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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:28 AM Original message |
I'm trying to imagine Speaker of House McCormick telling LBJ to schedule his speech on another day |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. LBJ was a mean nasty WHITE man |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. who did more for poverty and civil rights than any other president in our time. |
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catbyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. But he was still WHITE |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yes, that is true--a lot of what the GOP is doing is because Obama is a black man |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. damn right! |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. I agree and it showed the white south for the |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. No it's not, and as long as people keep clinging to this myth that this is the SOLE |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. +100 |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Thanks...nt |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Well, joeybee12, you try being black for a day |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. Give it a rest, sweetheart.... |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Your condensation tells alot |
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itsallhappening (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. You win! Calling someone a bigot means an automatic win. |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. You're absolutely right. This is just another in a string of excuses |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. He'd lose a battle of wills with a jellyfish...nt |
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itsallhappening (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Yeah, other than that, they're both equally effective negotiators. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. LBJ had 24 years |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. This is true. n/t |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. yup..lbj knew where the bodies were buried |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. since he put most of them there! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. And he held the strings to a LOT of wallets. |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Very good analysis. |
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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. LBJ was a FAR more experienced politician |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. unfortunately the house HAS that right but this is the first time in HISTORY they used it |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. Lets face it, I remember LBJ and Obama is no LBJ. We hired a |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Don't tell me you're buying into the Republican talking point narrative that |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. You should have some experience in something n/t |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. What do you mean? If you're referring to the president, 11 plus years |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I don't know of anyone in the Ohio state legislature that |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. 11 years in the STATE legislature |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I remember him too |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I wanted a president that went to Washington and got something |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. He's gotten an amazing amount done |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Like a ill conceived health care plan that not even one |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I am a Democrat |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Only a vindictive bully can stand up to a whole Congress full of vindictive bullies |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That may well be, but |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. But because Congress is full of vindictive bullies, compromising with them |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You really want Obama doing this? |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Actually, HELL YES! |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Then why did you vote for Obama? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. To keep Sarah Palin out of the vice-presidency |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Well, I was asking that of someone else |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Actually elected, not hired. This is a country, not |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
10. I can't see it happening. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
13. There were penalties for crossing LBJ. n/t |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
17. I guarantee it would never have happened. |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. LBJ would never be so rude as to announce something without |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. Not to defend Obama's caving, again, but Boner had agreed to Sept. 7 and AFTER Obama announced it, |
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itsallhappening (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. Unemployment should have been priority #1 long before Sept. 7th. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
46. Debates are more important than outlining a plan regarding Job recovery |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. Remember that picture of LBJ lifting Him (the beagle) up by the ears? |
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