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'''Billy Ervin McCormack''' (August 4, 1928 - May 31, 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/3378/3530076?title=local_fb|title=Billy McCormack passes away|publisher=KTBS-TV|accessdate=June 6, 2012}}</ref> was a Southern [[Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], active for more than sixty years in the ministry and a figure in the [[Religious Right]]. He was one of four national directors of the [[Christian Coalition|Christian Coalition of America]], founded in 1989 by televangelist [[Pat Robertson]].<ref name=rright>{{cite web|url=http://www.publiceye.org/ifas/fw/9410/update.html|title=Religioius Right update|publisher=publiceye.org|accessdate=June 6, 2012}}</ref>

'''Billy Ervin McCormack''' (August 4, 1928 - May 31, 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/3378/3530076?title=local_fb|title=Billy McCormack passes away|publisher=KTBS-TV|accessdate=June 6, 2012}}</ref> was a Southern [[Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], active for more than sixty years in the ministry and a figure in the [[Religious Right]]. He was one of four national directors of the [[Christian Coalition|Christian Coalition of America]], founded in 1989 by televangelist [[Pat Robertson]].<ref name=rright>{{cite web|url=http://www.publiceye.org/ifas/fw/9410/update.html|title=Religioius Right update|publisher=publiceye.org|accessdate=June 6, 2012}}</ref>

McCormack was born in Jamestown in Bienville Parish in north Louisiana to Charles T. "Charlie" McCormack (1904-1981) and Ida Mae McCormack (1908-1999),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/us/la/bienville/provideence/prov_gm.htm|title=Burials at Providence Cemetery|publisher=interment.net|accessdate=June 6, 2012}}</ref> some two years before the outbreak of the [[Great Depression]]. McCormack describes his rural upbringing, and resulting political philosophy, accordingly:

McCormack was born in Jamestown in Bienville Parish in north Louisiana to Charles T. "Charlie" McCormack (1904-1981) and Ida Mae McCormack (1908-1999),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/us/la/bienville/provideence/prov_gm.htm|title=Burials at Providence Cemetery|publisher=interment.net|accessdate=June 6, 2012}}</ref> some two years before the outbreak of the [[Great Depression]]. McCormack describes his rural upbringing, and resulting political philosophy, accordingly:

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<blockquote>I was a son of a sharecropper. ... People talk about [[African Americans]] who endured the rigors of sharecropping, but there were plenty of us white people who suffered the same hardship.  My father literally dug a living out of the dirt. He never complained. He always whistled happily when coming to the house after a long work day. He worked til dark every day and a half day on Saturday. His education was limited. He had only four years of elementary school. Even so he had an appetite for reading. He had little or no money but he subscribed to the morning paper and many times he would suscribe to the evening paper.  

 

I was a son of a sharecropper. ... People talk about [[African Americans]] who endured the rigors of sharecropping, but there were plenty of us white people who suffered the same hardship.  My father literally dug a living out of the dirt. He never complained. He always whistled happily when coming to the house after a long work day. He worked til dark every day and a half day on Saturday. His education was limited. He had only four years of elementary school. Even so he had an appetite for reading. He had little or no money but he subscribed to the morning paper and many times he would suscribe to the evening paper.  

He became a fan of [[Huey Long|Huey P. Long]]. He was not mesmerized by him, but [thought Long] ...would find a way to help poor people like him to get a break in life. As governor of Louisiana, Long had blacktopped the roads, made education more accessible to the poor, and brought Louisiana into the 20th century. Elected to the [[U.S. Senate]], he had big plans for the entire nation. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] had great concerns of Huey's popularity... [Long's] message was resonating with depression-plaqued people across the country. Some people, to this day, believe FDR arranged Long's [[assassination]]. ...<br>

He became a fan of [[Huey Long|Huey P. Long]]. He was not mesmerized by him, but [thought Long] ...would find a way to help poor people like him to get a break in life. As governor of Louisiana, Long had blacktopped the roads, made education more accessible to the poor, and brought Louisiana into the 20th century. Elected to the [[U.S. Senate]], he had big plans for the entire nation. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] had great concerns of Huey's popularity... [Long's] message was resonating with depression-plaqued people across the country. Some people, to this day, believe FDR arranged Long's [[assassination]]. ...<br>