According to Dr John Newman, that "Just get me elected, I'll give you your damned war" comment was overheard in Dallas at Christmas/New Year 1963 as Johnson was talking informally to the Joint Chiefs.
This video was taken on Friday, November 29, 1963 at the White House in Washington D.C. just a week after President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Thank you for continuing to make this content available. I will never forget as a child reading my mother's LIFE magazine she saved. Those pictures haunted me. What seals it for me is the picture after he was sworn in, where the congressman winks at Johnson. And you can tell Johnson is smiling right back...with Jacqueline right next to him. That was just a ruse to get her away from the casket. The very first thing LBJ did was reverse JFK's plan to get the troops out of Vietnam. Just the looks on their faces. Like the cat who ate the canary.
"Gentlemen, you shall have your war."
LBJ: ok we got rid of JFK. good job, men
Lyndon looks very happy!!
all smiles
Their bereavement for their former boss didn't appear to last too long.
"Just get me elected, I'll give you your damned war"
Pretty much
Exactly…
According to Dr John Newman, that "Just get me elected, I'll give you your damned war" comment was overheard in Dallas at Christmas/New Year 1963 as Johnson was talking informally to the Joint Chiefs.
@@peterdixon7734 I had read that, also.
They all look just a little bit too happy considering what happened just seven days ago.
This was a war meeting.
They are not humans anymore.
LBJ looks happy as shit
This video was taken on Friday, November 29, 1963 at the White House in Washington D.C. just a week after President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Young men fight old people's wars
LBJ: “ My dears friends thanks for your support.
Thank you for continuing to make this content available.
I will never forget as a child reading my mother's LIFE magazine she saved. Those pictures haunted me.
What seals it for me is the picture after he was sworn in, where the congressman winks at Johnson. And you can tell Johnson is smiling right back...with Jacqueline right next to him. That was just a ruse to get her away from the casket.
The very first thing LBJ did was reverse JFK's plan to get the troops out of Vietnam.
Just the looks on their faces. Like the cat who ate the canary.
I was just going to tell you the secret piece of *The Infamous Wink* but thank the living God you know the truth as well
What a nasty den of vipers.
General Douglas MacArthur advised JFK to stay out of southeast Asia and JFK followed.
I don’t know much about Jonson., but mmm don’t like him.
55,000 dead Americans and 1,000,000 dead Vietnamese for what?