@PedroDePacas. No the most prominent member of the Klan was Democrat Senator Robert Byrd from the state of West Virginia. He was a Senator for 100 years.David duke was a political ***** and didn't have a party affiliationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_DukeHere is an old Democrat campaign flyer.
@TexINS: Right, Southern Strategy.
Republicans that deny the existence of the southern strategy are amusing. They seriously think that the south went from pro-slavery Union-hating Democrats had a mysterious change of mindset that covered the whole region whereby then-racists Democrats got enlightened and re-labeled themselves as Republicans, the party of the Lincoln the "Confederate-conquering Yank." They don't believe that either party changed policies, Democrats were racist then, and they're racist now. They believe people in one generation mysteriously abandoned racism in the south, and became racist in the north east.Perry as a Democrat in the 1980s with "***** Rock" on his plantation -- racist. Perry in the 1990s after he became a Republican -- NOT RACIST. Get it??It's a great story for a total fool. 4951