American experience lbj video biography
American experience lbj video biography
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The Presidents: LBJ (Part 1)
♪ ♪ (crowd cheering) ♪ ♪ NARRATOR: He had been scorned as an unscrupulous politician, a vulgar wheeler-dealer driven by ambition and a lust for power.
But on January 20, 1965, the night of his inaugural gala, Lyndon Johnson was a happy man.
Overwhelmingly elected, he promised to wipe out poverty and segregation, protect the old, and educate the young.
That was his dream.
Few presidents would ever know more triumph; few suffer such a swift and tragic fall.
CROWD: Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?
Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?
Hey, hey, LBJ...
JOHN CONNALLY: He was generous and he was selfish.
He was kind.
At other times, he was cruel.
At times, he was a earthy, crude-acting fellow.
At other times, he was incredibly charming.
He could be whatever he wanted to be.
He was a strange, complex man, who had basically almost a, a Jekyll-and-Hyde existence.
He was two different people.
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