22 February 2008

20 Years Ago Yesterday.

Jimmy Swaggart admitted he 'sinned' - or, more specifically, admitted he had been caught in a sleezy motel outside of New Olreans with a prostitute.

I was working in Back Bay Boston in 1988 when all this hit the news, and it was my first time seeing a major news event in my home state as others saw it. It was not pretty. But it did gave me an acute awareness of how others saw Louisiana and Louisianaians, and unfortunately how many continue to see us today.

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