President Lyndon Johnson - Inaugural Address

[matt2fresh84]

his 1st official term in 64 i think the year was, was terrible. when he finished the reat of JFKs term thats when he did everything because it was JFKs doing. and im sorry no matter what anyone says LBJ KNEW what was goin on with the assination.

[husky528]

@irrelevent100 he ordered a full removal of the all troops by 1965, after the elections, this was reversed by johnson. Diem was hated by all south Vietnam, the CIA didnt listen Kennedy, thats why he ordered them to be shut down, but i guess a Kennedy Administration of Ending war, and shutting the CIA wasn't in the best interest of other powers in DC. that's why he was assassinated, who benefits? a war hungry Johnson which continued the War, instead of ending it

[husky528]

@irrelevent100 rightttt.. Kennedy made it his platform when running to make these things happen. Kennedy had openly said he wasn't going to stay in Vietnam for much longer, and ordered the military to pull out by 1965 after the 64' election. this was all changed the tuesday following Kennedy's assassination. Johnson reversed that order to pull out, escalating this "train wreck", alone and by himself!

[bogglerful]

Hey hey LBJ how many kids did you kill today?

[univibe23]

Poor guy wanted that job so badly. It ended up killing him in the end. He remains an enigma to me.

[NSzola]

He was a great man, a tragic man. Just listen to LBJ:

"I knew from the start that I was bound to be crucified either way I moved. If I left the woman I really loved – the Great Society – in order to get involved with that bitch of a war on the other side of the world, then I would lose everything at home. All my programs. All my hopes to feed the hungry and feed the homeless. All my dreams."

[thej762000]

I love how LBJ and Warren forget to raise their hands until they're halfway through the oath. If only it had been grounds for impeachment!!

[miteyboosh23]

he killed kennedy

[pwnurnoobazz]

Terrible man, left office with the US in an unwinnable war, higher taxes, a slumped economy, and many costly failures.

[dannyd1572]

He's heavily medicated. This is not the LBJ of any other time other than his last speech he gave six weeks before his death. Never has he sounded this bad. Somethin's up.

[ExplorerExperience]

I was in country in Naval Intelligence in 1965 and discovered we were not allowed to win the war. We could have won the war at any time but the directives from the White House were to perpetuate the war and every commander in that theater knew it. LBJ and his cronies were personally making millions off the US troops they were having killed. Honoring his memory in any way disgusts me.

Richard Nelson, USN, Vietnam combat veteran 1965/ 1966

[salbella50]

...hes talking like a third grader.......one word at-a-time right johnson

[LizzieDSSG]

Johnson sounds positively stoned in this video. "Hey, hey, LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?"  This is how he will be remembered.

[SpreadingTruths]

LBJ: one of the shittiest american presidents ever.

[crackmonster99]

He's definately the greatest president of the last 50 years.

[cullinane8888]

it was well documented that lbj rat rang parkland to speak with the dallas police and to ask them to demand a confession from aswald who was dead the same man put jerry ford another woman in charge of the warren cn the jfk assination was covered up and he was the only man to gain from it malcom wallaces finger print was the only one lifted in the snipers nest huh and he only finnished in office what kennedy started his inaugural address is copied from one of kennedys speaches i find him guilty

[cullinane8888]

more rat than man

[TennesseeOwnsMyBones]

@cullinane8888 This 'rat' did more for the poor and oppressed in America than any other president before or since. I get sick to my stomach with these historical revisionists who portray LBJ as a war-mongering tyrant who even had a hand in killing JFK. Sure: it sells books and films, cause it's way out there. But reality cannot be sidetracked by fiction. LBJ was a GREAT president, probably the most LIBERAL president we ever had.

[brianclough]

He was a man before his time

[SouthbankSteve]

I rank him perhaps as the best

[brakefailure]

LBJ WAS A PIG

[MiamiIndianTribe]

@brakefailure :o) <snout

[pimmagrimm]

Did he go on to mention JFK in the rest of his speech? It would have been the first thing to come up I would have thought?

[kellyberry]

i rember as a kid watching ronald reagan on tv and saying to my fostermom mommy someday that will be me " (unless jay leno wants to do it too)

[drumeff]

its not hard to fall asleep over this. why does he sound so sluggish? i mean the guy can hardly read, let alone give a proper speech. compare this criminal's drawling with jfk's rhetoric

[huckstered]

@drumeff You are missing a whole lot of history. He was a politician

not a pretty boy master of the cameo.

