Reply #6: He was in the KKK during part of the 40's

[cjbuchanan]

He joined in '42 and says he left in '43. Some people claim that he was still involved into 1946 or later.

He was never high up in the organization and has apologized for it. He says he joined because, at the time, you could not get anywhere in the South or Virgina if you were not in the Klan.

I don't approve of this part of his history. However, he does have a good record during the last 30-40 years of support issues important to minorities.

It is a little complicated. It came up again when he used the term "white-ni**er" twice during an interview in 2001.