Opinion of Huey Long?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Huge Freedom Fighter. William Manchester:

Elected, he broke the power of the corporations. Louisiana's poll taxes were abolished, new taxes were levied on business, a debt moratorium was declared, the poor were exempted from the general property tax, textbooks were free, children rode in school buses. In three years he gave the state 2,500 miles of paved roads, 6,000 miles of gravel roads...

at his new night schools 175,000 illiterate adults were taught to read and write. He was the only southern governor to treat blacks as equals; when the head of the Ku Klux Klan threatened to come into the state and campaign against him, Huey told reporters, "Quote me as saying that that Imperial bastard will never set foot in Louisiana,, and that when I call him a son of a bitch I am not using profanity, but am referring to the circumstances of his birth."

It's no wonder that conservatives hate him.

Massive FF.

[minionofmidas]

Were FDR a good leader, the U.S. would not have had to enter that war in the first place.

Your optimism is touching.

You think that's the reason why he's a little... touched?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Bob Dole, is that you!?

[Хahar 🤔]

Were FDR a good leader, the U.S. would not have had to enter that war in the first place.

Your optimism is touching.

You think that's the reason why he's a little... touched?

It may well be.

[Deldem]

Long is an... interesting person.

While I do think a lot of things he did for the state of Louisiana were good, and I do think he was right to some extent on certain issues (though by no means all, or even a majority), he was essentially the dictator of Louisiana- I do not believe his ends justified the means. In other words, I think he was a little crazy, to say the least, definitely not suited to be President, but not all bad.

[opebo]

One of the few obvious freedom fighters in American politics.

[jokerman]

Huey Long was a man of great ambition, one who used his personality to overcome any obstacle and help support his far-reaching populist goals. While I may disagree with the man who FDR called “one of the two most dangerous men in America.” (The other was Gen. Douglas MacArthur), You cannot deny that he has a flair that you are not fascinated with. The man was interesting, one for the ages, despite his authoritarianism.

Interestingly enough a Long Presidency probably would have eventually lead to a military coup led by MacArthur.  And then 20th century American history proceeds much more like its neighbors to the south.

[Psychic Octopus]

One of the few obvious freedom fighters in American politics.

Dude, Long basically owned the state of Louisiana.

[Хahar 🤔]

One of the few obvious freedom fighters in American politics.

Dude, Long basically owned the state of Louisiana.

This was vastly better than what was before him.

[opebo]

One of the few obvious freedom fighters in American politics.

Dude, Long basically owned the state of Louisiana.

This was vastly better than what was before him.

Or what's come after.  Realistically all of the US is owned by a certain class, so why should the rest of us find a Long worse than those that rule us now?

[The Age Wave]

One of the best Seantors America has ever witnessed.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Colossal HP.