Oh noes, are you telling me that people who say "I'm not a racist, but..." might actually be racist?! :O
It was even directly linked to via his official website! Like others have already said, if he really didn't agree with the racist content of the posts he had "echoed" now would be a good opportunity to address that directly. Instead he's twisting people's words, responding to made up accusations. We can all see that he did not write those posts himself. That is obviously not the isse here. Him going to such great lengths to muddy the waters definitely makes it look like he is not interested in distancing himself from the views he "echoed" though, and that's a shame. Makes it very hard to give him the benefit of doubt.
