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"Woodstock is a cute town close enough to Stratford"
The Microtel was new, clean, comfortable, and a stone's throw to Stratford.Genuine Expedia guest review
"nice hotel"
nice hotel,just missed a coffee pot , but was told coffee was always available in lobby kitchenGenuine Expedia guest review
"Clean and friendly"
Well laid out room, but small. Great for quick night.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Perfect for an overnight"
I could stay here longer. It was very comfortable with many eateries nearby. We used it only for one night but I liked the staff and the location very much.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Lodging after a Play in Stratford"
Was a great place to stay. We enjoyed our few hours there. Room was great, very clean and well appointed. We were "warned" that the Inn was pretty full with several soccer teams. But that wasn't a problem all the kids we saw were so polite. They really enjoyed the pool, we didn't however use the pool, but not because of the kids. Great stay.Genuine Expedia guest review
"A small but clean place for business travel"
This was my first time staying in a Microtel and didn't realize how small the rooms would be. It was just enough space for me but I wouldn't recommend it for families. The hotel is under new ownership and in the process of being rennovated so there is new carpet, walls, lobby and everything look great but the exercise room was closed and will likely […] remain closed for the rest of April 2013 from what I was told at the desk. Also the pool will be closed for rennovation April 8-12, 2013. Breakfast offerings were sparse the first day but they added a new waffle machine after that. Very carb-heavy. Also no programs for water conservation like towel reuse. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Great stay"
The microhotel is close to several eating places and they give a 10% duscount if you are staying at the hotel. Small room but very clean and free wiifi. Easy on and off the highway and signs are posted so it is very easy to find and a great price.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Conveniently close to site of event"
The hotel facility was very suitable for my needs. Convenient to the location of my event. Amenities well maintained and very clean. Hotel staff very friendly.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Quality for the price"
Small rooms but sufficient for 2 people for an overnight or two stay. Very clean hotel with pool. Limited breakfast but enough to start the day.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Convenient comfortable Hotel/Motel"
If there were a coffee maker in ALL rooms it would be perfect!Genuine Expedia guest review
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS HOTEL.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Home Away from Home!"
This was our second stay in past 6 months and once again everything was wonderful (except the weather)!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"New and clean but not worth it."
Though the hotel is brand new, it was build quite cheaply. The room is comfortable but the lighting is terrible. No coffee maker in the room. No extras. Terrible breakfast.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Would stay again!"
Excellent cleanliness, features, and very nice staff. Disabled room was a little bit tight fit for me, but for a disabled room it has a good design!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Micto-tel in"
First time using Morco-tel. Smaller rooms but everything needed is in room. Wi-Fi did not work but desk gave me a cable to use and it worked fine. Clean and convient to needed area.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Exceptional Customer Service!"
Had two small concerns about hotel when we checked in (no bedside lamp for nighttime reading, no antibacterial hand cleanser in breakfast area) but these little items were overshadowed by outstanding customer service during all of our five night stay. One afternoon I asked if we could play cards in the lobby since the room was too small and the desk […] clerk opened up a meeting room; she even turned on the heat for us. We had to check out early (1:00 AM) to get to the airport and Mary not only made fresh coffee for us but insisted that we eat our breakfast before leaving; she even packed snacks for us because she was worried that we wouldn't get any food at the airport. Thanks Mary! My husband and I both ageed that our beds/pillows were the best we've ever slept on in a hotel or cruiseship. We'll definitely be back! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Too Small and no Ammenities"
We stayed there at a time the hotel had bookings for a kids hockey team. At 12:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. the kids thought it a great idea to knock around the vending machines. We couldn't get to sleep till nearly 2 a.m. The room was the smallest I think we ever slept in and there wasn't even a fridge or kettle. The continental breakfast was fair, but I […] would never recommend to stay at this hotel. Much better deals elsewhere. It was a disappointing experience to say the least. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Traveling through and just stopped for night"
My daughter and i were traveling from the UP of Michigan to New York City and stopped here for the night. The hotel was immaculate and the room was very large. The beds were quite comfortable. Everything in the room was very clean and fresh. Excellent hotel.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Woodstock Microtel"
Everything was great. Room was clean, comfortable, and appeared new. Front desk staff was very good, and even made a point to call me after my automated wake up call to make sure that I got it. Only negative thing was the small breakfast (limited amount of choices and sitting area was very small). I will definitely stay here again while traveling through […] Canada. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Woodstock Microtel: only the price is cheap."
