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9. This is the same guy who called Nathan Bedford Forrest "the South's first civil rights leader".

Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:16 AM

Jan 2016

Besides being a ruthless Southern General in the America Civil War, Forrest is also known as the creator of the Ku Klux Klan.

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I'm sure that he sees it less as an "oath" than a guideline Orrex Jan 2016 #5

And the Oath to Grover Norquist comes first, anyway. KittyWampus Jan 2016 #14

Yeah. Disgusting. Orrex Jan 2016 #15

No. PatrickforO Jan 2016 #6

Know your history or repeat it. Protalker Jan 2016 #4

So it was. I hear they are stressing obedience to authority now... PatrickforO Jan 2016 #8

Resign from office /nt sarisataka Jan 2016 #7

Volunteering for the RICO prosecution, I see? lumberjack_jeff Jan 2016 #11

Perhaps he should don his camo jockstrap and join them... nt uriel1972 Jan 2016 #12

Give up your seat and join the "fight"! Initech Jan 2016 #16