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LBJ was a shrewd political operator, and it's interesting that Nixon (no stranger himself to dirty tricks) said that LBJ was his most feared political opponent
by Simon_ORourke 3y ago
LBJ was a shrewd political operator, and it's interesting that Nixon (no stranger himself to dirty tricks) said that LBJ was his most feared political opponent for all the kind of dirt he could throw.
There was a story about when LBJ was first running for political office, that he started rumors that his opponent had done some reprehensible act with a pig. LBJ's retort to some staffer who told him to stop repeating this rumor was that he knew it to be untrue, but wanted his opponent to have to deny it all the same.
- bloomingeek 3y agoThe New Yorker Magazine, I believe, did a story based on people who knew LBJ from back home. He wasn't exactly loved by the home folks, his father was a bully and so was LBJ. For me, it was unforgivable turning away from JFK's plan to get out of Nam, instead bombing the hell of the area and killing many more. Oh, and sweeping JFK's assassination under the carpet.
- defen 3y agoHe literally stole an election https://apnews.com/article/lbj-stolen-election-box-13-mangan-c818e478ec509c65585d3094bda69f96 https://apnews.com/article/lbj-stolen-election-box-13-mangan...