Lyndon B. Johnson's Sudden Thoughts on Being President
             Oh my God, Kennedy is dead and I just got sworn in! Today is November 22, 1963 and I am now the President of the United States of America, the greatest and most powerful nation in the world.
             Now that my friend is dead, I need to keep up his ideas so the country doesn't lose faith in me. I need to gain everyone's trust and make them realize that I can do just as much, maybe more than Kennedy. I will do my best to lead this country over this period of grief and disbelief. I still can't believe he's dead; he was the youngest president and was so loved. I hope I don't get assassinated like he did. I must stop thinking about death.
             Alright, now since I'm the president of the United States, I must start taking action from the ideas that Kennedy and I shared and created. I will first obtain enactment of the measures President Kennedy had been urging at the time of his death; a new civil rights bill and a tax cut. Kennedy wanted to pass this tax bill for which he fought all year long. This is the bill designed to increase our national income and Federal revenues, and to provide insurance against recession. And as a friend and successor, I need to get this bill passed without delay, so it could insure more security for those now working, more jobs for those that are unemployed, and more incentive for our economy.
             Next, I will urge the nation to build a great society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor. And I will also share with the nation, my "Great Society" plan. My "Great Society" plan will consist of programs that will aid education, attack on diseases, build Medicare, develop urban renewal, start beautification, maintain conservation, development of depressed regions, continue a wide-scale fight against poverty, increase control and prevention of crime and delinquency, and removal of obstacles to the right to vote.
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