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JOHNSON, OUR 36th PRESIDENT? >>
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OH, I THINK THE TWO THINGS THAT STOOD OUT WERE, OF COURSE,
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HIS GREATNESS AS A PRESIDENT IN THE REALM OF DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. ONLY FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT COULD BE SAID TO HAVE EXCEEDED, AND NOT BY MUCH, LYNDON JOHNSON'S...
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OUR AUDIENCE HERE ON C-SPAN SOME OF THE MOMENTS OF THE JOHNSON PRESIDENCY. I WILL BEGIN WITH A COUPLE STUDENTS AND EVE VI I WILL HAVE YOU FIRST START....
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AND INTIMIDATING AND MANIPULATIVE. ONE STORY COMES TO MIND THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT HIM WHEN HE FIRST MOVED IN -- WHEN HE WAS A CONGRESSIONAL AIDE....
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YOU FEEL IMPORTANT, AND HE REALLY USED
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THAT. I THINK HE WAS A GREAT MEDIATOR AND HE WAS GREAT AT MAKING DEALS, BUT OCCASIONALLY I THINK HIS DEAL MAKING MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO COME...
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FIRST MEGAN GRADY. >> I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED WITH LYNDON B.
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JOHNSON. I THINK HE WAS A PHENOMENAL PRESIDENT REALLY. HE PASSED SOME
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| 00:03:33 |
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AMAZING LEGISLATURE AND IT'S A SHAME THAT HIS PRESIDENCY IS SORT OF OVERSHADOWED BY HIS RECORD WITH VIETNAM, AND IT'S FASCINATING THAT HE WAS SUCH A STARK...
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THINGS PASSED. I THINK PERHAPS MAYBE HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LESS SUCCESSFUL AS PRESIDENT. I THINK JUST AS A LEGISLATOR THOUGH IS REALLY WHERE...
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THOSE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE TRAGEDY OF NOVEMBER 22nd, 1963. LYNDON JOHNSON BEING SWORN IN AT LOVE FIELD IN DALLAS, TEXAS, COMING BACK TO WASHINGTON,...
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WEIGHED. FOR ME IT IS A DEEP PERSONAL TRAGEDY. I KNOW THAT THE WORLD SHARES THE SORROW THAT MRS. KENNEDY AND HER FAMILY BEAR. I WILL DO MY BEST. THAT...
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OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOHNSON, KENNEDY, AND THE STAFF AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE KENNEDY STAFF AND LBJ. >> WELL, I CAME HERE WITH JOHN KENNEDY...
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HIM BECAUSE I HAD WORKED HARD FOR HIM TO HELP HIM GET ELECTED, AND I WENT TO WORK IN HIS -- THE GREAT PROGRAM, THE PEACE CORPS, AND WORKED ON THE...
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LOVE FIELD. YOU HAD THE WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT WHO HAD BLOOD ON HER JACKET. YOU HAD A DELAY FOR THE PRESIDENT, NOW LYNDON JOHNSON, TO BE SWORN IN, AND...
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TO WASHINGTON. THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY JOHNSON WAS INSISTING ON HOLDING IT UP. A TOP KENNEDY AIDE HAD ORDERED THE PLANE TO TAKE OFF AND JOHNSON...
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| 00:10:36 |
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WAR, AND THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE PERSONAL LIFE OF LYNDON JOHNSON WHICH WE ALSO WANT TO TOUCH ON. BUT LET'S PUT THESE ISSUES ON THE TABLE...
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SUCCESS OF OUR SYSTEM. TO DISPROVE THOSE CYNICS AND CRITICS AT HOME AND ABROAD WHO QUESTION OUR PURPOSE AND OUR COMPETENCE. IF WE FAIL, IF WE FRITTER...
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| 00:12:41 |
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LET US CARRY FORWARD THE PLANS AND PROGRAMS OF JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY NOT BECAUSE OF OUR SORROW OR SYMPATHY BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT. [ APPLAUSE ]...
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ABOUT HIS WORSHIP OF FRANKLIN
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ROOSEVELT AND HIS GREAT SYMPATHY FOR THE PROGRAMS OF THE NEW DEAL WHICH TRANSLATE I THINK IMMEDIATELY INTO SYMPATHY FOR THE PEOPLE IN POVERTY IN THE...
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| 00:14:42 |
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DEBATE WAS AT ITS PEAK. BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO 1960, CHARLIE PETERS. LYNDON JOHNSON, A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, THEN THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE,...
