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- We're all upset, Bird!
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- Ah. Lyndon, Lyndon, please.
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- Mr. President.
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- That's enough of that kind of talk.
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- The liberal wing of the party
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- My job?
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- Look out!
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- I have never seen such a thing.
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you ever put in your mouth.
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the Negro vote for granted.
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the Democratic Party make the same mistake.
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a legitimate heir to Abraham Lincoln,
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I'm interested in, Dr. King.
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living in unbelievable poverty.
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416. I know.
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421. But we're gonna change all that.
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422. We're gonna declare a war on poverty.
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423. A war on poverty?
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424. That's right.
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of federal programs in mind
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426. on health, education, literacy, jobs,
you name it.
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428. That sounds extraordinary.
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429. There you go.
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430. And I would very enthusiastically support
legislation to that effect.
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431. But right now,
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432. I need to be able to go back to my people
and tell them
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to civil rights,
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435. will still be a strong bill
with no further changes.
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436. If I can't do that, I'll lose their faith.
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438. I don't know what'll happen.
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439. Is that a threat?
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440. I don't want riots any more than you do.
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441. But,
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443. I need to be able to deliver meaningful reform.
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445. Okay.
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in Judge Smith's Rules Committee,
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448. and I need at least eight votes... Walter!
To pry it out.
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449. Five Republicans and three Democrats.
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450. Walter! Oh, good. All right, here.
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451. Now, you get your people
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452. in each one of these districts here,
your ministers,
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453. your clergy, your union guys,
and what have you,
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454. to lobby these House members
to release that bill.
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455. And lobbying is just like
propositioning women, you know?
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456. I knew this fellow once.
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457. Ooh. He was a real ladies' man.
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460. And he said, "Well, I go into a bar,
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461. "and I ask each woman
if she'd like to fool around."
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462. I said, "Boy, you must've got slapped a lot."
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464. "But I also got me a lot of yeses."
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465. Well, now,
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470. He said he'd get it out of committee
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471. and, by God, he did.
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472. Hallelujah.
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473. And all it cost us
was the voting rights section.
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474. The point is
we can work with this president.
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in lobbying Congress.
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476. What do we have to lose?
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479. You know, Goldwater came out
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481. Yes, personally Goldwater deplores racism.
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482. I just think asking for my vote
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483. The bill still gives us a lot.
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484. Unless he gives that away, too.
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485. I have his word
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486. His word? Are you serious?
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487. I cannot support a bill without voting rights.
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488. I'm not asking you to.
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489. I'm asking you to not work against it.
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490. The president is planning new legislation
that will bring a huge federal intervention
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491. to poverty, hunger, and jobs.
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492. Think what that will do for our people.
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493. - Forty acres and a mule.
That's right.
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496. We will not campaign against the bill,
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497. but we're not gonna sit on our hands either.
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499. Freedom Summer.
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500. We are going to flood the state of Mississippi
with hundreds of student volunteers
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501. - to educate and register Negro voters.
You crazy.
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502. - Mississippi?
- Not just Negro volunteers.
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504. If just one of your white volunteers gets hurt,
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505. - you will do irreparable damage to the cause.
That's right.
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506. Whereas if one of our Negro volunteers
gets hurt, who gives a fuck?
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507. There may be trouble,
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508. but if it takes some white kid
getting smacked around
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on the darkness that is Mississippi,
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510. - then why not?
- Because people will die in Mississippi!
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511. - Roy, people are dying in Mississippi.
- Exactly. Exactly.
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512. - We're not asking...
- All right, all right, calm down.
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they can't get behind.
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514. But we should respond
to the elimination of voting rights,
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515. and Freedom Summer
is the perfect way to do that.
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516. At the same time, Roy, you are right.
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519. So clearly, you and the NAACP
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522. Yes, okay.
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523. Gentlemen.
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524. Lord have mercy.
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525. One of these days,
Stokely and Wilkins gonna kill each other
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526. right there in the middle of the room.
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527. In that case, we should sell tickets,
so I can stop giving speeches.
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528. I know that's right.
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529. First thing tomorrow,
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533. I'm okay.
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534. Good night, then.
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535. Give me a minute.
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536. Whoo!
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538. His hypocrisy is disgusting.
The man is a flagrant adulterer.
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539. Oh, my.
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540. A Southern preacher who fucks his choir.
Who ever heard of that?
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541. Oh, Edgar,
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543. and every preacher
who ever strayed from the marital bed,
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544. wouldn't be nobody in politics or the pulpit.
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545. His moral turpitude
is just the tip of the iceberg.
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546. - Why, his Communist connections...
- Edgar,
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547. far be it from me
to tell you how to do your job.
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548. So keep an eye on him, sure,
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549. but the House is about to vote
on my civil rights bill.
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550. And this
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551. is not helpful.
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552. - You understand me?
- Yes, sir.
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college students from the North
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to register black voters.
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557. Police have confronted the activists,
leading to violent clashes.
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558. For two weeks, we've been training
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560. But I cannot emphasize enough to you
the dangers you will face.
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561. The federal government will not protect you,
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562. and the Mississippi government
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563. If at any time you wish to quit,
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565. All right. Let's get started.
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566. Get on board
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567. Children, children, get on board
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568. Children, children, get on board
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569. Children, children
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570. Let's fight for freedom now
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571. Get on board
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572. Children, children, get on board
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573. Children, children, get on board
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575. to consider House Bill 736,
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576. the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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577. Mr. Speaker.
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578. This bill is nothing less
than an assault on the Constitution
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579. by the federal government.
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580. Who are we
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581. to tell the owner of a cafe
who he can hire or who he can serve?
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582. Who are we to tell a state
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583. that they may not pass segregation laws?
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585. I believe that state authority
should not be needlessly usurped.
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586. Hear, hear.
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that the Constitution doesn't say
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588. that whites alone shall have our basic rights.
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589. Didn't see that coming.
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590. McCulloch is just playing
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591. Well...
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592. Are you, Lyndon?
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for Humphrey and his gang?
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594. People aren't gonna stand
for Jim Crow anymore, Uncle Dick.
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the Negro hasn't been put upon.
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596. He has been put upon most disgracefully.
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597. But you can't rush these things.
Look at the mess in Mississippi
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598. with all those agitators going down there,
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599. Folks are gonna get hurt.
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600. And whose fault would that be?
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604. For instance, if you were a podiatrist
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605. Come on!
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606. If I were cutting corns, I would wanna know
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607. whose feet I was gonna have to
be monkeying around with.
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608. Boo!
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609. Unbelievable.
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whether they smelled good or bad.
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611. God's honest truth.
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got rights, too.
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613. That's nonsense!
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614. To force them to work
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615. violates the 13th Amendment's prohibition
against slavery or involuntary servitude.
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616. You know,
if that's the best the judge has to offer,
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a long time ago.
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618. - Lyndon.
Mr. Speaker.
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620. that suddenly or blatantly
defeat the purpose of this bill.
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621. And to my esteemed colleague, Judge Smith,
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the stinky, smelly white corns...
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623. you're gonna have to do the same thing
to the black ones.
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624. That's telling him.
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625. My goodness, man.
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626. Call for a vote, for God's sake.
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627. With no more amendments to be offered,
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628. the Speaker calls for a final vote
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629. - Abbitt.
Nay.
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630. Mr. Abbitt votes nay.
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631. - Abele.
Yea.
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632. Mr. Abele votes yea.
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633. - Adair.
Yea.
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634. - Albert.
Nay.
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636. Nay.
- Mr. Andrews votes nay.
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638. - Yea.
Mr. Andrews votes yea.
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639. Two-hundred and ninety votes for
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640. and 130 votes against.
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641. The bill passes and will now go to the Senate.
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642. We got it, Walter. Thank you.
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643. General Burnside thought
he'd crush Lee at Fredericksburg.
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644. His overconfidence cost him his army.
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645. And only three years later,
Lee surrendered at Appomattox.
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646. Nobody's surrendering, Mr. President.
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647. Thank you, Matthew. Most kind.
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648. Mmm.
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649. In St. Augustine, Florida,
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650. Negro demonstrators were attacked today
by an estimated 500 angry whites
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651. - when they broke through police lines.
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652. The conflict began
when 200 Negro demonstrators,
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653. led by Andrew Young
and other civil rights leaders...
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654. "Trust LBJ. He's one of us."
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655. Is this the first time a civil rights bill
made it through the House?
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656. So the bill goes to the Senate.
All right? So what?
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657. How many civil rights bills
have you buried in the last 10 years?
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658. One-hundred and twenty-one.
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659. That graveyard of yours
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660. I'm digging a hole as we speak.
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661. Well, all right, then.
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662. If he does get it out of committee, what then?
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663. Then we filibuster it to death.
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664. We stick together, we'll be fine.
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665. Public opinion's already against this bill,
especially with those riots going on.
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666. Time is on our side.
