Excuse me Wavemaker, David Duke has no standing, official or otherwise, among the republican party. He is a crass joke and not worth anyone's time. Would democrats accept his endorsement if he claimed to be a democrat? They would not. The ideology that created Hitler and David Duke was progressive/left wing. Nothing you or anyone else can say will ever change that fact. Anyone can say they are republican or democrat, it is their beliefs and actions that say what they are, conservative or liberal, racist or not.