Lady Bird Johnson, the former first lady, died Wednesday afternoon. She was 94.
According to a spokesperson, Johnson died of natural causes in her home in Austin, Texas. Her husband, former President Lyndon B. Johnson, died in 1973.
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Going for broke in PennsylvaniaThe modern Beltway journalist compulsively asserts equivalencies between each side without regard to whether they are actually the same.
Finally, he kinda sorta challenges supporters who are sliming Barack Obama.
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