One good thing he passed the civil rights act. One bad thing is he started the Vietnam war. So I balanced a five star with a one star and I averaged a three.

A textbook example of thrist for power gone amuck. Said to be a tough leader in the Senate, yet was strangly unable to convince Congress to adequately supply the American and South Vietnamese side of the Vietnam Conflict. His inaction and ineptitude there cost him the presidency. The subsequent fall of Vietnam also cost millions of innocent Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians their lives as communism infested Southeast Asia.

my personal favorite. did more for civil rights than any president since lincoln, fought an unpopular war that showed the domino theory was a load of hokum. greates majority leader in senate history.

A profitier of the war in VNam.

A man who took a mess (Vietnam) and made it worse. I rate him higher than George W. Bush because at least LBJ had the brains to step aside when he saw that he could not deal with the awful situation we faced in Vietnam. Hopefully, Bush will come to a similar conclusion because of Iraq.

Created our wonderful welfare state. Pay people to produce nothing except babies. Talked peace during his campaign and then got us deep into the most pathetically run war in our history. 58,000 men dead for what? Civil rights? Thank a republican congress!! On behalf of all the dead in Vietnam...Rot in hell!

Was robed of the credit he should have gotten by Kennedy. LBJ was a good president in my book.

He lied about Vietnam and got over 57000 guys killed to look like he was an anti-communism. This was just a ruse to cover his left wing "Great Society" programs. Anybody check out how those programs are doing today? From the daily news from the inner city, I would say not too well.

slumbag possibly involved with Kennedy's murder

Listen to the LBJ tapes that public radio airs every week, and you'll never think of LBJ again as anything but a manipulative person. Scary stuff and why he would want to record it all is just a testament to his tremendous ego.

PROBALLY THE WORST THIS COUNTRY WILL EVER KNOW. THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT DIFFERENT IF HE HAD KEPT HIS BIG NOSE OUT OF THE WAR AND LET THE MILITARY DO WHAT THEY ARE TRAINED FOR. HE ALSO USED TO KICK THE SH33 OUT OF HUBERT HUMPHRY

excuse me do any of you know what exactly the Johnson treatment is...i need to know for an assignment..thank you!

POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES: I suppose what is best about Lyndon B. Johnson is that his policies reflected his compassion for the "little man". He was one of the greatest administrators of our time who really got everything he wanted during his first few years in office. He expanded Kennedy's programs, most notably Medicare, Medicaid and Head Start. He also launched an unconditional War on Poverty, and some of his Anti-Poverty programs were so popular that they were continued by Richard Nixon, a Republican President. He signed two landmark Civil Rights bills origionally proposed by Kennedy. NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES: "Hey Hey LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?". LBJ knew politics- every facet of it. However, he never served in the military, and therefore, he knew nothing BUT politics. He took it upon himself to personally oversee every single operation of the Vietnam War, often disregarding the advice of trained military professionals. He listened to the Joint Chiefs, who all but sealed our fate in Vietnam. It's not surprising that LBJ had a tought time with Vietnam- he in fact did not start the war- our involvement there began in 1945 and continued throughout the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. LBJ simply expanded the war in 1966, and thus, tarnished his reputation in the eyes of many and caused more divisions than unity. FINAL ANALYSIS: I respect LBJ for his dedication- he honestly had no idea what to do in LBJ, so he followed his heart. His declining health and rare public appearances toward the end of his term showed how hard the war was hitting him. The Presidency of one of the greatest administrators of our time began with tragedy, yet ended with tragedy as well.

Great society. Need anyone say more?

Great President, Grat society programs really helped the nation.

Stellar president. Great Society was the single greatest legislative program ever.

Hey Hey LBJ How many kids will u kill 2day

A fool who is responsible for most of the ills of the past forty years,the great society,what a joke.

Excuse me you all, but it was JFK who got us into Vietnam, as I recall. Also, very gung ho for the Special Services, in fact, the "Green Berets" was his baby all the way. Johnson is also culpable, but let's give the devil it's due.

