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IT'S ON OUR BROCHURE ON THE TABLE OUT FRONT SO PICK ONE OF THOSE UP OR GIVE US A CALL AND I'D LOVE TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE BAKER CENTER. ALSO, ON...
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| 00:07:16 |
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MY OWN FIRST ENCOUNTER AS A YOUNG JOURNALIST WITH A POLITICIAN. IT WAS GOVERNOR BROWN IN 1950. IN THOSE DAYS THE ELECTION OF STATEWIDE OFFICIALS CAME...
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| 00:10:35 |
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MY APPRECIATION TO ALL OF THOSE WHO PUT THIS PROGRAM
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| 00:10:40 |
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TOGETHER. ALAN LOWE AND HIS STAFF ARE VERY GOOD AND VERY GRATEFUL, BUT MOSTLY MY FRIENDS I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION
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| 00:10:47 |
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TO MY FRIEND ALAN SIMPSON AND VERNON JORDAN FOR TRAVELING A GREAT DISTANCE AT CONSIDERABLE INCONVENIENCE TO COME AND JOIN US ON THIS PLATFORM. IT'S...
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| 00:14:54 |
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TO BE HERE AND I WANT TO THANK HOWARD AND I WANT TO THANK NANCY. NANCY AND I CAME TO THE SENATE TOGETHER. SAME CLASS. 1978. STEPPED OUT OF THE SENATE...
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| 00:15:15 |
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HERE. BUT POLITICS IS A CONTACT SPORT. AND MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME THAT HUMOR IS THE UNIVERSAL SOLVENT AGAINST THE ABRASIVE ELEMENTS OF LIFE. AND THAT...
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| 00:18:44 |
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WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO FRANCISCO, ASLEEP. COMFORTABLY IN THE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL. AND HOWARD BAKER CALLS AND HE DOES NOT MAKE A REQUEST. HE SAYS, I'M...
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| 00:21:38 |
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THAT WITH ANY MISGIVING AT ALL AS TO HOW YOU DEALT WITH THE FIRST LADY? I MEAN, DEALING WITH THE PRESIDENT WAS ONE THING. BUT IT'S ANOTHER TO DEAL...
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| 00:22:19 |
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AND MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I WAS DUMB AND STUPID BUT I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. WHEN I GOT TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THOUGH, MY FRIENDS...
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| 00:27:25 |
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HOW MUCH OF THE HUMOR IS PART OF A LEGACY, A FAMILY LEGACY, FAMILY TRADITION. YOU'VE TOLD US WHAT YOUR MOTHER SAID. HOW MUCH OF THAT MIX COMES FROM...
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| 00:28:06 |
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FILLED WITH PHRASES. MY BROTHER AND I WOULD SAY, WHAT IN THE HELL? AND HE WOULD COME OUT OF HIS ROOM SOME DAYS ON SUNDAY OR SOMETHING WITH JUST A...
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| 00:31:14 |
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KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT
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| 00:31:17 |
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YOUR FATHER BORN IN A LOG CABIN. I REMEMBER READING A STORY
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| 00:31:20 |
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ABOUT PRESIDENT JOHNSON VISITING IN GERMANY AND THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR SAYS TO HIM APPARENTLY HAVING READ ABOUT HIS UPBRINGING, MR. PRESIDENT, WERE ...
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| 00:31:37 |
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SORT OF RESPONSE THAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT POLITICAL HUMOR IS A GIFT QUITE OFTEN AND, VERNON, IN -- AND IT SEEMS TO ME THINKING ABOUT PRESIDENT CLINTON,...
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| 00:32:38 |
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PARENTS. THEY JUST TAUGHT ME TO LAUGH AT THEIR STUPIDITY. AT THE COST OF BUILDING TWO JOHNS RATHER THAN ONE. AND TWO WATER FOUNTAINS RATHER THAN ONE....
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| 00:34:45 |
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OF LAUGHING AT POLITICAL HUMOR, YOU ARE GOING TO
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| 00:34:49 |
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DO SOMETHING BAD. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. YEAH. ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE WITH EVERY PRESIDENT WHO'S HAD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERY...
