Johnson, Obama and the Politics of Self-Justification

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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In many ways they are alike, that is, former President Lyndon Johnson and current President Barack Obama. Not only did both come from similar backgrounds, one from the poor Hill Country of Texas and the other one from the mean streets of Chicago, but for several years they served as Senators in the United States Congress. And whereas Johnson was a school teacher and observed poverty and hunger, Obama was a community organizer helping unemployed workers in job training skills and to find better employment opportunities. At the same time, they went to Washington with their idealism and a desire for change. While Johnson planned to declare…

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