(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . What if LBJ was right? [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-09-09 “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.” LBJ One of the biggest conundrums of those opposed to Trump is how anyone can believe he is a successful white businessman with all the right answers when every business he has ever run has failed miserably. Trump steaks, Trump vodka, Trump airlines, Trump USFL, Trump University, and my favorite Trump casinos. This guy could not run a three card monty scheme on 5th Avenue without effing up the cards. Everyone knows this. Even Fox can’t hide it. He is a financial loser and if measured by his business acumen he would surely be found wanting. So why is he still popular? Which brings me to LBJ’s explanation of white racism: “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.” We think Trump’s utter failure as a businessman should tell people he is unqualified to hold any position other than below a janitor, but that is not what his followers think. “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.” Consider for a moment the day in 1973 where a 55 year old Bobby Riggs, long washed up from the male professional tennis circuit, decided to try to prove that even an old washed up white guy was still better than the best woman tennis player in sports. In Houston that year King handed him his ass. Today, too many white people are looking at Trump to be the Bobby Riggs that actually beat Billie Jean King, just to show them who is boss. If many of our white voters would like to send a message that even the lowest white man is better than the best colored man -cough, cough Obama- than the worst failures of Trump are the greatest proof that black people are worse. And they are looking for this against a woman, especially a black woman, which may explain how this race is so tight. I fear that Trump’s financial failures are not a negative, but a positive to his base. They may want to send a message that no matter how incompetent Trump, a white man is, he is better than those not white like us. Only that way may a white voter think that no matter how bad his life may be, there is a government that favors him over a minority, especially a black man, or a black woman. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/9/2269025/-What-if-LBJ-was-right?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/