[Uncle Ike]

” With LBJ in office, the rioters thought (correctly, as it turned out) that the mobs could smash, burn and loot without much consequence. “

In all fairness, Bush-The-Elder’s craven response to the “Rodney King Riots” was as bad, if not worse, than anything LBJ did...

[oh8eleven]

In all fairness, Bush-The-Elder’s craven response to the “Rodney King Riots” was as bad, if not worse, than anything LBJ did...
Nothing is worse than what LBJ did to America. Nothing. He's the SOB who gave us the Vietnam War, Medicare and Medicaid. His Great Society program destroyed "black america" and every city in this country.
The taxes needed to fuel the GS and to pay for VN are what gave us 20%+ inflation in the late 70s. It's also why married women had to join the work force ... to help pay those taxes which destroyed the "nuclear family."
LBJ is also the man who forced the Civil Rights Act through Congress, which unleashed the greatest crime wave America has ever seen (and still suffers).
While many speak of 0bama as the worst Prez in out history, LBJ stands alone at the top of that dung heap.