http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/15/dirty-politics-as-a-vocation/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:17:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/15/dirty-politics-as-a-vocation/comment-page-1/#comment-46570 Patrick Nielsen Hayden Sat, 16 Oct 2004 03:13:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2361#comment-46570 The piece you link to seriously garbles the Lyndon Johnson "pig-fucker" story. It wasn't during the 1968 presidential campaign; Johnson dropped out of the 1968 presidential campaign. It was in one of Johnson's very first Texas campaigns, and the actual story is narrated somewhere in the first volume of Robert Caro's huge LBJ biography. The piece you link to seriously garbles the Lyndon Johnson “pig-fucker” story. It wasn’t during the 1968 presidential campaign; Johnson dropped out of the 1968 presidential campaign. It was in one of Johnson’s very first Texas campaigns, and the actual story is narrated somewhere in the first volume of Robert Caro’s huge LBJ biography.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/15/dirty-politics-as-a-vocation/comment-page-1/#comment-46569 anonymous Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:47:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2361#comment-46569 This just goes to show how sad our political system has become. Today’s campaigns aren’t about important issues; they’re a sensational mix of Spy vs. Spy meets The National Enquirer. This just goes to show how sad our political system has become. Today’s campaigns aren’t about important issues; they’re a sensational mix of Spy vs. Spy meets The National Enquirer.

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