Posted on 07/12/2021 12:34:07 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Edwin Washington Edwards, the high-living, quick-witted four-term governor who reshaped Louisiana’s oil revenues and dominated the state’s politics for decades, a run all but overshadowed by scandal and eight years in federal prison, died Monday. He was 93.
Edwards died of respiratory problems with family and friends by his bedside, family spokesman Leo Honeycutt said, days after entering hospice care at his home in Gonzales, near the Louisiana capital.
“I have lived a good life, had better breaks than most, had some bad breaks, too, but that’s all part of it. I tried to help as many people as I could and I hope I did that and I hope, if I did, that they will help others, too. I love Louisiana and I always will,” Edwards said in some of his last words, according to Honeycutt’s statement.
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He's the guy who ensnared Eddie DeBartolo in a riverboat gambling hotel scam that cost DeBartolo the San Francisco 49ers.
-PJ
I believe he was running against David Duke at the time.
Duke was a Klansman.
Nice:
https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2021/07/12/jake-bequette-patriots-senate/?p1=hp_secondary
RIP?
Boozeman is an unremarkable Senator with a mediocre voting record. You rarely hear about him.
Where is this place they call “Ex-Louisiana”?
I forgot who he was until I read the article.
AR can do better.
Huey would’ve made himself dictator for life had he become President. He was indeed a fascist. So was FDR.
Huey was the American Oswald Mosley, without the black shirt.
I can easily envision a President Long aligning himself with Hitler & Mussolini.
“[Huey Long] was indeed a fascist.”
This one is easy:
No. 1, cite me one thing that Long did that was fascist.
No. 2, cite me one thing he did that the present day democrat governors are doing, out of many, with locking down their states.
You must understand, that merely making an assertion, and repeating it over and over, does not prove your point.
Fascist, Socialist, Dictatorship, Totalitarian, Demagogue. You name it. No difference between today’s Demonrat party, except perhaps for his not embracing present-day degenerate ideology, as that would not have flown in the 1930s. Huey believed he owned the state of Louisiana and would employ any methods to control it: violence, coercion, blackmail. He literally (and illegally) held onto both the Governorship and the Senate seat at the same time.
Long even implied it, saying we’d get fascism in America, but it would be called anti-fascism (see “Auntie-FA”). FDR wanted a slower approach to his totalitarianism, Long wanted it faster. But to claim Long was not a fascist flies in the face of reality. How do you claim he wasn’t ?
BTW, I never implied today’s Demonrat (and some RINO) Governors AREN’T fascists. They are, too. I just call them the mashup of leftist totalitarianism, which is Stalinazism. Control freaks who have little to no use for a democratic process beyond getting them into power (by whatever means) and then removing it or utilizing massive fraud to retain it for however long.
“Long even implied it, saying we’d get fascism in America, but it would be called anti-fascism”
Talk about taking things out of context. He did said that if fascism ever came to America, it would be called Liberalism. That is not saying that he approved of it.
Now, back to my point, cite one thing that utterly labels him as fascistic. Now remember, I cautioned you that repeating endlessly an assertion does not prove your case.
How the hell do you think Long was going to be able to implement his “Share The Wealth” program? You think people were just going to willingly give up their wealth?
You’re the only one here who seems to ignore what Huey Long was. He certainly was not an individual pledged to limited government, free markets and ethical & moral governance. He was a tin-pot totalitarian dictator who wanted to take his dog & pony show from Winnfield to the White House.
There you go, endlessly repeating an accusation as if it proves your point.
Again, cite me just one thing he did that proved he was a would-be fascist dictator.
“You’re the only one here...”
That statement is called “bandwagon technique” in propaganda strategies.
In context, Long was referring to the corporations, such as oil companies, that were fleecing the people of Louisiana. So, he implemented taxing protocols that are used nationwide now.
The people of Louisiana at that time did not have wealth to share.
When Long became governor, the politicians of Louisiana were mostly corrupt at the taxpayer’s expense. He turned the table on them. It cost him his life.
Your question has been answered. Because YOU don’t believe he was doesn’t mean he wasn’t.
LA politicians were corrupt ? Uh, Long was corrupt. He just wanted to be the one calling the shots as a dictator. BTW, it’s quite possible one of Long’s own thugs killed him. Whether it was Dr. Weiss or not, we should be grateful that Long was stopped. He could’ve and probably would’ve been the man even worse than FDR had he made it to the White House.
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