164 --> 00:16:41,668 [ cheers and applause ] 329 00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:45,538 They say that women are like teabags. 330 00:16:45,572 --> 00:16:49,642 You don't know their strength until they get into hot water. 331 00:16:49,676 --> 00:16:51,044 [ laughter ] 332 00:16:51,078 --> 00:16:54,081 And, ladies, we sure did reach a boiling point. 333 00:16:54,114 --> 00:16:57,950 [ applause ] 334 00:16:57,984 --> 00:16:59,519 [ applause subsides ] 335 00:16:59,552 --> 00:17:04,524 But when we saw that the devil was using one little word 336 00:17:04,557 --> 00:17:09,396 in that amendment--sex-- to take away the rights of wives 337 00:17:09,429 --> 00:17:12,899 and give them to the homosexuals and to the abortionists, 338 00:17:12,932 --> 00:17:16,403 we knew we had to fight back, and we are winning, 339 00:17:16,436 --> 00:17:19,206 because we have God on our side. 340 00:17:19,239 --> 00:17:21,641 [ loud cheering ] 341 00:17:21,674 --> 00:17:28,715 But tonight we celebrate not only the end of the ERA 342 00:17:28,748 --> 00:17:30,917 but the end of an era. 343 00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:34,954 We stand on a precipice, 344 00:17:34,987 --> 00:17:38,391 giving birth to a new mighty movement, 345 00:17:38,425 --> 00:17:41,228 a movement that will lead America 346 00:17:41,261 --> 00:17:44,631 back onto the right path, 347 00:17:44,664 --> 00:17:48,000 and together, we can take our country back. 348 00:17:48,034 --> 00:17:58,245 [ cheers and applause ] 349 00:17:58,278 --> 00:18:00,380 Now, my friends, I would now like to thank 350 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:02,715 one very special person-- 351 00:18:02,749 --> 00:18:07,187 the person who has been with me since the beginning, 352 00:18:07,220 --> 00:18:11,424 a person who has saved me from the life of a working girl, 353 00:18:11,458 --> 00:18:15,061 my coach, my cheerleader, 354 00:18:15,094 --> 00:18:18,765 and my lover-- my dear husband Fred, 355 00:18:18,798 --> 00:18:21,401 thank you for letting me come here tonight. 356 00:18:28,375 --> 00:18:30,277 I love to say that because it irritates the women's libbers 357 00:18:30,310 --> 00:18:31,711 more than anything that I say. 358 00:18:31,744 --> 00:18:33,079 [ laughter ] 359 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:36,783 Now those libbers love to ask me, 360 00:18:36,816 --> 00:18:39,319 "Who's looking after your children?" 361 00:18:39,352 --> 00:18:43,556 And I say, "I'll show mine if you show me yours." 362 00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:45,124 [ laughter ] 363 00:18:45,158 --> 00:18:48,228 So please give a hand to my life's work-- 364 00:18:48,261 --> 00:18:50,129 my six jewels, 365 00:18:50,163 --> 00:18:54,667 John, Bruce, Roger, Liza, Andy, Anne. 366 00:18:57,504 --> 00:18:59,439 Fred. 367 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:01,408 [ cheers and applause ] 368 00:19:01,441 --> 00:19:03,142 Thank you. 369 00:19:03,176 --> 00:19:04,844 Thanks. [ cheers and applause continue ] 370 00:19:04,877 --> 00:19:07,647 Thank you. [ chuckles ] 371 00:19:11,918 --> 00:19:12,885 [ "Amazing Grace" instrumental playing ] 372 00:19:12,919 --> 00:19:13,986 Did you get the crowd? 373 00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:15,588 One more. Make like you're singing. 374 00:19:15,622 --> 00:19:17,390 * Ahh 375 00:19:17,424 --> 00:19:18,691 - * Ahh [ camera shutter clicks ] 376 00:19:18,725 --> 00:19:20,327 - [ under breath ] Lose the book, Rosemary. 377 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:21,728 * Ahh 378 00:19:21,761 --> 00:19:23,330 - * Ahh - * Ahh 379 00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:25,198 Do you like my Bella? Is she loud enough? 380 00:19:25,232 --> 00:19:27,099 - She isn't as loud as you think. 381 00:19:27,133 --> 00:19:28,801 She's actually quite funny. - Mm. 382 00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:31,771 I see you, uh, invited a few of Reagan's people tonight-- 383 00:19:31,804 --> 00:19:33,606 Orrin, Jerry, Jesse. - Oh, no, no, no. 384 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,776 Tonight's not about politics. It's about family. 385 00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:39,011 - Well, I wouldn't miss it. 386 00:19:39,045 --> 00:19:41,248 I pushed my flight to Iowa to be here. 387 00:19:41,281 --> 00:19:43,149 If I can win there, I'm gonna rise out of the pack, 388 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:47,119 so I spend my days judging corn on the cob eating contests. 389 00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:49,489 But you know what? Beats any day in the House. 390 00:19:49,522 --> 00:19:52,892 - I can't get anything done while Tip O'Neill is speaker. 391 00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:55,194 - Mark Twain said it best-- "Suppose I am a thief, 392 00:19:55,228 --> 00:19:57,964 and suppose I am a congressman, but I repeat myself." 393 00:19:57,997 --> 00:20:01,868 - [ both chuckle ] 394 00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:05,137 - You are gonna make me beg for your mailing list, aren't you? 395 00:20:05,171 --> 00:20:09,075 - Well, suppose you were a thief. 396 00:20:09,108 --> 00:20:10,610 - Suppose you were a congressman. 397 00:20:10,643 --> 00:20:14,881 - Well, I wouldn't mind, uh, Ambassador to the U.N. 398 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:17,617 or, uh, Secretary of Defense. 399 00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:19,352 - I can't think of a better way to stick a dagger 400 00:20:19,386 --> 00:20:21,053 through the heart of women's lib 401 00:20:21,087 --> 00:20:22,622 than to nominate you to my Cabinet. 402 00:20:24,424 --> 00:20:27,294 - What about the rumors? 403 00:20:27,327 --> 00:20:28,528 - What rumors? 404 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:32,599 - Oh, Phil. Don't make me say it. 405 00:20:33,866 --> 00:20:36,969 There are whispers of a ménage à trois. 406 00:20:37,003 --> 00:20:40,273 - Oh. Kennedy had hundreds of women come to the White House, 407 00:20:40,307 --> 00:20:42,241 and no one blinked. 408 00:20:42,275 --> 00:20:45,512 - Yes, but Kennedy wasn't running on family values. 