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667. Thank you, gentlemen.
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668. And I see no need why we ought to sit idly by
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669. and see a bill pass in the American Senate
called "a civil rights bill"
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670. that will destroy individual liberty
and freedom in this country.
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671. Wallace is running at 90%
with whites in eastern Maryland.
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672. If he wins that primary,
the Senate will never pass the bill.
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673. Wallace would be dead in the water
without these goddamn riots.
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674. He is deliberately provocative.
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675. King is supposed to control his people.
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676. I put my entire political career
at risk for the Negroes,
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677. and this is the thanks I get?
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678. - Put more money into Maryland.
- Yeah,
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680. Now, what's your plan
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681. Discharge petition.
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682. Oh, shit. Why, you don't have the votes.
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683. No, but we're very close.
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684. Close? "Close" don't make shit.
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685. You don't have the goddamn votes.
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686. Fine, what's your idea?
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687. What? I can't hear a goddamn thing
you're saying, Humphrey.
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688. Come on over here.
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689. I said, what's your idea?
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690. Well, right now
it's all about the rules of the Senate.
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691. And Dick Russell's been studying them
since he was sucking on his mama's titty.
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692. Boy, I've seen him make a fool of you liberals
with some arcane rule of order
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696. You know what?
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completely bypass Eastland's committee
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699. And with a little luck,
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700. Russell won't even see it coming.
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701. He did what?
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702. I think the president just
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703. All right.
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704. All right, keep Jim calm.
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705. I'll handle this.
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706. What do you think it is,
why it tastes a little different?
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707. Well, it's the temperature she cooked...
Everything all right, Uncle Dick?
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708. Just peachy.
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709. Would you like some more gravy?
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710. Oh, Lady Bird, it was delicious,
but I just couldn't possibly.
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711. - No, thank you.
Hey, what about me?
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713. Well, honey, I'd like to, but I can't.
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714. Bird's got me on a diet.
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715. Got Zephyr there in the kitchen
weighing my plates for every meal.
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716. It's ridiculous.
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717. Your wife just doesn't want you
to get too big for your britches.
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718. An entirely understandable concern.
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719. I think I'll see
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720. I just heard how you snuck that bill
through Jim's committee
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722. A perfectly legal maneuver, Uncle Dick.
Just like you taught me.
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about party loyalty.
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724. Well, the party's changing.
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725. This younger generation's not gonna
fall on their sword for segregation.
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726. You think every Southerner is
gonna start dancing to your tune? Hmm?
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727. Wallace almost won Maryland.
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728. But he didn't.
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729. Another riot and he will.
And there will be more riots.
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730. We're gonna filibuster this bill.
It will never pass.
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731. Are you so sure about that?
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732. I know what you're thinking.
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733. You're thinking
you're gonna cut a deal with Senator Dirksen.
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734. You filibuster, what choice do you leave me?
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735. A Democratic president
ignoring his own party
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with the Senate Minority Leader. Shameful!
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737. Now, don't you get
all high and mighty with me.
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738. You have been cutting deals
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739. with those conservative Republicans
for years,
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741. Shit.
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742. We don't have to fight, Dick.
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743. Yes, we do.
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744. I'm coming for you, Dick.
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745. Now, I love you more than my own daddy.
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746. But if you get in my way...
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747. I'll crush you.
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748. I regret that the president
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749. has embraced the radical program
of the left-wing groups
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750. that is erroneously called
"the civil rights bill".
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751. It is still a vicious assault on the Constitution.
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752. And we in the Senate intend to fight
with our boots on to the last ditch.
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753. Beginning today, we will filibuster this bill.
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754. Let the real war begin.
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755. This ain't about the Constitution.
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756. It's about those who got more
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757. at the expense of those who got nothing.
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758. - And feel good about it.
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759. But the way he frames it,
draping himself in the Stars and Stripes,
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761. I mean, what are you fighting for, darling,
in your heart?
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762. That's what the people need to hear.
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763. Look at that. Look at that.
Look at the size of his ears.
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765. Whoo-hoo!
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766. Well, listen, I just wanna thank you all
for coming up here
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768. I wanted to just respond
to what Senator Russell...
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772. Now, the only job that I could get
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in Cotulla, Texas.
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775. It was just a dusty, old border town
in the middle of nowhere.
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776. Full of Mexican immigrants
who didn't have a pot to piss in.
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783. for each and every one of them
when I would see the light in their eyes die.
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784. 'Cause they had discovered
that the world hated them
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785. just 'cause of the color of their skin.
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786. Well, some folks tell me just to go slow.
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788. And to that, I say, well,
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789. if a president can't do what he knows is right,
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790. then what's the presidency for?
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of the Negro race in America.
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795. I propose we resettle Southern Negroes
all over the country
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796. until racial proportions are equalized
among the 50 states.
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that will be inflicted by this bill
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799. on the innocent people of Georgia.
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800. - Is the president caving in?
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801. I'd ask him myself,
but he's no longer returning my calls.
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802. Absolutely not.
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that's been asked of them,
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for a vote they still don't have.
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819. The president will handle Everett Dirksen.
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820. If this is what it takes to move the bill,
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821. I will start a public fast to the death.
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822. God, Martin, that's not necessary.
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about how I treat my dog?
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826. - I'm sorry?
- My dog, Little Beagle Johnson.
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with the press about me pulling on his ears?
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828. Little son of a bitch loves
to have his ears pulled.
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829. Hell, I thought you were running
the Senate Republicans, not the ASPCA.
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- Well, don't.
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832. I'm a hell of a lot better
than you are with dogs.
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833. Dogs and people.
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834. I was hoping we could talk about...
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835. About appointing William Macomber
as ambassador, I know.
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836. - Well, yes, that among...
- Get this shot. Get this shot here.
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837. There we go.
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838. No, no, sit on over there.
It's more comfortable.
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839. That among other things...
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840. Well, we'll talk about all them things
in just a minute.
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841. Now, look here, Everett,
we gotta get this civil rights bill passed.
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842. - Yeah.
- The longer this filibuster goes,
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843. the stronger Russell gets,
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844. and the angrier
those Negroes on the street are.
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845. Now, how many votes are we gonna get
from your people?
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846. Well, that's what I wanted to talk to you about,
Mr. President.
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847. - There are 40 amendments I'm proposing.
- Forty?
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848. Well, my constituents
have a number of concerns.
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849. Now, let's not bullshit
an old bullshitter here, Everett.
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850. Let's just cut to the chase, shall we?
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851. Well, I think we have to strike
equal employment altogether.
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852. Mmm.
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853. I could probably get my troops
to accept public accommodations.
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854. But with, say, a year of voluntary compliance
before it becomes law.
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855. Nope.
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856. - No?
- No.
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857. No?
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858. There an echo in here?
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859. The Southern filibuster cannot be defeated
without substantial changes.
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860. But if you're willing to compromise,
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861. I think that I could deliver the necessary
25 Republican votes for cloture.
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862. No can do, Everett.
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863. Now, look here,
either your people vote for this bill,
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864. or you vote with the segregationists
and the country goes up in flames.
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865. Now, we're making history here, Everett.
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866. And you have to decide
how you want history to remember you.
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867. As a great man,
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868. a man who changed
the course of this country,
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869. or somebody who just likes
to hear himself talk.
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870. Congress is not alone
in contributing problems to the presidency.
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871. Mr. Johnson has inherited
an armed clash in South Vietnam.
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872. President Johnson must decide
whether to continue it in its present form,
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873. to enlarge it, or seek a negotiated settlement.
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874. Our pilot the Communists shot down
over Laos, he's alive?
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875. As far as we know.
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876. Well, hell, everything we can do
to get him back home, Robert.
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877. We'll talk more about this business in Tonkin.
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878. - Yes, sir.
- And, Walter, anything that McNamara needs,
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879. - you make sure he gets it.
- Yes, sir.
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880. - Is Humphrey still around?
- Hey, Daddy.
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881. Hey, now, don't just run off.
Come give me a hug.
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882. All right.
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883. - Grae.
- Mr. President.
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884. Boy, oh, boy, look at you.
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885. You're getting tall.
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886. - No, I'm wearing heels.
- Are you?
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887. Uh...
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888. Well, how you doing in school, Luci?
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889. Good, good.
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890. - That's good.
- Yeah.
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891. - Sir, Senator Humphrey's here.
- All right.
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892. - That's all right. Bye, Daddy.
- Bye.
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893. The justice says Bob Moses
of the Freedom Summer project
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894. has asked again for federal protection.
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895. Things are getting pretty violent
in Mississippi.
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896. The federal government
is not getting involved in this.
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897. Now, you make damn sure
that the governor down there
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898. understands that we expect him
to put a lid on his people.
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899. Is Khrushchev still in Egypt?
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900. Yes, sir, and the Soviets
had their first nuclear test
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901. at their new site in Eastern Kazakh.
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902. All right, talk to me, Hubert.
