Reply #6: I was in college when LBJ (who was a great leader in some ways) [View All]

[Brucey]

escalated the adventures in southeast asia. I came to hate him and his warmongering buddies and became a lifelong liberal. I marched in the streets, nearly went to jail, became a conscientious objector, and learned to distrust and hate my government. My leader then was Clean Gene: Eugene McCarthy, still a voice of sanity in the wilderness. Too bad the rest of the country thought Nixon was the answer. He was as evil and corrupt as Bush*. I came to hate him with a passion. He and Kissinger were responsible for the murders of millions of innocent people. In fact, Nixon said to K: "The only difference between us is that you care about the civilian casualites." And K replied, "I only care because I don't want you to look evil." It's on tape.