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'Previously on The Kennedys...'

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That Jack is quite delightful. It's Joe who's going places.

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I love you, son.

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I need to get out there, and I need to do something that matters.

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His PT boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer,

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'but your son and the rest of his crew are unaccounted for.'

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His getting decorated only helps this family.

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It doesn't help me!

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(CRYING) Everything is part of God's plan.

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Part of God's plan to let Joe die?!

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It's up to you now, Jack.

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To do what? Carry on for your brother.

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Well, no. That's just it.

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That's why I said I want precinct captains to call in

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every half-hour.

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Well, of course they can reverse the charges.

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Yeah. All right. All right. All right. Bye.

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The, uh, polls have been open in the west for an hour.

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When we get back from voting,

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I want to talk to you about some cabinet choices.

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No, no. That's for your transition team.

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After today, I'm retired.

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I just want to know who's on your mind.

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Fine. (SIGHS)

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I'm ready.

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See now, that - that's perfect for today.

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Look, you look great in that colour.

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Thank you.

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Put yourself down for, uh, secretary of wardrobe.

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Yeah?

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Let's go vote for president.

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(BOBBY CHUCKLES) Fine.

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'Vice-President Nixon and his wife Pat voted

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'in the playroom of a private home

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'in Whittier, California,

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'the Los Angeles suburb where Mr Nixon grew up.

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'Mr Nixon's running mate on the GOP ticket,

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'Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge,

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'was almost totally overshadowed on election day

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by the popular concentration on the principles.'

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(JACK) Well, it's my back. (JACKIE) Do you want a pill?

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No, no. I'm loaded up on this, uh, procaine.

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(SIGHS) Oh, Jack.

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Careful. The hair.

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Life magazine says women like you unkempt.

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(CHUCKLES) Is that true?

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Well, we need men - older men -

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and they prefer their presidents kempt.

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What?

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This... President.

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Unbelievable.

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(JACK) Why are we running in Charlestown?

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I mean, I've never even been here.

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We should be in Back Bay or Beacon Hill -

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people I have something in common with.

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They'd never elect a Catholic in Back Bay.

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Charlestown's full of 'em -

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second-generation Micks with calluses on their hands.

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Suppose I should mention my calluses are

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from trimming sails? (CHUCKLES)

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(HONKS HORN)

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Thanks, Pat. Spread it around.

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(BABY CRIES)

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Be right down!

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This is where you grew up.

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Yeah. Hellhole even then.

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Believe me, the only good thing about starting at the bottom is,

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you sure as hell know where you don't want to end up.

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Here he is - Mr Charlestown.

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(ENGINE STARTS)

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Good to see you again, Mr Ambassador.

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Hiya, Jimmy.

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And this is the candidate. Hey.

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I'm Jimmy Ryan, Jack. Jimmy knows Charlestown inside out.

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You're a good-looking kid. Uh, we have a problem of perception.

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As far as people are concerned, Jack's a rich man's son

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who's out of touch with the people who live on these streets.

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Of course, we do have some things going for us.

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Jack's a war hero. It was accidental. They sank my boat.

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A modest hero with a sense of humour. That's grand.

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Saved his entire crew.

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Swam 3 miles through shark-infested waters,

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towing a fella by the string of his life jacket in his teeth. There were no sharks.

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Well, there are now.

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All right, Jimmy.

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A warm stove in every apartment, a beer in every icebox.

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If a bum needs a drink, if a stiff needs a wake...

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and let me know when that's gone.

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What?

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Charlestown may be shanty, but, uh, it knows

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when it's being sold a bill of goods.

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We'll be running against fellas who were born and raised here,

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and they live to campaign. It's in their blood.

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Now I can show Jack the ropes - teach him how to drink whiskey,

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slap backs, and kiss babies,

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but if he doesn't really want to do this,

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the campaign is doomed before it begins.

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Show him the ropes.

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No-one gets elected from Charlestown

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unless the longshoremen give 'em their blessing.

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Thought that's what priests were for. And do me a favour.

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Don't mention that you never worked a day in your life.

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Timmy Doolan, say hello to Jack Kennedy. How are ya, Timmy?

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How are ya? Hi there. Thank you very much.

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Hope you show me some consideration in the election.

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Hi there. How are you? Jack. I'm Jack. I hope, uh,

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you make it to the polls this year.

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(INDISTINCT)

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Hi. Jack Kennedy.

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Ladies, you coming down here or what?

