My post was about the impression some have attempted to put forth that the Southern Democrats were somehow “conservative”.
Huey Long put the lie to that assertion.
Huey Long was a Louisiana Governor and U.S. Senator from Louisiana.
He was best known for the “Share Our Wealth” program he advocated, a tax on assets (not income) that would put the government in charge of “redistributing” wealth.
The Democrats (southern or otherwise) were big time big government socialists for a long long time.
I know who Huey Long was, but you are wrong if you don’t know how naturally conservative the South is, it is why the democrats couldn’t hold onto it as issues became more defined as left and right, and why it is so staunchly right wing today.