He got more done than JFK did. LBJ had been in Congress since the 1930s and was known as a "Wheeler Dealer", Lot's of people owed him favors. After he got a Super Majority in the 1964 election he made his moves. Pushed through Medicare, Civil Rights, and Voting Rights Acts. Can you imagine where we would be today without Medicare? Republicans have tried to get rid of Medicare ever since.
It was more that his style of leadership was more conducive to the senate since it was a body with fewer members that he could cajole more easily. Also, the only way to get any power in the house was to become a ranking member of a committee and because of the way seniority worked, it would take decades for him to move up the chain; decades he didn’t have because of his family’s history of poor health.
@@nsgate2412 It was, but his ability to court the small band of powerful southern senators was key to them giving him power early on in his first term; power he used to skirt the seniority system as minority and majority leader.
Great, humorous story! LBJ had an iconic way of describing things, and George H.W. Bush was a class act. Thanks for sharing, and please keep these political video interviews and clips coming.
I hate to break it to you, but HW while in the CIA was on the Texas trip when Kennedy was assassinated. There are photos of HW outside the book depository.
Bush Jr and Lyndon Johnson had so much in common. Two politicians from Texas who became President. One a Republican and the other a Democrat. They had two unpopular wars under their belts. Johnson was unpopular when he left office as well as W. And they were good old boys.
@@nutsackmania Doesn't bother me. It's what it was meant to be. I do dislike interviews where they promise to get tough and truthy and then it's just a "puff piece". I love 60 Minutes but the feature they did on robots a couple years back was atrocious. Dancing the Mashed Potato with Boston Dynamics? give me a break. There isn't a news institution that hasn't done it.
W didn't need money. He literally had enough to buy a Major League baseball team. That's eff you money. After 9/11, he said we're addicted to oil and backed ethanol and electric cars. In fact the modern EV era began because W signed the bill creating the EV tax credit - a tax credit often stigmatized and misportrayed in conservative media as an Obama scheme.
LBJ didn't get us into Vietnam, but he should have gotten us out of it sooner instead of sending in more men and not letting the military win the war. You can't let politicians decide how to fight a war, that happened in Afghanistan and Iraq and it may be happening in Afghanistan, but I hope Zelensky is smart enough to stay out of the way of the generals. NATO countries should provide weapons with NO restrictions, soldiers who are fighting know where to use the weapons, let them win this thing.
I hardly think the mistakes of the bush administration can be blamed solely on him and him alone. Victory has a thousand fathers but failure is an orphan.
What a treat it must be for W to waltz around between TV-sessions telling more bad jokes, laughing and smiling, knowing that he and accomplices got away with one of the biggest villain streaks in modern history.
Tyler Livingston Going from 16,000 US Troops in Vietnam to over a half million is not the same thing. The major problem with US commitment in Vietnam is that the US did not have a plan to WIN that war. Apparently the Joint Chiefs fought for a Tie, not to win. If the US commits to War, go to War to WIN or don't go. Operation Desert Storm is how to fight a war. Go big or stay home.
@Tyler Livingston And JFK wanted out of Vietnam. The very week JFK died, LBJ began amping up military presence. A simple google search for "the Gulf of Tonkin incidents" will tell you all you need to know about how LBJ deliberately got us in Vietnam. If liberal run Wikipedia tells you of these provocations and nafarious activity, you better know it was ×100 behind the scenes. Pure evil!
I appreciate the integrity of those two American Presidents HW Bush and Johnson. Despite differing political views they had mutual respect for each other and looked past their differences.
😂🤦♂️ Both got us into disastrous war that destroyed countries for decades to come. And forever destroyed the trust between the American people. ...my god
Both were liars, though LBJ was probably a more consummate liar. LBJ was involved in the JFK assassination, and HW Bush probably was. HW was the man who for years "couldn't remember" where he was on 11/22/63, though he was 39 and a professional politician. Turned out he'd spent part of that day in Dallas - probably why he couldn't remember. Everyone else in the country who was over 4 years old at the time remembers where he/she was that day. I was 6 and I remember that day clearly. If you want to learn about some of HW's lies, his son W's lies and his family's crimes, read "Family of Secrets" by Russ Baker.