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(JACK) This is where all the action is.

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Tomorrow's Feast of the Assumption.

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Jack should go to mass at St Bernardine's

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and glad-hand the wives and mothers.

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Tomorrow night there's a wake for Dan Murphy's Uncle Pat.

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Jack needs to pay his respects. I don't even know the guy.

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Doesn't matter. Pat was beloved.

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I actually have a date tomorrow night.

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Send her over to me. You're going to the wake.

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(ORCHESTRA MUSIC PLAYS)

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What the hell is that?

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Joseph Russo.

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I never heard of him.

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Doesn't matter. Every Italian in this district has,

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and that's a substantial amount of votes.

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Enough to win?

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Enough to hurt us.

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(VOICE AMPLIFIED) And that is, uh, one of the reasons why I,

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uh, chose to run in this campaign, uh, to begin with.

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Having won the, uh, war,

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we must now win the peace.

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Um... You know,

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I don't believe that opportunity is a, uh, privilege.

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I believe that it's a...a right,

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and the people of Charlestown here, uh, they'll tell you,

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uh, they want less jobs.

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Um... they want -

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more jobs is what they want,

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and, uh, the fact of the matter is that opportunity is, um,

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is what people in this area, uh, are striving for right now...

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(LOWERED VOICE) We need new speech writers.

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(JACK) I believe, uh, uh, not bureaucratic red tape...

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(LOWERED VOICE) It's not what he's sayin'.

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It's how he's sayin' it -

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like English wasn't his mother tongue.

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We, uh, we've got to, uh, find opportunities,

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and, uh, uh, try to, uh...

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uh, work on that,

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rather than, uh, you know, missing, uh,

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the, um, areas that we are missing in.

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I can't do this!

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You want me to be Joe, and I'm not!

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Well, that's obvious.

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Well, then save your money, for chrissake!

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End it right now! I can't win.

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Yes, you can. Your name is Kennedy,

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and Kennedys never come second, ever.

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I've been listening to this since I was 4.

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Well, you can listen to it some more,

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till it sinks in.

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(PHONE RINGS)

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(TYPEWRITER KEYS CLICK)

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Well...

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there's no ambiguity in him.

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It's exhausting.

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What do you want to do? What do I want to do?

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I want to go to Harvard and teach history, chase girls.

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(SIGHS)

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I'm not running against Russo and the others.

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I'm running against a ghost.

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I don't envy you, lad.

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(JIMMY) Gentlemen.

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Sorry I'm late. Use these.

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What? What for? You're a war hero. Look like one.

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No.

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(WOMAN) And now it's my great pleasure

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to introduce to you a young man...

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Gold Star Mothers, Jack.

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Every one of 'em lost a son in the war.

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They'll be lookin' at you, but they'll be seein' them.

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...Mr Jack Kennedy.

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(APPLAUSE)

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(VOICE AMPLIFIED) Um, having won the war,

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we must now win the peace.

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Uh, prosperity is a, uh, privilege.

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Um, not only a privilege, but also a right,

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and I believe, as a Congressman,

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uh, these are the sorts of organizations

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I would, uh, very much like to help,

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and if I have the honour of representing you in Congress,

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I can tell you right now that that'll be, uh, uh, something

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that we will, um, work to, uh, to further,

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and we can help organizations like this,

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and I can do that for all of you.

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I can do that, uh,

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uh, by, uh, various tax incentives.

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Um, we can...

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(SOBS)

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I, uh...

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I think I know how, uh, many of you feel.

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My, uh...

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my mother is a part of this organization.

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She's a Gold Star Mother as well.

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Our house is filled with many memories,

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just like yours.

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We, uh... we see my brother...

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We see his smile everywhere,

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and my mother cries for him,

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and there isn't a day that goes by

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that we don't think of Joe.

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He'll always be with us,

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the same way that your sons will always be with you.

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And I would say that this is exactly the sort of organization

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that we are gonna support.

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This is the sort of organization that needs our help,

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and we're gonna give it to 'em!

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This is the sort of organization that I believe in.

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Let me represent this district in Congress,

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and I will serve your interests!

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Ma'am, I appreciate that. Thank you so much. Thank you.

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This is my son. He was lost at sea. Oh, I'm...

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They liked him.

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That's cos he spoke from the heart.

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That's what it's all about.

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So what do you think, Jimmy?

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I think we turned a corner tonight.

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I think we're gonna make it. We're gonna try.

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What do you mean "try"? I'm still worried about Russo. We're behind in his district.

