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Media Gaffes
President Bush shone when he met voters in person, but that was not the case in television appearances. “He went into politics as a middle-aged person,” said chief speechwriter Michael Gerson. “He didn't have a set of acting skills that a lot of other politicians had developed over time.”
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Follow LBJ from rural Texas to his ascendancy to the presidency after the assassination of JFK.
