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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 11:35 PM Original message |
This is how Johnson enacted the Great Society. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. here's how LBJ got stuff done: |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I don't care if he uses blackmail and anthrax as long as it gets done. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 04:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. blackmail doesn't work anymore. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. you mean he didn't just wish and hope that the Congress |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. And we've had single-payer ever since. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, what a shame. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. and if Obama and the Democrats had won by the margins that LBJ and the Democrats had in 1964 |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. True, the Democrats are in such a weak position in Congress. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. LOL, yah they sure want us to believe that. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. And before the southern strategy |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Johnson isn't president, and times have changed. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's not easy but it's both doable and necessary. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. So offer some suggestions. I'd be interested in knowing how you |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Present the bill, written clearly and simply, redline the essentials, and call for a partyline vote. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Oh, that easy, huh.? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yes, it is that easy. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You aren't even making sense. I'm shocked! nt |
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