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Stonepounder

(4,033 posts) Wed May 10, 2017, 12:26 AM May 2017

Back when LBJ was President, he was mercilessly satirized by the Smothers Brothers. [View all]

LBJ wrote to them saying:

"It is part of the price of leadership of this great country to be the target of satirists. May we never grow to somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives."

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Your assignment is to compare and contrast LBJ and 45. You will need to at least try and keep your essay under 25,000 words.

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Back when LBJ was President, he was mercilessly satirized by the Smothers Brothers. [View all] Stonepounder May 2017 OP

ok... dhill926 May 2017 #1

LBJ apparently believed that the war in Vietnam was justified. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #2

Trump is starting another surge in Afghanistan tirebiter May 2017 #3

Sad, loser, LBJ was weak and couldn't stand up for himself Hamlette May 2017 #4

LBJ was a fascinating study in contrasts. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #5

Glueing a ferret.... Stonepounder May 2017 #6

OMG! You win, hands down. brer cat May 2017 #8

I am so stealing that. n/t reflection May 2017 #11

LBJ may have MyOwnPeace May 2017 #7

Two crude and corrupt assholes. milestogo May 2017 #9

Say what you will of Vietnam but here is the record of LBJ and you have trumps. Jim Beard May 2017 #10

"Say what you will of Vietnam" former9thward May 2017 #12

Yeah, Vietnam tore this country apart just like all the programs passed during his administration. Jim Beard May 2017 #13

If you want to continue to try and deflect from Vietnam, go ahead. former9thward May 2017 #14

I won't play if you are going to ignore the MASSIVE accomplishments Jim Beard May 2017 #15

This. Iggo May 2017 #16