I’ve grown to have both respect and affection for this man. I feel I owe him an apology. I did not vote for him, and I was less than happy about his elections. If I could sit with him and hear a few of his stories, it would be a very memorable occasion. I like him a great deal.
Nowadays the focus on certain parts of him makes it too easy for some to forget - Alberto Gonzales - waterboarding - C.I.A. black sites - his support for the PATRIOT Act - the dishonesty about Iraqi W.M.D.s - much else - and the fact that he was willing to make a special news appearance solely to announce his supposed belief that if "activist judges" refused to protect "the sanctity of marriage" then it was time for a Constitutional amendment to make sure that people could marry the ones they wanted to marry only if they were of the 'appropriate' sex-just in an effort to get more votes in the 2004 election (after he got fewer votes than his main opponent in 2000). It's fine that you didn't vote for him. He's a human being and not the devil incarnate, but he also was not a good president. In the end, a lot of his recent popularity seems to center on his telling stories about his dad, who is dead and, in my opinion, was a better man and a better president.
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@@erniemccracken2429 You think starting unnecessary was and killing hundreds of thousands of civilians is a moderate position? It makes me sad people like you are allowed to vote.
I always admired the Bush family, and respected their patriotism and leadership. Not perfect, but so, much better than we see today from both parties. So sad.
Bush was a fighter pilot. Daddy's influence might get you into the National Guard, but can't get you wings. Those you earn. And you can only earn those with a high IQ plus other talent plus grit. The only people who think W was dumb are themselves dumb.
"Making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg. It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else." (Lyndon Johnson)
a crude , corrupt election stealing murderer
@@williamlawlor5969 Yes he won his 1948 senate seat by fraud.
I wish I'd known that before I started talking about the gold standard on a first date.
Can I have more of these salty quips please? Thank you. :)
@@williamlawlor5969 Murderer? Oh boy, you know; something isn't true just because plenty of people on UA-cam repeat it
In hindsight, few if any Presidents got as much accomplished as LBJ. He was on the phone 24/7 and never let up the pressure.
He got more done than JFK did. LBJ had been in Congress since the 1930s and was known as a "Wheeler Dealer", Lot's of people owed him favors. After he got a Super Majority in the 1964 election he made his moves. Pushed through Medicare, Civil Rights, and Voting Rights Acts. Can you imagine where we would be today without Medicare? Republicans have tried to get rid of Medicare ever since.
The consummate politician.
He was a tyrant and a CROOK.
Yes, he accomplished getting over 50,000 US troops killed in Viet Nam.
I'll have those n words voting memocrat for the next 100 years ❤
LBJ had served in both houses and knew the Senate was where you could really make a difference in terms of legislation
It was more that his style of leadership was more conducive to the senate since it was a body with fewer members that he could cajole more easily. Also, the only way to get any power in the house was to become a ranking member of a committee and because of the way seniority worked, it would take decades for him to move up the chain; decades he didn’t have because of his family’s history of poor health.
@@KilgoreTrout122 isn't the senate based on seniority as well though.
Also where you could make a lot more money in graft, bribes and lobbyist gifts.
@@nsgate2412 It was, but his ability to court the small band of powerful southern senators was key to them giving him power early on in his first term; power he used to skirt the seniority system as minority and majority leader.
I thin it was Washington who said, and I paraphrase, "the senate is the saucer to cool the hot cup of tea that is the house."
You know the world is a strange place when I miss George bush
Same. Feels like the good old days, doesn’t it!
I know right!!! GWB is still an Obama Punk!!! A total sellout!!!🔥☠️🇨🇳💯
You miss a war criminal?
@davd1986 Hell No!!! Bush is a total treasonous dirtbag!!! His dad GWHB was part of the Kennedy assignation cover too!!!👹☠️🇨🇳🔥💯
He was my boss as Governor, and he really is a sweet guy, but a nepobaby
Why were they sitting so damn close to each other? 😄
THATS WHAT IM SAYING
Must be in the same camera shot. That's TV. Everything is close. Those huge sets are quite small when you're there in person.
