Did he say after passing the Civil Rights legislation that "I'll have those n****** voting democrat for the next 200 years"?
“Did he say after passing the Civil Rights legislation that “I’ll have those n****** voting democrat for the next 200 years”?
Yes, he said that.
If he did he was right.
Yes. I read that in a book years ago and can't forget the title. LBJ said it to some member of Congress who he was trying to persuade to support the Civil Rights bill.
Doesn't mean he was or was not in the KKK though. Based on his character he was certainly capable of being in an organization like that but we don't have definitive proof other than an allegation.
The Democrats changed that to, "I've lost the South".
It says as much in the last sentence of the excerpted article.
Lenny Bruce had a brilliant routine where LBJ’s handlers were coaching on how to use the word “negro” instead of the ‘other ‘ N-word... and Lyndon is having a hard time of it...