Anyway, so here I was caught between Johnson on the one side, who was my leader, I was his whip, and here was my dear friend, personal friend, Kennedy, and they're going to go into my state and ruin it. What am I going to do?

Senate. [3] During the 1960 presidential campaign Smathers was a favorite son candidate for the Democratic nomination. "
Part of American political lore is the Smathers "redneck speech" which Smathers reportedly delivered to a poorly educated audience.