- NOW, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK POLITICS
UNLESS IT'S WITH TWO ADORABLE KIDS,
AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE TALKING TO OUR PRESIDENTIAL EXPERTS,
RAINER AND ATTICUS.
SO YOU'RE RAINER, AND YOU'RE ATTICUS.
IS THAT RIGHT? - YES.
- ALL RIGHT. IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED, WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO,
HOW MUCH YOU KNEW ABOUT PRESIDENTS.
AND WHEN DID YOU START GETTING INTERESTED IN PRESIDENTS?
- WELL, I GOT STARTED INTERESTED WHEN I WAS TWO.
- MM-HMM.
AND WHAT GOT YOU INTERESTED IN THAT?
- JUST BY A PLACEMAT.
- IT WAS A PLACEMAT THAT HAD, WHAT, THE PRESIDENTS ON IT?
- YEAH, PRESIDENT. - UH-HUH.
AND YOU SAID--'CAUSE I'VE HAD PLACEMATS BEFORE.
IT JUST MADE ME WANT TO EAT A SALAD, SO...
YOU SAID, "I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT PRESIDENTS."
AND WHAT MAKES YOU LIKE PRESIDENTS SO MUCH?
- UM...
WELL, I'M BORN.
I WAS IN MOMMY'S BELLY.
[laughter]
[applause]
- THAT'S RIGHT.
[laughs]
WHO IS--WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME, RAINER?
- MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT IS JOHN F. KENNEDY,
BECAUSE HE GAVE PEOPLE HOPE.
- YES. crowd: AW!
- JUST LIKE HIS SPEECH:
"ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU.
ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY."
[cheers and applause]
- THAT'S A REALLY POWERFUL THING TO SAY.
[applause]
ATTICUS, WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT?
- MARTIN VAN BUREN.
- WHY IS THAT?
- I LIKE HIS SIDEBURNS.
[laughter and applause]
- WHO'S THIS? - ZACHARY TAYLOR.
- ZACHARY TAYLOR.
- AND HE DIED. [laughter]
- THIS GUY DIDN'T DO SO WELL EITHER, YOU KNOW.
HE... [laughter]
SO--AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT-- BESIDES THAT HE DIED?
- WELL, UH...
[clears throat]
HE WAS PRETTY YOUNG WHEN HE DIED.
- ALL RIGHT. ATTICUS.
[laughter] - ATTICUS.
- ATTICUS, TELL ME WHO THIS IS.
- CALVIN COOLIDGE.
- IT'S CALVIN COOLIDGE. THAT'S RIGHT.
AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM?
- UM...
HE WAS FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
- THAT'S RIGHT. HE WAS.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
- I WOULD LIKE TO BE A PRESIDENT.
- A PRESIDENT? I THINK YOU SHOULD.
[cheers and applause]
[laughter]
ATTICUS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
- UM, MARTIN VAN BUREN.
[laughter]
[applause]
- THAT'S A GOOD-- THAT'S A GOOD GOAL.
[cheers and applause]
AFTER--AFTER MEETING RAINER AND ATTICUS,
WE KNEW WE HAD TO MAKE THEM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENTS,
AND THEY COVERED THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS FOR US.
THEY EVEN GOT A SPECIAL TOUR OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
- HI, ELLEN.
THIS IS RAINER.
- AND ATTICUS.
- AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A TOUR OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
both: LET'S GO!
- AND HERE WE HAVE A VERY BEAUTIFUL ROOM
THAT'S KIND OF SPECIAL SURPRISE ROOM,
BECAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TOUR.
BUT THIS IS CALLED THE DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOM.
- I REMEMBER THAT NAME. - LOOK WHO'S HERE.
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
YOU GUYS ARE HERE.
YOU CAME TO MY HOUSE.
ARE YOU SHOCKED?
RAINER. ATTICUS, HOW ARE YOU, SWEETIE?
YOU WANT TO ME--I BOUGHT BO DOWN TO SAY HELLO TO YOU.
YOU GUYS HAVE SOME WHITE HOUSE COOKIES, HUH?
- OH, MY FAVORITE ROOM-- YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT--
IS THE BLUE ROOM,
BECAUSE IT'S SHAPED LIKE AN OVAL.
- YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE,
IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING.
ALL THE ROOMS LOOK ALIKE, RIGHT?
THE DOORS CLOSE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH--
- OH, TELL ME. TELL ME.
- BO ATE MY HALF OF COOKIE.
- I SAW THAT, AND HE USUALLY ISN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE COOKIES,
BUT HE'S GOING TO BE YOUR FRIEND FOR LIFE BECAUSE OF THAT.
DO YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE QUIZ?
- YEAH. - OKAY.
WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU KNOW.
WHICH PRESIDENT WAS THE FIRST
TO HAVE A TELEPHONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
- EXCELLENT.
SPEAK. SPEAK, BO.
[Bo barks] YES, WE'RE EXCITED.
WELL, WHAT WAS HIS TELEPHONE NUMBER?
THIS IS A GOOD ONE.
both: ONE! - CAN YOU IMAGINE?
I WONDER WHAT YOU THINK OUR NUMBER IS.
- I KNOW MINE IS 631-- - OKAY, WE'LL EDIT THAT OUT.
[laughs]
WHO GAVE THE WHITE HOUSE ITS CURRENT NAME,
"THE WHITE HOUSE"?
- SPEAK, BO!
[Bo barks] YES!
WHO KEPT TWO BEARS AS PETS
ON THE FRONT LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE?
- CAN YOU IMAGINE? THEY WERE BEARS!
DID HE HAVE OTHER ANIMALS THAT YOU KNOW--
- OH, BO, SPEAK.
[Bo barks] YES!
THAT WAS GOOD. YOU GUYS DID REALLY WELL.
- OKAY. - YAY!
- THESE ARE REALLY GOOD.
WHAT'S THAT ONE?
- MM-HMM. WELL, THIS WAS FUN.
THANKS FOR COMING TO MY HOUSE.
CAN I HAVE A HUG?
OH!
[upbeat music]
- [gasps]
IT'S THE PRESIDENT COMING IN THE PLANE.
BYE, PRESIDENT.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS, HAVE FUN.
- BYE!
- SPEAK, BO, SPEAK. [Bo barks]
SPEAK, SPEAK. [Bo barks]
SPEAK! [Bo barks]