Klan Members Pledge to Infiltrate Ole Miss Campus on Debate Night

I think both white and black students are against (the KKK) coming. I’m not afraid of anything. They have the freedom to come here. –Brittany Smith, University of Mississippi BSUPresident

According to The Daily Mississippian, the self-described emperor of the Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan will have officers and Klansmen “on hand” for tonight’s presidential debate, scheduled to take place on the Ole Miss campus. The Mississippian reports that the Klan will not take part in any violent or disruptive activities. “Our people will be in Oxford and on the campus ‘invisible,'” he explained in an interview printed in the September 15th Mississippian. “That means our people won’t be in regalia or demonstrating. So, I guess you’ll just have to guess which of the people present are Klansmen.”

Not surprisingly, the Mississippi Klan opposes the Obama candidacy. Said the emperor, “His election would bring disaster to America.”

Black Student Union President Brittany Smith is taking the Klan’s threatened presence in stride. “They’re not going to change people’s minds,” she explained. “I don’t think it matters.”

The decision to hold the first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi has combined with an overall greater interest on the part of students in the historic nature of this year’s GOP and Democratic tickets to create a lively political atmosphere on campus. Many students report noticing a greater interest in both the candidates and the issues among their friends and classmates.

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The students at the University of Mississippi have caught election fever. Have you?

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Posted by Ajuan Mance