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SEE TO IT IF IT'S WITHIN THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT TO SEE THAT EVERY PERSON'S FULL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED REGARDLESS OF HIS COLOR. [...
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1965. >> AND SHOULD WE DEFEAT EVERY ENEMY AND SHOULD WE DOUBLE OUR WEALTH AND CONQUER
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THE STARS AND STILL BE UNEQUAL TO THIS ISSUE, THEN WE WILL HAVE FAILED AS A PEOPLE AND AS A NATION. FOR WITH A COUNTRY AS WITH A PERSON, WHAT IS A...
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| 00:17:23 |
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WELL, YOU KNOW, HIS FATHER BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY HAD FOUGHT THE KU KLUX
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KLAN IN TEXAS. WELL, BABY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW SOMETHING REALLY TOUGH TO DO, FIGHTING THE KLAN IN TEXAS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE CENTURY TOOK ABOUT...
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| 00:19:12 |
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THAT SPEECH IN 1965 THAT LYNDON JOHNSON TRAVELLED TO BALTIMORE TO DELIVER THIS ADDRESS ADDRESS. WHILE HE WAS FIGHTING THE WAR ON POVERTY AND FIGHTING...
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VIEWS OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. TONIGHT AMERICANS AND ASIANS ARE DYING FOR A WORLD WHERE EACH PEOPLE MAY CHOOSE ITS OWN PATH TO CHANGE. THIS IS THE...
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GUNS OVER BUTTER AND THE LESSONS FROM THAT MOMENT IN HIS PRESIDENCY FOR FUTURE PRESIDENTS. >> WELL, I THINK JOHNSON WAS -- HE HAD GROWN UP -- THE FORMATIVE...
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POLICY FOR PEOPLE OF HIS GENERATION WAS THE RUN UP TO WORLD WAR II WHERE WE HAD FAILED TO STAND UP AGAINST THE AGGRESSORS, AS ROOSEVELT HAD WANTED...
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THE ACTUAL JOHNSON
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TREATMENT WHEN IT CAME TO PUSHING THINGS THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE. WE'VE SEEN THAT PICTURE WITH HIM LEANING OVER THE CONGRESSMAN. >> SENATOR THEODORE...
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INDICATIVE OF JOHNSON'S CHARACTER. HE WAS JUST -- HE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY SENATOR, INCLUDING THEIR SEX LIVES. HE REALLY KNEW. SO HE KNEW THE...
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| 00:25:59 |
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QUESTION FOR CHARLIE. CHARLIE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS SUCH A MASTER MANIPULATOR,
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BUT HE ALSO KIND OF MANIPULATED HIMSELF, DIDN'T HE, WHERE BOBBY WAS CONCERNED? >> OH, BOY. >> AND THE VIETNAM WAR? >> YES, YES, YES, YES.
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WELL, I THINK IT WAS BOBBY'S
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FAULT AND HIS FAULT. I THINK BOBBY AND JACK DID
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A TERRIBLE THING IN NOT -- IN CONCEALING FROM JOHNSON A CRUCIAL THING THEY DID AT THE END OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS THAT WAS VERY DOVISH. YOU REMEMBER...
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BRENDAN. >>
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INITIALLY JOHNSON AND KENNEDY ORIGINALLY DEBATED AGAINST ONE ANOTHER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
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SIMILAR TO THE WAY
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THAT HILLARY CLINTON DID. ULTIMATELY BARACK OBAMA DID NOT CHOOSE HILLARY CLINTON, BUT KENNEDY DID CHOOSE JOHNSON. WAS THIS WISE AND HOW DO YOU FEEL...
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| 00:29:20 |
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ON THE TICKET BECAUSE KENNEDY REALIZED HE HAD TO GET -- CARRY SOME SOUTHERN STATES TO WIN, AND HE
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SAW JOHNSON AS HIS HOPE FOR CARRYING SOME SOUTHERN STATES AND KENNEDY DID CARRY THE MAJORITY OF THE SOUTHERN STATES WHICH, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE A MIRACLE...
