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===Political anecdotes===
===Political anecdotes===
*John McKeithen
*John McKeithen
In 1968, after Governor McKeithen failed to gain the Democratic vice-presidential nomination at the convention in [[Chicago]], which nominated [[Hubert Humphrey]] to run against Richard Nixon and [[George Wallace]], he privately threatened to resign and turn over his office to Lieutenant Governor Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock (1915-1987). McKeithen's executive secretary summoned LaBorde and publisher Joe Dorsey Smith, Jr., to Baton Rouge to talk McKeithen out of a hastily considered resignation.
In 1968, after Governor McKeithen failed to gain the Democratic vice-presidential nomination at the convention in [[Chicago]], which nominated [[Hubert Humphrey]] to run against Richard Nixon and [[George Wallace]], he privately threatened to resign and turn over his office to Lieutenant Governor Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock (1915-1987). McKeithen's executive secretary summoned LaBorde and publisher Joe Dorsey Smith, Jr., to Baton Rouge to talk McKeithen out of a hastily considered resignation.
In a 1974 interview, LaBorde said that he first thought the threat of resignation was "a joke". He and Smith spent a half day with McKeithen and insisted that he complete his term. LaBorde advised McKeithen that he had become too defensive and overreacted to media reports. The two urged him to develop a thicker skin and stand up to his critics. McKeithen completed his second term, but struggled with many controversies and political setbacks.<ref name="bass">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W09OtCyHMI4C&pg=PA169&dq=C.+H.+%22Sammy%22+Downs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1pzMUcK5Auvy0wGN3oHYCw&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=C.%20H.%20%22Sammy%22%20Downs&f=false|title=The Transformation of Southern Politics: Social Change and Political Consequence Since 1945|pages= 170 |author=Jack Bass |location=Athens, [[Georgia]]|publisher=[[University of Georgia]] Press |date= 1995}}</ref>
In a 1974 interview, LaBorde said that he first thought the threat of resignation was "a joke". He and Smith spent a half day with McKeithen and insisted that he complete his term. LaBorde advised McKeithen that he had become too defensive and overreacted to media reports. The two urged him to develop a thicker skin and stand up to his critics. McKeithen completed his second term, but struggled with many controversies and political setbacks.<ref name="bass">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W09OtCyHMI4C&pg=PA169&dq=C.+H.+%22Sammy%22+Downs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1pzMUcK5Auvy0wGN3oHYCw&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=C.%20H.%20%22Sammy%22%20Downs&f=false|title=The Transformation of Southern Politics: Social Change and Political Consequence Since 1945|pages= 170 |author=Jack Bass |location=Athens, [[Georgia]]|publisher=[[University of Georgia]] Press |date= 1995}}</ref>
*Edwin Edwards
*Edwin Edwards
Governor Edwards sometimes stopped at LaBorde's home when he passed through Alexandria. Once he was accompanied by an entourage of state troopers with sirens sounding. Neighbors thought that there had been a tragedy. Mrs. LaBorde was embarrassed and asked Edwards not to visit again unless he came without the entourage.
Governor Edwards sometimes stopped at LaBorde's home when he passed through Alexandria. Once he was accompanied by an entourage of state troopers with sirens sounding. Neighbors thought that there had been a tragedy. Mrs. LaBorde was embarrassed and asked Edwards not to visit again unless he came without the entourage.
Edwards gave the principal speech at LaBorde's retirement dinner from ''The Town Talk''. After official retirement, LaBorde continued "The Talk of the Town" column twice a week. He did not live to see Edwards complete his fourth term as governor. LaBorde's daughter, Joyce Cessac, said that LaBorde would have never tolerated Edwards' crimes, but that her father had thought that Edwards was an exceptional leader so long as good economic times prevailed in Louisiana.<ref name=bio/>
Edwards gave the principal speech at LaBorde's retirement dinner from ''The Town Talk''. After official retirement, LaBorde continued "The Talk of the Town" column twice a week. He did not live to see Edwards complete his fourth term as governor. LaBorde's daughter, Joyce Cessac, said that LaBorde would have never tolerated Edwards' crimes, but that her father had thought that Edwards was an exceptional leader so long as good economic times prevailed in Louisiana.<ref name=bio/>