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Originally Posted by Cordelier
Excellent post, Patriot!
I've often wondered whether the repudiation of LBJ by the Democratic Party elite less to do with Vietnam and more to do with the fact that he didn't fit the style of what a "liberal Democrat" is supposed to be. Would he have been attacked so vehemently if he were from the North, for example? Or if he went to Harvard?
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No, the reason is because L B Johnson was a bastard that no one liked.
Extremely smart, extremely capable man, but he had a mean streak and knew how to hold a grudge.