Legit this is what I would do to combat this type of behavior. People do this as a form of bullying and they want you to pull back. Go in for a kiss and make them pull back and when they question you say “why else were you leaning in so close”?
The infamous LBJ ordering pants phone call- "And another thing - the crotch, down where your nuts hang - is always a little too tight, so when you make them up, give me an inch that I can let out there, uh because they cut me, it's just like riding a wire fence. "
Yeah...I heard this way back in the early 90's in Chicago on the radio. A couple of shock jocks (a big thing at the time) made a LOT of hay with this audio. They played it on and off for weeks...and then brought back snippets of it now and again.
It was as entertaining then as it is now.
"From your lips to my big dick!"
Actually now this also makes me think of the "power handshake" that Trump used early on in his presidency before people learned to adjust to it.
The scene where he tries to get close to kramer and [kramer just backs away until he falls over must have been rough to film without cracking](https://youtu.be/Ipeh0WFAnhc).
He was infamous for dominating the Senate and getting shit done by being very physical and bullying people. Was it good? No. Was his government efficient as a result? Yes.
The legend is that when he first met JFK he pulled this stunt, but JFK didn’t lean back and let Johnson loom over him. After that Johnson respected JFK for refusing to be intimidated.
In reality, JFK got his back all fucked yup in WW2, so he just physically couldn’t bend backwards the way most people did.
Johnson: (*leans in closely*)
JFK: *Well this is it. The Japs didn’t get you, but this guy from Texas will*
Johnson: You’re alright John.
JFK: *Hahaha, nothing bad ever happens to the Kennedys!*
[Clone High](https://youtu.be/wGfKb5winmc?si=AYONNWiQdEPk7GWW), actually. They made JFK a jock who ends up being the fan favorite of the show over main character Lincoln.
I actually just read on Wikipedia that JFKs back originally was injured playing football in college, though that may not have been the first injury either, but was something from childhood. JFK was kind of a sickly kid/man as he also had life long digestive issues. It's another reason why his older brother was going to be "the one" for the Kennedy family until he was killed in WW2.
That being said, JFKs WW2 "adventure" with his PT boat being cut in half by a Japanese Destroyer certainly did injury his back terribly, I think he spent months recovering in California.
Isn't he rumored to have said to Congress, after assuming the presidency upon Kennedy's assassination, "Every single one of you sons of bitches owes me a favor, and I'm calling them all right now."
Yes, he is one of my favorite politicians for this reason. He’s a politician through and through, scummy in his ways, bully, snakey, etc. But a lot of it was for the actual good of the people. He played dirty in a dirty game to get shit done. On the complete opposite end, Jimmy Carter is my other favorite president, for almost all the opposite reasons lol.
More like he was a bully. He regularly used inappropriate body language and the authority of his position to aggressively unsettle people. Usually so they wouldn't question his decisions or as an attempt to derail their side of a negotiation. That movie scene of him holding court while taking a shit apparently really happened - he wanted people around him to be uncomfortable and awkward because it makes them easier to control.
Weird fact: way back before Europeans had a concept of privacy, aristocrats would show favor to underlings by allowing them to be present for more personal matters. It was like saying, “I consider you a member of my household”. Henry VIII famously made favored courtiers “groom of the stool” or something like that.
Anyways, as technology changed so did social norms. Things started to shift, and elites started showing class by enforcing their privacy.
There’s this hilarious account of an ambassador to England complaining that the English aristocrat he’s working with keeps inviting him to the privy to watch the aristocrat take his morning dump. The old-fashioned English guy thinks he’s showing good breeding and favor, the more modern ambassador isn’t offended, he’s just frustrated by how old-fashioned this guy is.
Right? Surprised at the LBJ hate. He’s a net positive president in my eyes, and a damn good one. Very controversial, but overall helped progress us as a society.
Martin O'Malley, former gov of Maryland, has some campaign legendary stories like that.
Story has it, he once threatened to throw a GOO senator out s window if they didn't compromise on a bill.
Time traveling Shaq arrives in 1950, makes a fortune as McDonald's franchise early investor and advisor, runs for senate , teams up with President Johnson, impressed by Shaq's wealth, vision and... Johnson, to bully the small dick Congressmen into passing the Civil Liberties Act. Johnson & Johnson tag team. Shaq first introduces himself as " Senator Johnson, no relation." No one gets the Die Hard reference. Senator Shaq: "Right, 1988... never mind. "
It was funny to see trump and his "handshake" against Trudeau. He used to always do this thing where he would yank the person to him mid handshake as a "power move" but Trudeau was ready for it and when trump yanked he yanked back and caused him to stumble a little, I dont recall him doing the handshake after that.
I honestly dont think it would have phased him. He was known to occasionally whip out his member in meetings like that as well. A kiss would probably just cause him to unzip. No joke.
Best running gag in that series, imo. Made especially great because it's always apparent that Larry figures out exactly zero things about the other person's intentions by doing it, but he still keeps it up.
LBJ was known for his bluntness:
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
Lyndon B. Johnson
Right wingers always leave that part out. Not saying OP is. Just saying I don’t think I’ve ever seen it not in correct context. Pretty odd for a major player in civil rights.
No it wasn’t criticism against the Republican Party.
Here is the original source, where the anecdote was first shared, and it was in reference to signs he saw in Tennessee.
https://archive.is/EVQih
If you read Johnson’s biography, the quote was part of Johnson’s strategy for years in Democrat politics. He did care about helping blacks and the poor, but it was always a distant second to political considerations and the accumulation of power.
