Happy Days (TV Series)

The Not Making of a President (1975)

Tom Bosley: Howard Cunningham

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• Richie Cunningham : I think Stevenson is the better man.

  Howard Cunningham : Better man? Stevenson's been divorced. He can't even run his own family! Now, how do you expect him to run the country? Listen, when a man is asking to run the whole country, he better be able to lay his whole life open to criticism. And I'll tell you why you should be for Ike. Because I'm for Ike.

  Richie Cunningham : Well, I don't think that's a good enough reason.

  Howard Cunningham : My family has been Republican ever since there have been Republicans. Now, how's that for a reason?

  Richie Cunningham : Well, if you want to know the truth, I'd say it's pretty narrow-minded.

• Howard Cunningham : My own son defies me, and he calls me narrow-minded. Now, that doesn't exactly make us buddies, Marion.

  Marion Cunningham : He didn't defy you. You were just discussing politics, and he expressed his point of view.

  Howard Cunningham : Yeah, but we weren't talking about whether he could stay up late and watch "The Steve Allen Show." We were talking about who's gonna run the country!

  Marion Cunningham : I know. Well, Richard is growing up, and he does have opinions of his own.

  Howard Cunningham : I'm not interested in his opinions. I'm a Republican, my father was a Republican, his father before him was a Republican, this is a Republican house, and anybody who lives in it is a Republican!