In fairness, both LBJ and FDR had the press covering for them. Ronald Reagan did what he did with the near-all-liberal media in full throated opposition of his campaign and programs.
Remember "memogate"? Dan Rather and Mary Mapes planned a release date of the story that would do the most damage to George W. Bush's presidential prospects. But, had they had the goods on a liberal, I bet they would have canned the (faked) story or at least delayed it until after the election. Never mind all the obvious clues that it was faked.
Even now the media is almost all liberal. It was only with the advent of the internet that the dirt on the liberals started showing up, some of it on Monica's blue dress.
The lefty media in Roosevelt's time conspired with his campaign not to show him in his wheelchair or struggling with his braces. They covered up JFK's White House dalliances. But they dug down deep in the Watergate break-in.
So the left's pride that their great politicians "sail close to the water" to get things done is really false. Their politicians are just held to a lower standard than the Republicans.
