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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts) Tue Apr 1, 2014, 07:54 AM Apr 2014

We didn't need this to get Medicare & the Great Society reforms, in fact, we would have beat Nixon without it:

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Please take 5 seconds to understand that LBJ + NO WAR = NO NIXON. [View all] grahamhgreen Apr 2014 OP

... Scuba Apr 2014 #1

This photo still breaks my heart every time I see it. No War! nt Mnemosyne Apr 2014 #2

+1. nt bemildred Apr 2014 #3

This is potentially a long conversation el_bryanto Apr 2014 #4

Yes, a very long conversation about what might have been but mountain grammy Apr 2014 #6

You should add the Civil Rights Bill to the equation. eom Bad Thoughts Apr 2014 #7

Well, I include all the great society programs in 'LBJ': grahamhgreen Apr 2014 #8

LBJ wasn't the only one responsible for the Vietnam War Just the facts Apr 2014 #10

Welcome to D.U. warrprayer Apr 2014 #11

Anticommunism lies near the heart of the matter. Orsino Apr 2014 #12

Sadly, I am not so sure "we'd be winning elections" ... Just the facts Apr 2014 #17

Excellent post - TBF Apr 2014 #16

"It is not a lesson that has been learned." Martin Eden Apr 2014 #19

Exactly the trap Obama is in. grahamhgreen Apr 2014 #15

Yes, I suppose ... Just the facts Apr 2014 #18