My husband and I stayed here for a week and it was great! There is a pool, fitness area, computer/internet access, and also laundry facilities! I've never been to a hotel that had that... The room was great!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Stay in Woodstock, ontario"
Only stayed overnight, however the evening staff were friendly, courteous, and full of suggestions for outings such as food etc. Up early after a good and QUIET sleep. I like firm mattress and this was perfect. Crept out into the check in area and was met by the morning lady. The breakfast was laid out already and coffee,toast, jam,yogurt,banana got […] me on the long road back home. I was told the current hotel is going to change. I just hope they keep the staff. They make it worth it. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Microtel - Woodstock"
Visually appealing from the parking lot but rooms are small, beds and pillows are low grade, no coffee in room and decor was a little worn. In their defence, I was in a pet room so perhaps that factored into the quality. I did not get my wake up call but had set my blackberry as a back up. I did not get coffee in the morning because it was frozen and […] no one had taken the bag out of the freezer according to the lady at the front desk. This is not really a budget hotel. I paid $115 + pet fee of $15 with no cancellation to get that rate, so I was expecting more. I think the regular rate was closer to $130 for their standard room. It was just OK. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"A lot of feedback"
I found the walls were not well insulated and I could hear snoring from other room. They were kind enough to change my room due to some noise from another guest, but wouldn't do it the same night as they would charge me for two rooms if I was moved that night. This made me a little sad as if there was an empty room at 3:00 am, I doubt it would be filled […] in the next few hours. But I must admit, the staff did respond to my request in a nice manner and I did not feel partnoized. But, the first night was rough...as I could not sleep. The rooms are clean, but small. I realize it is called micro inns- but be warned they are pretty small rooms. I did not realize this was an establishment that allows pets, and since I am allergic to animal fur, that was something I wish was more bolded on their terms and conditions. Perhaps I am blind, but I never noticed that it was. I liked the discount deals they had with nearby restaurants- all of which we enjoyed. I also really enjoyed the continenal breakfast especially the waffle iron. That was a good addition. Pool was a little small for swimming lengths but great if you want to water jog or play with the kids. Water temperature could be a little warmer...esp since it is kinda small for laps...means people are standing still in the pool playing and thus you are not as warm. I would recommend this hotel to a friend but only if they were not a light sleeper, not allergic to animals and looking for a cheap stay not a luxury vacation. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Nice Pool"
The salt water pool was a nice temperature for my child to enjoy.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Best deal, clean, amazing service."
The hotel is clean and well kept. rooms are perfect and comfortable. The staff is friendly and personable, amazing service. Best deal around, but call the hotel directly, hotels.com does not give them the information they need to give you their best service, and you don't save any money.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Tiny rooms but well appointed and comfortable. The pool was closed for maintenance which was disappointing as there was no notification during the booking.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great Stay"
Value for the hotel was great. Clean room and very quick to get in and out.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Woodstock Gem"
The location was easy to find and access. The front desk attendant was very friendly and helpful. She made sure that we had the amenities we needed and made us her priority.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Definately a positive experience and I will return"
The hotel, although new, is very clean and well maintained. The reception staff were friendly and it was a quick check-in and check-out process. I did choose this hotel, in part, because of the exercise room. This room is closed until further notice and was a little disappointing.Genuine Expedia guest review
Clean hotel, friendly staff!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Very satisfactory"
It was just a quick overnight stay. The reservation was correct, and the welcome when we arrived was efficient. The room was clean and quiet.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Microtel Woodstock"
Inexpensive for what you get ...two queen, continental breakfast, better than only competition a few hundred yards down the streetGenuine Expedia guest review
salt water pool was great - staff very helpful and friendly - regular room very very small - breakfast was a joke - snow removal very slowGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Vicious Praise"
The pillows were a bit stiff and less than cuddly.We were wakened early morning by foot steps above i.e.soundproofing is not total. Room enjoyment would be enhanced with a simple coffee making apparatus. Breakfast was short on yogurt and waffles and hard boiled eggs would be a great addition. All of this costs more per guest but $10 to $20 per night […] would be worth it. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"great hotel"
Beds were not very comfotable for new and we couldnt use the pool as there were kids hockey teams in there . I was expecting a noise problem but it was very quiet .Overall it was a good stay Breakfast was adequate tooGenuine Expedia guest review
"extremely clean"
I thoroughly enjoyed my stay. Front desk personnel were extremely polite and helpful. I will definately book with Microtel Inn & Suites in the future.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Ricks Review"
Clean Clean Clean and affordable!!! It was small and quiet, all you need to grab a good night sleep.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Good place to stay"
Our room was small, but sufficient enough for two people. Fridge is missing, unless you pay for upgraded room; however, staff is helpful to solve the problem with fridge on the main floor. Overall: new hotel, well kept and staff is great; and location was very convenient for us.Genuine Expedia guest review
"great deal, easy access"
Easy access from the highway, friendly and helpful staff, clean room, comfortable bed, quiet location. Very reasonable rates.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Minimalism at its finest...but don't make a noise"
Hotel and rooms were minimal but very clean. On the 2nd night, my 11-year old daughter was trying to hang up her jacket and ended up dumping a bunch of wooden hangers on her head. This is the only explanation for the phone call we received from the front desk notifying us of a noise complaint. Responding to a noise complaint is excellent, but given […] this was the only possible explanation for the noise (and lasted a minute, if that long) the front desk has a bit of a hairtrigger. Nice if you want quiet, but perhaps a bit intolerant.... We likely won't return for this reason, but also the beds were too hard for my liking. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Very comfortable ...."
The bed was exceptional and I slept well. Loved the Sereno soaps and conditioning shampoo.Genuine Expedia guest review
"quiet and enjoyable"
We were very happy with our stay. We loved the price! We appreciated the warmth and pleasantness of the staff. The only thing we would have appreciated was a greater variety in non-wheat items for breakfast ... eggs, cheese etc as well as the apples and bananas.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Our experience was EXCELLENT!! The room was awesome,staff fantastic and helpful,and the whole overall stay was fantastic. I would recommend it to everyone!!Genuine Expedia guest review
Room was small but clean.... adequate for our needs...My wife found the mattress too firm, had trouble sleeping. A coffee maker in the room would be nice.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Helpful staff, spotless hotel."
