tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post5051961357219561462..comments2023-10-30T07:10:34.610-07:00Comments on Underbelly: Obama In Context: Some Data on LBJBucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-48183787367605669862010-02-06T04:55:21.864-08:002010-02-06T04:55:21.864-08:00actually, my son ben sent me that data on lbj as p...actually, my son ben sent me that data on lbj as part of an exchange with him over supposition that obama could do like lbj. i didn't make clear that the info was not mine. i worked in congress in the day of powerful chairmen, and i worked for one, Carl Perkins, ed and labor. once, i was with carl, when he was before Rules getting the rule he wanted on a black lung bill. Sitting behind me was Rep. john ehrlenborn, ctte Republican, who hated the bill. I heard ehrlenborn whisper to another republican, about carl, "listen to the son of a bitch. he cant even pronounce pneumoconiosis right, but he's going to get his damn no amendments allowed rule."elrojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18253129574998625042noreply@blogger.com