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madrchsod

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10. 1964 this was the turning point in america in civil rights

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2012, 07:19 AM

May 2012

johnson needed one man to turn defeat into victory.that man was everett dirksen. today we have not one republican who would be willing or capable to do what dirksen did.

http://www.lib.niu.edu/1996/iht319648.html

i guess in those days people stood up for what was right even though they knew it could cost them their career.

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This is not Lyndon Johnson’s Senate [View all] ProSense May 2012 OP

This is not LBJ's America... Drunken Irishman May 2012 #1

Good points. ProSense May 2012 #2

Great post. Thanks for sharing. FarLeftFist May 2012 #3

In the 1970s, American politics were still pretty liberal Art_from_Ark May 2012 #4

I agree... Drunken Irishman May 2012 #6

Yeah, the Republican takeover of the Senate in 1981 was a big turning point Art_from_Ark May 2012 #7

Thanks for sharing such an informative post. Allensm May 2012 #5

You're welcome. ProSense May 2012 #13

In Caro's "Passage of Power", ch. 18 & 19 particularly, he describes how the filibuster ... eppur_se_muova May 2012 #8

Thank you ProSense. great white snark May 2012 #9

1964 this was the turning point in america in civil rights madrchsod May 2012 #10

k&r... spanone May 2012 #11

R#7 & K for, the filibustering was corraled by LBJ's skills. Am 100 pp from the end of CARO's 4thVol UTUSN May 2012 #12

K & R Scurrilous May 2012 #14