Dr.Traveler
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Sure. Just like Strom Thurmond is still pretty influential in today's GOP.You mean Hillary Clinton, whose mentor is Robert Byrd?
I'll give a pass to folks for the past as long as it's in the past. I'm old enough that I've had quite a few teachers, ministers, and mentors that today would borderline qualify as racists or misogynists. Hell, Lincoln said some stuff that would probably qualify as racist. Times change, so do people.
The question is what do you do now, and who do you associate with now. Robert Ayers was justifiably a problem for Obama when he ran as the association was fairly recent, as was Wright. Bannon is a problem for Trump now, as is Manafort. He'd vetted these guys, knew who they were, and brought them on board. That calls into judgement who he'd use to fill positions in his administration and who he turns to for advice.