[Non-Sequitur]

But questions continue to swirl about the West Virginia Democrat's claim, offered through his spokesman Tom Gavin, that he wasn't a racist while he was a member of the virulently anti-black terror group.

Isn't being a racists sort of a requirement for membership?

[ovrtaxt]

Naw, not ol' Sheets. He's a Democrat and they can't be racist. Like blacks, they can't be conservative. </sarcasm>

[Trueblackman]

That what I thought as well.