President Johnson: : You want to know honestly how I feel?
Jack Brooks: : Yeah.
President Johnson: : I'm really humiliated that I'm President, and I've got a friendly Speaker, and I've got a friendly Majority Leader, and I've got a friendly Albert Thomas, I've got a friendly Jack Brooks... and Otto Passman is king. I think that's disgraceful in this country. Because I want to tell you when I see you the next time, confidentially-
Jack Brooks: : Mm-hmm.
President Johnson: : -what we're looking at in the world. And it's a hell of a lot worse than it was last year. And you're giving us 3 billion to deal with, and you gave Kennedy 3.9. And I don't think that's fair, and I don't think that's right. I think it's awful that a goddamned Cajun from the hills of Louisiana has got more power-
Jack Brooks: : He's no Frenchman, though.
President Johnson: : -has got more power than all of us. I just think that's awful. But that's what you've got to do. And some day we'll get our way, and if I ever walk up in the cold of night and a rattlesnake's out there and about ready to get him, I ain't going to pull him off, I'll tell you that.
Jack Brooks: : No, I understand.
President Johnson: : Now, you remember that.
Jack Brooks: : I want you to remember it. We've got some people from-
President Johnson: : I remember it. Now, you just, you just go and tell all these Texans that want to hit Russia that I want to put those sons of bitches in uniform.
Jack Brooks: : They ought to be.
President Johnson: : Let them go fight the communists for a while. They like to talk a big game, but they don't want to do a damn thing about it.
Jack Brooks: : I'm with you.
President Johnson: : Okay.
Jack Brooks: : Good night. Bless your heart.