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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:51 PM Original message |
Lyndon Johnson wasn't a war monger at heart either. And he did a lot of good, too. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Depending on who answers, that answer is elusive, ambiguous, |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 06:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
52. Its about the Benjamins ask Dow Chem, Boeing |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Lyndon Johnson was an asshole |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He was a VERY smart asshole who knew how to get things done. A master. nt |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. He didn't know how to end a war |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. No, he didn't, but it now looks as though the military wasn't honest with him. nt |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. bwahahahaha! |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Honestly |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yes I do |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Well fuck he had bad manners |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Give him some time |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I'll take an egotistical asshole |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. That's how bad things have gotten |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. He actually sent my father to Vietnam |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. The donkeys used to be so much more schizophrenic |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Thats a big 10-4 |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Honestly |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. William Shatner would be entertaining |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I think the urgency of NOW has succumbed to 'stability' and 'slow but steady progress' |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I believe in rapid evolution |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I do strongly desire a time of instability and radical change |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I was talking to an older friend of my Mom tonight |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I agree |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I'm an auditor |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. It's true |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. It isn't his style |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You think the right can get their act together? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Research Hitler |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. That possibility always exists |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I worry about Huckabee |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. He's more powerful when the spotlight isn't on him |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Johnson was a very complex asshole...and the most progressive president of my lifetime |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I have to agree - LBJ was complex and very effective .... |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. dupe |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, the war killed him, too. nt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Pakistan nukes? |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I agree ! |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. Great question that all Americans should ask themselves |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. I think it always boils down to power. Period. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
54. good points! |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. This war must end |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. K&R #3 n/t |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. Given that the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed on August 7, 1964, what war did LBJ |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. Yep. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
42. LBJ chose war to prove his anti-Communism. Obama is doing the same. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Ultimately if Americans are tired of war... |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. Military/Industrial/Gov't Complex, and need for MAJOR finance reform, |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
44. LBJ was suitably tragic; Obama is not |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Obama is following down a sad path. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
45. A lot of Democrats in that era were scared of being accused of "losing".... |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
46. LBJ did not "inherit a war" |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Kennedy's "small military action" involved 16,000 US troops, not "hundreds" |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Thanks for the correction of numbers |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
48. Have you not heard the recordings? Johnson fomented the Gulf of Tonkin incident to expand the war. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
49. No, Nixon inherited a war. Johnson inherited over-extended military advisors. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 06:38 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. No. That's not correct. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
55. It's impossible, IMO, for people who weren't at least adolescents during LBJ's regime |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
57. I always thought Johnson was treated absymally by the Kennedys |
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