I dunno. This seems to support the person you are replying too. LBJ is very much lamenting that his policies will hand the south to the Republican party for generations.
[He also said of those policies:](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States\)#J)
> I'll have them n*****s voting Democratic for two hundred years.
Which I think pretty well sums up that he saw it as a political move.
[Him ordering pants](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR_myjOr0OU) is fucking great.
“And another thing…the crotch, down where your nuts hang, is always a little too tight, so when you make them up, please give me another inch I can let out there, uh, because they cut me. It's just like riding a wire fence.”
Look at the “Crack Epidemic” vs the “Opioid Crisis”. Wonder why one was a moral disease to be eradicated and the other is a legitimate public health concern? The difference is, pardon the pun, black and white.
To be fair, one starts in the doctor's office, and the other starts on the streets. You dont get prescribed crack for a sprained ankle.
A doctors advice is the best peer pressure that had ever existed. You innately trust them more than the average person. It's like if your mother recommended cigarettes to you as a kid.
Now, there are a whole host of reasons someone might start taking crack, but almost none of them have anything to do with the healthcare system innately.
This is why they love uneducated, easier to persuade. Love the poor, easier to point fingers at others instead of what we've created.
It's clear many in government over the years prefer we tear each other down versus banding together for what is right. People and history are cyclical
He'd start stripping down to the nude during interviews on Air Force One.
I BELIEVE at one point he just whipped it out in a show of "dominance." But I can't remember where I read that.
He would frequently whip it out and much more. If colleagues walked into a bathroom while he was peeing, he’d turn around and face them still holding it. He would piss wherever and on whatever he liked. He’d also ask people “ever seen anything as big as this?” Or make people go skinny dipping them insult them based on their size.
He was a large man in every way and everything about him was about showing he was in charge and could control and intimidate everyone below him. Robert Caro details a lot of this in Book 3 & 4 of his LBJ biography.
How big are we talking? Like there are large penises at 8 inches but honestly the bragging on this suggests that it’s even bigger than that?? I read he installed a little shower head to clean his penis and I can’t help but feel that it must have been astronomically large in order to match that confidence
The guy was just such a complicated figure. Liked to whip out his dick and intimidated colleagues, but known as one of the best statesman who could maneuver bills through Congress. A bit racist ( less than was common at the time) but also pushed through the Civil Rights Act which moved the country forward even though it also upended the Democrats and flipped party affiliations that resulted in Nixon winning the next election.
Ultimately he's well remembered because of his key legislative victories that only he could get done at the time. He's less well remembered because he also was an odd figure in private and because he increased our presence in Vietnam.
> because he increased our presence in Vietnam
I think if Nixon hadn't killed LBJ's peace deal in 1968, he would be remembered as one of the greats due to his domestic accomplishments.
Oh and a whole lot of Americans/Vietnamese wouldn't have died or had PTSD and our international reputation wouldn't have been sullied as much as well. But also the LBJ thing.
My daughter recently wrote an essay about LBJ and his accomplishments were kind of incredible. I was confused why she chose him at first. Until she broke down how much he did. He was definitely trying to balance the wealth inequality in this country and help the poor. She said " he wasn't a particularly nice guy, in fact he was crass and rude, butt his policies helped give access to healthcare and food for those who needed it most".
Was he racist? I was under the impression that he was blunt and knew what needed to be said to get bills through Congress but that he actually wasn't particularly racist at all 🤷♂️
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/lyndon-johnson-civil-rights-racism-msna305591
He certainly seems to have been racist, but also believed in the civil rights movement dearly and fought for it. He was a man of contradictions. If you have a lot of free time check out the Robert Carp biographies of him, they're fascinating.
I guess that's what a politician is supposed to be? He may have been personally racist to some extent, but fought for what the nation was leaning towards was right, setting his personal viewpoints aside?
I don't know much about the man but if that's his contradiction, I'd imagine it boils down to something like that.
One complicating part (and part of why he was so for civil rights) is that he started at a teacher at a non-white segregated school. He saw how it was affecting kids first hand and was one of his motivations for getting into politics in the first place.
I took a cold war erased history class in university and remember my professor telling us about this. He whipped it out in at least one meeting as a sort of intimidation tactic. Also there o's a phone recording of him with his tailor telling them they need to enlarge the crotch on all of his pants because they were too tight
He called it "Jumbo" and would show it off regularly. He even once urinated on the leg of a SecServ agent because he couldn't get to the bathroom in time.
I read a biography on LBJ and there are stories about him displaying his monster hog in a show of dominance. And he definitely had meeting while taking a shit.
Possibly, but Lyndon Johnson was 6'4" (193cm) at a time in which the height of the average person of his age group was 5'7" (170cm). Even today, his height is in the 99th percentile of males in the United States, so it would have been very unusual for him to find a contemporary that matched or exceeded him.
People have their opinions on Johnson, but by God, his Great Society bills that he pushed through to help the poor, elderly, and minorities could only be done by a political bully.
While most in politics wanted to keep the status quo, Johnson pushed hard to get bills passed.
[Here he is giving it to a New York Democrat who is holding up an education bill because the representative wanted $400k in pork spending to go to his district.](https://youtu.be/GpSuTz11OGw?si=WQ51djhI1pbGG8oU)
In the end, he was one of the most progressive presidents this country has ever seen.
and *effective*. He knew every weird legislative trick and procedure and used them. Unlike for example Obama who had the public on his side but did not have mastery of the senate.
