[RobbyS]

Huey was a great man with many of King's appetites. I understand that Roosevelt was scared to death of him.

[TaZ]

"Huey was a great man with many of King's appetites. I understand that Roosevelt was scared to death of him."

Even though I despise FDR just as much as Long, you can't seriously say that Long, the man who held absolute dictorial control of Louisiana with his JBTs, was anything but an imbecile and goon?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Ken Burns did a history on Huey Long that is gripping. Fascinating stuff - given the timeline, I suspect we were very close to having our own native born Hitler.