LYNDON JOHNSON Archive
Equatorial Guinea, Following The Path Of Greatness
0 Comments Published by mr.president November 18th, 2009 in AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, PLACES & THINGS NAMED REAGAN, PRESIDENTS ABROAD, PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS, BUSH LIBRARY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, JOHN F. KENNEDY, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, RONALD REAGAN, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, GEORGE H.W. BUSH, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, LYNDON JOHNSON, GEORGE W. BUSH
To Equatorial Guinea, where the Dark Continent meets the Deep Blue Sea, and oil floats the ruling family to a higher realm.
A spectacularly corrupt kleptocracy has evolved this West African island and some coast into a […]
The Kennedy Mystique: Further Into The Mist
0 Comments Published by mr.president March 8th, 2009 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, ALL PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, JOHN F. KENNEDY, LYNDON JOHNSON, PRESIDENTIAL GREATNESS, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORYSuper-performance!
Matthew Yglesias tries to make sense out of Gallop’s opinion polling on presidents by age, and comes up puzzled, especially by Kennedy’s over-performance across the ideological spectrum.
“I can’t imagine a coherent ideological viewpoint that would justify the high ratings Americans over-35 give to Kennedy… if you could take the Kennedy-Johnson years as a whole, […]
Layover of destiny: Kennedy’s Fast Road To Dallas
Closed Published by mr.president November 25th, 2008 in PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN HISTORY, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, JOHN F. KENNEDY, US PRESIDENTS, LYNDON JOHNSON, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORYTCU Killed Kennedy!
Now it can be told! the Fort Worth Star-Telegram is working the hell out of JFK’s pre-assassination overnight in Ft. Worth, and revisits once again Texas Christian University’s role in the road to martyrdom.
Kennedy’s plans originally included receipt of a TCU honorary degree, but they changed when TCU’s board rejected the Papist […]
Lyndon Johnson & The Internet’s Vast Wasteland
Closed Published by mr.president October 28th, 2008 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, LYNDON JOHNSON, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORYMany Horsemen Come
Some clown operating a site as “Lyndon Baines Johnson II”is on their way to perfecting the confection of search terms randomly assembled into quasi-readable copy.
A detectable relationship to the beloved LBJ is non-existent, but if you have a burning need to read up on “Sales Lessons Learned from the NBA and Professional […]
McCain: Nixon Stabbed Self In Back?
Closed Published by mr.president October 23rd, 2008 in PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN HISTORY, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, JOHN MCCAIN, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, LYNDON JOHNSON, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, RICHARD NIXONSubstitutes For Victory
The Boston Globe surveys John McCain’s version of the Vietnam War, and lordy, “Bomb, Bomb Iran” isn’t the beginning of his breezy confidence in airpower and death from above.
McCain’s father was commander of Pacific forces for much of the Vietnam war. In McCain’s version, dad was unhappy Richard Nixon wouldn’t unleash the […]
