[AnAmericanMother]

I think on balance that he was.

I was just chatting with a (black) friend this morning about how all the icons of that era are passing away - Hosea Williams, then Maynard Jackson, now Lester Maddox - seems like all at once.

I guess I'm a populist at heart, I always have a soft spot for the "people's men" like Williams and Maddox, and I never did trust Jackson. Too smooth and slick.

[Hunble]

all the icons of that era are passing away

Is Jimmy Carter next?

Seriously, I thought Maddox and Carter were two of the best Governors that Georgia ever had. As President, Carter was a disgusting failure, but Georgia loved him.