“So in 1965 – 50 years ago this week – Sen. Ted Kennedy passed an immigration law that has brought 59 million foreigners to our shores . . .”
Ted Kennedy favored the bill but he did not pass it. Congress passed the 1965 bill.
The vote in House was 320 to 70.
The vote in the Senate was 76 for, 2 abstain, 17 no.
Only 3 Republicans voted no in the Senate and 10 GOP members voted no in the House.
Teddy Kennedy can be blamed for many things but this legislation was passed with strong bipartisan support. In fact far more Democrats voted no than Republicans.
Correct, it was passed by congress, not just Kennedy.
I too believe LBJ was the beginning of the end, always have. I was 8 years old, hated LBJ the minute he got on TV to announce he was taking over as prez.
I said, aloud, this guy is a liar or something similar, and was chewed out for it. But I had a gut feeling LBJ was a liar and hated him at first sight. Always did, still think he was the beginning of our demise.
John and Bobby Kennedy hated LBJ, he hated them, Bobby called him an ogre, John though LBJ embodied everything he hated about Washington politics. They kept him on a short leash and made sure he got little power, knowing he would be running the white house in a couple of weeks if he was turned loose, most in DC knew him as an overbearing, intolerant tyrant who browbeat people into doing what he wanted. Or blackmailed them...
Find and read “The Dark Side of Camelot” sometime, excellent book. Lots of info on JFK and his run as president, and with a pretty good chapter on how LBJ ended up VP and what he was like. He was never on JFK’s list of potential running mates, the common assumption was he blackmailed Kennedy. Corrupt slimeball if there ever was one.