[NYerintransit]

Johnson saddled this country with Medicare, a federal program which has been a costly failure.

[cullinane8888]

My belief is he was in on the jfk assination

[TennesseeOwnsMyBones]

@cullinane8888 Provide one shred of proof for this sickening indictment. And please, don't use Oliver Stone as a source.

[steveforsane]

Johnson did more for te working people of our country, than Kennedy did in 3 yrs as president. Kennedy policies layed the trap for Johnson, he could not back out. Remenber the times, Goldwater, Communism, Kennedy dupicity! Yet history will judge Johnson well......Johnson passed domestic legislation which benefited All Americans.

[045781]

Johnson was also involved in several high profile murders.

At the time because of who Johnson was and his connections he was able to get away with these murders while a Senator & VP.

[045781]

Johnson was one of the plotters in the death of JFK.

The evidence is massive, everything points to his involvement.

He lied about the gulf ofTonkin shooting only to start a massive war in Vietnam.

[pulp666]

truman started involvement in vietnam when he started fundin france in their fight to maintain their colony..eisenhower then continued in vietnam which was when the war started. the gulf of tonkin wasnt until 1964, when aerica was at wa around 10 years before this, u cant blame johnson for started the war, plus he ddnt say there was torpeados attackin the uss addox and turner joy, it was the people on those boats who reported it to him, ofc he isnt going to dismiss it

[045781]

yes you are correct with all that you say about how the involvement started in Nam.

But Johnson ignored JFK's plan to withdrawl and started a massive built up of troops. (victims)

[WJJ1968]

@pulp666 - Obviously, I'm not a Nazi sympathizer but had France kleft the Waffen fighting in Vietnam the results may have been different. Those guys were ruthless.

[dmjarrington]

Bitch ass murderer.

[Mayofour]

One of the greatest Presidents/Statesmen in the history of the United States of America..

[AlecBoy006]

Amen! I rank him as the 5th best president in US History. Say what you want about Vietnam, yes it was a mistake. However, no President is perfect. I cannot imagine where we would be today without this man, and if only I could travel back in time, I would love to meet him

[coldkeyes]

johnson and kennedy I wouldn't mind meeting them

[045781]

Johnson was a killer and JFK was a peace maker.

[Kimmis1990]

I Agree...

[ENDUSANOW]

@AlecBoy006 he died in a new york mental hospital shortly after the end of his term. he was heavily drugged & controlled by the drug & pharmaceutical trade of the world who after murdering jfk, they put this guy in power & drugged him with powerful psychiatric mind controlling drugs & had him sign agreement to add troops & money for the war in vietnam which was for the heroin drug trade. people of USA-the world needs to wake up & notice the chemtrails sprayed on cities. Still terrible weather.

[dannyd1572]

@AlecBoy006 also agree!!

[husky528]

@AlecBoy006 this guy sucked completely

[BLINELIGHT]

@husky528 I really hate civil, medicare rights too. God, maybe people equal and supported is so dumb.

By the way, thats called sarcasm.

[husky528]

@BLINELIGHT what? haha that was terrible sarcasm, im fine with reinvesting wealth into the community, i just think LBJ was a pussy

[husky528]

@BLINELIGHT Lyndon Johnson was a terrible president, evident by his disastrous campaign in Vietnam. as for civil rights and medicare, that was all John Kennedy's doing

[johnlouisville]

@Mayofour

Domestically, this man was a genius and knew how to get things done. There was no "reaching out to Republicans." Corporate Democrats like Clinton and Obama did not yet exist. LBJ was the last president of the common person...it's been downhill ever since...with Neoliberalism ruling the day, starting with Jimmy Carter. I'm not really sure if LBJ had a choice with regards to Vietnam...can any President say "no" to the military/industrial complex? Obama: please channel LBJ.

[dannyd1572]

@Mayofour agreed!

[rmccay88]

@Mayofour

If you work for the CIA or Joint Chiefs I suppose that statement is true....

[DeedsResearcher]

@Mayofour You mean, the "Great give-away god", who started us down the slick road of the welfare society? I didn't like it then, as a teenager, and I still don't lke it to this day. I DO believe in voluntary charity, but NOT the involuntary charity that comes when Congress forces us to pay taxes to support people who refuse to look for work just because it's easier to sit at home and collect their checks... out of OUR pockets!

