[glorgau]

A generation later, the programs Johnson had enacted that frenetic year -- Medicare, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act -- continue to strengthen America.

Where to start...

This all seems like a set-up for continued bashing of the Republicans.

Johnson was a failed president. He set up the goverment for overspending, charged head-first into a failed war, and practically resigned from office.

[billhilly]

Imagine that the first $100 billion annual budget occurred during the presidency of LBJ. Think of the magnitude of what he did. That man did more to stifle the strength of America than all of his predecessors. His "war on poverty" was a dismal failure, but an enormous waste of this country's resources.

[KC_Conspirator]

A generation later, the programs Johnson had enacted that frenetic year -- Medicare, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act -- continue to strengthen America.

Johnson is the worst president ever, even worse than Jimmy Carter. Medicare is an inefficient money pit. Head Start, despite its nice connotation, has yet to produce ANY long term benefits and has not had an cost-benefit analysis until recently, where it failed. As for the Voting Rights Act, it has alienated a whole country of african Americans to the point where they are captive of left wing politics.

Johnson sent Americans into a war and he did not let them win. He also presided over the collapse of the black family and crime rates tripled during his time in office.

[AmericanVictory]

You are right.
This is spin.
He was given an opportunity to do the right thing and
he did not reach for glory,
he ran away from it
and viciously attacked those who gave him the opportunity
for an American victory and for glory.

The man did not have it in him.

[AmericanVictory]

You are right.
This is spin.
He was given an opportunity to do the right thing and
he did not reach for glory,
he ran away from it
and viciously attacked those who gave him the opportunity
for an American victory and for glory.

The man did not have it in him.