Dorian Blues
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:03:00
There was the di nner hour,
when we discussed politics...

:03:03
or, more accurately,
Dad discussed, we agreed.

:03:07
There was an u nwritten
ru le i n our house:

:03:09
Y ou did not disagree
with my father directly,

:03:11
especially about politics.
:03:13
So, to ex ert y our
i ndiv iduality y ou simply...

:03:15
agreed with h im i n the most
origi nal way y ou cou Id fi nd.

:03:20
Wel I, that was our m istake i n
g iv i ng up Vietnam was that we...

:03:23
gave the commu n ists the
idea that we d id n't have...

:03:26
the res o lve for a lo ng fig ht.
:03:28
U h, and that our free press
was always go i ng to u nderm i ne us.

:03:33
Wel I put.
:03:35
Well put.
:03:37
You k now N icky, y ou make more
sense than men twice y our age.

:03:40
I mean does n't he,
does n't he?

:03:42
Go od j ob, s o n.
:03:44
But as th is particu lar di nner
con ti nued, and Dad wen t on,

:03:47
certai n of ev eryth i ng,
someth i ng v ery nerv e-wracki ng...

:03:50
began to happen to me.
:03:52
For the first time i n my life,
I began to get the urge to disagree.

:03:56
The more I fough t the urge,
the more it grew, and grew, u n til...

:04:02
I d isagree.
:04:06
I'm s orry.
What was that?

:04:08
I said, I d isagree?
I th i nk y ou're wro ng.

:04:12
- O h, I forgot the app lesauce...
- N o, no, no s it.

:04:14
- It's rig ht i n the refrigerator.
- N o, s it.

:04:16
Every o ne i n our house has a
rig ht to their own op i n io n.

:04:19
So what's y ours, Dorian?
:04:20
You tel I us exactly
what I'm wro ng about.

:04:23
N ix o n.
:04:24
I do n't th i nk he was
a go od pres ident,

:04:25
I th i nk he was a bad
pres ident and a bad man.

:04:27
I th i nk what Dorian
means here is ...

:04:28
I mean t what I said, N ick.
:04:29
Why?
:04:31
Why was N ix o n a
bad pres ident?

:04:33
Wel I he was n't ho nest.
:04:34
O h.
Wel I, was Ken nedy ho nest?

:04:37
Ken nedy?
:04:37
Yeah, u h, was
J o h n F. Ken nedy ho nest...

:04:39
with the way he wo n
the electio n i n 1960.

:04:41
You k now, with C o ok
C ou nty I I I i no is and ...

:04:43
the West Virg i n ia Primaries?
:04:45
Wel I, I'm sure he
was n't always ho nest,

:04:46
I do n't th i nk any
po I itician is.

:04:48
Wel I then I'm leg itimately
co nfused because if they were...

:04:51
both d is ho nest why
do y ou hate N ix o n ...

:04:52
and have a p icture
of J F K o n y our wal I?

:04:54
A lot of reas o ns.
:04:56
- You though t JFK was great.
- Rig ht.

:04:57
Wel I then, y our criterio n for
greatness can't be ho nesty,


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