http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i29919

“And I am a Republican NOT a Libertarian Party member” AND

“…severe damage to our cause by associating us libertarians with…”

Truth is, it’s libertarians who are mostly opposed to Paul. That’s the unwritten story here; The amount of opposition Paul has to his candidacy within the libertarian movement, particularly from mainstream libertarians who view him as irreparably doing severe damage to our cause by associating us libertarians with the likes of Don Black, David Duke, Lyndon Larouchies, Alex Jones, and 9/11 Truthers.

My name? Eric Dondero Rittberg. No mystery. Dondero is the name of my biological Father from New York. Rittberg is the name of my adoptive parents who live in Florida. I have never used any other names besides Eric Dondero Rittberg.

Secondly, I am not running for Congress against Ron Paul. Paul’s GOP primary opponent is Friendswood City Councilman Chris Peden. Yes, I have endorsed Peden over Paul. But I am not running in the race. The filing deadline passed on Jan. 2.

Ironically, a Libertarian Party guy from Dallas, named Eugene Flynn DID file against Ron Paul and/or Peden for the general election. Perhaps the poster above is confusing me with Mr. Flynn. I live in Houston, NOT Dallas. And I am a Republican NOT a Libertarian Party member.

One of Ron’s so called heroes Martin Luther King said, “Non cooperation with evil is as much as a moral obligation as cooperation with good.”

Ron Paul should simply tell us who wrote the news letters. It is bad enough that he and his wife and his daughter profitted from them, but it is even more embarrasing and pathetic to say that he has no idea who wrote the newsletters and he doesn’t know any of their names. (He sounds like Rudy refusing to even name his clients!)

Who were the editors? Who were the writers? What did they earn? Did you ever fire them? Did you ever warn them? Did you ever issue any retractions?

The Ron Paul revoltution would never accept the same excuse from other candidates and Ron dishonors every black, gay, Jewish, colored American who gave money or volunteered for him.

Ron should release their names today.

People had to search many years of newsletters to find a handful of comments that are candidates for being racist. Those were not written by him.

He is no more a racist than Donklephant is for allowing this article and these comments. He presented a forum for articles on freedom, finances and change.

There are many people still growing in wisdom in this country. Ron Paul encourages the right ideas. He is a good model for the right ideas. He does not isolate himself from others.

AND THIS IS SO WONDERFUL!

The owned and paid-for elitists are so stupid. Ignoring Dr. Paul was a much better strategy. As Paul supporters dig into this morass of lies and stretched-truths, they realize there’s nothing there and OUR SUPPORT IS INCREASING AS A RESULT! Here in Chicago, our Ron Paul campaign groups have DOUBLED IN SIZE IN ONLY TWO WEEKS! The vast majority of our new members are disgusted by the obvious obfuscations and smear tactics started by The New Republic and Reason Magazine. They can see the truth through the lies.

Now Ron Paul support is climbing in SC, NV and FL in a direct coorelation to the increase in smearing! People in the US have had it with these tactics and they are going to show it. Paul is now polling higher in IL, CA, NV and SC. He may not win, but this revolution will not end if he loses.

KEEP UP THE SMEARS PLEASE! YOU ARE HELPING RON PAUL!

I am Penny Freeman. The newsletter had ceased publication years before I was on staff.

You “journalists” who want to make a name for yourself better watch your mailbox. You are liable for slander.

Since then, I have traveled to every city with a population over 50,000 in every state and everyone everywhere makes the same types of racial comments and tells the same ethnic jokes. You do it and your friends do it. Every single one of the candidates does it. The more indignant people act about about it, the more guilty they are.

No one seems to have heard Ron Paul do it but, I know, without having heard them, that, at the very least, some of the people he knows do it because that’s the way it is.

The discussion about how soon slavery would have ended without the Civil War and what Lincoln’s true intentions were has been going on since the war was over. Everyone seems to be an expert on Lincoln, the Civil War, and slavery even though they don’t really understand it.

The accusations that Obama and Clinton have been hurling at each other over these issues has been very detrimental to both of their campaigns. The thing is, that they both have been telling the truth.

