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Article: All the Duke's men. (David Duke and Louisiana politics)
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- National Review
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- December 16, 1991
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Louisiana is a law unto itself, but it still has something to tell the rest of the country.
THE Louisiana election has been hailed all over the world as a repudiation of bigotry, but Louisiana voters sent another message that will prove important in the presidential campaign of 1992. The governor's race was a decisive triumph for neo-populism. In fact, neo-populism, whether of the Duke or the Edwards variety, was the only brand of politics on offer, the voters having rejected the reform alternative of Governor Buddy Roemer by almost 3 to 1.
Populism feeds on resentment of those who enjoy too much or work too little. Since the days of William Jennings ...