Posted on 01/10/2008 2:16:11 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A series of newsletters in the name of GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul contain several racist remarks -- including one that says order was restored to Los Angeles after the 1992 riots when blacks went "to pick up their welfare checks."
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's campaign has raised millions of dollars, most from online supporters.
CNN recently obtained the newsletters -- written in the 1990s and one from the late 1980s -- after a report was published about their existence in the New Republic.
None of the newsletters CNN found says who wrote them, but each was published under Paul's name between his stints as a U.S. congressman from Texas.
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That's a sensible thing to do, my clock took months to state he's a racist, despite knowing all about the individuals/groups he's connected with day one. In fact, I didn't believe it at first, though that lasted about 12 hours.
One could possibly see racism implied in that statement. Does he believe these minorities are incapable of protecting themselves? Does he believe they need the white spokesman to protect them from the evils of this world?
A cornerstone of conservative thought is that everyone should have the opportunity to advance themselves, and be as successful in life as they can be. It would seem to me the above is almost a rejection of this philosophy. 'These people' need me for their own good.
It's clearly a big government, "protect", statement with racial overtones. I cut him slack on many of these because I think he's a soundbite person, not a serious thinker. At least not in his verbal statements.
What's amusing to me, though (now that we've discussed the serious side), it's the antithesis of everything he preaches; small government, sticking to constitutional principles, get the government out of one's home. I agree that this one statement shows little forethought.
Didn’t someone post a shot yesterday of one of the most offensive letters (that Paul denies writing) showing him extending personal Christmas wishes from himself, his wife, his kids and grandkids?
Interesting difference, Conservatives aren't racist because they believe in the individual instead of the label.
Yep, I am surprised the media hasn’t jumped on that yet. Someone who was writing his newsletter really went out of their way to make it appear Paul wrote it.
Take out the racial component, does he believe people need the government to protect them from the evils of this world?
That's the basis of my post #24. It's the antithesis of all he preaches.
Hadn’t gotten to that one yet.. This was probably the most telling speech he has ever given, and not to his benefit.
I don't think it's offensive, but I admit Merry Christmas and may we start to confound the plans of the Trilateralists is odd.
Don't find that at Hallmark.
The good news, it's been over 15 years and the Trilateralists haven't taken over yet, Ron must have confounded them.
He must have, who else could have?
But to what degree do his followers hear what he says rationally, and will it hurt him?
I think you missed my point but becuase I cannot understand what you wrote, we’re probably even.
It wasn’t an offensive Christmas message, just odd.
It is certainly a valid question whether someone endorsed by Stormfront et. al. would have any credibility as a mediator in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
In 1960, a West Virginia voter told Hubert Humphrey "I ain't gonna vote for no Catholic." Without missing a beat, Humphrey told that man, "Then sir, I don't want your vote." In 1980, the Klan endorsed Ronald Reagan; Reagan was out front in loudly denouncing them and rejecting their support.
These are things Ron Paul has not done. He's waist-deep in bigots, Holocaust deniers and 9/11 "Truthers," and he hasn't taken a single step to distance himself. He keeps going on their talk shows and accepting their donations.
I repeat that I do not believe Dr. Paul is not a bigot or a conspiracy nut. But he does not make a move to distance himself from them. Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.
I cannot find the Newsletter yet but it was a newsletter very offensive to MLK that also included a personal RP Christmas greeting. BUt somehow he still denies that he wrote it.
Finally, I found it: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=28537_Ron_Pauls_Personal_Details_in_Racist_Newsletter&only
I think he's been clueless far longer than that. He's like a puppy begging for scraps from the table and a pat on the head -- and he's desperate enough for the attention that he doesn't care whom it comes from. I'd bet that if I shot him a a couple grand, he'd let me open Ron Paul's Chicken and Waffles somewhere in Harlem.
If you want to read some of the newsletters, they're linked in this post. Fifteen or so in the first link, the other six are threads on individual articles.
By your double negative, are you saying you believe is IS a bigot or conspiracy nut? That's how I would read it. But the balance of your statement implies otherwise.
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