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| 00:36:11 |
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IN ORDER TO BLUNT THE INFLUENCE OF HIS FATHER'S MONEY IN THE CAMPAIGN, HE SAID, I RECEIVED A TELEGRAM FROM DAD. HE SAYS, DON'T BUY ONE MORE BOAT...
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| 00:37:44 |
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LAW DEGREE FROM HARVARD. AND HE CONCEALED THAT VERY NICELY I THOUGHT OVER THE YEARS. BUT HE WAS ALMOST DEFERENTIAL TO ME AS VICE CHAIRMAN. HE DIDN'T...
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| 00:39:39 |
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HE SAID, DID YOUR SHOT HURT AS MUCH AS MINE? AND I SAID, I'VE COME TO BRING YOU A LITTLE COMFORT TO TELL YOU WHAT IT'S LIKE AND WHAT AF GOT TO DO. HE...
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| 00:40:38 |
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A STORY TO TOP IT? AND AGAIN, I'VE TALKED ABOUT A GIFT AND, CLEARLY, I THINK YOU HAVE IT. I'VE KNOWN SPEECH WRITERS IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, IT HAS...
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| 00:41:26 |
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MANURE. AND SO WITH ME, I HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BUT SOMETIMES I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT OBSCENITY BUT PROFANITY WILL CUT THROUGH THE BABBLE. YOU JUST SAY...
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| 00:42:35 |
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OH, GOD, YEAH. AND HE'D -- SHE'D GO TO ANN AND
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| 00:42:39 |
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SAY, DID HE TELL YOU THE ONE ABOUT -- AND SHE'D SAY DON'T LAUGH. SO I WANTED TO PREFACE BECAUSE I WAS SO DEFENSIVE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I TOOK ON PETER...
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| 00:44:27 |
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LOOKS STRAIGHT UP TOWARD MIDTOWN MANHATTAN. AND WE'RE STANDING THERE, JUST HAVING A PLEASANT CONVERSATION, AND HE STARTED -- HE SAYS, VERNON, HE...
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| 00:45:36 |
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AT THE GALLERY IN WASHINGTON. A BIG, GLITTERY AFFAIR, BLACK TIE AFFAIR. AND EVERYBODY WAS THERE. THE PRESIDENT WAS THERE. THE CHIEF JUSTICE WAS THERE....
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| 00:47:26 |
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GOVERNOR. >> THE FUNNIEST ONE OF ALL TIME BY VERNON JORDAN LAST YEAR, HE GOT UP, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB. >> WHY DON'T YOU LET ME TELL IT. >> HE WILL...
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| 00:47:57 |
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THE ONES, 20 YEARS OF THEM. GO AHEAD. I'LL LET YOU. >> THANK YOU. IT WAS MY CLOSING SPEECH AS PRESIDENT OF THE
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| 00:48:08 |
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| 00:48:09 |
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ALFALFA CLUB. AND I HAD SOME
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| 00:48:13 |
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PRELIMINARY REMARKS AND I SAID,
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| 00:48:16 |
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STANDING HERE REMINDS ME THAT IT'S A LONG, LONG WAY FROM THE PUBLIC
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| 00:48:24 |
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HOUSING PROJECTS OF ATLANTA TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE ALFALFA CLUB IN WASHINGTON, D.C. I JUST WISH MY DADDY STROM THURMOND COULD SEE ME TONIGHT. >>...
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| 00:49:17 |
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IF I MAY THAT ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, PERHAPS, BUT IT'S A GOOD STORY AND I LIKE TO TELL IT, ABOUT -- AND THIS GOES BACK A WAYS, JOHN, WHEN...
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| 00:51:59 |
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204 MILLION BUCKS, SO IT WAS FUN. AND THEY KEPT CRACKING ON ME, WELL HE'LL GET UP IN A MINUTE AND HE'LL TELL THE SAME STORIES. WELL THE INTERESTING...
