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‘Cowardice’ Made LBJ
Grow War
Sep 29, 2007 10:06 AM CDT
‘Cowardice’ Made LBJ Grow War
Schlesinger diaries depict liberal flight as prez sought heroism
(Newser)
- President Johnson’s motives for escalating the Vietnam War were “psychological and political rather than military,” wrote insider Arthur Schlesinger Jr. The former Kennedy hand documented the flight of top liberals from LBJ, even as he psychoanalyzed the president’s 1966-1967 decision to play “the war to...
Flip-Floppers See Light—Or Just Want Job
Sep 18, 2007 8:26 AM CDT
Flip-Floppers See Light—Or Just Want Job
Romney and Kerry stand in long line of political mind-changing
(Newser)
- Maybe Mitt Romney and John Kerry should hold their flip-flopping heads high: Changes of mind have furthered the causes of abolition and civil rights over the centuries. Ronald Reagan defiantly claimed his biggest reversal—promising feet “in concrete” about raising taxes, then singing “the sound of concrete cracking”...
Gospel Lives in the Oval Office
Aug 29, 2007 12:41 PM CDT
Gospel Lives in the Oval Office
New biography reflects on Billy Graham's counsel to 8 of last 9 presidents
(Newser)
- Billy Graham has seen US leaders laid bare, from skinny-dipping with LBJ to long walks on the beach with GWB. A new book details the ailing 88-year-old preacher’s rendezvous with presidents past, including counseling Ford to pardon Nixon and advising Hillary Clinton to look past Monica Lewinsky. Graham’s...
Lady Bird Johnson Mourned
Jul 14, 2007 10:01 PM CDT
Lady Bird Johnson Mourned
(Newser)
- A heady mix of past presidents and past and current first ladies paid their respects to Lady Bird Johnson, whose funeral was held in Austin, TX, today, after more 12,000 people filed past her coffin at the top of a marble staircase at the Johnson Library. She died Wednesday...
Lady Bird Johnson Dead at 94
Jul 11, 2007 5:20 PM CDT
Lady Bird Johnson Dead at 94
Former first lady fought for civil rights
(Newser)
- Lady Bird Johnson, wife of former president Lyndon Johnson, is dead today at 94. Johnson was a vociferous—if always graceful—campaigner for the beautification of the country and, during one of the most turbulent presidencies of all time, for civil rights and the betterment of the poor.
Longtime Movie Lobbyist Valenti Dead at 85
Apr 27, 2007 7:39 AM CDT
Longtime Movie Lobbyist Valenti Dead at 85
Hollywood's man in Washington pioneered ratings system
(Newser)
- Despite being neither movie star nor studio exec, Jack Valenti was one of Hollywood's most influential figures. An era ended Thursday when the longtime president of the film industry's trade association died at his home in Washington. The veteran lobbyist, who also served in the Johnson administration, was 85 and...
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