tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post9106856082544991344..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: ADN: Fake Quote In AdStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-71936699736556118662017-01-26T11:52:27.211-09:002017-01-26T11:52:27.211-09:00It's the kind of quote that sounds right on th...It's the kind of quote that sounds right on the mark, though I'm sure others would deny it till they die. Johnson was in the middle of that world and would have been a good commentator. I did check online to be sure he actually said it. There are lots of examples that quote him - though that's true of fake quotes which all seem to lead to the same original citation. In this case we have a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/11/13/what-a-real-president-was-like/d483c1be-d0da-43b7-bde6-04e10106ff6c/?utm_term=.c9ee140f44e3" rel="nofollow">former Johnson staffer, Bill Moyers, relating the story.</a>Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-85533353408225612072017-01-26T05:17:25.856-09:002017-01-26T05:17:25.856-09:00Here's my favorite Lyndon Johnson quote (which...Here's my favorite Lyndon Johnson quote (which I got from the great new book "White Trash" by Nancy Isenberg)<br /><br />"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."<br /><br />very timely, don't you think?kathy in KYnoreply@blogger.com