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The First Time Doris Kernes Goodwin Asks Me to Dance
Doris kernes goodwin is a prize winning presidential historian. She knew president johnson and helped him write his memoirs. Goodwin didn't fully agree with Johnson's politics, she had written an article critical of l b j in the run-up to the Vietnam War. But when they met for the first time at a white house ballroom he asked her to dance. It was as if this caricature had somehow come to life while they were dancing.