[AGL] one reason I admired Lady Bird

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On 7/17/07, Gerry <mesmo at gilanet.com> wrote:

>

>  My favorite Lady Bird moment was her appearance on the Dick Cavett show

> back in about 1968. Cavett was very hot at the time, a darling with the

> counter culture. He set about doing his dance, sending thinly disguised

> verbal missives at LB, playing for laughs from the audience which was

> heavily stacked against her. He must have believed that she was and ignorant

> hick, bad judgment. She kept her cool, defended her turf, and in the end,

> with little apparent effort, made him look like a sniveling little prick. It

> was an exhibition of real class. At the beginning I was on his side, by the

> end I realized that she was a real heavyweight, in a league far above the

> best he could muster. I suppose if you could handle an ego like LBJ you

> could handle most anyone. Anyhow, I admired her greatly...Capricorn chick.

> G

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> ----- Original Message -----

> *From:* Michael Eisenstadt <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>

> *To:* survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> *Sent:* Monday, July 16, 2007 7:46 AM

> *Subject:* Re: [AGL] one reason I admired Lady Bird

>

> This was the washroom scandal that Jenkins was caught indulging

> in? Now if it had been Iran in 2007, he would have been stoned to death.

> Instead he went home and frequented sit-down restaurants. I

> don't think this officially qualifies for heartbreak. Just my opinion.

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> *From:* Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com>

> *To:* survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> *Sent:* Monday, July 16, 2007 8:58 AM

> *Subject:* [AGL] one reason I admired Lady Bird

>

>   There is a clip of a phone conversation (statesman website) btwn

> Ladybird & Lyndon discussing Walter Jenkins the morning after his "downfall"

> - she wants to issue a very kind and supportive press statement and give

> Jenkins a job, and Lyndon is very nervous about the political fallout.

> Heartbreaking.

>

>  I got to know Jenkins and his daughter in later years (early 80's) as

> they spent time in the restaurant I worked at, Mariposa Express.

>

> So here is where we are supposed to put our "Reply" comments...

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