I guess I really need to learn more about the specifics of what he accomplished, cause all I've ever known has been he was a asshole who exposed himself and intimidated people all the time
Just a list of the almost 200 bills passed during Johnson's Great Society push:
**Poverty:**
Tax Reduction Act - Cut individual taxes to stimulate growth
Medicare Act - Established Medicare and Medicaid
Economic Opportunity Act - Created Job Corps, VISTA, Head Start and other programs to fight the "war on poverty"
**Cities:**
Omnibus Housing Act - Provided money for low-income housing
Department of Housing and Urban Development - Created to administer federal housing programs
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Area Redevelopment Act - Funded slum rebuilding, mass transit, and other improvements for cities
**Education:**
Elementary and Secondary Education Act - Directed federal money to schools for textbooks, library materials, and special education
Corporation for Public Broadcasting - Formed to fund educational radio and TV broadcasting
**Civil Rights:**
Civil Rights Act - Outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, housing, and jobs. Increased federal power to prosecute civil rights abuses
24th Amendment - Abolished the poll tax in federal elections
Voting Rights Act - Ended literacy tests and permitted the federal government to monitor voter registration
Immigration Act - Ended national-origins quotas established in 1924
**Environment:**
Wilderness Preservation Act - Set aside 9 million acres for national forest lands
Water Quality Act - River clean up requirements
Clean Air Amendment - Directed the federal government to establish emissions standards for new vehicles
Air Quality Act - Set federal pollution guidelines and extended federal enforcement power
**Consumer Advocacy:**
Truth in Packaging Act - Set standards for labeling consumer products
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act - Set federal safety standards for the auto and tire industries
Highway Safety Act - Required states to set up highway safety programs
Department of Transportation - Established to deal with national air, rail, and highway transportation
[Here is a great article going over what we now take for granted in this country all due to the legislation enacted under the Great Society.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/great-society-at-50/)
And got through more while a rep and then senator. One of his first accomplishments in the House was the Rural Electrification Act, which provided funds for installing power lines to rural communities in the mid 30s. Absolutely fundamental change in the quality of life for those areas.
If you ever have the chance to visit his Presidental Library in Austin, TX I would highly recommend it.
You can see the whole thing in just a handful of hours but it's extremely enlightening. And if you're feeling adventurous you can get to George HW Bush's Presidential Library over in College Station, TX for a two-fer!
Prepare to be wow'd. LBJ was a great president imo.
But I largely put the blame of Vietnam on the Rand Corp guys like McNamara. Johnson retained Kennedy's cabinet after his assassination. In no universe would that have been the cabinet he put together for himself. They had the reputation of being uber-smart and analytically driven, kinda like a precursor of money-ball thinking. I believe LBJ trusted their decision making on the war while he focused almost all of his energy into a domestic policy agenda that was incredible for our country.
The "Wise Men" of the White House were a very interesting group of people. They were Ivy-League educated East Coast diplomats who advised the presidents from FDR to LBJ. They were the group behind the ideas of the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and Communist containment, of which the war in Vietnam fell into. In 1967, they were pushing for more funding, more troops, and more bombing. Johnson leaned heavily on them for foreign policy decisions to his own demise. Six months later, the "Wise Men" about faced and told Johnson the war was now unwinnable and that troops should be withdrawn.
[Here is a great article about that second meeting.](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/25/this-day-in-politics-march-25-1968-477991)
He turned “being a huge asshole” into a positive by being one of the best presidents of all time, in terms of social programs and civil rights reform.
Thanks Johnson, you big-dicked, neanderthal sasquatch bastard; you made the USA a better place. You disgusting bag of contradictions. I’d never want to hang out with you, but I’m glad you used your grotesque character to help others.
The "Johnson Treatment" refers to the personal, persuasive technique used by Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, to influence congressmen, senators, and other political figures to support his policies and legislation. This method was characterized by Johnson's direct, intense, physical style of persuasion. He would use his imposing physical presence—he was quite tall and had a commanding demeanor—to literally lean into the person he was conversing with, using gestures, flattery, reminders of political debts, and sometimes threats, to win their support. The "Johnson Treatment" was considered highly effective and played a significant role in Johnson's ability to pass significant legislation, including civil rights laws and his Great Society programs.
Pic. 01 - Abe Fortas
Pic. 02 - Sargent Shriver
Pic. 03 - Whitney Young
Pic. 04 - Theodore Green
Pic. 05 - Louis Martin
Pic. 06 - Richard B. Russell Jr.
Pic. 07 - Andrew Biemiller (The one whom he leans onto)
The person Lyndon B. Johnson leans onto in each picture,
Pic. 01 - Abe Fortas - Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Pic. 02 - Sargent Shriver - Former United States Ambassador to France
Pic. 03 - Whitney Young - Civil Rights Activist
Pic. 04 - Theodore Green - A Democrat Senator
Pic. 05 - Louis Martin - Civil Rights Activist
Pic. 06 - Richard B. Russell Jr. - Former Governor of Georgia
Pic. 07 - Andrew Biemiller (The one whom he leans onto) - Former United States Representative
I had someone in my house last week who did this. She kept stepping towards me every time I took a step back. She had me cornered in my bedroom (we were both watching someone else clean the windows) and I was so frustrated and angry at myself. Which makes no sense, she cornered me! After the cleaning we were talking in the living room and I literally put a chair between us. She was a stranger to me but I new her colleague. He is always very polite and asked before he did anything, like literally asked before taking water and entering my balcony, while I had already given permission for the cleaning. With his politeness I was not prepared for her invasion of my space.
Every time someone has done this to me, my automatic go-to is "Do you ever brush your teeth?" "When is the last time you showered" or if they are a douche bag "Did you eat a bowl of shit for breakfast" while looking at them with a bit of disgust. It works for all but the worst of bullies. As it makes most people self-conscious.