The young woman at the front desk was very pleasant, extremely helpful and truly enjoyed her job. What a great experience!! The woman stocking and cleaning during the continental breakfast was efficient and very cheery.Genuine Expedia guest review
Very nice, beds are little stiff though. Very quiet surroundingsGenuine Hotels.com guest review
My boyfriend and I had an amazing time! The staff was so kind and helpful! It was quiet and close to lots of store and restaurants! The room was really nice and gave us tons of space! Had a wonderful time there. I would love to go back to stay again!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
The room I stayed in is too small. Air conditioning was rather loud. The iron is attached to the iron borard and it was rather awkward to fold it after I finished. The wall is so thin that I could hear conversation. I would rather pay more money to stay in another hotel with spacious room.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Satisfied Overall"
From the time we arrived and up until the time we left, the staff at the hotel were excellent and most obliging. The only problem that we encountered was that the rooms are not very sound proof. In fact we were kept awake the first night from people out in the hallway running up and down the hall and slamming doors from 4 a.m. through to 6 a.m. when […] we finally asked them to give consideration to other people staying at the hotel. Again on our second night, the people in the next room had their TV blarring until 2 a.m. which we could hear in our room quite clearly. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
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Dispatch Special Report | Child sex abuse difficult to prove
More than half of the Franklin County indictments for rape and gross sexual imposition involve children as victims. Many more cases never lead to an arrest or prosecution.
Be proactive
Talking with children
• Teach your children about their bodies and about what abuse is.
• Stress that it is "against the rules" for adults to act in a sexual way with children and use examples.
• Be sure to say that the abuser might be an adult friend, a family member or an older youth.
• Help your children understand that even if someone tells them to keep a secret, they should tell you.
• If a child seems uncomfortable or resistant to being with a particular adult, ask why.
Minimizing the risk
• Think carefully about the safety of any one-adult/one-child situation. Choose group situations when possible.
• Set an example by personally avoiding one-adult/one-child situations with children other than your own.
• Evaluate the safety of situations in which older youths have access to younger children.
• Lobby for policies reducing or eliminating one-adult/one-child situations in all youth-serving organizations.
• Insist that youth-serving organizations train their staff to prevent, recognize and report child sexual abuse.
Source: Darkness to Light
Two of James E. Cole Jr.'s three child victims returned to the Franklin County Courthouse, where they had testified in May that he had sexually abused them when they were 10 and 13 years old.
Children are the victims in more than half of the rape and gross-sexual-imposition cases filed against adults in Franklin County.In 52 percent of the indictments filed in the past 51/2 years, the victims were younger than 16, a Dispatch analysis found.
And those cases represent just a fraction of the children who are sexually assaulted, according to investigators.
The overwhelming majority of investigations don't result in an arrest or indictment, in part because victims typically take so long to disclose what happened.
"Most of the cases that come to us are not fresh," said Sgt. Mark Kaeppner of the Columbus Police Division's Sexual Assault Unit. "They may be weeks or months or even years old. Any medical evidence that may have existed is gone. We lack DNA, we lack video, we lack actual witnesses to the abuse."
Columbus police investigated 2,295 reports of rape (a crime that requires penetration) or gross sexual imposition (fondling) with children as victims in 2010 and 2011. Of the 1,285 cases in which detectives think that a crime occurred, 19 percent resulted in an arrest or a referral to a grand jury.After eight years of supervising child-sexual-abuse investigations, Kaeppner still finds the number and nature of the cases alarming."It's distasteful and it's prevalent," he said. "And for the kids who are victimized, it stays with them their entire lives." In addition to delayed disclosure, many of the cases are complicated by the relationship between the suspect and victim.
In Franklin County, like the rest of the nation, most sex crimes against children are committed by a family member or someone the family knows.
"Some of these parents tell me there's nothing to be gained by prosecuting an uncle or a brother," Kaepp-ner said. "They say, 'You'll simply put him in prison, label him a sexual offender, and it won't change what's already happened.' "If the parent decides the child is not going to cooperate with the prosecution, we're pretty much done."
Cases that don't result in an arrest often get more lengthy investigations than those that do, he said. The Police Division's commitment to the cases is such that 15 detectives are assigned to do nothing but investigate allegations of child sexual abuse.
Jurisdictions across the country have similarly low rates of prosecuting such cases, said David Finkelhor, the director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire.
"The issues that inhibit prosecution have to do with not all victims and their families being eager to participate," he said. "And often (investigators) don't have the elements they need to be confident of making the case stick."Indictments do not reveal the precise relationship between defendants and victims, but the Franklin County prosecutor's office agreed to identify the relationships for the cases filed in 2010 and 2011, in response to a Dispatch request.
Fifty-three percent of the 113 people indicted on charges of rape or gross sexual imposition of a minor during those two years had a family relationship with the children. Another 41 percent were family friends, neighbors, the mother's boyfriend or others who knew the victim. Just 6 percent of the defendants were strangers.
Asking a child to testify in court about sexual abuse is particularly difficult when the defendant is a family member, said Assistant Prosecutor Daniel Hawkins, who supervises the office's special-victims unit.