The corn pone Genghis Khan. Inititated and totally mismanaged an unnecessary war while thousands died. He had enough guts to send Americans into action into a nothing place but was petrified over possible Soviet and Chinese reactions. They should have been worrying about us rather than the other way around. When Ike was the president-elect, he went to Korea and told the Chinese that he would definitely drop the bomb if they did not come to the table. Sadly, with Ike there would have been no Vietnam conflict because he knew better and he had warned us about the military-industrial complex. And, there are a lot of questions about that assassination that I wish had been answered rather than covered by that polecat's stooges.

About as arrognat and mean spirited a man who ever held the office.

three stars for being the best damn polition every seen on this world. .5 star for civil rights .5 star for being average

LBJ was very exceedingly corrupt, vulgar and childish figure. He played Mordred to the democrat Camelot's King Arthur...

Being from England I am astounded by some of the views about Johnson. This guy was one of the most important American Presidents of the 20th Century. An unethical man? name a president who hasn't been! The man who was to blame for Vietnam? How easy it is to forget that the American people supprted escalation at the time. can anyone tell me a president who would have done differently? (don't make me laugh and say Kennedy - Christ! imagine what 'W' would have done!!!!)it would have political suicide to pull out in 63-65 - remember Truman and China? The Welfare State - an expensive waste of money? it is imposible to put into words the benefits this has brought to millions of Americans; Reagan's contribution to people's welfare was a massive arms build up that resulted in the biggest deficits in US history. Did Johnson put too much restraint on US business? recent history has shown these crooks need watching. The man who had something to do with Kennedy's assassination? Highly dubious - anyway, stop crying over Kennedy. JFK was one of the worst: he had few achievements, apart from taking the world to the brink of nuclear war, the assassinations (attempted and carried out)of foreign heads of state, a belated 'commitment' to civil rights, strong mafia links, a sham of a marriage and numerous venereal diseases. Although Johnson did have huge flaws, this guy was the greatest legislator of the 20th century. No-one managed Congress better, no-one has had their heart in the right place as much as Johnson, not even Roosevelt who pandered to the Southern racists and whose reputation was saved by WW2.

Far more crooked and immoral than Clinton as well as the one responsible for the Vietnam War. Johnson also led the way in establishing the United States as a welfare state. According to the newest volume of his biography by Robert Caro, Johnson also constantly asked his wife why she "couldn't be as pretty as all those other girls". That should tell you enough about what kind of man he was.

Vietnam sucked, but LBJ supported civil rights at a tough time.

This is a counter-vote. Whatever his personality and motives, he did some good things for the country.

Believe it or not, the true beginnings of the Viet Nam war can be traced back to various problems that were never resolved after the completion of WWII. However, the actual war officially started during the once much-ballyhooed Kennedy Dynasty. Oddly, people tend to overlook that – I guess it’s a kind of selective judgment thing people do when they sense anything charismatic about a public figure. Not the first time, certainly not the last. Anyway, the fiasco was fully underway when Johnson was sworn in and continued on and to escalate throughout his administration. The war actually did not formally end until 1975 during the Ford “Get Down Get Back Up Again” term. Johnson, having inherited this legacy, ended up attempting to deal with it during its nastiest and most horrible period. As far as much of the world is concerned (myself included), he blew it big time. Instead of ending it he chose to him haw around and hand it off to the next guy. That disastrous delay cost countless lives, heartache and internal strife within this country. Support of the Civil Rights movement was a good thing yes. But Viet Nam caused a stench we are still able to smell to this day…and BTW, speaking of civil rights, guess who were very often heading up the front lines? First clue: they did not have money for college and many times they could claim African heritage.

Fully and completely responsible for Vietnam. And this is from a Democrat.

Megalomaniac. Deeply corrupt. Stole his Senate seat from Coke Stevenson.

Totally consumed with politics, and with getting his way. As a speech-maker, he was one of the most UNinspiring we've ever had. I never knew whether to feel disgust toward him or genuine sadness. I do think he should have either pulled us completely out of Vietnam, or unleashed our forces to end it quickly. That war of attrition, the piecemeal approach, just kept getting our young men killed week after week, for years.

