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I always suspected Tom Cotton had that kind of military history.

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Misty Malarky Ying Yang's avatar

AN ALABAMA POLITICAL MEMORY

I lived in Montgomery in the 80s the governor was George Wallace. One Fine Saturday Afternoon I rode my bike down to the capitol steps where Wallace was to give a speech.

At the appointed time a body guard wheeled Wallace to the mike. He began mumbling and slurring indecipherably while the crowd of about fifty stood in quiet attention. Occasionally he'd give a crooked grin and his body guards would start laughing, a cue to the crowd to laugh - which it did. After about 30 minutes of this they wheeled him back inside.

On a personal note: I had taught one of Wallace's brand new step daughters. Wallace had recently divorced 'The Redneck Jackie' Cornelia (who had attempted to shield him from Artie Bremmer's gunshots) and married a twenty something aspiring country singer. I also taught the daughters of one of the state senators - I can't recall the name - Baker or Barker I think.

And everybody was a Democrat back then!

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