MB Civic

By Joseph Califano | Saturday, May 31, 2008 | The Washington Post

“…Lyndon Johnson is the invisible president of the 20th century. The tragedy of Vietnam created a cloud that still obscures Johnson’s achievements.

Our nation — particularly Democrats — pays a high price for indulging in this amnesia. If we make Johnson’s presidency invisible, we break the chain of this nation’s progressive tradition and deny people an understanding of its achievements and resilience from the time of Theodore Roosevelt.

Worse, we lose key lessons for our democracy: that courage counts and that government can work to benefit the least among us in ways that enhance all of us….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053002445_pf.html