Zephyr Wright was for many...
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Zephyr Wright was for many years the housekeeper-cook at the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall, Texas. David Brinkley told of an incident when Mrs. Wright answered the phone at the ranch. Her employer, Lyndon Baines Johnson, was a United States Senator. An aide was calling to tell Senator Johnson that important legislation he had sponsored had just been voted down. Would Mrs. Wright relay the message?
She said, "I'm not telling him that. Mr. Johnson don't like to be turned down." The aide said, "Why not? He's no different from anybody else."
Mrs. Wright said, "Mister, you know he's no different from anybody else, and I know he's no different from anybody else -- but he don't know it, and I don't want to be the one to tell him."
And she hung up.
-- Mosley
She said, "I'm not telling him that. Mr. Johnson don't like to be turned down." The aide said, "Why not? He's no different from anybody else."
Mrs. Wright said, "Mister, you know he's no different from anybody else, and I know he's no different from anybody else -- but he don't know it, and I don't want to be the one to tell him."
And she hung up.
-- Mosley
