Lyndon's pants

Lyndon's pants

by digby


Here's a blast from the past, when our society was decent and polite --- before the hippies took over and made everything icky:

Put This On: LBJ Buys Pants from Put This On on Vimeo.


In 1964, Lyndon Johnson needed pants, so he called the Haggar clothing company and asked for some. The call was recorded (like all White House calls at the time, and has since become the stuff of legend. Johnson’s anatomically specific directions to Mr. Haggar are some of the most intimate words we’ve ever heard from the mouth of a President.

h/t to @jheil