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Lyndon B. Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 - January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969). After serving a long career in the U.S. Congress, Johnson became the 37th Vice President; in 1963, he succeeded to the presidency following President John F. Kennedy's assassination. He was a major leader of the Democratic Party and as President was responsible for the passage of key liberal legislation in many areas, including civil rights laws, Medicare, a major 'War on Poverty'. They comprised his 'Great Society.' Simultaneously he escalated the war in Vietnam, from 16,000 American soldiers in 1963 to 550,000 in early 1968, of whom over 1000 were killed every month. He was reelected in a landslide in 1964, but his reelection bid in 1968 collapsed as a result of turmoil in his party, and he announced that he would not seek re-election. Johnson was renowned for his domineering personality and armtwisting of powerful politicians. His long-term legacy is hard to judge, as advances he made in civil rights and his powerful 'Great Society' were offset by the Vietnam War. ..." |
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Do Elections Guarantee Freedom?, by James Bovard, Freedom Daily, Nov 2007
Related Topics: Voting, George W. Bush, Constitution of the United States, Government, Ronald W. Reagan
Discusses whether democratic elections achieve the purported objective of "will of the people" controlling the government
"During the election campaign the prior year, Johnson had promised, 'We are not about to send American boys 9,000 or 10,000 miles away to do what Asian boys ought to be doing to protect themselves.' The fact that parents could vote for or against Johnson did nothing to stop him from betraying his promise and sending their sons to die." |
The American Heritage of "Isolationism", by Gregory Bresiger, Freedom Daily, May 2006
Related Topics: Foreign Entanglements, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Richard M. Nixon, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, Woodrow Wilson
"He campaigned as a moderate peace candidate and portrayed Goldwater as an extremist war candidate. Johnson ended up greatly expanding the American commitment to Vietnam, with some 500,000 troops sent to Southeast Asia. He left office in 1969 as one of the most hated men in America. He wouldn't even attempt to run for reelection." |
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