He ordered the murders of us servicemen with the help of israel
youtube USS Liberty - these sailors are still seeking justice for being stabbed in the back by Johnson - they are still being ignored.
Lyndon B Johnson got the Israeli military to attack a US Naval vessel, to use it as a pretext to go to war with Egypt and blame it on them, it was a false flag
Johnson killed American Servicemen. Go research, it's all true.
After fighting against civil rights & losing, LBJ signed the bill & said to two Governors on Air Force One "At least I'll have them niggers voting Democrat for the next 200 years".......... Yeah, a Democrats "great President".......LMAO!
LMAO!! Democrats fought against voting rights act & civil rights act (Including RobertKKKByrd & Al Gores daddy), who together led the longest filibuster in American history against civil rights!
After LBJ signed the bills(b/c he had no choice)said to two Governors "Now I'll have those niggers voting Democrat for 200 years".........What a GREAT man eg? LOL!
you are a moron. Riddle me this, batman: where did the South, which was unambiguously Democrat throughout the first 2/3rds of the 20th century, but walked out of the Democratic National Convention in 1952 when Hubert Humphrey made civil rights a platform of the party, end up after the Civil Rights Act?
If you answered the Republican Party, you win the grand prize! It helped turn my beloved party into the depraved plutocratic cesspool it is today.
@quigonpaj Thats a load of bullshit! More revisionist history b/c Democrats cannot take responsiblility for themselves. If that were true, why did KKK grand wizard stay a Democrat from his first election in 1959 until the day he died in 2009? How about his buddy Al Gore Sr? Same thing PLUS his son. Democrats to this day! LMAO!
Oh, and one other thing, you knuckle-dragging troglodyte. What LBJ actually said was that he had just signed the entire South over to the GOP for the next 30 years. He was wrong, though. It's gonna be at least FIFTY. But whatever. It's just facts. Too bad they are such stubborn things.
@falcondriver100 Having black people "vote Democrat" doesn't outweigh the permanent loss of the South to the Republican Party for LITERALLY generations.
I love GOP revisionism...they can never properly explain WHY the racist South flipped from Democrat to Republican within a couple of election cycles.
The GOP has been harnessing the aggrieved white Southern vote (the Southern Strategy) since the late '60s to win election after election.
@keefriff99 I can explain it. Its called the Democrat party becomming the Anti-American communist party & the party of atheism! Not real hard to figure out, genius!
@falcondriver100 What an inane panoply of lunatic assertions. You are typical of what Hofstadter called the "paranoid style in American politics."
We have evidence directly from people such as Lee Atwater, Pat Buchanan, and Nixon himself, in addition to the last two GOP chairs, Ken Mehlman and Michael Steele.
All have confirmed that the GOP has harnessed the aggrieved, racist white Southern vote for electoral advantage.
@keefriff99 ROFLMAO!! What ever you say pal! Don't forget the Democrat party is the party of Slavery, fought against emansipation, created the KKK, enacted Segregation & Jim Crow laws, used Bull Connor tactics, fought against the voting rights act, fought against the civil rights act(including Al Gores daddy & Robert*KKK Grand wizard*Byrd who together led the longest filibuster in history against civil rights) & to this day, are the party of ALL Race hate groups. CAIR, LaRaza, Panthers...Ooops!
Answer: you can't, because they are indefensible on the subject of race relations over the last 40 years.
I'm not a Democrat, so I'm not particularly interested in defending them...there were heavily racist elements in their party in the previous century, but the two parties essentially swapped roles in the '60s.
The question is: what happened to the modern Republican Party?
@keefriff99 Defend the Republican party? They don't need defending. What have they done against race relations? LOL! Bush had more blacks in his administration than any President before him.
You can't even put a finger on the silly crap your saying. You've simply drank the koolaide.
I LOVE how its just "ancient history" when it hurts you leftists, but when it hurts conservatives, its "Very relevant"! Hahaha! So typical.
@falcondriver100 You're burying yourself with every post. You clearly have no cogent rebuttal, and you type with the mental acuity of a drug-addled teenager.
The GOP has been anti-minority for 40 years. The Southern Strategy is real.
You're so ignorant, you probably don't even know who Lee Atwater is. You don't know that the LAST TWO Republican Party Chairs apologized to the black community for the Southern Strategy.
The right-wing is awash in hateful rhetoric. Own it.
@falcondriver100 Reagan kicking off his '80 campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi, "young bucks buying T-bones", "welfare queens", Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Pat Buchanan, Nixon, Haldemann, etc.
This isn't ancient history...this is within the last 32 years, since the last political realignment.
In contrast, YOU need to go back over 40 years to pretend that the Southern Dixiecrats have ANY relation to the modern Democratic Party, which is absurd.
@keefriff99 Thats a load of bullshit. Robert Byrd was a KKK grand wizard & a DEMOCRAT US Senator from 1959 until he died last year! Harry Ried about Obama "he's a clean black man with no negro dialect". LOL! Al Gore Senior fought civil rights as a Democrat, last I checked, his son is STILL a Democrat. And the entire revisionist history about the "partys switching" is nothing but propaganda by Democrats b/c they refuse to accept responsibility. Cont'
@falcondriver100 Robert Byrd was NOT a Grand Wizard and disavowed the KKK in the '50s.
Another lie to destroy your credibility.
At least I can admit that the Democrats' history on race up to the 1960s is appalling, but you're such a pitiful, self-serving, delusional, partisan hack you can't admit that it's the GOP that has been fanning the flames of racial grievance since the Nixon years.
I'm inside your head...you can't win. To quote Duke: "Throw the damned towel."
@keefriff99 In 1994 or 95', a poll of 3000 Americans in their 70's & 80's were asked "have you ever changed from Democrat to Republican or visa versa in your lifetime?". Answer: 96% said "NO"!! Poof!! There goes your "partys switched" bullcrap! I don't know ANYONE who's switched parties. And you're telling me that hundreds of millions did it over ONE ISSUE? Thats LAUGHABLE!
Oh and don't forget ole LBJ "now I'll have them niggers voting Democrat for 200 years"! Ooops!
You claim no one switched parties, and yet the South went from solidly Democratic to solidly Republican within several election cycles. The South IS the strongest GOP stronghold in the country.
THE SOUTH STOPPED VOTING DEMOCRAT AFTER LBJ SIGNED CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION. End of story.
Your continual denial of reality is disturbing...your belligerence and unhinged rage is indicative of an undiagnosed mental disorder. Seek help.
@keefriff99 Is that why Clinton won the south & Gore did too in his Presidential race? Maybe their CHILDREN became republicans b/c Democrats became America & Christian hating, socialist/communist retards, but the people didn't switch over ONE ISSUE!
Byrd wasn't the grand wizard of WV? What was he, grand dragon? He WAS the leader of the KKK in the 50's you dumbass. He disavowed them b/c he wanted to get elected. DUHRRR!! He used the N word just a couple years ago. LOL!
@keefriff99 Okay asshole. I DID look it up. Byrd formed his OWN CHAPTER of the KKK in WV & held the title of "Kleagle" and "exalted cyclops" of the KKK. That must make him a great, non-racist asshole huh? Not TOO high in the KKK right? LMAO! "I shall NEVER fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side...rather I shall die a thousand times........." You're a fucking idiot.
Clinton won over half of the southern states. Thats not doing well? LOL! When I said Gore, I meant Carter dickhead.
@falcondriver100 I'm not defending Robert Byrd...what he said and did in the '40s and '50s was grotesque, but I simply prefer to deal in facts rather than smears.
You alleged that Byrd was a Grand Wizard. He was not. You were imprecise, and you've admitted it.
How do you expect me to know you meant Carter rather than Gore? Don't blame me for your mental deficiencies.
You're a rude, unpleasant, vulgar, uneducated individual, and this "conversation" has gone on far too long.
@keefriff99 Uh, he was a KKK leader, racist, & said lots of racist shit. Those ARE FACTS, not smears idiot! Yeah, I was imprecise. Does that make a difference? He was a KKK leader & YOU KNEW IT, yet you played semantics to defend him! Don't tell me you didn't!!!!!!
Awe!!! Now I'm rude?? And your not? Hahaha! Fact is you've been proven to be full of crap & now you want out. I would put money on the fact that I'm FAR better educated than you are. So sorry I'm not a KKK expert like you Democrats!
