Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: 'Bernie' Is Not Seeking Our Party's Nomination For President [View all]Aquaria
(1,076 posts)Was LBJ. Better than FDR, even. So much of the world that we "miss" that the repukes have destroyed since Raygun the Traitor were actually LBJ accomplishments, the entirety of which would take too long to list here. People just don't know how much he did for the nation. But here's the short list:
Medicare
Medicaid
Civil Rights Act
Voting Rights Act
Immigration Reform Act opening immigration to all countries, no quotas
Fair Housing Act
PBS
Creation of the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities
Head Start
Higher Education Act Grants
School lunch program
Food Stamp Act
Clean air and water acts
Wildlife protections
High Speed Transit
Highway Beauty (limiting billboard, cleaning up roadsides)
Federal Employees Health Benefit
Flammable Fabrics Act
Child Safety Act
Truth in packaging laws
Truth in lending laws
Creation of numerous consumer protection agencies, like the National Transportation Safety Board, Product Safety Commission
And more: http://www.lbjlibrary.org/lyndon-baines-johnson/lbj-biography/landmark
Yes, his foreign policy vis a vis Vietnam in particular was a disaster. But domestically? Nobody touches him.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden