Politics

[lsanderson]

Back in the days of my youth, I supported Eugene McCarthy against the urEvil Johnson. I did not cut my hair, so there wasn't much I could do. Went to work one weekend in Superior, but because of the long hair, they didn't want us on the street. I think we ended up at a movie. I didn't go to Woodstock or the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Couldn't vote. Didn't seem much purpose in it. I did watch it on TV though. My introduction to tear gas would be one of the anti-war demonstrations in Washington under another flunky from the darkside, Nixon. Johnson and Nixon, not idiot evil like we have now, those two knew evil and married the whole family. The difference? I guess Lady Bird and Pat didn't want the world to know that deep down they wuz sisters, well, except for the flower planting...

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[mia-mcdavid.livejournal.com]

Huh???

Johnson pushed through Kennedy's civil rights program, even though he knew it would cost the party the South for a generation . . . and it did.

He was also stuck with Kennedy's war--yes, I know, he should have gotten out sooner, but he didn't get us in like Bush did. There was also, IIRC, that whole Communist "We will bury you" thing that we were worried about.

When his term was ending, he did the appropriate thing and didn't run again. He sure didn't go breaking into anybody's offices and stealing their secrets.

Really don't see how you can compare them . . .

So true

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

But he killed so many in Viet Nam. He knew better but went ahead anyway. And, by not ending it, gave Nixon the next mumble years to kill more. He will always be viewed through the lens of the war.

I can remember how excited we were when he announced he wasn't running. It was as if the end of an evil overlord had ended.

He looks good only against Nixon, Reagan and Bush. He did good things yes, but he also did much bad. His drive against poverty while funding the war also dug the country deeply into debt. Not as bad as Bush, but still bad for the time.