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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:48 PM Original message |
LBJ |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Poor LBJ... |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. that man knew how to get it done |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. He did the right thing. |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. My republicon dad hated him and his "great society" (always said with a tinge of sarcasm) |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. I can still remember when he came on TV and told all of us why the civil rights struggle was |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. They split over Vietnam - |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, if he hadn't fallen for the Vietnam trap, he'd be one of the great ones. |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Great Society was the last major push to address poverty. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. K&R |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. He was larger than life. Full of himself, and a real dichotomy of a human being. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I've heard that conversation with Hager |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Is 'down to earth' euphemistic for 'colorful'? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Another good description. |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. But he couldn't get Robert Byrd to vote for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or the Voting Rights Act of |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Perhps it was LBJ who inspired Sen Byrd to change his views in his later life ..... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. LBJ was a "Democrat" with a BIG D. |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. He was a democrats democrat. He was dedicated to |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. We could use a "Master of the Senate" nowadays. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
19. LBJ is what I call a 50/50 person. |
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