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| 00:30:56 |
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CHRIS ALEX BRADLEY. >> OKAY. FIRST ALEX ROBINSON. >> SORRY. HI, I'M ALEX
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ROBINSON. YOU HAVE TALKED
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A LOT
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| 00:31:15 |
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ABOUT HOWLIN'HOW LYNN DONDON JOHNSON AND THE KENNEDY FAMILY HAD ISSUES. HOW DID THAT INFORM OR INFLUENCE THE WAY YOU PERFORMED BY GRAPHICAL WORKS ON...
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| 00:31:40 |
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I ADMIRED BOTH MEN. YOU KNOW, I CAME CLOSE TO WORSHIPPING JACK KENNEDY. I STILL THINK IF YOU LOOK BACK ON THOSE SPEECHES AND THE PRESS CONFERENCES...
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BIRD JOHNSON. THE INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 11th, 1999, AND YOU CAN SENSE THE PAIN THAT LYNDON JOHNSON FELT WITH THE VIETNAM WAR. HERE...
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COULDN'T ESCAPE, COULDN'T SHAKE OFF OFF. >> WHEN DID YOU SEE HIM AT HIS LOWEST? >> DURING THOSE
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DAYS. I THINK WHEN THE BAGS BEGAN TO COME HOME. BY THAT I MEAN -- >> BODY BAGS? >> THEY WOULD COME IN
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AT NIGHT ON FREIGHT TRAINS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS
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WAS GOOD PLANNING
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OR JUST HAPPENSTANCE, BUT SEVERAL TIMES I WOULD BE ON MY WAY BACK FROM A TRIP TO NEW YORK FROM SOMEWHERE AND AT THE STATION AS I WOULD GET OFF THERE...
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TEARING HIM
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APART. SHE WORRIED TERRIBLY ABOUT IT AND ALL DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS OF THE PRESIDENCY, AND AS I TOLD YOU, HE KNEW HIMSELF THAT HE WAS DESTROYING...
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NEXT,
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CAROLYN? >> I KNOW THAT YOU KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT TODAY AND YOU SAID IN AN INTERVIEW IN SEPTEMBER THAT JOHNSON WAS DEEPLY DIVIDED ON HIS DECISION ABOUT
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THE VIETNAM WAR AND THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS NEGATIVITY IN BOTH OF HIS OPTIONS. SO WITH NEGATIVITY COMING FROM WHATEVER HE CHOOSES, WHAT DO...
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| 00:37:00 |
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THE MUNICH MUNICH/ALAMO HISTORY THAT WAS SO POWERFUL, THAT YOU CAN'T GIVE UP, YOU CAN'T SURRENDER. AND IF THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING, IT WAS THAT HE...
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OF VIETNAM AND I HAVE KIND OF HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT HE COULD HAVE HANDLED IT BETTER. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU THOUGHT HE REALLY
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COULD HAVE DONE BETTER OR IF IT WAS JUST A SWATHS SITUATION THAT HE WAS GIVE THAT WAS ALMOST BEYOND HIS CONTROL. I WONDER WHAT HAD YOU THOUGHT ABOUT...
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HE COULD HAVE SAID THIS IS SOMETHING WE JUST CAN'T WIN. I THINK WE MAY BE IN THIS COUNTRY IN A SIMILAR SITUATION RIGHT NOW IN AFGHANISTAN, THAT WITH...
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| 00:39:22 |
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YOU. HAVING NOT LIVED THROUGH JOHNSON'S ADMINISTRATION, I RELATE JOHNSON A LITTLE BIT TO
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BUSH JUST HIS SPEAKING MANNERISMS BOTH BEING FROM TEXAS. WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S SOMETHING TO FAIR TO ASSIMILATE BOTH -- BOTH OF THE MEN AS KIND OF THE...
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THE WAY THEY TALK, BUT JOHNSON WAS AN EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT MAN, ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST PRESIDENTS IN OUR HISTORY. I DON'T THINK YOU COULD SAY THE...
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AS WE SAW PRESIDENT JOHNSON COMING BACK FROM DALLAS AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE TRYING TO HEAL THE NATION, THAT FOLLOWED THE FOUR DAYS IN WHICH AMERICA...
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MY FELLOW AMERICANS, ALL I HAVE I WOULD HAVE GIVEN GLADLY NOT TO BE STANDING HERE TODAY. THE GREATEST LEADER OF OUR TIME HAS BEEN STRUCK DOWN BY THE...
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MINUTES IN THAT TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WHAT COMES TO MIND? >> WELL, I HAD TO THINK -- I THINK THE SPEECH -- I THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD SPEECH AND...
