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==Politics==

==Politics==

A Democrat, Hilburn was an admirer of former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner [[James H. "Jim" Brown]], who was forced from office in 2000 after multiple indictments but conviction only on one count for lying in an informal interview to an agent of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. Early in 2005, Hilburn reviewed Brown's book ''Justice Denied'' in which the former commissioner, who also served as a state senator and as the Louisiana Secretary of State, defends his conduct in office and denies having given false statements to the FBI. In his column Hilburn recalled the 1978 primary election for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat (now held by the  

A Democrat, Hilburn was an admirer of former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner [[James H. "Jim" Brown]], who was forced from office in 2000 after multiple indictments but conviction only on one count for lying in an informal interview to an agent of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. Early in 2005, Hilburn reviewed Brown's book ''Justice Denied'' in which the former commissioner, who also served as a state senator and as the Louisiana Secretary of State, defends his conduct in office and denies having given false statements to the FBI. In his column Hilburn recalled the 1978 primary election for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat (now held by the  

Republican [[Ralph Abraham]] in which the one-term Democratic incumbent, Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby, easily defeated Brown. Hilburn surprises readers; after praising Brown's public service, he reveals that he had voted for Huckaby in the race anyway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelisburnpress.com/BookReviewTimes.html|title=Book Speaks to Travesty of Justice|date=January 10, 2005|publisher=thelisburnpress.com|accessdate=June 16, 2013}}</ref>

Republican [[Ralph Abraham]] in which the one-term Democratic incumbent, Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby, easily defeated Brown. Hilburn surprises readers; after praising Brown's public service, he reveals that he had voted for Huckaby in the race anyway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelisburnpress.com/BookReviewTimes.html|title=Brown Makes Statewide Book Tour|author=Ron Watson, Jr.|publisher=''The Ouachita Citizen'': the lisburnpress.com|date=May 12, 2005|accessdate=June 16, 2013}}</ref>

Hilburn was originally a more [[conservative]] Democrat who supported [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[Barry Goldwater]] in the 1960 and 1964 presidential elections, respectively, but thereafter shifted ideological lines to become decades later an active backer of [[Barack H. Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20131121/OPINION02/311210043/Wiley-Hilburn-Column-JFK-Guilt-grief-another-direction|title=Wiley Hilburn Column: JFK - Guilt, grief and another direction|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=November 22, 2013; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Hilburn was originally a more [[conservative]] Democrat who supported [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[Barry Goldwater]] in the 1960 and 1964 presidential elections, respectively, but thereafter shifted ideological lines to become decades later an active backer of [[Barack H. Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20131121/OPINION02/311210043/Wiley-Hilburn-Column-JFK-Guilt-grief-another-direction|title=Wiley Hilburn Column: JFK - Guilt, grief and another direction|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=November 22, 2013; no longer on-line}}</ref>​