WWLD (What Would LBJ Do?)

One of these days my godfather is going to have to start his own blog but until then, I'll just lift stuff from his emails to me and post them here. The following is in reference to the Washington Post article about Alberto Gonzales.

"Do you remember when Clinton hired Jocelyn Elders to be the Surgeon General? At the time, I was floored. I said, if he wants a rainbow coalition, fine, swell! But surely you can't tell me that he can't find a black female physician with the savvy not to say "Catholics need to get over their obsession with the fetus" on TV and whose son isn't a drug dealer. I KNOW SUCH A WOMAN EXISTS SOMEWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY. Why didn't the fucking Democrats FIND HER?!?!

How is it that Bush Administration can find a neo-fascist Hispanic with so little effort? Most Hispanics do vote DEMOCRAT, last I checked. Surely any immigrant community has got to be worried about other immigrants being rounded up. Yet, the Republicans can FIND this son of a bitch! Why is it that all of the competent politicians are in the Republican Party and are now dedicated to evil? What the hell ever happened to the Eisenhower types in the Republican Party? Hell, you're right, Michelle. Richard Nixon looks swell compared to the present bastard on the throne."

Yes, I did say I'd take Richard Nixon over Bush in a heartbeat and I mean it. Yeah, his foreign policy was scary, as was his paranoia, but the guy was a freekin' socialist compared to Bush -- or Clinton for that matter. Nixon started the food stamps program. He wanted to pass a guaranteed minimum income for heaven's sake, and he would have had the liberals gotten over their self-righteous disdain for him and helped him push it through a conservative congress.

While I think the Democrats worked their asses off this last election, my godfather is right that they do have a penchant for political incompetence that goes way back. My boyfriend thinks the mantra for the Democrats should be "What Would LBJ Do?" And yeah, again, his foreign policy was also immoral but the man knew how to get stuff done, like getting the Civil Rights Act passed. Or the Great Society (even if they did manage to fuck it up). Or win elections (even if it meant having his good ol' boys down in Texas stuffing ballot boxes).

Speaking of my boyfriend, 7 and half more hours 'till his plane gets in. :D