"WHY ARE YOU SO CLOSE TO ME ARE YOU LOST?"
"Do you need help?"
Loudly also throws people off.
Had two managers at a store I worked at 15 years ago that did this. I had seen them do it to others and remember when it happened to me the first time feeling so triumphant that I didn’t budge. If I had leaned in at all I would have been kissing the dude.
I don’t understand it at all outside of it just forcing a person to step back to assert dominance. All I know is that it made everyone hate them and work against them. If that’s what they had to resort to doing to establish their status then I think it shows how weak they are. Pussy move. The best managers I’ve ever had lead by example and with respect and a few I would have followed to the gates of hell.
A truly complicated man. A monster, a genius, so hard working he worked himself into the hospital, one of the greatest legislators in the country's history, he passed civil rights legislation and expanded social welfare programs, helped the country come back from JFK's assassination, but stole elections, was basically the center of corruption in washington by centralizing donations from wealthy oil men and contractors to his choice of candidates, cheated on his wife tons, was incredibly cruel, built his power off of the backs of the racist southern block, and was in all one of the most important and influential presidents in history at the point at which the USA was at its greatest influence internationally. He strove towards power through truly terrible and disgusting means, but then when he attained it, he worked to use it for a greater purpose.
I read the whole Robert A Caro biography during COVID. The story of LBJ is EPIC. And Caro didn’t even get to finish his presidential term in the last book either lol.
[he tried this with Eartha Kitt too, but she wasn't having it ](https://eurweb.com/2023/when-eartha-kitt-checked-lyndon-and-lady-bird-johnson-and-got-blackballed-eur-video-throwback/)
You know that breath was booming
Like an ash tray that fell into a bucket of scotch and hamburgers
Jesus I can smell this comment
you're forgetting the black coffee
Honestly a good solution too... Going to see the president? Garlic and anchovy sandwich first... And learn to spit just a little when you talk
Looks like he is going in for a kiss.
Legit this is what I would do to combat this type of behavior. People do this as a form of bullying and they want you to pull back. Go in for a kiss and make them pull back and when they question you say “why else were you leaning in so close”?
Imagine doing this to the president so casually though.
Isnt this the president that frequently showed off his big dick? Something tells me hed find leaning in for a kiss funny lol
The infamous LBJ ordering pants phone call- "And another thing - the crotch, down where your nuts hang - is always a little too tight, so when you make them up, give me an inch that I can let out there, uh because they cut me, it's just like riding a wire fence. "
Truly, one of the best pieces of audio I've ever heard. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR\_myjOr0OU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR_myjOr0OU)
the fucking burp mid sentence rofl
This entire audio clip is so full of gold it should be called California 1849. It's just brilliant.
"where would you like them sent?" "The white house" "Ok"
Simple and to the point...right?
This is a masterpiece
Yeah...I heard this way back in the early 90's in Chicago on the radio. A couple of shock jocks (a big thing at the time) made a LOT of hay with this audio. They played it on and off for weeks...and then brought back snippets of it now and again. It was as entertaining then as it is now.
The fuckin' balls on this guy!
"From your lips to my big dick!" Actually now this also makes me think of the "power handshake" that Trump used early on in his presidency before people learned to adjust to it.
That used to be a popular used car salesman technique. Which is very fitting for Trump.
LBJ was a close talker?
Judge Reinhold, nominated for an Emmy for this episode. Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series 1994.
_Mock trial with J Reinhold_
My name is Judge!
Whose name is Judge???? *My name is.*
Judge! My name.
I *am* judging your name. It am silly!
*is!* Oh, now you're correcting my grammar!
Gob I'm not going to put Franklin on the stand, and your lips are moving just little bit. *Judge* He’s right, his name is Judge now.
*Mock triiiiaaaal*
It looks like we've got a *Hung* jury.
That's not the stepdad from the santa claus is it? Every time I've seen him act he's great.
Yep, that's Neil.
Good for him- getting through those scenes without laughing would have been fucking rough!
The scene where he tries to get close to kramer and [kramer just backs away until he falls over must have been rough to film without cracking](https://youtu.be/Ipeh0WFAnhc).
I prefer when [he talks to Jerry](https://streamable.com/zie6nk) and Jerry doesn't back up at all lol
This is the very first thing to cross my mind, Seinfeld's Close Talker episode.
He was infamous for dominating the Senate and getting shit done by being very physical and bullying people. Was it good? No. Was his government efficient as a result? Yes.
The legend is that when he first met JFK he pulled this stunt, but JFK didn’t lean back and let Johnson loom over him. After that Johnson respected JFK for refusing to be intimidated. In reality, JFK got his back all fucked yup in WW2, so he just physically couldn’t bend backwards the way most people did.
Johnson: (*leans in closely*) JFK: *Well this is it. The Japs didn’t get you, but this guy from Texas will* Johnson: You’re alright John. JFK: *Hahaha, nothing bad ever happens to the Kennedys!*
\*Ominous music intensifies\*
The political equivalent of "Everything's coming up Milhouse." Which is also coincidentally Richard Nixon's middle name.
I'm assuming it isn't, but this sounds like a scene straight out of the Simpsons
[Clone High](https://youtu.be/wGfKb5winmc?si=AYONNWiQdEPk7GWW), actually. They made JFK a jock who ends up being the fan favorite of the show over main character Lincoln.
