[lbo-talk] how LBJ would have done it

c b cb31450 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 24 11:28:35 PST 2010


Doug Henwood :

Commentary: What LBJ would do By Tom Johnson Special to CNN

Editor's note: President Lyndon B. Johnson secured passage of Medicare, the Voting Rights Act and other milestone legislation. Tom Johnson, who served as one of LBJ's White House press secretaries, is former chief executive of CNN News Group and former publisher of the Los Angeles Times. He is an associate member of the board of visitors of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Tom Johnson says President Lyndon Johnson would have used every tool to get Congress to pass a health care bill.

(CNN) -- LBJ would:

Have a list of every member of Congress on his desk.

^^^^^^^ CB: Lets send this to Lou Proyect. He doesn't think any Democrats do anything good (smile)



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