Interesting information. I was never interested in politics until more recent years so never studied up on all of that.
Being a Texan, I do know that I disliked Johnson and considered him a mean spirited man. I based some of that on his treatment of Lady Bird, who most Texans love.
I have been to Johnson City and seen his ranch years ago. Peach country in that area.
I get the impression that LBJ was Stalin with a ten gallon hat. He was also really liberal with the Great Society. I pretty much think he was involved in having JFK whacked. Sort of like the Obama/Kennedy fight with the Clintons over the Dem Party.
He really got the Vietnam War going by lying about Gulf of Tonkin. Mismanaged it, had that ass McNamara rush the M-16 into production which got a lot of boys killed.
Nixon and General Creighton Abrams could have probably salvaged it but it was too late by then.
Most Americans do not know the Aussies fought in Nam using the FAL FN rifle using the heavier .308 cartridge. The NVA and Viet Cong tended to avoid the Aussies.
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I have LBJ’s chile recipe somewhere -