"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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| "C J Campbell" wrote in message
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| Kennedy won by fewer votes than were garnered from obvious voter fraud
in
| Texas alone. He maintained numerous organized contacts. Johnson, perhaps
| the
| most qualified President we have had in the last century, was also
perhaps
| the most ruthless.
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| What do you consider "qualified"? Johnson was far and away the most
corrupt
| president in recent memory, and probably any other in this century. His
| corruption went back before he was even in politics. Barr McClellan makes
a
| good case that Johnson was heavily involved in the JFK assassination.
LBJ's
| history would make mafia dons blush.

Johnson was corrupt, no doubt about it. He probably should have gone to
prison for tax evasion and bribery with the Brown & Root case in 1944. Only
the direct intervention of FDR stopped it. Then there was Bobby Baker. That
was such a liability that Kennedy considered dropping LBJ from the ticket
for reelection. However, the Senate investigative committee had six
Democrats and three Republicans. It voted solidly on party lines to drop the
investigation of LBJ. LBJ had Clark Clifford and Abe Fortas organize the
cover-up -- both of these men were later involved in scandals of their own.
Senator John Williams was subjected to a dirty tricks campaign. In spite of
all this, Baker was indicted in 1967 and actually went to prison for
seventeen months. LBJ, of course, avoided exposure completely as Senators
Ervin, Tallmadge, and Inouye stopped any further Senate investigation. Of
course, all three of these Senators later led the charge against Nixon.

Johnson bragged that he had sex with a secretary on the desk of the Oval
Office. His sexual appetite was enormous.

The reason Johnson kept Hoover on as head of the FBI was because "it is
better to have him inside the tent ****ing out instead of outside ****ing
in."

Nevertheless, Johnson had a long career in public service dating back to
1931. He was elected to Congress in 1937, served in WW II as a
lieutenant-commander from 1941-42. He was elected to the Senate in 1948,
Democratic whip in 1951, minority leader in 1953, and majority leader from
1955-61. He then was elected vice president. He had a thorough grounding in
Texas politics and extensive experience in both the legislative and
executive branches. No President before or since has been so successful in
achieving his legislative agenda. He radically changed the role of the
Federal government, perhaps permanently. Much of his Great Society program
continues today. Whether you think these changes were beneficial or not, he
was certainly effective in getting them implemented.