Because they’re gay
Probably so they can hear each other since they're older.
Who cares?
Great, humorous story! LBJ had an iconic way of describing things, and George H.W. Bush was a class act. Thanks for sharing, and please keep these political video interviews and clips coming.
That’s honestly really cool. I never knew that GHWB actually met LBJ
Both were master criminals. Sold us out to the Federal Reserve
I hate to break it to you, but HW while in the CIA was on the Texas trip when Kennedy was assassinated. There are photos of HW outside the book depository.
You’re kidding right? They all drink beer together.
The Lizard family is tight
are you for real ? they were both in on the hit on JFK read a little
Bunch of crooks, all of them.
Cry about it.
I always laugh this man. He is naturally funny.
Great sense of humor and not afraid to laugh at himself either.
He is also a huge criminal
@@actualideas8078 and so is every other leader with power you've ever known.
Lol. Hes super toned down with his humor in public. Hes funnier and a lot more caring than he appears on tv.
I doubt that 400,000 dead Iraqis and their families feel that way.
Bush Jr and Lyndon Johnson had so much in common. Two politicians from Texas who became President. One a Republican and the other a Democrat. They had two unpopular wars under their belts. Johnson was unpopular when he left office as well as W. And they were good old boys.
*cough* JFK *cough*
The first Gulf War was not nearly as unpopular as Vietnam
George Bush 43 is not a native Texan.
@@bryceprater5193 he isnt talking about the first gulf war. read the comment again
@@powerfulstrong5673 right
When I see Bush Jr. all I can think of is Will Ferrell.......STRATEGERY..........
"Big Johnson" 😂
He had one and he liked to brandish it to random people.
Why didn't Bob Shieffer just sit on his lap?
this is a puff piece bro
@@nutsackmania Doesn't bother me. It's what it was meant to be. I do dislike interviews where they promise to get tough and truthy and then it's just a "puff piece". I love 60 Minutes but the feature they did on robots a couple years back was atrocious. Dancing the Mashed Potato with Boston Dynamics? give me a break. There isn't a news institution that hasn't done it.
LBJ and Jumbo ran through many White House secretaries.
They don't call it a Johnson now for nothing.:)
Feed Jumbo!
LBJ and GHWB go way back, recall GHWB became Dir. of CIA prior to attaining the presidency for himself.
They both on the same team. Oil and military contracts.
they go together like hand and glove. solid team
No.
W didn't need money. He literally had enough to buy a Major League baseball team. That's eff you money. After 9/11, he said we're addicted to oil and backed ethanol and electric cars. In fact the modern EV era began because W signed the bill creating the EV tax credit - a tax credit often stigmatized and misportrayed in conservative media as an Obama scheme.
All 3 warmongers hail from Texas.
WE'RE NOT PROUD OF IT, OR THEM. BUFFOONS. ANYONE WHO KNEW LBJ KNEW HE WAS CROOKED AS A DOG'S HIND LEG. PURE EVIL.
It was revenge for the annexation
SafePet Haven NO HE WASN’T
No Sir... If you want to talk about LBJ then he's the only one warmonger from Texas. The others are from New England.
TheJMascis666 yes he was
LBJ gave us Medicare and Medicade. That's more than any Republican ever did for us.
Ronald Reagan?
gave you 911
We gotta keep it together
LBJ and GWB deserve each other.
True have u ever had to do your own job when others are meant to do it❤❤🎉🎉
Trump was the best thing that could happen for W. & Nixon made W look intellegent and made Nixon look human.
Nixon was responsible for watergate and the war on drugs, but he also created the EPA, opened trade with China, and ended the Vietnam war
"don't mind me. I'm just placing the facts and figures into the Idea Machine." -Jo Biden
come on man!
@@MJAP123 Sure Hunter/W. both were cokeheads. Don't get the Obama/Biden comparisons tho.
you might be dumber than w
@@williamlawlor5969 how so? 😂
Even Bush thought it was funny. BJ 😂😂
I'm a total lib and a huge W fan
Better than Trump.
