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Antonio's avatar

OK. Small, small, small world. This to me sounds like Au Contraire - Biden pay attention! Then of course we have Richard Nixon on tape "I hope I outlive all those B------s". But yes there WAS this like - ya can't love 'im and ya can't hate 'im attitude towards LBJ's walking away from the election! I did love the LBJ as president. Thank you James.

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The Crotty Farm Report's avatar

I am always a bit uneasy about too easy or too cute historical comparisons, but Holy Hanoi, this is remarkably consistent: major piece of legislation passed (Great Society package; Inflation Reduction Act); controversial and increasingly unpopular war (Vietnam; Ukraine); civil unrest (1968 riots, assassinations, crime; the current epidemic of smash-and-grab, murder); drug abuse then and now. It goes on and on. But there is a key differentiator between then and now, which the pod unpacks. Though I could see why GOP would be giddy.

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