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Skink

(10,122 posts)
2. Recently toured the LBJ ranch
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:15 PM
Jun 2016

There is something like 70 phone lines in the mid sized house. He had 3 televisions in most of the rooms so he could monitor the networks.

stopbush

(24,376 posts)
4. Yep. JFK gets credit for the programs and policies LBJ accomplished.
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:15 PM
Jun 2016

And for his hard work, LBJ gets smeared by the assassination nuts as having been involved in JFK's murder.

 

Lance Bass esquire

(671 posts)
5. Seen it at least 5 x since it's been out.
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:18 PM
Jun 2016

I was a toddler when this was going down. One of my favorite Presidents of all time.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
7. The play 'All The Way' has a sequel called 'Great Society' which covers the second term of LBJ.
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:27 PM
Jun 2016

I highly recommend reading it, seeing it and pestering HBO to film it.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
8. At the time, I hated LBJ with a Purple Passion because of The WAR and the needless loss
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:46 PM
Jun 2016

of a couple friends. It was only later that I was able to appreciate him for the man he was. I didn't realize he was the most Liberal Democratic President we would see for over half a century.

Whenever someone says, "Politics ain't bean bag!, I think of LBJ.



"Johnson was the catalyst, the cajoler in chief. History records him as the nation's greatest legislative politician. In a great piece on the Daily Beast website, LBJ aide Tom Johnson, writes about how his old boss would have gotten a health care reform bill through the current congress. It's worth reading to understand the full impact of the "Johnson treatment" and how effective LBJ could be in winning votes for his legislation."

http://thejohnsonpost.blogspot.com/2009/08/johnson-treatment.html

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
9. I can very highly recommend the fourth volume of Robert Caro's LBJ biography
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:54 PM
Jun 2016
https://www.amazon.com/Passage-Power-Years-Lyndon-Johnson/dp/0375713255

It covers the period in Johnson's career from Kennedy's assassination through the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, and it makes a very interesting read in terms of seeing how Johnson used his political skill to get those laws passed.

WiffenPoof

(2,404 posts)
10. In as much as I agree...
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 05:02 PM
Jun 2016

...LBJ was one of the dirtiest politicians in American political history. Still love him though.

WiffenPoof

(2,404 posts)
12. Believe me...
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 05:19 PM
Jun 2016

...i love LBJ. However, early in his political career, he was known to do whatever it took to win. This was particularly true during his years in Texas politics.

Having said that, he was one of the great Democratic public servants. There was no one like him.

MinM

(2,650 posts)
13. Bill Moyers presents some RFK-LBJ audio
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 07:59 PM
Jun 2016

There's no secret that LBJ and the Kennedy Brothers didn't always play nice as Bill Moyers alludes to in the setup to this conversation between RFK and LBJ...



LBJ does sound sincere though when he tells Bobby that his input on Vietnam was welcomed. Of course Lyndon could afford to be magnanimous now that he held a position of power over RFK.

America's Nastiest Blood Feud by Garry Wills | The New York Review

Mutual Contempt - The New York Times
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