Jackie - The Sparking Hearth of a Great Nation

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy: 

Mr. President?

President Johnson: 

I just wanted you to know you were loved 

and by so many and so much and....

JBK: 

Oh, Mr. President!

LBJ: -

.... and I'm one of them.

JBK: 

I tried. I didn't dare bother you again, but I got Kenny O'Donnell over here to give you a message if he ever saw you. 

Did he give it to you yet?

LBJ: 

No.

JBK: 

About my letter? 

That was waiting for me last night?

LBJ: 

Listen, sweetie :-

Now, first thing you've got to learn-you've got some things to learn, 

and one of them is that

  

You don't bother me. 

You give me strength.

JBK: 

But I wasn't going to send you in one more letter. 

I was so scared you'd answer.

LBJ: 

Don't send me anything, don't send me anything! 

You just come on over and put your arm around me. 

That's all you do. 

When you haven't got anything else to do, let's take a walk. 

Let's walk around the back yard and just 

Let me tell you 

How Much You Mean to All of Us 

and 

How We Can carry on 

if you give us a little strength!

JBK: 

But you know what I wanted to say to you about that letter? 

I know how rare a letter is in a President's handwriting. 

Do you know that I've got more in your handwriting than I do in Jack's now?

LBJ: 

Well-

JBK: 

And for you to write it at this time, and then to send me that thing today of, you know, your Cape announcement and everything-

LBJ: 

I want you to just know this, that I told my mama a long time ago, when everybody else gave up about my election in '48-

JBK: 

Yes?

LBJ: 

My mother and my wife and my sisters -

and 

You Females got a lot of courage that we men don't have. 

And so we have to rely on you and depend on you, 

and you've got 

Something to Do. 

You've got the President relying on you. 

And this is not the first one you've had! 

  

So there're not many women, you know, running around with a good many Presidents. 

So you just bear that in mind. 

You've got the biggest job of your life!

JBK: [laughs]  

"She ran around with two Presidents."  

That's what they'll say about me!

LBJ: 

[quietly chortles]

JBK: 

Okay! Anytime!

LBJ: 

Goodbye, darling.

JBK: 

Thank you for calling, Mr. President. 

Goodbye.

LBJ: 

Bye, sweetie. 

Do come by.

JBK: [warmly:] 

I will.