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Jun 9Edited

LBJ got distracted by the Cold War, lost his focus on the War on Poverty (his own initiative) and - ultimately - failed on both fronts.

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he said-to paraphrase-i'll be damned if i'll be the first president to lose a war-he died a broken man-sad-but I feel much worse for the Americans and Vietnamese who died

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Hell! Even >he< got sick of it all and effectively resigned! I saw him announce he wouldn't run for a 2nd term in the original live broadcast. (And I'm not talking about a tape of the live broadcast. I'm talking about the original, "we're interrupting this program for a special message from the president" live broadcast!)

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I remember,but don't know if I saw it live or tape-from North Dakota ,McCarthy was from minn.,a big deal back then

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Jun 10Edited

Yep! I voted for Eugene. He wouldn't have been my my first choice, but I was a savvy enough kid back then to know in my gut Nixon was a damn snake! That's before I became aware of the whole party thing. Indeed, that's what puzzles me about the kids my age back then today. Can't they distinguish between not the kind of candidate they'd prefer and a nothing but a goddam snake тА╜ What's wrong with'em ? The oldsters thought TV was ruining us back then. They were mostly right, too! I'm thinkin' internet and social media may be dumbing them down. Too much opportunity for shit notions to spread and take hold in impressionable minds.

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as I've said,a choice between a C+ and an F- candidate should be an easy one-why isn't it for many,esp. the young-when Joe Lewis,the Brown Bomber,was asked how he could enlist to fight for a country that denied him his human rights,he reportedly said something like I knew I sure as hell wouldn't get them under Hitler--do they think they'll get any action on climate change or pro-choice or anything else progressively meaningful under Trump?

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DZK, I agree wholeheartedly about todays older kids not knowing enough about politics & not knowing what critical thinking is all about to make informed judgements about certain political parties! And there will always be something visual to grab attention away from the real issues & the entrance of AI into FB & Google among others is going to spread disinformation along with outright lies & misinformation during all elections making it difficult for even educated voters to distinguish between BS & truth! Political Science courses will need to be added to HS curriculums if we are to effectively educate future voters bec as tRumpтАЩs rises in politics has already shown, we have a lot of gullible, downright stupid people voting in all types of elections! ItтАЩs frightening actually!

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Not the Wisconsin McCarthy. . .

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no-Sen.Eugene McCarthy of Minn.,who in 1967 challenged incumbent LBJ for the Dem. nomination,running as an anti- war candidate-he got 42% of the vote in the N.H.primary-LBJ got 45,but nonetheless dropped out-the anti-war vote later went to RFK-we know how that turned out

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looked it up- LBJ got 49%-my memory isn't what it used to be

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