Huey Long

A quintessentially American megalomaniac. A benevolent dictator who is selectively benevolent. Both loved and hated. Burns really is the master of filmic Americana.

It is weird to see the old reporters talking about how they are glad he was killed. We will never know whether they were right in their fear of a despot or they were reactionaries that ruined an opportunity to fight back against some of the excesses of capitalism.