409 00:20:45,545 --> 00:20:48,848 - I'm offended that you think Arlene would invite 410 00:20:48,881 --> 00:20:52,251 a girl into our bed who wasn't from a good family. 411 00:20:52,285 --> 00:20:55,855 *** 412 00:20:55,888 --> 00:21:01,027 When it comes to the shootout, I won't waver on the issues... 413 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:03,863 just like I never wavered on you. 414 00:21:03,896 --> 00:21:07,099 [ orchestra playing jazz version of "How Great Thou Art" ] 415 00:21:07,133 --> 00:21:12,572 *** 416 00:21:12,605 --> 00:21:15,241 [ cheers and applause ] 417 00:21:15,274 --> 00:21:16,676 [ laughter ] 418 00:21:16,709 --> 00:21:18,711 - When Betty Ford came out for the ERA, 419 00:21:18,745 --> 00:21:21,247 I told Alyse, "Stop spending all my money 420 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,182 running up the phone bill." 421 00:21:23,215 --> 00:21:25,051 - And do you know what Phyllis said when I told her that? 422 00:21:25,084 --> 00:21:28,555 She said, "Oh, no, we're just going to fight harder," 423 00:21:28,588 --> 00:21:30,990 and we did. We showed them. 424 00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:33,059 - She's our miracle woman. 425 00:21:33,092 --> 00:21:36,028 - Yeah. - [ chuckles ] 426 00:21:36,062 --> 00:21:38,130 - You know, Phyllis is right. 427 00:21:38,164 --> 00:21:39,666 - [ under breath ] Easy. 428 00:21:39,699 --> 00:21:41,468 - [ exhales deeply ] 429 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:43,770 It's a party. 430 00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:46,606 [ indistinct conversations ] 431 00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:49,108 [ jazz instrumental playing ] 432 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:51,277 [ indistinct conversations continue ] 433 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:52,845 - We've come so far. 434 00:21:52,879 --> 00:21:55,081 *** 435 00:21:55,114 --> 00:21:57,049 - [ laughs ] 436 00:21:57,083 --> 00:21:59,318 You know, sometimes I forget how to spell "Schlafly." 437 00:21:59,352 --> 00:22:01,821 [ laughter ] 438 00:22:01,854 --> 00:22:02,922 - Thank you. - There's our Joan of Arc. 439 00:22:02,955 --> 00:22:05,191 - Oh! - Doesn't she work miracles? 440 00:22:05,224 --> 00:22:07,560 - Now this is my dear friend Alice, 441 00:22:07,594 --> 00:22:08,928 who first told me-- - Unless your husband's a jerk, 442 00:22:08,961 --> 00:22:11,598 and then you're on your own. 443 00:22:11,631 --> 00:22:14,467 - Oh, I think someone's had a bit too much celebration. 444 00:22:14,501 --> 00:22:15,735 - Pamela needed your support. 445 00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:17,437 - Alice, this is really not the time-- 446 00:22:17,470 --> 00:22:19,939 - And the best you could do was tell her to manage it better. 447 00:22:19,972 --> 00:22:21,774 - Why don't you come with me to the ladies' room? 448 00:22:21,808 --> 00:22:24,210 - I don't wanna go with you to the ladies' room. 449 00:22:24,243 --> 00:22:26,946 I wanna know why you said that to her. 450 00:22:26,979 --> 00:22:29,849 *** 451 00:22:29,882 --> 00:22:33,753 - Well, uh...Kevin may not be perfect, but he provides, 452 00:22:33,786 --> 00:22:35,922 and she's never had to work a day in her life. 453 00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:37,590 - Oh. Lucky her. 454 00:22:37,624 --> 00:22:38,991 - All right, I think people have heard enough. 455 00:22:39,025 --> 00:22:42,128 - When did you get so mean? 456 00:22:42,161 --> 00:22:45,131 - Now I thought of all people, you would be enjoying tonight, 457 00:22:45,164 --> 00:22:46,165 after all of our hard work. 458 00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:47,500 - Oh, don't. - What? 459 00:22:47,534 --> 00:22:49,068 - This is what you do. - Alice. 460 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:50,770 - You change the subject... - People are looking at you. 461 00:22:50,803 --> 00:22:52,439 - ...and you twist things up. 462 00:22:52,472 --> 00:22:54,507 *** 463 00:22:54,541 --> 00:22:57,944 Do you even care about me at all? 464 00:22:57,977 --> 00:23:00,647 - Now I did all of this for you. 465 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,248 - You did all of this for me? 466 00:23:02,281 --> 00:23:03,583 - So you would not feel invisible. 467 00:23:03,616 --> 00:23:04,784 - I have never felt more invisible 468 00:23:04,817 --> 00:23:06,152 than when I'm around you. - Mrs. Schlafly! 469 00:23:06,185 --> 00:23:07,086 Mrs. Schlafly, we need to get you out of here. 470 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,321 - What? What's going on? 471 00:23:09,355 --> 00:23:10,857 [ alarm ringing ] 472 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,492 [ lights clank, music stops ] 473 00:23:12,525 --> 00:23:13,626 - Man: [ amplified voice ] Ladies and gentlemen, 474 00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:15,327 please remain calm. 475 00:23:15,361 --> 00:23:18,230 The ballroom will have to be evacuated immediately. 476 00:23:18,264 --> 00:23:21,267 [ crowd murmuring ] 477 00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:24,170 [ alarm continues ringing ] 478 00:23:26,873 --> 00:23:29,842 [ siren wailing in distance, police radio chatter ] 479 00:23:29,876 --> 00:23:31,243 - I heard it was a bomb. 480 00:23:31,277 --> 00:23:34,046 - I heard it was a bomb threat. 481 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,015 - Did they find anything? 482 00:23:36,048 --> 00:23:37,917 [ sirens continue wailing ] 483 00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:39,552 - I don't know. 484 00:23:39,586 --> 00:23:41,220 [ sirens continue wailing ] 485 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:46,759 [ police radio chatter ] 486 00:23:46,793 --> 00:23:48,260 - How come nobody's talking to you? 487 00:23:48,294 --> 00:23:51,363 - Me? [ chuckles ] 488 00:23:51,397 --> 00:23:53,533 Ah, no. I'm nobody. 489 00:23:53,566 --> 00:23:55,668 - Ah. [ chuckles ] 490 00:23:55,702 --> 00:24:00,773 Well...guess I'm nobody, too. 491 00:24:00,807 --> 00:24:09,248 *** 492 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:12,351 [ indistinct conversations ] 493 00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:15,254 [ police radio chatter ] 494 00:24:17,890 --> 00:24:20,527 - I told, uh, John to take everyone back to the hotel. 