1. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.Copy !req
2. This is Bob Walker
speaking from Dallas Love Field...Copy !req
3. where a large crowd has gathered
to await the appearance...Copy !req
4. of President and Mrs.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy...Copy !req
5. who have arrived from
Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth.Copy !req
6. Lyndon, stop looking at that. Honestly.Copy !req
7. Mr. Vice President, we'll be in
the third car, the gray Lincoln.Copy !req
8. What's the word on Yarborough?Copy !req
9. The president told the senator
he rides with you...Copy !req
10. or he could walk
through downtown Dallas.Copy !req
11. Oh, isn't that sweet? Thank you, honey.Copy !req
12. - Yes. Yes, it is the first lady.
- Jackie!Copy !req
13. The youthful Mrs. Kennedy
looking beautiful in her pillbox hat...Copy !req
14. and matching pink outfit.Copy !req
15. Mrs. Kennedy is followed
by the president...Copy !req
16. - Hello. You look lovely.
- Of the United States.Copy !req
17. Thank you so much.Copy !req
18. - Hi, Jackie.
- Hi, Lady Bird. It's good to see you.Copy !req
19. - Mr. President.
- Lyndon.Copy !req
20. - How are you?
- Good.Copy !req
21. Mrs. Johnson. Lovely as always.Copy !req
22. - Lyndon.
- Hi, Nellie.Copy !req
23. Followed by Texas Senator
Ralph Yarborough.Copy !req
24. Good morning to you.Copy !req
25. This will be your vehicle, Mr. President.Copy !req
26. The crowd is jockeying
for a better look at the president.Copy !req
27. Wait, no. The president has
walked past the motorcade...Copy !req
28. and he's making his way
towards the crowd.Copy !req
29. How are you?Hello.Copy !req
30. - Shaking hands with people.
- Thanks for coming out.Copy !req
31. - Thank you.
- Some have cameras...Copy !req
32. - to capture this historic moment.
- Thank you.Copy !req
33. - Thank you. Thank you very much.
- Real pleasure.Copy !req
34. They didn't expect to be shaking hands
with the president of the United States.Copy !req
35. This is quite a thrill for the people
who have waited here all morning.Copy !req
36. And once the motorcade departs,
it will head through the city...Copy !req
37. where crowds are waiting for a view
of their president and his wife.Copy !req
38. - Thank you.
- Thousands will be on hand...Copy !req
39. for that motorcade, which
will move through downtown Dallas.Copy !req
40. Don't you just love Texas?Copy !req
41. Is there anywhere else you'd rather be?Copy !req
42. This is regarding the Farm Bill.Copy !req
43. We wanna vote in less than an hour.Copy !req
44. Get back to the leader.
Tell him people are still undecided.Copy !req
45. We wanna push this through
in the next half hour.Copy !req
46. Because I'm not General Custer,
and this ain't Little fucking Bighorn.Copy !req
47. So if you have any objections...Copy !req
48. tell me now before I head to the floor
of the United States Senate.Copy !req
49. We got Cannon. Senator Yarborough.Copy !req
50. - I'll be right with you.
- Senator Mansfield, sir.Copy !req
51. - Mike. What's the number?
- About 48.Copy !req
52. "About 48" is not a number.Copy !req
53. Closest approximation I could get.Copy !req
54. Mike, I want you to imagine...Copy !req
55. putting your little 2-inch pecker
on the edge of this table.Copy !req
56. Now, I grab a hatchet, and I tell you...Copy !req
57. that I'm gonna swing it down
about 2 inches from the edge.Copy !req
58. - Would you be nervous?
- Mm-hm.Copy !req
59. Well, that's how I feel when you tell me
that the count is "about 48."Copy !req
60. Now, what good is a whip
that doesn't know how to count?Copy !req
61. Go back out there
and get me an actual number!Copy !req
62. Juanita, dear?Copy !req
63. - Yes, sir?
- Call Dirksen's office...Copy !req
64. and tell him I'd like to speak
to the senator at his earliest convenience.Copy !req
65. - Yes, sir.
- George, get my tailor on the phone.Copy !req
66. Who is Mike Taylor?Copy !req
67. Who...? No, not "Mike Taylor." My tailor.Copy !req
68. The guy who makes my fucking clothes.
Get him on the phone now.Copy !req
69. - Senator Yarborough.
- Mr. Leader...Copy !req
70. - I still don't take a drink.
- No?Copy !req
71. Now if you've called me in here to ask me
about my vote on the Farm Bill...Copy !req
72. I should tell you I have not changed
my position in the slightest.Copy !req
73. No problem. No problem at all.Copy !req
74. But, listen, while I got you here,
there is one question...Copy !req
75. I've been meaning to ask you.Copy !req
76. Have you got shit for brains?Copy !req
77. What the hell is your problem
with this Farm Bill?Copy !req
78. We should be doing a heck of a lot more
for the people who have less.Copy !req
79. The only thing more irritating
than a liberal is a liberal from Texas.Copy !req
80. The senator is here.Copy !req
81. - Bring him in.
