re: Edwin W. Edwards puts himself in hospice care, calls it 'a matter of convenient care'

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Don’t blame EE for Louisiana’s issues or political corruption, those issues predate him and continued after him or have you forgotten about characters like Huey Long and Bobby Jindel

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Bobby Jindal (resume be damned) didn't have the mental acuity to steal a pack of gum. Call him an embarrassing putz, but "crook" misses the mark. That dude is basically Ned Flanders' on-the-spectrum little brother.

Jindal was the worse pos gov in my lifetime and he will end up costing people 100 times what EE ever did. Long stole millions from my family and was total pos and glad to this day Dr Weiss shot him. He was stealing from everyone.

Don’t feel bad though we have a well known alcoholic lesbian Governor in bama, and she is easily the best one since I lived here, but since 3 out of last four have been indicted or left for fear of indictment and they one that didn’t get indicted was of the main subject of ATPB and the biggest pos crook of the all.

I am not suggesting EE wasn’t a crook, and he did hurt some good friends of mine on some of the casino bullshite, but I am suggesting by Louisiana standards wasn’t that bad, but again Louisiana is damn near a banana republic.

I have a very wealthy friend here that tried to expand a business to let’s say New Orleans area from Bama. He told me a little black kid on a bicycle told him weeks into it told him “boss man said 5k if you want a business license” He thought it was totally bullshite so he ignored him until he got turned down for simple business license. Then kid showed up said boss man says 10k now. He was hit up like this constantly so just abandoned the location and the dozens of direct jobs and hundreds of indirect. That was way after EE was gone.

My relatives in New Orleans tell similar stories. This is obviously the way it is in many Louisiana parishes. Business get tired of bullshite like that.

EE was nothing compared to the corruption of Long, Perez and his henchmen. EE never killed anyone either.

Let me honest, political corruption, is as much a Louisiana tradition as gator hunting, jumbo and good music. I bought my first politicians when I was still in college. They were ridiculously cheap.

What I said and I stand by is that he is a “good guy”, you would like if you meet. You can be. Mafia member and still be a “good guy” to me. I didn’t say a good person in all regards. Just a “good guy”.

And yes Jindal was a tool, but he got played like a violin and because of him and he desire to be a tax cutter so he could pursue higher national office, Louisiana is ducked. Tax cuts are great when you pay for them or afford them.

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He is really a decent guy. Almost anyone would like him if they meet him.

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You're confusing personal charisma and a salesman's personality for "decent guy".

Anyone can be a likable guy in public. It's what they do when no one's watching or at least behind closed doors amongst trusted associates that really reveals the content of their character.

And my friend, Edwin's character was and still is downright rotten.

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Don’t blame EE for Louisiana’s issues or political corruption

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Actually Edwin's state constitution, the one he was very intimately and personally involved in writing is the source of a lot dysfunction in our state government. It's a document that enables JBE to continue to abuse his position and bully politicians throughout the state to do his bidding.

That document is Edwin's baby and its the bane of Louisiana's existence. It's a shitshow that's amended year after year.

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have you forgotten about characters like Huey Long

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Edwin modeled his Governorship after Huey Long. They are two peas in a pod and are responsible for the institutionalization of corruption, grift, self dealing, and anti-business mindset that permeates throughout Louisiana.

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Bobby Jindel

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Jindal was a run of the mill political hack that was only focused on the national stage and in his 2nd term, couldn't care less about governing Louisiana. He was a wonk with no political instincts that was completely in over his head.

But that doesn't mean he was a thief and a crook that abused his position as Governor like Edwin did.

Piyush Jindal

Stand by your "relative" all you want. But I'd guess it's safe to say he never stole mineral rights from you, or your family, 1000's of dollars that would have lifted you out of poverty. What you describe as his being a good guy, most who are unbiased & know him well describe as being an uber con man with only Huey as his peer.He was the original Slick Willy long before Clinton came around. But that you admit to buying politicians, and brag about it, pretty much seals it as to what side of the corruption fence you sit on. Add the fact that your grandpa was convicted of taking bribes from Carlos Marcello, Mr. La. Mafioso himself, & spent time in a Federal pen..............yea, it was overturned, but as you put it, those "inside details" tells the true story there.

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You grandpa was “C R

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R L. Would have ran and won if he wanted it. Still had enough clout in retirement to shut down Jindals clown show.

Named a prison after him for all the State jobs he saved making Jindal look like the fool he was/is.

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Somebody has to know where all that bribe money has sat for all these years. Yeah. He was killed on the steps of the Caddo Parish courthouse.

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Who?

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1000's of dollars that would have lifted you out of poverty

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Too bad “1000’s” of dollars wouldn’t lift you out of illiteracy.

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Says volumes for the electorate in Louisiana.

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His initials say it all: EWE. He charmed the female sheep back in the day and carried their vote.