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903. Well, the good news is
we've got a deal with Dirksen.
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904. And what's the bad news?
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905. We're two votes short.
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906. Bill!
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907. I was just thinking about you.
Go on, take a ride with me.
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908. It's all right, boys.
I think I'm safe with Senator Fulbright.
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909. I'll see you up on three.
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910. Boy, oh, boy, look at you.
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911. - How you feeling?
- Fine, fine.
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912. Hey, listen, I need to talk to you
about something.
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913. Uh-huh. Nice cufflinks, Mr. President.
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914. Oh, you like these?
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915. - Do you?
- I do.
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916. Well, then they are yours.
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917. No, no, that's really not necessary.
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918. Well, I'd do anything for you, Bill.
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919. Hey, you know that good old boy
you put down for the federal bench?
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920. Boy, that's a pretty tough sell
for Humphrey's crowd,
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921. but if you were to support the civil rights bill,
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922. they'll just grin and bear it.
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923. Well, Mr. President,
I'm not sure my constituents would approve.
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924. Well, I understand that,
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925. but maybe you don't have to fight
quite as hard as you might otherwise.
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926. I don't think...
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927. Or maybe when the vote comes up,
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928. you happen to be overseas
visiting our troops.
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929. I'm sure Elizabeth would love Europe.
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930. You know she would. Like my wife.
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931. Here, lookie here.
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932. This is the seal of the presidency
of the United States.
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933. There's only two cufflinks like this
in the entire world...
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934. and you now own them both.
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935. I want you to wear them in good health, Bill.
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936. And think about what I said, huh?
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937. You look good, Bill.
I bet you dropped a few pounds, huh?
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938. I'm gonna need another set of those cufflinks.
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939. What the hell?
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940. Walter. Walter!
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941. Walter!
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942. - Gerri, where's Walter?
- Right here.
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943. Why the hell is Senator Engle
suddenly off my list?
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944. He's paralyzed
with a malignant brain tumor, sir.
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945. - Recovering from surgery.
- Holy shit.
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946. - Well, is he conscious?
- I don't know, sir.
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947. Well, find out, God damn it.
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948. If he's conscious, he can vote!
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949. but I know my Bible.
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950. And the Bible does not say
that we cannot choose our own neighbor.
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951. The Bible does not say
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952. that we cannot build a wall
betwixt ourselves and our neighbor.
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953. What I need
is some help on this cloture vote.
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954. No? Well, I'll tell you
what protects a small state, Alan,
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955. and it damn sure isn't a filibuster rule.
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956. It's a strong president who's in your corner.
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957. What? Now where on Earth do you get that...
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958. Well, I don't forget these things.
You understand me?
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959. Son of a bitch. I thought I had him.
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960. Now, for a man named Bible,
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961. he sure doesn't have a handle
on the New Testament.
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962. This bill will guarantee
the commercial destruction
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963. of white people everywhere!
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964. Senator Cannon, listen,
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965. Carl Hayden and I are finally putting together
the Central Arizona Water Project.
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966. And if Nevada wants any part of this,
I need your vote.
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967. Yes, yes, yes,
I know how Alan Bible feels about it,
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968. but I'm talking to you now,
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969. combat veteran to combat veteran.
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970. Yeah.
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971. Yeah, it is a big damn decision,
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972. but Democrats have to stick together here.
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973. Listen, now... No, Howard, just...
Howard, listen to me, will you?
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974. Just listen to me.
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975. Now,
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976. we both got tough election fights
ahead of us here.
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977. You know I'm gonna be there for you
when it counts,
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978. and can I count on you now?
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979. Howard, you do the right thing here,
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980. and you're gonna help yourself,
and you're gonna help your state,
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981. and you're gonna help your country.
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982. Will you vote for cloture?
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983. Howard, you're a good man.
Thank you. Bye-bye.
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984. - Sixty-seven votes!
- Congratulations.
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985. Should we let Senator Dirksen
make the public announcement?
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986. You think there's any way we can stop him?
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987. We believe all men are entitled
to the blessings of liberty.
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988. Yet millions are deprived of those blessings.
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989. Not because of their own failures,
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990. but because of the color of their skin.
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991. This cannot continue.
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992. Our Constitution forbids it.
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993. The principles of freedom forbid it.
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994. And the law I will now sign forbids it.
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995. Thank you,
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996. and good day.
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997. Reverend King.
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998. We did it.
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999. We got it done.
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1000. Congratulations.
Thank you.
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1001. There you go, Everett.
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1002. - Congratulations
- I appreciate it.
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1003. - Thank you, Mr. President.
Dr. King.
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1004. I need to see Dr. King, you hear.
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1005. - There you are.
- Here, Mr. President.
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1006. - It's for you, sir.
- It's an honor, Mr. President.
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1007. Likewise. Thank you.
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1008. - Hear, hear.
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1009. I'm sorry, Dick.
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1010. No, you're not.
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1011. It's not personal. It's just politics.
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1012. It's the passing of an era.
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1013. Well, yes, it is.
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1014. It's the passing of a time
of etiquette, courtesy.
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1015. It's the passing of a time of principles
like party unity.
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1016. You know
what the old soldier said on parade?
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1017. "Hey, look, everybody's out of step but me."
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1018. Maybe.
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1019. I am old, that's true, and God knows I'm tired.
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1020. But the fellas coming up behind me
are utterly without principle of any kind,
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1021. and you'll see how you like dealing with them.
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1022. You're gonna miss me when I'm gone.
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1023. I still need you, Dick.
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1024. I'm still here, Mr. President.
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1025. But the rest of Dixie?
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1026. I hope you haven't just killed
your election chances.
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1027. Congratulations, Mr. President,
on your glorious achievement.
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1028. The Democratic Party just lost the South
for the rest of my lifetime,
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1029. and maybe yours.
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1030. What the fuck are you so happy about?
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1031. Senator Goldwater's triumph
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1032. takes the leadership of his party
away from the eastern liberal block
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1033. and places it with the western conservatives
for the first time since 1936.
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1034. Clausewitz said...
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1035. Marjorie.
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1036. "Politics is war by other means."
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1037. Bullshit.
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1038. - Politics is war, period.
- Congratulations, Daddy.
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1039. Thank you.
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1040. That moderation
in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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1041. Let me remind you also
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1042. that extremism in the defense of liberty
is no vice.
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1043. You know
how you win a campaign?
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1044. By not losing it.
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1045. Good morning, Mr. President.
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1046. I only lost one election
my whole life.
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1047. The son of a bitch stole it from me
in the final seconds
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1048. with a handful of fake votes,
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1049. and I will carry the pain of that with me
to my dying day.
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1050. But I'll tell you what.
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1051. Nobody will ever do me that way again.
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1052. that every fiber of my being...
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1053. It'll be some other way.
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1054. that nothing shall be lacking
from the struggle...
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1055. Out of the car, boys.
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1056. What's the problem, Deputy Price?
I thought we were good.
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1057. Out of the car, Jew boy.
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1058. What you looking at, nigger?
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1059. - We've got a situation in Mississippi.
Yeah?
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1060. Three young men have gone missing.
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1061. Michael Schwerner, age 25,
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1062. Andrew Goodman, age 21,
and James Chaney, 21.
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1063. They were all working
the Freedom Summer project in Meridian.
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1064. Chaney's a local Negro,
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1065. but Schwerner and Goodman
were both out-of-state volunteers,
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1066. both white.
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1067. Well, the shit will hit the fan now.
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1068. Get me the governor of Mississippi.
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1069. They were investigating the burning
of a Negro church in Neshoba County.
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1070. They've been missing for 15 hours now.
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1071. Missing in Mississippi?
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1072. Son of a bitch.
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1073. Yeah. All right, put him through.
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1074. Governor, I'm calling about those three boys.
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1075. You mean those three professional agitators.
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1076. Chaney, Schwerner, and Goodman.
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1077. Yeah, that come into our state
creating all kinds of problems.
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1078. Apparently,
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1079. a Deputy Price arrested them
yesterday afternoon.
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1080. For driving 35 miles over the speed limit.
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1081. - Really?
- Yes, sir.
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1082. So they held them for a couple hours.
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1083. Oh, see, now that's where it gets confusing
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1084. 'cause when their friends
called the jail down there,
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1085. the deputy said he had never heard of them.
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1086. Well, I don't know anything about that.
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1087. Uh...
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1088. Price said he released them
at 10:00 that night.
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1089. And nobody's heard of them since.
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1090. This is clearly a publicity stunt.
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1091. Well, those boys are off hiding somewhere,
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1092. probably having themselves a good laugh.
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1093. And they're gonna come back in,
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1094. they're gonna claim
they were abused or something.
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1095. Well, now I'd hate to have to send
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1096. a whole bunch of federal marshals
into your state.
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1097. Well, no, you don't wanna do that.
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1098. Of course I don't.