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HOW I FELT LISTENING TO IT. THE ONE THING IS HIS SENSE THAT I WOULD GIVING ANYTHING NOT TO BE HERE TODAY, I THINK HE ACTUALLY -- HE GLORIED IN BEING...
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| 00:45:24 |
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TALKED ABOUT HOW COMFORTABLE AND HOW MUCH HE EMBRACED BEING
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PRESIDENT. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK YOU IN SOME OF HIS EARLY SPEECHES AS LEADER OF THE SENATE AND EVEN AS VICE PRESIDENT, HE SEEMED TO BE MORE ANIMATED,...
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| 00:46:06 |
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WASN'T.SPEAK THE SPEAKER THAT FDR OR JACK KENNEDY WAS. IT JUST TORMENTED HIM. BUT HIS MOTHER HAD -- AND IF YOU EVER TALK TO LYNDON IN PRIVATE, MY GOD,...
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CAROLYN? >> HI. I'M ANDREA ROGERS. >> GO AHEAD. >> I KNOW YOU SAID THAT YOU DON'T THINK THAT
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THERE'S REALLY MANY
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| 00:47:31 |
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PARALLELS BETWEEN
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| 00:47:32 |
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PRESIDENT BUSH JR. AND JOHNSON, BUT DO YOU THINK THAT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE BOTH THRUST INTO LIKE A REALLY HORRIBLE SITUATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY,...
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| 00:48:26 |
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QUITE IMPRESSIVE. I FELT THOSE DAYS RIGHT AFTER THE TRAGEDY HE WAS TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSIVE. I THINK HE JUST MADE A HIDEOUS MISTAKE WHEN HE GOT US...
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| 00:49:52 |
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PETERS. MY NAME IS JENNY, AND I'M ACTUALLY
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A FIRST GENERATION
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AMERICAN-BORN CITIZEN. MY PARENTS AND FAMILY WERE VIETNAM WAR REFUGEES AND THEY IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER THE VEETKONG CONFISCATED EVERYTHING...
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| 00:51:00 |
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THE SOUTH NEAT MA KNEESSEAT NA MEESE. I THINK IT WAS THE REFUSAL OF THE NORTH VIETNAMESE TO COME TO ANY KIND OF COMPROMISE. JOHNSON WAS CONSTANTLY...
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| 00:53:03 |
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CHARLES PETERS. I WANT TO GO BACK TO ANOTHER MOMENT IN 1968. WE'LL SHOW IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES JOHNSON'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE WILL NOT SEEK ANOTHER...
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| 00:53:41 |
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WHAT SAM RAYBURN TOLD ME MANY YEARS AGO -- THE CONGRESS ALWAYS EXTENDS A VERY WARM WELCOME TO THE PRESIDENT, AS HE COMES IN. THANK ALL OF YOU VERY, VERY...
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| 00:57:12 |
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IN TIME AND SEE THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF MEDICARE AND
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| 00:57:15 |
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MEDICAID, DO YOU BELIEVE HE WOULD STILL SUPPORT THE WAR ON POVERTY AS HE SAW IT IN HIS TIME? AND ALSO, OBVIOUSLY JUST PURE SPECULATION, WHAT DO YOU...
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| 00:57:42 |
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THAT JOHNSON MADE A MISTAKE IN NOT FACING THE PROBLEM OF THE FEE FOR SERVICE MODEL IN MEDICAL PRACTICE. I DON'T THINK HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE BILL...
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UNIVERSITY. CAROLYN? >> JAKECOB MILLER. >> THANK YOU, MR. PETERS. I KNOW WE MENTIONED SOME OF LYNDON JOHNSON'S IMPACT ON CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
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AND OTHER ISSUES OF THAT
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| 00:58:55 |
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SORT. I WAS WONDERING, IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC REASON WHY HE DID NOT ATTEND THE MARTIN LUTHER KING SPEECH? >> AH. YOU COULD ASK THE SAME THING OF JACK
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| 00:59:08 |
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KENNEDY AND YOU COULD ASK THE SAME THING OF OF 95% OF WHITE WASHINGTON. I WAS IN WASHINGTON THAT DAY, AND -- AT THE PEACE CORPS OFFICE AND I THINK THE...
