From LBJ to BHO - Barack Obama, White House '08

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truthdig.com - 11/12/2008

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The 36th president of the United States seems strangely absent in the current celebrations. Perhaps Lyndon B. Johnson is not fondly remembered, but his triumphs paved the long road to Barack Obama’s historic presidency. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries November 11, 2008 Bush ...

brainyquote.com - 11/7/2008

Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes

— brainyquote.com — A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open... and pour in a quart, he's going to get sick on it. Lyndon B. Johnson A man without a vote is man without protection. Lyndon B. Johnson A President's hardest task is ... (more) Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes

Congress

Lyndon Bode

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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/7/2008

Remember LBJ, Mr. President: Go For It All The First Year

— tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — Lyndon Johnson understood that the honeymoon would be short. After the largest landslide in history -- with... the biggest Democratic Congressional majorities ever -- he acted as if he had a year to get his Great Society enacted. "You've got to give ... (more) Remember LBJ, Mr. President: Go For It All The First Year

White House

Barack Obama

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Upper Left — …I hope you're feeling good today. Stanley Kutler at Truthdig... After the voting rights bill passed, presidential aide Bill Moyers found LBJ rather downcast. “Why?” Moyers asked. “Because, Bill,” the president replied, “I think we just delivered the South to the Republican Party for a long time to come.” It is true that Strom Thurmond, Newt Gingrich and the Southern Democrats who became Republicans indeed profited from the 1965 legislation. Johnson was right, but only for a short run. Forty-odd years is not terribly ...