- What my constituents want is...Copy !req
82. Your constituents are my constituents...Copy !req
83. and just because after three failed
attempts at the governor's mansion...Copy !req
84. you finally managed
to win an election...Copy !req
85. hardly makes you an expert
on Texas voters.Copy !req
86. - Sir?
- Don't tell me what they want.Copy !req
87. Senator Dirksen is on the phone.Copy !req
88. I've got your tailor as well.Copy !req
89. You realize that Juanita managed to get
the minority leader of the Senate...Copy !req
90. quicker than you could locate
a man who sews for a living?Copy !req
91. Hello, Everett, this is Lyndon.Copy !req
92. We wanna bring this thing to the floor,
but can we do it without our two parties...Copy !req
93. nipping at each other
like a pack of rabid dogs?Copy !req
94. Uh-huh.Copy !req
95. Well, much appreciated,
as always, senator.Copy !req
96. Juanita? Yes, sir?Copy !req
97. Send Dirksen a box of Havanas.Copy !req
98. Walter, get ready to move on it.
You know, this could be your lucky day.Copy !req
99. You might be able to vote
your conscience on the Farm Bill.Copy !req
100. I like to think that is the only way
that I ever vote.Copy !req
101. Spoken like a true one-term senator.Copy !req
102. Means why haven't you
endorsed me for president?Copy !req
103. You haven't announced.Copy !req
104. Beside the point.Copy !req
105. - I like to hope that...
- You like Kennedy.Copy !req
106. Senator Kennedy and I,
we share many principles.Copy !req
107. You know, you got your show horses
and your workhorses.Copy !req
108. Now, Kennedy's a show horse:
Easy on the eyes...Copy !req
109. but when you need your field plowed,
he won't leave the barn.Copy !req
110. I hear you,
but what is most important...Copy !req
111. - To me...
- Hold that thought.Copy !req
112. Hello there, this is Lyndon Johnson.Copy !req
113. Now, you all made me
some real lightweight slacks...Copy !req
114. about three, four months ago.Copy !req
115. Kind of a light brown and light green.
Rather, soft green and soft brown.Copy !req
116. Like powder on a lady's...Copy !req
117. face, and now,
I'm what they call "well-endowed"...Copy !req
118. so you give me
the average man's pants...Copy !req
119. I get all bunched up,
you know, like riding a wire fence.Copy !req
120. So give me another couple of inches
from where my nuts hang down...Copy !req
121. round to the back of my bunghole.Copy !req
122. All right. Thank you very much.Copy !req
123. - You were saying?
- What is important to me...Copy !req
124. - Sir, that just put us over the top.
- Call for unanimous consent.Copy !req
125. Show horses, workhorses.Copy !req
126. You only get one.Copy !req
127. Go vote your conscience.Copy !req
128. Nice of you to join us.Copy !req
129. Well, I heard there was a seat available.Copy !req
130. And as the motorcade makes
its departure...Copy !req
131. the presidential car is followed
by the Secret Service vehicle...Copy !req
132. which is followed by Vice President
and Mrs. Johnson.Copy !req
133. Oh. Heh.Copy !req
134. No, I'm... I'm perfectly fine.Copy !req
135. Guessing you Kennedys don't do
a lot of deer hunting.Copy !req
136. Well, when Kennedys fire weapons,
it's usually at Nazis.Copy !req
137. Lot of Nazis in Hyannis Port?Copy !req
138. We need to know if you're running.Copy !req
139. Quite comfortable in my post
as majority leader.Copy !req
140. Then perhaps you'd consider
endorsing my brother?Copy !req
141. I'll endorse whoever wins
our party's nomination.Copy !req
142. And there's no chance
that'll be you, correct?Copy !req
143. How many different ways
you want me to answer that?Copy !req
144. One would suffice.Copy !req
145. I have zero intention
of running for president.Copy !req
146. I wanna know
why you're putting these signs up.Copy !req
147. For starters, Johnson has not said
that he's running for president.Copy !req
148. The reason I know is
because I'm fucking him!Copy !req
149. No, I'm not fucking him, I am him!Copy !req
150. His victory today was bolstered, in part...Copy !req
151. by the large Catholic presence
in Wisconsin.Copy !req
152. - Up next, will be Illinois, New Jersey...
