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In reply to the discussion: Let's make one thing absolutely clear: the Obama administration is the most progressive [View all]empedocles
(15,751 posts)40. No way anyone could pass that LBJ body of work - since 1968
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Let's make one thing absolutely clear: the Obama administration is the most progressive [View all]
beastie boy
Dec 2019
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That's true, but unfortunately LBJ's accomplishments in the domestic arena
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2019
#31
Medicare, Medicaid [the old folk were being put out on the curb', [extensive,far reaching, legacies]
empedocles
Dec 2019
#5
Weigh the totality of Obama's presidency against any other president, and you will get the aswer.
beastie boy
Dec 2019
#8
Nonsense yourself Obama was progressive...he has to obey the law on the southern border but he
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#10
And now the only insurance we have ever had is at risk...and once again it is not just
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#9
Obama accomplished a lot (with Nancy Pelosi's partnership) but LBJ accomplished a lot too.
yardwork
Dec 2019
#15
If LBJ was prez today a certain group would say he was not progressive enough.
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2019
#33
Well yes, true, but he didnt fix every problem created by over TWO HUNDRED YEARS
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2019
#29
President Obama will have his place in history as one of our great presidents. However,
totodeinhere
Dec 2019
#41