@falcondriver100 \The facts are: (a) he was a member of the KKK, NOT a Grand Wizard/Dragon, and (b) he spent 50 years of his career trying to make up for it.
You clearly don't believe he was sincere...that's your right.
I wouldn't bet too much...your grammar and general demeanor are indicative of someone who's intellectually-stunted and emotionally immature.
@falcondriver100 I've repeatedly asked you to address the GOP's documented behavior over the past 40 years, and you dodge the issue by dredging up 60-year old history.
You have no answers. You can't defend the Southern Strategy, Lee Atwater, Pat Buchanan, Reagan's Philadelphia, MS campaign speech, "welfare queens", Willie Horton, etc.
I've said the Democrats have a shameful history on race. If you can't engage in rational debate, then this is pointless. You're simply trolling.
every comment sucked most people really dont know true history lbj the rat was in on the jfk assination emory roberts was a close friend to lbj in fact lbj was fucking his wife she was lbj secretary ,roberts died of suicide in the late sixties lol cia like many more did ok kids go figure it he was a giant rat and an evil cunt
1 of the greatest speeches by an American president . Because of Vietnam, we tend to forget the many great and good things that LBJ did in office. He set the ball the ball rolling on many things that are seen and cherished today.
Johnson was a good president, but Vietnam ruined him. I mean he got the Civil rights ball rolling through the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Act and also got Medicare, Medicaid, and Head Start and lot of programs that have helped the poor and minorities. Still the long war in Vietnam and the causalities ruined him. He would not have won the 1968 election if he ran. He would have been blown out.
"for the cries of pain and the hymns and protests of oppressed people have summoned into convocation all the majesty of this great government...our mission is at once the oldest and most basic of this country, to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man."
Man, Dick Goodwin could certainly put the music to LBJ's speeches....
"Their cause must be our cause too. Because it is not just Negroes, but really it is all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome."
LBJ STANDS SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER WITH FDR AS ONE OF THE TWO GREATEST PRESIDENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HIS UNYEILDING BATTLE TO SECURE CIVIL RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS IS ONE OF THE MANY THINGS FOR WHICH THE NATION OWES HIM A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE. IN LIFE HE DID NOT RECEIVE THAT RECOGNITION. PERHAPS NOW WE WILL BEGIN TO TRULY HONOR HIM. I TRULY HOPE SO.
So you can explain to me the context in which he said "I'll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years" and how that wasn't politically motivated, then! Could you do it without calling me a moron?
I don't know; maybe I'm naive, but I don't see how those words could come out of his mouth and someone could interpret his actions as non-political. HOW? Please. I really do want an explanation.
You want answers, read Robert Caro's award winning biographies of LBJ, don't rely on one Youtube clip. In short, LBJ talked to different groups in different ways as needed to get what he wanted. Call it unethical if you want, but that's how he got things done.
@acountis a fair enough suggestion that's been on my list for a while; i'll check it out. But isn't what you're saying contradictory to what you were calling me a moron for before? Isn't what you're delineating right here playing politics in the most disingenuous way? Also, wouldn't you be willing to admit that Caro's account was at least a LITTLE biased toward LBJ?
@somebodyjones2@somebodyjones2 here's a plausible explanation: he was talking to richard russell or someone similar (filibustery southern democrat who hates blacks) and he wanted to couch it in terms that made voting for the act seem smart, not like abandoning their southern values. The guy was a master manipulator. Quoting LBJ to prove his motives isn't going to work b/c you can almost always find a counter quote where he was talking to the other side making contradictory statements for votes.
@psbjr I thought of that, too, but i'll admit to you that it's a tough pill to swallow for me... though i understand the means/end relationship he would have to be working with to say something like that, you still have to see that the message in and of itself is for political gain. You're right, though: it IS a plausible explanation and i think anyone who knows the inner-workings of our political system, ESPECIALLY when in regards to the passing of legislation, would say that works.
He may have been ruthless (people, politics is the dirtiest game in town!!), but this speech was monumental and one had to be ruthless to be able to successfully deliver it in those times. And to quote Nikoli Tesla:
”Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter.
Dear lovebaybee91, I say again, Johnson was a conniving, double dealing, master politician, who would stop at NOTHING to win. Yes, he did some great, transformational things on behalf of civil rights for americans, but got the U.S. deeper into Vietnam, and it is debatable whether or not other presidents before him would have sunk our nation into the morass of that conflict, and lied as much during the process. I grant that the U.S. was deep into the Cold War and that others may have done same.
We speak of the "vicious cycle" for the poor--look no further than policies implemented to help them through incentives to remain poor, to remain unwed and have child, to remain dependent on government subsidies. Minorities are as poverty-stricken today as they were back then; its a shame so many fall for political rhetoric without actually opening their eyes to the economic consequences. Try the book "Losing Ground"--yet most people that fall for this rhetoric probably don't read
I've been reading Robert Caro's book Master of the Senate about LBJ. While I share the admiration of many here, he was something of a sunuvabitch. He would also do w/e it took to gain power. Amazingly, once he got power...he did the right thing so often.
A scheming, conniving, double dealing master politician, who would stop at nothing to win, who ushered transformational uplifting legislation, only to fall into a tragic course in Vietnam, costing our nation much blood and treasure, for ultimately, nothing.
@WHP1959 I am majoring in history and trust me there are other forces that made LBJ send troops to Vietnam. Look at the previous 2 president's policies on communism and containment.
arther1046 "Did u know LBJ was involved in murders, including that of JFK?"
Billie Sol Estes twice convicted felon & compulsive swindler admits to a Fed. judge when sentenced (79) "I have a problem I live in a dream world". By accusing LBJ of murdering JFK (See 'Malcome Wallace' Hoax) Estes was only interested in getting a FBI interview for publicity for his book 'Billy Sole' was due out. When the FBI sought a 2nd interview Estes begged off.
SPREAD THE WORD arthur1046 IS A LYING SAK'O'SHIT !
@arther1046 "Want to listen to him say he was involved in the murder of the Diem on Nov 1-63, just 21 days before JFKs murder?" LBJ as VP had no power to assassinate anybody. LBJ's WH Tapes confirm he said the Kennedys were running a murder inc. LBJ was VP & part of the K-Admin. ("we") . JFK's 1st priority was the assassin' of PM Lumumba of the Congo, Pres. Trujillo of the Dom. Rep. & Premier Diem of SV (NOT "PRESIDENT OF VN" arthur1046 !)
SPREAD THE WORD arthur1046 IS A LYING SAK'O'SHIT !
@lovebaybee91 "and trust me,JFK's murder kept him out of prison, for crimes"
Billie Sol Estes said LBJ employed Mac Wallace to shoot JFK from Oz's 6th TSBD!
"Just to clarify this proved to be an erroneous identification (by Darby of TMWKK) Wallace is not tied to the 'snipers nest' by fingerprints , Darby is either deceased or is no longer certified by the IAI , the match was incorrect"
Kasey Wertheim
IAI Certified Print Examiner
SPREAD THE WORD arthur1046 IS A LYING SAK'O'SHIT !
@lovebaybee91 arther1046 : "trust me, u r naive" arthur1046 belongs to the Communist supported, Leftist Criminal Community of Researchers in the cottage JFK con spiracy hoaxing industry. I've learned he makes $2 a post to keep the sheeple distrusting the USG & thereby supporting our enemys during a time of war. Thats treason by way of sedition. He's also currently active in the 'Hatriot' movement : watch?v=ZzlzeJ4igmE
SPREAD THE WORD arthur1046 IS A LYING SAK'O'SHIT & TRAITOR TO THE USA !
What happened to Jack and Bobby Kennedy were tragedies that I wish had been averted, but civil rights legislation was much better off in the hands of Johnson. And I'm not convinced the Vietnam meat grinder would have been much less protracted under JFK, who was more hawkish than many would like to remember.
Another reason why I'll always be a Johnson Democrat - pragmatic yet idealistic, liberal ends through conservative means. The master of the Senate, indeed. With the Presidency, only foreign policy brought him down.
@TheLastNaturalist I agree with everything in this comment of yours. I wish there were more moderates who understood that pragmatism and idealism aren't contradictory. One is a guiding light, the other a tool of accomplishing something.
