Top 200 Albums of All Time: Bruce Springsteen

Born to Run: Bruce Springsteen (1975)

Record companies might not stick with Bruce Springsteen today. His first two albums failed to capture the public’s imagination. He gave it one more try producing Born the Run. The iconic album made Springsteen a star and the music remains popular with fans today.

Darkness on the Edge of Town: Bruce Springsteen (1978)

Legal battles delayed Springsteen’s follow up to Born to Run. The new album charted for 97 weeks, but the songs did not chart as well. However, Darkness on the Edge of Town contained many classics and fan favorites including “Badlands”, “The Promised Land”, and “Prove It All Night.”

The River: Bruce Springsteen (1980)

In the 80s, many considered The River Springsteen’s greatest album. The album mixes dark material with songs about cars and living life. Indeed, the work captures life in its examination of the solemn and the whimsical.

Nebraska: Bruce Springsteen (1982)

Bruce travels into Woodie Guthrie and Bob Dylan territory in 1982. Nebraska explores peoples’ everyday troubles and life altering decisions. Few rock albums of the period investigate the socioeconomic troubles of the late seventies. As such, Nebraska provides a time capsule to the post-Watergate, pre-Morning in America period. The album is acoustic folk, but an electric version exists somewhere leaving fans to wonder when they will be able to hear it in its entirety.

Born in the USA: Bruce Springsteen (1984)

Born in the USA produced seven top 10 singles. Like Nebraska, Born in the USA provides a time capsule. Musically, the album is full on rock with pop influences. Thematically, it is much more upbeat and optimistic than its predecessor. Ironically, the title track became a patriotic anthem. In reality, it recounts the toils of a Vietnam Vet whose country turned its back on.

The Rising: Bruce Springsteen (2002)

In 2002, Bruce released his first studio album in seven years and first with the E Street Band in 18 years. The events of 911 informed the album’s themes and marked a return of Springsteen to his arena rock persona after venturing into more folk-oriented music.

Captain America: Tales of Suspense #59-62

Marvel resurrected Captain America in the 1960s. The company rolled out Cap in solo adventures in Tales of Suspense. In those early adventures, he shared the comic with Iron Man. Each character got his own solo story. As a result, the stories were compact and half the size of a normal issue. The following is a recap of his first four appearance.

Tales of Suspense #59: Cap hangs out in the Avengers mansion. Some bad guys decide to break in and challenge the superhero believing he'd be a pushover since he did not have the same powers as his teammates. Cap defeats the gang relatively easily. The issue was clearly meant to introduce Cap and focused on the action. The issue also hinted at Cap's WWII past and sadness he experienced when looking back.

Tales of Suspense #60: Baron Zemo is introduced. The Baron sends a group of underlings to capture Captain America. They fail and Cap taunts Zemo in his South American lair.

Tales of Suspense #61: Cap goes to Vietnam to rescue a downed pilot. The main villain is a communist general/sumo wrestler. I thought Sumos were Japanese and not Vietnamese.

Tales of Suspense #62: A group of prisoners commit a jailbreak and Cap stops them.

Top 10 Hawaii Five-O Episodes

The original Hawaii Five-O ran for 12 seasons from 1968-1980. The show covered the adventures of a fictional state police force in Hawaii and starred Jack Lord. In addition to the storylines, the show is notable for its inclusion of native Hawaiian and Asian actors. Hawaii Five-O became part of the culture with its catch phrase “Book ‘em Danno” and the term “Five-O” became street slang for the police. Here are my top 10 episodes in the show’s history in chronological order.


Pray Love Remember, Pray Love Remember (1969): An Indonesian exchange student is murdered on a college campus. The case looks open and shut when the student’s boyfriend is arrested since the evidence points only to him. In the end, McGarrett tracks down the real killer, a mentally handicapped man.

Forty Feet High and it Kills (1969): Wo Fat makes his first appearance since the pilot movie. He kidnaps a prominent scientist that desperately needs insulin. In the end, this proves Wo Fat’s Achilles heal in the episode. McGarrett confronts his arch nemesis with the classic line, "Someone handed you the wrong fortune cookie." Of course, Wo Fat escapes as he manages to do all the way until the show’s series finale.

