Yes, we know, "it was a youthful indiscretion"

And being as this ex-Grand Dragon of the Klan will get a pass from his friends at the MSM.
Because when you are in your 40's- in the 1980's- we still don't have the maturity to make these kinds of decisions on a moral plane...or something. Besides he's a Democrat and the Liberal media will twist itself into knots to protect someone who sanctioned murdering a black kid.

Because, hey! That's how we roll!

And the mean spirited Rethuglican who brought it up will be accused of picking on an old frail elderly man.