Prior, or immediately after Johnson signed the civil rights bill in 1964 he said that he lost the support of southern democrats for a generation. Never really do you see such a selfless leader in a democracy. And people still talk about JFK instead when he did bugger all during his tenure.
@historyboy12 ...and then he said that other thing.... he sacrificed himself at the altar of personal gain in the name of the Democratic party's long-term benefit.
@historyboy12 Besides kessler, you mean? Are you asking if he went on record saying that? uh, no.... would YOU? No, he didn't have a speech where he said that to the American people, but there have been accounts of him having said that, as well as OTHER things about "n*ggers"... THOSE, you can hear here in youtube: watch?v=r1rIDmDWSms
Look: he was a politician. A good one. Why does he need to be deified? Civil rights legislation was a GREAT thing, but let's try and be real here
@somebodyjones2 - my goodness, all you need to do is post a web page or book where you cited your information - even if it was an eyewitness or tapped phone conversation etc. No need for throwing a tantrum
@historyboy12 who threw the tantrum? i mentioned kessler....first two words of my response to you...that was eyewitness. i also listed circumstancial evidence that is a phone tap here in youtube....and gave you the link. What else did you want? I think i was pretty controlled in my response.
@somebodyjones2 - the phone tap contained crude racist terms, and discussed about the 1965 voting rights act - nothing about your claims. And yes, please cite where he [kessler] said it or admitted it to a third party? All you need to do is cite a historical document, archival source or just a page from the web etc.
1 - Stein, Ben, DeMuth, Phil, "Can America Survive?" P. 6.
2 - Kessler, Ronald, "Inside the Whitehouse." Lyndon B. Johnson to two governors on Air Force One
My claims were also based on his general racism; not just that quote. However, u don't see how his free and easy use of the word in the phone taps doesn't lend itself toward the belief that he would make the "200 year" quote? Really? I hear him throwing "n*gger" around and i find it relatively easy 2 conclude
@historyboy12 look: at the very least, based on some of his utterings, it's fair to admit that LBJ's attitude toward blacks in general wasn't as loving and nurturing as it is often painted to be. Now, whether he wanted to sacrifice himself for the party's gain or not IS debatable [and you know where i stand on it], but I'm convinced it was the case as a result of (1) that quote that I DO believe he made and (2) the simple reality of the state of politics in the USA.
@historyboy12 I'll glady go on record as saying that although the GOP's lack of caring for minorities and focus on individuals and private interests doesn't help blacks, neither does oversold and overused provision programs pushed by the Democratic party that perpetuate dependency in many [not all] situations where, if left to their own devices, people would be better off not receiving them in the long run.
People need to read The Kennedys an American Drama by Peter Collier and David Horowitz. The Kennedys were far from the saints.and Bobby was making tons of enemies.
Talking of reading you should read JFK and The Unspeakable by James Douglass.
"This book should be required reading for every American citizen" (Princeton University International Law Professor) Who were the enemies you think Bobby was making?
B Kennedy wrote a book called, "The enemy whthin" about his experiences in breaking up organized crime and putting people in jail, especially in Gary Indiana. He was also obsessed with getting rid of Castro.
I know. Imagine taking on Hoffa and The Mob in those days. I know Hoover and LBJ didnt like Bobby.
I admired him for trying to tackle corruption even though in the end he prob. lost his life for it.
His 68 campaign was for equality, the poor and an end to the war. Maybe he could have been a great Pres. Instead the war dragged on (and got worse in 69) and then Watergate.
God, I'm sick of reading these conspiracy theories. He didn't "kill JFK" or any other such nonsense, you wackjobs. If it hadn't been for Vietnam, I've no doubt Johnson would be recognized as one of the greatest presidents in history. Did more for the poor, the oppressed, and the disenfranchised than practically any president since.
Just as he himself sat and ate with ML King, the NCAAP leadership and the SLSC. Was he the first President to have a meal in the White House with "coloreds or negras" He set an example
Prez..Kennedy, ordered according to sone, the murder of Marilyn Monroe, she was having affair with both Kennedy brothers, was going to rat them out. They had the mafia, rub her out! Kennedys acording to some order the murder of Lumanba of Congo, Dien from VN, Trujillo of Dom Rep. Old man Joe involved with Mafia, Judy Exter Campbell, 75 calls to WH, Mafia girlfriend to Santos, Tancante??? Aristotle the prevert, Jackie Kennedy married..There should be an investigation??? The real turht!
A truely great president of the US...There have been no presidents like Johnson, who changed the country for the better...His domestic agenda changed and prepared our country for the positive changes which have occurred. Unlike Kennedy, who for the 3 yrs in office accomplished very little, except ordering the killing of Mariyln Monroe, Diem from VN,Lumanba from the Congo, Trujillo-Dom Rep. Operation Mongoose.
If there was not a problem blacks should have been given the right to vote when the Proclamation Emancipation was signed. If there was not a problem civil rights should have been granted as well instead of so many blacks and whites losing their lives beingharrassed and beaten, burned, and even lynched.
@backnumber1662 Wrong..... negros are termites they destroy everything they touch. Vics, Simpson, Jackson, Woods etc even with gross amounts of money they act like monkeys.
Yes, take the word of a convicted, disbarred lawyer...Book of lies!!! McCellan's own son denouced his father and his book! Said his father was a little unbalanced...Lyndon Johnson was a great American President...He helped changed America for the better..Medical, Education Budget surplus, millions employed, longest economic growth in Americam history ! Civil rights, voting acts...the list goes on, A great President for the people!
Johnson was in a heated argument with JFK the night before JFK was slaughtered. He wanted Connally to ride in his car that day, Johnson knew bullets were going to fly.
There was an old movie made in 1986 called "LBJ' I believe.
LBJ was treated like some sort of redneck from heck town at the very beginning of his career in congress. He was opportunistic, famous for his "Johnson Treatment," bullying tactics, and when I read his biography, he was connected to very corrupt but very powerful people..
Like oil tycoon H. L. Hunt and Mafia crime bosses, like Jack Ruby and others.
That was in 1950's and 60's.. Now corruption is right in the open.
There is a mainstream Hollywood movie, LBJ: The Early Years ... not as remarkable as "JFK" by Oliver Stone, but it shows he is tied to some DANGEROUS Texans...
I am glad to have encountered an open-minded American like you.. Most people would dub thee "conspiracy nut job" ...
Isn't it true that Obama's first job was arranged, or linked to, Henry Kissinger???
AND Obama's wife, Michelle, is a member of Rockefeller's Council on Foreign Relations.
Wesley Liebeler: "All right, as you stood here on the abutmant and looked down onto Elm Street, you saw the president hit on the right side of the head and you thought the shots had come from behind you?"
@psbjr haha great comment, was thinking the same thing when I saw your comment. that was the only thing that robbed him of supreme legacy. otherwise he was the singular force that irrevocable turned the african-american away from the party of lincoln
The real surprise was how well LBJ spoke. The parallel construction brings out the Toastmaster in me. This was the highlight of LBJ's presidency; unfortunately it was all downhill afterward.
LBJ remains an above average president, usually around the tenth mark with Eisenhower and JFK. Certainly his efforts on passing legislation could Barak Obama use!
Some people don't like it when a president cajoles and bullies Congress to pass his legislation. Well, so what? We NEED it now!
Lyndon Johnson, such a great President...Kennedy was concerned about his reelection and his womanizing! Thus no dmestic legislation from Kennedy 3 years in office...Johnson did more for our country in one ear-than any president since F. Roosevelt! A Great President..history will judge him well!
May I ask what you mean by "second opinion"? If you are referring to his modest voting record on Civil rights from his time in the House to his early years in the Senate (under the tutelage of Senator Richard Russell Jr. from Georgia) then no. His opinion, at least from everything that I had read, was always in favour of Civil Rights from his days in the New Deal NYA to his death in 1973. From what I have read, it seems as though LBJ had to moderate his voting on Civil Rights to not anger Russel
I once heard that whenever Johnson would get on his private plane, he would take his clothes off and be completely naked, even in front of his daughters. I SWEAR TO GOD I'm not making this up.
honestly it would not completely surprise me, johnson was known for being batshit at times. but it seems like an embellishment, there is a story where he had a meeting with a guy while he (johnson) was on the toilet in the oval office with the door open, that wouldn't have been bad enough except he constantly asked the guy "come closer, i can't hear you" until the guy was literally standing half in the bathroom he was known for going out of his way to make ppl uncomfortable
shinersindacrix is obviously not any kind of Democrat, not even a Blue Dog. Notice that that character writes "Democrat Party," not "Democratic"--Republicans do that, not Democrats. Also, one of shinersindacrix's favorite videos is "Tribute to George W. Bush--The American Hero."
