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Complete nonsense. He was an active grand wizard at the time he ran. He could not hide that from the public nor did he. While he didn't include it in campaign literature, he talked about it openly when interviewed. His opposition was well aware of it and believed Duke was no competition. And despite your attempt to minimize the distribution of the Morning Advocate, now known as the Advocate, advertises itself as Louisiana's leading daily publication. As far as speaking for others, you do not speak for Duke. But even if one were to accept your reasoning, that bodes poorly of the right who were easily duped by a known racist. Even looking beyond his claims of repentance, one would find his policies outed his true racist feelings. The left was smarter and didn't fall for it.Why would I include his claims of being born again when he wasn't making such claims at the time? In fact, he was still a leader in the KKK when he ran.Of course that's what you said. He ran as a Democrat in three elections. His association with the KKK widely known since it was part of the opposition against him.You're saying the Democrats figured out how racist he is but Republicans couldn't until they elected him.
His past affiliations with the KKK were well known.
I did not say that.
This is what I said, of which you addressed nothing.
The way I remember it, the National GOP was shocked when they started dealing with him and realized what he was.
That was well after he won that state election.
GHWBush repeatedly made the point that Duke was lying about his past.
Duke's story was that he was born again and had repudiated his racist past.
Why do you think he claimed to have repudiated his racist past?, Even running in the Deep South?
Why do you think that after the National Party publicly disavowed him and ran against him, and worked to widely spread information on his racist past that he lost and never won again, even in the Deep South?
Democrats rejected him all three times. He then ran as an independent and was again rejected. He then ran as a Republican and won. According to you, Republicans aren't racist -- they're ignorant and gullible. They couldn't tell he was racist until they elected him. That's what you're saying.
Please support your claim that his association with the Klan was widely known in those earlier races.
And make sure you factor if his claims to have been born again and to have repudiated his racism was believed.
Please stop telling me what I am saying, when it is not what I am saying.
The Dukes— David and Chloe — appeared in ads as the perfect blonde, Aryan couple. He was convinced he had a real chance to win the election and wanted the public to regard him as a stable family man. Although he never mentioned the Klan in any of his campaign literature, he made no attempt to hide his racist affiliation. The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate carried numerous articles dealing with all Senate races. Whenever he was mentioned, Duke was identified as the grand wizard of the Klan.
David Duke, Evolution of a Klansman
You would have to ask him why, I don't speak for David Duke. Whatever his reasons were, Democrats rejected him. When he switched to the Republican party, they elected him.Why do you think he claimed to have repudiated his racist past?, Even running in the Deep South?
1. Posting a claim that the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, circulation unknown, mentioned him as a Klansman, does not establish that his Klan background was well known.
2. Bullshit. You don't hesitate to speak for people when it serves your ideological purposes.
The obvious reason he claimed to have repudiated his racist past was that Mr. Klan himself thought that his Klan days was a problem for him, not a plus. Which supports what I've been saying. White Racism is irrelevant in today's America and today's GOP.