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On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:14:43 GMT, tom spillman <nospam@austin.rr.com>
wrote:

>Alan S wrote:
>> "Mike Smith" <mws@wt.net> babbled in message 
>> news:rknte2tu4t9c7a60nhehd6r8t65sr3i2oa@4ax.com...
>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>>>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 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>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

You nailed it, Tom.

Mike Smith