Just Lucky, I Guess (1969): A married, middle aged hardware salesman attends a convention in Hawaii and decides to hire a hooker. He witnesses her murder by mobster Charley Bombay, but is reticent to testify. At the end, Bombay belittles the salesman in McGarrett’s office leading him to change his mind and agree to testify.

Cry, Lie (1970): Chin is accused of taking bribes and is forced to take a leave of absence. The show lets the audience see Chin’s private life, which includes 8 children and a passion for Tuesday night fights. In the end, McGarrett and the team save Chin as they uncover underworld attempts to discredit Five-O.

The Ransom (1970): A boy is kidnapped for a $250,000 ransom. Kono is captured by the kidnappers and helps the boy to escape and go for help. The criminals beat and torture Kono and then attempt to ransom him. McGarrett tracks down the kidnappers to a peer and rescues Kono.

Over Fifty, Steal! (1970): This is a brilliant episode. Lewis Avery Filer is an insurance investigator and master of disguise with a flair for the dramatic and a sense of humor. He confounds Five-0 with a series of capers in which he leaves clues literally under McGarrett’s nose. In the end, a frustrated Five-O catch a break with a rental car and capture Filer.

To Kill or Be Killed (1971): Five-O investigates the murder of a Vietnam veteran. His hippy anti-war brother is the main suspect and Danno goes undercover into a commune to try and track him down. In the meantime, McGarrett has to overcome military stonewalling by the boys’ father, a general. A tape is uncovered which determined the death a suicide and not a murder. The hero participated in a massacre in Vietnam and could not live with himself. The general, who lost one son to suicide, then disinherits the other because he refuses to serve.

“V” For Vashon (1972): The “Vashon Trilogy” is an all-time television classic. The son of a gangster decides to carry out petty crimes and dies in a shoot-out with McGarrett. His father retaliates by placing a contract out on McGarrett’s life. This leads to the elder Vashon’s downfall. He is sent to prison leading the family patriarch to seek revenge. The eldest Vashon commits suicide when McGarrett escapes his trap. In three episodes, McGarrett manages to eliminate an entire crime family.

One Big Happy Family (1973): This episode is out of the Twilight Zone. A white trash family, led by Slim Pickens, travels to Hawaii and pulls off a number of petty robberies and murders. The killings make little sense to Five-O since the murderers made off with so little cash. However, it made perfect sense to the family since it was their way of making a living. They would find a job, kill their boss, and take whatever they could. In the end, McGarrett tracks the family down and it turns out they are serial killers responsible for a number of murders across the country. When McGarrett confronts the band in his office, the mother proclaims, "They wasn't kin ... they was all strangers ... it don't count with strangers.... It ain't stealing when they was dead first." Therefore, to avoid the sin of stealing, they murder their victims and it is not murder to kill someone that is not “kin.”

I’ll Kill ‘Em Again (1974): A bookstore clerk named Eddie duplicates murder cases solved by Five-O in an effort to stump McGarrett. Eddie is determined to be a “winner” and defeat his perceived arch nemesis. McGarrett realizes that the killer is copying crimes he read about in an expose on Five-O and discovers his next target. He stops Eddie before he can kill again. Eddie, frustrated and livid at being caught, jumps out a window and commits suicide to beat McGarrett.

Nine Dragons (1976): Wo Fat reappears in the ninth season premier. By this point, the Chinese super agent is out of favor in Peking and is trying to steal deadly toxins from a college lab. Naturally, the leftist college Dean opposes McGarrett’s security precautions and allows Wo Fat to steal the toxins. Later on, McGarrett is captured by Wo Fat and is tortured into confessing to launching an attack using the nerve gas. However, Wo Fat is denied and McGarrett once again saves the day. 

Top 200 Albums of All Time: "E"

Here are the artists starting with "E"

Eagles: The Eagles (1972)


The Eagles debuted put the country back into rock music. Despite the laid back nature, the band was driven. They eventually became one of the most influential acts in history. On a side note, the album was supposed to be Quadraphonic, but was never released as such.

Key Tracks:

Take It Easy
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Witchy Woman

Hotel California: The Eagles (1976)

Pete Townsend compared the seventies to Sodom and Gomorrah. Hotel California investigates the excesses within American life. It appeared America had descended into materialism and decadence in the years following the Vietnam War. It is a window into the “Fall of Rome.”