"To have a kid in court pointing to Dad or Uncle Joe and saying, 'He did this to me,' that's tough," he said. "Any witness is nervous going into a courtroom setting, but for a child to talk about these things happening to their bodies, it can be an embarrassing and traumatic experience." As much as we want to go after and punish these offenders, you don't want to harm the child more in the process."
A desire to spare young victims the trauma of testifying is among the reasons that so many of the cases result in plea agreements.
Of the 284 defendants in the Dispatch study whose cases have been resolved, 84 percent pleaded guilty. Only 29 of the cases, or 10 percent, went to trial.
"A lot of parents don't want their kids to testify," Hawkins said.
Plea agreements "are the preference of most of the parents we deal with in these cases," he said. "A plea agreement also ensures a definite outcome, a conviction, as opposed to rolling the dice with a jury."
The 29 trials resulted in acquittals for five defendants and convictions for the rest.Many defendants would rather plead guilty to lesser charges because the consequences of being convicted of the original charges at trial can be so severe. Fourteen of the 24 defendants who were convicted at trial of one or more rape charges received life sentences, ranging from life with a chance of parole after 10 years to life without parole.
Only five defendants who entered guilty or no-contest pleas during the period reviewed by The Dispatch received life sentences.
They included Richard Enyart, who pleaded no contest in 2008 to drugging, raping or fondling four girls — relatives and neighbors — in the basement of his North Side home over four years. He videotaped many of the encounters.
Common Pleas Judge Richard S. Sheward sentenced him to 365 years to life, a record in the county for a non-homicide case since sentencing laws were changed in 1996.
"Short of murder, it's the worst offense on the books," said Sheward, a judge for 26 years. "I cannot conceive, I cannot comprehend, I cannot understand, I cannot accept a sexual violation of a child. It does not compute in my head."
The Dispatch analysis found that most of those who were indicted on charges of rape or gross sexual imposition of children went to prison, even when they pleaded to lesser or fewer charges.
Of 261 people who were convicted and sentenced, 79 percent received prison terms and 18 percent were placed on probation.
All of the defendants who were convicted of rape or attempted rape of children were sentenced to prison.
Of the 47 people who received probation, 22 were convicted of gross sexual imposition. The rest pleaded to lesser offenses, such as unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
"We only agree to probation in extreme circumstances," Hawkins said. "And we're hesitant to agree to a plea that won't result in (sexual offender) registration."
Everyone convicted of a sex crime in Ohio is labeled a sexual offender and required to register his or her address with the county sheriff for 15 years, 25 years or life, depending on the level of the offense. The Dispatch analysis did not include sex offenses committed by juveniles against children. Reviewing the records for any delinquency case requires the approval of the assigned judge, making such an analysis far more complicated for juvenile offenders.
But statistics from the Center for Family Safety and Healing at Nationwide Children's Hospital, which provides services for sexually abused children and their families, indicate that a significant number of offenders are juveniles.
From 2008 through 2011, the center worked with 1,419 children from Franklin County who disclosed that they had been raped or fondled. Thirty-seven percent of the children identified their abuser as someone younger than 18, in the cases where the accused offender's age was available.
Those numbers are consistent with national research, said Finkelhor, of the University of New Hampshire.
All told, child-protective-services agencies reported 63,000 "substantiated" cases of child sexual abuse nationwide in 2010, the most recent year for which statistics were compiled by the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System.
In Ohio that year, the number of cases was 5,790.
For Kaeppner, one of the toughest parts of his job is telling parents that investigators think their child was sexually assaulted but don't have enough evidence to charge the abuser.
"Our focus is to try to get as many of these cases into court as possible," he said. "A lot of times, due to circumstances beyond our control, that just doesn't happen." Dispatch Library Director Julie Albert provided data analysis for this story.


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PGSO Conductor Kevin Zakresky was in an exuberant mood anticipating this concert. He described it as a dream come true for the symphony to perform with the hugely popular Celtic band, Out of Alba.
To begin and literally to set the stage, the first half included renditions played of Zakreskys favourite Celtic pieces. The sweet and dreamlike melodies of Greensleeves nicely paired with Prairie Dawn in mood. Both delivered on the promise that melody is the dearest part of music. Clarinet and violin proved worthy making the musical interpretation of bird songs at sunrise,
Setting the audience up for something fast and fun Zakresky then brought the Old Time Fiddlers (a reference to their music style, not the age of the performers!) on stage to play lively reels. Claiming he was challenged to keep up with them in accompanying the fiddlers on the piano, his short break from conducting was pure fun. Fiddlers Jonah Borden, Brittany Iwanciwski, Gabrielle Jacob, Noah Jacob and Chloe Nakahara really shone when delivering Ill Tell My Ma - as each one registered the same bars in turn...as if tattling each ones version of a story. Easily, Big John McNeil was the most intricate and fastest moving.
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Following intermission, the five Out of Alba members (Jim and Margaret Coyle, Carolyn Kelly, Alan OReilly and Jim Sayle), plus their backup guitarist, Ross Williams, took to the stage. Ross is more at home with heavy metal music, but was pressed into service in anticipation that his guitar rhythms might be needed. He made a smooth transition to an entirely different music genre - a measure of genuine musical ability.
Traditional fife and drum (bodhran) blended with guitars and backed by beautiful symphonic instruments resulted in a lively mix. At the start, Alan OReilly gave the audience permission to clap, shout and dance. There was some of that as they played frenzied Johnny Dont Go and then made the transition to a hauntingly beautiful ballad in She Moved Through The Fair.