495 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,194 - Mm-hmm. 496 00:24:22,228 --> 00:24:24,597 - Did they find a bomb? 497 00:24:24,631 --> 00:24:26,098 - Oh, it's probably just a bunch of slobs 498 00:24:26,132 --> 00:24:28,267 and poor lib losers trying to ruin our fun. 499 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:30,937 - Oh, yeah. 500 00:24:30,970 --> 00:24:33,372 - Thank you for saving the flowers, though. 501 00:24:33,405 --> 00:24:35,875 - A bomb threat? 502 00:24:35,908 --> 00:24:37,577 That's really making it. 503 00:24:37,610 --> 00:24:40,547 - I can't tell you how many ladies have come up to me. 504 00:24:40,580 --> 00:24:43,049 They scrounged together every penny they could to come here. 505 00:24:43,082 --> 00:24:44,150 Well, I believe they would walk 506 00:24:44,183 --> 00:24:45,785 to the ends of the earth for you. 507 00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:47,153 - Oh, now... - [ chuckles ] 508 00:24:47,186 --> 00:24:49,656 - We couldn't take off without asking you 509 00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:51,323 if Ron could count on your support. 510 00:24:53,793 --> 00:24:56,896 - Well...there are a lot of attractive candidates. 511 00:24:56,929 --> 00:24:58,765 - Mm-hmm. - Crane. Connolly. 512 00:24:58,798 --> 00:25:00,166 - They can't beat Carter. 513 00:25:00,199 --> 00:25:01,734 The economy's in the toilet. Voters are craving 514 00:25:01,768 --> 00:25:04,771 an antiestablishment outsider like Reagan. 515 00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:07,339 - Yes, but Ron did make some mistakes four years ago 516 00:25:07,373 --> 00:25:09,175 not fighting for delegates in northern states. 517 00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:10,877 - He's learned. 518 00:25:10,910 --> 00:25:12,945 He's going to be making a lot more in-person appearances. 519 00:25:12,979 --> 00:25:14,480 - Mm-hmm. - It helps connect him 520 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:17,183 to the voters. He comes across as warm and optimistic. 521 00:25:17,216 --> 00:25:18,651 Nancy suggested it. 522 00:25:18,685 --> 00:25:20,620 - Nancy or her astrologer? [ laughter ] 523 00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:23,189 You're not worried about his age? 524 00:25:23,222 --> 00:25:25,625 Almost 70--that's pretty old. I don't know. 525 00:25:25,658 --> 00:25:27,326 - Well, he's no Margaret Thatcher, 526 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,329 but we get him in blue jeans and a cowboy hat chopping wood, 527 00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:32,464 it'll make Carter look like an old lady. 528 00:25:32,498 --> 00:25:35,301 - Hmm. I think we'll wait until we see how he does 529 00:25:35,334 --> 00:25:37,036 in Iowa and New Hampshire. 530 00:25:37,069 --> 00:25:39,038 - Don't wait too long. 531 00:25:39,071 --> 00:25:43,142 Ron rewards those who are loyal early on. 532 00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:45,712 - You know what? I don't think we need to wait for a straw poll 533 00:25:45,745 --> 00:25:48,047 to tell us that, uh, Ron's a winner. 534 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,916 You--You'll have our support. 535 00:25:49,949 --> 00:25:51,918 Just, I think he needs a catchy slogan. 536 00:25:51,951 --> 00:25:54,954 "Together, a new beginning" doesn't get me out of bed. 537 00:25:54,987 --> 00:25:56,322 [ laughter ] 538 00:25:56,355 --> 00:25:59,158 - Thank you. 539 00:25:59,191 --> 00:26:08,835 *** 540 00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:16,042 - Did you see he blew Audrey and me a kiss 541 00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:18,544 across the Oval Office? We didn't even vote for him. 542 00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:20,747 - He was in a very good mood. - Mm. 543 00:26:20,780 --> 00:26:23,449 - He said he wouldn't stop until the ERA was-- 544 00:26:23,482 --> 00:26:25,785 What was the word he used? - "Enshrined." 545 00:26:25,818 --> 00:26:27,219 - Yeah, "enshrined." I thought a little much, 546 00:26:27,253 --> 00:26:30,189 but "enshrined in the Constitution." We'll see. 547 00:26:30,222 --> 00:26:31,824 - It felt like a big step forward. 548 00:26:31,858 --> 00:26:34,026 - We should ask Rosalynn Carter to put in a few calls 549 00:26:34,060 --> 00:26:35,594 to state senators in Florida 550 00:26:35,628 --> 00:26:38,097 right before they vote on the ERA. She got us Indiana. 551 00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:40,432 - Excuse me. Mrs. Abzug? 552 00:26:44,136 --> 00:26:46,105 - What's that? 553 00:26:46,138 --> 00:26:50,609 - Just a note from one of Carter's Georgia boys. 554 00:26:50,643 --> 00:26:52,111 Fired? 555 00:26:52,144 --> 00:26:54,446 - The president has decided to replace you. 556 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,115 - What do you mean? We just had a good meeting. 557 00:26:56,148 --> 00:26:58,217 - Which you canceled at the last minute 558 00:26:58,250 --> 00:27:00,519 and then demanded that the president reschedule, 559 00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:02,021 and then to shout at him-- 560 00:27:02,054 --> 00:27:03,355 - [ loudly ] I never shouted. - As you just did. 561 00:27:03,389 --> 00:27:05,257 - I spoke with feeling. 562 00:27:05,291 --> 00:27:06,793 - A friend at the Labor Department 563 00:27:06,826 --> 00:27:08,795 also brought this press release to our attention. 564 00:27:08,828 --> 00:27:10,296 - That was never issued to the media. 565 00:27:10,329 --> 00:27:11,964 - And how would that have looked? 566 00:27:11,998 --> 00:27:15,234 Hmm? Like disloyalty. 567 00:27:15,267 --> 00:27:17,403 - McGovern compares Carter to Nixon 568 00:27:17,436 --> 00:27:19,538 in "Harper's Magazine," and you all turn the other cheek. 569 00:27:19,571 --> 00:27:21,640 - George is a senator. 570 00:27:21,674 --> 00:27:23,843 You were appointed by the president 571 00:27:23,876 --> 00:27:26,245 to run his commission on women's issues. 572 00:27:26,278 --> 00:27:28,347 - And I'm not about to sit around smiling 573 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:30,549 while he does nothing but pay lip service. 