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Outspoken white racist , the neo-Nazi founder of and former deputy outreach coordinator at the now-defunct (NA), failed miserably Nov. 2 as a write-in candidate for governor of Arkansas. But he did get a nice consolation prize: a letter from the speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, Robbie Wills, congratulating him on his efforts and wishing him better luck next time.

鈥淚t takes a special person to put their name on the ballot, and it says a lot about you that you had so many willing to help you with your campaign,鈥� Wills鈥� letter reads. 鈥淵ou should be very proud of your campaign and you have my admiration and respect for making the effort. 鈥� I hope you will consider running for office again in the future.鈥�

The rest is equally platitudinous and generic, and closes, 鈥淭hank you again for all you鈥檝e done, and will continue to do, for our great State.鈥�

Roper of his White Revolution website under the header, 鈥淎n honorable professional courtesy.鈥�

Wills wasn鈥檛 terribly eager to address the matter when Hatewatch brought it to the attention of his office. Two E-mails to his office went unanswered. When Hatewatch telephoned, Wills鈥� spokeswoman Kaye Donham said the speaker would not be issuing a statement regarding his letter of encouragement to an avowed white supremacist or the fact of its posting on the candidate鈥檚 racist website. Donham said Wills 鈥渄idn鈥檛 support Mr. Roper and he didn鈥檛 know anything about him. It鈥檚 just a courtesy letter. He sent a letter to all the losing candidates and a different letter to all the winning candidates.鈥�

Wills may have been blithely unaware of Roper鈥檚 malodorous reputation, but state and national media, as well as Roper鈥檚 opponents, were well informed of it. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reprinted a portion of White Revolution鈥檚 mission statement, which builds on David Lane鈥檚 infamous of white separatism: 鈥淲e seek to secure the existence of our people and a future for our children by creating the opportunity for the establishment of a government which has only the interests of our group [white people] in mind,鈥� in an Aug. 21 article about candidates鈥� positions on immigration. In a widely publicized letter written to members of White Revolution on Sept. 11, 2001, Roper wrote, 鈥淭he enemy of our enemy is, for now at least, our friends. ...[A]nyone who is willing to drive a plane into a building to kill jews [sic] is alright [sic] by me. I wish our members had half as much testicular fortitude.鈥�

MSNBC talk-show host Keith Olbermann designated Roper the 鈥淲orst Person in the World鈥� in his July 16 nightly countdown. Jim Keet, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, refused to share the stage with Roper during an Oct. 12 debate. 鈥淲hile I value the First Amendment,鈥� he wrote in a statement to the media, 鈥淚 will not help provide a political platform for a white supremacist.鈥� (Roper ultimately skipped the debate and Keet participated.)

Roper has been listed as a member of the and once was one of National Alliance鈥檚 most visible faces. He was kicked out of NA shortly after the death of founder in 2002 and immediately established White Revolution, which was intended to unite neo-Nazi and racist groups under a single umbrella and be 鈥渢he most radical legal pro-White organization involved in public activism.鈥�

Roper鈥檚 decision to run for governor doesn鈥檛 quite jibe with his beliefs about democracy. 鈥淚n WR [White Revolution], we don鈥檛 believe that the serious threats against the very survival of our race can be solved at the ballot box. 鈥� That would be nice if it were possible, but it鈥檚 highly unlikely to be that easy,鈥� he told Blood and Honour Radio in 2005. Instead, a 鈥済enuine revolution may be necessary, in the literal sense, if our grandchildren鈥檚 grandchildren aren鈥檛 all going to end up being n------.鈥�

Perhaps his decision to have a go at the governor鈥檚 mansion was based on , just after President Obama鈥檚 election, that 鈥淸W]e are on the crest of [the storm鈥檚] wave. People will be coming forward, shaking the cobwebs from their numbed minds, and they will need us to lead them.鈥�

It turns out Roper was being a tad optimistic about his desirability as a political leader. Of the 781,381 votes cast for governor, Roper received a grand total of 49 (0.0063 percent). That trailed the 66 votes received by Elvis D. Presley 鈥� full name Joey Elvis Dane Presley, a car body repair specialist whose entire platform consisted of two sentences on a sheet of notebook paper.

Editor's note: the above paragraph was corrected to reflect the fact the Mr. Presley was a real candidate. Thank you to those commenters who noted our error.