The Presidency: The American Dream

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Keep the right man in the right job;

He's the right man for ev'ry one;

He's the man to get things done.

So join the U.S.A.'s tomorrow,

Go with L.B.J. today,

'Cause Johnson is setting the pace,

President Johnson is setting the pace.

A full-throated baritone introduced Johnson Is Setting the Pace in a smoke-fogged Chicago banquet hall full of perspiring Democratic politicians. But Lyndon Baines Johnson, the guest of honor, was already handshaking his way toward an exit. He had more places to go, more things to do, and he certainly meant to...

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