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Well, what are we doing about it?

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You think I should throw more money at it?

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Money's not the problem. Neither's organization.

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We've got more volunteers than anyone.

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We got the Kennedy razzle-dazzle.

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But we're Irish, and Russo's Italian,

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and there's nothing you can do about that.

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Hey, Jimmy. How are ya?

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(MAN) Over here, Mr Kennedy.

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(MAN) Mr Russo!

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Let's get a shot of the new candidates!

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Come on, Mr Kennedy. Shake hands and smile.

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(REPORTERS SHOUT INDISTINCTLY)

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There we go.

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(LOWERED VOICE) That was a lousy trick, Jack.

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What are you talking about?

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Like you don't know.

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(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK)

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I, uh, would like to know why there's

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a, uh, second Joseph Russo on the ballot. I put him there.

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Well, who the hell is he?

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He's a plumber. He works up the street.

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He doesn't speak any English, does he, Jimmy?

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Uh, no, sir. He doesn't.

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You put him there to confuse people?

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I put him on the ballot to split the Italian vote.

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There's nothing illegal about it, Jack.

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It's the way the game's played around here.

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(MAN) Congratulations!

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(CHEERING)

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(INDISTINCT)

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Hey, quiet, quiet, quiet! Quiet, everybody! Quiet down!

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To the next Congressman from Charlestown -

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Jack Kennedy!

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(CHEERING)

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(CROWD CHANTS) Kennedy! Kennedy!

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Kennedy!

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Kennedy! Kennedy! Kennedy!

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Kennedy!

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Kennedy! Kennedy!

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So the, uh, projections are looking good in North Carolina.

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Just not so hot in West Virginia. Oh, I knew that'd be tough.

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Too many Baptists.

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I think we're gonna win this thing, Dad,

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but, uh, when we do, Jack's gonna need some serious guys

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to help him run this country,

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and all he knows is politicians up to the present time.

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I have a list of names.

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Mr Ambassador, Sinatra called again. It's the third time.

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He's upset because I pulled Sammy Davis from his TV show.

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Why would you do that?

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He helps us with the Negro vote as well as the Jewish vote.

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He's black, and his wife is white.

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Every time the two show their faces,

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we lose a precinct in Alabama.

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Am I the only one who understands politics around here?

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Yeah, you're the only one, Dad. The only one.

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(CHUCKLES)

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I don't particularly care what happens really.

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I mean, after today, I'm done. Don't let him get to you.

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Yeah, I know. I'm just tired of it.

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Seems like, uh, everything I do is wrong.

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Look, he's just on edge.

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He's been waiting 50 years for this day.

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By tomorrow he'll be telling the world what a genius you are.

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No, no. No, it's quite clear in his mind, I'm an idiot,

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and he, uh, did it all himself.

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Come on.

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Oh, well. Just one more day.

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Yeah, and then what?

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Then it's just Bobby and Ethel -

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two ordinary people living ordinary lives.

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That's what you wanted, isn't it?

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I want whatever makes YOU happy.

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Go long.

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Ohh! Come on, Kennedy!

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You got hands like bricks!

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Henry Cabot Lodge and I have had the opportunity of serving

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with President Eisenhower...

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Hell, I don't think I'd buy a used car from that man.

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Would you, Mike?

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Who'd you vote for, Senator?

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Me? Well, I'm a, uh, I'm a strict party guy, so...

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Senator.

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I've, uh, been putting together some clippings,

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in case your wife might want them.

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Uh-huh.

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You know, mementos from the election.

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They're from all over the country.

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Well, that's very nice of you. Thank you.

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If, um...

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there's anything else you need,

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I'm happy to do anything.

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Thank you.

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Cynthia.

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Cynthia.

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(PHONE RINGS)

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(LOWERED VOICE) Are you OK?

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I mean, what are you doing, uh, with her?

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We were having conversation. Just talking. It was...

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Well, I think it would be much safer

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if you just talk to me.

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I'm right here. Just talk to me.

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(TV)'..seem to be costing Mr Kennedy votes,

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'particularly in the rural areas

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'of Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama.'

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(PHONE RINGS)

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Mike, have you seen my husband?

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Yes, he's in the war room. Looks like he's going to win New York.

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(PHONES RING)

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(CYNTHIA CHUCKLES)

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Am I supposed to check here or...

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(TV) 'With the state of New York

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'now securely in Senator Kennedy's column...'

