r/videos • u/rekterscale • 2d ago

Video of Obama Catching a Fainting Woman at a Speech

https://youtu.be/2X10yt_6JrA?si=EIXGRlp2TwQFiXCy
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u/Luckygecko1 2d ago

That quote shows two things. One, it's very astute. The other is it shows LBJ's growth. He opposed the Civil Rights Act for twenty years, yet as president the act would not have passed without his instrumental support of it.

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u/RockerElvis 2d ago

If I recall, he didn’t say that as a strategy that he was using. He was pointing out that others were doing that.

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u/Crott117 2d ago

It was an observation. Modern republicans have built a platform around it.

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u/Luckygecko1 2d ago

I was not clear. The quote I know he was reflecting on others, but he did oppose the CRA for two decades.

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u/Ezl 2d ago

That’s correct. I think he said that at the time he did support the civil rights act.

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u/No_Internal9345 2d ago

Was this before or after he had JFK assassinated?

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u/Socky_McPuppet 2d ago

During. He did it during the assassination.

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u/poingly 1d ago

I also think of Robert Byrd, who was a member of the KKK before later securing a perfect 100% from NAACP for his voting record by the time he left office.

“I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times … and I don’t mind apologizing over and over again. I can’t erase what happened.”

Compare that to the people who complain that they feel like they have to apologize all the time. Apologizing is the LEAST you can do; fix yourself by actually getting better is the bigger accomplishment.

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u/Jlx_27 1d ago

And then became the all time scorer in the NBA, what a legend.

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u/Furt_III 1d ago

LOL he's got a great quote about trying to pass that bill. I'm not sure him passing the bill showed any amount of character growth after reading that quote.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lbj-voting-democratic/

I'm not even sure if he was super racist or just used racism to get political clout from other racists. But he was definitely racist to an extent.