The year 1948 was an interesting and momentous year in southern politics. World War II had just ended. The King of American politics, Franklin…
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BY STEVE FLOWERS The legendary Speaker of the U.S. House, Sam Rayburn, coined a famous phrase he used often and imparted to young congressmen when they would arrive on Capitol Hill full of vim and vigor. He would sit down with them and invite them to have a bourbon and branch water with him.â¯The old […]
