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I'd say "wow, what a dick" but then he'd go no, THIS is a dick
It's weird that I know about Johnson's Johnson long before I became aware of all the legislation that passed while he was in office:
That dick got a lot done...
And also started the war in Vietnam...
Kind of a complex legacy, but holy shit that's a lot of good domestic work, ESPECIALLY for a single term president (plus the year following JFKs assassination).
He didn't start the war in Vietnam, he just ramped it up way more than Kennedy did. The US would have been a much better country if Johnson had focused on his great society platform instead of Vietnam.
Also a massive amount of infrastructure ranging from the Washington DC metro to the Detroit people mover.
Lyndon B. Johnson would've been one of the most beloved presidents of all time if he hadn't spent the entire time investing similarly in the dumbest fucking war we've had as a country.
Folks, the way you carry yourself and behave to others matters. Everyone thinks of LBJ as a generic president, or ,as a crude man. All that legacy, people don't pay attention to. Similar stuff will happen to Biden's presidency, he was more progressive than people give him credit for, but his "ice cream, Jack" and gaffes , alongside Trump's bullying are getting him put to the sidelines of history.
Also, among these lines, being an extraordinary gentlemen from an unexpected background and being sandwiched by two buffoons before and after his terms, does a lot for Obama's image. He's more middle of the road than he is perceived to be.
Agreed on the oddity of it. I definitely have known of the story about pissing on a secret service member's leg (though the story said he was directly pissing on it, not that it was the 'spray') since I was a young kid. It made it into a trivia book I was reading.
while reading this, I almost said, "wow, what a dick," before thinking that he might appear and start wagging it around, like bloody Mary, but worse.
it's amazing how far wealth can get you in life
I already knew the fact about the car, before John Oliver programmed my brain to thinking of this, every time I see or hear about LBJ...
Relevant recording of a pants order. 1:55 - 2:35 is the highlight
Trump would say he's All Man like he did with Arnold Palmer then proceed to gobble it down like a cuck on Thanksgiving.