Some anecdotes too short to make a proper #deanehistory instalment.
One such is LBC shortly after being sworn in as President on the plane. They land.
A green lieutenant says, “over there - that’s your helicopter, Mr President.”
LBJ: “son, they’re all my helicopters.”
One such is LBC shortly after being sworn in as President on the plane. They land.
A green lieutenant says, “over there - that’s your helicopter, Mr President.”
LBJ: “son, they’re all my helicopters.”
Another, a favourite of @denvercunning.
LBJ & team are taking names for the polls from tombstones. It’s late. They’re tired. A junior aide skips a worn headstone that’s hard to read.
LBJ stops him.
“Son, that man’s got as much of a right to vote as anyone in this graveyard.”
LBJ & team are taking names for the polls from tombstones. It’s late. They’re tired. A junior aide skips a worn headstone that’s hard to read.
LBJ stops him.
“Son, that man’s got as much of a right to vote as anyone in this graveyard.”
A third. Trigger warning, profane.
LBJ to his press guy, of an opponent: “go out and say he “f*cks pigs.”
Aide: “but sir, he doesn’t f*ck pigs!”
LBJ: “well sure, son. But I want to hear the son of a b*tch deny it.”
LBJ to his press guy, of an opponent: “go out and say he “f*cks pigs.”
Aide: “but sir, he doesn’t f*ck pigs!”
LBJ: “well sure, son. But I want to hear the son of a b*tch deny it.”
One less fruity but fascinating for politicos & those on the prowl for early signs of the political leader to come.
In his biography, Caro says LBJ brushed his teeth 15 times on his first night at university, so as to casually “accidentally” meet everyone on his corridor.
In his biography, Caro says LBJ brushed his teeth 15 times on his first night at university, so as to casually “accidentally” meet everyone on his corridor.
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