And I don't see how your response is of any use for that purpose. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
I wouldn't STFU under LBJ either. Back then I was proposing a National Day of Prayer for LBJ to have a heart attack! That he got what a mess he had made of things was one of the redeeming features of the end of his presidency. Though I voted for him in Nov. I always regretted that Humphrey was the Democratic candidate that year, though he would be far left today. Wars and foreign adventures have been the bane of our polity since WW II. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