574 00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:31,918 - We can't have the president getting jerked around 575 00:27:31,951 --> 00:27:33,986 by a bunch of women. 576 00:27:34,020 --> 00:27:35,688 Makes him look weak. 577 00:27:35,722 --> 00:27:39,458 - You've been gunning for me ever since you pushed Mitch out. 578 00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:42,394 [ scoffs ] Does the president know about this? 579 00:27:42,428 --> 00:27:44,463 - He approved it this morning. 580 00:27:45,932 --> 00:27:47,399 [ paper rustles ] 581 00:27:52,371 --> 00:27:54,640 - Before we met with him? 582 00:28:02,815 --> 00:28:05,985 Give me time to... 583 00:28:06,018 --> 00:28:09,555 handle my departure quietly. 584 00:28:09,588 --> 00:28:12,224 I don't want a fuss. 585 00:28:12,258 --> 00:28:13,993 My husband's recovering from a heart attack. 586 00:28:14,026 --> 00:28:16,028 He doesn't need any stress. 587 00:28:16,062 --> 00:28:17,696 - Well, if you're having personal problems, 588 00:28:17,730 --> 00:28:20,632 you shouldn't be heading a committee anyway. 589 00:28:20,666 --> 00:28:22,501 - [ whispers ] Please. 590 00:28:24,570 --> 00:28:28,174 Let me resign. 591 00:28:28,207 --> 00:28:31,978 - We might have already mentioned it to Ed Walsh 592 00:28:32,011 --> 00:28:34,613 and Terry Smith at the "Times." 593 00:28:34,646 --> 00:28:49,595 *** 594 00:28:49,595 --> 00:28:59,605 *** 595 00:29:10,783 --> 00:29:12,684 - Hey. 596 00:29:16,222 --> 00:29:18,057 Let's get you home. 597 00:29:20,592 --> 00:29:24,196 - "Dear President Carter..." Stop. 598 00:29:24,230 --> 00:29:27,533 "We have never seen eye to eye." Stop. 599 00:29:27,566 --> 00:29:30,302 "I would never have surrendered the Canal zone 600 00:29:30,336 --> 00:29:33,139 "or canceled production of the B-1 bomber, 601 00:29:33,172 --> 00:29:35,707 "but your decision to fire Bella Abzug 602 00:29:35,741 --> 00:29:38,110 is finally one I can support." 603 00:29:38,144 --> 00:29:39,879 Uh-huh. 604 00:29:39,912 --> 00:29:41,881 Would you read that back to my secretary? Thank you so much. 605 00:29:41,914 --> 00:29:44,083 It's Western Union. 606 00:29:44,116 --> 00:29:46,318 - Hello? 607 00:29:46,352 --> 00:29:48,620 Mm-hmm. 608 00:29:48,654 --> 00:29:49,956 - What are those? 609 00:29:49,989 --> 00:29:51,357 - Mm-hmm. 610 00:29:51,390 --> 00:29:54,360 - Oh, these are called floppy disks. 611 00:29:54,393 --> 00:29:56,262 I was able to transfer my entire mailing list 612 00:29:56,295 --> 00:29:57,796 from the computer onto these. 613 00:29:57,830 --> 00:30:00,299 - [ scoffs ] Well, before you hand those over 614 00:30:00,332 --> 00:30:03,970 to Governor Reagan, you should ask that he be very clear 615 00:30:04,003 --> 00:30:05,304 at the convention. 616 00:30:05,337 --> 00:30:06,939 I don't wanna say he abandoned us 617 00:30:06,973 --> 00:30:11,944 on the ERA issue in '76, but...we felt abandoned. 618 00:30:11,978 --> 00:30:13,645 - It's not personal, Rosemary. It's politics. 619 00:30:13,679 --> 00:30:14,847 [ telephone receiver clatters ] 620 00:30:21,353 --> 00:30:23,122 [ buttons rattle ] 621 00:30:25,691 --> 00:30:27,359 [ click ] 622 00:30:30,529 --> 00:30:33,365 [ telephone buttons clicking ] 623 00:30:35,067 --> 00:30:36,568 Hello, Marion? 624 00:30:36,602 --> 00:30:38,837 Yes, it's Phyllis Schlafly. 625 00:30:38,871 --> 00:30:41,140 Uh, I'm calling to talk to you about, uh, supporting 626 00:30:41,173 --> 00:30:43,842 Governor Reagan's campaign. 627 00:30:43,876 --> 00:30:45,477 [ laughs ] 628 00:30:45,511 --> 00:30:48,981 [ telephone rings ] 629 00:30:49,015 --> 00:30:51,884 [ indistinct conversations ] 630 00:30:58,057 --> 00:31:00,526 - Oh, I only asked for Carmen. 631 00:31:00,559 --> 00:31:02,962 The rest of y'all can go. 632 00:31:02,995 --> 00:31:06,398 [ telephone continues ringing ] 633 00:31:06,432 --> 00:31:08,935 Please, sit. [ sighs ] 634 00:31:10,736 --> 00:31:14,140 All right. In this country, we like to pride ourselves 635 00:31:14,173 --> 00:31:15,741 on peaceful transfers of power, 636 00:31:15,774 --> 00:31:18,210 so, Carmen, we will be holding a press conference 637 00:31:18,244 --> 00:31:20,546 to announce you are officially the new presiding officer 638 00:31:20,579 --> 00:31:22,982 of the commission effectively immediately. 639 00:31:25,551 --> 00:31:28,054 - With respect to the president and committee... 640 00:31:28,087 --> 00:31:29,588 [ paper rustles ] 641 00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:30,957 I resign. 642 00:31:34,994 --> 00:31:36,662 [ footsteps depart ] 643 00:31:36,695 --> 00:31:39,165 - Jill, you seem to be the only professional in the room. 644 00:31:39,198 --> 00:31:40,699 We're gonna--Mm. 645 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:42,201 - I refuse to serve on a commission 646 00:31:42,234 --> 00:31:46,372 on which Bella Abzug is not presiding. 647 00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:48,274 I resign. [ paper rustles ] 648 00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:51,743 - You can't both resign. 649 00:31:51,777 --> 00:31:55,147 - Like I haven't quit the White House before. 650 00:31:59,851 --> 00:32:02,421 [ paper rustles ] 651 00:32:02,454 --> 00:32:04,123 - I resign. 652 00:32:06,392 --> 00:32:07,593 [ paper rustles ] - I resign. 653 00:32:10,296 --> 00:32:11,430 - I resign. 654 00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:16,202 - I resign. 655 00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:26,578 [ paper rustles ] 656 00:32:28,814 --> 00:32:32,284 - This your doing? - I made some phone calls. 657 00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:38,524 We are the ones that are going to have a press conference. 658 00:32:38,557 --> 00:32:40,059 We are going to tell the American people 659 00:32:40,092 --> 00:32:41,960 how disappointed we are with the president's stand 660 00:32:41,994 --> 00:32:43,895 on women's issues. 661 00:32:43,929 --> 00:32:46,865 He is going to have to do something for us 662 00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:49,201 to get us to vote for him. 663 00:32:49,235 --> 00:32:54,273 We're no longer a captive audience. 664 00:33:14,793 --> 00:33:16,628 - It was a show of solidarity. 