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1099. You don't want the publicity,
and I sure as hell don't wanna stir up a mess
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1100. just eight weeks
before the Democratic Convention.
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1101. But there's a lot of pressure to do something.
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1102. Now, if you'd rather,
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1103. I guess I can get a few FBI agents
to look into the thing.
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1104. FBI?
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1105. Well, it's a damn sight better
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1106. than the federal marshals
and the US Army, isn't it?
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1107. Well, yes, I guess that would.
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1108. Yeah, you know, I think you got
the right idea there, Governor.
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1109. Let this be Hoover's problem, not ours.
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1110. Hopefully, you're right about the whole thing,
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1111. and these boys will turn up quick,
and we can all just relax.
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1112. Christ's sake, we got an election to win.
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1113. Hoover will just drag his feet.
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1114. Not if I light a fire under his ass.
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1115. Mr. President.
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1116. Uh, Edgar,
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1117. the governor of Mississippi wants the FBI
to look into these missing kids.
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1118. Well, I'd be happy to, Mr. President,
but there's a jurisdictional problem.
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1119. Well, I'm not gonna tell you
how to run your shop,
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1120. but the governor asked specifically
for the FBI to investigate.
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1121. I tried to put him off, but, well, I suppose
I could get some third party involved.
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1122. I know Senator Jim Eastland
wants Allen Dulles investigating.
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1123. CIA? Oh, no, Mr. President.
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1124. I don't think Dulles is a good idea.
This is very clearly an FBI matter.
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1125. Well, if you're sure.
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1126. I mean, the last thing I would want
is Dulles down there
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1127. acting like he was running the FBI as well.
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1128. I'll tell you what,
let's say Eastland is my problem.
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1129. I'll just deal with him.
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1130. You get your agents down there
to Neshoba County,
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1131. and you just wrap this thing up quick, yeah?
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1132. When did you talk to Eastland
about Dulles going down there?
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1133. Oh, I made that part up.
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1134. The problem here is
there's three sovereignties involved.
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1135. There's the United States,
there's the state of Mississippi,
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1136. and then there's J. Edgar Hoover.
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1137. The burned-out station wagon
was discovered in the woods
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1138. 20 miles from Philadelphia, Mississippi,
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1139. a small town in which Schwerner,
Goodman, and Chaney
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1140. had been arrested for speeding
during the day.
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1141. They were released late at night
by a deputy sheriff
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1142. and were last seen driving away
in the blue station wagon.
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1143. We have to assume
those young men are dead.
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1144. There were no bodies in the car they found.
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1145. Well, then they're probably on vacation,
huh, Mr. Wilkins.
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1146. I mean, I always set my car on fire
before taking a weekend off.
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1147. How many voters
have you actually registered?
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1148. - Twelve hundred, give or take.
- Mmm.
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1149. Five hundred beaten and arrested,
35 churches burned,
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1150. 30 Negro homes and businesses dynamited
for 1,200 votes.
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1151. It's not just about the votes.
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1152. For the first time, black people
are building a new political party.
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1153. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party,
I heard.
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1154. Hold on. We tried to play by the rules
of the regular Democrat Party,
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1155. but they kept us out.
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1156. Fine. So we built our own Democrat Party,
but with a difference.
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1157. Open to everybody, white or Negro.
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1158. Well, don't you think
that America ought to have
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1159. at least one political party that isn't racist?
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1160. It's a waste of time.
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1161. We send our delegates to the convention
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1162. where they challenge the legality
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1163. of the segregated Mississippi delegation
on national TV
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1164. and dare LBJ not to seat us.
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1165. Children playing with dynamite.
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1166. Are you so desperate for their approval
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1167. that you would sanction this mass suicide?
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1168. Those young men went down to Mississippi
and died
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1169. doing the work
the government hasn't been willing to do
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1170. for 100 years.
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1171. We've got to take a stand.
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1172. I grieve for those young men.
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1173. Don't use their funeral pyre
to burn what's left of the movement.
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1174. How can I help, Bob?
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1175. - Come to Mississippi.
- Don't be ridiculous.
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1176. Show the people that you are behind
the Mississippi Freedom...
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1177. You might as well paint a target on his back
and declare open season.
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1178. Martin, you have not been to Mississippi
in over a year.
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1179. He's been busy.
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1180. Death threats, jail, shot at.
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1181. - You don't own a monopoly over suffering.
- I never said that I did.
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1182. Let somebody else carry this one, Martin.
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1183. Please.
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1184. Of course I'll come.
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1185. FBI was acting on a tip
about a farm in rural Mississippi,
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1186. and they just found two bodies buried there
in an earthen dam.
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1187. Jesus. Are they sure it's them?
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1188. Schwerner's draft card in his back pocket.
Goodman's body right below his.
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1189. It appears they had both been shot
once in the chest.
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1190. And they're still digging for Chaney.
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1191. God damn.
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1192. Bless those boys.
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1193. The minute McNamara gets here,
you send him in.
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1194. Gentlemen, we need to pick up
this conversation some other time.
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1195. I'm sorry.
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1196. It's obvious that this Deputy Price
was involved in that.
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1197. Probably the sheriff, too.
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1198. Oh, Lord.
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1199. Well, this whole mess is in my lap now.
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1200. If I don't charge these bastards,
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1201. then King yells
that I'm letting them get away with murder.
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1202. But if I do charge them,
then all the Southerners scream
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1203. about how I'm taking orders
from the Negroes,
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1204. and all this two weeks before the start
of the goddamn convention.
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1205. Mr. President, I'm sorry to have to tell you,
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1206. but the word is Governor Wallace
has offered himself to Goldwater
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1207. as the Republican vice presidential candidate.
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1208. That little weasel would sell his mother
to get a leg up.
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1209. And Strom Thurmond
is formally switching parties.
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1210. That motherfucker!
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1211. Is anybody gonna follow him?
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1212. - Well, I don't know.
- Well, find out.
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1213. You bet I will.
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1214. God damn it.
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1215. You see her on TV?
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1216. - Who?
- The...
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1217. The dead kid's wife, Schwerner.
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1218. Uh... Rita, Rita.
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1219. Wife. Widow, I mean.
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1220. - Christ.
- Terrible.
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1221. Mr. President, we have word.
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1222. No, no. Come on.
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1223. Yeah. Sit there.
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1224. All right, Robert.
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1225. Captain Herrick of the USS Maddox
reports a potential sighting last night
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1226. of two possibly hostile unidentified vessels
in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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1227. And some somewhat
contradictory sonar evidence
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1228. of actual torpedo attack.
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1229. Uh...
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1230. "A potential sighting"?
What the hell's a potential sighting?
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1231. A visual sighting
not confirmed by mechanical means.
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this actually happened?
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1233. Still awaiting confirmation.
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1234. Well, were any of our ships hit?
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1235. No, sir.
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1236. - Were there any explosions?
- No, sir.
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1237. Then how the hell do we know
we were attacked?
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1238. We don't, for sure.
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1239. We have contradictory sonar readings.
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1240. For God's sake, Robert.
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1241. Give me something I can work with here.
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1242. Officially, this is a very delicate subject.
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1243. Oh, Humphrey can know.
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1244. Mr. President, the limited air strikes
you ordered pre-selected
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1245. - in case of another attack are good to go.
- Air strikes?
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1246. - Shall we order them in?
- Surely, this is a situation
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1247. about which we ought to be
more confident before we act.
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1248. There's no sense in pretending
last night's event didn't happen, not anymore.
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1249. - What do you mean?
- There's been a leak somewhere.
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1250. - Who? Who leaked it?
- We're tracking it down.
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1251. I want his fucking head in a basket!
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1252. The point is, the press has got to it somehow.
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1253. God damn it.
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1254. Now there are domestic
considerations as well.
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1255. Yeah, Goldwater.
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1256. Don't retaliate,
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1257. he will play all the angles against you.
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1258. All this soft-on-military bullshit.
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1259. Christ, the Democrats beat Hitler and T-oj-o.
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1260. What more do we have to do?
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1261. You want me to call in the retaliatory strikes?
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1262. For an attack which may
or may not have happened?
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1263. Planes are ready to go on your command.
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1264. Mr. President, this puts you
in a terrible position.
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1265. - You are essentially going to have to lie.
- Mr. President!
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1266. Do it.
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1267. Yes, sir.
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1268. If it gets out, we'll pass it off
on our South Vietnamese allies.
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1269. - Mr. President...
- What, you think I like this?
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1270. Putting my ass in a sling
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1271. - this close to the election?
- Sir...
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1272. Or maybe you think Goldwater
ought to be president.
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1273. - Is that it?
- I never said that.
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1274. That maniac wants to lob an A-bomb
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1275. into the Kremlin's bathroom
and start World War III.
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1276. - You see how you like that.
- Mr. President, come on.
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1277. If Goldwater gets elected,
you can forget about poverty.
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1278. You can forget about civil rights.
Is that what you want?
