Changes

===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 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>