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bob haller wrote:

LBJ ramped up the vietnam war At least the costs of that war was paid as it
went, not on borrowed bucks like Iraq and afghanistan

the vietnam war sucked up the bucks that could of been spent space

LBJ wouldnt of wanted to cut apollo since much of that spending was in
texas...

It was LBJ's ramping up the Vietnam War and his micromanagement of its
operations that turned the public off about him. He had, after all,
campaigned in 1964 against expanding the war, but did so anyway after he
was inaugurated. Remember the chant: "Hey, hey, LBJ -- how many kids did
you kill today"?