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1279. Now, I'm trying to turn this country around
and prevent a major war!
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1280. Christ, why the hell did I ever
consider you for my vice president?
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1281. First sign of trouble, you cut and run.
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1282. I'm not running anywhere, Mr. President.
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1283. I'm standing right here beside you.
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1284. Precious cold comfort you are.
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1285. You know, Congress
is gonna back me on this.
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1286. It's election year.
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1287. I'll get them to pass some kind of resolution
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1288. authorizing me full authority over there.
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1289. Then we can get back
to things that really matter.
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1290. Sir?
- What?
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1291. They found Chaney's body.
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1292. God damn it.
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1293. The bodies of the
three missing civil rights workers,
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1294. Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman,
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1295. were found in a grave
at the base of an earthen dam
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1296. outside of Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Copy !req
1297. Their bodies were wrapped
in plastic bags numbered one, two, and three.
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1298. They were taken to the medical center
in Jackson for examination.
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1299. far too small
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1300. Love so amazing
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1301. Love so divine
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1302. Demands my soul
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1303. My life
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1304. My all
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1305. Amen.
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1306. James Chaney gave his life
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1307. to make this country live up
to its forgotten promises
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1308. and unfulfilled ideals.
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1309. Yes, he did.
- We all know
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1310. the terrible pain
you must be feeling in your hearts.
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1311. That's right.
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1312. But we will not live in despair.
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1313. No.
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1314. We will not surrender.
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1315. No.
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1316. We will continue
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1317. to respond to their violence
with love and forgiveness.
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1318. Amen.
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1319. As I stand here...
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1320. Who said that? Who said that?
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1321. I not only blame
the people who pulled the trigger
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1322. or dug the hole with their shovel.
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1323. I blame the state of Mississippi,
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1324. all the way on up to the people
in Washington for what happened.
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1325. - Now, that's enough of that!
- No.
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1326. It's all right.
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1327. Come on up here.
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1328. I'm sick and tired
of going to funerals for black men
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1329. who have been murdered by white men.
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1330. Yes.
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1331. - Are you?
Yes!
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1332. Are you sick and tired of this stuff like I am?
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1333. Yes!
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1334. I'm not feeling sad tonight, Dr. King.
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1335. I'm not feeling forgiveness.
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1336. Preach.
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1337. I've got vengeance in my heart!
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1338. And I'm asking you to feel angry with me.
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1339. Yes.
- Are you angry?
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1340. Yes!
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1341. The white men who murdered James Chaney
are never gonna be punished!
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1342. That's right!
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1343. The best way to remember James Chaney
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1344. is to demand our rights.
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1345. If you go back home and take
what these white men are doing to us...
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1346. If you take it and don't do something about it,
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1347. then God damn your souls!
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1348. Stand up!
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1349. - We got to stand up in Meridian!
- Yeah!
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1350. We got to stand up in Jackson!
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1351. Stand up!
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1352. And when we get to Atlantic City,
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1353. - what are we going to do?
Stand up!
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1354. - Stand up!
Stand up!
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1355. - Stand up!
Stand up!
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1356. - Stand up!
Stand up!
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1357. Stand up! Stand up!
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1358. Stand up! Stand up!
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1359. Stand up! Stand up!
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1360. One man, one vote! One man, one vote!
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1361. One man, one vote!
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1362. One man, one vote! One man, one vote!
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1363. You must seat the MFDP.
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1364. - Martin, it's not that simple.
- Yes, it is.
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1365. Now, you don't understand
the depth of feeling among my people.
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1366. These murders, they've rocked the movement.
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1367. If the government does not
do what is right here,
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1368. nonviolence will no longer be an option.
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1369. You can see
a largely Negro delegation
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1370. from a Southern state appear here,
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1371. claiming to be an alternative delegation.
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1372. It's something I don't think has
happened in the Democratic Convention
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1373. perhaps since Reconstruction days.
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1374. And according to
the Freedom Democratic representatives,
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1375. Dr. Henry, who is their chairman,
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1376. Dr. Martin Luther King,
they are not going to accept any compromise
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1377. short of having some kind
of a vote in this convention.
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1378. Well, I'll certainly take that
under consideration, John.
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1379. REPORTER ON TV:... this delegation
being seated, and the other...
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1380. John Connally, the governor of my own state,
just told me, "You seat those black buggers,
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1381. "not only will Texas quit,
but the whole South will walk out."
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1382. We might as well
kiss the whole goddamn election good-bye.
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1383. What the hell do you want?
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1384. The ballot in Alabama, sir,
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1385. apparently Governor Wallace
kept your name off it.
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1386. That little piece of shit.
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1387. - Can he do that?
- Of course he can.
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1388. Goldwater must be laughing his ass off.
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1389. And now they're just threatening to walk out
of the whole goddamn convention!
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1390. Son of a bitch.
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1391. Lyndon, why don't you take a break
from this for a while?
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1392. Oh, I'm fine, Bird.
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1393. Well, you certainly don't sound fine.
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1394. - When's the last time you ate anything?
- Go away, Bird.
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1395. You're giving me a goddamn headache.
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1396. Well, honey, I'm just worried.
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1397. Would you leave me alone?
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1398. Go on, get out of here!
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1399. Go on!
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1400. watching over every aspect
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1401. and every detail in this process...
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1402. engaged by
the Mississippi delegation here tonight.
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1403. Oh.
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1404. Thank you.
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1405. I feel so sorry for him.
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1406. I know.
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1407. Thank God he has you, Walter.
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1408. And you.
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1409. You think he's hard on me?
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1410. Well, he's hard on everybody,
especially himself.
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1411. People don't see that.
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1412. But I do.
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1413. I see everything.
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1414. His lady friends.
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1415. But I'm the one he chose. Hmm.
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1416. At the end of the day...
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1417. I'm the one he comes home to.
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1418. My money paid for his first campaign,
did you know that?
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1419. I had to face down my own daddy
over my inheritance to get it.
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1420. By God, it was the best investment
I ever made.
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1421. My lipstick okay?
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1422. You look beautiful.
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1423. No, I'm not.
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1424. But you make do with what you got.
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1425. And whatever happens, you don't quit.
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1426. CBS News correspondent
Mike Wallace here
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1427. at the ballroom of Convention Hall
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1428. where the credentials committee
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1429. of the Democratic National Party
are in session.
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1430. And now we are hearing
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1431. from the Freedom Democratic Party
representatives of Mississippi.
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1432. Just tell the credential committee
what happened in Mississippi, Miss Hamer.
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1433. On January 9th, 1963, I went to a meeting
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1434. to learn how to register
Negro voters in Mississippi.
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1435. On my way back,
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1436. I was arrested by the Winona police chief
and taken to the county jail.
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1437. After I was placed in a cell,
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1438. state highway patrolmen
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1439. ordered me to lay facedown
on the bunk bed, saying,
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1440. "You're gonna wish you was dead."
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1441. Now who the hell is this?
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1442. Fannie Lou Hamer,
a sharecropper's daughter.
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1443. Became one of the leaders of the MFDP.
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1444. For Christ's sake.
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1445. And then he ordered
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1446. two male Negro prisoners
to beat me with a blackjack.
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1447. The first prisoner
beat me till he was exhausted.
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1448. And then the patrolman
ordered the second Negro to beat me.
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1449. - This is awful.
- It sure as hell is.
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1450. She could stampede the liberals
into seating the MFDP,
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1451. and the South will storm out
of the convention in droves.
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1452. Walter!
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1453. Walter, you tell the press
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1454. we got a major announcement
in the Rose Garden.
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1455. - What's the announcement?
- Hell if I know!
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1456. Anything to turn off
those goddamn cameras in Atlantic City.
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1457. I began to scream.
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1458. And one white man hit me in my head
and told me to hush.
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1459. My dress had worked up high,
so I pulled it down.
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1460. And another white man walked over
and pulled it back up.
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1461. All this
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1462. on account of we wanna register to vote.
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1463. And if the Freedom Democratic Party
is not seated at this convention,
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1464. I question America.
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1465. Is this America?
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1466. The land of the free and the home of the brave
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1467. where our lives be threatened daily
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1468. 'cause we wanna live
as decent human beings.
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1469. All we're asking
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1470. - is fair representation of this...
Hold on.
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1471. The president is going
to announce his address
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1472. at the White House in just a few moments.
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1473. Please stand by for
the President of the United States.
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1474. Uh, howdy.
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1475. - First of all, I wanna thank y'all...
- I don't understand.
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1476. - What's going on?
- It appears, Miss Hamer,
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1477. we've been preempted by the President.
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1478. - I know a lot of people are...
- Come on.
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1479. still wondering
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1480. who my vice presidential candidate will be.
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1481. And we'll make that decision very, very soon,
I promise you that.
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1482. I think now I can open it up,
and if you'd like to ask a few questions.
