Well...umm...damn. Does LBJ need tp for his bunghole?

I decided to call it a day right around 'the part where your nuts hang' :-D

You'd think a president would hire a tailor.

Lyndon was always known to be brash and crude.

There are too many names on a certain wall in DC for me to ever have any thought but loathing for that arrogant bit of human waste. I'll stop now, lest I be banned or arrested.

If you ever lived in TX (and I did for two years) you know they like to be graphic, especially the older generation. It was part of a tradition of not putting on airs, and letting the other fellow know you are a regular guy.

This pants routine is comical though, in light of the many defects of the Haggar pants, LBJ still wanted more pairs. LBJ also had a droll sense of humor, and this may be underlying some of the commentary.

He was known for his crudeness, but I Mr. Short Dick is correct about the older generation of Texans. It really is a cultural thing.

While not a student of history or anything, I've read enough about LBJ to know that this in-your-facedness was a big part of what he was about. Here are some photographs of what's called "the treatment."

The guy wasn't some foul-mouthed Texas stooge who snuck into the White House after an assassination. He achieved his station by being precisely aware of what was going on in the hearts of other people.... Because he'd get close enough to feel it through his own breastbone, whether they (thought) they wanted him to or not.

I recommend this book to everyone, especially people who never want to bother reading a book about politics. You won't be disappointed. The author is NOT just dropping names... It's breezy and fun, but explains lessons applicable in almost every venture outside of a jazz combo. And even there....

Thanks for the suggestion, Crid. I think I will pick up that book. I have a few things ahead of it but have a vacation planned in February and will bring it with me. And I don't think anyone is implying that he's a stooge. He didn't get where he was by accident.

I recently read a book called The Warm Bucket Brigade, which discussed the history and evolution of the Vice Presidency. The book discussed LBJ's vulgarisms to some extent. For example, he would have meetings while sitting on the toilet, and he was known to whip out his penis, which he called Jumbo, in front of other people.