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How's it going? Thank you. Well, I think it's going really well.

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(TV) 'The focus of interest is now turning

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'to the industrial states of the Midwest...'

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You know, I just realized that in a couple of hours,

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the polls are gonna close on the West Coast,

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and I'll have nothing left to do but watch TV.

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(CHUCKLES) There's nothing good on tonight anyway.

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So what happens tomorrow?

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I don't know.

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Haven't you heard? I'm officially out of politics.

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Have you told your father yet?

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No, I think you should do it.

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(LAUGHS) Oh. I don't think so.

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What if he doesn't approve?

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Well...

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I do have seven children of my own.

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Think I'm allowed to make my own decisions now.

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Hmm. yes. Yes, you are.

0:18:510:18:54

Hey, kid.

0:18:580:18:59

I've been lookin' for ya.

0:18:590:19:03

Bobby says everything's going real well.

0:19:030:19:06

Great.

0:19:060:19:08

What's all this?

0:19:080:19:10

Thank-you cards for the campaign workers.

0:19:100:19:13

(CHUCKLES) Boy, this has been

0:19:170:19:19

the most exciting day of my life.

0:19:190:19:21

I don't know how you're not bursting!

0:19:210:19:22

I rarely burst, Ethel.

0:19:240:19:26

Jackie,

0:19:260:19:28

you are gonna be the First Lady of the United States.

0:19:280:19:31

(SIGHS) It's, uh...

0:19:310:19:33

I can hardly think about it.

0:19:330:19:37

It's all so unreal.

0:19:370:19:39

Oh, come on.

0:19:390:19:41

Tell me you didn't know this was gonna happen

0:19:410:19:43

the first time you met Jack.

0:19:430:19:44

(PHONE RINGS)

0:19:460:19:47

It only occurred to me the first time I met Joe.

0:19:470:19:51

(MAN) The East Coast results are coming in.

0:19:510:19:53

(CHUCKLES) I'm gonna go watch the returns. Are you coming?

0:19:530:19:56

I'll be there in a minute.

0:19:560:19:59

Jack, can I pull you away for a moment?

0:20:150:20:17

There's someone I'd like you to meet right over there.

0:20:170:20:20

..start to turn...

0:20:230:20:25

Jackie.

0:20:250:20:27

Excuse me. Charlie. How are you?

0:20:270:20:29

Good to see you.

0:20:290:20:32

Jacqueline Bouvier, Congressman Jack Kennedy.

0:20:320:20:35

Hi.

0:20:350:20:36

Jackie's the roving photographer for the Times-Herald.

0:20:360:20:39

Before that, she worked in the Paris office of Vogue.

0:20:390:20:42

And Jack... Needs no introduction.

0:20:420:20:45

Mm. well, I've, uh, I've read your column.

0:20:450:20:47

I've read your speeches.

0:20:470:20:49

Oh, you've read the, uh, Congressional Record?

0:20:490:20:51

Chrissake, it's the, uh, dullest thing on paper.

0:20:510:20:53

Well, that's the challenge -

0:20:530:20:55

trying to find signs of intelligent life.

0:20:550:20:57

(MAN) Jackie!

0:21:000:21:01

(MOUTHS)

0:21:010:21:02

So, uh, what do you do when you're not, uh, photographing?

0:21:040:21:06

I ride horses.

0:21:060:21:08

Oh.

0:21:080:21:09

And what do you do when you're not congressing...

0:21:100:21:13

or cutting a swath through Washington's women?

0:21:130:21:16

You have quite a reputation.

0:21:160:21:18

It's not true. If half of it were, I'd be dead by now.

0:21:180:21:20

Or cast in bronze.

0:21:200:21:23

I, uh, I sail. I go up to the Cape.

0:21:230:21:26

My stepfather has a summer home in Newport.

0:21:260:21:28

Yeah, I like the winters up there.

0:21:280:21:29

For sailing or...swathing?

0:21:290:21:32

No, really. You get those, uh, 10-foot swells

0:21:320:21:35

and that, uh, spray against your face.

0:21:350:21:37

It's like, uh, needles of ice.

0:21:370:21:40

You should've been a writer.

0:21:400:21:42

Well, that was the plan at one time.

0:21:420:21:43

Very nice meeting you.

0:21:480:21:50

You, too.

0:21:500:21:52

Congratulations. You hooked him.

0:21:570:21:59

Trust me. I could see it from the bar.

0:22:000:22:02

He's not interested.