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1483. I need to know everything that King
and that Fannie Lou person and Bob Moses
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1484. and all those goddamn people
in the MFDP are talking about.
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1485. I want them under constant surveillance,
the whole bunch of them.
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1486. Mr. President, we don't have any warrant.
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1487. Well, that never stopped you before, did it?
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1488. Now, I don't care what you do
or how you do it.
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1489. In fact, it's better if I don't know.
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1490. But everything you get,
you send it immediately to Walter.
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1491. - You understand?
- Yeah.
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1492. - Uncle Dick.
- You're up awful late, Mr. President.
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1493. You're gonna give yourself
another heart attack.
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1494. Well, if I do, it'll be the Dixiecrats
and Martin Luther King put me in my grave.
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1495. You hear of this public telegram of King's
demanding that I seat the MFDP?
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1496. The whole country will think
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1497. that Negroes have more power
in the Democratic Party
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1498. than the president has,
and the whole South will bolt.
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1499. I warned you about that.
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1500. You know what I think?
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1501. I think this is something that King cooked up
with Bobby Kennedy to embarrass me.
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1502. Now, listen, Kennedy is
gonna stab me in the back
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1503. and steal this nomination at the last minute.
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1504. Mr. President, Robert Kennedy
has no interest whatsoever
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1505. in hurting you or helping Barry Goldwater.
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1506. Then the hell with them all.
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1507. I'm gonna go back home to my ranch
and the people who love me.
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1508. I never wanted to be president
in the first place.
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1509. Mr. President, forgive my frankness,
but you are speaking like a spoiled child.
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1510. You and I both know you're not serious.
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1511. Now take a tranquilizer, go to sleep.
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1512. Thank you.
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1513. I walked into the lion's den,
I argued fervently,
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1514. I used all the heartstrings I had.
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1515. I made no headway.
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1516. God damn it.
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1517. The least the MFDP might be willing to accept
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1518. would be some actual votes
at the convention, a few votes.
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1519. Well, what did King say?
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1520. He's very supportive
of their leadership on this.
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1521. After everything I did for him,
he should've stood up for me!
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1522. Why didn't somebody stand up for me?
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1523. I stood up for you, Mr. President.
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1524. Somebody who matters.
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1525. Well, if you don't think
my loyalty is important...
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1526. Jesus, you are so thin-skinned.
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1527. Shit.
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1528. I depend on you, Hubert, you know that.
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1529. Christ's sake,
there's got to be a solution here.
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1530. Well, maybe we can get
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1531. one or two of the Mississippi regulars
to agree to step aside.
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1532. They claim they're sick or something.
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1533. All right.
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1534. You tell them that they can have
two voting delegates.
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1535. We'll call them "at large delegates."
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1536. But one of them has to be
that white minister of theirs.
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1537. Reverend Edwin King.
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1538. That's him, that's him.
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1539. That way,
it's one white man and only one Negro.
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1540. We'll integrate their delegation.
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1541. Who could argue with that, huh?
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1542. I'll see what I can do.
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1543. Well, don't "see" what you can do!
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1544. You do what I tell you to do.
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1545. Mr. President.
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1546. What you think of Hubert?
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1547. I think he's working as hard as he can.
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1548. Yeah.
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1549. He's nice.
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1550. Nice is what you call a gal with no tits,
no ass, and no personality.
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1551. Nice is for kissing babies.
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1552. There's no place for nice in a knife fight.
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1553. You get me Walter Reuther.
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1554. Mr. President, what a pleasant surprise.
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1555. Well, Reuther,
I know how important
Copy !req
1556. your golden boy Humphrey is to you
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1557. and the rest of organized labor.
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1558. But if this big delegate war comes off
and the South walks out of the convention,
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1559. he will have no future
in the Democratic Party, you hear me?
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1560. Yes, sir, but I really must...
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1561. Now, you need to tighten your leash
Copy !req
1562. and bring King
and the MFDP in line or, by God,
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1563. Hubert Humphrey is never gonna be
my vice president or anything else!
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1564. - Sir, I...
- He won't be able to get elected dogcatcher,
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1565. and you won't have
nobody in the Senate to carry water for you.
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1566. Now you get yourself down to Atlantic City
and fix this mess, and I mean now!
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1567. Are you all right, sir?
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1568. I do not have the hide of a rhinoceros.
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1569. You know me, Walter.
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1570. I have a genuine desire to unite people,
Copy !req
1571. but my own people in the South,
they're against me,
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1572. and the North is against me,
and the Negroes are against me,
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1573. and the press sure doesn't have
any damn affection for me.
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1574. It's not fair, sir, not with all you've done.
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1575. I could drop dead tomorrow,
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1576. and there wouldn't be
10 people who'd shed a tear.
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1577. Ah, no. No, sir. That's not true, sir.
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1578. The hell it ain't.
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1579. People turn on you so fast.
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1580. When my daddy lost everything,
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1581. people who had been glad-handing him
just treated him like dog shit.
Copy !req
1582. They humiliated him to his face,
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1583. in public.
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1584. And my mother...
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1585. The way she'd freeze him out.
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1586. That's what killed him.
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1587. You know what I think it is?
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1588. People think I want great power,
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1589. but what I want is great solace.
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1590. A little love.
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1591. That's all I want.
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1592. You have that from us, sir.
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1593. From me.
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1594. Poor Marjorie must be wondering
where the hell you are.
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1595. - Oh, she understands.
- Jesus.
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1596. How many kids you got again?
What is it, five?
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1597. - Six.
- Six.
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1598. - Two girls and four boys.
- Phew!
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1599. Right, Catholic.
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1600. I always wanted a son.
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1601. Don't get me wrong, I love Luci and Lynda,
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1602. but a man wants a son.
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1603. I reckon you're as close to that as I've got.
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1604. Walter, you'll be right outside?
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1605. Yes, sir.
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1606. Martin.
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1607. Mr. Reuther.
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1608. Didn't expect to see you here.
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1609. Well, neither did I.
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1610. I got a call from the president
with a generous helping of the Texas twist.
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1611. You've got to get the MFDP to compromise.
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1612. Well, what the president offered was an insult.
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1613. These people have shed their blood...
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1614. Martin, your funding is on the line.
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1615. You've gotta get the MFDP on board,
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1616. or there will be no more
union money for the movement,
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1617. not a single goddamn dime.
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1618. You would sabotage
the entire civil rights movement over this?
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1619. No, you would.
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1620. The number of delegates at a convention,
who gives a shit?
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1621. - It's wrong.
- Look, there will be a final offer.
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1622. You get your people to accept it,
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1623. or you can take your tin cup
and your principles
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1624. out onto the street
and see how far that gets you.
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1625. LBJ! LBJ! LBJ!
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1626. Will the delegates
please be seated?
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1627. - What do we want?
Freedom!
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1628. - When do we want it?
- Now!
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1629. - What do we want?
Freedom!
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1630. - When do we want it?
Now!
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1631. Which side are you on? Everybody, now
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1632. Which side are you on, Lord?
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1633. - Which side are you on? Everybody, now
- Which side are you on?
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1634. Martin. Just...
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1635. Which side are you on, Lord?
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1636. I want everyone to hear this.
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1637. I'm pleased to say that we've come up
with a mighty fine compromise.
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1638. The MFDP will get two voting delegates,
Aaron Henry and Edwin King.
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1639. And the Democratic Party
will adopt a formal rules change
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1640. to prohibit any segregated delegation
in the future.
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1641. This is a major victory.
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1642. Senator Humphrey,
God did not send us to Atlantic City
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1643. - for no two seats.
That's right.
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1644. When all of us is tired.
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1645. This is just like the white plantation bosses
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1646. making all the decisions
for his black sharecroppers.
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1647. Hold on, Bob.
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1648. You've won your case
in the court of public opinion.
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1649. Now you've got your token representation.
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1650. - "Token"?
- Don't twist my words, Aaron.
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1651. What I am saying is
that there's a whole lot at stake here,
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1652. and this is a necessary political compromise.
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1653. We are not here
to bring politics to our morality.
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1654. We are here
to bring our morality to our politics.
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1655. Dr. King, what do you think we ought to do?
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1656. If I were a Mississippi Negro,
been through what you've been through,
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1657. - I'd vote against it.
- Right.
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1658. But the solemn commitment
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1659. to end discrimination
in all future conventions
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1660. - is a mighty big victory...
- Yes, it is.
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1661. in which the MFDP can take real pride.
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1662. And as a Negro leader, I'm asking...
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1663. I want you to take this.
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1664. Wade in the water
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1665. Wade in the water, children
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1666. Wade in the water
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1667. God's a-gonna trouble the water
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1668. See that host all dressed in white?
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1669. Well done, Dr. King.
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1670. Solomon himself couldn't have
cut that baby in half any cleaner.
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1671. I may lose a battle, Bob,
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1672. I personally may not survive,
but I will win this war.
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1673. All the way with LBJ.
