DBQ Exercise: Huey Long

Huey Long was a powerful and highly influential politician, particularly in Lousisiana, where he controlled nearly all functions of the state even after he left the office of governor. Using his ability to sell just about anything, he catapulted himself into the political limelight, and soon he was governor of Louisiana. Throughout his career, Long used corrupt tactics that nearly gave him influence over anyone that mattered politically in Louisiana. Carl Weiss on the other …

…he only roughed the dirtbag of a politician up. If someone made a potentially disastrous insult about me, I would punch the guy too. But according the article, Weiss did not really seem like the guy to even do that. To me, it just seems like little harm would have come out of the whole situation had Long's stupid bodyguards practiced a little restraint and not have gone all trigger happy on the poor kid.