I was there, in the crowd, on the streets of downtown Saint Louis with "our president at the mike." Old LBJ began reading a prepared text when disruption began. The very large crowd began to yell and screeam..LBJ was jeered. and cried out with mockery and derision... I was there. I couldn't believe what I saw and heard. The Saint Louis crowd turned on the Big Man.. to the point he lost his composure.
As the booed, Johnson paused. he then ad-libbed: " I know when I get back to my LBJ Ranch on the banks of the Perdinales River in Johnson City, Texas, on Election Day, the voting will put me back in office.
Johnson was correct as was the crowd. This was the beginning of the end of the
Great Society.
Our society seemingly has never regained its composure.
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| THE TALL TEXAN -LBJ |
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| THE GATEWAY ARCH ST. LOUIS 630' HIGH |
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| CROCKER NYE POTVIN AT THE SPRING |
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| TATTERED AND TOWN.. LONG MAY SHE WAVE |
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| PRESIDENT JOHNSON SHAKES THE HAND OF BLOGGER BOB POTVIN FEB 14, 1964 |
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