The President Calling-Justin Rosenthal

For this assignment, I chose to listen to President Johnson, as many other students would be more drawn to JFK or to Nixon because of the more well-known events surrounding their presidencies. From the conversations with President Johnson I learned two main things about this particular president: that he was a very good communicator and also that he was not as perfect as I thought presidents were. President Johnson was able to call countless people per day and recorded his phone conversations just to hold people to their word, as well as communicating in a "politician style" very often to persuade people more easily by identifying with their point of view. Also, I have not studied this era of presidents in detail ever, but as a child I always believed presidents to be perfect. This was not the case with President Johnson. Some of his recorded phone conversations were not planned to be recorded, and also near the end of his presidency, he decided not to run for office again because of dwindling support. This podcast offered an interesting perspective on a not-so-well-known president's personality.