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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,943 posts)
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 04:16 PM Jan 2022

Ron John the clown blames LBJ and Great Society for high percentage of out-of-wedlock births

If U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson made a New Year's resolution to take a more measured approach when discussing public policy, it didn't take him long to break it.

Because the state's most polarizing politician is already back to offering his often wild and controversial take on things in 2022.

Johnson — who last year advised using mouthwash to combat COVID-19 and labeled Social Security a Ponzi scheme — has already roped God into his bizarre take on vaccines and again questioned the seriousness of last year's Capitol riot.

Now he's taking on a new topic: out-of-wedlock births.

And who's to blame for the rate of unmarried childbearing in the U.S.? Former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, the architect of the Great Society.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bice-u-sen-ron-johnson-171144240.html

Sniffing airplane glue again?

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Ron John the clown blames LBJ and Great Society for high percentage of out-of-wedlock births (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2022 OP
and by that he really means minority out of wedlock births... Thomas Hurt Jan 2022 #1
This is nonsense - the Baby Boomers came of age in the early-mid 70s FakeNoose Jan 2022 #2
Someone new to demonize again - sluts! jmbar2 Jan 2022 #3
RonAnon anti-vaxxer believes paternity requires marriage? bucolic_frolic Jan 2022 #4
What trump did to the country, Johnson is doing to Wisconsin. Paladin Jan 2022 #5
Trying to take down every president that was a Democrat. Norbert Jan 2022 #6
He knows the deplorable base in WI well.... TheRealNorth Jan 2022 #7
Lots of big babies born 6 or 7 month after the wedding before the 1960's... haele Jan 2022 #8
Another old meme from the 1950s rurallib Jan 2022 #9
That is something that is still measured? RB TexLa Jan 2022 #10
God, I can't wait for this idiot to be out of politics! Poiuyt Jan 2022 #11
That ain't no dog whistle; that's a damned train whistle! bullwinkle428 Jan 2022 #12
Come on, Wisconsin Deuxcents Jan 2022 #13

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
2. This is nonsense - the Baby Boomers came of age in the early-mid 70s
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 04:26 PM
Jan 2022

... also the "sexual revolution" hit at about the same time. It had nothing to do with who was president. As a matter of fact it started when Nixon was in the White House.

bucolic_frolic

(43,144 posts)
4. RonAnon anti-vaxxer believes paternity requires marriage?
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 04:51 PM
Jan 2022

So he can be fudgy on science but people should adhere to the 1950s?

Guy is nuts

Norbert

(6,039 posts)
6. Trying to take down every president that was a Democrat.
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 04:59 PM
Jan 2022

LBJ, FDR, Jimmy... They can't get RonJohn out of the senate fast enoough.

TheRealNorth

(9,478 posts)
7. He knows the deplorable base in WI well....
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 05:05 PM
Jan 2022

The easiest way to identify a Republican in WI if they are not wearing a red MAGA hat is if they bitch about someone on welfare, unemployment, or disability, especially if they are a POC. This happens all the time in the middle of a conversation when they are trying to sniff out whether you're a Democrat or not.

haele

(12,649 posts)
8. Lots of big babies born 6 or 7 month after the wedding before the 1960's...
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 05:35 PM
Jan 2022

My mom knew more than a few girls who dropped out and got married when she was in high school. Along with an equal number of girls who "took a break" for a month or so to go out of town to "help an aunt who was having a baby".
Out of wedlock births were common, especially among female domestic staff in private homes, hotels and clubs, because well off, powerful men and boys saw working women as just another object for their use.

Haele

rurallib

(62,411 posts)
9. Another old meme from the 1950s
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 06:31 PM
Jan 2022

sometimes I feel like I am in some kind of time warp.

But RonAnon isn't doing this for the memories, he's looking to spread lies and misdirection.

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