@2511dhall yep
JFK only.
LBJ's footprint was on the arse of the entire Bush Family.
Bob Schifer...before he retired mentioned .." Well this is the quality of candidates we got "
Different Era..
Senior was a good diplomat. Its too bad he did not pick as good an economic team and foreign policy. W was a disaster all around.
2 Presidents that cost USA dearly,
Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan
Ya, real humorous !
CIA will be watching you
Ha-ha true story😂
LBJ didn't get us into Vietnam, but he should have gotten us out of it sooner instead of sending in more men and not letting the military win the war. You can't let politicians decide how to fight a war, that happened in Afghanistan and Iraq and it may be happening in Afghanistan, but I hope Zelensky is smart enough to stay out of the way of the generals. NATO countries should provide weapons with NO restrictions, soldiers who are fighting know where to use the weapons, let them win this thing.
Crooks are Crooks no matter party.
yep. lock up him obama clinton
lock up trump!!
LBJ was the last Democrat Oklahoma voted for in the last 50 years, not one Democrat as won a single county in the last 50 years
Maybe the reason Johnson single handedly got the civil rights act through guarantee civil rights for minorities. Says a lot about Oklahoma.
The first part is right, the second part isn't. A Democratic candidate for president hasn't won a single county since Gore in 2000.
41 was a class act and one of very few Republicans I have any time for.
Why isn’t GW not in jail. He and the neo-cons of his administration.
did he mention Barbara Crowley?
LBJ was a real piece of WORK!
POS
Yea ; and do or what it worth the Bushs’ Globalist, seems JFK was a lot different; something to think about
Timberwolf and LBJ worked together in Dallas too I believe it was.
George Herbert Walker Bush was a patriot. An outstanding President and leader.
Let's all laugh along with the guy whose decisions killed millions of innocent people!
I hardly think the mistakes of the bush administration can be blamed solely on him and him alone. Victory has a thousand fathers but failure is an orphan.
Yeah. His dad was in on it.
In on what?
@@GavinusMaximusMaster I assume he means the kennedy assassination (also funny given george hw bush eventually would run the cia)
But, why are they sitting so close to each other?
What a treat it must be for W to waltz around between TV-sessions telling more bad jokes, laughing and smiling, knowing that he and accomplices got away with one of the biggest villain streaks in modern history.
PS: no. This can not have been the mastermind behind that streak.
Just look at who gained the most. It wasnt him.
Still getting away with it every day
@@bertjesklotepino yeah it was definitely cheney
"We the People" let all this happen
Obama>… hold my Budlight
Son also cussed like a Sailor when I met him outside the Paramount Theater in Austin, "How did the f'!in #$:rangers do today?"
If it wasn't for Millard Filmore, I could be on this list
Good one 😊
Actually I liked him funny as a F
What did LBJ, or Mrs. Johnson, do for Vietnam veterans? Absolutely nothing.
What did Obama do for vietnam veterans? or Iraq veterans? answer: The VA scandal
D Storm veterans? The war was still going on LOL
Are you kidding? Without LBJ Vietnam veterans wouldnt even exist.
Tyler Livingston
Going from 16,000 US Troops in Vietnam to over a half million is not the same thing. The major problem with US commitment in Vietnam is that the US did not have a plan to WIN that war. Apparently the Joint Chiefs fought for a Tie, not to win. If the US commits to War, go to War to WIN or don't go. Operation Desert Storm is how to fight a war. Go big or stay home.
@Tyler Livingston And JFK wanted out of Vietnam. The very week JFK died, LBJ began amping up military presence. A simple google search for "the Gulf of Tonkin incidents" will tell you all you need to know about how LBJ deliberately got us in Vietnam. If liberal run Wikipedia tells you of these provocations and nafarious activity, you better know it was ×100 behind the scenes. Pure evil!
This man should be in prison.
+ Cheney & Tony Blair. GHW Bush said that if the ppl knew what they had done, they would lynch them.
Right, disagreeing with your precious self is totally illegal
GRINNING FOOL.
