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Fascinating bit of juxtaposition, new numbers show the public ranks johnson among the worst of all the modern presidents. a gallup coal found johnson ranked ninth ahead of only gerald ford and richard nixon. nearly half of americans said merely an average president and 22% said poor. of course, thats all about vietnam. mark uptogrove, and welcome to you both. mark, start with you on a complicated legacy of lbj. youve obviously written a book on it, a book on him, and you guys in many ways, this ...

Inequality, but i also think its interesting to see all of the differences. lbj and president obama, very different leaders. very different backgrounds if you look at krir cvs and the context incredibly different. the movement of the 1960s is quite different than were facing today. >> i never want to do a segment or a show when youre talking about lbj without hearing from him. so let me play a clip here of one of the phone calls lbj was having with martin luther king talking about the civil righ...