The PGSO returned to the stage to play with Out of Alba on OReillys vocalization of Black Is The Colour with echo lyrics sung by Margaret Coyle. The rousing sound of The Bogles is strongly associated with Irish country life.
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Should LBJ Be Ranked Alongside Lincoln?
Robert Caro, the esteemed biographer of Lyndon Baines Johnson, talks on the Shakespearean life of the 36th president
- By Ron Rosenbaum
- Smithsonian magazine, May 2012, Subscribe
(Page 4 of 6)
"A thousand books on the assassination," Caro says, "And I don't know one that realizes that at that very moment Lyndon Johnson's world was to come crashing down, Reynolds is giving them these documents."
Caro still gets excited talking about his discovery.
"Oh, it's a great....Nobody writes this!" he says. "Bobby Baker says the thing I quote in the book. 'If I had talked it would have inflicted a mortal wound on LBJ.'" And it starts coming out—and stops coming out—just as JFK receives his mortal wound in Dallas. The thrilling way Caro intercuts the dramatic testimony with the motorcade's progress to its fatal destiny is a tour de force of narrative.
"Can I show you something?" Caro goes over to another desk and starts searching for a document. He finds it. "These are the invoices Reynolds produced," he tells me. "'To Senator Lyndon Johnson,' you know?"
The transcript has photographs of canceled kickback checks.
"Look at that! Right in print," I say. "Checks, canceled checks."
"To the Lyndon Johnson Company," he reads to me, "To LBJ Company."
"This is the life insurance kickback scam?"
"Yes. Yeah, KTBC [ Johnson's TV station, which he extorted advertising for from lobbyists]. But this is the line that got me. The counsel to the Rules Committee says, 'So you started testifying what time?' And [Reynolds] says, 'Ten o'clock.' That's on November 22. He was testifying while President Kennedy was being shot!"
It's thrilling to see how excited Caro, who may be one of the great investigative reporters of our time, can still get from discoveries like this.
So what do we make of it all, this down and dirty corruption alongside the soaring "we shall overcome" achievements?
"The most significant phrase in the whole book," Caro tells me, is when LBJ tells Congress, "'We've been talking about this for a hundred years. Now it's time to write it into the books of law.'"
"There's something biblical about that, isn't there?" I asked.
"Or Shakespearean." he says.
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NO WAY! LBJ was an afront to all veterans. As a politician, LBJ wore a FAKE Silver Star that he forced the Army Air Corps to give him when he took one ride on a World War 2 bomber...that had mechanical problems and never even went on the bombing mission. He sometimes wore that Silver Star on his lapel as President.
Posted by Max Holt on August 12,2013 | 11:47 PM
LBJ should absolutely be considered amongst the greatest Presidents. Those who say otherwise have not read about the lives of the different Presidents. LBJ came from poverty and opened America up to ALL people. Whether JFK would have been able to pass the strong legislation that LBJ did is a question to which we will never know the answer. Certainly, the Kennedy aura helped LBJ. The people who simply look at Viet Nam and call LBJ a horrible President do so with a narrow focus. As the focus expands, so too, will LBJ's place as a great President.
Posted by Ed Van Sloten on February 22,2013 | 09:03 AM
I cannot beleive a man from Texas is responsible for the civil rights fiasco that wasted trillions on supposed equality and against poverty and we are now more impoverished than ever before! ,!!
Posted by on February 12,2013 | 07:01 PM
I can't believe I just came across this ridiculous question, "Should LBJ be Ranked Alongside Lincoln". I'm flabbergasted that I even see such an idiotic question posted any place! Amazing! LBJ should have been locked in prison where he belonged. Where he would have rightly been if not for his interference and manipulation of political events. LBJ is without question, the worst President of my lifetime, a National embarrassment and fraud. One that has yet to be given his true place in history of scorn and disgust. I have faith that in time, even greater facts will be revealed implicating LBJ's crimes.
Posted by on October 25,2012 | 07:38 PM
Lincoln did not start The civil War, he asked the south to stay in the union in his first Inaugural address. It was the south that started the war by firing on Ft. sumter, a FEDERAL FORT. Was Lincoln supposed to allow this treason to stand? That's ridiculous. Lincoln did not ruin limited government, just because he believed that slavery should not be allowed in the U.S.!! Sounds like we have some bizarre confederate sympathizers on here that have no historical clue!! South Carolina's Ordnance of secession, considered the Declaration of Indepence for the confederacy is rife with complaints about attacks on slavery and the rigghts of slaveholders, so don't bother us with the ignorant statements about how the confederacy wasn't fighting for slavery, but merely "states rights." They were happy with the federal govenment when the supreme court gave the south the Dred Scott decision, allowing slavery throught the country.Dred Scott case was opposed to state's rights, in that states were not to recognize any rights of slaves. The slaveholder's rights trumped state's rights, as a matter of U.S. constitutional law per the Dred Scott decision that the south so loved.
Posted by Liti-Gator on July 3,2012 | 01:25 PM
"...coerced the obstructionist, racist-dominated Senate to pass the first civil rights bill since Reconstruction." This is an incorrect statement. The first piece of civil rights legislation passed after Reconstruction was the Civil Rights Act of 1957, passed under the Eisenhower administration. It was voting rights legislation.
