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23. LBJ doesn't get the credit he deserves

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 07:56 AM

Dec 2012

all anyone thinks about is Vietnam when his name comes up. He did a lot for this country and it is very unfortunate that Vietnam was under his watch.

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IS THERE ANY 'WALLACE' LEFT IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY? [View all] geefloyd46 Dec 2012 OP

They labeled him a "red" back then... Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #1

No doubt about it... geefloyd46 Dec 2012 #3

But he never became President. That is the important thing. graham4anything Dec 2012 #2

You write this with a Johnson avatar? Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #4

LBJ was the single most liberal president ever. Then FDR then Obama graham4anything Dec 2012 #8

Nothing Liberal about the escalation of the War in Southeast Asia. Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #9

LBJ doesn't get the credit he deserves newfie11 Dec 2012 #23

Totally bypassing JFKs involvement exboyfil Dec 2012 #27

You are a disgrace. Just a disgrace. MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #7

The video still picture gives the "which Wallace" answer away. Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #12

The Third Way probably uses her picture for target practice MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #13

Much of Perkins ideas was formed by the triangle shirt fire... geefloyd46 Dec 2012 #17

She was amazing, a superstar MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #18

Thanks for your suggestion... geefloyd46 Dec 2012 #19

Do I recall correctly that you're a Bostonian? nt MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #20

I absolutely am... geefloyd46 Dec 2012 #22

You are right about Truman exboyfil Dec 2012 #28

K&R!!!!!!! patrice Dec 2012 #5

George Wallace boomerbust Dec 2012 #21

Clare Boothe Luce... MinM Dec 2012 #26