Most folks don't realize just how corrupt, and morally bankrupt Lyndon Baines Johnson really was.
Older Texans do.
Maybe off Topic, But...What did You Think of Former Tex. Senator Phil Gram?
Many years ago some business men and citizens asked me to run for sheriff in a county I was living in at the time. A working cop doesn't have that kinda money, but the next thing I know, I've got folks putting down plenty of campaign funds, and one furnishing antique hotrod cars for an upcoming local parade.
Keep in mind the incumbent sheriff hadn't really done anything wrong, he just hadn't really done anything.
Well, I agreed provided there were no strings attached, and who should show up other than the Senator from Texas, Phil Graham.
He campaigned for me and a state candidate and was as helpful and congenial as anyone could ask.
The state candidate won his race, and the incumbent sheriff beat me by about 100 votes.
That's really about all I can say about Phil Graham, but he was well liked by the little man, and he helped me as much as he could. I was skeptical in the beginning of beating an incumbent, but I had some good folks backing me for all the right reasons, and Phil Graham until then didn't know anything about me other than what he'd been told.