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KATIE CAHILL. >> HI. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US, MR. PETERS. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A
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| 01:00:38 |
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SLIGHTLY MORE PERSONAL QUESTION
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| 01:00:39 |
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ABOUT YOUR TIME WORKING FOR JOHNSON AND KENNEDY. WHAT WAS YOUR PROUDEST MOMENT WORKING FOR THEM? CAN YOU REFLECT ON THAT AND SHARE WITH US WHAT...
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| 01:01:02 |
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A GREAT LEADER SERGEANT SHRIVER WHO JUST DIED RECENTLY. THE EARLY GROUPS OF VOLUNTEERS IN PARTICULAR WERE AMONG THE MOST AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE I'VE...
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| 01:02:19 |
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GREAT. LYNDON B. JOHNSON WAS THE FIRST
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| 01:02:21 |
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PRESIDENT TO APPOINT AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO THE SUPREME COURT, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW THAT WAS RECEIVED IN WASHINGTON. >> IT WAS AMAZING. THERE...
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| 01:02:38 |
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THURGOOD MARSHALL HAD CONSIDER BLABLE CHARM HIM SX.SELF. SO THERE WAS THOTNOT THE RESISTANCE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED. I REMEMBER FEELING QUITE...
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| 01:03:11 |
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IN THE SPRING OF 1968, THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES WERE UNDER WAY, LYNDON JOHNSON ANNOUNCING ON MARCH 31st, AT THE END OF A SPEECH ON VIETNAM THAT HE...
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| 01:03:31 |
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17th, JUST TWO WEEKS LATER CAME THE TED OFFENSIVE. AND SUDDENLY -- THE TED OFFENSIVE ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE AN AMERICAN VICTORY AND WE PRACTICALLY...
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| 01:05:27 |
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VIETNAM. BUT HE ALSO TOUCHED ON DOMESTIC ISSUES AND THEN SAID THIS. >> WITH OUR HOPES AND THE WORLD'S HOPES FOR PEACE IN THE BALANCE EVERY
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| 01:05:39 |
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DAY, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD DEVOTE AN HOUR OR DAY OF MY TIME TO ANY PERSONAL PARTISAN CAUSES OR TO ANY DUTIES OTHER THAN THE AWESOME DUTIES...
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HAVING A GROUP OF PEOPLE INTO OUR HOUSE THAT NIGHT, AND WE WATCHED THE
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| 01:07:11 |
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SPEECH TOGETHER. AND EVERYBODY WAS TOTALLY SURPRISED. BUT IT HAD A TREMENDOUS GOOD EFFECT ON AMERICA FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS. EVERYBODY --...
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| 01:08:20 |
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ANGELES. >> YES. AND THEN JUST THE GLOOM IN THE COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY
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| 01:08:29 |
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AMONG THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS LIKE ME, IT WAS JUST TERRIBLE. >> LET'S GO TO CHELSEA NEXT. >> HI. I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW YOU THINK PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S
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| 01:08:43 |
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DECISION TO KEEP ON SO
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| 01:08:44 |
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MANY OF KENNEDY'S ADVISERS AFFECTED THE DYNAMICS OF HIS INNER CIRCLE. >> GOOD POINT. >> I THINK IT WAS -- IT HAD A
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| 01:08:57 |
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VERY UNHAPPY EFFECT AS TO THE
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| 01:09:02 |
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WAR BECAUSE THOSE, AS I POINTED OUT EARLIER, ALL BUT GEORGE BALL OF ALL THE MAIN ADVISERS WERE DEAD WRONG PABOUT THE WAR. AND THEY URGED HIM ON. IT...
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| 01:09:59 |
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GOING TO ASK IT. SOME OF OUR CLASS HAS TO HEAD BACK TO CAMPUS. WE'RE A BIT REMOTE HERE AND WE HAVE BAD WEATHER.
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| 01:10:06 |
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SO APOLOGIES. BUT, CHARLIE, I'M JUFRT FASST FASCINATED BY THIS WORK YOU'VE DONE ON LBJ. AS A WRITER, I HAVE TO ASK YOU, WHAT WAS YOUR GOAL ON THIS,...
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| 01:10:27 |
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DALLECK BOOKS. THE FIRST CARROLL BOOKS I THINK WERE TOO HOSTILE TO JOHNSON, BUT THE MASTER OF THE SENATE WAS A MASTERPIECE, I THINK. TRULY. AND THE...
