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re: Tell me about Earl K. Long
Posted on 1/11/23 at 2:59 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 1/11/23 at 2:59 pm to SaintlyTiger88
For anybody who doesn't already know, the late, great, "Dandy Don" Long was his cousin.
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Posted on 1/11/23 at 3:03 pm to grizzlylongcut
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What? More Democrats?
Personally, I don't just someone STRICTLY by the political party box he checks. They guy knew how to get stuff done for Louisiana. Back in those days, probably 90% of LA was registered democrat. Now, it's much more balanced and look where we have gotten. I'm registered republican but that doesn't mean I agree with 100% of what the party pushes. Get what we need here done and you can call yourself whatever the hell you want.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 3:16 pm to OWLFAN86
quote:now, that is some true and funny stuff.
these frickers dont read
what the frick is wrong with you?
Posted on 1/11/23 at 3:20 pm to SaintlyTiger88
There is a plaque dedicated to him at the top of the i-10 bridge in Lake Charles.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 3:21 pm to grizzlylongcut
The Long family did more to screw this state than anything else in existence. Louisiana should be one of the richest states in the union, yet we are dead last or right above Mississippi.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 3:23 pm to Boudreaux35
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Get what we need here done and you can call yourself whatever the hell you want.
How's that worked so far for the entirety of Louisiana history? This is a state that has been run by Democrats forever. Just because we happen to vote Republican for presidential elections doesn't mean that this state isn't a Democrat's dream.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 3:28 pm to sosaysmorvant
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The Long family did more to screw this state than anything else in existence. Louisiana should be one of the richest states in the union, yet we are dead last or right above Mississippi.
Absolutely. Can't believe they're venerated here. But then again, this state fricking loooooooooves it some corruption and graft.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 3:31 pm to SantaFe
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Read the book Socks on a Rooster and you will be half way there on Gov. Earl K. Long.
Should be required reading for every LA student in LA history class along with T. Harry Williams book about his brother.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 3:33 pm to chicano12
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It was a hospital in North Baton Rouge
Yup. Looked like two toilet paper tubes standing on end next to each other.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 3:34 pm to Boudreaux35
There have only been 4 Republican Governors of Louisiana from 1900 on, and one of them flipped from Dem to Republican. You can lay the terrible way this state is run right in the hands of the Dems. They made the crappy reputation of this state.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 3:42 pm to USMEagles
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It was a hospital in North Baton Rouge.
Also the hospital you ended up at if you played with Lil Boosie wrong.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 3:47 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 1/11/23 at 3:54 pm to crash1211
Y'all are missing the point of my original reply. Earl wasn't what today's version of the Democrat is. He played hard ball and knew how to get things for LA. Sure he did things in ways that were and are still questioned, but that goes for all politics. If you aren't cheating' you aren't trying! If you're the governor following the rules, your state is falling behind. Not sure if we can fall any further.
Not sure I've seen any names thrown out for the next vote that are promising either.
Not sure I've seen any names thrown out for the next vote that are promising either.
This post was edited on 1/11/23 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 1/11/23 at 4:15 pm to Boudreaux35
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If we had more governors of LA with balls like EKL, LA would be sitting MUCH higher in every damn poll.
Louisiana sits so low on every damn poll BECAUSE of the things these buffoons 90 year ago
Posted on 1/11/23 at 4:19 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Crooked, Democrat (socialist) piece of shite. Typical Louisiana politician.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 4:38 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 1/11/23 at 4:56 pm to Boudreaux35
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If we had more governors of LA with balls like EKL, LA would be sitting MUCH higher in every damn poll. Instead, well, you know what we've had for the last few decades.
Earl (and Huey) got Louisiana up a little bit by kicking the can down the road. That can is still snowballing and has put us in an unrecoverable shithole that this state will NEVER get out of.
They looked great on paper in the 1930's and 1950's but somewhere in the back of their minds, they knew we'd eventually be eternally fricked.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 5:19 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Best quote I heard on the Long’s was “Earl led his people to water. Huey drove them there.”
Posted on 1/11/23 at 5:30 pm to Boudreaux35
The long’s were maybe, maybe a smidge to the right of Stalin. Further left than most democrats today. If you are a fan of extreme left wing policies then you like that if you don’t not so much
Posted on 1/11/23 at 5:35 pm to Boudreaux35
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He played hard ball and knew how to get things for LA
All to benefit himself and his friends...not the people of the state.
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