- What?Copy !req
153. Sir, I think it's time you announce.Copy !req
154. The next real test for Mr. Kennedy
will be in West Virginia...Copy !req
155. I haven't made up my mind yet.Copy !req
156. Then tell me why I came all the way...Copy !req
157. from Texas to run a campaign
that doesn't have a candidate?Copy !req
158. Well, John, I imagine, to bask
in the pleasure of my company.Copy !req
159. Sir, I have been on the phone
all evening with delegates.Copy !req
160. Every one of whom is for Kennedy today
and would be yours tomorrow...Copy !req
161. - if you just announce you were running.
- A Catholic won in a Catholic state.Copy !req
162. Big fucking deal. You think
he could do that in West Virginia?Copy !req
163. This country is not gonna elect
a Catholic president.Copy !req
164. He's starting to run away
from the pack.Copy !req
165. Nominations are not won
on the campaign trail.Copy !req
166. They are won on the convention floor.Copy !req
167. Bird, get me a drink, will you?Copy !req
168. All right.Copy !req
169. He better decide if he wants this.Copy !req
170. He's never wanted anything more
in his whole life.Copy !req
171. - He'll run.
- It'd be too late.Copy !req
172. He's the best Senate majority leader
this country's ever had.Copy !req
173. He works harder
than the other 99 senators combined.Copy !req
174. He doesn't understand
why he's not the party's favorite.Copy !req
175. He doesn't understand
why they don't just hand it to him.Copy !req
176. Nobody gets handed the presidency.Copy !req
177. Why won't he commit?Copy !req
178. - That's complicated.
- He's afraid.Copy !req
179. Of what?Copy !req
180. Hell, every politician's afraid
people won't vote for him.Copy !req
181. He's afraid people won't love him.Copy !req
182. All eyes are on West Virginia today...Copy !req
183. as voters cast their votes
in the state's primary election.Copy !req
184. In a surprising upset...Copy !req
185. Senator John Kennedy has won
the West Virginia primary.Copy !req
186. Many believed the issue
of his religion was insurmountable...Copy !req
187. but here is what Senator Kennedy
had to say about it:Copy !req
188. I appreciate that question,
and I'll tell you when any man...Copy !req
189. stands on the steps of the Capitol and
takes the oath of office of president...Copy !req
190. he puts one hand on the Bible
and raises the other hand to God...Copy !req
191. as he takes his oath.
Now, if he... If he breaks his oath...Copy !req
192. I've never seen
a politician look that good on TV.Copy !req
193. Oh, angel, he's not that handsome.Copy !req
194. - I, John Fitzgerald Kennedy...
- I've never seen a movie star...Copy !req
195. - look that good on TV.
- Heh, heh.Copy !req
196. —The office of president
of the United States...Copy !req
197. and will, to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect and defend...Copy !req
198. the Constitution of the United States,
so help me, God.Copy !req
199. Jesus, he just swore himself in.Copy !req
200. What's Jack got the rest haven't got?Copy !req
201. The "matinee" face?
The Kennedy name?Copy !req
202. The Kennedy fortune...Copy !req
203. Lyndon, honey.Copy !req
204. Do you want this?Copy !req
205. Do you know why I married you?Copy !req
206. I had other offers, but I chose you.Copy !req
207. - Do you know why?
- I have no earthly idea.Copy !req
208. Because you asked.Copy !req
209. On our first date, when other boys...Copy !req
210. would be thinking about
how to steal a kiss...Copy !req
211. you asked me to marry you.Copy !req
212. You didn't answer right away, though.Copy !req
213. Well, it hit me like a whammy.Copy !req
214. I'd only known you
for about 20 minutes.Copy !req
215. Ample time to fall in love with me.Copy !req
216. Mmm.Copy !req
217. When father first met you, he said:Copy !req
218. "Daughter, you brought home
a lot of boys.Copy !req
219. This time, you brought home a man."Copy !req
220. At least he liked me right away.Copy !req
221. Angel, my point is...Copy !req
222. you knew what you wanted...Copy !req
223. and you got it.Copy !req
224. And I couldn't have said "yes"
if you hadn't asked.Copy !req
225. Convention fever grips Los Angeles...Copy !req
226. where the Democrats convene.Copy !req
227. Partisans of Senator Kennedy radiate
the cheer and confidence...Copy !req
228. of the powerful front-runner,
who is clearly the man to beat.Copy !req
229. The only major threat to Kennedy's hopes
among the declared candidates...Copy !req
230. is Senate Majority Leader
Lyndon Johnson.Copy !req
231. The convention of the
Democratic Party of the United States...Copy !req
232. is now called in session.Copy !req
233. You need to go see
the Wyoming delegates.Copy !req
234. Why the hell are we still fighting
over Western states?Copy !req
235. Their delegates are meeting
with Kennedy right now.Copy !req
236. Jack or Bobby?Copy !req
237. Teddy, sir.Copy !req