Key Tracks:

Hotel California
Life In The Fast Lane
New Kid In Town
Victim of Love

The Marshall Mathers LP: Eminem (2000)

Hip Hop appeared to be on the decline until Eminem. It had devolved into plastic pop music much in the same way rock music did a decade earlier. Eminem gave the genre back its edge. The Slim Shady LP put Detroit’s Eminem on the map, but The Marshall Mathers LP made him a superstar. On this album, Eminem is more introspective. Marshall is viewed without Slim Shady.

Key Tracks:
Stan
The Way I Am
The Real Slim Shady

#21 John Lennon

John Lennon was a rock star, songwriter, artist, author, peace activist, and cultural icon. Along with Paul McCartney, he formed the most influential writing tandem in history. He provided a counterpoint to McCartney while with the Beatles. Lennon was the witty, sarcastic one. After the band broke up, Lennon launched a successful solo career.

Lennon’s post-Beatles life can be broken into two periods. The first period ran from 1970-1975. During this period, John released the bulk of his solo material (some came out before the Beatles broke up). The first post Beatles album, Plastic Ono Band, was emotionally charged which allowed Lennon to vent. The next album, Imagine, provided an anthem for the anti-war crowd. Some of his songs created controversy. “Working Class Hero” was banned for using the word “fucking.” Many stations did not bother to listen to the message in “Woman is the Nigger of the World” and simply banned it outright.

John’s political activism often got him in trouble. His anti-war stance during the Vietnam period found him on the receiving end of the Nixon White House. Lennon underwent several years of deportation proceedings as a result of a late 60s drug bust. Lennon also made friends with several radicals (some of which robbed him blind).

After several years of political wars, John went on sabbatical to raise his son, Sean. Lennon re-emerged in 1980. He recorded Double Fantasy with Yoko and prepared to return to public life. On December 8, 1980, he was murdered by a deranged fan outside his home.

Lennon’s assassin came from Hawaii. He applied for a gun despite having served time in a mental institution. The Hawaiian police did a shoddy background check. Additionally, the gun made it through airport x-ray machines and metal detectors. Once in New York, the murderer met Lennon out front the former Beatles’ home, The Dakota, and got his autograph. Later that evening, he shot Lennon in the back.

There was a memorial and moment of silence for Lennon six days later on December 14. He was later cremated. Three posthumous albums and a number of collections followed. John's son, Julian scored a hit in the mid-1980s. Yoko occasionally appears for interviews and makes some public appearances. For his part, John has become linked to John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. He was the last victim of the 60s. However, unlike the others named, Lennon’s death was not a political act. Instead, it was a deranged loser which clearly represents the culture of the late 1970s.

Rock n Roll Moment: The “Lost Weekend” In 1973, John and Yoko split for a time. John took up with his personal assistant, May Pang. He spent the next 18 months inebriated and called that period, his “lost weekend.”

Essential Lennon:
Plastic Ono Band (1970)
Imagine (1971)
Rock n Roll (1975)
Double Fantasy (1980)
Lennon (1990)- Box Set

Lennon’s Top 10:

Mother
Working Class Hero
Imagine
Jealous Guy
Instant Karma
Power to the People
Mind Games
(Just Like) Starting Over
Watching the Wheels
#9 Dream

#35 Neil Young

Neil Young is the ultimate singer-songwriter. He’s got the most unique voice to go along with his distinctive guitar style and deeply personal lyrics. Young broke in the 1960s and has remained the folk hippy curmudgeon. His music ranges from acoustic to electric; from swing to rockabilly; and from jazz to grunge.

Young was a member of the super group Buffalo Springfield. “For What It’s Worth” is one of the defining songs of the 60s. The band quickly fell apart as a result of tensions between members and with their management. Young moved onto a solo career and immediately recorded “Cinnamon Girl” and “Down by the River.” Then, he joined Crosby, Stills, and Nash. The highpoint of CSNY was “Ohio” about the Kent State Massacre in 1970.

