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Clipmarks | Vietnam Clips Obama Needs a Shot of LBJ clipped by: foxyarse clippers remarks: As distasteful as he may find doing so, Obama and his Congressional liaison staff must get in the faces of the recalcitrant members of his own party and barter, bargain or beat them into submission. It?s all well and good if the president wants to stay above the fray in his era of post-partisan politics. But why isn?t Rahm Emanuel body slamming Blue Dogs against the wall like LBJ and say, ?There?s isn?t a Senator on the Hill who doesn?t want something. What do you want? We can drop our opposition to the defense budget rider you?re pushing. Money? We?ll give your state billions. Access? How about a weekend at Camp David for you and the family? What about stepping off Air Force One with the president back home? Clip Source: www.laprogressive.com Obama Needs a Shot of LBJ Lyndon Johnson had many tragic flaws as president, but one thing he knew how to do is get his legislation passed. Members of Congress called it getting ?the Johnson treatment? which ranged from flattery, promises of federal money for a pet project back in the district or even rides on Air Force One to bullying and outright threats of White House retribution. The LBJ treatment As a result, before Vietnam consumed and then destroyed his presidency, LBJ got a reluctant Congress ? controlled almost entirely by conservative, often openly racist, Southern Democrats ? to enact Medicare, massive civil rights legislation, expansive voting rights measures, huge anti-poverty programs, generous education funding, financial sector regulation and a raft of other Great Society measures that made life better for tens of millions of Americans of all ages, races and income brackets. In fact Barack Obama was able to be elected because of laws LBJ got enacted. Tags: lbj, obama zum Artikel... Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de