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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts) Mon Feb 17, 2020, 04:14 PM Feb 2020

Wm H Taft's Presidents Day tweet quotes one of his successors:

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William H. Taft @bathtublegacy

"Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven't given up trying." -Lyndon Johnson

Happy #PresidentsDay @LyndonJohnson63

3:10 PM - Feb 17, 2020

...you can't sneak nothing past, William Howard Taft!

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Wm H Taft's Presidents Day tweet quotes one of his successors: (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 OP

LBJ always had great retorts.. CatMor Feb 2020 #1

Heh. I have The Little Red Book of LBJ kicking around here someplace... Hekate Feb 2020 #2

He sure was complex and successful in his endeavors... CatMor Feb 2020 #3

Another good presidential quote: area51 Feb 2020 #4

Now, more than ever! Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #5

CatMor

(6,212 posts)

1. LBJ always had great retorts..

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 04:22 PM

Feb 2020

he never seems to get enough credit for how right on he always was.

Hekate

(90,645 posts)

2. Heh. I have The Little Red Book of LBJ kicking around here someplace...

Reply to CatMor (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 04:36 PM

Feb 2020

The epigraph is: "Don't spit in the soup. We all got to eat."

LBJ was a complex man: experienced, intelligent, earthy, devious, architect of great social programs, and iirc rammed through a bunch of civil rights legislation after JFK was assassinated by twisting people's arms and tellng they had to do it as JFK's legacy.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)

3. He sure was complex and successful in his endeavors...

Reply to Hekate (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 04:45 PM

Feb 2020

I got to shake his hand when he was campaigning for JFK as VP in my city and even though at the time I was too young to vote I never forgot how tall and imposing he was with his cowboy hat. I have always admired him for what he accomplished.