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August 8th, 1964.
Just listening to this audio of a telephone call between President Johnson and the Haggar Pants company really makes it clear just how important pants were to this man.
From kottke.org:
In want of slacks, President Lyndon Johnson called up the Haggar clothing company and requested several pairs be made in the style of a pair he already owned. Except a little bigger in the crotch…”down where your nuts hang” as Johnson put it.
As you listen to the whole thing, just keep in mind that this man passed the Civil Rights Act, Medicare and Medicaid and was known as the greatest congressional negotiator of our time. And he wanted a little more space because it was “like riding a wire fence”.
