DUKE FOR GOVERNOR | 2005-09-08
The bumper sticker against David Duke for governor of Louisiana read, "Elect the Crook, It's Important."
They recognized that he was running against a crook.
No one cared that the crook didn't give a damn about Louisiana or that David Duke loved and cared about the state in which he was born and raised. That didn't matter because he dared to care about his race, too.
So they elected his opponent, knowing he was a crook and that he didn't give a damn about Lousiana. And gthe establishment in the City of New Orleans, which had elected the integrationist Hale Boggs as its congressman long since, led the charge against Duke.
They have been electing the same kind of people ever since, people who did not care about their welfare but who also didn't about their race, which was the only important thing. You can't love your country and hate your race. You can't love your state and hate your race. You can't love your city and hate your race.
"Democracy," it has been said, "Is a system of government where people get what they deserve." That is tragically true.
New Orleans was afraid of what might happen to its tourist trade if Duke were elected. Thanks largely to the kind of people they elected to avoid political boycotts, the tourist trade in New Orleans will not be a problem for a long, long time.
Maybe, just maybe, something good could come of this tragedy. Maybe they are ready for a revolution in Louisiana. Maybe when the streets are drained the people of Louisiana will want a chief executive who will make them safe as well.
Duke for Governor.