Reply #26: You are mixing his misjudgment on the escalation w/his domestic [View All]

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policies - these are two totally different subsets of his presidency.

You're talking to a true blue Texas Democrat who happens to know quite a bit about LBJ, Sam Rayburn, et al, and you are seriously discounting the accomplishments and motivations of these men.

I suggest you do more research on the only real Texan president and learn why many consider him the most liberal president ever.

The escalation of Vietnam is an albatross hung around his neck, for sure.

But to discount the very real progress made by LBJ (reduced poverty by 50%, Civil Rights Act, Medicare, etc.) is to ignore how much better he made the lives of everyday Americans - and continues to do so today.

If you think he was able to accomplish all those things without any real conviction for them, your cynicism is insurmountable.