I was reading Tapped, but I was distracted by a blog ad for Robert Byrd’s upcoming re-election campaign. By my count, this is his 712th defense of his Senate seat. The toughest competition came from a Druid priest in the 12th century.

Anyway, the tagline is “Click Here to Support an American Hero.”

Huh? I don’t really think there’s anything wrong with Tapped taking ads from the ex-Klansman, but what exactly is it about the man’s career which makes him an “American hero” to Tapped readers or anybody else? Forget the supposed ancient history stuff, was he a hero to the left when he called Bill Clinton a “white n*gger”? The guy’s a dessicated hack, something I doubt many Tapped writers would deny in private.