president carter took beverly sills and waltzed right out onto the dance floor. when he danced with miss sills, the president said, "please let me lead. nobody else will." [ laughter ] it was just a little -- [ applause ] and they interviewed miss sills, because she has also danced with former presidents. she danced with gerald ford, and richard nixon. and when they asked her to compare ford and nixon as [ laughter ] she said that ford was a fine dancer, but he could only dance downhill. and nixon kept saying, "i am not a dancer". [ laughter ] [ applause ] those are the only comments. interesting contrast, you see. there's a coal strike in the country, in it's 86th day. people in the north, east and midwest are freezing, and you see a picture in the paper of carter, at this elegant function, dancing with beverly sills. i hope they don't criticize the president too much for that. after all, you have to remember that nero danced when rome was burning, and jimmy danced when the coal wasn't. [ laughter ] >> oh! >> see -- you know what you're angry at? [ laughter ] yo