0:22:020:22:04

Did he proposition you?

0:22:040:22:05

Then he's interested.

0:22:080:22:10

How was your ride?

0:22:300:22:31

Wonderful.

0:22:310:22:33

You should've come along, Mother.

0:22:330:22:36

I have to go. Jack's taking me to dinner.

0:22:360:22:38

Join me for one drink.

0:22:380:22:40

You're kidding yourself if you think this is going somewhere.

0:22:500:22:52

Jack Kennedy can have any woman he wants.

0:22:520:22:56

Well, he wants me.

0:22:590:23:01

Then he must not mind big shoulders, tiny breasts,

0:23:010:23:04

feet the size of... Just stop it.

0:23:040:23:07

I'm just trying to protect you.

0:23:070:23:09

Well, don't.

0:23:090:23:10

He's asked me to marry him.

0:23:100:23:13

(LAUGHS)

0:23:130:23:16

I hope you haven't said yes.

0:23:160:23:20

Joe Kennedy raised his sons to take what they want

0:23:240:23:27

and discard what they want,

0:23:270:23:29

with not a flicker of concern for anyone else.

0:23:290:23:31

Well, that's not Jack.

0:23:310:23:33

Don't delude yourself, darling.

0:23:330:23:35

He'll never be faithful,

0:23:350:23:38

not for a single day.

0:23:380:23:40

He's just like his father.

0:23:400:23:42

Just like YOUR father.

0:23:420:23:44

Why can't you just be happy for me?

0:23:440:23:46

Because you're a silly little girl,

0:23:460:23:48

and you're infatuated with a public man

0:23:480:23:50

who will hurt you every chance he gets.

0:23:500:23:51

He loves me, and I love him,

0:23:510:23:53

and it's an emotion you can't understand.

0:23:530:23:55

Well, then marry him, and good luck to both of you.

0:23:550:23:58

She's, uh, never approved of anything you've done.

0:24:030:24:06

This is your decision. Right?

0:24:060:24:08

Jackie?

0:24:080:24:09

Are you having second thoughts?

0:24:140:24:17

Are you sure marriage is what you really want?

0:24:170:24:21

I am.

0:24:210:24:23

And are you sure I'm who you want?

0:24:230:24:27

Yes.

0:24:270:24:29

I love you.

0:24:290:24:32

I'll take care of you the rest of my life.

0:24:350:24:39

Will you let me do that?

0:24:390:24:42

(LAUGHS) Yes.

0:24:450:24:47

(MAN) I've got him on the line right now.

0:25:070:25:08

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

0:25:090:25:12

Great job.

0:25:180:25:20

Mother? I just heard, we're gonna take Virginia.

0:25:200:25:24

That's wonderful, Bobby. Congratulations.

0:25:240:25:27

Michelle's made tea. Would you like some?

0:25:270:25:29

No, no, I'm fine. Thank you. Uh, where's Dad? In his office.

0:25:290:25:33

You must be very proud of Bobby.

0:25:340:25:36

I'm proud of all my children, dear,

0:25:360:25:39

but he is a little special to me.

0:25:390:25:41

And why is that?

0:25:410:25:43

The older boys were Joe's.

0:25:430:25:46

Bobby's mine.

0:25:460:25:48

No, no, no. Just listen to me.

0:25:520:25:54

Tell him the situation we discussed.

0:25:540:25:56

He'll be extremely happy with the outcome.

0:25:560:25:59

Yeah.

0:25:590:26:00

All right. Gotta run.

0:26:000:26:02

Dad, my, uh, source at NBC

0:26:020:26:04

said, uh, they're gonna report we took Virginia.

0:26:040:26:06

Ha-ha-ha! That's great, Bobby.

0:26:060:26:09

That means the whole damn eastern seaboard's

0:26:090:26:11

coming in exactly the way we wanted.

0:26:110:26:13

Yeah, I don't know, Dad. I'm a little worried.

0:26:130:26:15

Uh, I think we're gonna have a difficult time in the Midwest.

0:26:150:26:18

The Midwest'll be fine. Well, we have no choice but to take Illinois.

0:26:180:26:20

We could lose, uh, Michigan and Wisconsin,

0:26:200:26:22

which I suspect we will.

0:26:220:26:24

And, uh, you know, we just can't afford to lose Illinois.

0:26:240:26:26

Oh, we'll take it. Chicago'll come through.

0:26:260:26:29

How do you know?

0:26:290:26:31

Well, there are more Catholics there than there are in Rome.

