Episode 36: The Wizard of Ooze, Senator Everett Dirksen, the forgotten champion of Civil Rights (Special Edition)

BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback · Jul 30, 2021 · 44m

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He was known as the Wizard of Ooze, a disheveled, elderly man with a distinctive voice and a great sense of humor and a thoughtful, cautious style. He was the leader of the Republican Minority in the United States Senate. He often had only 36 members in his caucus. But that was often enough votes to break a filibuster and deliver enough votes to pass major legislation that would not happen with the majority party divided.

Senator Everett Dirksen was a powerful figure in the country in the 1950's and 1960's. He was a man that John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson both depended on…