Meaning of Landslide Lyndon | Babel Free

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Lyndon B. Johnson.

US, historical

Examples

“Hence, […] quiet fence-mending on the part of “Landslide Lyndon”, as he is now known to his friends since his 87-vote⟳ margin over Stevenson in the Democratic primary.”

“Perhaps you have⟳ noticed a slight decline⟳ in your popularity of these past several months. Perhaps you get⟳ the feeling that if you ran for office today the “Landslide” Lyndon of 1964 would be more like⟳ the “Landslide” Lyndon who just barely made it back to the U.S. Senate from Texas.”

“The [coiner of the nickname] cannot be definitively established, although it may have⟳ been [Lyndon] himself[, who] was among those [to] make⟳ it a familiar part of the scene of insider Washington. “From the start⟳, [he met] he did not know⟳ by sticking out a hand and saying, ‘Howdy, I'm Landslide Lyndon,’” [writes] Alfred Steinberg[.]”

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