[jazusamo]

Yes, you're correct. I don't know how the states broke down on popular vote but LBJ had quite a Dem machine going and was, in my view, one of the crookedest presidents ever. At least until the present turkey came along with his Chicago Way and Marxist hatred of our country.

[katana]

Johnson was indeed probably the most complete combination of basest corruption and genuine raw political talent (the ability to get things done) that this country has ever seen. Clinton was a pale shadow in comparison and Obama is an Affirmative Action incompetent. Men like Johnson usually ended up running Congress or managing a presidency behind the scenes, but Johnson was too big for that and JFK needed him on the ticket in ‘60. So there he was, King Lyndon I. Nearly managed to give the White House to his successor (Humphrey was by all accounts a very decent man), although he and Nixon probably had more in common as far as political smarts and raw ambition.