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| 01:11:24 |
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ABBY, GO AHEAD. >> YOU KNOW THAT HE'S KIND OF A LEGEND, I'M SURE YOU IF ANYONE KNOWS THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANY
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| 01:11:35 |
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LASTING -- STEVE LIKES TO LEAVE US WITH A LAUGH. DO YOU HAVE ANY LASTING STORIES YOU WANT TO TELL US BEFORE WE LEAVE? >> WELL, HE COULD BE A HORRIBLE...
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| 01:11:49 |
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ABUSIVE TO HIS STAFF. HE WAS A TERRIBLE WOMANIZER. HE JUST HAD ONE -- AND HE WOULD BOAST ABOUT THE WOMEN. I -- IT'S THE KIND OF THING GUYS DO AS ADOLESCENTS,...
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| 01:14:22 |
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LADY BIRD DURING ALL OF
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| 01:14:24 |
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THIS? WAS SHE AN ACTIVE FIRST LADY, OR DID SHE TAKE IT ALL IN STRIDE? >> THE OTHER THING ABOUT LAID-- LADY BIRD KNEW ABOUT THE OTHER LADIES, YET LADY...
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| 01:14:39 |
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IT WAS IMMENSELY TOUCHING, AND LADY BIRD AGAIN SEEMED LIKE A VERY HIGH-QUALITY PERSON WHO LOVED THIS GUY. THIS GUY WHO COULD SEEM LIKE A LOUSE TO...
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| 01:15:28 |
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IS ONE OF THE MANY KFRLGS CONVERSATIONS HE HAD FROM THE LBJ TAPES FROM THE C-SPAN LIBRARY. THIS IS FROM THE SUMMER OF 1964 WITH THE OWNER OF THE HAGAR...
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| 01:15:49 |
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ONE WHO
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| 01:15:50 |
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MAKES CLOTHES? >> YES, SIR. WE'RE ALL TOGETHER. >> Y'ALL MADE ME SOME
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| 01:15:55 |
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REAL LIGHTWEIGHT SLACKS THAT HE JUST MADE UP ON HIS
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| 01:15:58 |
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OWN, SENT TO ME THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO.
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| 01:16:01 |
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IT'S KIND OF A LIGHT BROWN AND A LIGHT GREEN RATHER SOFT GREEN AND SOFT BROWN. >> YES, SIR. >> NOW, I NEED ABOUT SIX PAIRS FOR SUMMER WEAR. I NEED...
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| 01:16:12 |
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SIX PAIRS TO WEAR AROUND IN THE EVENING WHEN
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| 01:16:14 |
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I COME IN FROM WORK. >> YES, SIR. >> AND I CAN SEND YOU A PAIR. I WANT THEM HALF AN INCH LARGER IN THE WAIST THAN THEY WERE
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| 01:16:22 |
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BEFORE, EXCEPT I WANT TO OR THREE INCHES OF
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| 01:16:25 |
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STUFF LEFT BACK IN THERE SO I CAN TAKE THEM UP. I VARY 10 OR 15 POUNDS A's SS A MONTH. SO LEAVE ME 2 1/2 OR 3 INCHES IN THE BACK SO I CAN TAKE THEM UP...
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| 01:16:55 |
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TIGHT. SO WHEN YOU MAKE THEM
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| 01:16:57 |
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UP, GIVE ME AN INCH THAT I CAN LET OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY CUT ME, JUST LIKE RIDING A WIRE FENCE. THESE ARE ALMOST -- THESE ARE THE BEST I'VE HAD ANYWHERE...
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| 01:17:45 |
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MORE THAN ANYTHING. NOW, DOYOU
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| 01:17:49 |
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GIVE THIS BOY THE ADDRESS AND GIVE HIM THE ADDRESS HOW TO ADDRESS THESE TROUZ ERRS. WE'LL SEND THEM TO YOU. YOU'LL GET THE ADDRESSES OUT OF THEM,...
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GLAD YOU ENJOY THE OTHERS. >> CHARLIE PETERS, WE LAUGH WHEN WE HEAR THAT, BUT
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THAT REALLY IS A WINDOW INTO THE LYNDON JOHNSON PERSONALITY, ISN'T
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IT? >> I COULD NOT TOP THAT. THAT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO END THIS DISCUSSION. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >>
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CHARLIE PETERS ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND HERE AT THE CABLE SESHT, THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER AND THE C-SPAN CLASSROOM
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PROJECT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. [ APPLAUSE ] >>> SUNDAY IS
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.