Would George Wallace have signed the Civil Rights Act?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Of course not, Wallace went over to the dark side after he lost that first gubernatorial campaign.  Btw, signing the civil rights act was a major political risk in the short-term.  And even if it weren't, no matter how loathe certain True Leftists are to admit it, Johnson deserves a great deal of credit for its passage.  Also the idea that Johnson's actual views on civil rights were the ones he had as Senator rather than when he became President is pretty ridiculous.  I know some folks like everyone to be neatly divided into clear FFs and clear HPs, but Johnson really was almost exactly at the intersection of the two and overall he probably did more good than bad (which isn't to downplay the fact that he did some pretty awful stuff).

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Face it, your hero LBJ was just as much of a racist scumbag who only changed his position on things like the economy and Civil Rights because he was doomed without the Kennedy Coalition.

But who cares why people do good things?

People definitely care about why people do bad things (manslaughter/murder), so it only seems fair to do the same for good things.

Good luck getting anything done with that attitude