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LBJ: "If you can convince the lowest white man that he’s better than the best colored man, he ..." [View all] kpete Feb 2015 OP

Sadly true tuhaybey Feb 2015 #1

I agree totally, tuhaybey. brer cat Feb 2015 #3

Keeping lower groups divided has always been the goal of those in power since their unity appalachiablue Feb 2015 #69

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #65

Clinging to their whiteness, some nativism, guns & religion. Quite correct on the awareness that appalachiablue Feb 2015 #77

k & r lovemydog Feb 2015 #2

Like all people LBJ made some errors in life TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #4

I hear you Bugenhagen Feb 2015 #58

You should like that he DID try to end the war, but Nixon's treasonous actions stopped it... cascadiance Feb 2015 #111

Because of Vietnam & racism I didn't appreciate LBJ enough when young, especially his strength appalachiablue Feb 2015 #70

He is an interesting person. alarimer Feb 2015 #108

His father hated the KKK. hifiguy Feb 2015 #119

KKK and John Birch Society were big in Texas. HooptieWagon Mar 2016 #130

Looking back at LBJ, he had just way too many hawks surrounding him. Way too many people LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #129

True treestar Feb 2015 #5

being superior to somebody is not a race dependent attribute nt msongs Feb 2015 #14

Unfortunately true. Divisions exist all over the world sorry to say, by class, race, education appalachiablue Feb 2015 #72

k and r niyad Feb 2015 #6

Perfect! MoonRiver Feb 2015 #7

The GOP base in a nutshell. nt SunSeeker Feb 2015 #8

Racism is only one of the base's convenient carrying handles. Orsino Feb 2015 #9

I thought of this when Mo Brooks said 'Illegal Aliens' Could Be To Blame For Measles Outbreak Auggie Feb 2015 #10

Pulling that quote out of context, and not including the entire paragraph.... George II Feb 2015 #11

How does the context change the ... Whiskeytide Feb 2015 #16

By using JUST the quote it gives the impression that LBJ was presenting HIS tactic in handling... George II Feb 2015 #31

Ahhhh. I see what you're saying... Whiskeytide Feb 2015 #38

I think everyone... sendero Feb 2015 #105

I doubt many people reading that would think it was LBJ's tactic whopis01 Feb 2015 #106

Thanks for the context and entire quote, but I don't think people here . . . brush Feb 2015 #18

LBJ started out after college teaching what Poppy Bush called "Little Brown Ones." MADem Feb 2015 #21

Yeah, it was too bad about his fate with Vietnam brush Feb 2015 #34

I was one of those who breathed down Caro's neck to "write the NEXT one!!!" MADem Feb 2015 #39

Hey, great to hear brush Feb 2015 #53

I didn't think 'Selma' made Lyndon look bad; Tom Wilkinson did a decent job I thought. appalachiablue Feb 2015 #81

I agree. What really make LBJ look bad is "Evidence of Revision" kelliekat44 Feb 2015 #92

I haven't heard of this, will check it out. Thank you. In spite of his flaws we sure could use appalachiablue Feb 2015 #94

I didn't know that about his deciding not to run in '68. Grateful lovemydog Feb 2015 #82

There's no question in my mind that Bobby would have won the nomination brush Feb 2015 #90

Maybe Bobby's running mate could have been Eugene McCarthy? Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #100

Quite possibly brush Feb 2015 #109

To think of what could have been, with RFK/Eugene McCarthy Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #121

This pic shows him in full "hippy hair" flower.... MADem Feb 2015 #85

Wow! That's the photo I remember brush Feb 2015 #87

Google is mah friend!!! MADem Feb 2015 #89

Holy cow! I remember that photo.. and the hair. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #91

It's never just people here. obxhead Feb 2015 #59

Believing the CIA, too. Octafish Feb 2015 #71

Yeah, the way that Gulf of Tonkin incident unfolded . . . brush Feb 2015 #84

SO DAMN TRUE, elleng Feb 2015 #12

Corporations and Propaganda -- The Attack on Democracy Octafish Feb 2015 #13

Which is why the Democratic Party should focus on class not race FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #15

How? Once they do, they might have to do something. Octafish Feb 2015 #17

And PoC will remain in the same relative position. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #30

As it stands now, Wall Street gets first dibs on Democrat's attention. Octafish Feb 2015 #66

Did you read Barofsky's book? I haven't ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #67

