I still think he had a part in JFK's assasination. Heard he was a real asshole. Making people have meetings in the bathroom while he took shits. Pissing on people. All sorts of fucked up shit.
An aside......if anyone is truly interested in one of the more exhaustive and fair minded histories of Lyndon Johnson (who I have always found to be one of the most interesting....and puzzling presidents) I highly recommend the (currently unfinished) series by Robert Caro, starting with “The Path To Power”. It started out as a 3 book “trilogy” but Caro started unearthing so much information (sidetracked by an entire volume on the senate primary election LBJ allegedly stole) that it is presently at 4 volumes, with the fifth and final book still to come sometime in the next several years. It is truly a fascinating story. With rare exceptions, no human is all bad or all good. LBJ most definitely had two very distinct sides to himself and Caro does an outstanding job of giving a balanced view. Hard to put down. If LBJ were alive today he’d make Donald Trump his bitch with a minimum of effort.......
I'll check it out at the library....sounds like a good winter read...Putin has already made Trump his bitch though
Wayne Morse, Oregon's late and great Senator, who was always against that war, told the story about how Kennedy told him he was going to withdraw from that war shortly before Kennedy was assassinated.
Very power hungry, but many politicians are, not all, but most. I know Robert Kennedy couldn't stand the guy and the only reason they entertained Johnson as VP was for the black vote to come their way from having a southerner on the ballot. All about the vote!
Im sure it was to get both. From what Ive read Bobby Kennedy as his campaign manager thought that both MLK and Johnson would give them the southern vote.
Bobby Kennedy was pretty much against selecting LBJ. It's kind of impressive that LBJ stuck to retaining all of JFK's cabinet appointees.
