According to the calendar on my iPhone, today is "Huey P Long Day"
If you have never read "Louisiana Hayride", in a word "DO". One of the funniest books you'll ever read. Stories about Long like sending his limo to Shreveport to "retrieve" a RB that supposedly was not going to LSU. Kid was brought back to Baton Rouge for the "Guvnah" to "splain" to him why he really wanted to go to LSU.
Or the story that he demanded to know why law enforcement could not either capture or kill the most wanted criminal in Louisiana. Long's solution - he made the guy Sheriff of the parish he supposedly lived in, so he had to come to the Capitol to be sworn in. No verification to the rumor that Huey said, "if he's gonna keep robbing and stealing, he's gonna have to give me my share".
For my money, the two greatest politicians in Louisiana history were "The Kingfish" and Edwin.
If you have never read "Louisiana Hayride", in a word "DO". One of the funniest books you'll ever read. Stories about Long like sending his limo to Shreveport to "retrieve" a RB that supposedly was not going to LSU. Kid was brought back to Baton Rouge for the "Guvnah" to "splain" to him why he really wanted to go to LSU.
Or the story that he demanded to know why law enforcement could not either capture or kill the most wanted criminal in Louisiana. Long's solution - he made the guy Sheriff of the parish he supposedly lived in, so he had to come to the Capitol to be sworn in. No verification to the rumor that Huey said, "if he's gonna keep robbing and stealing, he's gonna have to give me my share".
For my money, the two greatest politicians in Louisiana history were "The Kingfish" and Edwin.
