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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (43159)	4/19/2004 4:27:15 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

LBJ <font color=brown>And in these times as in times before, it is true that a house divided against itself by the spirit of faction, of party, of region, of religion, of race, is a house that cannot stand. There is division in the American house now. There is divisiveness among us all tonight. And holding the trust that is mine, as President of all the people, I cannot disregard the peril to the progress of the American people and the hope and the prospect of peace for all peoples. So, I would ask all Americans, whatever their personal interests or concern, to guard against divisiveness and all its ugly consequences. .... What we won when all of our people united just must not now be lost in suspicion, distrust, selfishness, and politics among any of our people. Believing this as I do, I have concluded that I should not permit the Presidency to become involved in the partisan divisions that are developing in this political year. With America's sons in the fields far away, with America's future under challenge right here at home, with our hopes and the world's hopes for peace in the balance every day, I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office--the Presidency of your country. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President.</font> LBJ was a man of many flaws, but Junior isn't fit to rub the mud off Johnson's boots. TP

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (43159)	4/19/2004 5:17:15 PM
From: Michelino	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

If you want to talk about mistakes and hubris, here's a portend from the mouth of babes: "Few nations have been given the advantages and opportunities of our own. Few have been more powerful as a country, or more successful as a cause. But there are risks, even for the powerful. 'I have many reasons to be optimistic,' said Pericles in the golden age of Athens. 'Indeed, I am more afraid of our own blunders than of the enemy’s devices.' America’s first temptation is withdrawal... ( quoted by GWB on Novenber 19, 1999) It is apparent that George never understood the nature of the mistake by Athens that followed Pericles' speech, it was the one that ended another Golden Age 2500 years ago, and it was also one of the greatest blunders of Imperialism in recorded history.