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In reply to the discussion: LBJ Knew When It Was the Best for the nation that he should retire. [View all]shrike3
(5,370 posts)84. Seems like it.
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Not sure, but MSNBC was discussing this very question and there's nothing wrong with debating it.
Towlie
Jun 2024
#79
hard to believe that folks would start posting about elections in an election year
fescuerescue
Jun 2024
#49
And Johnson died in only what would have been the third year into what would have been his second term. I'm ...
marble falls
Jun 2024
#50
You're deluding yourself if you think only trolls saw the debate last night and are thinking this.
meadowlander
Jun 2024
#74
There have been more than a few people coming out of nowhere, apparently to suggest that Joe drop out.
shrike3
Jun 2024
#82
There was an excellent post earlier about how replacing him at this point would be difficult if not disastrous.
shrike3
Jun 2024
#92
Trump knows it would be best if Trump retires too, but he just won't admit it in public
bucolic_frolic
Jun 2024
#5
This - thanks to that non-electoral event, nothing can be concluded from 1968
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2024
#106
Nope. LBJ stepped aside and the country elected Nixon so no that was a bad idea by Johnson.
greatlaurel
Jun 2024
#17
There is also a post about Gavin Newsom "sure being handsome" that followed the same MO.
lapucelle
Jun 2024
#25
It is a hit and run. and we lost the election after Johnson decided not to run.
Demsrule86
Jul 2024
#108
LBJ's reasons for not seeking another term are irrelevant to the current situation
Ocelot II
Jun 2024
#34
You then believe 'discussion' is simply a series of unsupported assertions, one after another? nt
Torchlight
Jun 2024
#78
If this is a comment on Biden, then it is entirely misplaced. LBJ resigned because of opposition to the Vietnam War.
Martin68
Jun 2024
#43
He retired because his health was failing, fer pete's sake. Nixon won by lying about his desire to end the war.
marble falls
Jun 2024
#51
What leads you to consistently and innacurately assert his health was the reason for retirement?
Torchlight
Jun 2024
#60