None of this hate speech has any place in a campaign for President. What matters is not whether you like blacks, Hispanics, gays, or any other group of people. What matters is that, as President, you do everything in your power to insure that every single individual has equal rights under the law.

If the chip on your shoulder is that big or you want to relieve your guilt that bad, Google “black jokes” and send those sites a bunch of hate mail.

Let the rest of us try to elect a President.

But I think it’s unfair to say he’s lying or allege he was a tax cheat. I can honestly believe he doesn’t remember the details of what went on with these newsletters - who wrote what and so forth. He’s never outright said he didn’t know these statements were being made or that they went out sans approval. As far as I can tell, he’s dodged that issue completely. All he’s said is he doesn’t remember exactly who wrote what when, he takes “moral responsibility,” and he’s not a racist. Which I’m willing to believe are all true statements.

So, I think it does a disservice to the good Doctor to impugn his character this way. He’s made some bad judgments, and apparently has the all too human inability to admit when he screwed up. And he may be protecting his friends, who I suspect were the masterminds behind the scheme to begin with. These aren’t great traits for a president, but lets not rush to burn the man at the stake.

I don’t care what you say . . .

Yada, yada, yada.

None are so blind as those who will not see.

We have the Huckster wanting to change the Constitution to be more “Bible-like”. We have all of the Republican candidates except for Ron Paul wanting to blow up Iran, because they may get a nuclear weapon some day, and trying to use a few speedboats radioing an American destroyer as an excuse to do it. Then after they blow up Iran, they seem to want to kill every Muslim they can find, or throw them in Gitmo (which Mitt wants to “double”). We have election votes still being done on Diebold machines, with the outcomes decided in back rooms, by who knows who. We have the economy going to hell in a hand basket. We have HR1955, which seems to have passed.

With all of that, plus the fact that leader of the NAACP in Austin, who has known Ron Paul for many years saying that he knows Ron Paul is not a racist, we have the MSM and others, who just can’t seem to stop kicking this dead horse of these letters from years ago, that contain writing that reads nothing like anything that Ron Paul has ever said or written.

For goodness sake, can we please move on?

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/07/16/hillary.book.response.02/index.html

This topic is boring me to death. Justin, how much time did you spend on this? Can you write on something interesting? I was watching Man vs. Wild and that guy is really crazy. He actually ate a live snake. In one episode he skinned a camel and ate camel steak. It was really amazing.

Get a grip, he’s not a racist and everyone knows it.

Who is driving the media darlings Fred T, Huckleberry, Guliani and McGrain? Even though Ron Paul beat Fred and Guliani AGAIN!
They still include them in debates and as top 5 candidates. It is so obvious they want to discourage people from voting from the only person from either party that offers “True Change”…
Obama and Hillary are offering more and more of the same… as charming as Obama can be he alike Hillary want to offer free healthcare which do you how are they paying for that? Of course they aRE NOT SAying.
I am hispanic and i just heard both trying to get the hispanic vote by promising free healthcare and college education!!!
My goodness! Please get an economics book and see it is not going to work. Also, the barrel of gas is not $100 because of control from the middle east but because the dollar is devalued by the war and deficits! duh!! Please vote Ron Paul he is the only one against the war because he understands cause and effect…none of the candidates talk about the real issues….
I am voting for Ron Paul and my donations aRE GOING TO Ron Paul,
I do it for my 3 children…my boys will likely get drafted if this war continues like McgRain said for 100 years if necessary…how ignorant… we made a mistake in staying in Iraw-pack it up and move on… Our economy is collapsing now!!!
Vote Ron Paul -educate/inform your family and friends since he is being suppressed by the media who is suppossed to inform us and we decide.

“And then they will find a video tape of Ron Paul’s Grandson saying “the New York Giants are gay” JB

Well - the New York Giants are gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that. It’s just a fact. Brett and and the Pack will send them back to NY in time for them to work to get Bloomberg on the California Primary ballot. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

I am saying this as a Chicago Bear fan tha hates the Packers. BTW - The Chicago Bears beat the Packers twice this year, and five out of the last six meetings. Just saying. Go Brett.

And then they will find a video tape of Ron Paul’s Grandson saying “the New York Giants are gay” - clearly a homophobic statement.