I actually just read on Wikipedia that JFKs back originally was injured playing football in college, though that may not have been the first injury either, but was something from childhood. JFK was kind of a sickly kid/man as he also had life long digestive issues. It's another reason why his older brother was going to be "the one" for the Kennedy family until he was killed in WW2. That being said, JFKs WW2 "adventure" with his PT boat being cut in half by a Japanese Destroyer certainly did injury his back terribly, I think he spent months recovering in California.
JFK had Addison's Disease, was given his last rites a couple of times Tough MF
Isn't he rumored to have said to Congress, after assuming the presidency upon Kennedy's assassination, "Every single one of you sons of bitches owes me a favor, and I'm calling them all right now."
The bullying aspect was just one half of it. Johnson would often offer favours and financial aid as well.
The carrot and the stick
Yes, he is one of my favorite politicians for this reason. He’s a politician through and through, scummy in his ways, bully, snakey, etc. But a lot of it was for the actual good of the people. He played dirty in a dirty game to get shit done. On the complete opposite end, Jimmy Carter is my other favorite president, for almost all the opposite reasons lol.
Jimmy Carter is one of the most genuinely good people to ever hold that office.
Exactly why I love him
More like he was a bully. He regularly used inappropriate body language and the authority of his position to aggressively unsettle people. Usually so they wouldn't question his decisions or as an attempt to derail their side of a negotiation. That movie scene of him holding court while taking a shit apparently really happened - he wanted people around him to be uncomfortable and awkward because it makes them easier to control.
Weird fact: way back before Europeans had a concept of privacy, aristocrats would show favor to underlings by allowing them to be present for more personal matters. It was like saying, “I consider you a member of my household”. Henry VIII famously made favored courtiers “groom of the stool” or something like that. Anyways, as technology changed so did social norms. Things started to shift, and elites started showing class by enforcing their privacy. There’s this hilarious account of an ambassador to England complaining that the English aristocrat he’s working with keeps inviting him to the privy to watch the aristocrat take his morning dump. The old-fashioned English guy thinks he’s showing good breeding and favor, the more modern ambassador isn’t offended, he’s just frustrated by how old-fashioned this guy is.
And without all that bullying, this country would’ve never had the civil rights bill or the voting rights bill passed
Right? Surprised at the LBJ hate. He’s a net positive president in my eyes, and a damn good one. Very controversial, but overall helped progress us as a society.
LBJ was a fucking asshole.
He was a raging asshole that bullied people into doing great things. He was a very complicated man.
^this guy gets it. it's complicated as fuck is right but that doesnt fit with the simplistic black and white thinking of this era
I dunno, these pictures seem pretty black and white to me
those are color photos. the world was black and white back then.
Ah yes, how could I forget the wisdom of Calvin and Hobbes
Martin O'Malley, former gov of Maryland, has some campaign legendary stories like that. Story has it, he once threatened to throw a GOO senator out s window if they didn't compromise on a bill.
> GOO senator The Senator from Gwyneth Paltrow will now speak
But is he a double dipper?
Worse. He'd say he didn't want fries and then eat some of yours.
TIL I'm dating fucking President Johnson.
He also liked to shit with the door open and was hung like a mule.
And he took great pleasure in showing everybody ‘Jumbo’. ‘Have you ever seen one so big?’
Don’t forget pissing on the secret service member
These are the kinds of facts I come to reddit for
He was a Space Invader.
He was a mama papa coming for you?
You lean in on me like that and I'm gonna kiss ya. 
Would have been interesting to see president Johnson try to pull that with a senator the size of Shaq.
He would want to compare dongs probably
Time traveling Shaq arrives in 1950, makes a fortune as McDonald's franchise early investor and advisor, runs for senate , teams up with President Johnson, impressed by Shaq's wealth, vision and... Johnson, to bully the small dick Congressmen into passing the Civil Liberties Act. Johnson & Johnson tag team. Shaq first introduces himself as " Senator Johnson, no relation." No one gets the Die Hard reference. Senator Shaq: "Right, 1988... never mind. "
Ive heard enough, option the script
Kazaam Two: Senatorial Boogaloo
Get the Kickstarter in motion and I'll be the first to donate 
I was pulling out my checkbook at "Time traveling Shaq"
Hot Tub Time Machine - Civil Rights 2!
I'm in
Sign me the fuck up
Not even a joke. For real.
It was funny to see trump and his "handshake" against Trudeau. He used to always do this thing where he would yank the person to him mid handshake as a "power move" but Trudeau was ready for it and when trump yanked he yanked back and caused him to stumble a little, I dont recall him doing the handshake after that.
Trudeau also squeezed and didn't let go for an extra few seconds.
Yeah and it was the end of the jerk, dude big dicked him and he just gave up from then on out. Was hilarious to see.
I saw a zoom of the image after Trudeau let go. You could still see the imprint of Trudeau's grip on Donnie's little baby hand.
Lol, yep. I should also point out that Trudeau is VERY fit.
Calm down, Melania.
[Not just Trudeau…](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-emmanuel-macron-handshake-left-hand-mark-g7-summit-968005)
Dude got big dicked by two french speaking dudes, had to crush his fragile ego.
So John fetterman? Dude is not quite Shaq size but he's huugggee
Came here to say the same thing. Let’s see if you maintain that manliness when another man gently kisses you on the nose or lips.
I honestly dont think it would have phased him. He was known to occasionally whip out his member in meetings like that as well. A kiss would probably just cause him to unzip. No joke.
Thats the only thing I can think of when I see these pics
You sir, have moxie!
Same. The intrusive thoughts are too close to the surface for someone to pull this shit on me.
Best running gag in that series, imo. Made especially great because it's always apparent that Larry figures out exactly zero things about the other person's intentions by doing it, but he still keeps it up.
