Earl Long
Earl Long
Earl Kemp Longwas an American politician and the 45th Governor of Louisiana, serving three non-consecutive terms. Long, known as “Uncle Earl,” connected with voters through his folksy demeanor and colorful oratory. He departed from other southern politicians of his time by promoting a progressive agenda, including expanding school lunch programs, teacher pay, public works projects, and minority voting rights...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 August 1895
CountryUnited States of America
A four-hundred-dollar suit on him would look like socks on a rooster.
I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.
The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.
But I'm in favor of every religion with the possible exception of snake-chunking. Anybody that so presumes on how he stands with Providence that he will let a snake bite him, I say he deserves what he's got coming to him.