rightwinger
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LBJ was a great politician. He knew how to get things done, how to make deals, how to pressure someone for a vote and how to sweet talk them. I doubt if JFK could have gotten the Civil Rights laws, Medicare and poverty programs passed like LBJ did.I was thinking about how W's numbers show rehabilitation. And frankly I rated him as just one up for the worst, Buchanan who should be everyone's worst. But thinking about it, I've thought for a long time that LBJ was the most destructive potus of my lifetime. Vietnam aside, he created a welfare class .. and pretty much destroyed the black nuclear family for those who hadn't made it out of poverty. BUT LBJ ranks at least in the top half, and I guess he should because you cannot deny his record of getting laws passed, and he made SC appointments. And, I gotta admit W did much the same.Looks like Trump has nowhere to go but up
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I can't see how W could rise to 30
His overreaction to 9-11 in launching two unnecessary invasions should be enough evidence. Add in a collapsed economy in which he sat idly by and he is easily among the worst
As much as I despise Trump, I'd still put him above W
LBJ is an odd case. He was among the greatest ever in passing Civil Rights legislation and his poverty programs but allowing us to get mired in Vietnam was a disaster. I still think that if JFK had lived....he would have made the same mistakes as LBJ
LBJ was almost as corrupt as Clinton, and more incompetent than Bush or Obama. Kennedy understood how the country worked and did many things right, that's why he was killed. I hope Trump has very good security, because he too is doing things the right way.
I remember when he was President. I hated him....most Americans did
But he knew how Washington worked
He had no desire to go into Vietnam, hardly knew where it was
But he was not going to allow them to turn Commie on his watch
It cost us 60,000 lives