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re: Is Huey P Long the god father of LSU
Posted on 4/5/12 at 10:53 am to Chuck U Farley
Posted on 4/5/12 at 10:53 am to Chuck U Farley
He may have done some good things for LSU in his time, but his corruption & populist (nearly communist) agenda set Louisiana back for decades. LSU & Louisiana would have been far better off in the long run without him.
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Posted on 4/5/12 at 10:57 am to TGK4LSU
Huey P. Long was the closest thing to an autocrat the United States had seen since Andrew Jackson.
He did great things for LSU, but the man was dangerous.
ETA: The best Huey story is when he was drunk and went to take a leak in a bathroom with only a single urinal. Someone else was using it. So he decided to try and piss through the guy's legs and ended up causing a national scandal.
He did great things for LSU, but the man was dangerous.
ETA: The best Huey story is when he was drunk and went to take a leak in a bathroom with only a single urinal. Someone else was using it. So he decided to try and piss through the guy's legs and ended up causing a national scandal.
This post was edited on 4/5/12 at 10:59 am
Posted on 4/5/12 at 11:52 am to TGK4LSU
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LSU & Louisiana would have been far better off in the long run without him.
You should do some research into what LSU was before Huey Long. We were a small, third rate, irrelevant school. We were not anywhere near a flagship sort of place. He built LSU, literally.
This post was edited on 4/5/12 at 11:55 am
Posted on 4/5/12 at 12:28 pm to TGK4LSU
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He may have done some good things for LSU in his time, but his corruption & populist (nearly communist) agenda set Louisiana back for decades. LSU & Louisiana would have been far better off in the long run without him.
Do you have any idea what Louisiana was like before he came along? The state was massively corrupt before he ever appeared on the scene. The difference being that all the benefits accrued to the oligarchy--New Orleans businessmen and their upstate planter allies. The Long regime at least made sure some of it trickled down to the common folk. You may not like his methods, but he brought Louisiana into the 20th century.
Posted on 4/5/12 at 3:34 pm to TGK4LSU
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He may have done some good things for LSU in his time, but his corruption & populist (nearly communist) agenda set Louisiana back for decades. LSU & Louisiana would have been far better off in the long run without him.
This!!
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