Amy Goodman
@DemocracyNow·3.2M subscribers·19.4K videos
Robert Caro on how LBJ used oil connections to gain political power
Posted
April 29, 2019
Views
6,617
Likes
153
Comments
22
Engagement
2.64%
April 29, 2019
6,617
153
22
2.64%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
2:15Now PlayingBy covertly leveraging the financial desires of Texas oil contractors and liberal congressmembers, President Lyndon B. Johnson transformed economic need into political power. "Lyndon Johnson is a genius," explains author Robert Caro, who won a Pulitzer for his biography of the late president. "Economic power creates political power."
#DemocracyNow
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 89AM ET
Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today
FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:
Daily Email Digest
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
