re: Huey Long's influence on LSU football

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Whether it was virtuous or not prior to Long is not the point.

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Yes it is.

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For whatever political corruption there was prior, he compounded it and that legacy lives on.

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No, he broke the machine, and that's the legacy that lives on. It doesn't matter where you are from in Louisiana, you can be elected governor now.

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It seems that you are all in on defending this piece of shite, simply because he built a few roads and bridges.

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I'm not defending him, I'm merely trying to put him in an historical perspective. And he built more than just a few roads and bridges (and buildings). And many of which we still use to this day. they are vital to our infrastructure.

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The other fact that you don't realize is that he did not support or provide states funds to any type of relief program. In fact, 98% of all social relief programs in the state were runs by churches and private organizations.

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No different than before.

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Oh, and yes, he was evil. He hurt a lot of families in that state out of greed and deceit.

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No different than before.

But this is bordering on poli board shite.

Huey leading the band downtown:



Huey by the train he 'hired' to bring LSU students to the Vandy game in Nashville in 1934 (LSU won 29-0):



His pool, which is Olympic size + 1 foot: