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« on: August 09, 2009, 10:25:45 AM »
Quote from: JSojourner on August 09, 2009, 09:23:07 AM
Quote from: Deeds for Governor '09 on August 08, 2009, 04:31:46 PM
Quote from: JSojourner on August 08, 2009, 04:26:37 PM
Kennedy was not as committed to Civil Rights as Johnson, or as his brother became.

To me, it's more about the fact that LBJ was the most skilled politician we've ever had.  Kennedy was committed, but he just would not have been able to do what LBJ did.  See what Johnson was able to do with Everett Dirksen; JFK would've been unable to do that.

"The treatment".  Oh, to be a fly on the wall and watch Johnson work his magic.

I heard it said once about LBJ:

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