McAPUSH: President Calling- President Johnson: Kristen Sikora

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

President Calling- President Johnson: Kristen Sikora

Kristen Sikora
I chose to listen to President Lyndon B. Johnson honestly because I did not know anything about him. I found it so incredible that we have the ability to listen to real and private conversations that went on in the presidential office. Johnson held many phone calls to gain more followers on to his side and shape history through "political calculus." Johnson assigned a position of foreing ambassador to the first African American woman. Lyndon Johnson first became president at 55 years old. He used all of his power to make a change and influence after the death of Kennedy. They said he had a power of blending personal and political, as seen with his conversation with Jackie Kennedy; who he used to show his legitimacy as the new president. Johnson used the recordings of his phone calls to keep order and organize details to help settle different disputes. Johnson wanted to help expand the civil rights for African Americans. He used his extreme ways and shock techniques to help get his way.