Charlie Rose

yankeecdn  06/21/2011 04:58 AM Report

Charlie should have been better prepared for this interview. He also has an annoying tendency to answer his own questions. Robert Caro is a Master biographer. He and his wife Ina have left future generations a great and enduring legacy.

doodahdaze  04/13/2009 05:44 PM Report

I used to work with a man who used to be a photographer for the washinton post, who covered LBJ daily. He said LBJ was an arrogant horse's ass, who was quite proud of the size of his, let's just say, johnson. On the presidential yacht (or boat, whatever they used on the potomac), LBJ used to get a kick out of whipping it out and showing it to the "captive" audience... I've always wondered if Miss Kearns had ever been present at these events, and if she could speak to the validity of these tidbit moments in history?... I know it's true.

REMant  04/13/2009 02:23 PM Report

LBJ wasn't a powerful man, he was a weak one, who associated with others the same as he. He humiliated his wife as a way of getting back at the control he knew she had over him, which, of course she knew. A pretty typical Southern arrangement I'd think. (Northern men are henpecked.) I thought Doris laid this out very well. He ran the Senate and the country as a patronage system and the Vietnam War the same way, and was completely befuddled when the enemy ignored him. I can't think of anyone who damaged this country more except Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson and FDR. It may have been JFK's cleverest move to have removed him from the Senate, but of course that backfired in Dallas. I am not surprised that many suspect LBJ of being behind his death. I think Moyers hasn't yet made up his mind about him.

winter  04/11/2009 01:44 PM Report

A more gracious and generous guest you'd be hardpressed to find than Mr. Caro. Imagine a guest actually imploring Charlie to talk more instead of competing with him for

soundspace! Charlie seemed like a defensive lineman who was surprised to find the football falling into his arms. Truth is I think Charlie is just as classy a human being as Mr. Caro -- what a refreshing sense of humor, and the show redeems the much maligned medium.

Now what I think about LBJ. In brief, LBJ sounds like a man who could have and would have conceived a plan to have JFK assasinated and succeeded at keeping it forever secret. The more I learn of his manipulations the more plausible it becomes. That and his refusal to run smells like behind the scenes blackmail -- what else could have kept a man like this from pursuing the most powerful position in the world?

Paulp_Nonfiction  04/11/2009 12:57 PM Report

Dear Mr. Rose:

I really enjoyed your conversation with Mr.Caro. Worthy of note, it is under LBJ that the PPBS (a system that was initially pioneered by Mr. McNamara at GM) was introduced and in a way allowed him to "steamroll"/introduce several bills.

Later, during the Carter Administration, the ZBB was introduced by a certain Mr. Peter Pyrrh who previously worked at TI (Texas Instruments).

The time has now come ( well...mainly because resources are scarce, I mean, for Pete's sake they have become so scarce!) is now propitious for Mr. Obama and his team namely, Treasury Secretary Mr. Geithner and the men and women at the OMB to introduce a new managerial system that will prove both innovative and efficient.

Say, it could be something in the same line of thought or along the lines of the Principle of Optimality. Even better it should be called Productive Efficiency. That's what we should strive for.

Mr. Obama and his team have the opportunity to SEIZE THE DAY (I mean Carpe Diem this ) and innovate in a managerial way.

In closing, Mr. Rose....Thank you very much for your very interesting show. You know I also enjoyed your previous shows with Mr. Negroponte and I particularly enjoyed the one with Mr. Swenson, so much that I purchased his new book on Portfolio Mgt.

Thanks again Mr. Rose (and also to your team) for a fabulous show. Like I said previously, your show is my nightcap!

Sincerely,

Paulp Non-Fiction