# Was LbJ a nut? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 30, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lbj-a-nut/354831 "2006-04-30T13:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lbj-a-nut/354831/41 "2012-09-07T07:35:50Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > IFrom what i understand, Johnson retired to his ranch and drank himself to death. What nonsense! your understanding is really off. LBJ lived 5 years after his term as President, and died from a heart attack, one of several he had, starting about 20 years earlier. His poor heart condition was well known, and he had consulted with heart surgeon Dr. DeBakey of Texas (who said he was too ill to risk heart surgery). Nothing surprising about his death. If anything, his smoking was his major health risk. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lbj-a-nut/354831/42 "2012-09-07T10:16:39Z")
> [@darkbunny1000](#): > > Thnx for the info because I really needed it for a short answer on Lyndon Johnson I recommend that you read Cato’s books on LBJ. (Or any books, really.) ---
**Author:** ![bardos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bardos/32/1069_2.png) [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lbj-a-nut/354831/43 "2012-09-07T12:16:39Z")
So even if folks do not voice their own opinions in this thread, they are busy quoting others’ opinions. Which leads me to question in my mind, what is a fact? What is straight dope? What is real? How can I know if something is real? Oy vey… ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lbj-a-nut/354831/44 "2012-09-07T14:48:37Z")
There’s a famous video of LBJ asking a soldier to show him the scar from having been shot in the buttocks. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lbj-a-nut/354831/45 "2012-09-07T15:12:59Z")
> [@Steken](#): > > I recommend that you read Cato’s books on LBJ. I prefer Cato’s letters, myself. For insight into LBJ, i turn to Caro. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lbj-a-nut/354831/46 "2012-09-07T15:17:43Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I prefer Cato’s letters, myself. > > For insight into LBJ, i turn to Caro. _tears out bowels in shame_ ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lbj-a-nut/354831/47 "2012-09-07T22:11:53Z")
> [@Steken](#): > > _tears out bowels in shame_ LBJ would want to see that, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lbj-a-nut/354831/48 "2012-09-08T00:51:05Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > LBJ had an [interesting way of ordering custom-made pants](http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/prestapes/lbj_haggar.html). Hey, he knew what he wanted. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lbj-a-nut/354831/49 "2012-09-13T03:56:20Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > LBJ would want to see that, I’d say. Are you kidding?? I’d pay a fiver right now to see it! ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lbj-a-nut/354831/50 "2012-09-14T03:13:31Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > So, your source will be “I read something some guy posted on an Internet message board six years ago”? It was on the Internet. It must be true. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lbj-a-nut/354831.md?page=2)