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logicx24 | 1 month ago

Robert Caro, in the LBJ series, wrote about how LBJ would use the discomfort of being the bathroom as a negotiating technique and a show of dominance. He would drag senators into the bathroom and force them to listen to him talk as he used the urinal, or force his staffers to take dictation as he took a shit.

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newsoftheday|1 month ago

Also, LBJ allegedly unzipped his fly and exposed himself to reporters demanding to know why the U.S. was in Vietnam, declaring, "This is why!".

knowitnone3|1 month ago

his limp biscuit is why the US was in Vietnam? Was Vietnam hording the viagra? The US sure has a history of psychopathic presidents.

tyleo|1 month ago

Crazily enough, I’ve also heard he pulled his Johnson out in meetings.

waffletower|1 month ago

I'd like to say that is where the slang originates, but perhaps it just gave him extra license.

lostlogin|1 month ago

There is a joke here somewhere.

treetalker|1 month ago

Toobin would like a word.

darth_avocado|1 month ago

I have seen more than one CEOs of big companies do this. The number VPs is probably a lot more.

lostlogin|1 month ago

The TV show Veep is great. She behaves like this sort of arsehole, with utterly crass behaviour, and coming from a female makes it more striking.

Amazing show.

jasonwatkinspdx|1 month ago

Apparently he urinated on the shoes of a secret service agent just as a flex.

strangattractor|1 month ago

We now know why he served only one term:)

normie3000|1 month ago

Why? It sounds like he was a number two term president.

kgwxd|1 month ago

These days, stunts like that might get you a third term.