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To: zzpat who wrote (362630)	2/7/2018 1:17:51 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542009

Sure, Trump knew he could fool the Republicans. In fact that is true of most of the Republican leaders. They have been fooling the foolable for 100 years, but after the 1964 civil rights act and the counter culture movement act the Republicans saw a way to totally dominate politics for a generation; and they played it perfectly and ruthlessly and have indeed dominated politics. This is why the US is in such a dismal state of affairs compared to other western democracies. After the 1964 civil rights act, they seized on the racism of the south and rural America to implement Lee Atwater's southern strategy to woo the southern racist by telling them they would not enforce the civil rights act any more than they had to. And they had an easy time demagoguing things like affirmative action's bussing and minority education. But while many know this story well, they often forget that at the same time the south was upset with the liberal ideology of the counter culture movement which the Republican's were able to dovetail into their play book to fool the rural voters across the country. This is exemplified by Merle Haggard's song "The Okie from Muskogee". The grand irony is that today as many or more rural kids and bikers wear their hair long and smoke weed than the original counter culture folks. But it all makes sense if one ponders it!!!!! And in his old age merle wore his hair longish. Okie from Muskogee Merle Haggard We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee We don't take our trips on LSD We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street We like livin' right, and bein' free We don't make a party out of lovin' We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy Like the hippies out in San Francisco do I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee, A place where even squares can have a ball We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen Football's still the roughest thing on campus And the…