I had the TV on in the background Saturday morning and heard an ad for a new History Channel show, What the Hell's the Presidency For?  LBJ's Battle for Civil Rights.  I found the teaser interesting, as it showed LBJ working the phones, lobbying Congress.  He was the master of shepherding his programs through.  What was unusual is that the program was to be aired just once and during what had to be one of the worst time slots of the year: 7 pm Eastern time on the Saturday night of the long Independence Day weekend.  Indeed, most channels avoid airing new programs on that weekend.  Most new cable TV programs also air twice a night so they hit prime time in all time zones.  Nor is this documentary scheduled to rerun anytime this week.   I have to wonder why this documentary was even made, since the History Channel apparently has chosen to bury it. LBJ is a monumental character who has not gotten his due, in...(Read Full Post)