***Lyndon Johnson, his 44-state landslide in 1964 and Great Society notwithstanding,***
Remember 1964? Johnson won by proclaiming “I will not send American boys to fight in a war Asian boys should be fighting!”
Whereas Goldwater stated he would send troops if necessary.
Back in 1970, PLAYBOY magazine had an interview with JOHN WAYNE.
In the interview Wayne mentioned that after the politicians had made their statements about sending troops to VN, Goldwater talked with Johnson and said to him...”You know we will have to send troops to Vietnam!”
Johnson replied...”I know, but I am trying to win an election.”
Since that day,I have NEVER believed anything that comes out of the mouth of a Democrat.
I was told that if I voted for Goldwater, that we would have riots in the streets and get into a long unwinnable war, well I voted for Goldwater, and darned if they weren’t right.
The term "credibility gap" was first heard then, in relation to the Johnson administration.
It was as close as the already liberal media dared come to calling a Democrat politician "liar". But that's what it meant all the same.