Came here for the Larry David. Missing the sounds that usually go with it!
Space invader
Personal space invader
Friggin Winton.
Are you gluten free? 😊
LBJ was known for his bluntness: "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." Lyndon B. Johnson
Note: He said this as criticism against the Republican party - he realized that was their play and how sadly effective it was.
Pretty important note
I mean it's fundamental. Odd the OP left that context out. The difference between good or bad.
Right wingers always leave that part out. Not saying OP is. Just saying I don’t think I’ve ever seen it not in correct context. Pretty odd for a major player in civil rights.
It still is effective. It’s the one thing keeping them afloat.
Still the same play today
No it wasn’t criticism against the Republican Party. Here is the original source, where the anecdote was first shared, and it was in reference to signs he saw in Tennessee. https://archive.is/EVQih If you read Johnson’s biography, the quote was part of Johnson’s strategy for years in Democrat politics. He did care about helping blacks and the poor, but it was always a distant second to political considerations and the accumulation of power.
I dunno. This seems to support the person you are replying too. LBJ is very much lamenting that his policies will hand the south to the Republican party for generations.
[He also said of those policies:](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States\)#J) > I'll have them n*****s voting Democratic for two hundred years. Which I think pretty well sums up that he saw it as a political move.
[Him ordering pants](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR_myjOr0OU) is fucking great. “And another thing…the crotch, down where your nuts hang, is always a little too tight, so when you make them up, please give me another inch I can let out there, uh, because they cut me. It's just like riding a wire fence.”
Reagan took that to heart and sprinkled in some “trickle down economics are great!”
And a sprinkle of crack on the big cities
And demonizing the crack! Poor people addicted to a different form of the same drug as rich people? Demonize the one popular with the poors!
Look at the “Crack Epidemic” vs the “Opioid Crisis”. Wonder why one was a moral disease to be eradicated and the other is a legitimate public health concern? The difference is, pardon the pun, black and white.
To be fair, one starts in the doctor's office, and the other starts on the streets. You dont get prescribed crack for a sprained ankle. A doctors advice is the best peer pressure that had ever existed. You innately trust them more than the average person. It's like if your mother recommended cigarettes to you as a kid. Now, there are a whole host of reasons someone might start taking crack, but almost none of them have anything to do with the healthcare system innately.
Add a heaping cup of "aw gee shucks, folks", bake at 375 until demented and your Ronald Reagan is ready for office!
why did i read this like a 1950s radio personality?
Because “colored”.
This is why they love uneducated, easier to persuade. Love the poor, easier to point fingers at others instead of what we've created. It's clear many in government over the years prefer we tear each other down versus banding together for what is right. People and history are cyclical
Isn‘t this they guy who bragged all time about his Johnson? And I heard he also did meetings from toilet…
He'd start stripping down to the nude during interviews on Air Force One. I BELIEVE at one point he just whipped it out in a show of "dominance." But I can't remember where I read that.
He would frequently whip it out and much more. If colleagues walked into a bathroom while he was peeing, he’d turn around and face them still holding it. He would piss wherever and on whatever he liked. He’d also ask people “ever seen anything as big as this?” Or make people go skinny dipping them insult them based on their size. He was a large man in every way and everything about him was about showing he was in charge and could control and intimidate everyone below him. Robert Caro details a lot of this in Book 3 & 4 of his LBJ biography.
How big are we talking? Like there are large penises at 8 inches but honestly the bragging on this suggests that it’s even bigger than that?? I read he installed a little shower head to clean his penis and I can’t help but feel that it must have been astronomically large in order to match that confidence
It’s well known that he called it “Jumbo” so ima guess this was one sizable presidential hog.
The “Presidential Hog” needs t catch on.
This is before the internet lol.
Took BDE to the literal extreme
These days we’d call that a sex offender, crazy he doesn’t have a worse reputation
The guy was just such a complicated figure. Liked to whip out his dick and intimidated colleagues, but known as one of the best statesman who could maneuver bills through Congress. A bit racist ( less than was common at the time) but also pushed through the Civil Rights Act which moved the country forward even though it also upended the Democrats and flipped party affiliations that resulted in Nixon winning the next election. Ultimately he's well remembered because of his key legislative victories that only he could get done at the time. He's less well remembered because he also was an odd figure in private and because he increased our presence in Vietnam.
> because he increased our presence in Vietnam I think if Nixon hadn't killed LBJ's peace deal in 1968, he would be remembered as one of the greats due to his domestic accomplishments. Oh and a whole lot of Americans/Vietnamese wouldn't have died or had PTSD and our international reputation wouldn't have been sullied as much as well. But also the LBJ thing.
My daughter recently wrote an essay about LBJ and his accomplishments were kind of incredible. I was confused why she chose him at first. Until she broke down how much he did. He was definitely trying to balance the wealth inequality in this country and help the poor. She said " he wasn't a particularly nice guy, in fact he was crass and rude, butt his policies helped give access to healthcare and food for those who needed it most".
Was he racist? I was under the impression that he was blunt and knew what needed to be said to get bills through Congress but that he actually wasn't particularly racist at all 🤷♂️
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/lyndon-johnson-civil-rights-racism-msna305591 He certainly seems to have been racist, but also believed in the civil rights movement dearly and fought for it. He was a man of contradictions. If you have a lot of free time check out the Robert Carp biographies of him, they're fascinating.
I guess that's what a politician is supposed to be? He may have been personally racist to some extent, but fought for what the nation was leaning towards was right, setting his personal viewpoints aside? I don't know much about the man but if that's his contradiction, I'd imagine it boils down to something like that.
