"why would anyone under 60 remember LBJ?" I've never understood the theory that only those who were alive at the time of an event can possibly know anything about it. Johnson being sworn in on Air Force One of the runway of Lovefield Airport in Dallas, with Kennedy's widow standing next to him in her blood-soaked clothing, is simply general knowledge. The...
yeah foo I wondered why a justice was flying on AF1
answer she wasnt
it is in the airfield a terre
they were all crazy - Jackie would not take off her clothes ( hey no worries about blood infecting people!!) cos she wanted the american people to see what they had done to her husband - er clearly there was a change and she wasnt expected to wander around in a bra and knickers
LBJ would not take AF2 so that the fallen hero wd be taken in the place of honour his position dictated
"because the american people may think there was then no president of america" to serve and protect them
Jackie never forgave him
they also thought he should be sworn in stat- so a passing justice was corralled and led in ( is she important enough to apply an oath to the presumed president of the most powerful man on earth? )
actually no they werent sure and thought perhaps not
so the whole thing was repeated wivva proper justice ( whilst muh-darm back in Dallas loudly declared she WAS good enough to apply an oath and as for proper justices she was one)
and yes people wondered out loud whether you cd do it twice
oh lah-dee-dah what fun they had back then
where did you say it kicked off ?