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LS_Editor

(920 posts) Sun Jan 24, 2016, 08:33 PM Jan 2016

LBJ had the Republican plan nailed, and the formula is still the same. [View all]

LBJ : "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." ~
LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1960, remark to Bill Moyers, "What a Real President Was Like," Washington Post, 13 November 1988

This is why there are non-wealthy Americans that vote against their own economic interests and for Republicans.

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LBJ had the Republican plan nailed, and the formula is still the same. [View all] LS_Editor Jan 2016 OP

Pretty much agree. Although I think we'd be better off if mor people voted in society's best Hoyt Jan 2016 #1

One could argue those things are the same thing. LS_Editor Jan 2016 #5

"We have lost the South for a generation" book_worm Jan 2016 #2

+1...or maybe 3. n/t jaysunb Jan 2016 #3

Divide and conquer. Oldest tactic on the books because it works every time. n/t sarge43 Jan 2016 #4

Except for Vietnam, of course, SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #6

I disagree a bit with you. sadoldgirl Jan 2016 #7

You may be right. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #8

It's worked here for 450 years sulphurdunn Jan 2016 #9

Perfect capsule history. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #10

David Stockman estimated 7/8ths of all wealth in human history created since 1981. Octafish Jan 2016 #13

Only a Pawn in Their Game - Bob Dylan hibbing Jan 2016 #11

+1000 blackspade Jan 2016 #12