[AGL] one reason I admired Lady Bird

[Fontaine Maverick]

Of all the coverage I have watched/listened to it is clips of her that I have enjoyed the most. Classy indeed. I gotta get myself over to LBJ library and listen to some more. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gerry 
  To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s 
  Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [AGL] one reason I admired Lady Bird


  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


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Michael Eisenstadt 
    To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s 
    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 
      To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s 
      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.
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