Posted by Robert W. on June 13,2012 | 11:16 AM
"he goes down to teach in this Mexican-American town, in Cotulla. ... I wrote the line [that] summed up my feelings: 'No teacher had ever cared if these kids learned or not. This teacher cared.'" Yes, no doubt all previous teachers before LBJ had been raving racists who did not care if their kids learned and that was why they went into teaching and worked all day at it for low pay.
Posted by Thomas Michael Andres on May 25,2012 | 12:21 AM
LBJ has been fingered as the kingpin in the kennedy asassination by non other than super slueth e howard hunt in newly released videos and recordings his son st john hunt has released.also he faked 'false flagged'the gulf of tonkin event to start vietnam war.he is a war criminal and a murderer and should not be compared to Lincoln.
Posted by michael peck on May 6,2012 | 12:38 AM
Richard III; the evocation of LBJ.
Posted by Dr. Sandy Kramer on May 5,2012 | 07:58 AM
Reality differs, Ryan H... let me suggest that many Americans ARE IN poverty because of those two programs, not despite them. Thinking of the larger timeline, starting with a visit to the US Census Dept's website which points out that poverty has only increased despite (or because of?) those programs. I do believe in caring for the least of my brothers and prove it weekly/monthly by taking care of the poor both at home and abroad, but nanny states are the worst possible thing for human beings. We are meant to be living in harmony with the earth, not in some pre-packaged environment addicted to the filth offered by a broken state with corrupt politicians. That's no good. I applaud the author's multi-decade efforts but to label LBJ in a good light is harrowing.
Posted by Kure on May 4,2012 | 11:45 AM
There might be enough material on LBJ's long political history, including his tenure as President, to make an equivalently long biography as one on Lincoln. In that respect perhaps the biographers should be compared. But LBJ should not be esteemed alongside Lincoln for reasons other commentors have left here. Perhaps we do idolize Lincoln overly much, but having lived during LBJ's years I realize what this biographer is attempting to do is raise Johnson above the public's impression of him now that decades have passed. An objectionable effort.
Posted by R Burns on May 3,2012 | 07:13 PM
LBJ was a bully and a coward, two descriptions I've never heard applied to Lincoln. Many of LBJ's anti-poverty programs were thoughtlessly planned wastes of money that destroyed families, and his failure to stand up to the generals over Vietnam cost an untold number of lives. I commend Caro on his historical research. Such books are needed. But let's not compare LBJ to Lincoln.
Posted by Gregory Urbach on May 3,2012 | 06:39 PM
I think LBJ is unfairly villainized. While his foreign policy was terrible and should be criticized, he did wonders for many Americans with his domestic policies and for that he deserves recognition.
Posted by Alana Nora on April 25,2012 | 02:38 PM
Excuse me, but rating Lincoln and Johnson IS correct. Both were political opportunists. Both had opportunities to improve the nation. Lincoln kept blacks in the Union slaves, while freeing only those in the rebellious states. Lincoln played 'general' while ignoring the best military advice. And Johnson? There is not space to list 'landslide' Lyndon's accomplishments which were a direct result of political opportunity. He cared not one bit for the black man, only for that which would benefit him. Yes, rate them the same. But Lincoln deserves no high place in history.
Posted by Stephen Downey on April 23,2012 | 11:23 PM
It's remarkable how many of the people commenting on the piece appear not to have read the piece all the way through. Plus, try and leave your present-day political biases at the door. Last i checked, Bill Clinton left the presidency running surpluses, so I'm not sure how the Great Society is bankrupting us all on its own.
Posted by Joey B on April 23,2012 | 02:48 PM
@Ryan H: Well said. And to the person who said Lincoln killed more Americans than Hitler: Goebbels would have admired the way you argue there, buddy.
Posted by AfterBenH on April 23,2012 | 02:04 PM
While I don't believe LBJ should be up there with Lincoln, it's a shame that most posters to this article not only refer to our current president as 'evil' with LBJ but are vehement in their opposition to both the Great Society and the New Deal. There would be a great many people who would be in poverty if not for those programs, but that obviously doesn't matter to some of you people who care more about their tax rate than the lives of other people. Someone else stated that Lincoln started the 'unneccessary' Civil War. I'm guessing that came from a Southerner who hasn't realized that they lost and can't own people anymore. Also, there is no reason to call Mr. Caro or Mr. Rosenbaum 'small minded'. I didn't know that Princeton-educated, Pulitzer-prize winning authors could even be considered small-minded. So many of you on the right-wing are quick to throw stones at evil liberals, but cannot take it when someone gives it back. Soon you'll be preaching about what a moral person Nixon was.
Posted by Ryan H. on April 23,2012 | 10:52 AM
It is only fitting that LBJ have a monument alongside Lincoln. Lincoln killed more Americans than Hitler and Tojo combined. LBJ came in second when it comes to killing Americans.
Lincoln caused the Third American Revolution which destroyed an American nation of sovereign nations and produced a European style nation of provinces in its place.
LBJ took the optimism of JFK's election and enabled 50 years of "carpetbagging" by international capitalists similar to Lincoln's War enabling the carpetbagging of the South. LBJ may have started the Fourth American Revolution which began with the war protests and demoralization of the hippy generation.
