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re: Is Huey P Long the god father of LSU

Posted on 4/5/12 at 12:57 pm to
Posted by bayou2003
Mah-zur-ree (417)
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 4/5/12 at 12:57 pm to
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Don't take my word for it, watch this short video excerpt from Ken Burn's 1986 documentary on Long.


Watched that a few years ago.
Posted by TGK4LSU
Lafayette
Member since Oct 2005
2638 posts
Posted on 4/5/12 at 2:56 pm to
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You may not like his methods, but he brought Louisiana into the 20th century.



Gotta love the "one step forward, two steps back" method.
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
72977 posts
Posted on 4/5/12 at 3:23 pm to
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Gotta love the "one step forward, ten steps back" method


Fixed.
Posted by lsugang
BATON ROUGE
Member since Feb 2010
1388 posts
Posted on 4/5/12 at 3:34 pm to
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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!!
Posted by tigerclaw10
My house
Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 4/5/12 at 4:15 pm to
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