Word: hooverism
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Johnson, himself a master political conspirator, had deep suspicions about Kennedy's murder. "How many shots were fired," he asked FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in another call. Three, Hoover replied. "Any of them fired at me?" No, said Hoover. "All three at the President?" asked L.B.J., seeming to wonder. "All three at the President," responded Hoover...
...extensive exchanges between Johnson and Hoover illuminate a wary but important relationship of the time. Johnson loved the inside dirt that Hoover, then 68, often whispered to him. Hoover used his confidential files to hang on to power long past retirement age. Once when an aide suggested Johnson get rid of Hoover, the President replied, "Son, when you have a skunk it is better to have him inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing...
...Reagan Era, the plays focus on issues of racism, sexism, sexual preference and AIDS. "Angels in America" traces the AIDS-related death of Roy Cohn, the right-wing assistant to J. Edgar Hoover...
When the editors of the Harvard Crimson asked me that question, I answered, "In 1960 J. Edgar Hoover was the most admired man in the U.S. He saved us from John Dillinger and Hitler, and now he was rounding up the dirty commies. Kennedy didn't even get 50% of the vote. He would have been nuts to fire Hoover...
Last week Herbert Hoover's son Allan died, Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis, 41, announced her engagement to a 27-year-old laborer, and George Bush's eldest son George W., 47, declared his candidacy for the Texas governorship. Here's what other children of recent Presidents...