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Rest in Peace Ladybird
« on: July 11, 2007, 11:14:13 pm »
Ladybird Johnson has died.

My reaction.
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Re: Rest in Peace Ladybird
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2007, 03:42:17 am »
Wow. I never knew that much about her until you linked that article, Paul. I didn't know that "Lady Bird" was just a nickname, and not her Christian name.
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Re: Rest in Peace Ladybird
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2007, 03:51:43 am »
She devoted her life to beautification and put up with all of LBJ's bullshit.  She must have been one hell of a woman.
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Re: Rest in Peace Ladybird
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2007, 12:27:43 pm »
Yeah, especially when LBJ would pick her up by her ears to show her off to the press.

RIP, Lady Bird.
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Re: Rest in Peace Ladybird
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2007, 12:51:11 pm »
Quote from: pmcd9 on July 11, 2007, 11:14:13 pm

My reaction.

Aw, sweet.

The Technical Staff made a snide comment on how the picture of her they used on the TV was many years old. I said that if I lived to 94 and was well known enough to warrant an obit, they damn well better use a picture from when I was 60.
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Re: Rest in Peace Ladybird
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2007, 04:46:07 pm »
Why can't we become more beautiful with age?  Like polished redwood burl, or marbled statues.  Why we gotta get all saggy, crookedy and patchy looking?  Damn.
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Re: Rest in Peace Ladybird
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2007, 01:46:44 am »
Sounds like she was a nice lady.
Also, as much as I love the 'stache, Paul can rock a beard.
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Re: Rest in Peace Ladybird
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2007, 10:06:00 pm »
Quote from: jough on July 12, 2007, 12:27:43 pm
Yeah, especially when LBJ would pick her up by her ears to show her off to the press.

This is why I love you, Jough. 

I heard about this a few days later and took a moment of silence.  Quite possibly the greatest first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt. 
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