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Question: Who do you think was a better President?
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« on: March 17, 2019, 04:20:25 PM »
« edited: March 17, 2019, 07:58:27 PM by darklordoftech »
Battle of the Texans who led America into a bad war.
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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2019, 04:27:33 PM »
LBJ was far, far better on every issue that wasn't Vietnam.
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2019, 05:00:31 PM »
LBJ literally would've been the record best President, pole-vaulted past FDR/Washington/Lincoln if he hadn't done Vietnam so badly.

Bush Jr did pretty much nothing right, not even compared to Trump.
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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2019, 11:18:20 PM »
Quote from: Stereotypical Indian Facebook User on March 17, 2019, 04:27:33 PM
LBJ was far, far better on every issue that wasn't Vietnam.
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« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2019, 03:25:04 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2019, 08:25:05 PM »
Without Vietnam, LBJ would probably have been seen as one of the best five presidents ever.
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« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2019, 08:54:33 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2019, 07:23:07 AM »
other than that, how was the show Mrs Lincoln?
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« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2019, 08:01:01 AM »
Both had horrible foreign policies, but at least LBJ didn't screw the country over domestically. So LBJ.
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« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2019, 08:43:07 AM »
The one who only screwed up on the foreign policy front.
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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2019, 12:00:58 PM »
LBJ had redeeming qualities. Not many, but some is better than none.
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« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2019, 12:39:51 PM »
LBJ obviously.
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« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2019, 06:43:17 PM »
Quote from: Lakigigar on March 18, 2019, 08:25:05 PM
Without Vietnam, LBJ would probably have been seen as one of the best five presidents ever.

In a 1996 survey, 15 of 32 historians polled ranked LBJ as a "near great" president.  That's even after factoring in Vietnam.  Since the only three presidents consistently ranked as "great" are Lincoln, Washington, and FDR, it's very possible many of these 15 would have ranked him as fifth or not far below it if they had been numerically ranking the presidents.

I don't see how anyone can seriously argue that W was a better president than LBJ.
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