Its so sad that people had to die inorder for the U.S. government to finally do what was right. Yet, you have to look at the makeup of Congress at the time and specifically the Senate, to realize that it took somone *from the South* and with his particular background and history in the Senate to browbeat, cajole, demand, threaten and sweet talk those Senators into passing Civil and Voting rights.
If I could meet anyone in history, it'd be LBJ. Vietnam was a mistake. But do you know anyone who is on Medicare or Medicaid? His programs. Federal funding into education? Him! We experienced economic growth during his term. Unemployment was at 3% his final year in office, and poverty ultimately would decrease. All the way with LBJ!
Lyndon B Johnson is a traitor to America.
He ordered the murders of us servicemen with the help of israel
youtube USS Liberty - these sailors are still seeking justice for being stabbed in the back by Johnson - they are still being ignored.
Lyndon B Johnson got the Israeli military to attack a US Naval vessel, to use it as a pretext to go to war with Egypt and blame it on them, it was a false flag
Johnson killed American Servicemen. Go research, it's all true.
Communist2012 1 week ago
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Communist2012 1 week ago
GREAT MAN RIGHT HERE GOD BLESS LYNDON JOHNSON AND THANK GOD FOR HIM
ChaNo1908 2 weeks ago
After fighting against civil rights & losing, LBJ signed the bill & said to two Governors on Air Force One "At least I'll have them niggers voting Democrat for the next 200 years".......... Yeah, a Democrats "great President".......LMAO!
falcondriver100 4 weeks ago
Why dont you conspiracy theorists bring some evidence next time you start pointing fingers. At this point napoleon might as well have killed JFK.
daggerhell99 2 months ago
not a great speaker but a great president
fazerfaze 2 months ago
LBJ spent a great deal of energy as a U S Senator, fighting against civil rights.
Let's not forget this, before we laud him as a civil rights hero.
RogerOnTheRight 2 months ago
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whotaughtyou 3 months ago
LMAO!! Democrats fought against voting rights act & civil rights act (Including RobertKKKByrd & Al Gores daddy), who together led the longest filibuster in American history against civil rights!
After LBJ signed the bills(b/c he had no choice)said to two Governors "Now I'll have those niggers voting Democrat for 200 years".........What a GREAT man eg? LOL!
falcondriver100 3 months ago
@falcondriver100
you are a moron. Riddle me this, batman: where did the South, which was unambiguously Democrat throughout the first 2/3rds of the 20th century, but walked out of the Democratic National Convention in 1952 when Hubert Humphrey made civil rights a platform of the party, end up after the Civil Rights Act?
If you answered the Republican Party, you win the grand prize! It helped turn my beloved party into the depraved plutocratic cesspool it is today.
quigonpaj 1 month ago
@quigonpaj Thats a load of bullshit! More revisionist history b/c Democrats cannot take responsiblility for themselves. If that were true, why did KKK grand wizard stay a Democrat from his first election in 1959 until the day he died in 2009? How about his buddy Al Gore Sr? Same thing PLUS his son. Democrats to this day! LMAO!
falcondriver100 1 month ago
@falcondriver100
Oh, and one other thing, you knuckle-dragging troglodyte. What LBJ actually said was that he had just signed the entire South over to the GOP for the next 30 years. He was wrong, though. It's gonna be at least FIFTY. But whatever. It's just facts. Too bad they are such stubborn things.
quigonpaj 1 month ago
@quigonpaj No that was a QUOTE sir. LBJ "Now I'll have them niggers voting Democrat for the next 200 years". Look it up.
Facts. Yep a stubborn thing!
And I won't stoop down to the befuddled mans tactic of insults & name calling. Such a pleasant fellow you must be.
falcondriver100 1 month ago
@falcondriver100 Having black people "vote Democrat" doesn't outweigh the permanent loss of the South to the Republican Party for LITERALLY generations.
I love GOP revisionism...they can never properly explain WHY the racist South flipped from Democrat to Republican within a couple of election cycles.
The GOP has been harnessing the aggrieved white Southern vote (the Southern Strategy) since the late '60s to win election after election.
Lee Atwater is smiling while he burns in hell.
keefriff99 1 month ago
@keefriff99 I can explain it. Its called the Democrat party becomming the Anti-American communist party & the party of atheism! Not real hard to figure out, genius!
falcondriver100 1 month ago
@falcondriver100 What an inane panoply of lunatic assertions. You are typical of what Hofstadter called the "paranoid style in American politics."
We have evidence directly from people such as Lee Atwater, Pat Buchanan, and Nixon himself, in addition to the last two GOP chairs, Ken Mehlman and Michael Steele.
All have confirmed that the GOP has harnessed the aggrieved, racist white Southern vote for electoral advantage.
It had nothing to with the nonsense you spewed.
keefriff99 1 month ago
@keefriff99 ROFLMAO!! What ever you say pal! Don't forget the Democrat party is the party of Slavery, fought against emansipation, created the KKK, enacted Segregation & Jim Crow laws, used Bull Connor tactics, fought against the voting rights act, fought against the civil rights act(including Al Gores daddy & Robert*KKK Grand wizard*Byrd who together led the longest filibuster in history against civil rights) & to this day, are the party of ALL Race hate groups. CAIR, LaRaza, Panthers...Ooops!
falcondriver100 1 month ago
@falcondriver100 More dwelling on ancient history.
Why can't you defend the modern Republican Party?
Answer: you can't, because they are indefensible on the subject of race relations over the last 40 years.
I'm not a Democrat, so I'm not particularly interested in defending them...there were heavily racist elements in their party in the previous century, but the two parties essentially swapped roles in the '60s.
The question is: what happened to the modern Republican Party?
keefriff99 1 month ago
@keefriff99 Defend the Republican party? They don't need defending. What have they done against race relations? LOL! Bush had more blacks in his administration than any President before him.
You can't even put a finger on the silly crap your saying. You've simply drank the koolaide.
I LOVE how its just "ancient history" when it hurts you leftists, but when it hurts conservatives, its "Very relevant"! Hahaha! So typical.
falcondriver100 1 month ago
@falcondriver100 You're burying yourself with every post. You clearly have no cogent rebuttal, and you type with the mental acuity of a drug-addled teenager.
The GOP has been anti-minority for 40 years. The Southern Strategy is real.
You're so ignorant, you probably don't even know who Lee Atwater is. You don't know that the LAST TWO Republican Party Chairs apologized to the black community for the Southern Strategy.
The right-wing is awash in hateful rhetoric. Own it.
keefriff99 1 month ago
@falcondriver100 Reagan kicking off his '80 campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi, "young bucks buying T-bones", "welfare queens", Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Pat Buchanan, Nixon, Haldemann, etc.
This isn't ancient history...this is within the last 32 years, since the last political realignment.
In contrast, YOU need to go back over 40 years to pretend that the Southern Dixiecrats have ANY relation to the modern Democratic Party, which is absurd.
You've lost this round son.
keefriff99 1 month ago
@keefriff99 Thats a load of bullshit. Robert Byrd was a KKK grand wizard & a DEMOCRAT US Senator from 1959 until he died last year! Harry Ried about Obama "he's a clean black man with no negro dialect". LOL! Al Gore Senior fought civil rights as a Democrat, last I checked, his son is STILL a Democrat. And the entire revisionist history about the "partys switching" is nothing but propaganda by Democrats b/c they refuse to accept responsibility. Cont'
falcondriver100 1 month ago
@falcondriver100 Robert Byrd was NOT a Grand Wizard and disavowed the KKK in the '50s.
Another lie to destroy your credibility.
At least I can admit that the Democrats' history on race up to the 1960s is appalling, but you're such a pitiful, self-serving, delusional, partisan hack you can't admit that it's the GOP that has been fanning the flames of racial grievance since the Nixon years.