9/11 ruined this man's presidency and his party.
War criminal
If we had more folks like LBJ and GWB today we might have similar problems, but at least we’d have adults addressing them.
No..we would just have 2 more POS
He looks like his Grandpa, Alister Crowley. I'm not joking.😮
No dude,that would be Babs. She was the spitting image of Crowley.
And all the help and money goes to the trash people while I am held hostage
which one is which?
This guy lied to get us into a 20 year war, why is everyone treating him like a lovable grandpa?
Exactly. He is responsible for millions of lives destroyed
Because he was a Never-Trump•er! George has been redeemed!
The lie got us into the OTHER war, not Afghanistan.
@@davidlamb1107 we're still in Iraq...
History will not be kind to this man or his family.
Then Trump and his cocaine kids came along
I appreciate the integrity of those two American Presidents HW Bush and Johnson. Despite differing political views they had mutual respect for each other and looked past their differences.
Integrity? Seriously?
😂🤦♂️
Both got us into disastrous war that destroyed countries for decades to come.
And forever destroyed the trust between the American people.
...my god
Both were liars, though LBJ was probably a more consummate liar. LBJ was involved in the JFK assassination, and HW Bush probably was. HW was the man who for years "couldn't remember" where he was on 11/22/63, though he was 39 and a professional politician. Turned out he'd spent part of that day in Dallas - probably why he couldn't remember. Everyone else in the country who was over 4 years old at the time remembers where he/she was that day. I was 6 and I remember that day clearly. If you want to learn about some of HW's lies, his son W's lies and his family's crimes, read "Family of Secrets" by Russ Baker.
It's always nice to see war criminals being able to move on in their lives...
"War criminal" = America when it fights, but never our enemies
I actually kind of like Jr. now that he is not president. Really bad president. Very likeable personality.
"And then his head exploded all over jackies dress LOLOLOLOL what good times those were, right HW?"
It's funny because it's true.
Class acts
TROUSER SNAKE AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION?
GWB. Leader of the Uniparty.
So likable you almost forget he's a war criminal
Haven't heard that, but many things are said these days.
I’ve grown to have both respect and affection for this man. I feel I owe him an apology. I did not vote for him, and I was less than happy about his elections. If I could sit with him and hear a few of his stories, it would be a very memorable occasion. I like him a great deal.
Nowadays the focus on certain parts of him makes it too easy for some to forget
- Alberto Gonzales
- waterboarding
- C.I.A. black sites
- his support for the PATRIOT Act
- the dishonesty about Iraqi W.M.D.s
- much else
- and the fact that he was willing to make a special news appearance solely to announce his supposed belief that if "activist judges" refused to protect "the sanctity of marriage" then it was time for a Constitutional amendment to make sure that people could marry the ones they wanted to marry only if they were of the 'appropriate' sex-just in an effort to get more votes in the 2004 election (after he got fewer votes than his main opponent in 2000).
It's fine that you didn't vote for him. He's a human being and not the devil incarnate, but he also was not a good president.
In the end, a lot of his recent popularity seems to center on his telling stories about his dad, who is dead and, in my opinion, was a better man and a better president.
@@smadaf Partly, too, I survived a Trump presidency, and that was the devil.
Affection yes. Respect, nope
@@lauriecounsel5852 Then make your own comment and stay away from mine.
@@timothyleon558 You are entitled to your opinion as is ANYONE posting here. She can reply to your post OR make her own, that’s how this works - we have choice. Perhaps you’re too thin-skinned to participate.
Both were “toxic Texans”!
How is this guy not in jail?
GEORGIE ALWAYS KILLS ME....THAT GUY JUST BUST ME UP....GOOD 1 GEORGIE!
A senator, a chancellor, a Sith Lord, and the First Galactic Emperor walk into a restaurant.
The hostess says, “table for one?”
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Dr. Jill Stein plans on marrying former senator Al Franken.
She will run for president in 2020 as Dr. Franken-Stein.
