Yes, he wanted them to have a longer rise. Maybe he was exaggerating? Just like Chicago - vote early, vote often!
Dan Sent from my iPad > On Aug 28, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > It was more the "fitment" on the trou that was interesting. > > Yes, he was an interesting character. In his first senate (?) run he was > behind by some few hundred votes, and some magically appeared from some poor > county in South Texas, pushing him into the win... I think there were more > votes than registered voters, but, hey, who's counting... > > --R > > > >> On 8/28/15 10:03 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> Actually, that was him trolling for (more) freebies. They had given him >> some trousers as a gift, and he wanted more of them. He was pretty good at >> getting "gifts" from people and businesses. >> >> Did you know that he graduated from a rural teacher's college and taught >> migrant workers kids when he got out of school? >> >> Dan >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Aug 28, 2015, at 9:23 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Search out the audio of him calling his tailor to get some new trousers >>> made. >>> >>> --R >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 8/27/15 6:24 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >>>> While it’s a huge amount of reading, I highly recommend Robert Caro’s >>>> biography (4-5 books) on Lyndon Johnson. If you only read one of them, >>>> read the latest (4th) book, “The Passage of Power”. >>>> >>>> I never really thought that much about LBJ, despite having a keen interest >>>> in the politics of the 1960s, but this book goes well into him as an >>>> individual and how he struggled with Kennedy’s legacy as well as the >>>> assumption of the presidency. While there’s no doubt he was the epitome >>>> of the “good old Texas boy” and certainly had some questionable political >>>> activities, as an individual he was actually a pretty good guy who truly >>>> wanted the poor and underprivileged to be successful. >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Years_of_Lyndon_Johnson >>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Years_of_Lyndon_Johnson> >>>> >>>> Dan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Aug 27, 2015, at 6:14 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes >>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> clay wrote: >>>>>> ...not partial to LBJ or JFK. >>>>> JFK - I heard a non-progressive person speaking postively about tax >>>>> cuts that JFK put in to place. Further, the person recommended the >>>>> non-progressive political side adopt JFK since the progressive politic >>>>> has abandoned that name and heritage _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