I'm inside your head...you can't win. To quote Duke: "Throw the damned towel."
keefriff99 1 month ago
@keefriff99 In 1994 or 95', a poll of 3000 Americans in their 70's & 80's were asked "have you ever changed from Democrat to Republican or visa versa in your lifetime?". Answer: 96% said "NO"!! Poof!! There goes your "partys switched" bullcrap! I don't know ANYONE who's switched parties. And you're telling me that hundreds of millions did it over ONE ISSUE? Thats LAUGHABLE!
Oh and don't forget ole LBJ "now I'll have them niggers voting Democrat for 200 years"! Ooops!
falcondriver100 1 month ago
@falcondriver100 Your ignorance is astounding.
You claim no one switched parties, and yet the South went from solidly Democratic to solidly Republican within several election cycles. The South IS the strongest GOP stronghold in the country.
THE SOUTH STOPPED VOTING DEMOCRAT AFTER LBJ SIGNED CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION. End of story.
Your continual denial of reality is disturbing...your belligerence and unhinged rage is indicative of an undiagnosed mental disorder. Seek help.
keefriff99 1 month ago
@keefriff99 Is that why Clinton won the south & Gore did too in his Presidential race? Maybe their CHILDREN became republicans b/c Democrats became America & Christian hating, socialist/communist retards, but the people didn't switch over ONE ISSUE!
Byrd wasn't the grand wizard of WV? What was he, grand dragon? He WAS the leader of the KKK in the 50's you dumbass. He disavowed them b/c he wanted to get elected. DUHRRR!! He used the N word just a couple years ago. LOL!
I can't win? LMAO! Idiot!
falcondriver100 1 month ago
@falcondriver100 Clinton won the South? What electoral maps are you reading?
He won SOME Southern states simply because he's from that region, but generally speaking, did NOT do well in the deep South.
And Gore won ZERO Southern states, not even his home state of TN. JUST LOOK AT THE ELECTORAL MAPS...DO A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH.
No, Byrd was NOT a Grand Wizard, nor a Grand Dragon. He was NOT in the leadership. Again, a simple Google search will correct your ignorance.
keefriff99 4 weeks ago
@keefriff99 Okay asshole. I DID look it up. Byrd formed his OWN CHAPTER of the KKK in WV & held the title of "Kleagle" and "exalted cyclops" of the KKK. That must make him a great, non-racist asshole huh? Not TOO high in the KKK right? LMAO! "I shall NEVER fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side...rather I shall die a thousand times........." You're a fucking idiot.
Clinton won over half of the southern states. Thats not doing well? LOL! When I said Gore, I meant Carter dickhead.
falcondriver100 4 weeks ago
@falcondriver100 I'm not defending Robert Byrd...what he said and did in the '40s and '50s was grotesque, but I simply prefer to deal in facts rather than smears.
You alleged that Byrd was a Grand Wizard. He was not. You were imprecise, and you've admitted it.
How do you expect me to know you meant Carter rather than Gore? Don't blame me for your mental deficiencies.
You're a rude, unpleasant, vulgar, uneducated individual, and this "conversation" has gone on far too long.
keefriff99 4 weeks ago
@keefriff99 Uh, he was a KKK leader, racist, & said lots of racist shit. Those ARE FACTS, not smears idiot! Yeah, I was imprecise. Does that make a difference? He was a KKK leader & YOU KNEW IT, yet you played semantics to defend him! Don't tell me you didn't!!!!!!
Awe!!! Now I'm rude?? And your not? Hahaha! Fact is you've been proven to be full of crap & now you want out. I would put money on the fact that I'm FAR better educated than you are. So sorry I'm not a KKK expert like you Democrats!
falcondriver100 4 weeks ago
@falcondriver100 \The facts are: (a) he was a member of the KKK, NOT a Grand Wizard/Dragon, and (b) he spent 50 years of his career trying to make up for it.
You clearly don't believe he was sincere...that's your right.
I wouldn't bet too much...your grammar and general demeanor are indicative of someone who's intellectually-stunted and emotionally immature.
keefriff99 3 weeks ago
@falcondriver100 I've repeatedly asked you to address the GOP's documented behavior over the past 40 years, and you dodge the issue by dredging up 60-year old history.
You have no answers. You can't defend the Southern Strategy, Lee Atwater, Pat Buchanan, Reagan's Philadelphia, MS campaign speech, "welfare queens", Willie Horton, etc.
I've said the Democrats have a shameful history on race. If you can't engage in rational debate, then this is pointless. You're simply trolling.
keefriff99 3 weeks ago
every comment sucked most people really dont know true history lbj the rat was in on the jfk assination emory roberts was a close friend to lbj in fact lbj was fucking his wife she was lbj secretary ,roberts died of suicide in the late sixties lol cia like many more did ok kids go figure it he was a giant rat and an evil cunt
cullinane8888 6 months ago
The war in Vietnam ruined LBJ's presidency. What a shame.
SamuelSimsX 6 months ago 3
@SamuelSimsX Because he wanted a fucking war in Vietnam, read some books.
robbysharolaid 3 months ago
It's a shame this great man gets such a bad rap in history classes.
ronny545 6 months ago 17
1 of the greatest speeches by an American president . Because of Vietnam, we tend to forget the many great and good things that LBJ did in office. He set the ball the ball rolling on many things that are seen and cherished today.
brianclough 7 months ago
If LBJ didn't go down the Vietnam route he'd be in the top 5 all time greatest presidents, up there with Washington/Lincoln/FDR.
MrPresident2032 8 months ago 15
I like how he says "American negroes"
apestate 8 months ago
Allen Dulles for sure was one of the plotters but LBJ had the most to gain and the most to lose if JFK was reelected.
045781 8 months ago
one of my favorite presidents, especially considering he came from texas.
Andy180084 10 months ago
Johnson was a good president, but Vietnam ruined him. I mean he got the Civil rights ball rolling through the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Act and also got Medicare, Medicaid, and Head Start and lot of programs that have helped the poor and minorities. Still the long war in Vietnam and the causalities ruined him. He would not have won the 1968 election if he ran. He would have been blown out.
redmustang03 1 year ago
"for the cries of pain and the hymns and protests of oppressed people have summoned into convocation all the majesty of this great government...our mission is at once the oldest and most basic of this country, to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man."
Man, Dick Goodwin could certainly put the music to LBJ's speeches....
quigonpaj 1 year ago
This clip leaves out the climax of his speech!
"Their cause must be our cause too. Because it is not just Negroes, but really it is all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome."
cmbaker91 1 year ago
Perhaps our greatest president if the US does not mind sharing LBJ with the UK and me
SouthbankSteve 1 year ago
I think LBJ has much to say about the deaths of Luther,Bob and Jhon
ossymandias65 1 year ago
Awesome speech. Also, I don't think the guy behind LBJ to the right moves at all during the whole clip :P
MVPujols14 1 year ago
Search for video "President Lyndon Johnson using the "N" word. " and you know the real reason.
aansteker 1 year ago
LBJ STANDS SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER WITH FDR AS ONE OF THE TWO GREATEST PRESIDENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HIS UNYEILDING BATTLE TO SECURE CIVIL RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS IS ONE OF THE MANY THINGS FOR WHICH THE NATION OWES HIM A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE. IN LIFE HE DID NOT RECEIVE THAT RECOGNITION. PERHAPS NOW WE WILL BEGIN TO TRULY HONOR HIM. I TRULY HOPE SO.
Mayofour 1 year ago
@Mayofour yeah...he also got all the "n*ggers" (HIS word; not mine) to vote Democratic for generations.
do you REALLY not see that it was pure politics?
somebodyjones2 1 year ago
@somebodyjones2
Moron. Johnson knew that civil rights would destroy the Democratic Party in the South for at least a generation, and he did it anyway.
acountis 1 year ago
@acountis wonderful.
So you can explain to me the context in which he said "I'll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years" and how that wasn't politically motivated, then! Could you do it without calling me a moron?
