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Could this administration be poised to pull off the ultimate political Kabuki trick, surpassing even LBJ's Guns and Butter strategy which allowed the Republicans to climb back from a position of utter political destitution in 1964 to capture the White House in 1968?
Let see:
Conduct a war in a manner that enriches the Republican military industrial complex; provides Republicans with fodder to bash you for mismanagement; enrages your most fervent liberal supporters. Check
Aid and abet the crafting of legislation which enriches wealthy Republican elites; provides Republicans with fodder to bash you for being beholden to elitist interests, enrages your most fervent liberal supporters. Check
To complete the trifecta, make it a point ridicule your most fervent liberal supporters whenever they complain about your failure to keep your campaign promises. Check.
Now may be the time for us to become acquainted with the next POTUS, Kay Bailey Hutchison.
