Look, I suck. I get that.

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180. None of your bluster and insult,

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makes your argument any stronger that the political realities of the mid to late 1960s are legitimately comparable to the political situation in Washington and in the country today, and in particular, that LBJ would've easily 'whupped Lieberman into line or else he would've spread little Lieberman's ass "all the way from Connecticut to Texas."

LBJs own party had significant majorities in both chambers for most of his presidency. The going became much tougher after he lost that advantage. And even the opposition party at that time wasn't the opposition of today.

You couldn't time travel twenty-two of today's GOP senators back to 1965 and get them to vote for LBJs war on poverty.

You can try to dress up this highly speculative argument with all of the bluster you want but it doesn't make it one whit stronger.

1965 was almost 50 years ago. Barack Obama would've had a different presidency in 1965 (and probably passed a better health care law) and LBJ would've had a different presidency in 2014.

If wishes were horses and time travel was real....

(on edit : the corollary to your argument -- that if LBJ time-traveled to 2014 he could through sheer force of will push sweeping anti-poverty legislation through the GOP controlled house and over the 60-vote mark in the senate -- is utterly preposterous. Wake up to the real world. Fantasy is for little girls.)