I don't know; maybe I'm naive, but I don't see how those words could come out of his mouth and someone could interpret his actions as non-political. HOW? Please. I really do want an explanation.
somebodyjones2 1 year ago
@somebodyjones2
You want answers, read Robert Caro's award winning biographies of LBJ, don't rely on one Youtube clip. In short, LBJ talked to different groups in different ways as needed to get what he wanted. Call it unethical if you want, but that's how he got things done.
acountis 1 year ago
@acountis a fair enough suggestion that's been on my list for a while; i'll check it out. But isn't what you're saying contradictory to what you were calling me a moron for before? Isn't what you're delineating right here playing politics in the most disingenuous way? Also, wouldn't you be willing to admit that Caro's account was at least a LITTLE biased toward LBJ?
somebodyjones2 1 year ago
@somebodyjones2 @somebodyjones2 here's a plausible explanation: he was talking to richard russell or someone similar (filibustery southern democrat who hates blacks) and he wanted to couch it in terms that made voting for the act seem smart, not like abandoning their southern values. The guy was a master manipulator. Quoting LBJ to prove his motives isn't going to work b/c you can almost always find a counter quote where he was talking to the other side making contradictory statements for votes.
psbjr 1 year ago
@psbjr I thought of that, too, but i'll admit to you that it's a tough pill to swallow for me... though i understand the means/end relationship he would have to be working with to say something like that, you still have to see that the message in and of itself is for political gain. You're right, though: it IS a plausible explanation and i think anyone who knows the inner-workings of our political system, ESPECIALLY when in regards to the passing of legislation, would say that works.
somebodyjones2 1 year ago
ZuZu sez: "Look Daddy............Every time a bell rings, LBJ gets poked in the ass with a pitchfork!!!"
gootenslog 1 year ago
"I'll have those niggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years."
President Lyndon Johnson
procapitalism203 1 year ago
@procapitalism203
Yes, that is a true quote.
gootenslog 1 year ago
Worst president of all time, hands down.
calimar28 1 year ago
@calimar28 was he really a president or just someone who kinda "took over" he did hate the kennedys badly
kahetel13 1 year ago
@calimar28 Really? Worse than Nixon, Ford, Carter and W?
Kwekwe 1 year ago
@calimar28
I think all Viet Nam veterans would agree with you.
gootenslog 1 year ago
@calimar28 no...sorry. Carter was the worst. Nixon's on the list, as is Barack. LBJ's maybe in the top 5, but not the worst.
somebodyjones2 1 year ago
He could have been the best president that ever lived, if it wasnt for the Vietnam war
samosayoe 1 year ago 2
He may have been ruthless (people, politics is the dirtiest game in town!!), but this speech was monumental and one had to be ruthless to be able to successfully deliver it in those times. And to quote Nikoli Tesla:
”Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter.
When they separate, man is no more."
revskunk 1 year ago
Fuck LBJ,,,,Remember USS LIBERTY and sailors he ordered to be killed
AwwCrap66 1 year ago
Dear lovebaybee91, I say again, Johnson was a conniving, double dealing, master politician, who would stop at NOTHING to win. Yes, he did some great, transformational things on behalf of civil rights for americans, but got the U.S. deeper into Vietnam, and it is debatable whether or not other presidents before him would have sunk our nation into the morass of that conflict, and lied as much during the process. I grant that the U.S. was deep into the Cold War and that others may have done same.
WHP1959 1 year ago
We speak of the "vicious cycle" for the poor--look no further than policies implemented to help them through incentives to remain poor, to remain unwed and have child, to remain dependent on government subsidies. Minorities are as poverty-stricken today as they were back then; its a shame so many fall for political rhetoric without actually opening their eyes to the economic consequences. Try the book "Losing Ground"--yet most people that fall for this rhetoric probably don't read
Mises85 1 year ago
I've been reading Robert Caro's book Master of the Senate about LBJ. While I share the admiration of many here, he was something of a sunuvabitch. He would also do w/e it took to gain power. Amazingly, once he got power...he did the right thing so often.
majinspy 1 year ago
This was when America stood for something.......
Nenendude 1 year ago
Very smart, I must say...
Idrasag0n 1 year ago
This is why President Johnson is my favorite President.
Nizwaz553 1 year ago
@Nizwaz553 he was a ruthless bastard
LittleVinnyCock 1 year ago
A scheming, conniving, double dealing master politician, who would stop at nothing to win, who ushered transformational uplifting legislation, only to fall into a tragic course in Vietnam, costing our nation much blood and treasure, for ultimately, nothing.
WHP1959 1 year ago
@WHP1959 I am majoring in history and trust me there are other forces that made LBJ send troops to Vietnam. Look at the previous 2 president's policies on communism and containment.
lovebaybee91 1 year ago
@lovebaybee91 Yes, you certainly are majoring in Lies, and trust me, you are naive.
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Did you know LBJ was involved in murders, including that of JFK?
Do you want to listen to him say he was involved in the murder of the President of Vietnam on Nov 1-63, just 21 days before JFKs murder?
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Hear him on Youtube video: LBJ Admits Murder of Diem
He says "we" 3 times. How many times should LBJ say "we" before you believe he was involved in the murder?
JFK's murder kept him out of prison, for crimes.
arther1046 1 year ago
arther1046 "Did u know LBJ was involved in murders, including that of JFK?"
Billie Sol Estes twice convicted felon & compulsive swindler admits to a Fed. judge when sentenced (79) "I have a problem I live in a dream world". By accusing LBJ of murdering JFK (See 'Malcome Wallace' Hoax) Estes was only interested in getting a FBI interview for publicity for his book 'Billy Sole' was due out. When the FBI sought a 2nd interview Estes begged off.
SPREAD THE WORD arthur1046 IS A LYING SAK'O'SHIT !
VinnyShitHead 1 year ago
@arther1046 "Want to listen to him say he was involved in the murder of the Diem on Nov 1-63, just 21 days before JFKs murder?" LBJ as VP had no power to assassinate anybody. LBJ's WH Tapes confirm he said the Kennedys were running a murder inc. LBJ was VP & part of the K-Admin. ("we") . JFK's 1st priority was the assassin' of PM Lumumba of the Congo, Pres. Trujillo of the Dom. Rep. & Premier Diem of SV (NOT "PRESIDENT OF VN" arthur1046 !)
SPREAD THE WORD arthur1046 IS A LYING SAK'O'SHIT !
VinnyShitHead 1 year ago
@lovebaybee91 "and trust me,JFK's murder kept him out of prison, for crimes"
Billie Sol Estes said LBJ employed Mac Wallace to shoot JFK from Oz's 6th TSBD!
"Just to clarify this proved to be an erroneous identification (by Darby of TMWKK) Wallace is not tied to the 'snipers nest' by fingerprints , Darby is either deceased or is no longer certified by the IAI , the match was incorrect"
Kasey Wertheim
IAI Certified Print Examiner
SPREAD THE WORD arthur1046 IS A LYING SAK'O'SHIT !
VinnyShitHead 1 year ago
@lovebaybee91 arther1046 : "trust me, u r naive" arthur1046 belongs to the Communist supported, Leftist Criminal Community of Researchers in the cottage JFK con spiracy hoaxing industry. I've learned he makes $2 a post to keep the sheeple distrusting the USG & thereby supporting our enemys during a time of war. Thats treason by way of sedition. He's also currently active in the 'Hatriot' movement : watch?v=ZzlzeJ4igmE
SPREAD THE WORD arthur1046 IS A LYING SAK'O'SHIT & TRAITOR TO THE USA !
VinnyShitHead 1 year ago
What happened to Jack and Bobby Kennedy were tragedies that I wish had been averted, but civil rights legislation was much better off in the hands of Johnson. And I'm not convinced the Vietnam meat grinder would have been much less protracted under JFK, who was more hawkish than many would like to remember.
texjoy86 1 year ago 2
"to gain the world, only to lose your own soul" - powerful stuff
haasxaar 1 year ago
Another reason why I'll always be a Johnson Democrat - pragmatic yet idealistic, liberal ends through conservative means. The master of the Senate, indeed. With the Presidency, only foreign policy brought him down.
