1965 will be known in history as the beginning of the decline of American capitalism. Count in the Civil rights act and the beginning of the welfare state. Johnson’s great society, IMHO, was the beginning of the end!
High five
Rare is a poster here who doesn’t ape talk radios insane adulation of the civil rights acts and how the vaunted GOPe was instrumental, in getting them passéd
Dixiecrats evil.....they opposed them
Talk radio preaches this nonsense constantly ....Hannity and Beck and Rush wannabes worst offenders.....Mark Simone ...and that idio Mark Herman.....I can only tolerate Chris Plante
So did Ronald Reagan and Goldwater and Buckley ....opposed the acts and mlk national holiday
For good damn reason
Thank u for being here
Pelham...another fellow traveler
“1965 will be known in history as the beginning of the decline of American capitalism. Count in the Civil rights act and the beginning of the welfare state. Johnson’s great society, IMHO, was the beginning of the end!”
Absolutely. And the Immigration Act of 1964 as well. Passed with the help of Dirksen moderates and Rockefeller liberals. The small number of conservatives in both parties opposed it. Prominent GOP opponents included Goldwater, Reagan and Buckley.
It’s Harry Jaffa fans who dominate conservative media today, whether they know his name or not. What they conserve appears to be the legacy of Lyndon Johnson liberalism, believing it’s “conservatism”.