The Face of Palin's GOP

Sarah "Bible Spice" Palin made much of the "Real America" at her often racially charged and hate engendering rallies. Then too, one of McSenile's campaign aides referred to the "Real Virginia" as being only the reactionary areas of the state where both gays and blacks are required to "know their place." This Real America is a pretty ugly place in reality and certainly not one that cares about the rights - or lives - of others (it's probably fertile ground for Mormon prosletyzing). Based on a story from Yahoo News, south Louisiana must be part of Palin's "Real America." It's a place where the KKK still discretely reigns and murder is a tool of would be white supremacists. Sadly, a woman lost her life as a result of the mindset of this "Real America." I don't know why, but somehow I suspect that Raymond "Chuck" Foster (pictured at left) was a McCain/Palin supporter Here are some highlights:

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After a Ku Klux Klan initiation at a Louisiana campsite went awry, authorities said, a recruit who tried to back out was shot dead. The body of the woman, who traveled from Oklahoma, was dumped on a rural roadside and covered with brush. Her belongings were set aflame. But the cover-up was stillborn: The body was found Monday, a day after the shooting. By Tuesday, a local Klan leader sat in jail on a second-degree murder charge, and seven others were charged with trying to help conceal the crime.

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The woman, whose identity was not released, was recruited over the Internet to participate in the ritual and then return to her home state to find other members for the white supremacist group, Strain said. It wasn't clear what rites awaited her at the campsite, but authorities believe the initiation had begun by the time the shooting happened. Strain said the group's leader, Raymond "Chuck" Foster, 44, shot and killed her Sunday night after a fight broke out when she asked to be taken back to town.

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Seven others — five men and two women ages 20 to 30 — were charged with obstruction of justice and were held on $500,000 bond at the St. Tammany Parish jail. All eight of the suspects live in neighboring Washington Parish, but Bonnett said he couldn't immediately identify their hometowns. Authorities said some of the suspects tried to destroy evidence by burning the woman's belongings along with other items. At the campsite, investigators found weapons, several flags and six Klan robes, some emblazoned with patches reading "KKK LIFE MEMBER" or "KKK SECURITY Enforcement."