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1674. LBJ is not the second coming.
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1675. He's just like every other politician.
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1676. He'll do what it takes to get elected.
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1677. But I think he really wants civil rights.
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1678. Now, we've got a chance here, Bob.
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1679. A real chance.
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1680. Best chance in 100 years,
and I will not throw it away.
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1681. Will the delegates
please be seated?
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1682. A workable compromise
regarding at large delegates
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1683. - from Mississippi has been reached.
- All right.
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1684. All right, that's it. We're leaving. Come on.
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1685. And we urge the delegates here
to approve the recommendations
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1686. - of the credentials committee.
- Jim, what the hell's going on?
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1687. LBJ screwed us over.
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1688. He's seating the niggers.
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1689. You boys just stay here. I'll figure this out.
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1690. The credentials committee
settled on a compromise
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1691. of two voting delegates for the MFDP,
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1692. but Mississippi and Alabama
rejected the deal and walked out.
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1693. If Georgia walks out next,
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1694. - the rest of the South will follow.
- Mr. President?
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1695. It's Governor Sanders of Georgia
on the phone.
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1696. What, it's Georgia?
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1697. What the hell does Carl want?
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1698. Alabama and Mississippi are walking out,
and Sanders says he might follow.
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1699. God damn it!
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1700. Carl, what the hell is going on?
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1701. Mr. President, you can't give
these people two seats.
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1702. It's gonna look like the Negroes are
taking over the whole convention.
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1703. Oh, for Christ's sake,
it's one Negro and one white minister.
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1704. Now, it's the principle of the thing.
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1705. Me and my delegates
are about inches from walking out.
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1706. In fact, the whole South's about to bolt.
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1707. All right, now let's you and me
understand something here.
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1708. Those people
are Democrats just like you and me,
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1709. but those good old boys from Mississippi,
they locked them out.
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1710. Well, now they got locked out
because they're not registered to vote.
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1711. Because they wouldn't let them register!
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1712. They beat them and shot them
and lynched them.
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1713. Well, now you're tarring
a lot of people here, Mr. President.
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1714. No, Carl, Carl, you and I just can't survive
our modern political life
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1715. with these goddamn fellas down there
doing things the old way
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1716. and eating them Negroes
for breakfast every morning.
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1717. They got to quit that!
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1718. Mr. President, you need to remove
these so-called "delegates at large."
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1719. No, you listen to me!
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1720. You need to make up your mind
once and for all
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1721. what kind of Christian you are.
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1722. Are you a once-a-week fella,
or do you hold the Word in your heart?
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1723. And what kind of politician are you?
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1724. You just out for yourself,
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1725. or you wanna make a better life
for all the people of Georgia?
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1726. - Well, of course I...
- And what kind of man are you?
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1727. You got the balls to do
what you know is right,
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1728. or do you just slink away?
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1729. Now, what you don't get to do is threaten me.
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1730. So if you're gonna walk out of the convention,
then you just do it right now!
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1731. But if not,
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1732. then I expect to see
your bright and shiny faces
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1733. wearing your big
"All the way with LBJ" hats tonight
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1734. when I take the stage.
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1735. Bird, go away and leave me be.
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1736. I can't do that, Lyndon.
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1737. I won't.
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1738. You're just like the rest of them.
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1739. You're all against me.
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1740. That is so not true.
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1741. - Oh, yeah?
- Look at me.
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1742. Look at me, Lyndon.
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1743. You are as brave a man
as FDR and Truman and Lincoln.
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1744. And there are many, many people
up there at that convention
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1745. and in this party
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1746. and in this nation who love you.
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1747. - And they are counting on you.
- I'm gonna resign.
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1748. - Let somebody else deal with this.
- You're not going to resign.
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1749. - Yes, I am!
- No, you are not!
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1750. When your great-grandmother
was hiding in the floorboards
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1751. while the Comanches were raiding her house,
did she flinch?
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1752. To step down now
would be wrong for your country.
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1753. Your friends would be frozen
with embarrassment,
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1754. and your enemies would jeer.
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1755. Those bastards would love to see me down.
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1756. And are you gonna give them that pleasure?
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1757. I don't think so.
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1758. That is not the man I married.
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1759. Sir, Governor Sanders was just on TV,
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1760. and the Georgia delegation's
not gonna walk out after all.
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1761. - What, Sanders backed down?
- Yes, sir, he did.
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1762. - So the South held?
- Yes, sir.
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1763. The honorable
Lyndon B. Johnson
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1764. is nominated by acclamation
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1765. as our candidate to the office
of President of the United States,
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1766. and the honorable Hubert Horatio Humphrey
is our candidate for Vice President!
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1767. The dust has settled here in Atlantic City,
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1768. and President Johnson's Democratic Party
is one big, happy family.
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1769. - Hello there!
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1770. - Hubert.
- Mr. President.
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1771. You look a little down in the mouth
for being the next vice president.
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1772. It just feels different than I thought it would.
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1773. Oh, that. Well...
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1774. You get over that pretty quick.
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1775. The American people
have no greater advocate and friend
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1776. than the man the Democratic Party
is proud to claim as our leader.
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1777. Now the man of the hour,
Lyndon Baines Johnson!
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1778. We're down five points in Georgia,
six points in South Carolina,
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1779. eight points in Louisiana.
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1780. Hell, Goldwater is beating my ass
by 60% in Mississippi.
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1781. Now, he's getting on top!
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1782. Son of a bitch is turning it around!
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1783. Where the hell are the ideas?
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1784. Where the hell's the solutions?
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1785. Walter, I want you to change
my travel schedule.
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1786. Give me more time in the South,
especially Louisiana.
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1787. And put more money into
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1788. - our TV campaign down there.
- Yes, sir.
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1789. And as for the rest of you,
what the hell are you still standing here for?
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1790. Get out there and do something!
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1791. Come on.
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1792. Not you, Humphrey. Stay here.
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1793. You read this bullshit Wall Street Journal
exposé about my corruption?
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1794. Definitely planted by Goldwater.
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1795. Damn right it was.
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1796. Take a look at this. Huh?
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1797. That's disgusting.
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1798. Goldwater wants to get down into the mud,
by God, I could do that.
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1799. Listen here, I want you to pull together
a special group separate from the campaign
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1800. and hit him back with everything we got!
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1801. Mr. President, I don't think
sinking to their level is...
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1802. Oh, for God's sake, just do it.
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1803. Mr. President, you are ahead
in the polls in most of the country.
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1804. Yeah, and so was Nixon in '60.
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1805. And some people thought
he would've beat Jack
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1806. except for a whole bunch of dead people
voting in Chicago at the last minute.
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1807. It ain't over until it's over.
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1808. eight, nine...
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1809. - Nine...
- MAN:... eight, seven,
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1810. six, five,
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1811. four, three,
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1812. two, one,
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1813. zero.
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1814. These are the stakes
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1815. to make a world in which
all of God's children can live
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1816. or to go into the dark.
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1817. We must either love each other,
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1818. or we must die.
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1819. Vote for President Johnson on November 3rd.
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1820. The stakes are too high for you to stay home.
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1821. I want you to run this right away.
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1822. It'll be controversial. You'll get a lot of flak.
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1823. Then, we'll only have to run it once
and let the press do our work for us.
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1824. I wanna see it again.
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1825. Now, Barry Goldwater says he's not a racist.
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1826. But the government can't legislate
what people feel in their hearts.
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1827. - That's right!
- And he's right.
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1828. The law can't make white folks love you.
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1829. But the law can prevent them
from lynching you.
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1830. Yes!
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1831. The law can prevent them
from denying you a job
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1832. and your child an education.
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1833. And the law can ensure
that you have the right to vote.
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1834. - Amen!
- Yes!
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1835. I'm not here today
to tell you fine people who to vote for.
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1836. But come election day,
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1837. let's be sure to send
the fine senator from Arizona
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1838. and his tender heart
back to the desert where he belongs.
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1839. Walter was arrested?
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1840. YMCA men's bathroom
by the D.C. Vice Squad.
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1841. The other man arrested
was an army staff sergeant.
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1842. No, no, no.
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1843. - This must be some kind of mistake.
- No, sir.
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1844. Apparently, Walter was arrested
under similar circumstances five years ago.
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1845. Now, why didn't I know that?
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1846. None of us knew.
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1847. This has Goldwater's fingerprints all over it.
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1848. Goldwater will use this.
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1849. Goddamn, this close to the election,
it could be the whole ball of wax!
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1850. There doesn't appear to be
any security compromise at all.
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1851. There damn well better not be.
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1852. Your people said they vetted him.
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1853. I have it in writing
with your goddamn signature on it.
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1854. - There are some things you can't predict.
- That's your job, Edgar.
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1855. I will take care of this, Mr. President.
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1856. And why don't that make me feel any better?
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1857. You get a hold of Walter's
Air Force Reserve records.
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1858. Goldwater was his commanding officer.
