Reply #28: The last Democrat with a VISION, yes [View All]

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Even if you didn't agree with it, at least LBJ had a clear VISION for America, and he was able to present it.

The problem with recent Democratic candidates is that they don't really "stand" for anything anymore.

For example, what was Kerry's unifying vision for this country-- other than to not be Dubya? Was it "I don't agree with Dubya's disasters, but I'll certainly manage them better than he did"?

How about Gore? Was it "I'm gonna be like Clinton, but without bimbo eruptions."?

Even Dukakis had this problem-- his "vision" was to manage the government better than Reagan/Bush, while Bush at least had his "kinder, gentler" nation thing going on.

Sure, Clinton gave us "peace and prosperity", but so did Millard Filmore. Clinton's "legacy" of a budget surplus was pissed away in two short years.

His "booming economy" was built on the speculatory stock market which did almost NOTHING to create 'real' value, but did a lot to shift money up the food chain to the ultra-rich, who made out like bandits shilling 'investments' in the market as manna from heaven for the great unwashed.

While LBJ proposed a "Great Society", Clinton proposed an end to "welfare as we know it". While LBJ pursued 'communism' in Vietnam because he believed the free world depended on it, Clinton launched half-hearted attacks against 'targets' to deflect yet another bimbo eruption. Y

Yeah, LBJ fucked up Vietnam, big time. But he also signed into law the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act-- landmark civil rights legislation that has changed this country forever.

LBJ was no saint-- far from it. But he did have a vision, and was not afraid to stand for something-- ANYTHING-- which no Democratic presidential candidate has been able to do since then.