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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"If the president walked across the Potomac, the media would report that he couldn't swim."
Per Sarah Huckabee Sanders in The Hill: White House spokeswoman: Media loves to create 'false narrative' against Trump
That comment brought this tune to mind. I always thought it was catchy. I haven't heard it in years.
This is not a political argument. The song is the topic. I'm not trying to advertise any religious point of view; just bring a song to mind.
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"If the president walked across the Potomac, the media would report that he couldn't swim." (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Mar 2017
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lame54
(35,345 posts)1. Does she think he actually can walk on water?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)2. Like the old joke says, "You have to know where the rocks are."
doc03
(35,442 posts)3. I I would say the water rejected him nt
rurallib
(62,478 posts)4. Pretty sure LBJ said that to reporters long ago
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.' Lyndon B. Johnson
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/l/lyndonbjo106228.html
Doesn't have a date but he was dead in 1973
Is there anything these fuckers won't steal?
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)5. It's on the NPS website for the LBJ ranch
rurallib
(62,478 posts)6. that doesn't have a date either
I am old enough to actually remember about when he said it. I think somewhere @ 67 or 68 as his woes in Viet Nam got worse and worse he would occasionally let a little insult drop