0:26:310:26:34

I threw enough money at 'em to keep 'em in wafers till 1980. So don't worry.

0:26:340:26:38

So, uh, what's on your mind?

0:26:400:26:45

Uh, well, you know, I, uh,

0:26:470:26:49

I know it's gonna be...

0:26:490:26:50

hectic here for the next few weeks, so, uh...

0:26:500:26:54

I just wanted to, um...

0:26:560:26:59

uh, well, I want to discuss with you...

0:26:590:27:02

what, uh, I want to do after tonight.

0:27:020:27:06

What are you going to do?

0:27:060:27:07

Well, uh,

0:27:090:27:12

I want to... I want to get out of politics.

0:27:120:27:15

I want to, uh,

0:27:150:27:17

move the family to Boston

0:27:170:27:20

and, uh, open my own practice,

0:27:200:27:22

spend more time with Ethel and the children.

0:27:220:27:27

That's about it, really.

0:27:270:27:29

Good idea.

0:27:320:27:35

You really feel that way?

0:27:370:27:38

Absolutely.

0:27:380:27:40

You made a big sacrifice for Jack,

0:27:410:27:43

and I love you for it.

0:27:430:27:45

So whatever you decide to do,

0:27:450:27:46

I'll be in your corner, just as I was for Jack.

0:27:460:27:49

And I know

0:27:490:27:51

I rode you pretty hard at times,

0:27:510:27:54

but if Jack makes it to the White House,

0:27:540:27:58

we both know it was you that put him there.

0:27:580:28:02

I...

0:28:060:28:08

I really appreciate that, Dad.

0:28:080:28:09

Bobby.

0:28:180:28:20

Yeah?

0:28:200:28:21

Bobby...

0:28:260:28:28

Thank you, Bobby, for making my dream come true.

0:28:310:28:37

Thank you, Dad.

0:28:440:28:45

He said he was going out for some air.

0:29:170:29:20

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

0:29:200:29:23

(WOMAN GIGGLES)

0:29:320:29:36

(BOTH SPEAK INDISTINCTLY)

0:29:360:29:38

I said, uh, I said...

0:29:380:29:41

How we doing in the Midwest?

0:29:490:29:52

Midwest is fine.

0:29:520:29:53

Bobby, she, uh, she works here.

0:29:580:30:01

So let her work.

0:30:010:30:02

I would appreciate it if you would just

0:30:020:30:04

have a little more sensitivity and not do that here.

0:30:040:30:07

I mean, Jackie's upstairs.

0:30:070:30:08

I know where she is.

0:30:080:30:10

You're unbelievable, you know.

0:30:140:30:17

Hey. Always the altar boy,

0:30:170:30:19

aren't ya?

0:30:190:30:22

Huh?

0:30:220:30:23

I talked to, uh, Henry Luce today.

0:30:250:30:27

Yeah? What did he say? Well, I gave it to him for about 45 minutes.

0:30:270:30:30

He helped me take a look at the article.

0:30:300:30:32

(DOOR CREAKS)

0:30:360:30:37

(BOBBY) Well, I think I'm, uh, more nervous than you are.

0:31:270:31:29

How are you feeling?

0:31:290:31:30

Well, my knee's still killing me

0:31:300:31:32

from that blind-side hit you put on me yesterday.

0:31:320:31:35

No, no, I mean, uh, about getting married.

0:31:350:31:38

All right. All right.

0:31:380:31:40

We'll get this show on the road just as soon

0:31:400:31:41

as I've had a man-to-man talk with the bridegroom.

0:31:410:31:44

Newsreels are turning like it's a coronation.

0:31:440:31:47

They're calling it the wedding of the decade. I will see you at the altar.

0:31:470:31:50

No, no. No, you can stay. I'll be quick.

0:31:500:31:53

I'm renting the cardinal by the hour.

0:31:530:31:55

You got yourself a good girl.

0:31:570:31:59

Jackie's smart, uh, well-bred, damn attractive.

0:31:590:32:03

That's all to our advantage.

0:32:030:32:05

Is that our man-to-man talk?

0:32:070:32:10

No, no. Not exactly. Uh...

0:32:100:32:12

just...

0:32:120:32:15

just stay discreet.

0:32:150:32:18

Wives don't expect fidelity,

0:32:180:32:20

but they don't want infidelity thrown in their faces.

0:32:200:32:23

What? No, no. Dad, why would you even say that?