TheLastNaturalist 1 year ago 13
WELL said!
thehoaxbuster 1 year ago
And he knew his limits, which is why he left.
thehoaxbuster 1 year ago
@TheLastNaturalist I agree with everything in this comment of yours. I wish there were more moderates who understood that pragmatism and idealism aren't contradictory. One is a guiding light, the other a tool of accomplishing something.
majinspy 1 year ago
Prior, or immediately after Johnson signed the civil rights bill in 1964 he said that he lost the support of southern democrats for a generation. Never really do you see such a selfless leader in a democracy. And people still talk about JFK instead when he did bugger all during his tenure.
historyboy12 1 year ago 5
@historyboy12 ...and then he said that other thing.... he sacrificed himself at the altar of personal gain in the name of the Democratic party's long-term benefit.
somebodyjones2 1 year ago
@somebodyjones2 - source, please?
historyboy12 1 year ago
@historyboy12 Besides kessler, you mean? Are you asking if he went on record saying that? uh, no.... would YOU? No, he didn't have a speech where he said that to the American people, but there have been accounts of him having said that, as well as OTHER things about "n*ggers"... THOSE, you can hear here in youtube: watch?v=r1rIDmDWSms
Look: he was a politician. A good one. Why does he need to be deified? Civil rights legislation was a GREAT thing, but let's try and be real here
somebodyjones2 1 year ago
@somebodyjones2 - my goodness, all you need to do is post a web page or book where you cited your information - even if it was an eyewitness or tapped phone conversation etc. No need for throwing a tantrum
historyboy12 1 year ago
@historyboy12 who threw the tantrum? i mentioned kessler....first two words of my response to you...that was eyewitness. i also listed circumstancial evidence that is a phone tap here in youtube....and gave you the link. What else did you want? I think i was pretty controlled in my response.
somebodyjones2 1 year ago
@somebodyjones2 - the phone tap contained crude racist terms, and discussed about the 1965 voting rights act - nothing about your claims. And yes, please cite where he [kessler] said it or admitted it to a third party? All you need to do is cite a historical document, archival source or just a page from the web etc.
historyboy12 1 year ago
@historyboy12
1 - Stein, Ben, DeMuth, Phil, "Can America Survive?" P. 6.
2 - Kessler, Ronald, "Inside the Whitehouse." Lyndon B. Johnson to two governors on Air Force One
My claims were also based on his general racism; not just that quote. However, u don't see how his free and easy use of the word in the phone taps doesn't lend itself toward the belief that he would make the "200 year" quote? Really? I hear him throwing "n*gger" around and i find it relatively easy 2 conclude
somebodyjones2 1 year ago
@historyboy12 look: at the very least, based on some of his utterings, it's fair to admit that LBJ's attitude toward blacks in general wasn't as loving and nurturing as it is often painted to be. Now, whether he wanted to sacrifice himself for the party's gain or not IS debatable [and you know where i stand on it], but I'm convinced it was the case as a result of (1) that quote that I DO believe he made and (2) the simple reality of the state of politics in the USA.
somebodyjones2 1 year ago
@historyboy12 I'll glady go on record as saying that although the GOP's lack of caring for minorities and focus on individuals and private interests doesn't help blacks, neither does oversold and overused provision programs pushed by the Democratic party that perpetuate dependency in many [not all] situations where, if left to their own devices, people would be better off not receiving them in the long run.
somebodyjones2 1 year ago
People need to read The Kennedys an American Drama by Peter Collier and David Horowitz. The Kennedys were far from the saints.and Bobby was making tons of enemies.
WJJ1968 1 year ago 3
Talking of reading you should read JFK and The Unspeakable by James Douglass.
"This book should be required reading for every American citizen" (Princeton University International Law Professor) Who were the enemies you think Bobby was making?
capetown99 1 year ago
B Kennedy wrote a book called, "The enemy whthin" about his experiences in breaking up organized crime and putting people in jail, especially in Gary Indiana. He was also obsessed with getting rid of Castro.
WJJ1968 1 year ago
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capetown99 1 year ago
I know. Imagine taking on Hoffa and The Mob in those days. I know Hoover and LBJ didnt like Bobby.
I admired him for trying to tackle corruption even though in the end he prob. lost his life for it.
His 68 campaign was for equality, the poor and an end to the war. Maybe he could have been a great Pres. Instead the war dragged on (and got worse in 69) and then Watergate.
capetown99 1 year ago
@capetown99 - .G.Gordon Liddy's book, Will" outlines several skirmishes between Hoover and Bobby Kennedy. They hated each other.
WJJ1968 1 year ago
I know.
capetown99 1 year ago
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ani1616 2 years ago
God, I'm sick of reading these conspiracy theories. He didn't "kill JFK" or any other such nonsense, you wackjobs. If it hadn't been for Vietnam, I've no doubt Johnson would be recognized as one of the greatest presidents in history. Did more for the poor, the oppressed, and the disenfranchised than practically any president since.
RobertCornhole 2 years ago 2
Dr. Crewshaw said two shots from the front, Oswald was behind.
Fact: Oswald did not fire the fatal shot....
045781 1 year ago
LBJ was probably like "Dang, I got to deal with Bubba, Earl, and Thelma lou when I gotta tell them they gotta sit and eat with coloreds or negras!!"
luvs2teach00 2 years ago
Just as he himself sat and ate with ML King, the NCAAP leadership and the SLSC. Was he the first President to have a meal in the White House with "coloreds or negras" He set an example
backnumber1662 2 years ago 4
Prez..Kennedy, ordered according to sone, the murder of Marilyn Monroe, she was having affair with both Kennedy brothers, was going to rat them out. They had the mafia, rub her out! Kennedys acording to some order the murder of Lumanba of Congo, Dien from VN, Trujillo of Dom Rep. Old man Joe involved with Mafia, Judy Exter Campbell, 75 calls to WH, Mafia girlfriend to Santos, Tancante??? Aristotle the prevert, Jackie Kennedy married..There should be an investigation??? The real turht!
steveforsane 2 years ago
A truely great president of the US...There have been no presidents like Johnson, who changed the country for the better...His domestic agenda changed and prepared our country for the positive changes which have occurred. Unlike Kennedy, who for the 3 yrs in office accomplished very little, except ordering the killing of Mariyln Monroe, Diem from VN,Lumanba from the Congo, Trujillo-Dom Rep. Operation Mongoose.
steveforsane 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
don't forget Johnosn ordered the killing of at leat 8 people including JFK.
Massive evidence points to Johnson as a killer, he was the devil on earth.
045781 2 years ago
Amen
"There is no Negro problem, there is no Southern problem, there is no Northern problem, there is only an American problem."
Tell it!
backnumber1662 2 years ago 53
If there was not a problem blacks should have been given the right to vote when the Proclamation Emancipation was signed. If there was not a problem civil rights should have been granted as well instead of so many blacks and whites losing their lives beingharrassed and beaten, burned, and even lynched.
megarubies 11 months ago
@megarubies damn straight! Tell it.
backnumber1662 11 months ago
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@backnumber1662 Wrong..... negros are termites they destroy everything they touch. Vics, Simpson, Jackson, Woods etc even with gross amounts of money they act like monkeys.
matrix49A 10 months ago
Mac Wallace's fingerprint matched the fingerprint in the 6th floor of Texas School Book Depository. Mac Wallace was a employee of Johnson.
TheTruth1937 2 years ago
Dirty New world order scum bag...
he covered up the sinking of USS liberty, faked the gulf of tonkin incident to start vietnam war...
AND he killed JFK
EgyptianPrinceCB 2 years ago
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TheTruth1937 2 years ago
Yes, take the word of a convicted, disbarred lawyer...Book of lies!!! McCellan's own son denouced his father and his book! Said his father was a little unbalanced...Lyndon Johnson was a great American President...He helped changed America for the better..Medical, Education Budget surplus, millions employed, longest economic growth in Americam history ! Civil rights, voting acts...the list goes on, A great President for the people!
steveforsane 2 years ago
Johnson was in a heated argument with JFK the night before JFK was slaughtered. He wanted Connally to ride in his car that day, Johnson knew bullets were going to fly.
045781 2 years ago
LBJ was groomed to be the Thief-in-Chief.. his election to congress and to the Senate were fraudulent ... and highly controversial...
he repeatedly cheated on his wife... he botched the Warren Commission.. And all who came after JFK were terrible presidents
EgyptianPrinceCB 2 years ago
At the time of Johnson's death he was reported as having $100 million dollars.
And he worked in the Govt. most of his life, seem like alot of cash for a public servant.
His family did not have money and his wife's family did not have money.
