Lyndon Johnson's Piercing Fear of Embarrassment, Humiliation or Exposure

Fearless JFK assassination researchers:

I have attached LBJ's "Letter of Intent" that he attached to all the documents that he donated to the LBJ Library. It has a clause in there that says that documents will be placed under seal of restriction that contain "statements which may in any manner be used to injure, EMBARRASS or harass any person." One of the things that psychopaths fear the most is public humiliation and exposure of who they really are. Lyndon Johnson was acutely aware the Kennedys were well on the way to utterly destroying him and having him nationally humiliated by coordinated media exposes and a Senate Rules Committee investigation into LBJ that Robert Kennedy, the arm of his brother JFK,  was vigorously making a reality.

 

2) On the morning of 11-22-63, LBJ called from the Texas Hotel and told Madeleine Brown over the phone, early in the morning, and here is how she recounts it:

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"His snarling voice jolted me as never before - "That son-of-a-bitch crazy Yarborough and that goddamn fucking Irish mafia bastard, Kennedy, will never embarrass me again!"

I managed to say, "I'm looking forward to tonight," when he blasted out even louder, "I've got about a minute to get to the parking lot to hear that bastard!", and he slammed down the phone. I was startled ... an uneasiness gripped me over Lyndon's actions and temper."

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[Madeleine Duncan Brown, Texas in the Morning, p. 167]

 LBJ called Madeleine from the Texas Hotel while she was getting ready to drive down to Austin for the evening Democratic fundraiser that JFK and LBJ were attending.

 

3) As LBJ and McNamara were weirdly recalling the rescue planes being sent to the USS Liberty by the Sixth Fleet on June 8, 1967, Admiral Geis asked for a confirmation from LBJ, who got on the military phone and said

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I don't give a damn if the ship sinks and all of the sailors die, I will not EMBARRASS my ally!

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 Admiral Geis told this anecdote to my friend Dave Lewis (a Lt. Commander on the USS Liberty and who died 2 weeks ago at age 90). Geis told this to Lt. Commander Dave Lewis within 2 days of the attack on the USS Liberty. Dave Lewis' mind was sharp as a tack until his passing in October, 2021. Dave said that the actual quote of LBJ used the words "MY ally" and not "an ally" which often appears on the internet.

 

4) LBJ's fear of embarrassment and fear of public humiliation is a common theme through thousands of pages of Caro's book on LBJ. Fear of losing, fear of being a failure, fear of being exposed - these were the motivations that drove LBJ for decades.

 

When I look to see if an alleged LBJ quote is legitimate, I look for the word GODDAMN because LBJ used that epithet so frequently and I look for the word EMBARRASS because that was a never-ending fear of Lyndon Johnson.

 

I therefore conclude that Madeleine Brown's and Adm. Geis' reports of LBJ's angry, shocking statements are true. 

I should add that the greatest biographer in the history of mankind Robert Caro never interviewed (or even tried to contact her) Madeleine Brown, Billie Sol Estes, Barr McClellan or any survivor of Israel's attack on the USS Liberty. Nor did the greatest biographer in the history of mankind Robert Caro ever interview, call or talk to any prominent of knowledgeable researcher on the JFK assassination (not that I know of, and I can name about 25 top flight ones). Caro never tried to interview Frank Denius or Neal Spelce either - two men who had many dealings with Lots of Bullets for Jack.

Sincerely,

Robert Morrow

Presidential Historian and Distinguished Fellow at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Institute for the Study of Presidential Crime

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