I think you have other views on Geithner and what he meant by that phrase, please appalachiablue Feb 2015 #80

" they are divided by race from fighting back" < Their choice. They prefer their hate to freedom. n/ jtuck004 Feb 2015 #19

You think that divide isn't designed on purpose? FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #20

Oh, bullshit. Poor little things, no minds of their own? They choose to hate - blaming it on someone jtuck004 Feb 2015 #22

Nice broad brush crap there. FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #25

Is ok. I'm not really interested in listening to the usual litany of excuses in lieu of jtuck004 Feb 2015 #33

Agree! Duppers Feb 2015 #76

And sadly ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #104

One more thing. Harriet Tubman once said "I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand jtuck004 Feb 2015 #28

So wouldn't the pre-prescription be ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #32

The prescription would be understand the real divide is between the rich and poor FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #35

Funny ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #42

But it's not... YoungDemCA Feb 2015 #62

Stunning reality that you have to state that, still. White people simply have too much Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #124

I have a theory on why so many white liberals don't "get it" ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #128

I don't quite agree brush Feb 2015 #110

Really? ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #26

It's about filling the pockets of the poor. FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #29

That's what you want it to be about ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #36

Do you have a reading comprehension issue? FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #41

No, I read quite well ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #44

So your approach is to play right into Nixon & Reagan's strategy to divide the poor by race? FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #46

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #47

You are the one dividing FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #49

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #54

specifics Rilgin Feb 2015 #75

I do not know where to start with your post, nor if I even want to ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #95

Again no specifics Rilgin Feb 2015 #113

This ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #114

why dont you name some and your solutions Rilgin Feb 2015 #115

Because you don't seek education, you seek argument ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #116

I guess asking for explanations is argument Rilgin Feb 2015 #117

Okay. Perhaps, I have been unfair ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #120

Thanks Rilgin Feb 2015 #122

Patience. White privilege is splattered all over this conversation. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #125

I don't think the inability to understand is experience based ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #126

Just noticed that LOL...how did I see this if it was that old...oh well Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #127

THIS. THIS. THIS. brush Feb 2015 #37

Solidarity will be difficult to find where ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #45

You're a realist and probably right . . . brush Feb 2015 #52

Realist? Maybe ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #55

This is what informs my stance ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #57

That cartoon is a killer . . . brush Feb 2015 #86

you're lost heaven05 Feb 2015 #107

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #60

nope don't agree, sorry steve2470 Feb 2015 #61

Disagree. FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #63

look, we will never agree steve2470 Feb 2015 #64

Interesting observation ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #96

lately things like race, gay rights, women's rights have been described as third way here JI7 Feb 2015 #99

I've noticed that too ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #103

I think the democratic party should focus on both issues. lovemydog Feb 2015 #98

I think it can be done, and it's not totally one way or the other FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #112

What a humdinger of a post, kpete! calimary Feb 2015 #23

K&R....There must be something to this. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #24

Doesn't take much convincing. malthaussen Feb 2015 #27

This was the underlying goal of the Southern Strategy and why there is such a thing as a Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2015 #40

Trying to get in before the ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #50

Thanks, 1SBN. Maybe folk need to see Selma too. Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2015 #79

pure racism won reagan the white house. and VOODOO DOO DOO ekonomiks. pansypoo53219 Feb 2015 #43

THis starts in childhood when we tell kids they have no value. A self confident McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #48

Few more decades and highmindedhavi Feb 2015 #51

Dead-on graphic. nt valerief Feb 2015 #56

Truth Will Out. Thespian2 Feb 2015 #68

Mississippi Burning quote: Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2015 #73

I've had those on my DeskTop for awhile. :) Duppers Feb 2015 #74

On the other hand... bayareaboy Feb 2015 #78

My mother... malokvale77 Feb 2015 #83

Only a Pawn in Their Game - Bob Dylan hibbing Feb 2015 #88

I've said it once and I will keep on saying it until I die JAbuchan08 Feb 2015 #93

Those are all excellent points. lovemydog Feb 2015 #97

it's the middle class also . there are many racists who view Govt JI7 Feb 2015 #101

One more step JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #123

I'll also add upper middle class whites--they were the "I got mine, fuck you" voting bloc MisterP Mar 2016 #131

Great graphic. "I vote republican to keep foreigners, minorities, women, socialists, gays and pampango Feb 2015 #102

Two great graphics hifiguy Feb 2015 #118