theepapajoe.bsky.social

31 Ekim 2026 05:27

LBJ "talking" to Richard Russell.

Chris O’Connell

friedvocalcords.bsky.social

31 Ekim 2026 05:27

For some reason I can't post a terrific famous photo of him with Richard Russell, but it's easy to find online. LBJ was a savvy politician.

Don Brown

gettheflick.bsky.social

31 Ekim 2026 05:26

Somebody has to mention Robert Caro's books on LBJ here. 🙋‍♂️ #1 on the list of best books of my life. (Caro is still writing the last one.) Contradiction is too small a word to contain LBJ. "Complicated" is closer and I don't have anything better. 🤠

rjbennett.bsky.social

31 Ekim 2026 05:26

It's not surprising. He was a legislative genius. The Great Society programs were a problem he could solve, with enough horse trading. Vietnam was a disaster from day one and, tho he wasn't the one that kicked it off, every decision to escalate made things worse.

haley_th

haleyth.bsky.social

31 Ekim 2026 05:26

The Civil Rights act was like a passion project for LBJ, he really worked to get it passed through. But he HATED dealing with Vietnam. There are photos of him in those meetings looking so fucking bored you’d think his brain was leaking from his ears.