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« on: May 13, 2012, 02:12:57 AM »
« edited: May 13, 2012, 02:15:30 AM by Beet »

Good points, johnpressman. I believe you are correct.

In retrospect, Johnson's decision to get America involved in Vietnam in late 1964 destroyed American liberalism at its height. The establishment Democrats at the time were too invested in proving their hawkish credentials after being traumatized by the ordeal of McCarthyism.
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