[Skooz]

Because the alternative was to vote for a goose-stepping, hood-wearing, Nazi-salute-giving, unrepentent former Grand Imperial Gizzard of the KKK and worshipper of Hitler.

[CobaltBlue]

My husband and I personally witnessed David Duke and a bunch of guys dressed like Brownshirts at a screening of Triumph of the Will in New Orleans, circa 1980.

They cheered during Triumph of the Will, then cheered halfway through a documentary about the Nazi party, but slunk out before the end.

Losers.

[bigunreal]

You paint a cartoonish, but colorful (and adjective filled) portrait of Duke. I can't really blame you, at the time he ran for Governor, Duke was subjected to a smear campaign previously reserved for the likes of Joe McCarthy. I recall watching Larry King Live at that time (I can't imagine why I was watching it, but I was), and his guest was actress Valerie Bertinelli. Larry somehow managed to introduce the topic of Duke's gubernatorial campaign into their infantile conversation. The completely disinterested Bertinelli took quite a while to catch on but eventually followed her cues and agreed with Larry that if Duke were elected, her husband (burned out rocker Eddie Van Halen) would boycott the state. The campaign against Duke became so intense that major newspapers actually published the names of individuals who had sent him contributions. Unprecedented and thoroughly despicable. Therefore, while I'm not exactly a fan of Duke's, I think he behaved much better than all of his numerous, powerful enemies. And yes, given a choice between him and a criminal like Edwards, I would definitely have voted for Duke.