Re: Press "1" for English

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If LBJ flew it to the left, then Nixon flew it into the ground.
I remember in a Star Trek movie the Spock character said only Nixon could go
to China. I have no idea what future generations will think of Nixon but as
I recall by the time he left office most people were hoping he'd find a
place a lot deeper and much hotter.
"G. Morgan" <alarmpro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:56:32 -0700, "alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>Yeah. It's too late though. Not enough men in government now. I don't mind
>>that they're crooks so much, I just wish that they had some balls.
>>
>>Who said this:
>>"If I had inherited the mess that Johnson got into, I would have said to
>>North Vietnam, by dropping leaflets out of B-52s, 'You quit the war in
>>three
>>days or the next time these babies come over they're going to drop some
>>big
>>bombs on you.' And I'd make a swamp out of North Vietnam ... I'd rather
>>kill
>>a hell of a lot of North Vietnamese than one American and we've lost
>>enough
>>of them,"
>>
>>and this:
>>     "I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it
>> more
>>efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote
>>welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but
>>to
>>repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones
>>that do violence to the Constitution or that have failed their purpose, or
>>that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not
>>attempt to discover whether legislation is ``needed'' before I have first
>>determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should
>>later
>>be attacked for neglecting my constituents "interests,'' I shall reply
>>that
>>I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause
>>I
>>am doing the very best I can."
>>
>>and of course:
>>"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice!
>>And
>>let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no
>>virtue."
>
> Wow, I didn't know that about Goldwater.  Wouldn't have mattered as I
> wasn't born yet.
>
>
>>I wonder where we would be if he had been elected president  in 1964
>>instead
>>of LBJ.
>
> That's a damn good question.  I've always looked back at Johnson's
> presidency  as a complete failure and a crucial turning point for our
> country.  Of course Nixon was no better.
>
>
>
> --
>
> -Graham
> (remove the double e's to email)