Posted on 08/02/2009 4:17:16 AM PDT by tlb
Lyndon Johnson
"Johnson would come on the plane and the minute he got out of sight of the crowds, he would stand in the doorway and grin from ear to ear and say, 'You dumb sons of bitches. I piss on all of you,' " recalls Robert M. MacMillan, an Air Force One steward.
Richard Nixon
One evening, Nixon built a fire and forgot to open the flue damper. Two agents came running.
"Can you find him?" one of the agents asked the other.
"No, I can't find the son of a bitch," the other agent said.
From the bedroom, a voice piped up.
"Son of a bitch is here trying to find a matching pair of socks," Nixon said.
Jimmy Carter
At a press conference, Carter denied reports that White House aides had to ask him for permission to use the tennis courts. In fact, even when he was traveling on Air Force One, Carter insisted that aides ask him for permission.
Charles Palmer, chief of the Air Force One stewards, said Carter seemed to relish the power. At times, Carter would delay his response, smugly saying, "I'll let them know," Palmer says. "Other times he would look at me and smile and say, 'Tell them yes.' I felt that he felt it was a big deal."
Ronald Reagan
When the news broke that Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart was having an affair with Donna Rice, ... an aide blocked the closing elevator doors to tell Reagan about Hart.
"Boys will be boys," Reagan said, according to former agent Ted Hresko.
When the door of the elevator shut, Reagan said to Hresko, "But boys will not be president."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Carter... What a small, pathetic little creature...
Too bad Reagan lived long enough (but may not have been cognizant due to Alzheimers) to see a “boy” become President, “Boy” Clinton.
Yeah, he’s a petty, grasping man.
Reagan was prematurely wrong consider some of his later successors.
Hillary was a foul mouthed shrew, and Chelsea was a spoiled brat.
Is any of this "news" to anyone?
Agree to bad some men feel the power of the white house and not the need to lead see Obama too.
Most of the cited stories seem like BS.
Excellent post...thanks!
WOW. Reagan seems to be the best of the lot (no surprises). If Sarah Palin truly wants that life, more power to her. I wouldn’t want it for all the tea in China.
Not bad, until you get to the end, and of course the Secret Service has nothing but praise for Obama—after all, he’s still in charge.
Good article. Shows how real and classy Reagan and Bush were compared to the 'Rats.
“Johnson would come on the plane and the minute he got out of sight of the crowds, he would stand in the doorway and grin from ear to ear and say, ‘You dumb sons of bitches. I piss on all of you,’ “ recalls Robert M. MacMillan, an Air Force One steward.
marktwain replies:
In retrospect, Lyndon Johnson seems to clearly have been a sociopath. I have heard that he was famous for literally pissing on everything. He certainly did piss on us all with the entitlement programs that he passed.
Cover Obambi’s ass piece for when all the little tidbits about him start trickling out. They must be doozies.
We already know that he too lit the fireplace and did not open the flue.
He tried to walk into the White House via a window.
He bumps his head in the doorway of the helicopter.
He tucks his shirt into his underwear.
He bows to the Saudi dictator while his wife slaps the Queen of England on the back.
But it’s racism to point that out.
"Boys will be boys," Reagan said, according to former agent Ted Hresko.When the door of the elevator shut, Reagan said to Hresko, "But boys will not be president."
I wonder if that includes that agent who was relieved of his duties because he complained to boyFuhrer his family was making nasty comments regarding certain demographics?
WHY DID THEY SKIP GEORGE BUSH???
I always loved the story in American Heritage Magazine about the student who had organized one of the first air charters in the late 1940’s. The CAA (who were in cahoots with the airlines) wouldn’t give him permission to land at Midway field. He was being stonewalled everywhere. In desparation, at two A.M. the day of the flight he called the White House.
When someone answered the phone he asked whom he was talking to. The voice said it was Harry Truman, he had gotten up in the middle of the night to get a snack. Truman listened to his story and told him he would get the head of the CAA working on it in the morning.
The next day, the CAA relented and he had clearance to land at Midway.
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