Outside CSNY, Young recorded classics such as “Southern Man” and “The Needle and the Damage Done.” Young’s biggest hit (and only #1) was “Heart of Gold.” He quickly moved to the “Ditch Trilogy” before returning to spotlight in the mid-70s. His last great 70s song, “Hey Hey My My” would have been a grunge classic had it come out in 1992.

In the 80s, Young experimented with his music. After some time off the beaten path, 1988 brought Young back. He lampooned Eric Clapton and Michael Jackson for selling out in “This Note’s For You.” The next year, “Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World” provided a transition between 1980s and 1990s music. The song had the big 80s sound with early 1990s social consciousness. The feedback used on his Freedom album hearkened back to the 1970s and served as a precursor to the 1990s.

Neil Young was dubbed “The Godfather of Grunge” in the early 90s as Pearl Jam and Nirvana borrowed from his work. In fact, Kurt Cobain’s suicide note quoted Neil Young. At the same time, Young went folk with his Harvest Moon album. He continued to tour and record into the 2000s. In 2006, he stirred controversy with an anti-Bush album, Living With War.

Young has always been an activist. He protested Vietnam, co-founded Farm Aid, campaigns for the environment, and also directs films. He continues to tour and record.

Rock n Roll Moment: Neil Young performed anti-war songs during the Iraq War which resulted in his audience walking out on him. This did not dissuade him from continuing at the next show.

Essential Neil Young:

Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
After the Gold Rush (1970)
Harvest (1972)
On The Beach (1974)
Tonight’s The Night (1975)
Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
Freedom (1989)
Prairie Wind (2005)

Neil Young’s Top 10:

Cinnamon Girl
Heart of Gold
Hey Hey My My
Old Man
Rockin’ In The Free World
Down By The River
Like a Hurricane
The Needle and the Damage Done
Four Strong Winds
Southern Man

Presidents and War Service

Revolutionary War

George Washington
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson

War of 1812

James Madison (as President)
James Monroe (as Secretaries of War and State)
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler (Militia Service; saw no action)
James Buchanan

Mexican War

Zachary Taylor
Franklin Pierce
U.S. Grant

Civil War

Millard Fillmore (after his presidency; Major in Buffalo militia home guard; saw no action)
Andrew Johnson (military governor of Tennessee)
U.S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Garfield
Chester Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley

Spanish American War

Theodore Roosevelt

World War I

Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower (saw no action)

World War II

Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan (saw no action)
George H.W. Bush

Korea

Jimmy Carter (US Navy)

Vietnam

George W. Bush (Reserves; no action)

Gulf War I, Gulf II, Afghanistan, War on Terror

None yet

The Average Joes

Continuing my categorization of the 42 (43 if you count Cleveland twice) presidents. These are the Average Joes. They did not do a bad job, but were not great either. As a result, they are lumped together here. Once again, they are listed chronologically.

1. John Tyler (1841-1845): Tyler took over when Harrison died after one month. He had two major accomplishments. Firstly, Tyler was the first Veep to assume the presidency upon the death of his predecessor. He asserted the right of a Vice President to be President and not just serve as an interim president. This was highly controversial. Second, he annexed Texas on his way out of office. On the downside, Tyler ran as a Whig, but was really a Democrat. When the Whigs passed legislation and sent it to him, he vetoed it. His cabinet resigned and he became a man without a party. After leaving office, he supported the Confederacy during the Civil War.

2. Zachary Taylor (1849-1850): Taylor did not do much in office. He died about a year and a half into office. When California wanted to enter the Union a free state, he supported their petition which caused a firestorm. Despite owning slaves, he opposed the expansion of slavery and the Compromise of 1850. Taylor also threatened to hang anyone that threatened secession from the Union.

3. Rutherford B Hayes (1877-1881): Due to the nature of his elevation to the presidency, he did not get much done and promised to serve only one term. He ended Reconstruction as part of the deal to get the White House, busted the Railroad Strike of 1877, signed a bill to allow women to argue cases before the Supreme Court, and arbitrated the end of The War of Triple Alliance between Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay against Paraguay. His decision made him a hero in Paraguay.

4. Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929): After the corrupt administration of Warren Harding, Coolidge was a breath of fresh air. He kept spending down and cut taxes. Coolidge also signed immigration reform measures. Additionally, he gave citizenship to American Indians and oversaw the first regulations on transportation and radio. Coolidge's Secretary of State, Frank B. Kellogg, negotiated the Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounced and outlawed war. He was elected in his own right in 1924, but declined to run again in 1928.

5. Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977): Ford entered office as a result of Watergate. He started out with a very high approval rating, but decided to pardon Nixon which ended his honeymoon. His rationale was two-fold. First, he feared Nixon's health would continue to deteriorate and he'd die if the pressure was not released. Second, he felt it was better to spare the country the pain of a trial. It was a profile in courage, but cost him the 1976 election. For this, he is known as the "Great Healer." During his term, the economy faltered as a result of government welfare programs and an end of the Vietnam War. Ford's WIN program attempted to fix inflation, but it raised unemployment. Ford admitted it was "too gimmicky." The Vietnam War came to a crashing end as the Communists illegally entered Saigon and the US mounted a day and night rescue mission (you can see the ladder to the helicopter at the US embassy at the Ford Museum). Most importantly, he got the USSR to sign the Helsinki Accord which bound the Soviets to maintain human rights. This treaty sparked Solidarity and signalled the beginning of the end for the Soviets.

What Could Have Been...

Two presidents could have been amongst the greats. They racked up impressive legislative victories and reformed government. One helped usher in the Second Reconstruction while the other changed the Cold War paradigm. However, their own obsessive compulsive behaviors led to tragedy. LBJ got bogged down in Vietnam which cost 58,000 American lives, his programs are directly responsible for the deficits that followed in the 1970s and 1980s, and Johnson lost the South for the Democrats which guaranteed GOP ascendancy over the last 40 years. Richard Nixon was forced to resign because of Watergate and some have argued his China policy led directly to recent Chinese ascendancy (I guess the Chinese had nothing to do with it). In the end, those two mistakes (Vietnam for Johnson and Watergate for Nixon) will cling to these two men's legacies forever and overshadow their real contributions.
Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969): Won 1964 election with 61% of the vote
Civil Rights Act (1964)Medicare/Medicaid
Urban Renewal
War on Poverty
Education Reform
Voting Rights Act (1965)
Conservation
Clean air and water
Fair Housing Act (1968)

Richard Nixon (1969-1974):
Re-elected with 60% of the vote
Opened China
Ended Vietnam War
Detente
School Integration
Created the EPA and OSHA
Conservation
Clean air and water
Setup the GOP takeover of the South

Both men had impressive records. However, poor choices led to unequaled unpopularity and historical oblivion.

I Voted For It Before I Voted Against It...

George W Bush had the most successful legislative term since the 1960s. After leading the country through 911, passing several high profile bills, and overthrowing a bloodthirsty dictator in Iraq, Bush was easily renominated. The Democrats had to scramble to pick a nominee.
Early on, Howard Dean led the Democratic field. He was able to direct leftbot rage about the 2000 election and the Iraq War to take the lead. However, he made an error and screamed during one of his speeches and came off like just another left wing nut. The Democrats had no idea whom to turn to. So, for no apparent reason, they chose John Kerry. Kerry came across like Thurston Howell III from Gilligan’s Island and made several gaffes.
The Republicans labeled Kerry a “Massachusetts liberal.” Kerry’s liberal voting record hurt him and made him look like weak. Once Kerry selected pretty boy Senator John Edwards for his running mate, the GOP called them “the ambiguously gay duo.” Again reinforcing Kerry as something less than safe. Additionally, he told a crowd he voted for war funding before voting against it. That finished Kerry. The Bush campaign hammered him. When Kerry went windsurfing, it became an ad about flip flopping.
Kerry’s big advantage was his service in Vietnam. This became a liability when several of his comrades attacked him. During the war, Kerry accused American troops of atrocities and hung out with Hanoi Jane Fonda. Anti-Kerry vets became known as “Swift Boat Veterans” after the vehicle they used in Vietnam. Attacking a candidate with truthful allegations has become known as “Swift boating” by the left. The term is meant to denigrate accusations made against candidates, but in reality the swift boaters simply used Kerry’s words and actions against him.
Despite what many on the left hoped and believed, Kerry had little chance. Bush won. Voters felt Kerry was too liberal and too scary to elect. Bush was a known commodity and had a solid record. Bush’s second term would be rudderless and unsuccessful until his final year in office. Kerry would return to the senate and whine about the 2004 campaign.