665 00:33:16,662 --> 00:33:18,497 Representatives of some 666 00:33:18,530 --> 00:33:20,966 of the most powerful women's organizations in the country 667 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:23,635 said they were going to resign in support of Bella Abzug-- 668 00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:26,505 officers of the National Organization of Women, 669 00:33:26,538 --> 00:33:27,839 the National Organization 670 00:33:27,873 --> 00:33:29,141 of Business and Professional Women, 671 00:33:29,175 --> 00:33:31,210 and the League of Women Voters. 672 00:33:31,243 --> 00:33:33,545 They had met at length with President Carter yesterday 673 00:33:33,579 --> 00:33:35,447 to present their position on the issues. 674 00:33:35,481 --> 00:33:37,816 Today, they felt deceived. 675 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:39,618 - The president's response 676 00:33:39,651 --> 00:33:41,853 was not to the issues we brought to him 677 00:33:41,887 --> 00:33:46,024 but rather to use our co-chair, Bella Abzug, 678 00:33:46,058 --> 00:33:51,029 as a scapegoat in an effort to suppress our independence. 679 00:33:51,063 --> 00:33:53,465 [ continues indistinctly ] 680 00:33:53,499 --> 00:34:08,447 *** 681 00:34:08,447 --> 00:34:12,818 *** 682 00:34:12,851 --> 00:34:15,354 - I'm heading out. - Mm. 683 00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:18,157 - Mmm. Maybe not. - [ chuckles ] 684 00:34:18,190 --> 00:34:20,126 - You should publish all your recipes. 685 00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:21,360 - Where? 686 00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:23,061 - In a cookbook. - [ scoffs ] 687 00:34:23,095 --> 00:34:24,763 [ chuckles ] Well, I can do a whole chapter 688 00:34:24,796 --> 00:34:26,332 on ERA breads and pies. 689 00:34:26,365 --> 00:34:28,367 - [ laughs ] 690 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:29,435 - Bye, Leonia. - Bye! 691 00:34:29,468 --> 00:34:30,969 [ door closes ] 692 00:34:31,002 --> 00:34:33,071 - It's just Anne and your mother for dinner tonight? 693 00:34:33,105 --> 00:34:35,874 - Mm-hmm. That's right. - When is Anne getting home? 694 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:38,244 - She's not home yet? 695 00:34:38,277 --> 00:34:41,980 [ foil rustling ] 696 00:34:42,013 --> 00:34:44,716 Anne's not back from school. 697 00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:46,385 Oh, she must have missed the bus again. 698 00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:48,019 - Reagan just took the lead over Anderson. 699 00:34:48,053 --> 00:34:51,022 - Oh, shoot. Fred and I are supposed to leave momentarily. 700 00:34:51,056 --> 00:34:52,524 I can't be late. I don't know. 701 00:34:52,558 --> 00:34:54,926 Mother, maybe, uh, you could pick Anne up? 702 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:56,728 - I-I suppose I could. 703 00:34:56,762 --> 00:34:58,464 - Well, she can't drive to St. Louis now. 704 00:34:58,497 --> 00:34:59,998 It's getting dark. 705 00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:01,733 - Well, I don't have anyone to pick her up. 706 00:35:01,767 --> 00:35:03,269 - Well, you'll sort it out. 707 00:35:03,302 --> 00:35:06,272 - Ron called me himself to ask for my help. 708 00:35:06,305 --> 00:35:08,574 He's gonna wanna thank me personally. 709 00:35:08,607 --> 00:35:10,075 No, don't-- [ sighs ] Don't take off your coat. 710 00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:11,543 - Willie? - Yes? 711 00:35:11,577 --> 00:35:12,744 - I'm going to need you to drive into St. Louis 712 00:35:12,778 --> 00:35:14,980 and pick Anne up. We're gonna have to go. 713 00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:16,748 Fred, let's go. 714 00:35:16,782 --> 00:35:17,883 - I'm sorry, Mrs. Schlafly. I can't tonight. 715 00:35:17,916 --> 00:35:19,451 I have to pick up my daughter. 716 00:35:19,485 --> 00:35:21,187 - I'll make it up to you, Willie. 717 00:35:21,220 --> 00:35:22,921 I'm sorry. 718 00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:25,791 I'm not gonna miss this event. 719 00:35:25,824 --> 00:35:28,227 - I'll make other arrangements. 720 00:35:28,260 --> 00:35:29,695 - Thank you. 721 00:35:29,728 --> 00:35:32,464 [ door closes ] 722 00:35:32,498 --> 00:35:35,901 - Anne. Why didn't you call? I would have gotten you. 723 00:35:35,934 --> 00:35:38,370 - Well, all the lines were busy. I called Mrs. Macray. 724 00:35:39,938 --> 00:35:41,207 - She's here? 725 00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:42,841 - Yeah, she just dropped me off. 726 00:35:42,874 --> 00:35:45,444 - Oh, uh, uh, Fred? I'll meet you in the car! 727 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:46,845 [ footsteps depart, door opens ] 728 00:35:46,878 --> 00:35:48,180 [ door closes ] 729 00:35:48,214 --> 00:35:50,682 [ footsteps depart ] 730 00:35:50,716 --> 00:35:51,983 Alice! 731 00:35:52,017 --> 00:35:54,320 [ engine idling, footsteps approach ] 732 00:35:54,353 --> 00:35:56,955 Oh, thank you so much. - Oh, it really was no problem. 733 00:35:56,988 --> 00:36:00,626 - Yes. Well...thank you. 734 00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:02,261 You're wearing a suit? 735 00:36:02,294 --> 00:36:03,962 - Yes, I had just gotten home from the office... 736 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:05,297 - Oh? - ...when Anne called. 737 00:36:05,331 --> 00:36:08,267 - What office? - I got a job. 738 00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:11,169 - A job? - As a 4-1-1 operator. 739 00:36:11,203 --> 00:36:13,272 - Oh. Did--Did Buck... 740 00:36:13,305 --> 00:36:15,841 - Oh, no. Buck just laughs. I'm averaging 500 calls a day, 741 00:36:15,874 --> 00:36:17,809 and he doesn't have to pay for any of them. 742 00:36:17,843 --> 00:36:18,877 - Oh. - And now that the kids 743 00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:20,846 are mostly grown, I just... 744 00:36:22,714 --> 00:36:25,651 And I like not having to ask him for pin money. 745 00:36:25,684 --> 00:36:27,319 It's empowering. 746 00:36:27,353 --> 00:36:32,057 - You used to feel empowered by me. 747 00:36:33,325 --> 00:36:36,428 - I used to feel scared. 748 00:36:36,462 --> 00:36:39,665 [ gears shift ] 749 00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:54,179 *** 750 00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:56,882 - Her daughter was stranded at school. 