Not going into politics

[greengeezer]

It amazes me that every time a person runs for an office or is appointed to a prominent government position, every aspect of his/her life is investigated and exposed for all to see. If they threw spitwads in grade school, the public is going to know about it.

I had read that Lyndon Johnson, after becoming President, sent agents to Texas to erase certain areas of his past. They even tore pages out of old school yearbooks that had Johnson’s picture.

I like to think I’m a fairly decent guy, but if every tiny miscue of my entire life was exposed, I probably couldn’t be appointed dog catcher of the county.

 

[From Ashes To Glory 2]

Damn, never knew that about LBJ (re: old school yearbooks).

 

[i am herdman]

I have watched a few specials on LBJ. He was quite the character or crook or bad guy. He rigged a congressional election down in Texas back in the day. Had ties to the maffia and crime families. Hated JFK.

 

[greengeezer]

There is an amusing story told about two voter registration workers employed by Johnson who were in a cemetery copying names off of tombstones. They planned to add the names to the voter roles.

One worker told the other that he couldn’t make out the name on one of the stones. The second worker told him to take a second look. He supposedly said to his coworker, “Mr Johnson feels real strongly that every dead person has a right to vote.”