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    If may not be much (actually it's a beautiful, complex, and wondrous world), but it's all we've got.  We're not…
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    • All true.  But LBJ was only 56 years old in 1964.  If that's grandfatherly why are Democrats interested in Biden…
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    • Ah, but can't discount the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Medicare/Medicaid, and War on Poverty.   He was a…
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    • Gore better than anyone knew how feckless and undisciplined Clinton was.  Not a good SCOTUS candidate. Sure glad that Obama's…
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    • by 1972 Hubert was perceived to be well past his sell-by date.  (and bitter, or something, too: In 1968 there…
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    • Our little discussion has left me feeling very sad.  LBJ was a tragic figure.  HHH missed out by not being…
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    • He's a blowhard.  Not smart enough to recognize that he doesn't know anything about important national public policies and issues…
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    • BBC write-up is a good summary based on the last LBJ tapes to be released. It was FBI wiretaps and…
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    • Ah, the old days of convention fights and backroom deals.  Based on the balloting it sure looks as if Ike…
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    • he might well have gone on to name Bill to the Court Nope.  Clinton lost his law license.  And he…
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    • SCOTUS appointees like Sotomayor and Kagan are exactly right -- extremely well qualified and young enough to be a fixture…
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    • Maybe not so much bored as it isn't his cup of tea.  He would expect high standards from himself, but…
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    • On that, in addition to other matters, he mimics Scalia.
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    • Most of them do have experience in other branches of government. Do second the need for more law school diversity…
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    • They probably were better thinkers because philosophy/logic were more integral to their educations than the more informational and technical driven…
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    • Someone clever enough to see that Cruz would repulse them.
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    • Disagree about LBJ.  He had already set up the mechanism for ending the VN war with the peace talks.  He…
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    • It's so difficult to compare the records and strength and weaknesses of two men based on different points in time…
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    • Part time lecturer.
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    • comparative legal lightweight How can you argue otherwise?  Didn't clerk for a judge, no appointments/elections to AG/DA positions, no judicial…
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