Salty is the key word
Bush l love you
Classic
Three Letter Acronym Humor By Scientologists With A Lookalike Ready To Go Is Unacceptable In My Country
LBJ was so angry after he left office, you could have cooked an egg on top of his head. We have the phone recordings.
One war criminal reminiscing about another war criminal.
Sad Scott Sawyer.
Right, America is always the bad guys. Not the North VIetnamese Communists who were the actual aggressors, not Saddam.
I never used to like GW but after Trump, he's a breath of fresh air.
The GOP would be in much better shape right now if it had more GW Bushes and fewer Donald Trumps.
Moderates win. Extremists don't.
@@erniemccracken2429 You think starting unnecessary was and killing hundreds of thousands of civilians is a moderate position? It makes me sad people like you are allowed to vote.
@@erniemccracken2429 🤡
@@georgea.567 Bush didn't start any wars. Go read a book.
@@erniemccracken2429 George Bush 43 can never be considered a moderate. George Bush 43 is a neoconservative warmonger.
Bush!! The Texas team is winnin!!!
My dad and I worked with both bushes … pretty amazing… 27 years later here I am
And he’ll be gone soon 😂
can you tell us whose idea it was to lie to the American people about WMDs?
Junior always struck me as a fun guy to hangout with,,,especially for a war criminal
RYN 2024
I’d like to throw a couple shoes at him.
until next time !
George H bush the old man, now you why they call them the greatest generation.
W lost me when he didn’t support the will of the peoples vote.
Once I saw that revolting photo of him resting his head on Michelle Obama's shoulder, he was dead to me.
When did he not support the will of the people? Do you mean the Iraq War? The American people supported that war.
The fact that he had you at all makes it hard to respect you.
A true patrician
Oi
Poppy and LBJ joked about Kennedy losing his mind that one day in Dallas
World doesnt do much to match ❤❤🎉🎉
I always admired the Bush family, and respected their patriotism and leadership. Not perfect, but so, much better than we see today from both parties. So sad.
They are buds with Obama and Clinton. Same goals
Chicken salad sure is good
Wait GW Bush wrote a book?!
He can read and write?!
Not only that - thanks to Trump he's not the worst president anymore!
Bush was a fighter pilot. Daddy's influence might get you into the National Guard, but can't get you wings. Those you earn. And you can only earn those with a high IQ plus other talent plus grit. The only people who think W was dumb are themselves dumb.
Bush I love
HAHAHAHAHA, member that 20 year war we were thrown into that costs 3 trillion dollars. LOL SO FUNNY
Makes sense. The Bush family has always had fine upstanding friends.
lol
I miss Dubbya.
I never knew that HW Bush was George’s dad
Does he know his Dad and LBJ killed Kenedy? 🤔
Of course
He had it coming
@@rd3095 wow...🥴
@@dougwhitney4258 HEY! some folks is lucky...an some aint.
@@rd3095 yeah good luck with that... I've heard that kinda talk before and it doesn't end well...
okay, I don't get the joke
9/11
I hated W as a President, but I’ll give him credit that in his post-presidency years he’s basically kept a low profile
I would too after selling out a nation
Thanks for making Iran so powerful Dubya!
@Mark Harrison How so? It was Obama who did the failed Nuclear Deal.
dvchel it was both bro. Really it’s the Banks. Federal Reserve Act of 1913
@@dvchel The nuclear deal wasn't a failure. There is MORE enriched uranium in Iran under Trump than there was under Obama.
@@paulmccarthy1527 Because a "Nuclear Deal" does mean payment of arrested development, yes?
@@dvchel He took out their biggest enemy Saddam Hussein and made Iraq an Iranian proxy.
WHAT A WICKED MAN LOT OF BLOOD ON HIS HANDS
Proud to have deployed under your leadership, Mr President
Where did you deploy Iraq or Aghanistan?
Proud to have seen millions of innocence killed ?
@@williamballz4462Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan 2007
@@levinolan636bless your little window lickin heart
@@andrewcross8244 googoogaga
LBJ was one of the most vile human being ever in the office.
Until Obama and Biden came along!
He was cynical yes but certainly not vile
One of the most? He was number one.
W lacks in most areas.