"BE SURE YOU AVOID THE KU KLUX KLAN. DON'T GET THAT ALBATROSS AROUND YOUR NECK. ONCE YOU'VE MADE THAT MISTAKE, YOU INHIBIT YOUR OPERATIONS IN THE POLITICAL ARENA."; ~ ROBERT BYRD, DEMOCRAT WHO SERVED MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN ELECTED POLITICAL OFFICE. WAS ALSO ELECTED "EXALTED CYCLOPS" WITHIN THE KKK