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<\/a>I’m talking about the rules President Johnson was proud to live by.<\/p>\nIt’s interesting the stories you hear in politics.<\/p>\n
If you hang around people’s aides long enough you hear just about everything.<\/p>\n
For example, LBJ used to say:
\nNever trust a man whose eyes are too close to his nose.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0late President\u00a0had a list of them and they guided his life.<\/p>\n
The guy must have been… interesting.<\/p>\n
Here’s the rest…<\/p>\n
2. Always be sure to have 25 percent cotton in your undershirts; otherwise your bobbies will itch<\/p>\n
3. Remember the CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn’t let them into the family brokerage business<\/p>\n
4. The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character<\/p>\n
5. When you are handshaking on the campaign trail, never let the other fellow grab your hand first\u2014grab his hand and elbow and throw him past<\/p>\n
6. Before getting into a motorcade, always go to the bathroom and pee. (A famous story has it that Johnson peed on a Secret Service guy one time)<\/p>\n
7. Don’t tell a man to go to Hell unless you can send him there<\/p>\n
8. When things haven’t gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention<\/p>\n
I personally like #3.
\nVery appropriate these days.<\/p>\n
I never met LBJ.
\nI did meet every President after him when they passed through the islands.<\/p>\n
To clarify, “met” means shake his hand as he goes flying in and out of the room.
\nI doubt I ever made actual eye contact with anyone except Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n
Probably only because I was holding a golf club and he needed it.<\/p>\n
Johnson was a grump too.
\nA man after my own heart.<\/p>\n
I feel better already.<\/p>\n