NBC News: Lyndon Johnson's last day as president (1969)

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Johnson leaves the White House.

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1. Democrats have to admit Johnson was not one of our finer hours

Although I admire Johnson for admitting failure and not running for re-election. He did good work on civil rights. But of course his pursuing of the Vietnam war was a catastrophically bad decision. Johnson like many politicians, had always been financially corrupt through out his career.

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3. my mom loved Johnson ....

and she hated the Vietnam War too ... and despite being an Irish immigrant she never warmed up to JFK or RFK (she was Ok with Ted,) but LBJ was her favorite President.

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2. He signed away his own political future because he believed in country before career....

Those pictures with him sitting there signing the civil rights bill, MLK standing behind him, speak volumes.