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1859. With any luck, he signed off
on his fitness evaluations.
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1860. We get a hold of those,
and Goldwater won't be able to say shit!
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1861. Walter will resign immediately.
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1862. You see to it that his doctor
issues a statement.
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1863. Um, he was working too hard
and just snapped.
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1864. I've been working with that man for 25 years
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1865. and not a clue.
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1866. How do you know when
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1867. somebody's...
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1868. Well, there's certain signs, mannerisms.
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1869. The way a man dresses or combs his hair.
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1870. Walks kind of funny.
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1871. Well, that's news to me.
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1872. I'm not questioning you.
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1873. I'm sure you'd know.
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1874. In your line of work, I mean.
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1875. Marjorie is just beside herself.
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1876. Can't believe it's true.
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1877. I can't believe it's true.
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1878. I am going to make
a public statement of support.
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1879. Absolutely not.
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1880. The First Lady can't be involved in this.
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1881. None of us can be involved.
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1882. Why, he's distraught, Lyndon.
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1883. He could injure himself.
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1884. That is not my problem.
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1885. What...
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1886. He is our friend.
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1887. He was our friend,
and then he stabbed me in the back.
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1888. What, are we just never gonna see him again?
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1889. What, you think I like this?
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1890. Now Goldwater's killing me in the polls.
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1891. I loved Walter like a...
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1892. I'm holding this campaign together
with baling wire and spit.
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1893. And if you're not with me,
then you're against me.
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1894. I know why
you think you have to do this, darling.
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1895. But you're wrong. You do what you must.
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1896. But I will not abandon our friend.
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1897. Now if you'll excuse me,
I have speeches to deliver.
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1898. God damn it.
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1899. In what is sure to be
a very controversial decision,
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1900. the winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Peace
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1901. is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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1902. I am deeply moved and humbled
by the decision of the Nobel Committee
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1903. who are devoted to the nonviolent pursuit
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1904. of those rights
to which every man and woman...
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1905. How will you want to acknowledge Dr. King?
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1906. I won't.
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1907. King knows where I stand.
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1908. I don't need to get on
the goddamn rooftops and shout it out.
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1909. movement of many peoples
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1910. who are devoted
to the nonviolent pursuit of those rights...
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1911. I'm supposed to have psychic abilities
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1912. in order to protect the president
from deviants like Jenkins,
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1913. but when it comes to King,
apparently no warning is strong enough.
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1914. this award should be given
to the American civil rights...
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1915. Get me the sex tapes
of King with those women.
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1916. And a typewriter.
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1917. "King, you know you are a complete fraud
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1918. "and a great liability to all of us Negroes."
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1919. Sir, are you sure
the president will be comfortable with this?
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1920. Doesn't matter.
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1921. "King, you cannot believe in God.
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1922. "Clearly you don't believe
in any moral principles.
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1923. "You could have been our greatest leader,
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1924. "but you turned out to be
nothing but a dissolute,
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1925. "abnormal moral imbecile.
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1926. "You are a colossal fraud,
and an evil, vicious one at that,
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1927. "and you had better kill yourself
before your filthy, fraudulent soul
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1928. "is bared to the nation."
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1929. Goldwater! Goldwater!
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1930. Goldwater! Goldwater!
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1931. Goldwater! Goldwater!
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1932. What the hell is wrong with these people?
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1933. It's a Democratic rally, for Christ's sake!
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1934. - Where's the governor?
- Left an hour ago.
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1935. Suddenly called out of town.
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1936. Cowardly son of a bitch.
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1937. I've had enough of this horseshit.
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1938. Let's get a move on. Move!
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1939. And now... Now let's give
a nice, warm New Orleans welcome
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1940. to the President of the United States!
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1941. All right. All right!
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1942. You've had your say,
and now I'm gonna have mine.
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1943. My fellow Southerners, please.
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1944. I once got to know
this old senator from the South
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1945. who lamented to me
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1946. the condition of our beloved region.
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1947. The old senator
talked about how outside forces
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1948. divided and conquered
the people of the South
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1949. by appealing to their racial hatred.
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1950. I accept this award on behalf
of a civil rights movement
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1951. which is working to establish
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1952. a reign of freedom and a rule of justice.
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1953. For only yesterday in Alabama,
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1954. our children, crying out for brotherhood,
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1955. were met with water hoses,
dogs, and even death.
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1956. Now, the old senator described
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1957. what a great future the South could have
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1958. if only we'd all work together.
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1959. Only yesterday in Mississippi,
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1960. young people seeking the right to vote
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1961. were brutalized and murdered.
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1962. And the old senator talked longingly
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1963. about going home one more time
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1964. and telling people the truth.
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1965. He said his poor state
hasn't heard the truth in 30 years.
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1966. All we ever hear at election time
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1967. is, "Nigger! Nigger! Nigger!"
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1968. Well, I'm not gonna let them build up the hate.
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1969. I'm not gonna let them trick my people
by appealing to their prejudice.
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1970. I believe peoples everywhere
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1971. can have dignity, equality,
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1972. and freedom.
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1973. We have a new law of the land.
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1974. A civil rights law.
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1975. And I'm gonna enforce it
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1976. 'cause it is the right thing to do!
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1977. ABC News
continues its coverage of Election '64.
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1978. President Johnson,
though he's doing extremely well
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1979. in winning and carrying states,
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1980. has not yet reached
the position the polls gave him.
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1981. The figures have just come in.
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1982. Georgia, which has never
deserted the Democratic Party,
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1983. has gone for Senator Goldwater.
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1984. Senator Goldwater so far
is doing respectably in the South,
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1985. so we'll just have to wait
to judge his basic strategy.
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1986. The polls are closing right now
in New York State.
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1987. The New York Herald Tribune
put up the headline,
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1988. "Johnson Landslide."
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1989. CBS poll profile analysis.
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1990. Lyndon Baines Johnson has been elected
President of the United States.
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1991. How about that? How about that?
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1992. - Isn't that something?
- Oh, my God!
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1993. - Where's Lady Bird?
- Right behind you, where I've always been.
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1994. Oh. Sixty million votes.
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1995. You're no accident, Mr. President.
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1996. Mr. President, you've got a phone call
from Senator Russell.
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1997. - Well, all right!
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1998. Well, go on, go on, have some fun!
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1999. I'll be with you in a second.
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2000. - Uncle Dick.
- Congratulations, Mr. President.
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2001. Well, I'm just trying to do
what the old master taught me.
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2002. You know none of this would've happened
without you, Uncle Dick, none of it.
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2003. Thank you, sir. Thank you.
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2004. My apologies about Georgia.
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2005. Well, it was disappointing, yeah.
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2006. Georgia has never voted Republican before,
not once.
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2007. Not even during Reconstruction.
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2008. Well, they'll be back.
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2009. I sure wish you was here.
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2010. Listen, Uncle Dick,
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2011. you know we got a hell
of a lot of work ahead of us.
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2012. I'm counting on you, now.
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2013. I will give it all that I have, sir.
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2014. I know you will.
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2015. You enjoy your party, Mr. President.
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2016. I'll see you in Washington.
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2017. Congratulations, Mr. President.
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2018. Yeah.
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2019. My apologies.
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2021. A green light for Mr. Johnson,
a stop light for Senator Goldwater,
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2022. and perhaps for the right wing
conservative control of the Republican Party.
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2023. These are the numbers.
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2024. In electoral votes, it is...
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2025. 96% of the Negro vote to Johnson.
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2026. They owe us big, Martin.
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2027. Now they gotta give us that voting rights bill.
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2028. Well, LBJ is not gonna give us anything.
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2029. We've gotta take it.
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2030. And we're gonna start
a new campaign right away
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2032. I am so glad that it's finally over, aren't you?
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2033. "Over"?
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2034. It's just getting started.
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2035. - What are you doing out here by yourself?
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2036. Everybody's waiting for you.
Come join the party.
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2037. Your party. Mmm.
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2038. In a minute.
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2039. You're goddamn right it's my party,
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2040. and I had to drag it into the light
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2041. kicking and screaming every inch of the way.
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2042. 'Cause this is how new things are born.
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2043. Bird and I lost three babies
before we had Lynda,
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2044. and I remember the moment
when they finally let me into the room
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2045. to see my first live child.
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2046. And there on the floor
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2047. you could still see the doctor's footprints
in my wife's blood.
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2048. And I thought, "Yeah, this is familiar.
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2049. "I know this."
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2050. But right now,
we're gonna party like there's no tomorrow
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2051. 'cause there's no feeling in the world
half as good as winning.
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2052. But the sun will come up,
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2053. and the knives will come out,
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2054. and all these smiling faces
will be watching me,
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2055. waiting for that
one first moment of weakness.
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2056. And then they will gut me like a deer.
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2057. You okay, honey?
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2058. I'm fine, Bird.
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2059. I'm great.
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2060. Hell, I'm president.
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