Prominent Ron Paul website promotes Farrakhan anti-Jewish speech

Adam Holland ^

[mnehring]

Judging by the comments for the post, it would seem that a nexus of support for Ron Paul and Louis Farrakhan has coalesced around conspiracy theories concerning Jewish political power and banks.  Among other artifacts of extremism found in the discussion attached to the post is a link to an article in the Nation of Islam's official newspaper, The Final Call, spinning a conspiracy theory blaming the popular uprising against Qaddafi not on an expression of Arab Spring revolutionary spirit, but (predictably) on a conspiracy of bankers upset about Qaddafi's monetary policies.  (Read here.)  The Final Call article fails to mention the Qaddafi regime's long history of violently suppressing political opposition -- suppression which rose to unprecedented levels of brutality in response to demonstrations in support of liberalizing Libya's political system.  Rather than citing revulsion at Qaddafi's massacre of peaceful Arab Spring demonstrators as the cause of the NATO intervention, the Final Call quotes Farrakhan as saying:

“I know why you are angry with him; because he never agreed with your policies when it came to sucking the resources of Third World peoples, and putting in place dictators that would be amenable to America's policies.”

It has long been known that some Ron Paul supporters share with Farrakhan a strong opposition to the central banking system, support for isolationist foreign policy, and a conspiratorial view of Israel and Jews which verges on paranoia.  Now we can add support for Muammar Qaddafi to that list.  Makes sense.

Below is the string of comments submitted by the Daily Paul forum members in response to the Farrakhan videos.  It is interesting to see them working out how to talk about these issues without sounding bigoted -- that whole "we're opposed to Zionists, not Jews" thing.  Only they get it a bit wrong.  One commenter seems to think the founder of Goldman Sachs is still alive as he argues that Goldman Sachs ins't bad because it's Jewish. "I don't consider Goldman a Jew I see him as being of Israeli descent big difference."  Another argues that his support for Naturei Karta  shows that he can't be an anti-Semite.

The main point of Farrakhan's speech, that international bankers and Zionists work together to control the world and punish those who resist that control, and that the Libya conflict results from that conspiracy, meets with broad approval among at least this group of Paul supporters.  I wonder what Ron Paul would say about it?

[mnehring]

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[GeronL]

Ron Paul = Lyndon LaRouche?

[dinoparty]

Yes. He has a certain niche. Like Reagan on limited government, but like Ted Kennedy on social issues and like Dennis Kucinich and Barack Obama on anti-semitism and world affairs.

[arrogantsob]

I wish I could say “I’m shocked, shocked I tell yah.” But I cannot.

[FreeKeys]

I am definitely NOT a Ron Paul fan; I admire his domestic policy agenda but despise his pacifist-isolationist-defeatist positions. Nonetheless NONE of the dozen or so fans of his I know are anti-semitic or pro-Farrakhan or pro-islam in any way.

[Lazlo in PA]

Paul is supported by some very rotten people. I don’t think that is a coincidence.

[MestaMachine]

ron paul has just given interviews or iranian TV that have come mighty close to, if not outright, treason. He should be called on it immediately.

[MestaMachine]

“I admire his domestic policy agenda”

Except that ron paul does not DO as ron paul SAYS. ron paul is a charlatan.

[svcw]

I think you are correct and I also know if you confront them with Paul's records on Israel and his anti-Semitism they deny deny deny and deny some more.
Personally, I think many Paul supporters do not actually know what he believes or how he has voted.

[svcw]

Just saw a tape of a past Cavoto show where the crawler says Paul as a congressman gets more earmarks for his district than any other Republican. Paul said something like getting these earmarks are like tax rebates and that is his primary job to bring back federal money to his district.

[Lorianne]

I wonder what Ron Paul would say about it?

I wonder when Adam Holland stopped beating his wife? Hmmm? Oh, and I heard some racists support the tea party too ... that just cannot be a coincidence.

[SeaWolf]

He reminds me of some past charismatic politicians, they used popular emotions and platitudes to gain peoples trust and once in power the betray them by brushing aside their concerns and problems to build his new, perfect order.

Paul's foreign policy and beliefs are naive at best and will do great harm to the US economy and regional stability at worst it could result in the death of millions of Americans.

[Absolutely Nobama]

Roger that!

[Absolutely Nobama]

Yep.

[Absolutely Nobama]

Out of normal and healthy curiosity, why hasn’t the Weeper of The House called him out on it ?

[RichInOC]

It strikes me that “I Am A Bad Israeli” could be a great post.

[Absolutely Nobama]

That's true. For a brief time, I was one of RuPaul's Useful Idiots, until I started reading garbage like the DailyPaul. Then, I started reading some of Lew Rockwell's nonsense and returned to planet Earth. I think it's more that RuPaul says what people want to hear, just like Third World Dictator Obama. Ru's record on smaller government is non-existent.

[Absolutely Nobama]

They’re drones like Chairman Obama’s thugs.

[MestaMachine]

I would suspect that no one has raised a big enough stink. You have to beat these critters severely about the head and shoulders to get them to pay attention to ANYTHING besides their own self interest.