Today is LBJ’s birthday. So it’s fitting that last week, The Cold War International History Project’s “Today in Cold War History” tweet reminded me of this gem from the President. It’s Lyndon Baines Jonson ordering some trousers over the phone from Joe Haggar at the Haggar clothing company. The University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs did a bangup job syncing the audio of this 9 August 1964 conversation to a transcript. Its absolutely worth a listen. Trust me. (more…)
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