please post some nominations for worst Alabamian of all time

[Syrinx]

Past or present. People who hurt our state the most.

I'll start. George Wallace and Roy Moore.

George Wallace actually did a lot of good things for the state, but all that was overshadowed by the bad he did.

Roy Moore hasn't done anything good for the state, but I don't think he is truly evil. He's just seriously misguided, and has a persecution complex.

Anyway, those are my two. Nominate away.

[James T. Kirk]

1. delete

[southlandshari]

2. Shorty Price.

:evilgrin:

[Syrinx]

3. Shorty "Damn" Price?

I don't know. I thought he was an entertaining little fellow.

:rofl:

[Gayla]

4. I agree with Roy Moore UGH!

And I'll add Fob James and Guy Hunt!

[Syrinx]

7. yep

Those two guys were really embarassing!

[Pystoff]

12. Ditto

And second your other 2 as well.

[BamaLefty]

5. The Guy That Would Crawl Down The Steps

drunk at the football games? Or am I way offbase?

[Syrinx]

6. that's the guy

And I believe he ran for governor several times. :D

[BamaLefty]

8. I Never Knew That

I've heard stories about him crawling down those steps drunk though...

What party?

[Syrinx]

9. Democratic, I guess

There's a little picture of him and a few words here:

http://www.alabamastuff.com/price.htm

It says he was an alternate delegate to the 1952 Democratic Convention.

I believe he also wrote a book called "I Ain't Nothing But A Loser."

:rofl:

[CovingtonCountyAL]

19. Who bought Shorty Price steak dinners back in the 50s?

BamaLefty, you must ask your granddad (a great man) about that one and many more stories. Shorty listed him as a supporter in his book, "Alabama Politics-Tell It Like It Is."

[trof]

24. Naw. Ol' Shorty was the Clown Prince of Politics here.

I miss him.
He was the comic relief.

[EMAN51]

10. Former Birmingham police chief Bull (I forgot his last name)

It could be "sh**" for all I remember. He did great things for perpetuating the perception of a redneck backwards state. I remember now I believe it was Conner.

[BamaLefty]

11. It Was Conner, Yes.

[trof]

25. Eugene "Bull" Connor. I was there. I lived it.

Grew up in B'ham in the 40s and 50s.
:-(

[GreyPilgrim]

13. Fob James

... but I think Roy Moore has got to be the worst... by far...

[quaoar]

14. My vote:

Robert "Dynamite Bob" Chambliss

[Syrinx]

15. with dishonorable mention to Bobby Frank Cherry n/t

[liberaltrucker]

16. "Bear" Bryant

Just kidding:evilgrin: War Eagle, my friend.

[Syrinx]

17. you dirty rat!

:hi:

[FryLock3000]

18. Terrell Owens

Just kidding actually. But it does come off as a little "pompous" when someone making $7m per year gets mad because the coach told him to "shut up". I've been told to shut up at MUCH lower paying jobs and acted more grown up than him.

[BamaLefty]

20. Ha!

Good one!

Owens is an idiot. Shut up and play. . .

[ThoughtCriminal]

21. George W Bush Jr.?

Does his AWOL time in Alabama count?

[Syrinx]

22. I guess we could count that

But I wouldn't want to. Let Connecticut, or Maine or Texas or Florida or all those other states claim him. :)

[karmaq]

23. Second that Nomination

I was looking for info on my grandfather when I found this post. I second the nomination on Wallace. I have a little inside on the subject considering my grandpa was Shorty Price. He was one of Wallace's roomates in college and when grandpa Shorty helped him get into office, he turned around and acted like he didn't even know him. It was a little messed up of that one blogger to say grandpa had any negative influence on Alabama because if he did, Alabama politics would have taken a sharp curve in a different direction. I just had to say my peace. He was entertaining but most of all honest regardless of who was offended. It would be awesome if honesty was upheld in politics the way he thought it should.