Posted on 07/04/2015 8:01:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Yeah, I heard that one.
Henson Moore of LA was falsely accused of this in the LA Senate election of 1986; he was unable to fight back effectively and lost in a Democrat year to John Breaux.
Here is an excerpt I got from Wikipedia under “John J. McKeithen. It is about the 1963 Louisiana governor’s race
“In the runoff campaign, McKeithen rallied the supporters of fifth-place finisher Shelby Jackson by warning of the dangers of a NAACP “bloc vote” for Morrison. McKeithen won the runoff, 492,905 (52.2 percent) to 451,161 (47.8 percent).”
Morrison was former mayor of New Orleans and a liberal. Morrison died about four months later (along with his young son) in a plane crash in Mexico. I think he may have been on assignment for McKeithen.
Thanks for the info. Freepers always come thorough!
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