My father, too, although he was a conservative Democrat. He always claimed that Johnson's Great Society programs hurt his business. Ne was neutral on Carter but came to dislike him and he detested Reagan and Bush. Of course, anyone who knew my Dad knew he was a curmudgeon in general (right, Dragan?) and expected far more from our elected officials than he ever got.

>Johnson was one president my mother really disliked. She thought Carter was useless, Nixon nothing but a schemer, but Johnson she detested.
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>>Haha.....I'd forgotten about that.
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>>Johnson was a rough guy and his record is questionable but if he wanted to call you a pig he'd do it to your face and not try too-cute circumlocution.
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>>>I agree the GOP should not have flown into high dudgeon, whatever was meant. I think they should have just said perhaps Obama wasn't as "articulate" as Biden claimed.
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>>>In the realm of pigs and politics, remember that classy guy - Lyndon Johnson ;-)
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>>>He used to advocate the "pig f*cker offense" - i.e. you call your opponent a pig-f*cker and make him deny it. :-)
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