LBJ: The Early Years
LBJ The Early Years was a television movie that appeared on the NBC network in February 1987, depicting the prepresidential life of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 until 1969. Actor Randy Quaid won a Golden Globe award for his portrayal of Johnson.
It is now 1948, and Johnson now is vying for a Senate seat soon to be vacated by a retiring Senator. His promises kept to the people of the hill country, he still must defeat Governor Coke Stevenson, who battles him for a Texas Democratic caucus vote amid rumors of corruption in the form of vote fixing. A 2828 deadlock is broken when Johnsons staffers pull onto the floor a drunk member despite goons under the control of Stevenson trying to prevent it, whose vote gains LBJ the Democratic Senate nomination. LBJ goes on to win the Senate seat in November, easily defeating his Republican opponent.An ebullient Johnson starts his tenure as United States Senator by parking in the Senate Majority Leader reserved parking spot, much to the chagrin of the parking attendant. The same lot is shown again in the future, and Johnsons name is now fixed on the parking spot. Johnson is now working tirelessly with all of the members of the Senate, battling the troublesome Joseph McCarthy, making amendments to the TaftHartley Act, and pressing for civil rights legislation. A new face in Washington, Senator John F. Kennedy, is told under no uncertain terms that a committee spot on the Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate would be his if he stayed for a crucial labor vote. This meeting proved important as time moves forward to 1959, when Kennedy is one of the nominees for the Presidential campaign for the Democratic Party. A visit by JFKs brother Robert Kennedy to Texas is arranged as father Joseph Kennedy, who along with his sons, wish to know if LBJ is running for President or not. Johnson refers to Robert Kennedy as a Harvard man in a derisive tone while he discovers Roberts true intentions, and goes out of his way to try to embarrass him while hunting. ........
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