JFK and W. are actually not that different. I know a lot of people give me strange looks when I say that, but I don't think people realize how 'Progressive' W. was for a Republican (sometimes in a bad way too, like JFK too).
My main issue is RFK. RFK was not JFK. In fact, if you haven't see these three (3) LBJ movies, I recommend them, historical chronological order ...
- LBJ (2016 or 2017): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4778988/
- All the Way (2016): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3791216/
- The Path to War (2002): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218505/
LBJ was the first, Southerner to be in the Oval Office since before the Civil War. And he was the right man for it. It gets knocked hard because it really makes RFK look bad. But it's about time RFK finally got knocked, and JFK actually showed how 'forward thinking' he was to bring LBJ along. It really 'completes' All the Way. Do not try to compare the two, they are really complementary.
I don't think people realize how LBJ was instrumental in slowly getting some things over the Southern Democrats, not just after JFK passed, but before.
And if you haven't seen it, The Path to War (2002) starts right at/after the '64 CRA and election, and goes through '68, including the all-important '65 decision. It is probably the best 'backroom' Vietnam story of the LBJ administration, including both Secretaries of Defense from early on, including LBJ's long-standing relationship with Clifford, which is just as important as McNamara.
That said, if you're looking for LBJ to be LBJ and throw the 'N' word around, you won't get it. All 3 movies are not going to alienate the viewer by portraying LBJ as actual. He used the 'N' word often, especially with his Southern Democrats. But they won't show that in any of them, because it will alienate the viewer.
