2aguy
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Blacks had been voting Democrat since FDRMLK made a huge mistake......he chose Lyndon Johnson over Barry Goldwater....Barry Goldwater was an actual Civil Rights hero....
LBJ fought for the passing of the Civil Rights act at great political cost to his party.
Goldwater fought for the rights of states to discriminate against its citizens
I am extreme leftist, progressive, liberal, but LBJ in no way was fighting for civil rights or sacrificed anything.
He simply realized that southern Blacks had a history of voting Republican because it used to be the "Party of Lincoln", and that if he pass a civil rights bill, the democrats could swing 20 million Black voters over to the democratic party.
It is naive and incorrect to believe LBJ was principled.
If he was, then he would have ended the illegal war in Vietnam.
LBJ alienated southern racists and cost Democrats the once solid south. He said it was worth it
He played the long game, knew they couldn't win elections going forward if they didn't have the black vote....you moron......up to that point he voted against every single Civil Rights act and also the anti-lynching law.......