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In reply to the discussion: The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972 [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)7. To this day
I remain nearly convinced that LBJ gave the Pentagon its war in return for being allowed to proceed with The Great Society and civil rights, which were his true passions in politics. He knew all too personally happened to the last guy who stood up to the MIC that wasn't named Eisenhower - he was with him in the same motorcade in Dallas.
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absolutely. They should be chilling, as well as abhorrent to most of our sensibilities
bigtree
Jul 2014
#9
"I have more books by or about Nixon...." I have over 80, if we count the topic of Watergate. Plus,
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#23
I'm Class of '71; my 19th birthday was Election Day '68. When I was 10, I quit Girl Scouts because
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#33
Heh--Irish here, too! PA coal-cracker (Up the Mollies!), and my Sicilian great-grandparents dropped
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#40
Rumor has it that what "W-gate" was about was covering up details of Dallas '63. I find it
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#34