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Who was the more successful president: JFK or LBJ?  

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Who was the more successful president: JFK or LBJ? When asked, most people will say that they have heard of John F Kennedy, the 35th US president, and quite possibly many will remark that he was the single greatest president, after perhaps Washington and Lincoln, that ever leaded the US of A. However, in contrast, very, very few will say that they have ever even heard of Lyndon Ben Johnson, the 36th US president, immediate successor to JFK. What we must investigate is whether their respective reputations were deserved, and who was the more successful of the two presidents. To simplify the task, both presidents will be judged according to the following criteria: their prowess in achieving equal civil rights for blacks, their successes and failures in foreign matters, and how much the economy prospered under them. However, in this kind of assessment, quality is much more important than quantity, so that...

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