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MFrohike

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Wed Sep-21-11 09:09 PM
Response to Reply #29

36. I was unfair

The difference between Kennedy and Johnson is the difference between raising awareness about an issue and actually doing something about it. Kennedy was hamstrung by a Congress that didn't like or trust him and, going by comments of his contemporaries, was never very interested in making the effort to actually pass legislation. I wouldn't say he did everything possible as president because his successor did just that and got the bill passed, instead of stuck in committee. It's not that Kennedy didn't care, he just wasn't nearly as effective as LBJ.

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