Can you guess the party? Former KKK leader wants to be mayor of Florida town

Can you guess the party? Former KKK leader wants to be mayor of Florida town Scotty Starnes | March 24, 2011 at 6:30 AM | Tags: Democrats, Florida, John Paul Rogers, KKK, Lake Wales | Categories: Political Issues | URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-4Qf

As most of us know, the KKK and the Democratic Party have a long history...since the Dems founded the KKK. Anyway, here is a story about an ex-KKK leader (no not Democratic Senator Robert Byrd from WV) who wants to be mayor of a small Florida town. Pay attention because you will not know what party he is from until the very last sentence of the article.

Tammie Fields reports, via WTSP.com:

Lake Wales, Florida - A mayoral candidate in Lakes Wales is speaking out about his involvement with the Klan. 

70-year-old John Paul Rogers wants to become the next mayor of Lake Wales, but critics say he could have a tough time bringing the town together because he's a former member of Ku Klux Klan.

Rogers, who is currently a commissioner, spoke with 10 News Tuesday afternoon and says, "I'm not running for the Klan for Grand Dragon." That's because Rogers has already had that title.

Photo Gallery: Pictures of a 1977 KG rally in Tallahassee (photos courtesy State Library Archives of Florida)

He blames his opponent Mike Carter for bringing up his former involvement in the United Klans of America.

"My opponent's been going around saying I hung somebody in the park two years ago. Well, we have a city ordinance against that and I'm sure the police would have put me in jail if I would have done that."

He adds, "It's a shame that in a small city like Lake Wales where most everyone knows one another you have this kind of muckraking and character assassination." 

That's because the KKK is a racist group. Who would be proud to be a member of such a cowardly group of hooded idiots?

In this small town of a little more than 13,000 people, times have changed since the Jim Crow laws of segregation and Rogers isn't apologizing or renouncing his time with the Klan.

He says, "Well I resigned years ago, about 30 years ago. Jesus said, 'He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone,' and so far no one's hit me with a rock. I don't know of any act of any violence that was sanctioned by our organization, either national or in Florida."

...Voters will make the final decision when they cast their votes in the non-partisan mayoral race on April 5. Though party affiliation is not a factor in the race Rogers and Carter are both Democrats.

Yes, this reporter would like you to forget what party affiliation this KKK leader has behind his name on the ballot. Now why would a black female reporter want this to be buried until the last line?

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