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| 00:53:23 |
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I SPOKE ONCE TO THE WINTER GRIDIRON AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, MY WIFE DID NOT TALK TO ME FOR TWO WEEKS. BECAUSE I DISCLOSED IN MY TALK IT WAS JUST AS...
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| 00:54:29 |
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HAS A GIFT OF HIS OWN IN DOING THAT, BUT HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THATTHAT? >> I'LL TELL YOU HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT...
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| 00:54:59 |
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SO YOU HAVE TO GO INTO YOUR LITTLE SAVINGS AND PAY 'EM. AND YOU DO THAT, I MEAN, TRENT LOTT FLUNKED ONCE AT ALFALFA. BECAUSE HE JUST FLUNKED. AND IF...
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| 00:56:28 |
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COMFORTABLE FOR YOU. BILL BRADLEY CAME TO ME ONCE. HE SAID, I'VE GOT TO GO GIVE A TALK IN NEW JERSEY. GIVE ME A COUPLE OF YOUR BEST JOKES. AND I DID....
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| 00:58:33 |
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I'VE USED TWO OR THREE OTHERS TO WRITE SPEECHES FOR ME AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL SPEECHES. I READ THEM AND BREAK OUT IN LAUGHTER BUT I CAN'T DELIVER THEM....
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| 01:00:05 |
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POLITICAL HUMOR? >> I THINK IT SHARPENED IT. I THINK IT SHARPENED THE APPRECIATION FOR POLITICAL HUMOR, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS...
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| 01:00:30 |
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THAT'S DUMB. BUT YOU DON'T SAY THAT OUT LOUD. YOU FIND A JOKE TO TELL AND THAT SOMETIMES SORT OF ILLUSTRATES THE POINT. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS A CORRECT...
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| 01:01:11 |
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YOU REALLY DO HAVE PREJUDICE AND BIAS AND PRETEND YOU DON'T, IT WILL FIND ITS WAY THROUGH THE HUMAN SURFACE LIKE A VOLCANIC VOLCANIC FISSURE AND COME...
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| 01:02:26 |
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QUOTED, IN THE PRESS AT THE TIME, HE SAID, I'VE HAD MORE PROBLEMS WITH QUEENS THAN ANYBODY SINCE HENRY VIII. WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, IT OCCURRED...
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| 01:03:28 |
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ON THIS STAGE. THERE IS A LACK OF CIVILITY. THERE IS A POLARIZATION. THERE IS NO CROSS THE AISLE CONVERSATION. THEY DON'T HAVE DRINKS ANYMORE. THEY...
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| 01:04:50 |
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THE SYSTEM, THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM, OF ONE OF ITS GREAT VALUES AND THAT IS THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN EXCHANGE VIEWS AND DO SO FREELY AND WITHOUT RANCOR...
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| 01:07:23 |
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NFLTY, YOU
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| 01:07:25 |
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KNOW, IT ALMOST NEVER PROSPERS. >> LET ME TELL YOU ANOTHER STORY THAT EXPRESSES THAT KIND OF CIVILITY. BUSH 41 WHEN HE WAS A STUDENT AT YALE MET A...
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| 01:07:48 |
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CLINTON DEFEATED BUSH, W.J. TRENT DIED AND THAT DAY I CALLED PRESIDENT BUSH IN HOUSTON TO TELL HIM. AND HE WAS NOT IN BUT I LEFT MY HOME NUMBER. HE...
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| 01:09:12 |
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SAW THEM. AND I REMEMBER AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION YOU SAID, MR. PRESIDENT, IF THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA HAD SEEN YOU AND YOUR HUMOR AND WHAT YOU SHARED...
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| 01:10:00 |
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TODAY AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE SUFFERING FROM A LACK OF LITERAL HUMOR TODAY AND IT IS RELATED
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| 01:10:09 |
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IN A REAL WAY TO THE ACIDITY AND POISON ON EVERY SIDE. IT BESPEAKS THAT. AND SO I'LL ASK YOU TO JOIN IN THANKING THESE DISTINGUISHED PANELISTS AND GREAT...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.