“OKIE DOKE POLITICS: HOW THE MIDDLE CLASS GOT DUPED” is the unveiling of the author’s reflections on how “Okie Doke Politics” has been used by politicians who lure the middle class into voting against their own best interest. As the author looks back over the years, it seems he has been witnessing a long drawn out con game where the victims love the con man and hate the bystanders. While a young boy, Eugene Cooper remembers how working class white men were able to support their families with one income and without having a college degree. However, the pendulum has swung and the middle class has been redefined; they are kept in a state of constant anxiety and resentment as politicians subtly and sometimes overtly use race and religion to distract them from thinking about their deteriorating financial status. It is all about the money.