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Thread #87316   Message #1641732
Posted By: dianavan
05-Jan-06 - 01:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: Domestic Spying in the U.S.
Subject: RE: BS: Domestic Spying in the U.S.
Woody asks, "Why did President Johnson order the Anti-Goldwater Campaign and illegally use both the CIA and the FBI as his personal political instruments?"

I have no idea. Johnson was wrong to do that and also wrong to mastermind the assassination of ........... Oh, never mind. Just more Texas politics.

The point is, just because you are president doesn't mean you are above the law. If anything, constitutional law, Congress and the Judiciary should be guiding forces and he should be accountable to all citizens. Whatever happened to positive role-models.

The scum rises to the top.