OMG I remember Lawton Chiles

[RandySF]

Steve is talking about Lawton Chiles beating Jeb! in the 1994 election. That was one tough SOB.

[JCMach1]

1. as an old school Floridian, BETO's campaign in Texas reminds me of Walking Lawton

grassroots and down to earth to the core...

[BeyondGeography]

5. Good comparison

Authenticity is a potent thing.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. That "He-coon" remark from Chiles that was played

was DEFINITELY Chiles' codetalk to penetrate the psyche of the old "native" Floridians, not the snowbirds and certainly not carpetbagger JEB!

[muntrv]

3. "The old he coon walks before the light of day."

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.c-span.org/video/%3Fc4510791/lawton-chiles-coon&ved=2ahUKEwiog4qQvpPdAhVG7YMKHaY1DzUQwqsBMAt6BAgKEAU&usg=AOvVaw2NWXgndzU39TjMft-wslpl

[mcar]

4. The old he-coon

A great man!

[GulfCoast66]

6. I got to meet him.

At a book signing. He signed a coffee table book on the history of the Florida Governor’s Mansion I bought.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

7. Walkin Lawton

He was great. He died while working out at the governors mansion.

[rzemanfl]

10. All state employees got the day of his funeral off as a finger in the eye of Jeb.

The Lieutenant Governor lost to Jeb.

[displacedtexan]

8. That loss is why Dubya got the prez nom and not Jeb! In 2000.

Both dumber than dirt but leaps and bounds above Donnie Dumbass.

[Scurrilous]

9. I saw him in the UF homecoming parade once...walking, of course.

Now he has a school named after him in Miami-Dade:

https://www.lawtonchilesmiddle.com/

[blueseas]

11. I found an MNSBC link

http://www.msnbc.com/hardball/the-he-coon-who-changed-history

[Irishxs]

12. "Walkin Lawton"

Chiles got elected by walking the state and doing work days in a lot of different jobs.