“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.” Lyndon Johnson
August 13, 2025, And Every Wednesday
By Linda Case Gibbons, Esq.
(Check out Lest We Forget and FYI.)
It used to be that being poor was a bad thing.
Now, some politicians tout it like a badge of honor, claiming they are “Just another Jenny from the Block.”
Kamala, Jasmine Crockett, AOC. We have seen them, claiming, “We were as poor as you are.”
Why? It’s how they relate to voters: Looking down on them while claiming to be one of them.
Politicians lie about their backgrounds like it’s their job.
They talk about “the kitchen table concerns” that they think middle-and lower-class voters have. But they have no idea what these “concerns” are.
Kamala Harris’ parents had Ph.D’s, yet she pushed the idea of being from crime-ridden Oakland.
Rep. Ocasio Cortez calls herself “A Bronx Girl,” but we know she really grew up in Westchester County. Nice place. No poor people.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks like she’s from the hood, complete with the nails and the hair, but she’s not.
Her district is South Dallas, a truly poor, tough place, but she’s not from there. She’s from an affluent St. Louis suburb.
She attended prestigious schools, starting as a tyke at The Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, K through 12, at $35,000 a year, her entire education costing a total of $1 million dollars.
Podcaster Benny Johnson did a deep dive into Crockett’s phony background claims.
The behaviors he found by her and “Left wing, insufferable narcissistic women,” he dubbed “Working Class Stolen Valor.”
They didn’t live it, but they claim middle-classness as their own.
We all know the term “Second hand smoke,” but these Democrats seem to be suffering from something else. “Second Hand Slavery.”
Black politicians never experienced slavery.
They won’t admit it has been abolished in their country.
They will not show gratitude for the blessings their country has bestowed upon them.
They won’t. They want to be victims, and they want to call it racism.
Victimhood is a puzzling choice, but there have been psychological studies on point.
The Dartmouth Scar Experiment was conducted by Dr. Robert Kleck in the 1980s.
In this study, a portion of participants were told they had a facial scar, and a makeup scar was applied.
Unknown to them, the scar makeup had been removed. But during social interaction, the “scarred” participants reported feeling "as it they were being treated differently.”
The report stated. “This highlighted how our self-perception can influence our interpretation of social interactions, and contribute to a feeling of being a victim.”
It’s gaslighting of a dreadful sort. But some seem to like it.
Jasmine Crockett is okay with her style, but her aides have disclosed that as a boss she’s a toxic diva.
She’s “rude,” “rarely present in the office and a terror to work with when she does show up,” aides told the New York Post. But she laughs it off.
"You and I were joking before we go on camera about all the scrutiny that comes with being not only a woman, but being young, and being a black woman," she told CBS' Major Garrett. "Yeah. There's a lot of scrutiny that comes my way."
Hillary has embraced victimhood throughout her career, and you know how popular she is because of it, especially with Bill.
Of course, it is easier to blame the color of your skin, or your gender, instead of facing your personal weaknesses, poor job performance, or your character flaws.
But maybe, when we say about our politicians, “They gotta’ be crazy!”
Maybe they really are.
Hold the line, America.
Stay strong, Patriots