Please shut up about LBJ

[CARLHAYDEN]

Johnson was a VERY BAD President (one of the worst).

Theodore H. White summed up Johnson's view of the world quite aptly when he noted that Johnson believed 'there ain't no problem that government cann't solve.'

See, The Making of the President, 1964.

The problem is that higher taxes, more bureaucrats, more regulations, less freedom was his panacea for everything.

The toxins he planted in the body politic have been causing turmoil for decades.

He was a crook, and first 'won' nomination as U.S. Senator is a rigged election.

Nixon (another bad President) was able to get elected because once the country became familiar with Johnson, it made Nixon look not as bad!

P.S. - One of reasons Kennedy gets such high favorability ratings is that people look as Johnson and then Kennedy, and Kennedy (a mediocre President) suddenly looks very good by comparison.

[CARLHAYDEN]

Let me suggest a simpler explanation for why the war between the states was fought.

When the deep south states seceded, there were still too many Democrats in Congress to all the Republicans to control it.

Lincoln reversed the policy of Buchanan in trying to peacefully deal with the situation and deliberately, willfully and maliciously sent armed forces into the south to provoke an armed conflict.

Then he called for the formation of a large army to conquer the deep south states that had seceded with the intent of provoking the outer south states to secede (thereby gaining control of Congress).

In short, the war was provoked by Lincoln as a power grab.

If, the deep south had not been threatened with force, it seems likely they would have in a few years revoked their secession measures, and rejoined the union voluntariy.