I was a son of a sharecropper. ... People talk about African Americans who endured the rigors of sharecropping, but there were plenty of us white people who suffered the same hardship. My father literally dug a living out of the dirt. He never complained. He always whistled happily when coming to the house after a long work day. He worked til dark every day and a half day on Saturday. His education was limited. He had only four years of elementary school. Even so he had an appetite for reading. He had little or no money but he subscribed to the morning paper and many times he would suscribe to the evening paper.
He became a fan of Huey P. Long. He was not mesmerized by him, but (Long ) ...would find a way to help poor people like him to get a break in life. As governor, Long had blacktopped the roads, made education more accessible to the poor, and brought Louisiana into the 20th century. Elected to the U.S. Senate, he had big plans for the entire nation. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had great concerns of Huey's popularity... () message was resonating with depression-plaqued people across the country. Some people, to this day, believe FDR arranged Long's assassination. ...
Huey P. Long was a very wealthy man. He was unscrupulous in his acquiring a fortune and he passed it on to his children and they to their children ... Socialist leaders always find a way to get wealth and hand out crumbs to the poor to keep them in line and stay in power. History is trying to repeat itself. Socialists are preaching the distribution of wealth in the same manner as Huey P. Long, but with a more sophisticated twist. They fain identification with the poor in their efforts to control them. Modern-day socialists and communists are well organized in this country. They have been making great strides toward their goal of power and control. Last November's election () may have put brakes on their speed, but they will continue to try to subvert America."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History Is Trying to Repeat Itself, February 23, 2011 )〕