Ex Klan Leader Running for Mayor of Lake Wales

Submitted by Kevin Derby on March 24, 2011 - 10:44am

Strangely enough, the Ku Klux Klan is a political issue in Florida in 2011 and it could be one come 2012 in the presidential election.

Not only is David Duke considering making another bid for the Republican presidential nomination, I read this morning (h/t Politicalwire) that John Paul Rogers, a former leader of the United Klans of America, is running for mayor of Lake Wales against fellow Democrat Mike Carter.

The past is not dead, noted William Faulkner. In fact, its not even past.

This news stands as a sobering reminder that Faulkner was -- as usual, when it comes to the South and its historical memory -- spot on.

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