This does seem to be the "Louisiana way."
Remember William "cold cash" Jefferson? He's the former NOLA-area Congressman who got caught with about $90K hidden in the freezer of his home, thus lending new meaning to the term "cold cash."
When former governor Edwin Edwards ran (and won) again in 1991, he already had a well-chronicled history of corruption. His opponent that year was white supremacist and former Klan leader David Duke, an embarrassment that made Edwards's image problems pale in comparison. His supporters didn't even make the faintest pretense of denying his corrupt past as they stressed that it was of paramount importance to "elect the crook."
A popular bumper sticker at the time said something like, "Vote for the crook: It's Important!"
Even then-president George H. W. Bush jumped into the fray, urging Louisianans to vote for the Democrat rather than the Klansman.
Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight
He is just one of many, many Politicians who were caught over the years. I am from Louisiana , my family goes back almost 300 years,.
My grandfather was offered millions and millions in bribes to look the other way on Oil/Gas taxes,, all the big boys(Texaco, Shell, Exxon) offered up Swiss Bank Accounts over and over, my g-paw never took a dime.. this was all back in the 60's and 70's..
