"I watched this live on TV in early 1968. (I was a high school senior at the time.) Every viewer understood that "the Big Fool" meant our tall Texan president, Lyndon Johnson. A few weeks after this show was broadcast, Sen. Eugene McCarthy, running as an antiwar candidate, gave Johnson a drubbing in the New Hampshire primary and forced LBJ to withdraw from seeking reelection.
This was a very courageous performance, but Pete was also expressing what millions of Americans felt at that moment."
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Eu viisto ao vivonaTVnoinício de 1968.(Eu eraum finalista de liceu na época.)Todo o espectadorentendeu que"o Grande Estúpido"significouo nosso presidentealtotexano, LyndonJohnson.Poucas semanasdepoisdesteshow ter sido transmitido,o senador EugeneMcCarthy, concorrendo como umcandidatoanti-guerra,deu a Johnson uma surranoNew Hampshireprimáriae forçou LBJaretirar-seà reeleição.
Esta foi uma performancemuitocorajosa,masPeteestava também expressandoo que milhõesdeamericanossentiramnaquele momento.