Post by robeiae on Feb 20, 2017 13:08:15 GMT -5
www.nationalreview.com/article/445060/lyndon-johnson-donald-trump-grandiose-bullying-colossal-figures
That's a description of LBJ, not of Trump.
I don't think LBJ rises to Trump's level, but it's interesting to suppose what LBJ would have been like as President with the internet, social media, and 24-hour cable news. Of course, many of his policies would likely have been received far better than Trump's...
Anyway, I wasn't an adult when LBJ was President, but everything I've read about him suggests he was a serious asshole and not much of a human being. But as the above piece notes, he does well on the "best President" surveys. Here's the latest of those, just fyi: www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2017/?page=overall
As president, he cut a grandiose figure. He was a braggart and a frequent liar. He was suspicious of other countries, frequently saying, “Foreigners are not like the folks I am used to.” He had a reckless disregard for limits. He belittled and browbeat others to intimidate them and give him what he wanted. Historian Robert Dallek said that he “viewed criticism of his policies as personal attacks” and opponents of his policies “as disloyal to him and the country.”
He would bully and insult reporters, saying of one that he “always knew when he was around, because he could smell him.” He told whoppers about voter fraud in his elections. But he did get things done, dominating the political scene for good and for ill.
He would bully and insult reporters, saying of one that he “always knew when he was around, because he could smell him.” He told whoppers about voter fraud in his elections. But he did get things done, dominating the political scene for good and for ill.
I don't think LBJ rises to Trump's level, but it's interesting to suppose what LBJ would have been like as President with the internet, social media, and 24-hour cable news. Of course, many of his policies would likely have been received far better than Trump's...
Anyway, I wasn't an adult when LBJ was President, but everything I've read about him suggests he was a serious asshole and not much of a human being. But as the above piece notes, he does well on the "best President" surveys. Here's the latest of those, just fyi: www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2017/?page=overall