751 00:37:01,186 --> 00:37:04,323 - She has been working seven years for this moment. 752 00:37:04,356 --> 00:37:05,891 - I have been working for 50 years 753 00:37:05,924 --> 00:37:07,659 to take our country back. 754 00:37:07,693 --> 00:37:11,162 She was in saddle shoes when F.D.R. gave his New Deal speech. 755 00:37:11,196 --> 00:37:16,034 - Yeah. When you look at all she has accomplished, 756 00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:19,104 there can only be one explanation for it. 757 00:37:19,137 --> 00:37:22,240 She was anointed by God. 758 00:37:22,274 --> 00:37:27,346 *** 759 00:37:33,018 --> 00:37:34,420 - ...Democrats, Republicans, and Independents 760 00:37:34,453 --> 00:37:36,455 have streamed to the polls to vote 761 00:37:36,488 --> 00:37:38,824 in the biggest and, so far, the most important 762 00:37:38,857 --> 00:37:40,726 presidential primary election... - Think he might go all the way. 763 00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:42,728 - I heard a disturbing rumor 764 00:37:42,761 --> 00:37:44,062 that he's considering picking Bush. 765 00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:45,831 - Oh, he wouldn't dare. 766 00:37:45,864 --> 00:37:47,198 - It would be a stab in the back. 767 00:37:47,232 --> 00:37:49,935 - It'll send our people back into the churches. 768 00:37:49,968 --> 00:37:51,537 He's too moderate. 769 00:37:51,570 --> 00:37:54,540 - Look, I don't expect to pull in more than 2% tonight, 770 00:37:54,573 --> 00:37:58,009 but people have been asking if I'd like to be his running mate. 771 00:37:58,043 --> 00:37:59,645 - Ron's people are asking? 772 00:37:59,678 --> 00:38:01,613 - No, no, reporters. 773 00:38:01,647 --> 00:38:03,849 - Oh. - And I tell them that Reagan 774 00:38:03,882 --> 00:38:05,917 is the only one that I feel comfortable with. 775 00:38:05,951 --> 00:38:08,954 [ indistinct conversations ] 776 00:38:08,987 --> 00:38:11,457 Maybe, uh, maybe you can mention that to him. 777 00:38:11,490 --> 00:38:15,260 - You must be Phyllis Schlafly. 778 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:16,962 We have not had the pleasure officially. 779 00:38:16,995 --> 00:38:18,464 I'm Roger Stone. This is Paul Manafort. 780 00:38:18,497 --> 00:38:22,067 - Oh! Yes. What a pleasure to meet you both. 781 00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:23,435 - I heard you just formed 782 00:38:23,469 --> 00:38:25,303 a political consulting firm with Charlie. 783 00:38:25,337 --> 00:38:26,938 - Young Republicans-- they're gonna take over D.C. 784 00:38:26,972 --> 00:38:28,374 - [ laughs ] 785 00:38:28,407 --> 00:38:31,643 - I'm Mr. Phyllis Schlafly. [ chuckles ] 786 00:38:31,677 --> 00:38:34,580 - You wouldn't mind if we stole her for a bit. 787 00:38:34,613 --> 00:38:36,882 Ron wanted to discuss strategy for the platform hearings. 788 00:38:36,915 --> 00:38:38,617 - By all means. 789 00:38:42,388 --> 00:38:44,690 She's doing God's work. 790 00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:48,594 - Good evening, Congressman. 791 00:38:48,627 --> 00:38:50,396 - Thank you for your service. 792 00:38:50,429 --> 00:38:53,164 [ Christopher Cross' "Ride Like the Wind" playing ] 793 00:38:53,198 --> 00:39:06,745 *** 794 00:39:06,778 --> 00:39:08,714 - Welcome to those of you who have just joined our coverage 795 00:39:08,747 --> 00:39:11,182 of this, uh, quite remarkable election. 796 00:39:11,216 --> 00:39:14,252 - [ crowd chanting ] 797 00:39:14,285 --> 00:39:17,489 - It is, in truth, a Reagan Republican landslide 798 00:39:17,523 --> 00:39:19,591 sweeping across this nation tonight. 799 00:39:19,625 --> 00:39:21,927 - A Reagan landslide, ladies and gentlemen. 800 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,294 * It is the night 801 00:39:23,328 --> 00:39:25,497 * My body's weak 802 00:39:25,531 --> 00:39:26,965 * I'm on the run 803 00:39:26,998 --> 00:39:28,634 * No time to sleep 804 00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:30,335 * I've got to ride... 805 00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:34,473 - Looks to me as if the modern liberal era is over. 806 00:39:34,506 --> 00:39:35,507 - The people of the United States 807 00:39:35,541 --> 00:39:36,942 have made their choice. 808 00:39:36,975 --> 00:39:38,610 * Ride like the wind 809 00:39:38,644 --> 00:39:40,412 And, of course, I accept that decision. 810 00:39:40,446 --> 00:39:41,647 [ indistinct shouting ] 811 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,014 - You know... 812 00:39:43,048 --> 00:39:45,150 here we are. 813 00:39:45,183 --> 00:39:46,985 *** 814 00:39:47,018 --> 00:39:48,987 - About 22 seats in the House... [ telephone rings ] 815 00:39:49,020 --> 00:39:50,522 ...and looking at the governors races, 816 00:39:50,556 --> 00:39:51,657 the Republicans had expected that they would be able 817 00:39:51,690 --> 00:39:52,891 to pick up two states... 818 00:39:52,924 --> 00:39:54,225 - Excuse me. [ knock on door ] 819 00:39:54,259 --> 00:39:55,827 Bella Abzug is on the line. - Oh. 820 00:39:55,861 --> 00:39:57,863 - Let's see what they have. We have projection now. 821 00:39:57,896 --> 00:39:59,998 NBC News projecting Washington state, 822 00:40:00,031 --> 00:40:01,667 the Republican, John Spellman... 823 00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:04,402 - Bella. - Congratulations, you. 824 00:40:04,436 --> 00:40:07,372 I can still say I have friends in high places. 825 00:40:07,405 --> 00:40:10,241 - Well, for two years, at least. 826 00:40:10,275 --> 00:40:12,210 I don't know if I'm going to run again. 827 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:14,546 - You lasted longer than me. 828 00:40:14,580 --> 00:40:16,414 I couldn't get elected President 829 00:40:16,448 --> 00:40:18,684 of the Bronx chapter of Hadassah. 830 00:40:18,717 --> 00:40:20,852 - [ both chuckle ] 831 00:40:20,886 --> 00:40:22,821 - There's no room for us here now. 832 00:40:22,854 --> 00:40:24,490 - Reagan in the White House, 833 00:40:24,523 --> 00:40:27,358 if the economy picks up, he'll take credit for it. 834 00:40:27,392 --> 00:40:30,361 He's charismatic. It's going to turn back 50 years 835 00:40:30,395 --> 00:40:32,464 of human progress in this country. 836 00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:37,603 - I appreciate the call, Bella. 