Alan Huffman > Quotes

“They were following me because I was ahead of them, which is no way to choose a leader. Following someone simply because they're out in front is never a good idea, but it happens all the time.”
― Alan Huffman, We're with Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics

“Campaign ads are often nothing more than political taffy. The ingredients- the facts gathered by researchers such as Alan and me- are mixed together and prepared for the machine. The media experts who create and produce the TV ads stretch and pull this concoction of information to its breaking point, and sometimes beyond. It's cut into thiry & sixty second spots and presented to voters for their viewing consumption.”
― Alan Huffman, We're with Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics

“and after a Natchez slave fabricated an improved cotton gin based upon a description by his owner, who had seen Eli Whitney’s invention, many planters”
― Alan Huffman, Mississippi in Africa: The Saga of the Slaves of Prospect Hill Plantation and Their Legacy in Liberia Today

“Wright contended that after Martha died, “Captain Ross was so overcome with grief, he left the familiar scenes and went with his nephew, John B. Conger, through the then wild Indian country to Mobile, where he took a boat for the North. He”
― Alan Huffman, Mississippi in Africa: The Saga of the Slaves of Prospect Hill Plantation and Their Legacy in Liberia Today