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Lyndon Johnson may very well be one of the most tragic Presidents in history. While it is easy to damn him for his actions during the war at least three other President's before him and one after him made many of the same mistakes. It is hard to believe that in 1964 any President including Goldwater (then Candidate, Kennedy, Nixon, Truman or Eisenhower would have acted any differently given the threat of the Soviet Union, the Cuban missle crisis, the increasing size of the Soviet nuclear arsenal etc, and Communist activity in China. While it might be easy to view things differently now, given the mindset at the time by both conservatives and liberals on the communist threat in the third world it is hard to imagine any political leader acting differently. Nor did any of the candidates of those days have any better ideas. There were no doves in the 1964 election.

On the plus side Johnson achieved a great many domestic gains. (Unmatched by any subsequent President) These include Medicare, Medicaid, the Civil Rights Act, and the Voting Rights. When he left office the country was divided over Vietnam, yet the budget was balanced and unemployment was at historic lows. With time both his supporters and his critics will be taking a more balanced view of his Presidency.

Do you hail from Moscow, or Bejing? Pravda is still in operation & socialism is still king there-they very well might use your work!

Goldwater was disappointed with his presidential run because he didn't have the opportunity to run against an honest and honorable candidate.

He had been looking forward to going head-to-head with a decent and classy guy - JFK. Unfortunately, that was not to be.

Instead, he got LBJ, the man who mastered dirty (filthy lying) political ads. He introduced what is now classic Democrat demagoguery and fearmongering (ex. the Daisy ad implying Goldwater was nuke-trigger happy).

I don't think an honest Democrat has run for president since Andrew Jackson. Granted, JFK comes close.

On the plus side Johnson achieved a great many domestic gains. (Unmatched by any subsequent President) These include Medicare, Medicaid, the Civil Rights Act, and the Voting Rights. When he left office the country was divided over Vietnam, yet the budget was balanced and unemployment was at historic lows. With time both his supporters and his critics will be taking a more balanced view of his Presidency.

Horse Crap!!! He will forever go down in history as a piece of garbage.

Perhaps, in the future, the Vietnam Wall will be renamed "Johnson's Legacy".

On the plus side Johnson achieved a great many domestic gains. (Unmatched by any subsequent President) These include Medicare, Medicaid,...

Excuss me if I don't fully appreciate socializm becoming part of the American political landscape. This is particularly true when I consider the damage Social Security has done to the country.

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