GOP Congressional candidates linked to white supremacists

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In Mississippi's Second District, Southaven Mayor Greg Davis agreed in 2001 to accept a plaque as a gift from the Council of Conservative Citizens, thanking the town for flying the state flag in the midst of a controversy over the flag's Confederate emblems, according to press reports at the time.

There was a brief public outcry, during which Davis initially defended accepting the gift from the CCC, which is well-known for espousing doctrines of "racial integrity." In the end though, Davis declined the gift. The episode involving the CCC hasn't emerged as an issue in the current campaign -- yet. But Davis won a seriously contested primary, and might just be vulnerable against Prentiss County clerk Travis Childers, the Dem challenger.

In Louisiana's Sixth District, the situation is a whole lot muckier. Former state Rep. Woody Jenkins' 1996 campaign for U.S. Senate paid $82,500 to a phone-banking firm that was tied to none other than Klansman/Neo-Nazi David Duke for the right to use Duke's voter list.

After allegedly contracting with the firm on the basis of Duke's personal recommendation, Jenkins then attempted to conceal the payments when the Duke ties became more and more apparent. Jenkins' defunct Senate campaign later agreed to pay a $3,000 fine for the concealment.

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Read the whole thing here: http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/louisiana_mississippi_post.php

[Karenina]

1. . .

[fascisthunter]

2. And the GOP Has Been Linked to White Supremacists

for a verrrrry long time.

[NNN0LHI]

3. Aren't they all?

Seriously.

Don