He was all of those things, but he was also determined to get civil rights
off
the back burner. He did.

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"DSK" wrote in message
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Jonathan Ganz wrote:

He was also one tough guy. Reagan-like in some respects. After his
term was over, he was giving a speech, had a heart attack, and downed
his pills without anyone realizing it.

Go read up a bit LBJ, not sure where you're getting these impressions. He
was
a mean & greedy ******* IMHO... he may have been tough (after all he was a
Texan) but not in a way that did the country any good. I'd have no
hesitation
in ranking LBJ as the worst Democrat President of the just-past century.

BTW Bart, I'm curious... are you serious in saying the George Bush Jr is
IYHO
a good President? If so, on what grounds?

DSK