LBJ and Nixon Treason

[Libertarian01]

To All,

An interesting look into political history.

BBC News - The Lyndon Johnson tapes: Richard Nixon's 'treason'

Those with a political bent should find this very interesting.

Regards,

Doug

 

[Trigger Time]

Very interesting. Not shocked since the whole war was a scam from the beginning. It is sad that even politicians today are willing to easily sacrifice lives of our brave men and women for their own personal and political gain. If we could only hear some of the back room deals of today.
What I also find troubling in this article is the fbi's pause to prosecute due to the presidents command. There is supposed to be a separation of the two. But as we have seen even recently with Obamas control of the FBI and justice department there is no separation. The office of the president is above the law now and controls who gets bracelets and who doesn't. It's his own private police force.

 

[T.Lex]

So, tired of the crap on TV, my wife and I watched a couple episodes of All in the Family from 1972. They stand the test of time, mostly.

Lionel Jefferson was prominent in both episodes we watched, which was interesting with the current (timeless?) issues regarding race.

The reason I'm posting in this thread, though, was because of a reference to the Nixon price and wage controls. I'd totally forgotten about that episode.

When people talk about imperial presidencies, some of the current stuff seems kinda tame.

https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/remembering-nixons-wage-price-controls

 

[rhino]

So, tired of the crap on TV, my wife and I watched a couple episodes of All in the Family from 1972. They stand the test of time, mostly.

Lionel Jefferson was prominent in both episodes we watched, which was interesting with the current (timeless?) issues regarding race.

The reason I'm posting in this thread, though, was because of a reference to the Nixon price and wage controls. I'd totally forgotten about that episode.

When people talk about imperial presidencies, some of the current stuff seems kinda tame.

https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/remembering-nixons-wage-price-controls

An excellent example of Mr. Nixon's actions and world view. It's amusing to me that history paints Watergate as Nixon's big crime. That was small and petty compared to what he did in front of everyone.

LBJ was another winner.

 

[T.Lex]

An excellent example of Mr. Nixon's actions and world view. It's amusing to me that history paints Watergate as Nixon's big crime. That was small and petty compared to what he did in front of everyone.

LBJ was another winner.

It is also worth remembering that the putative mechanism for him to exercise the wage/price controls was a delegation (or abdication) of authority from Congress. Technically, he did something that he was legally permitted to do.

 

[rhino]

It is also worth remembering that the putative mechanism for him to exercise the wage/price controls was a delegation (or abdication) of authority from Congress. Technically, he did something that he was legally permitted to do.

To which I would add the obvious that legally permitted .NE. right, just, ethical, good, etc.

 

[T.Lex]

To which I would add the obvious that legally permitted .NE. right, just, ethical, good, etc.

No argument here.

 

[Mikey1911]

It may sound a lot like “tu quoque”, but I have believed for many years that LBJ forfeited most of his moral authority when he stole the 1948 Texas Democratic Senatorial Primary runoff election, and he forfeited the rest of it with the Gulf of Tonkin resolution.

 

[T.Lex]

I'm sorry, but mentioning "quoque" and LBJ in the same sentence made me giggle a little.

The 60s and 70s were a strange time in America, socially and politically. In many ways, the current social/political realities seem analogous.

 

[rhino]

It may sound a lot like “tu quoque”, but I have believed for many years that LBJ forfeited most of his moral authority when he stole the 1948 Texas Democratic Senatorial Primary runoff election, and he forfeited the rest of it with the Gulf of Tonkin resolution.

Have to disagree! LBJ could not have forfeited that which he never possessed.