In These Times

Hans really nails it in this article. If the GOP spin machine fails, and it is certainly sputtering, Republicans will be hard-pressed to invoke Lyndon Johnson as standard-bearer of the enemy tradition. Not only must the GOP account for the reckless war spending Hans details so well, but Republicans have an extra little secret that will haunt them soon. Since the GOP takeover of Congress in 1994, the Republicans have maintained a self-serving mini-Great Society in the US south. Not school funding, mind you, or anything that might actually resemble the LBJ domestic budget. But as the religious right has emerged …

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