Trump Is a Lot Like the LBJ Whom Liberals Still Idolize

National Review ^ | February 19, 2019 | John Fund

[billorites]

As president, he cut a grandiose figure. He was a braggart and a frequent liar. He was suspicious of other countries, frequently saying,

[billorites]

I'm going to reserve judgment until I hear Trump order pants.

[MNDude]

I believe this is intended to be a hit piece by National Review.

[SandRat]

Do you mean, the Dems Bishop, LBJ?

[goodnesswins]

Exactly.

[Vaduz]

It is but of no use.

[marktwain]

Comparing Trump to Johnnson is nuts. Johnson was a sociopath. There is no reason to think so of Trump.

Johnson was always a politician who used political power to get rich.

Trump made his money in the market. He never was in office before becoming President.

Trump had to give up quite a bit to become President.

Johnson always made sure that he gained power and money from his political maneuvering.

[txrefugee]

John Fund is an establishment figure who has absolutely nothing in common with the supporters of President Trump. He is baling water out of his sinking career if President Trump succeeds.

[Hostage]

Good Grief. Now Trump = LBJ? NOT!

TRUMP = TRUMP!!!

It’s real simple, but the morons in the media have their deadlines.

[rlmorel]

Agreed. By starting off with: "...As president, he cut a grandiose figure. He was a braggart and a frequent liar. He was suspicious of other countries, frequently saying, “Foreigners are not like the folks I am used to.” He had a reckless disregard for limits. He belittled and browbeat others to intimidate them and give him what he wanted. Historian Robert Dallek said that he “viewed criticism of his policies as personal attacks” and opponents of his policies “as disloyal to him and the country.” He would bully and insult reporters, saying of one that he “always knew when he was around, because he could smell him.” He told whoppers about voter fraud in his elections. But he did get things done, dominating the political scene for good and for ill..."

It is exactly akin to those in the media who say "Now, I am not comparing Trump to Hitler, but..." and then go on to compare Trump to Hitler.

[txhurl]

Fund was doing something ELSE in Austin, he just swung by the downtown LBJ library to get NRO to pay for the trip, like Hunter Thompson used to do.

[Ohioan]

You believe correctly. It is a vicious hit piece, all done with inapt innuendo. LBJ was the opposite of Donald Trump. He was, if anything relevant to the present, a male Hillary Clinton. He did violate election laws. He did push through a radical change to our immigration laws, one favoring inconguous immigration--which has actually been subsidized;--as well as increased Federal meddling in local education & health care.

If you are a student of the art of the smear, you will recognize many tactics used by the writer. This is one more example of how far National Review has fallen from its own standards in the 1950s. This is contemptible trash.

[politicianslie]

Johnson was always a politician who used political power to get rich.

Johnson was a psycho who killed JFK to stay out of jail.

Psycho LBJ killed JFK with help from Psycho J Edgar Hoover

[headstamp 2]

The dangerous issue is that the political opposition today is utterly insane with virtually no moderating elements in it.

Couple that with a younger generation that is easily led and incapable of critical thinking carrying out the insanity.

[jazminerose]

Comparisons to LBJ cannot be intended to be complimentary.

Does anyone run for office claiming to be Johnsonesque?

[jazminerose]

Perfect analysis. LBJ=HRC.

[fireman15]

Everything that comes from the traitors at National Review is suspect. They are still the HQ for the Never Trumpers.

[jazminerose]

The Left is a bunch of emotional toddlers flinging poo.

That’s what you do when you have no arguments or facts available.

[RedWulf]

I had considered NR as only fit for toilet paper when stuck in the woods without TP. Now I’ll treat it like toxic waste. Trump’s about as non LBJ as you can get.

[Arm_Bears]

He was a braggart and a frequent liar.

Stopped reading right there.