[kaehurowing]

Interesting how the Washington Post can write this entire article without any reference to the close ties in the South between the Ku Klux Klan and the Democratic Party. The Klan kept blacks and other undesirables away from the polls and the Democrats in office.

During Reconstruction, the Klan lynched scores of Republicans as well as blacks.

[ncountylee]

The are skilled at that.

[mmercier]

In Byrd's day the Klan never dreamed of establishing the level of control over blacks, Jews and catholics that the rats have achieved today.

[GloriaJane]

The Ku Klux Klan and the Red Shirts were both started by The Democratic Party, that's why they didn't mention it.