0:32:230:32:25

That's not true.

0:32:250:32:27

Jack, remember, you take that vow before God.

0:32:270:32:31

Sometimes you make me think I've failed as a father.

0:32:310:32:34

Thanks, Dad.

0:32:340:32:35

Above all, make sure the girls are discreet.

0:32:370:32:41

(WATER RUNS)

0:32:490:32:52

I knew...

0:33:030:33:04

what I was getting myself into.

0:33:040:33:06

I... All the women throwing themselves at him...

0:33:060:33:10

I just thought he'd...

0:33:130:33:16

throw some of them back.

0:33:160:33:19

I'll talk to him.

0:33:200:33:22

And tell him what?

0:33:220:33:24

"Just don't get caught"?

0:33:240:33:26

That's not a solution.

0:33:260:33:28

Well, what do you want me to do?

0:33:280:33:32

Nothing.

0:33:320:33:33

I just wanted you to know that I'm...

0:33:330:33:37

going to file for divorce.

0:33:370:33:39

Well, you're upset.

0:33:430:33:45

I understand that, but, um...

0:33:450:33:49

He'll grow up.

0:33:490:33:51

He'll change.

0:33:510:33:52

He can't change.

0:33:520:33:55

This is what he is. This is...

0:33:550:33:57

how he's been raised.

0:33:570:33:59

Don't talk to me about how he's been raised.

0:33:590:34:02

Jackie, if you, uh,

0:34:070:34:11

if you divorce him, his career would be over.

0:34:110:34:13

Everything he's worked for...

0:34:130:34:16

it would destroy him.

0:34:160:34:17

And what about me?

0:34:240:34:27

Don't I deserve a life?

0:34:270:34:29

Yes, you do, and you'll have one.

0:34:290:34:33

(SIGHS)

0:34:330:34:34

Do you think Jack's gonna be in the Senate

0:34:340:34:37

for the rest of his life?

0:34:370:34:38

He's gonna run for President in 1960 and he's gonna win.

0:34:380:34:41

Have you told him?

0:34:410:34:42

That makes you the First Lady at the age of 31.

0:34:420:34:47

What difference does that make if...

0:34:470:34:52

he doesn't respect me?

0:34:520:34:54

He respects you.

0:34:540:34:56

(SCOFFS)

0:34:560:34:58

And he loves you.

0:34:580:35:00

He keeps telling me all the time,

0:35:000:35:01

you're the best thing that ever happened.

0:35:010:35:02

To his career.

0:35:030:35:05

To him.

0:35:050:35:07

(BIRDS CALL)

0:35:100:35:13

You're going through a rough patch.

0:35:150:35:17

Rough patch?

0:35:170:35:19

That's all I've ever known.

0:35:210:35:23

I want a husband.

0:35:230:35:25

I want a family.

0:35:250:35:27

And you'll have them both. I guarantee it.

0:35:270:35:31

But you have to stay.

0:35:310:35:35

I'll put a million dollars into a trust.

0:35:350:35:38

If Jack doesn't make it to the White House,

0:35:380:35:40

you can have your divorce and keep the million dollars.

0:35:400:35:43

You really think everyone can be bought?

0:35:450:35:48

I haven't met the exception.

0:35:480:35:52

Well, you have now.

0:35:530:35:55

Jackie?

0:36:000:36:02

Do you love him?

0:36:040:36:06

That's not the point.

0:36:060:36:07

That's exactly the point.

0:36:070:36:09

Look, I know he's not perfect. No man is.

0:36:090:36:13

But I do know, you can be happy with him.

0:36:130:36:16

And I'll see to it that you are.

0:36:160:36:20

(WOMAN) Yeah!

0:36:260:36:28

You sure you don't need me for anything else, Mr Kennedy?

0:36:330:36:37

No, no, no. Thanks. You should get some sleep.

0:36:370:36:38

You, too.

0:36:380:36:39

I know that Jack will win.

0:36:420:36:44

No, we've come too far to lose.

0:36:440:36:46

Now I need to make an early start.

0:36:460:36:48

There's gonna be a mountain of calls tomorrow.

0:36:480:36:50

I'll be here.

0:36:500:36:51

I miss being with you, Joe.

0:37:020:37:05

It's chilly out there.

0:37:210:37:23

Would you like a sweater?

0:37:230:37:24

Thank you, Mrs Kennedy. I'll be fine.

0:37:250:37:27

Good night.

0:37:270:37:29

Good night, dear.