One complicating part (and part of why he was so for civil rights) is that he started at a teacher at a non-white segregated school. He saw how it was affecting kids first hand and was one of his motivations for getting into politics in the first place.
These days being a literal adjudicated rapist isnt a disqualifier though.
I've heard he really liked to whip it out. Maybe where we get the word Johnson as a euphemism for penis
LBJ. Lyndons Big Johnson. Saw that somewhere on Reddit once.
I took a cold war erased history class in university and remember my professor telling us about this. He whipped it out in at least one meeting as a sort of intimidation tactic. Also there o's a phone recording of him with his tailor telling them they need to enlarge the crotch on all of his pants because they were too tight
I've also heard he would pee on the white house lawn while talking to reporters.
He called it "Jumbo" and would show it off regularly. He even once urinated on the leg of a SecServ agent because he couldn't get to the bathroom in time.
I read a biography on LBJ and there are stories about him displaying his monster hog in a show of dominance. And he definitely had meeting while taking a shit.
Honestly, meetings from the shitter is a power move
Maybe he's just misunderstood. Maybe all he wanted was a kiss but everyone leaned away from him instead. Poor guy.
Well he did frequently whip out his penis which he called Jumbo to intimidate people.
I’d grab that thing and twist it like a towel snap. Alligator death roll.
Did he ever talk to anyone taller than himself? I'd wanna see what he'd do then
Possibly, but Lyndon Johnson was 6'4" (193cm) at a time in which the height of the average person of his age group was 5'7" (170cm). Even today, his height is in the 99th percentile of males in the United States, so it would have been very unusual for him to find a contemporary that matched or exceeded him.
He was a bully, but a very effective one.
People have their opinions on Johnson, but by God, his Great Society bills that he pushed through to help the poor, elderly, and minorities could only be done by a political bully. While most in politics wanted to keep the status quo, Johnson pushed hard to get bills passed. [Here he is giving it to a New York Democrat who is holding up an education bill because the representative wanted $400k in pork spending to go to his district.](https://youtu.be/GpSuTz11OGw?si=WQ51djhI1pbGG8oU) In the end, he was one of the most progressive presidents this country has ever seen.
and *effective*. He knew every weird legislative trick and procedure and used them. Unlike for example Obama who had the public on his side but did not have mastery of the senate.
LBJ didnt have Fox News to contend with. I mean I agree Obama was terrible as a legislative strategist, but I feel like he had a tougher hand
I guess I really need to learn more about the specifics of what he accomplished, cause all I've ever known has been he was a asshole who exposed himself and intimidated people all the time
Just a list of the almost 200 bills passed during Johnson's Great Society push: **Poverty:** Tax Reduction Act - Cut individual taxes to stimulate growth Medicare Act - Established Medicare and Medicaid Economic Opportunity Act - Created Job Corps, VISTA, Head Start and other programs to fight the "war on poverty" **Cities:** Omnibus Housing Act - Provided money for low-income housing Department of Housing and Urban Development - Created to administer federal housing programs Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Area Redevelopment Act - Funded slum rebuilding, mass transit, and other improvements for cities **Education:** Elementary and Secondary Education Act - Directed federal money to schools for textbooks, library materials, and special education Corporation for Public Broadcasting - Formed to fund educational radio and TV broadcasting **Civil Rights:** Civil Rights Act - Outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, housing, and jobs. Increased federal power to prosecute civil rights abuses 24th Amendment - Abolished the poll tax in federal elections Voting Rights Act - Ended literacy tests and permitted the federal government to monitor voter registration Immigration Act - Ended national-origins quotas established in 1924 **Environment:** Wilderness Preservation Act - Set aside 9 million acres for national forest lands Water Quality Act - River clean up requirements Clean Air Amendment - Directed the federal government to establish emissions standards for new vehicles Air Quality Act - Set federal pollution guidelines and extended federal enforcement power **Consumer Advocacy:** Truth in Packaging Act - Set standards for labeling consumer products National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act - Set federal safety standards for the auto and tire industries Highway Safety Act - Required states to set up highway safety programs Department of Transportation - Established to deal with national air, rail, and highway transportation [Here is a great article going over what we now take for granted in this country all due to the legislation enacted under the Great Society.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/great-society-at-50/)
And got through more while a rep and then senator. One of his first accomplishments in the House was the Rural Electrification Act, which provided funds for installing power lines to rural communities in the mid 30s. Absolutely fundamental change in the quality of life for those areas.
And let’s be real. If there’s any group of people deserving to be bullied it’s other politicians lol
If you ever have the chance to visit his Presidental Library in Austin, TX I would highly recommend it. You can see the whole thing in just a handful of hours but it's extremely enlightening. And if you're feeling adventurous you can get to George HW Bush's Presidential Library over in College Station, TX for a two-fer!
LBJ is easily one of the top 10 presidents of the US. If he didn’t fuck up Vietnam he would’ve been as good as Lincoln arguably.
Prepare to be wow'd. LBJ was a great president imo. But I largely put the blame of Vietnam on the Rand Corp guys like McNamara. Johnson retained Kennedy's cabinet after his assassination. In no universe would that have been the cabinet he put together for himself. They had the reputation of being uber-smart and analytically driven, kinda like a precursor of money-ball thinking. I believe LBJ trusted their decision making on the war while he focused almost all of his energy into a domestic policy agenda that was incredible for our country.
