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Alan S wrote:
> "Mike Smith" <mws@wt.net> babbled in message 
> news:rknte2tu4t9c7a60nhehd6r8t65sr3i2oa@4ax.com...
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> <snip>
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>>The election wasn't rigged. It is that simple. In 2000 Algore, Jr.
>>attempted an LBJ scheme and found out he was not as slick as LBJ.
>>IOW, he couldn't pull it off.
>>
> 
> Hey Mikey! Yes, you there in the back of the class ... stop eating paste, 
> and see if you can  pay attention for a second here, I have a question for 
> you ... Slick? Pull it off? Does that mean you support the conspiracy theory 
> that LBJ was an integral part in the Kennedy assasination?
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>Mike Smith 
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I hesitate to respond for Mike, but I interpreted his remarks as 
applying to LBJ's 1948 campaign for Senator.  See:

  	"In 1948, Johnson again ran for the Senate and won. This election was 
highly controversial: a three-way Democratic Party primary left Johnson 
in a run-off with former Governor Coke Stevenson. Stevenson was a 
popular former governor, while Johnson was hindered during the campaign 
because of an illness caused by a kidney stone. In an effort to catch 
Stevenson, Johnson was able to finance a personal helicopter dubbed "The 
Flying Windmill". He was able to draw crowds around the state. Because 
of Johnson's fundraising ability, he was able to saturate the state with 
his campaign messages. Johnson was also able to persuade the 
conservative elements of Texas society to side with him instead of 
Stevenson by making a speech that criticized labor unions in general, 
thus depriving Stevenson of badly needed funds. Johnson campaigned very 
hard and won by only 87 votes. Stevenson contested the vote count. There 
were allegations that Johnson's campaign manager, John Connally, was 
connected with 202 ballots in Duval County that had curiously been cast 
in alphabetical order. [3]. In Robert A. Caro's 1989 book Means of 
Ascent, he argued that Johnson had rigged the election not only there 
but also at least 10,000 ballots in Bexar County alone."

This is from:

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson

Regards...

Tom