For me, the 1991 Louisiana Government election stands out as a election where a voter could find a difficult time choosing who to vote for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisia...election,_1991

Edwin Edwards and David Duke had very controversial pasts. Edwards was found guilty of racketeering charges in 2001 and served multiple years in prison for his offenses while Duke was previously in the KKK.





The results from the 91' election

first round

Edwin Edwards(winner) Democrat 523,096 34%
David Duke Republican 491,342 32%
Buddy Roemer Republican 410,690 27%

final count



Edwin Edwards Democrat 1,057,031 61%
David Duke Republican 671,009 39%


Keep in mind this was not to long ago, 1991, and still, well over half a million people voted for David Duke. What are folks thoughts on this?

Who would you vote for?

1991?
LousyAnnA?
Who ****ing cares?
I was addicted to my brand new SNES in 1991.

I would have voted for Ken "Cousin Ken" Lewis.

Well, I ain't from LA state, and I don't vote. But I know who our libertarian-types endorsed. From L.Ron's infamous racist newsletters...

I endorse Willie Nelson for office always, but especially in instances where no qualified candidate exists. I have voted for him a few times.

I need to know their views on how we deal with extraterrestrial life before I can make a decision.

Willie Nelson. America's Jesus.

Hmm State of Louisiana
a state located in the southern region of the United States. Louisiana is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans.
Whatever, who cares

Lol 'merrica

I don't think so, Jesus advocated paying taxes.

A man in Louisiana, at LSU, taught me how to cure my speech impediment, a severe stutter, when I was 9 years old. I thank a Louisianian for being able to speak. True story.

Yes, a vote for Willie probably equals a vote for much less taxes in theory.

Yes, but he advocated a maximum taxation rate of 3.5%.

You can bet Willie will have our farmers feeding everybody. School would all have music appreciation days weekly. Plus low taxes. Land of Milk and Honey baby!

And no nuclear warfare.

Weed in every pot LDO.

wat

Edwards had a controversial past, which you will see as outlined below.

As for the past issues wrt Edwards

Though arguably minor compared to the Edwards scandals of the 1980s and 1990s, the governor was embroiled in several ethics controversies during his first two terms in office. At the time, Edwards was remarkably candid about his questionable practices. When questioned about receiving illegal campaign contributions, he replied that “It was illegal for them to give, but not for me to receive.” He also insisted he saw no problem with investing in a proposed New Orleans office building called "One Edwards Square" (it was never actually named that) while still governor, and demonstrated his gambling prowess to the press on one of his frequent gambling trips to Las Vegas. Later, Edwards' commissioner of administration Charles Roemer – father of future governor Buddy Roemer – was convicted of taking bribes and having connections with Mafia boss Carlos Marcello. Edwards managed to avoid direct implication in the Roemer case.


During the governor's first term, a disaffected former Edwards associate named Clyde Vidrine made several high-profile accusations of corruption, including the sale of state agency posts. The accusations were investigated by a grand jury, but the Edwards administration attacked Vidrine's credibility and the investigation stalled. Later, Vidrine published a tell-all book called Just Takin’ Orders, which included salacious details of Edwards' frequent gambling trips and extramarital escapades. Vidrine was later murdered in broad daylight on the courthouse steps in Shreveport.

In a 1976 scandal known as Koreagate, it came to light that Edwards and his wife Elaine had received questionable gifts in 1971, while Edwards was still a U.S. representative. South Korean rice broker Tongsun Park was under investigation for trying to bribe American legislators on behalf of the South Korean government, and for making millions of dollars in commissions on American purchases of South Korean rice. Edwards admitted that Park gave Elaine an envelope containing $10,000 in cash, but insisted that the gift was given out of friendship and that there was nothing improper about it. In the course of the controversy, Edwards stated that he thought it was “super moralistic” for the U.S. government to prohibit American businessmen to accept gifts from foreign officials in the course of their business dealings. The scandal also engulfed Edwards's former congressional colleague Otto Passman of Monroe, who was later acquitted of all charges in the case.

In 2001, he was found guilty of racketeering charges and sentenced to ten years in Federal prison.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_E...Early_scandals

After being fingered by Texas for-profit prison entrepreneur Patrick Graham, who allegedly gave him $845,000 in conjunction with a scheme to locate a private juvenile prison in Jena in La Salle Parish, Edwards was indicted in 1998 by the federal government with prosecution led by U.S. Attorney Eddie Jordan. The prosecution soon released transcripts of audio conversations, as well as excerpts of video surveillance that seemed to indicate dubious financial transactions. The Edwards investigation also tarnished the reputation of San Francisco 49ers owner Edward J. DeBartolo Jr., who admitted to paying Edwards $400,000 in exchange for Edwards's assistance in securing a casino license.

Edwards was found guilty on seventeen of twenty-six counts, including racketeering, extortion, money laundering, mail fraud and wire fraud; his son Stephen was convicted on 18 counts. "I did not do anything wrong as a governor, even if you accept the verdict as it is, it doesn't indicate that," Edwards told the press after his conviction. On his way to prison he said,

"I will be a model prisoner, as I have been a model citizen". From 2002 to 2004 Edwin Edwards was incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

Anyways whoever voted for David Duke, I would like to hear your views wrt Duke.

It was just weird, the context was the 1991 election, "past" was mentioned followed by something that happened ten years later.

I've been looking more into David Duke and the political atmosphere of Louisiana


Duke ran for political office as recently as 1999, coming close to winning a seat in the Louisiana Congress, duke received about 28k votes or so. Not to mention how Duke received over 600,000 votes in 1992, when he ran for governor of Louisiana. Knowing the history of Duke, one has to wonder what would propel a voter to support a guy like David Duke. I'm concerned that a substantial population of folks with questionable ethics still exists in Louisiana.

The thing that really surprises me is the glaring fact that many David Duke supporters consider themselves to be good Christians. In many of Dukes videos, one can note that Duke refers to Jesus Christ and following the ways of Christ as part of what makes a man successful. I'm concerned that these folks(David Duke supporters) still exist in large numbers, based on elections as recent as 1999 in which Duke received around 28k votes in a Louisiana congressional election, nearly winning the election. I dont think its a good image for the USA to have a substantial population which supports the likes of David Duke.