Reply #61: you must've been at different marches than me

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Sure, by the time of the Moratorium march in 69 and the march in 71, a lot of repubs had begun joining the opposition to the war. But that was after Nixon was president. The protests in the mid 60s, while Johnson was still president were absolutely not widely supported. I'd like to see one shred of evidence that "right wing party operatives" made protesting against LBJ seem like the right thing. By the way, I still voted for Democratic candidates too. I worked for McCarthy and after Humphrey was nominated I worked for him. My point is that if we're going to hold up a Democrat as a model to measure against the "DLC" I'm not sure LBJ is the guy. He was great on social programs, sucked on Vietnam. Around here, a Democrat that is great on social programs and sucks on Iraq is considered a DINO, not a Democratic hero.

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