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September 08, 2004
Joining his boss in hell
State's-rights advocate Doug Carter dies
Carter was a strategist for George Wallace. Later, along with brother Asa, he broke with the crippled old monster because Wallace wasn't doing enough to maintain school segregation. Yes, George Wallace wasn't enough of a bigot for him. Carter was 71, because only the good die young.
Posted by Mac Thomason at September 8, 2004 09:18 AM
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The rest of Wallace's legacy ...
http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_wallac.html
Wallace's final gubernatorial conquest was characterized by an unprecedented amount of black voter support during the general election. For the former advocate an chief spokesman of the state's segregationists, this spelled a complete turnabout in his political career.
During his final term, Wallace masterminded a constitutional amendment that created an un-spendable oil and gas trust fund. Interest from the Alabama Trust Fund will be pumped into the General Fund which finances all non-education segments of state government. Furthermore, he sponsored a controversial bill that re-wrote the state's job-injury laws. He also worked quite closely with the legislature in the preparation of a $310 million education bond issue. However, Wallace's attempts to get the legislature to raise property and income taxes in order to provide a stable pool of money for education were unsuccessful. (Montgomery Advertiser-Alabama Journal Supplement).
Wallace's final administration was marked by health problems; however, he continued to push for the state's economic stability. Furthermore, his final administration was characterized by ideological alignment with and overwhelming support of some of the state's more prominent political factions/interest groups, the so called "Wallace Coalition;" this coalition included the Alabama Education Association, organized labor, black political organizations and trial lawyers.
George Wallace died in Montgomery on September 13, 1998.
Posted by: Kenny at September 8, 2004 11:49 AM
Yeah... But he did so much awful stuff in his first incarnation that I don't think he could make up for it. Moreover, it makes him look more like a racist for political gain rather than one of "principle". I don't know what's worse.
Posted by: Mac Thomason at September 8, 2004 12:15 PM
I'm no Wallace apologist, more of a pursuer of historical accuracy. Not to say that you aren't accurate -- cause you have a huge point -- but a lot of Wallace is overlooked, rightly or wrongly. That's all. And your 'political gain' thought is not far off from accurate either.
Posted by: Kenny at September 9, 2004 07:25 AM
"And another one bites, and another one bites, and another one bites the dust..."
Posted by: Steve Plonk at September 10, 2004 12:22 PM