anthony: it was always too easy to come gawk at west virginia, to make it the poster child for whatever the agenda of the moment was. lazy depictions of stereotypical west hicks, tucked into isolated hollers to be pitied or made objects of laughter and derision. elaine: if you google appalachia to this day, you re going to see dirty-faced kids, bare foot on a front porch, shaking lyndon b. johnson s hand. there s a lot more to appalachia than that. anthony: in 1964, lyndon johnson declared his war on poverty. a good thing, yes? but the accompanying press tour portraying the people here as an incapable and bewildered helpless masse, missed the basic