Posted by bill wald on April 23,2012 | 10:30 AM
The negative comments posted above aside, LBJ's domestic programs, prior to the Vietnam War, will go down as some of the greatest moments in our history. He was able to get landmark legislation passed including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Medicare, Medicaid, and the entire great society war on poverty series of programs. Millions of Americans are better off today because of LBJ and his programs are so popular today that not even the most conservative Republicans dare to propose and outright repeal of programs like Medicare, Medicaid, or his landmark civil rights legislation. A better comparison though is to LBJ's hero, FDR and LBJ's first months in office certainly rivaled or exceeded FDR's famed 100 days.
I spent my youth years first campaigning as a high school student for LBJ, then as a college student protesting his policies in Vietnam. Sadly, Vietnam will always tarnish his record and prevents him from being another Lincoln.
Posted by Jim Fiorentini on April 22,2012 | 01:56 PM
Ridiculous comparison. LBJ was THE most corrupt and ruthless President this country has ever had. I wonder how much money the Johnson family trust is promising Caro, and for that matter, the Smithsonian?
Posted by robertp123 on April 21,2012 | 08:11 PM
"You look at these picture spreads in Life and Look of LBJ visiting the amputees in the hospital and you say, you're also writing about the guy who did this." That statement certainly tells me where Caro is coming from! When Obama escalated the war in Afghanistan - a war he didn't start (history repeating itself?), will Caro be saying the same about Obama ...visiting the amputees in the hospital and you say, you're also writing about the guy who did this. When Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, British Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, said, Lincoln undertook 'to abolish slavery where he was without power to do so, while protecting it where he had power to destroy it.' I guess after 150 years, history that doesnt fit with the hero image can be slowly forgotten. With biographers, such as Caro, LBJ will have to wait a very, very long time.
Posted by Adam on April 21,2012 | 12:41 PM
The Lincoln comparison is appropriate. President Johnson used political power to make life better for Americans. President Johnson brought electricity to the poor people of the south. President Johnson was the force for the most sweeping Civil Rights legislation in this nation's history. Presidents should be judged by their accomplishments and not by their prose.
Posted by Erik Redepenning on April 20,2012 | 01:38 PM
LBJ was no LINCOLN
or even close.
I will not send American boys to Vietnam to fight a war that Vietnamese boys should fight
LBJ said this while running for president in 1964.
In 1965 he sent the first combat troops to Vietnam.
Posted by nicholas sloane on April 20,2012 | 10:14 AM
Great stuff. I just wish historians were better at math. LBJ and FDR are going to spend other people's money until we are Greece.
And, all of the poetry is fine, but the prosaic result was that the black family unit and basic moral framework had collapsed by 1970.
Posted by John Ransom on April 20,2012 | 07:15 AM
Lincoln never had to steal an election in order to obtain political power,Caro....or have you forgotten why LBJ was known as "Landslide Lyndon" after 1948?...Lincoln ever cheated on his wife...and he didn't have to invent a pretext to go to war...he didn't make a habit of lying serially to the American people...and he never lost the goodwill and trust of the American people...self delude much?
Posted by Robbins Mitchell on April 20,2012 | 03:04 AM
LBJ should be ranked up there with Lincoln?????
For what? Being one of the tallest Presidents?
That's gotta be it, because with LBJ's ushering in of the "let's create an endless supply of Democrat votes dependent on big government and bankrupt our nation" program, foolishly referred to as the "Great Society", you're SURELY not talking about the wisdom and morality of his presidency....
Posted by Twister51 on April 19,2012 | 11:57 PM
LBJ=Lincoln? Are you out of your very, very small mind?
Posted by Common Sense on April 19,2012 | 11:39 PM
Wow. I have always felt that LBJ deserved primacy just below Lincoln and Washington, and with but ahead of FDR, for the reasons discussed. But what amazing reporting, both by Mr. Cato and by Mr. Rosenbaum.
Posted by john werneken on April 19,2012 | 11:33 PM
Historians have always worshipped those who use the power of the state to control us peasants.
Posted by Jeff on April 19,2012 | 11:16 PM
LBL belongs in a class by himself. Carter was the most imcompetent President of my lifetime, but LBJ's problem was that he was competent. Lincoln was a great man. To compare LBJ to Lincoln is grotesque. In terms of pure evil, LBJ and Obama are in the same league. World class.
Posted by Rick on April 19,2012 | 10:16 PM
Don't smear Lincoln by linking him to LBJ. Johnson's destructive and unsustainable Great Society is one of the major reasons the USA is approaching insolvency.
Posted by Pronghorn on April 19,2012 | 10:10 PM
Bobby Baker told Don Reynolds on 1/20/61 that the s.o.b. John Kennedy would never live out his term and that he would die a violent death
Bobby Baker, one of Lyndon Johnson's closest associates, said this during the **inauguration** of John Kennedy
(11) Edward Jay Epstein, Esquire Magazine (December, 1966)
"In January of 1964 the Warren Commission learned that Don B. Reynolds, insurance agent and close associate of Bobby Baker, had been heard to say the FBI knew that Johnson was behind the assassination. When interviewed by the FBI, he denied this. But he did recount an incident during the swearing in of Kennedy in which Bobby Baker said words to the effect that the s.o.b. would never live out his term and that he would die a violent death."