837 00:40:37,636 --> 00:40:42,541 - Hold the door for the next bunch. 838 00:40:54,686 --> 00:40:56,822 - Where do we go from here? 839 00:40:59,257 --> 00:41:02,327 - This might be the right time for Liz and Egee 840 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:03,862 to give us grandchildren. 841 00:41:03,895 --> 00:41:07,398 [ cheering on TV ] 842 00:41:07,432 --> 00:41:08,534 - Earlier... 843 00:41:08,567 --> 00:41:10,769 - Or... 844 00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:12,871 we could go to the Amalfi Coast. 845 00:41:12,904 --> 00:41:15,741 - I've spoken and talked to President Carter. 846 00:41:15,774 --> 00:41:19,611 He called. John Anderson called, and the president... 847 00:41:19,645 --> 00:41:21,279 [ Kim Carnes' "More Love" playing ] 848 00:41:21,312 --> 00:41:23,749 - I thought it was you. 849 00:41:23,782 --> 00:41:26,918 I don't know why you always hide behind a magazine. 850 00:41:26,952 --> 00:41:31,489 No one thinks that you were born with those highlights. 851 00:41:31,523 --> 00:41:33,058 - Your hair looks lovely. 852 00:41:33,091 --> 00:41:34,760 - Oh. Well, it'll be ruined by tomorrow 853 00:41:34,793 --> 00:41:37,629 because I forgot I had that run. 854 00:41:37,663 --> 00:41:39,565 - What run? 855 00:41:39,598 --> 00:41:41,266 - The breakfast run 856 00:41:41,299 --> 00:41:44,603 for the Equal Rights Amendment out in the Hamptons. 857 00:41:44,636 --> 00:41:48,273 Gail and I have organized it to raise money for ERAmerica, 858 00:41:48,306 --> 00:41:50,408 and we've enlisted all of these celebrities to run. 859 00:41:50,441 --> 00:41:52,978 We've got Paul Newman. We've got Lucie Arnaz. 860 00:41:53,011 --> 00:41:54,546 We've got Carl Reiner. 861 00:41:54,580 --> 00:41:56,648 - A 5-mile run? 862 00:41:56,682 --> 00:41:59,918 - 2 miles because I run a 16-minute mile. 863 00:41:59,951 --> 00:42:03,521 - So it's not a run, Betty. It's a walk. 864 00:42:03,555 --> 00:42:06,592 - Oh, the things I do for this movement. [ chuckles ] 865 00:42:06,625 --> 00:42:08,694 [ indistinct conversations ] 866 00:42:08,727 --> 00:42:12,330 It's terrible, what happened to Bella. 867 00:42:12,363 --> 00:42:13,665 We've had our differences of opinion, 868 00:42:13,699 --> 00:42:15,967 but she deserved better. 869 00:42:16,001 --> 00:42:18,169 And the worst part is she fought so hard to get women 870 00:42:18,203 --> 00:42:20,105 appointed to Cabinet positions, 871 00:42:20,138 --> 00:42:24,142 and now it's going to be Phyllis Schlafly instead of her? 872 00:42:24,175 --> 00:42:25,977 - God forbid. 873 00:42:26,011 --> 00:42:29,648 - It was a mistake for you to refuse to appear with her. 874 00:42:29,681 --> 00:42:31,416 I mean, she got to say anything she wanted 875 00:42:31,449 --> 00:42:33,885 on Donahue, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas. 876 00:42:33,919 --> 00:42:35,486 You know, you think Zsa Zsa Gabor 877 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,422 was gonna correct her? 878 00:42:38,824 --> 00:42:41,226 She's going to have the last word. 879 00:42:41,259 --> 00:42:45,263 - She is not going to have the last word. 880 00:42:50,936 --> 00:42:55,240 - The tide is turning against us in Washington. 881 00:42:56,775 --> 00:43:00,245 - Our movement didn't start in Washington. 882 00:43:00,278 --> 00:43:01,913 It's not gonna be stopped by it. 883 00:43:01,947 --> 00:43:11,690 *** 884 00:43:11,723 --> 00:43:16,427 *** 885 00:43:16,461 --> 00:43:18,163 [ door opens ] 886 00:43:18,196 --> 00:43:19,497 Gloria: I have stood alongside the greatest women 887 00:43:19,530 --> 00:43:21,332 of my generation. [ door closes ] 888 00:43:21,366 --> 00:43:23,201 *** 889 00:43:23,234 --> 00:43:26,137 Still, today, we select our leaders first 890 00:43:26,171 --> 00:43:29,741 by eliminating women, then minorities, 891 00:43:29,775 --> 00:43:32,010 then those with too little education. 892 00:43:33,845 --> 00:43:37,883 Changing this will take a very long time. 893 00:43:37,916 --> 00:43:40,618 But after all, we are dealing with 10,000 years 894 00:43:40,652 --> 00:43:43,088 of patriarchy and racism, 895 00:43:43,121 --> 00:43:47,125 but we must continue to move forward in waves. 896 00:43:47,158 --> 00:43:48,960 What will keep us going is the revelation 897 00:43:48,994 --> 00:43:50,361 of what we can be, 898 00:43:50,395 --> 00:43:53,164 what the people around us can be 899 00:43:53,198 --> 00:43:54,866 without the crippling walls and prisons 900 00:43:54,900 --> 00:43:57,135 into which we have been forced. 901 00:43:57,168 --> 00:43:59,871 *** 902 00:43:59,905 --> 00:44:01,740 [ amplified voice ] We are just beginning to discover-- 903 00:44:01,773 --> 00:44:05,143 each of us--who we can be, 904 00:44:05,176 --> 00:44:08,680 and no matter how long this revolution may take, 905 00:44:08,714 --> 00:44:11,717 there can be no turning back. 906 00:44:11,750 --> 00:44:14,552 [ loud cheers and applause ] 907 00:44:26,164 --> 00:44:27,899 [ TV playing indistinctly ] 908 00:44:27,933 --> 00:44:29,334 [ telephone rings ] 909 00:44:29,367 --> 00:44:32,470 [ TV continues indistinctly ] 910 00:44:32,503 --> 00:44:36,441 [ ring ] 911 00:44:36,474 --> 00:44:38,777 - Schlafly residence. 912 00:44:42,113 --> 00:44:43,681 Uh, I'll go get her. 913 00:44:46,651 --> 00:44:50,055 [ typing on keyboard ] 914 00:44:50,088 --> 00:44:51,522 It's him. 915 00:44:51,556 --> 00:44:53,391 [ stops typing ] 916 00:44:55,393 --> 00:44:57,528 - [ exhales deeply ] 917 00:45:03,902 --> 00:45:05,536 [ exhaling deeply ] 918 00:45:07,238 --> 00:45:08,206 [ exhales deeply ] 919 00:45:14,079 --> 00:45:15,914 [ receiver clicks ] 920 00:45:15,947 --> 00:45:18,416 [ inhales deeply ] 921 00:45:18,449 --> 00:45:21,853 Congratulations, Mr. President-elect. 922 00:45:21,887 --> 00:45:24,522 - Reagan: Well, thank you, Phyllis. How are you doing? 923 00:45:24,555 --> 00:45:27,425 - Oh, I'm very well, sir. And--And yourself? 924 00:45:27,458 --> 00:45:28,894 I hear, uh, there's been a bit of a cold snap, 925 00:45:28,927 --> 00:45:32,463 uh, in Washington, D.C., over the weekend. 926 00:45:32,497 --> 00:45:33,331 - [ chuckles ] Then it's a good thing 927 00:45:33,364 --> 00:45:35,366 I'm still at the ranch. 928 00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:39,170 Uh, we still have a few more weeks of the, uh, peanut farmer. 