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