Obama demonstrably not worse than LBJ
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Obama demonstrably not worse than LBJ
| Wed, 03-19-2008 - 11:24am |
For those who missed the reference in the other thread, where people were hysterical because of one particular associate of Obama's.
Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president of the US. He was originally elected to the Senate in 1948, and there were rumors at the time that he was closely involved with people in the KKK. At that time & place, IMO, he could not possibly have been elected had he not had support from that organization.
In 1964, President Johnson worked to get Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act and in 65, the Voting Rights Act.
Clearly he could not have been judged accurately by the most extreme of his associates.
Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president of the US. He was originally elected to the Senate in 1948, and there were rumors at the time that he was closely involved with people in the KKK. At that time & place, IMO, he could not possibly have been elected had he not had support from that organization.
In 1964, President Johnson worked to get Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act and in 65, the Voting Rights Act.
Clearly he could not have been judged accurately by the most extreme of his associates.


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Vote for him or not, as your politics require, but don't get hysterical about his associates. You cannot judge him by the worst that anybody he knows has ever done. (KKK was still LYNCHING in those days, but nobody called LBJ a murderer, well not until Vietnam). To be explicit, if you'd judged LBJ by associates, he was about to commit genocide against black citizens. Instead, he made equal rights under the law explicit, and worked to make them a de facto reality.
Obama has clearly explained himself. Politically, the Republicans have tried to put him in a no-win situation where he's damned if he disassociates himself from the pastor (for denying his beliefs, for purely political reasons) and damned if he doesn't (for obviously buying into the pastor's beliefs). If that were not so, then you tell me how else he COULD have handled the smears, without being destroyed.
And don't forget she wants it done in a couple of paragraphs.
Rose
the Republicans have tried to put him in a no-win situation where he's damned if he disassociates himself from the pastor (
Nahhh.. he put HIMSELF in that spot.
And don't forget she wants it done in a couple of paragraphs.
Janet,
It is not a personal attack to ask you a question (weren't you the one who didn't finish the speech?)
<Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president of the US. He was originally elected to the Senate in 1948, and there were rumors at the time that he was closely involved with people in the KKK.>>
Yikes, I can not see the parallel between the KKK and Rev. Wright.
>>>For those who missed the reference in the other thread, <<<
I don't think it was missed, so much as ignored.
I always appreciate your posts because of how well spoken you are.
I agree.. Racism is still very much alive today.. in fact.. it goes more ways than just one. Not long ago my DH had to fire a man and he was threatened with his life.. with such sayings as "Cracker". Our family was threatened as well. He was going to "blow us away".. nice, huh? this was all over a reason why he should have indeed been let go.. but he only failed to see him being black and my DH white. It was freaky around here for a while.. scary.
Poor Bill Cosby tried to rally the Black Community but wasn't received to well.. shame
That is a horrible story Janet.
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