DIamonelle Goes All the Way with LBJ

Diamonelle has her say, a photo by weirsdo on Flickr.

So, CJ, moving on, from AJ to LBJ,
Number 36, promoted in a similar way:
When Lee Harvey Oswald shot up JFK,
Another Johnson became Prez of the U. S. A.

He won reelection, launched a War on Poverty,
Signed the Civil Rights bill for a Great Society.
Yeah, he broke a filibuster back in 1964,
And pushed the white South out from the schoolhouse door.

So the Blue States became Red States, and they hatch their plots.
The Tea Party's not racist? Please! Connect the dots:
They're attacking Medicare, Medicaid, EPA,
NPR and education, if they get their way--
These are all Johnson achievements, from back in the day.

But like every tragic hero, Johnson too must have his fall--
Playing dominoes in Asia was his fatal flaw.
Mcnamara played the numbers, yeah he rolled the dice,
And about a million people found they couldn't live twice.

Johnson gave up tryin' to spin it, he wasn't no Bush.
He knew if he kept running he'd be gettin' the push.
His October Surprise was he was out of the race,
And you all know we got Nixon when Johnson lost face.

So the record is mixed, spin it any way,
I got lots a razzle dazzle, but I ain't no DJ.
But there is just one thing that I gotta say,
When it comes to pickin' Johnsons, I'll take LBJ.