LYNDON JOHNSON TAPES: Eisenhower's Public Position on Vietnam War

Dwight Eisenhower & LBJ
October 3, 1966
(WH6610-02 10916)
White House Telephone

President Lyndon Johnson talks with his predecessor Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. After talking about Ike's health, Eisenhower explains to Johnson his public opinions about the Vietnam War. Johnson mentions future President Richard Nixon's criticism of the course of the war. Ike also compares his positions on the Vietnam War and the Korean War, including his position on nuclear weapons.

(Photo: President Lyndon Baines Johnson.)

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[crackmonster99]

It's not so much that Kennedy didn't care about domestic policy he barely won and had no mandate to do anything. The southerners in congress at the time also held up his civil rights bill and his health care bill (medicare). LBJ used JFK's memory to get these bills strengthened, passed through congress, and incorporated them into the Great Society. The war on poverty was LBJ's idea.

[bigjoetube]

Eisenhower commanded such resepect he even got that big mouth Johnson to shut up and listen.

[jerzy862]

@crackmonster99 Well apparently Kennedy had written the words "War on Poverty" on a scrap of paper for ideas for his reelection but I will concede to you that LBJ made it his own crusade.

[joshatkins94]

@AlecBoy006 JFK was a good president but he just didn't have long enough. I think maybe if he lived he wouldn't have been as successful as LBJ was with domestic policy but wouldn't have messed up Vietnam. they were both awesome.

[joshatkins94]

@442Ragtop on what planet?

[ha38bb1]

@crackmonster99 or just listen to Guns and Roses Civil war. Listen to the fuckin lyrics, You ignorant cunts.

[ha38bb1]

@crackmonster99 WAR on poverty? haha just youtube Bill Hicks JFK. WAR, WAR, bankers WARS! you sheeple.

[ha38bb1]

@Enslaved10 can you say CIA???? youtube Bill Hicks JFK. and WAKE THE FUCK UP

[Jellolion1]

@crackmonster99 yes you are correct.  Good catch. The bottom line was that LBJ knew his way around congress.

[crackmonster99]

@Jellolion1 everything you said was correct except that he was never speaker. LBJ was majority leader in the senate before becoming vp.

[Jellolion1]

Respond to this video... while you are there, you can compare to LBJ's meeting records and see what he spent most of his time on, successfully moving forward civil rights and the great society, and leaving a legacy that lasts to this day.

[Jellolion1]

@THXcooper a vid? You want a vid? You think these clips on youtube actually have any truth or accuracy to them? Sorry, I cant provide you the spoon fed little clip to make you feel comfortable. But if it is documents that you are after, why not go to the US archives website? You can read all of JFK's meeting notes involving escalation of the war, and leading up to the murder of Diem. Thats what the K brothers spent most of their time on, screwy black ops planning, and bimbos.