045781 2 years ago
treason pays off.. Patriotism fades in comparison.
President Truman got paid $3,000,000 to recognize Israel, which came in 3 days after USSR.
Truman was bribed while in office, so LBJ was probably bribed to cover up JFK & USS Liberty.
Strange how Robert McNamara never brought it up.
EgyptianPrinceCB 2 years ago
Johnson was a bigger crook than Nixon, he even stole White House furniture on his last day.
Since Johnson had his employee up on the Texas School book Depository shooting at JFK, he started the cover up from the hospital.
045781 2 years ago
There was an old movie made in 1986 called "LBJ' I believe.
LBJ was treated like some sort of redneck from heck town at the very beginning of his career in congress. He was opportunistic, famous for his "Johnson Treatment," bullying tactics, and when I read his biography, he was connected to very corrupt but very powerful people..
Like oil tycoon H. L. Hunt and Mafia crime bosses, like Jack Ruby and others.
That was in 1950's and 60's.. Now corruption is right in the open.
EgyptianPrinceCB 2 years ago
Jack Ruby did have a connection to Johnson as he blames the assassination on Johnson.
You can see Ruby blaming Johnson on Utube.
Which biography shows the connection ?
045781 2 years ago
There is a mainstream Hollywood movie, LBJ: The Early Years ... not as remarkable as "JFK" by Oliver Stone, but it shows he is tied to some DANGEROUS Texans...
I am glad to have encountered an open-minded American like you.. Most people would dub thee "conspiracy nut job" ...
Isn't it true that Obama's first job was arranged, or linked to, Henry Kissinger???
AND Obama's wife, Michelle, is a member of Rockefeller's Council on Foreign Relations.
EgyptianPrinceCB 2 years ago
I will look for the movie, I have been studing Johnson & Kennedy for over 20 yrs.
Johnson was involved in the plot to kill JFK and the cover up for sure.
I have not really done research on Obama, so I can not coment on him.
045781 2 years ago
just follow the money....
Obama'a aids are drawn from Council on Foreign Relations and Trilateral Commission...
The thing about Obama is that he seems the angel, the self-professed Savior, coming down to rescue the US from the evil and treacherous Republicans...
he was called "president of the world," and he was the United Nations Assembly Chairman WHILE Henry Kissinger was sitting very close to him.
What does the future hold for US? How will Canada be in 20 years? Worrisome times.
EgyptianPrinceCB 2 years ago 2
evidence please?
backnumber1662 2 years ago 3
SAYS I
EgyptianPrinceCB 2 years ago
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Testimony - Abraham Zapruder, 7/22/64:
Wesley Liebeler: "All right, as you stood here on the abutmant and looked down onto Elm Street, you saw the president hit on the right side of the head and you thought the shots had come from behind you?"
Zapruder: "Yes."
Conspiracy.
045781 1 year ago
LBJ did more for the poor than any President before or scince,
steverouse56 2 years ago 39
@steverouse56 especially for the poor in vietnam
psbjr 1 year ago
@psbjr haha great comment, was thinking the same thing when I saw your comment. that was the only thing that robbed him of supreme legacy. otherwise he was the singular force that irrevocable turned the african-american away from the party of lincoln
xtrmsprts 1 year ago
@steverouse56
Johnson was also behind the plot to kill JFK......
045781 10 months ago
@045781 Was that sarcasm?
shiron236 9 months ago
@shiron236
That was the truth........
045781 9 months ago
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@045781 He may have had a hand in it but Allen Dulles
was probably the real mastermind.
kwg2000 8 months ago
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kwg2000 8 months ago
@steverouse56 Bill Clinton?
emoviebuff87 7 months ago
@steverouse56 what about Bill Clinton??
emoviebuff87 5 months ago
@emoviebuff87 naaah, that was reagan administration 4&5
geert574 5 months ago
The real surprise was how well LBJ spoke. The parallel construction brings out the Toastmaster in me. This was the highlight of LBJ's presidency; unfortunately it was all downhill afterward.
LBJ remains an above average president, usually around the tenth mark with Eisenhower and JFK. Certainly his efforts on passing legislation could Barak Obama use!
Some people don't like it when a president cajoles and bullies Congress to pass his legislation. Well, so what? We NEED it now!
BuddyNovinski 2 years ago 4
Does anyone know who LBJ's primary speech writer was in 1965?
PC3900 2 years ago
@PC3900 Mr. Goodwin
huckstered 1 year ago
Thanksgiving was yesterday, and I am thankful our country was blessed with such a great president.
AlecBoy006 2 years ago 9
Lyndon Johnson, such a great President...Kennedy was concerned about his reelection and his womanizing! Thus no dmestic legislation from Kennedy 3 years in office...Johnson did more for our country in one ear-than any president since F. Roosevelt! A Great President..history will judge him well!
steveforsane 2 years ago 7
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If he wasn't Kennedy's VP, would LBJ have a second opinion over civil rights?
TMASR001 2 years ago
May I ask what you mean by "second opinion"? If you are referring to his modest voting record on Civil rights from his time in the House to his early years in the Senate (under the tutelage of Senator Richard Russell Jr. from Georgia) then no. His opinion, at least from everything that I had read, was always in favour of Civil Rights from his days in the New Deal NYA to his death in 1973. From what I have read, it seems as though LBJ had to moderate his voting on Civil Rights to not anger Russel
LaGuardiaSuiza 2 years ago
I once heard that whenever Johnson would get on his private plane, he would take his clothes off and be completely naked, even in front of his daughters. I SWEAR TO GOD I'm not making this up.
oldblubblub 2 years ago
Entirely possible. He was rather infamous for always swimming in the nude regardless of who was around--reporters, Secret Service, anyone.
gpciie 2 years ago
honestly it would not completely surprise me, johnson was known for being batshit at times. but it seems like an embellishment, there is a story where he had a meeting with a guy while he (johnson) was on the toilet in the oval office with the door open, that wouldn't have been bad enough except he constantly asked the guy "come closer, i can't hear you" until the guy was literally standing half in the bathroom he was known for going out of his way to make ppl uncomfortable
Marlowe3488 2 years ago
phahahaaaa im sorry that was so random i couldn't help but laugh hahaa
mikestratus1 2 years ago
shinersindacrix is obviously not any kind of Democrat, not even a Blue Dog. Notice that that character writes "Democrat Party," not "Democratic"--Republicans do that, not Democrats. Also, one of shinersindacrix's favorite videos is "Tribute to George W. Bush--The American Hero."
loupgarou5z3w 2 years ago
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That sack of shit Johnson was a murderer, crook and a serial liar.
His legacy is Killing people.......
045781 2 years ago
Its so sad that people had to die inorder for the U.S. government to finally do what was right. Yet, you have to look at the makeup of Congress at the time and specifically the Senate, to realize that it took somone *from the South* and with his particular background and history in the Senate to browbeat, cajole, demand, threaten and sweet talk those Senators into passing Civil and Voting rights.
impala327 2 years ago
@impala327 True, but it has happened many , many times in perpituity throughout history. Beginning with the aboriginal race, here.
huckstered 1 year ago
If I could meet anyone in history, it'd be LBJ. Vietnam was a mistake. But do you know anyone who is on Medicare or Medicaid? His programs. Federal funding into education? Him! We experienced economic growth during his term. Unemployment was at 3% his final year in office, and poverty ultimately would decrease. All the way with LBJ!
AlecBoy006 2 years ago 4
I cant find my stupid car keys... im gona be late for work...SHIT!
Evilokid 2 years ago
LBJ meant well and I give him credit for doing what he believed was the right thing to do ..
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LBJ was so crooked when he died they had to screw him into the ground.
martel732 2 years ago
What a great man!
zedlog 2 years ago 11
LBJ was one of the greatest Presidents of all time!!
Sice he left office the Democrat Party has been hijacked by far left liberals.
Retake the Democrat Party!
Blue dogs Coalition.
God bless the USA
shinersindacrix 2 years ago
Lol, LBJ was far more liberal than the Blue Dogs. Wtf are you talking about?
esb84 2 years ago 5
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esb84 2 years ago
peace
Steadno 2 years ago 2
i think LBJ was a great president
dunlrock 2 years ago 21
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You realize he lied us into a war in which we lost 50,000+ men.
Jeff051176 2 years ago