929 00:45:39,204 --> 00:45:41,406 - Oh, oh, no. Yes, of course. 930 00:45:41,439 --> 00:45:44,075 Um, I suppose I'm just... [ clears throat ] 931 00:45:44,109 --> 00:45:46,477 very keen to get to work, sir. 932 00:45:46,511 --> 00:45:49,214 - Which is why I'm calling. 933 00:45:49,247 --> 00:45:53,118 Uh, your coalition carried me across the finish line. 934 00:45:53,151 --> 00:45:56,187 Your list was invaluable. 935 00:45:56,221 --> 00:45:59,324 Uh, but Jim tells me that overall I didn't do so well 936 00:45:59,357 --> 00:46:01,426 with the ladies. 937 00:46:01,459 --> 00:46:05,030 Seems I have a woman problem. [ chuckles ] 938 00:46:06,832 --> 00:46:09,300 It isn't that you don't deserve it. 939 00:46:09,334 --> 00:46:15,406 I just, uh, can't afford to upset the pro-ERA groups. 940 00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:17,142 You fought an important battle, 941 00:46:17,175 --> 00:46:21,646 but sometimes the battle follows us home. 942 00:46:21,679 --> 00:46:24,149 I respect you a great deal, Phyllis, 943 00:46:24,182 --> 00:46:28,019 and that is why I wanted to call to say thank you. 944 00:46:29,821 --> 00:46:31,322 Take care. 945 00:46:32,690 --> 00:46:34,993 [ line disconnects ] 946 00:46:46,137 --> 00:46:47,839 [ receiver clatters ] 947 00:46:55,646 --> 00:46:58,316 - [ sighs ] You were robbed. 948 00:46:59,918 --> 00:47:02,753 You deserved a Cabinet post. 949 00:47:02,787 --> 00:47:05,623 [ dog barking in distance ] 950 00:47:16,467 --> 00:47:18,203 Shall we have dinner? 951 00:47:26,011 --> 00:47:28,646 - It's at 6. 952 00:47:28,679 --> 00:47:30,048 [ receiver clatters ] 953 00:47:30,081 --> 00:47:32,017 It's always at 6. 954 00:47:39,457 --> 00:47:42,193 [ Molly Drake's "Little Weaver Bird" playing ] 955 00:47:42,227 --> 00:47:44,829 *** 956 00:47:44,862 --> 00:47:46,497 [ footsteps descend stairs ] 957 00:47:46,531 --> 00:47:48,433 * Little weaver bird 958 00:47:48,466 --> 00:47:51,836 * Sitting sadly in the tree 959 00:47:51,869 --> 00:47:53,504 * Take my good advice 960 00:47:53,538 --> 00:47:56,507 * And forget your misery 961 00:47:56,541 --> 00:47:59,877 * Your tears are all in vain 962 00:47:59,911 --> 00:48:03,014 * And regret can be absurd 963 00:48:03,048 --> 00:48:04,549 [ footsteps ascend stairs ] 964 00:48:04,582 --> 00:48:05,783 [ switch clicks ] * Little weaver bird 965 00:48:05,816 --> 00:48:08,653 * Get weaving 966 00:48:08,686 --> 00:48:10,488 *** 967 00:48:10,521 --> 00:48:12,323 * The year is going by 968 00:48:12,357 --> 00:48:15,326 * And the season's getting on 969 00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:20,665 * Don't you think it's time to build yourself a home? * 970 00:48:20,698 --> 00:48:23,401 * She blinked her brilliant eye * 971 00:48:23,434 --> 00:48:26,571 * I don't even think she heard * 972 00:48:26,604 --> 00:48:28,873 * Little weaver bird 973 00:48:28,906 --> 00:48:30,808 * Get weaving 974 00:48:30,841 --> 00:48:34,379 [ utensils clattering ] 975 00:48:34,412 --> 00:48:36,847 * Oh, I can sympathize 976 00:48:36,881 --> 00:48:40,051 * With a heart that is distressed * 977 00:48:40,085 --> 00:48:42,387 * But every bird who's wise 978 00:48:42,420 --> 00:48:45,356 * Will build herself a nest 979 00:48:45,390 --> 00:48:48,059 * She looked at me and sighed 980 00:48:48,093 --> 00:48:50,528 * Then a miracle occurred 981 00:48:50,561 --> 00:48:53,298 * The little weaver bird 982 00:48:53,331 --> 00:48:55,066 *** 983 00:48:55,100 --> 00:49:01,206 * Got weaving 984 00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:04,142 [ clock ticking ] 985 00:49:34,639 --> 00:49:39,244 [ clock continues ticking ] 986 00:50:03,768 --> 00:50:15,513 *** 987 00:50:15,546 --> 00:50:25,523 *** 988 00:50:25,556 --> 00:50:35,533 *** 989 00:50:35,566 --> 00:50:46,077 *** 990 00:50:46,111 --> 00:50:55,220 *** 991 00:50:55,253 --> 00:51:05,163 *** 992 00:51:05,196 --> 00:51:13,538 *** 993 00:51:13,571 --> 00:51:22,580 *** 994 00:51:22,613 --> 00:51:32,590 *** 995 00:51:32,623 --> 00:51:37,795 *** 996 00:51:37,828 --> 00:51:47,438 *** 997 00:51:47,472 --> 00:51:57,448 *** 998 00:51:57,482 --> 00:52:06,624 *** 999 00:52:06,657 --> 00:52:16,634 *** 1000 00:52:16,667 --> 00:52:26,644 *** 1001 00:52:26,677 --> 00:52:36,654 *** 1002 00:52:36,687 --> 00:52:46,664 *** 1003 00:52:46,697 --> 00:52:56,441 *** 1004 00:52:56,474 --> 00:53:01,579 *** 1005 00:53:09,354 --> 00:53:10,488 All right, ladies. 1006 00:53:10,521 --> 00:53:13,958 It's time to go in and have our voices heard. 1007 00:53:13,991 --> 00:53:16,294 (crowd cheering) 1008 00:53:16,327 --> 00:53:17,728 Together... 1009 00:53:18,996 --> 00:53:20,931 we can take our country back! 1010 00:53:26,637 --> 00:53:30,875 MAN: We have 15 minutes and you have some cool stuff to show us. 1011 00:53:33,378 --> 00:53:35,780 -(beeps) -(laughs) Oh, yeah. 1012 00:53:38,449 --> 00:53:40,184 I want you to join Devs. 1013 00:53:42,687 --> 00:53:44,088 WOMAN: What is Devs? 1014 00:53:47,057 --> 00:53:49,193 It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. 1015 00:53:56,367 --> 00:53:58,569 MAN: I had no idea what I would find 1016 00:53:58,603 --> 00:54:00,405 when I went searching for my father. 1017 00:54:00,438 --> 00:54:03,207 They flashed the Zodiac Killer, and my heart stopped. 1018 00:54:03,240 --> 00:54:06,076 WOMAN: He believes he is the son of the Zodiac. 1019 00:54:12,417 --> 00:54:14,685 COLIN: They had come highly recommended 1020 00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:18,188 by a mutual vampire associate of ours, 1021 00:54:18,222 --> 00:54:20,725 but nevertheless, I found it prudent 1022 00:54:20,758 --> 00:54:22,927 -to run the traditional credit checks... -(yawns) 1023 00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:24,662 ...and reference protocols. 1024 00:54:24,695 --> 00:54:28,198 Suffice it to say, I am part of the 33% 1025 00:54:28,232 --> 00:54:32,269 who find it necessary to utilize my complementary credit check 1026 00:54:32,303 --> 00:54:33,738 every year. 1027 00:54:33,771 --> 00:54:35,806 (snoring) 1028 00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:37,141 (hisses) 1029 00:54:37,174 --> 00:54:38,543 (up-tempo music plays) 1030 00:54:38,576 --> 00:54:39,977 (laughing) 1031 00:54:40,911 --> 00:54:42,112 (squeaking)