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Bill Moyers On LBJ, MLK and Hillary | 25 comments (25 topical)

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Johnson was a liar and a crook and a murderer (none / 0) (#5)
by Dadler on Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 10:41:19 AM EST
He had no choice on Civil Rights, the decision was made for him.  What was he going to do, initiate a racial war?  He did what was presented to him by OTHERS, through THEIR sacrifice, not his.  He signed some papers, he wasn't courageous, he simply did what any decent human being would.  That he couldn't do the same for the suffering Vietnamese, well, one can only hope for a little suffering in the afterlife.  We should stop raising common decency, when committed by wretches, to the level of virtue.  That said, interesting that Hillary Clinton is, in effect, trying to quash the votes of largely poor and minority culinary workers in Nevada.    

Johnson (5.00 / 1) (#7)
by athyrio on Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 10:50:53 AM EST
It is widely known in history, that Johnson felt deeply about this subject and went against the gain nearly totally in his own party. He showed rare courage in a president on this subject. On other things he was a bit of a crooked politician but on this one thing he was even warned that if he did it the democratic party would be lost in the south for generations but he stated he needed to do it anyway....Read your history....(I am old enough that I lived it) It was a amazing part of our history Dadler please don't distort it...

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it is called (none / 0) (#10)
by Judith on Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 10:57:19 AM EST
change the subject time.

Moyers worked for LBJ - he knows more than this poster ever will.

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oh now it is change the subject (none / 0) (#9)
by Judith on Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 10:56:22 AM EST
refuse to acknowledge the reality of what Bill said and go after LBJ instead.  Sad.

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The Clintons pushing (none / 0) (#11)
by jondee on Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 10:57:57 AM EST
for NAFTA and Welfare Reform probobly assuaged, somewhat, those whom Johnsons reforms may have left vengence minded.

Afterall, we live in a democracy and all voices must be heard.

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Well of course (none / 0) (#18)
by Rojas on Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 11:52:40 AM EST
That the clinton's repeatedly sold people out, who most needed our help, to maintain their hold on power is their particular cinderella story. ANd it's one thing to adopt some republican idea that will help you politicaly but is effectivly retorical, but the clintons have consistantly   taken some of the worst ideas, the tectonic issues that truly cause a plate shift. They have empowered some of the worst eliments of our system at a time when we truly needed an opposistion party.

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clueless (none / 0) (#21)
by Judith on Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 12:23:49 PM EST


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Buy a clue (none / 0) (#23)
by Rojas on Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 12:47:30 PM EST
I won't venure to guess how old you are, but if you think the 90s were a good time for progressive values, you might want to reconsider your party affiliation. Most of the indicators from that period are bad, real bad and much of it is a result of not being an opposistion party. The clintons ran the party.

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Which indicators? (none / 0) (#24)
by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 12:58:04 PM EST
Employment? Income growth? Income DISTRIBUTION?

You'll excuse me for not taking your comment seriously.

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Stupid comment (none / 0) (#22)
by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 12:27:34 PM EST


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