[WestiGirl]

@Mayofour Tell me this is sarcasm. Ever read the Pentagon Papers?

[joflo82]

JFK had civil rights beliefs but he had NO civil rights agenda..he chose political standing over civil rights. JFK did not initiate the "Space Program" but was instrumental in the formation of NASA. JFK did not start Vietnam, he inherited it...(the Truman Doctrine)

and only chose to send "advisors" over because the French had lost control of all Indo-China. I do believe JFK could have done more with a democratic controlled congress.

[Woodwards2]

His pattern of speech is mesmerizing.

Heard that Obama broke LBJ's record for highest attendance at an inaugural. Does anyone now what the count was yeterday?

[PoliticalJunke]

it was around 2million

[stashnut73]

yes he did not stutter and slur like dry drunk WBush

[cjzzzzz]

LOL UPITY CRACKERS.

[dmtau]

LBJ=UK=JFK=China=Obama=Biden=T­errorist=Evils

[qv76]

:D :D

[dmtau]

qv76.What did you want to say?

[qv76]

i was laughing at what you said, it was so true. :)

[dmtau]

qv76.Thanks !

[dmtau]

If Dmtau have to comments about this LBJ must need thousan of papers

[dmtau]

Lyndon B Johnson is a Evil

[dewdrop25]

What ever Johnson had JFK killed and everyone knows it.

[ScottFerrante]

JFK was so overated LBJ got shit done

[mastshke]

kinda hard to get things done when things have to go through congress oh and you were assassinated. way to think ass.

[ScottFerrante]

It was his own party who controlled congress he and got nothing done. He had about 3 years as pres. nothing. What is his greatest accomplish the peace corp? He was typical rich pretty boy. LBJ got all the shit done that JFK said he was gonna get done. LBJ gets no credit.

[mastshke]

buddy those laws passed by LBJ were established and in the works by JFK..but were not able to be done because well...he was assassinated. of course LBJ got things done. he got things done that JFK set up to get done...ie civil right bill..etc...they were all passed during the LBJ administration. check your history.

[ScottFerrante]

JFK was a failure and man of no morals. He would have never got the civil rights bill through. That was all LBJ.

[mastshke]

no historical reference in your statement automatically cancels out your claim..that and its opinion if obtaining the office of president of the united states was based on morality than almost all your presidents would be 1 or 2..good luck that that statement I hope thats not your standing argument because LBJ was not the bill of Godly morality. check your history books and get the water from behind your ears you got some learning to do.

[mastshke]

oh and also the civil rights bills and stuff LBJ passed was through Jfk's laws and bills but guess what most of them he could not pass because there is a system called checks and balances..of course he could not pass that many bills had to go through a congress and a senate that opinionated whether to pass most of his laws. ie"civil rights bill.

thus again learn your history.

[Libreckut]

LBJ was working on the Civil Rights movement as Vice President under JFK. He tied the knots as President.

Learn your shit and then make another outlandish comment.

[merkederk23]

I agree, people often get the wrong preception of Lyndon he did what he could with what he was given and has been quoted as saying that if it were for the Bitch of a war Vietnam, which JFK started, he would have been held as a greeter figure in American History.

[PoliticalJunke]

He was a good president but his accomplishments are unknown to the majority of people but i strongly disagree with the FCC its free speech...

[ChoaticKid]

LBJ fucked up Vietnam, his poor handling left to 50,000 US soldiers dead. JFK, instigated these ideas Civil Rights Bill, Space Program, Peace Corps its hard to transform a country in 3 years. LBJ had double the amount of time JFK had and still fucked up.

[Streatham1966]

Kennedy supported the invasion of Cuba, began the involvement in Vietnam, did nothing on civil rights for fear of alienating the Dixecrats and is only remembered because he was assassinated.

[Surgflave]

right about the first 2 points, civil rights was on his agenda but i guess he couldnt completely get the criminal organization issue out of the way, but you are way off with your last point about kennedy

[freedom8758]

the biggest mistake kennedy ever made.

[gomezc2006]

it was so boring, it didn't have a half of the inspiration of the JFK's inaugural speech

[gustafusss]

He forgot to raise his hand in the beginning!

[cet9280]

Actually I think Earl Warren forgot.

[quellun]

Woot for LBJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!