0:37:290:37:30

Good night.

0:37:300:37:32

Shall we go to bed, Rosie girl?

0:37:410:37:43

(TV) 'The Vice President expressed his appreciation

0:37:520:37:54

'to his staff and to the volunteers in the ballroom,

0:37:540:37:56

'but he stopped short of a concession.'

0:37:560:37:59

(BOBBY) Bastard just won't concede.

0:37:590:38:00

(TV) '...electoral politics is well known,

0:38:000:38:03

'and according to sources,

0:38:030:38:05

'being urged by several members of his inner circle,

0:38:050:38:07

'to make his concession speech now.'

0:38:070:38:11

Thanks for everything.

0:38:110:38:14

Sure.

0:38:140:38:15

(TV) 'Even if he does concede, there is always the possibility

0:38:150:38:18

'that he might ask for a recount...'

0:38:180:38:21

(SIGHS)

0:38:210:38:22

OK.

0:38:220:38:25

I'm tired. I'm gonna go to bed.

0:38:250:38:26

What do you mean? You're not gonna watch this?

0:38:260:38:28

I'm tired.

0:38:280:38:30

(BIRDSONG)

0:38:370:38:39

Mr President! Mr President! Mr President!

0:38:400:38:44

Wake up. Mr President, wake up.

0:38:440:38:48

Mrs Shaw? Wake up, Mr President.

0:38:480:38:50

Are we in?

0:38:500:38:52

Congratulations, sir.

0:38:520:38:54

Jack.

0:38:540:38:56

I couldn't have done it without you. Or you. Come here.

0:38:590:39:02

Oh!

0:39:020:39:04

What's this? What's this?

0:39:040:39:05

What--oh! Oh! Oh!

0:39:050:39:08

My head!

0:39:080:39:09

(TV) 'The unexpectedly delayed climax

0:39:150:39:17

'saw Senator Kennedy the victor

0:39:170:39:20

'with a clear margin of electoral votes.

0:39:200:39:22

'At 43 years of age, he is the youngest man ever voted...'

0:39:220:39:24

Well, we're just gonna have to, uh, stay after him, Lyndon.

0:39:240:39:27

Well, thank you for everything.

0:39:270:39:30

Well, I will.

0:39:300:39:32

Mm-hmm. (RECEIVER CLATTERS)

0:39:320:39:34

(TV) '..of a long-standing political...'

0:39:340:39:35

He, uh, says congratulations from, uh, him and Ladybird.

0:39:350:39:38

That's nice.

0:39:380:39:40

(OBJECT RATTLES)

0:39:400:39:44

and, uh, bask in our glory.

0:39:440:39:47

You OK?

0:39:470:39:49

Jack, you're going to be President,

0:39:490:39:52

and things are going to be different...

0:39:520:39:56

Well, honey, I think that's probably true. Between us.

0:39:560:39:59

Our marriage works

0:40:070:40:10

because I decided several years ago

0:40:100:40:13

to accept certain things about you,

0:40:130:40:16

and I've dealt with it.

0:40:160:40:19

I've had my private humiliations,

0:40:190:40:22

but I won't have them in front of the American people.

0:40:220:40:27

(CHUCKLES) the Times wrote the same damn thing. I know. It was perfect.

0:40:310:40:35

Did you sleep at all? Are you kidding? I can't believe you did.

0:40:350:40:36

We did it. We did it.

0:40:360:40:39

Closest margin in history, Dad. You think I was gonna pay for a landslide?

0:40:390:40:43

I love you, boys.

0:40:430:40:44

Now wait. Wait. Wait.

0:40:440:40:47

I have some, uh, ideas for your cabinet. Mm. Oh, here we go.

0:40:470:40:50

Can't we just enjoy this, just for the afternoon?

0:40:500:40:55

I think his memory's, uh, failing him.

0:40:550:40:57

Dad, you got me as, uh, attorney general.

0:40:570:40:58

Yeah, because that's where you're gonna be.

0:40:580:41:00

We talked about this. You said you were fine.

0:41:000:41:03

I'm going to Boston tomorrow to look for office space.

0:41:030:41:04

No, you're not. Jack needs somebody he can trust,

0:41:040:41:06

and I need you to keep an eye on jack.

0:41:060:41:07

I'm picking my own cabinet, Dad.

0:41:070:41:09

I believe they elected me President, not you.

0:41:100:41:13

That's very true, son.

0:41:140:41:16

They did.

0:41:160:41:17

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