Duke, I'm pretty sure. Although I always liked David Treen's yard signs when he was running against Edwards: "An honest governor. For a change."
Edwards won big.
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Fred Pete - Nov 04, 2014 7:38:06 am PST #9650 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Toddson - Nov 04, 2014 7:50:10 am PST #9651 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'm pretty sure it was Duke (the KKK-adjacent, if not actually in).
I once saw something on PBS and someone in the "business" said that the most ... interesting ... places to run a campaign were Louisiana, Chicago, and Kentucky.
-t - Nov 04, 2014 7:56:20 am PST #9652 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
David Treen made being a Republican in Louisiana seem kind of noble. Back before Reagan.
Yeah, growing up in that political climate definitely colors my attitude towards corruption in government. Somewhat confirmed by my British history classes in grad school. Sometimes a corrupt government makes for stability and even progress!
Connie Neil - Nov 04, 2014 8:04:12 am PST #9653 of 30000
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Sometimes a corrupt government makes for stability and even progress!
I think there's more money to be made from corruption in a stable situation than there is in chaos.
edit: I did a lot of work with New Orleans in Edwards' era. I think the populace enjoyed the show. His trip to France to pay off his donors was avidly followed.
-t - Nov 04, 2014 8:11:58 am PST #9654 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That fundraising trip is a classic. That was after he sat out a term because there was a limit of two terms on the governor but only on consecutive terms, so he served two, and then we had Treen, and then Edwards was back in. Then I moved away and didn't pay as close attention and when I moved back it was a whole different kind of mess.
There was a lot of showmanship, but he also did look out for the state in his way. This madness of governors refusing federal money for some sort of principal would never have flown with Edwards or the Longs - they might repurpose the money but by god they would take it.
meara - Nov 04, 2014 8:22:03 am PST #9655 of 30000
Whenever my dad or Tim's dad starts to badmouth President Obama, my go-to response (because after all this time, I am NOT going to get into it with them) is "I tell you what, I know *I* wouldn't want that job!"
Hmm, maybe I'll try that one on my dad next time...
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Jesse - Nov 04, 2014 8:25:22 am PST #9656 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sometimes a corrupt government makes for stability and even progress!
Absolutely!
Jesse - Nov 04, 2014 8:26:43 am PST #9657 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So I just realized that that one guy from Death Comes to Pemberley is that one guy from The Good Wife! (I did recognize that one guy from The Americans, and the awesome woman from Bletchley Circle...)
-t - Nov 04, 2014 8:31:47 am PST #9658 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've been recording Death Comes to Pemberley but haven't started watching it yet. I have a weird grudge against PD James since Children of Men.
Zenkitty - Nov 04, 2014 8:54:28 am PST #9659 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Civic duty done! I like being able to see the parking lot of my polling place from my front window. Eight minutes, in and out.
There was a young Hispanic guy working behind the tables beside the usual three old white ladies. There was an Indian lady in the line teaching her two young daughters how it works. There was an old white guy talking happily to a middle-aged lady about how he'd fought for civil rights in the 60's and how Obama had re-invigorated the fight, and a black guy behind him listening somberly and nodding. In a county (Albemarle, VA) that's about 80% white, it's good to see non-white citizens in the voting line. I've voted in every election, and after I moved here in 2009, everyone I saw voting for the first couple years was white. Small sample size, I know, but it seems like it matters to me.