Posted by Robert Morrow on April 19,2012 | 09:58 PM
Certainly LBJ should be ranked alongside Lincoln--they were both responsible for starting unnecessary wars that killed hundreds of thousands of people.
Posted by Henry Miller on April 19,2012 | 09:26 PM
You've got to be kidding me. The Gulf of Tonkin incident followed by the Vietnam war, the "Great Society" with it's runaway government and the beginning of massive deficits, the phony 'Warren Commission' featuring Arlen Spector's "magic bullet" theory, the "accidental" deaths of witnesses in the Bobby Baker & Billie Sol Estes scandals, and the loss of faith in our government.
Anyone who has read a real history of LBJ should know this has to be one of the most corrupt presidents in history and caused great harm to this country. I won't even go into how he became president.
Posted by Stephen Benedict on April 19,2012 | 08:15 PM
Hard to put LBJ in Lincoln's league. He personally prevented the passage of civil rights legislation put forth by Eisenhower, because according to him,it would destroy the Democratic party. This was well documented prior to the left rewriting history to fit their narrative. His refusal to pass legislation because of its damage to his party hardly makes him a man of principle. Blacks waited 7 more years thanks to him, but politically it worked well for the party, and now because most blacks have been misinformed they vote for Democrats every time.
Posted by Jim Thompson on April 19,2012 | 06:58 PM
The investigation of LBJ and Baker was another reason the JFK assassination took place when it did. The investigation stopped once LBJ became president. LBJ was a driving force behind the assassination and actively covered it up. He was a murderer and traitor. That's why he locked the assassination files away for 75 years, refused to allow anyone to inspect the JFK limo for bullet holes and clues, immediately having the limo rebuilt. LBJ called the prosecutors and told them not to look for anyone, because they got oswald already, and that he was the one they were looking for. Little investigation had been done at that point!! GOOGLE: "Albert thomas wink" for the most revealing wink of the 20th century, with LBJ's buddy Albert Thomas winking to LBJ upon JFK's murder, and LBJ SMILING BACK!!! A picture is worth a thousand words!! Of course, LBJ thought the cameras had stopped by then. Saying LBJ is like Lincoln could not be more incorrect. LBJ was the opposite of Lincoln, because of the murder and treason by the former. People are still so uninformed and naive, even supposed biographers that don't go into LBJ's real background.
Posted by Liti-Gator on April 19,2012 | 05:57 PM
LBJ should be regarded as the worst president ever. I hold him personally responsible for the deaths of 58,272 men of my generation during the Vietnam war that he mismanaged and lied to the American people about.
Posted by CueCat on April 19,2012 | 05:23 PM
When I remember LBJ I remember the Great Society programs and the utter destruction of the nuclear family in the black communities. My curiosity is unsatisfied as to whether the result of the program was inadvertent ( just one more government program and its unintended consequences) or deliberate. I don't believe anyone can truly answer the question authoritatively. For all his political genius he is not an inspiring personality. Like many before and after him, he went to Washington DC poor and came home wealthy. What's new about that ?
Posted by harry taft on April 19,2012 | 04:09 PM
Well, if one ignores that:
- one made impassioned speeches against slavery prior to being elected while the other was indifferent to civil rights prior to his political career,
- that one is known as "Honest Abe" while the other was being investigated for kickbacks,
- that one successfuly fought a war to unite the country, and was assassinated for it, while another fought a war which ultimately divided it, and had to leave in disgrace because of it,
- that one was the primary force for freeing slaves, and whose party fought after his death to amend the Constitution to protect their rights, while the other passed a civil rights bill originally proposed by a previous administration of a different party (which gave the bill a higher percentage of their vote than did his own),
then, yes, they are almost exactly alike.
Posted by INTJ on April 19,2012 | 04:02 PM
I never write comments as I think they are usually ridiculous, but the title of this article and the article itself are absurd. Comparing a man who saved a country and witnessed 2% of his population lose their lives to an incompetent president that escalated a war with no purpose is laughable and a black mark on your publication.
Posted by kevin on April 19,2012 | 03:53 PM
Lincoln and LBJ both belong on any list of "Top Five Worst Presidents", along with both Roosevelts and Wilson. The five men most responsible for destroying the limited Constitutional Republic we once had.
Posted by Chris Mallory on April 19,2012 | 03:37 PM
While I admire the man for his work ( the author), LBJ comparable to Lincoln, seriously? Extremely unpopular when he left office. In fact he left office because he was so unpopular. The great society failures--lets expand government and his failures in leading us or failing to lead us in Vietnam.
Posted by Jay on April 19,2012 | 03:16 PM
I consider LBJ to be the worst president in my lifetime. Why? Consider the following: he created the "great society" and the resultant entitlement problems we have today. Our current debt and financial problems are a direct result of his programs.
The inflation in the late 60s and 70s started with his "guns and butter" budgets. The rampanta deficit spending we have today began with LBJ.
The Vietnam war, which he said we would not do during his election campaign of 64, was based upon a lie. And, then he decided to micromanage it in the most incompetent way.
LBJ was a failure as a president. A failure that we still pay for today.
Posted by David N on April 19,2012 | 02:56 PM
Robert Caro is a national treasure...
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Speaking of which, is anyone in here good with setting up servers like that? It would have to be LAMP stack and customization/configuration of it. It Would help a lot as I have some ideas that are non-WT related and that could lead to some easy cash (no coding involved ; ).


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