One of the greatest domestic presidents in the 20th century. Passed more legislation through congress than any president but FDR. If it weren't for his troubles in dealing with the war in Vietnam I would give him five stars.

Got us completely involved in the Vietnam Idiot War. That automatically takes off points. Eisenhower and Kennedy sorta started it, but Johnson finished! Plus, I don't like his politics either. We didn't have to go to the Vietnam War...as a result of his stupidity, a whole lotta people got unnecesarrily killed. Thus, since the war of 1812 was "Mr. Madison's War" and WWII was "Mr. Roosevelt's War" and the "war on terrorism" is "Mr. Bush's War", 'Nam will be "Mr. Johnson's War". Alright, he did a few good things...that's why I gave him a 2, not a 1. Mr. Johnson was just a bad president. Take care, everyone!

I have to give him credit for his pushing for civil rights legislation. However, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was an unscrupulous scandal.

"Hey hey LBJ how many kids did you kill today!!" One of the worst presidents of the late 20th century. The Great Society killed this country and it wasn't until Reagan came along that we finally started back on the road toward econoimic freedom. His vision of "Guns and Butter" just did not work. He should have concentrated more on Vietnam. His pursuit of social programs diverted his attention and cost thousands of young patriotic Americans their lives. Only reason he gets two stars was some of his civil rights work. And even some of that was flawed.

Fine and corageous American.

A very bad man, but was OK as a president.

Egotist extroadinaire. I'm still not convinced he didn't have his hands dirty in the Kennedy assasination.

Worst president of my lifetime. Clinton looks almost ethical by comparison. Expanded pointless Vietnam War to "prove he was tough." Ignored advice of generals and picked bombing targets himself. Stole his first congressional election in Texas. Helped Kennedy steal Presidential election in Texas then covered up facts surrounding Kennedy shooting (in Texas.) Covered up facts surrounding Robert Kennedy Assassination (1968). Covered up facts surrounding Martin Luther King Assassination (1968). As for LBJ's womanizing, not even Janet Reno would be safe around this guy. No woman dared swim in the same pool with him. (He liked to pinch them.) Only bright spot on his record (civil rights legislation) was actually started under Kennedy. LBJ was a vulgar power-hungry man whose primary legacy was the Vietnam War.

My man on civil rights. If it weren't for the war which we should have/should not have been in and should have/should not have won - he would have been one the best Presidents.

Great intentions. A good plan. A decent man. What went wrong was a war he didn't start and a country who missed Kennedy.

Johnson was a horrible president. He was an immoral man who expanded an immoral Vietnam War. I agree with the objectives of the war; to stop the spread of communism, but massacring innocent Vietnamese and destroying their country with the use of napalm was bad. He put too many American men and women's lives on the line through his "War of Attrition" that Johnson authorized in Vietnam. When fighting a war, you hit your key objectives fast and then you get out fast. Johnson just continued sending soldiers incrementally to South Vietnam without sending a mass army to North Vietnam to fight the communists at their base. I hate it when the left blame Nixon for the war. He said he was going to bring the war to an honorable end, and that he did. Nixon brought the Americans home and we fought the communists in North Vietnam and Laos. Otherwise, Johnson's expansion of the welfare state was inexcusable. Johnson, like most liberals, are well-intentioned, but his Medicare scheme nationalize medicine in this country, which led to higher costs of prescriptions overall. Remember, higher taxes and higher regulations for companies mean that they will have to charge a higher price for products.

Despite the liberal media's adoration of LBJ and his expansion of entitlements (which almost bankrupted the country), he was a terrible/bad president: expanded the Vietnam War without a goal or commitment to win; prosecuted the war based on poll-numbers at home; kicked off what became the stagflation of the 1970's with his expansion of gov't and deficit spending (via entitlements). And he was crooked (Billie Sol Estes, Bobby Baker). Rate him where he belongs: in the cellar!