Roads vital and political for Alabama
It is an acknowledged fact that having adequate roads is a major factor when it comes to economic growth and development in a state.
Big Jim Folsom
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See recent postsBig Jim: “Just spell my name right!”
The saying is now famous among Alabama politicians, “just spell my name right.” Big Jim coined it.
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See recent postsBig Jim’s run for Congress
Big Jim always knew that he wanted to go into politics, so he jumped right in.
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See recent postsBig Jim Folsom: Friends and lawyers
Big Jim was a true politician, and he was not above straddling the fence, but at least he was honest about it.
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See recent postsSiegelman meets Big Jim
As Siegelman was beginning his first foray into Alabama politics, he met Big Jim Folsom.
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See recent postsBig Jim Folsom: Alabama’s most uninhibited governor
Big Jim Folsom was the epitome of unbridled candidness.
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See recent posts“Buck’s Pocket”
For decades, losing political candidates in Alabama have been exiled to “Buck’s Pocket.”
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See recent postsAlabama is a big front porch
Kathryn Tucker Wyndham would simply smile and agree that her adage lives on.
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See recent postsBig Jim’s show in 1962 governor’s race
The night Big Jim came on television drunk was the end of his political career.
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See recent postsA Mo Brooks story
He has continued that same consistency of longing to be a loud voice in the wilderness of ineffectiveness during his 11 years in Congress.