Obviously, the United States needs a profane, uncouth, politically incorrect leader. After all, that’s why Donald Trump is occupying the White House, right?
Last night I had this dream… rather than Mr. Trump, Lyndon Johnson
was once again our President.
And, the world rejoiced!
Yes, people were relieved that Trump was out and Lyndon was
back in. Why?
Because Johnson -- despite his profanity, uncouthness,
politically incorrectness and promiscuity -- actually worked for life-affirming
legislation rather than for disassembling the USA as we know it.
Just think about it for a moment.
Johnson fought Republicans
and Southern Democrats in Congress and won: Medicare, Medicaid, the Food Stamp
Act, the first civil rights acts since the Civil War ended, the 1965 Voting
Rights Act, the Fair Housing Act of 1968, and the Higher Education Act of 1965. Plus, LBJ supported NASA's manned missions to the moon. The first moon landing, Apollo 11, took place in July 1969, the year he left office. Johnson could have abandoned the whole thing. But he din't.
Millions of Americans are to this day served by LBJ’s legislative
prowess.
I never thought I’d see the day when I would sing LBJ’s praises... but, today... we have Trump.
The Lyndon Johnson Song
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