Bush signs bill honoring LBJ

Houston Chronicle/AP ^ | March 23, 2007 | SUZANNE GAMBOA

[SwinneySwitch]

"...with 17 members of the Johnson family looking on."

Wonder if any of the Coke Stevenson family were invited?

[Dubya]

The bill is H.R. 584.

Good Bill. LBJ was a nice guy.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

LBJ was a total fraud.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

Bush talks tough early in the day then chooses to honor the worst president in US history, just when I think Bush is starting to do the right thing he again demonstrates a disregard for our country and Constitution.

[DumpsterDiver]

Lyndon Kyle Boozer, who said his mother Yolanda Garza Boozer was a secretary to Johnson, approached Green with the idea to honor Johnson two years ago.

Only a Boozer would think it's a good idea to honor LBJ.

[rockrr]

Its front entrance now touts President Bush's education policy, but the Education Department headquarters will one day honor Lyndon Baines Johnson and his work to improve U.S. schools.

Somehow I find it fitting that one of the most worthless departments should be "honored" by naming the agency's offices for one of the most worthless presidents. Nice gesture by GW though...

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

The worst and stole an election for senator by a vote from a criminal border county and the ballot box was burned.

Read "A Texan looks at Lyndon" A Study In Illegitimate Power.
By J. Evetts Haley

[Clintonfatigued]

This is home state loyalty, nothing more.

LBJ doesn't deserve to be honored. He was an even worse Presidente than Jimmy Carter.

[mmanager]

Agreed - probably one of the most corrupt POTUS we have had (including his time in Congress).

[basil]

I wish the president would quit referrering to himself as a Texan. He absolutely is not! He's a d#mn yankee!

[EternalVigilance]

Bush signed legislation Friday naming the agency's offices after the follow Texan

Only worthwhile if tomorrow you start in on it with the wrecking balls.

[Menehune56]

I see President Bush let his bad self out again.

[mgstarr]

LOL but GWB is a "conservative"...

[Responsibility2nd]

I agree with you.

Some here at FR may disagree and label Carter as the worst ever, but LBJ - IMHO - is the worst president ever.

Worse than Carter, worse than Clinton.

And that is saying something!

[Calvin Locke]

Well, thanks to MacArthur, LBJ, to my knowledge, sold secrets or gave away assets instrumental to our national defense.

But yes, he was an arrogant and nasty crook. Not just to underlings, but his wife as well.

[COEXERJ145]

One thing all the Bush bashers here should remember is that he respects the office of the President and is not going to criticize former holders of the office.

[Clintonfatigued]

Here are some of LBJ's dubious "achievements":

Dramatically changed immigration laws, making it much easier for third world immigrants and much harder for immigrants from similar cultures

Changed the accounting on the Federal budget, so that deficts are concealed until after they're spent

Stacked the courts with leftist judges

Of course, the Great Society

LBJ has been out of office for 40 years, and we still feel the impact of his errors.

[mysterio]

He certainly seems to practice the LBJ fiscal conservatism model.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I'm not going to read into this that much. Bush respects the Presidency itself and those who served it. Plus, this is a little good old Texas back-slapping thrown in. His personal opinion of LBJ is probably 360 degrees of his public one.

[mgstarr]

There's a difference between respecting someone and honoring them.

As for the term "basher", if that means being equally critical of questionable actions regardless of an (R) or (D) after their name, guess that makes me one.