I listened to Lyndon B. Johnson's tapes concerning Civil Rights and Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma. I think that this man, Johnson, was a very good manipulator and it really is incredible how by exaggerating his own opinions, he can make others believe in his ideas. In the recordings that I listened to, he was fantastic at communication and being able to converse with King and the head of the FBI, who was against King. In the Selma tape, you can really get a feel for how conniving Johnson is because he was taped talking with Martin Luther and he told King that in order to get the blacks the right to vote, he needed to find something that was so racially discriminating. Johnson thought that there could be something so dramatic that everybody could take notice and know that it was wrong. In this way, Johnson helped King extend the vote to African-Americans in Selma.
Lyndon Johnson was a master at his trade of fooling people into changing and molding their beliefs and that's what made him such a fantastic politician. He knew what the goal was and he knew what he had to do to get that desired result. I also heard the accidental tape of him ordering a pair of slacks and giving them detailed descriptions of exactly what he wanted. This is another instance of him knowing what he wants and also living in a very controlled world. He was very precise and in that way, the tailors couldn't get his order wrong which is what he wanted for maximum comfort. This comfort is what he wanted not just for his pants, but for his life.
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