Richard Nixon Back Again!

Thursday, July 24, 2008Subject: The Return of the NixonTime: 5:14:00 PM EDTAuthor: cicero390 Edit Entry Delete Entry
Richard Nixon lost a nail-biter to John Kennedy in 1960. Two years later, he lost in his bid to become governor of California. He promised the press they would "not have Nixon to kick around anymore." Nixon went into the wilderness to re-emerge in 1968 as the Republican frontrunner. The American voter wanted order, a resolution to Vietnam, and a competent government.
The Democrats had screwed things up. The nation seemed paralyzed by anti-war protests and the war in Vietnam was getting more unpopular. The Vietcong launched attacks across South Vietnam and were thoroughly defeated. The press declared defeat (much like in Iraq). President Johnson struggled in the primaries and dropped out. The new frontrunner, Robert Kennedy, was murdered two months after Martin Luther King's assassination. The new frontrunner, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, was mortally wounded by Vietnam, riots and violence in America's streets, and a riot at his own convention.
Despite the mortal wound, HHH made a race of it. LBJ suspended bombings of Vietnam right before the election in a cynical attempt to swing voters. Additionally, Governor George Wallace attracted many blue collar voters that despised what the Democratic Party had become (in 2008, they voted for Hillary). Wallace siphoned off votes from Nixon, but Nixon managed to win by a hair. Governor Wallace would run again in 1972. During that campaigne, Wallace was paralyzed by an assassins bullet and never was a factor.
In 1972, Nixon took on the first modern Democratic candidate in George McGovern. Senator McGovern gave the Democrats proportional representation in their primaries (which gave the nomination to Obama this year) and their socially liberal platform that is almost always rejected by voters. One critic claimed the Senator's campaign was based on Amnesty, Abortion, and Acid. McGovern ran a classically liberal campaign and got trounced. He could not even pick a vice president correctly. His original choice was treated for depression with electric shock therapy. Nixon got 61% of the vote, but did not enjoy the victory for long. Despite going toChina and ending Vietnam, Nixon got bogged down by Watergate and was forced to resign in 1974.
Tags: Presidential Election, Richard Nixon

The Daisy Girl

BOOM! That is the sound of LBJ's demolition of Barry Goldwater in 1964. It's also the sound of the now infamous "Daisy Girl" ad. In it, a little girl is picking peddles off a flower. The next moment, she is vaporized by a mushroom cloud. The implication: Goldwater would lead America into a nuclear conflict with Russia. The Dems even co-opted Goldwater's campaign slogan "In your heart, you know he's right." They changed it to "In your Heart, you know he might." Goldwater's policies would eventually get Ronald Reagan elected president, but in 1964, they seemed extreme. Ironically, LBJ would be the one to lead the nation to war unnecessarily.
The 1960s were the halcion days of liberalism and Goldwater was a reaction to it. During his nomination speech, he said "extremism in defense of liberty is no vice." Richard Nixon said he knew the election was over at that point. The Dems turned that diddy around on Goldwater. They said that now even Goldwater knows he's an extremist.
Most of the negative campaigning was probably academic. Lyndon Johnson was the incumbent president in 1964 and was running as the heir to Kennedy's "Camelot." The nation was still in mourning over Kennedy's death and LBJ played on that sympathy.
As a result of Goldwater gaffes, skillful Democratic portrayals of Goldwater, and public sympathy following JFK's death, Johnson won 61%- 39% in the popular vote and 486-52 in the electoral college. Goldwater won his home state of Arizona and the Deep South. The South was angry at LBJ's passage of the Civil Rights Act. It was the beginning of the end for the Dems in the South.
Goldwater remained in the Senate until 1987. It was Goldwater that got Nixon to resign in 1974. It was Goldwater's libertarianism that helped lead to the rise of the right and Ronald Reagan.
Johnson served as President until 1969. His Great Society made him the last reform president before George W. Bush. Like Bush, an unpopular war combined with policies of debatable results, made LBJ very unpopular. Unlike Bush, he decided not to run for re-election.