Guardian: Reports on a recent row on the role of President Johnson in the Civil Rights movement, the article notes the following on LBJ, " He embarked on an ambitious legislative programme which included the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and the “War on Poverty”, though his presidency was later undermined by an unpopular and costly war in Vietnam. "
Lets Get Real:
This blog admits it, it has a soft spot of LBJ, this President was willing to go to the wall to defend new civil rights for African - Americans, as he stated at the time what was the point of the Oval Office is not to take risks to do the right thing. This blog would have respected President Obama if he had stated that ObamaCare was a tax to help poor people, might not agree how it worked but one could understand the moral point, instead the President stated it would help ALL Americans, also they could keep their Doctor if they liked their heath plan. That is now taken as the one of the biggest lies in political history. LBJ was willing to use the power of the Oval Office to get Civil Rights through the Congress and have diect talks with Governors so they would protect African - Americans. This blog hopes that this film is not meant to downgrade LBJ as to put Obama in a better light, one got that impression with the Butler. If your making a left of centre film say so, if your going to mess up facts expect come back from historians, its your own fault. This blog will wait in till the film Selma comes out. Then will do a full historical review of the film and history.
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