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September 8, 1935. The Kingfish Gunned Down
Posted on 9/8/24 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 9/8/24 at 1:27 pm
The state and the country may have been much different had he lived.
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Posted on 9/8/24 at 1:36 pm to blueridgeTiger
Boy, how the rich hated that man
Posted on 9/8/24 at 1:38 pm to blueridgeTiger
Every man a king isn’t too far from today’s definition of socialism. That’s why he was killed.
Posted on 9/8/24 at 1:48 pm to blueridgeTiger
The Ken Burns Huey P Long doc is fantastic. Made in the 80s so the interviews are with people who knew him and were active in politics and the media in the 20s and 30s.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 9/8/24 at 1:56 pm to The Boat
In spite of his dictatorship he did much good for the state and put LSU on the map.
Posted on 9/8/24 at 1:57 pm to blueridgeTiger
frick that slimeball pile of shite. I’m glad his bodyguard shot his arse down.
Posted on 9/8/24 at 2:04 pm to FreeState
He’s up there with Teddy Roosevelt on the list of the most fascinating 20th century American politicians.
The Great Depression brought out some incredible orators. They were all batshit though. Huey, Hitler, Mussolini. Those motherfrickers in the 1930s could make some speeches.
"Huey Long: Share the Wealth"
Difference in Democrat and Republican Leadership
Every Man a King
I wish campaigns still put out campaign theme songs
The Great Depression brought out some incredible orators. They were all batshit though. Huey, Hitler, Mussolini. Those motherfrickers in the 1930s could make some speeches.
"Huey Long: Share the Wealth"
Difference in Democrat and Republican Leadership
Every Man a King
I wish campaigns still put out campaign theme songs
This post was edited on 9/8/24 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 9/8/24 at 2:10 pm to beerJeep
Posted on 9/8/24 at 2:18 pm to The Boat
Kingfish U - Huey Long and LSU
Everybody's favorite former LSU professor I know. but this is a great book for anyone interested in Huey Long and/or LSU history.
This post was edited on 9/8/24 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 9/8/24 at 2:35 pm to Epaminondas
Everything wrong with LA politics is a result of Huey. Also, that our state government is so over bloated much of it with ne'er do well relatives of elected officials.
Posted on 9/8/24 at 2:36 pm to sqerty
Where do y'all stand on the theory that he was hit by his own guys on accident / ricochet?
Posted on 9/8/24 at 2:42 pm to CitizenK
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Everything wrong with LA politics is a result of Huey. Also, that our state government is so over bloated much of it with ne'er do well relatives of elected officials.
This.
And the fact that so many people look up to that slime ball and Edwin Edwards explains why the state will always be last in every important issue. And why I am glad I left and won’t go back.
Posted on 9/8/24 at 2:49 pm to sqerty
Inaccurate. Nobody had a Tommy Gun. His bodyguards carried 357s loaded with 38 special rounds. The bullet removed from Long disappeared so whether Weiss or a bodyguard fired the fatal shot will never be known.
Long brought this state into the twentieth century. Yes, he enriched himself and his cronies and some of his methods were autocratic. But they were no different than what the New Orleans Old Regulars and their upstate planter allies had been doing for decades while they controlled the state. Long at least made it so the common man got a few crumbs: schools for his children, hospitals when he was sick, roads and bridges to take his crops to market.
Fun fact: the animosity the rest of Louisiana has for New Orleans stems from the 100+ year political and economic stranglehold it once had. Long broke that stranglehold.
Long brought this state into the twentieth century. Yes, he enriched himself and his cronies and some of his methods were autocratic. But they were no different than what the New Orleans Old Regulars and their upstate planter allies had been doing for decades while they controlled the state. Long at least made it so the common man got a few crumbs: schools for his children, hospitals when he was sick, roads and bridges to take his crops to market.
Fun fact: the animosity the rest of Louisiana has for New Orleans stems from the 100+ year political and economic stranglehold it once had. Long broke that stranglehold.
Posted on 9/8/24 at 2:54 pm to blueridgeTiger
I can see some similarities in Long and Trump.
Posted on 9/8/24 at 3:03 pm to ChestRockwell
the payoff for supporting the dem.s at the time was a dump truck load of clam shells for your personnel driveway. Made a good road bed but difficult to walk on bare foot
Posted on 9/8/24 at 3:08 pm to L1C4
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similarities in Long and Trump.
Ignorant take.
Posted on 9/8/24 at 3:08 pm to beerJeep
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frick that slimeball pile of shite. I’m glad his bodyguard shot his arse down.
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