Oh, man, this is going to piss off the wingnuts.

Following a link from Atrios, we have the Internet leaping to the defense of WV Democratic Senator Robert Byrd, raising $634,000 for his upcoming campaign in the space of 24 hours.

This will undoubtedly cause the inevitable grousing from the conservative nutbar fringe about liberals supporting Klan members, the lesson here being that it's only acceptable to be a raving, lunatic bigot if you're a Republican.