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haele

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16. Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1960: "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best..."

Reply to Dems to Win (Reply #15)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 02:21 PM

Dec 2016

"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..."

Otherwise known as the Southern Strategy.

Some things don't change easily.

Haele

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Yep. It is all about Bernie. leftofcool Dec 2016 #3

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Most of the common man voted for Clinton though, people who were concerned with the economy uponit7771 Dec 2016 #6

"Biden and his ilk" TwilightZone Dec 2016 #10

Thanks Twilight.. "VP Biden a footnote in history".. Cha Dec 2016 #11

"Biden and his ilk" Seriously? JoshinUtah Dec 2016 #2

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All they have are empty insults, really. Cha Dec 2016 #8

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VP Biden will be fine in history.. he is wrong on this but that Cha Dec 2016 #7

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Scabs & Mika Mouse ran extensive clips of BIDEN echoing their long time views of oppression UTUSN Dec 2016 #13

kick bigtree Dec 2016 #14

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1960: "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best..." haele Dec 2016 #16

� bigtree Dec 2016 #17

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