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Lyndon Johnson: “The American people really don't give a tinker--don't care about what I think about my opponent, and I doubt that they…”

On the recordOctober 27, 1964
The American people really don't give a tinker--don't care about what I think about my opponent, and I doubt that they have much doubt about what he thinks about me.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Riverside, California, County Courthouse

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