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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 01:26 PM
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Happy Birthday, LBJ!

The LAST TRUE Texan President!
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 01:31 PM
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1. oh my. did not know this. LBJ birthday and MLK speech anniversary
and the acceptance tonight.

Truly the planets are aligned.

And wouldn't LBJ be loving this convention?
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 01:32 PM
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2. AND....
We're sorry they named the shittiest freeway ever after you...
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 01:32 PM
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3. LBJ was a true Texas Cowboy.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 01:35 PM
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4. Good grief, he would have been 100 today.
And on the day of MLK's speech, and Obama's acceptance.

LBJ was a great civil rights and New Deal president. Of course, there are mixed emotions because of that little war thing. . .
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 01:39 PM
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5. LBJ also had a great impact on electrifying the rural parts of the country

He made it a personal crusade and because of him a lot of redneck areas that could never justify the cost of long lines to electrify a single remote farm were electrified.

A great man with great flaws.
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 01:45 PM
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6. Mixed emotions, my ass.
I hated the bastard.

I was at my attorney's ranch one day when the old bastard drove up in a Cadillac, all by himself. He was there to see my attorney's father.

The old man brought him over and introduced him all around. I refused to shake his hand.
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 01:47 PM
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7. Thank you for your leadership on the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act
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