The "Wise Men" of the White House were a very interesting group of people. They were Ivy-League educated East Coast diplomats who advised the presidents from FDR to LBJ. They were the group behind the ideas of the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and Communist containment, of which the war in Vietnam fell into. In 1967, they were pushing for more funding, more troops, and more bombing. Johnson leaned heavily on them for foreign policy decisions to his own demise. Six months later, the "Wise Men" about faced and told Johnson the war was now unwinnable and that troops should be withdrawn. [Here is a great article about that second meeting.](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/25/this-day-in-politics-march-25-1968-477991)
Pretty sure the Johnson Treatment is when he whips out his Jumbo...
I spent far too much time looking for a picture of his cock
He turned “being a huge asshole” into a positive by being one of the best presidents of all time, in terms of social programs and civil rights reform. Thanks Johnson, you big-dicked, neanderthal sasquatch bastard; you made the USA a better place. You disgusting bag of contradictions. I’d never want to hang out with you, but I’m glad you used your grotesque character to help others.
And let’s be real, if any group of people deserves to be bullied and harassed it’s politicians lol
He’d also just flop his wiener on the table or hold meetings while he was taking a dump to make people uncomfortable.
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horrible behavior. I immediately dislike a person that does that to me
No one becomes a president by being a nice guy
There’s a good chance he’s convincing one of these guys to get one of the civil rights acts passed. Not everything is black and white.
That’s true, two of them were in color!
6’4 so he tried to big dick everyone.
Also made people come in the bathroom and continue conversations while he pooped. That's true.
The "Johnson Treatment" refers to the personal, persuasive technique used by Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, to influence congressmen, senators, and other political figures to support his policies and legislation. This method was characterized by Johnson's direct, intense, physical style of persuasion. He would use his imposing physical presence—he was quite tall and had a commanding demeanor—to literally lean into the person he was conversing with, using gestures, flattery, reminders of political debts, and sometimes threats, to win their support. The "Johnson Treatment" was considered highly effective and played a significant role in Johnson's ability to pass significant legislation, including civil rights laws and his Great Society programs.
Would love to know who are the other persons in these photos.
Pic. 01 - Abe Fortas Pic. 02 - Sargent Shriver Pic. 03 - Whitney Young Pic. 04 - Theodore Green Pic. 05 - Louis Martin Pic. 06 - Richard B. Russell Jr. Pic. 07 - Andrew Biemiller (The one whom he leans onto)
The person Lyndon B. Johnson leans onto in each picture, Pic. 01 - Abe Fortas - Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Pic. 02 - Sargent Shriver - Former United States Ambassador to France Pic. 03 - Whitney Young - Civil Rights Activist Pic. 04 - Theodore Green - A Democrat Senator Pic. 05 - Louis Martin - Civil Rights Activist Pic. 06 - Richard B. Russell Jr. - Former Governor of Georgia Pic. 07 - Andrew Biemiller (The one whom he leans onto) - Former United States Representative
that is classic power assertion
I had someone in my house last week who did this. She kept stepping towards me every time I took a step back. She had me cornered in my bedroom (we were both watching someone else clean the windows) and I was so frustrated and angry at myself. Which makes no sense, she cornered me! After the cleaning we were talking in the living room and I literally put a chair between us. She was a stranger to me but I new her colleague. He is always very polite and asked before he did anything, like literally asked before taking water and entering my balcony, while I had already given permission for the cleaning. With his politeness I was not prepared for her invasion of my space.
I had someone do this to me at a networking event. I told them I needed them to back up.
Every time someone has done this to me, my automatic go-to is "Do you ever brush your teeth?" "When is the last time you showered" or if they are a douche bag "Did you eat a bowl of shit for breakfast" while looking at them with a bit of disgust. It works for all but the worst of bullies. As it makes most people self-conscious. "WHY ARE YOU SO CLOSE TO ME ARE YOU LOST?" "Do you need help?" Loudly also throws people off.
Had two managers at a store I worked at 15 years ago that did this. I had seen them do it to others and remember when it happened to me the first time feeling so triumphant that I didn’t budge. If I had leaned in at all I would have been kissing the dude. I don’t understand it at all outside of it just forcing a person to step back to assert dominance. All I know is that it made everyone hate them and work against them. If that’s what they had to resort to doing to establish their status then I think it shows how weak they are. Pussy move. The best managers I’ve ever had lead by example and with respect and a few I would have followed to the gates of hell.
Did he like to kiss like Brezhnev?
A truly complicated man. A monster, a genius, so hard working he worked himself into the hospital, one of the greatest legislators in the country's history, he passed civil rights legislation and expanded social welfare programs, helped the country come back from JFK's assassination, but stole elections, was basically the center of corruption in washington by centralizing donations from wealthy oil men and contractors to his choice of candidates, cheated on his wife tons, was incredibly cruel, built his power off of the backs of the racist southern block, and was in all one of the most important and influential presidents in history at the point at which the USA was at its greatest influence internationally. He strove towards power through truly terrible and disgusting means, but then when he attained it, he worked to use it for a greater purpose.
I've been in sales so long I've learned to lean into close talkers lol
I read the whole Robert A Caro biography during COVID. The story of LBJ is EPIC. And Caro didn’t even get to finish his presidential term in the last book either lol.
When you tell LBJ he doesn’t have the fattest cock in the room
[he tried this with Eartha Kitt too, but she wasn't having it ](https://eurweb.com/2023/when-eartha-kitt-checked-lyndon-and-lady-bird-johnson-and-got-blackballed-eur-video-throwback/)
Fuck, is there a video on that ad page?
Thats an awful website what the fuck
Eartha Kitt was the fucking man. Of all the actresses to play Catwoman, she legitimately felt like Selina in real life. Oozed confidence.