And why so much interest in ridiculing a man with a 6% showing in the polls - seems hardly worth it.

If only he would have been derogatory about muslims, like all the other republican candidates, it would have been ok

Sunday, January 13, 2008; KLBJ-am radio, Alex Jones Show, Austin, TX

“NAACP President: Ron Paul Is Not A Racist”

“Linder says Paul being smeared because he is a threat to the establishment.

Austin NAACP President Nelson Linder, who has known Ron Paul for 20 years, unequivocally dismissed charges that the Congressman was a racist in light of recent smear attempts, and said the reason for him being attacked was that he was a threat to the establishment.

Linder joined Alex Jones for two segments on his KLBJ Sunday show this evening, during which he commented on the controversy created by media hit pieces that attempted to tarnish Paul as a racist by making him culpable for decades old newsletter articles written by other people.

“Knowing Ron Paul’s intent, I think he is trying to improve this country but I think also, when you talk about the Constitution and you constantly criticize the federal government versus state I think a lot of folks are going to misconstrue that….so I think it’s very easy for folks who want to to take his position out of context and that’s what I’m hearing,” said Linder.

“Knowing Ron Paul and having talked to him, I think he’s a very fair guy I just think that a lot of folks do not understand the Libertarian platform,” he added.

Asked directly if Ron Paul was a racist, Linder responded “No I don’t,” adding that he had heard Ron Paul speak out about police repression of black communities and mandatory minimum sentences on many occasions.

Dr. Paul has also publicly praised Martin Luther King as his hero on many occasions spanning back 20 years.

“I’ve read Ron Paul’s whole philosophy, I also understand what he’s saying from a political standpoint and why people are attacking him,” said Linder.

“If you scare the folks that have the money, they’re going to attack you and they’re going to take it out of context,” he added.

“What he’s saying is really really threatening the powers that be and that’s what they fear,” concluded the NAACP President.”

All I know is that the man wants to give me more freedom. No other candidate wants to do that.

Besides it does not take an investigation and convoluted paper trail to know that Thompson and McCain are racists. Did you watch the debate the other night?

That was just as offensive as the decades old newsletter contents. Not to mentioned that I am troubled by the fact that McCain said he would “always hate gooks” in this century.

Republicans and Democrats trade in cynical prejudice politics all of the time whether its anti-homosexual in 2004 or the anti-arab today. That’s a sad thing but crucifying Paul for this crime is ridiculous and a missed opportunity for more freedom for all.

I have been a raving fan of Ron Paul for over five years and i have yet to hear him say anthing of a race issue at all. Even in small group meetings before he ran this year I never herd him say one mean thing about blacks, etc.

Just the other day a NAACP president of Texas went on record to say that Paul was not a racist and has known Paul for years.

So when I see issues such as this and not this is a blog which appears to be ran by a single person for sure he may not undersand the over all issue. The bottom line is we all make mistakes. I should have checked everyone’s post but over time I have began to trust them and this one time It hurt my business model. By the way I would not have ran her article but I’m not apposed to those who seek a great sex life either. In Paul’s case he would have never supported racist rants of any type had he been aware of the details. Besides some of the issues the media keep ranting about are not an issue at all but rather taken out of context.

You go on to imply it was Lew Rockwell who provided the remarks well why not prove your point instead of implcations. I have sued blogg owners before for spreading lies maybe Lew will be nice to you and not sue you.

Would that mean that New York Times journalists are also partly responsible for some of the garbage that comes out of that rag?

So Ron didn’t proof read every article of every edition of a newsletter that ran for years. Big deal. He’s still so far ahead of the other crooks running that it’s ridiculous. There are some people who really deserve a good bashing with the smear stick.

Those smearing Ron Paul are establishment hacks riding the status quo over a cliff. These are the people making the US into a hated nation around the world and they will destroy this once great nation if they get their way.

They both pander to this organization. A Hillary or Obama presidency would mean more of your tax dollars going to — racism!

Hillary Picks La Raza Leader As Campaign Co Chair
Thu, 04/12/2007
The former president of an extremist group that organized many of the country’s disruptive pro illegal immigration marches and advocates the return of the American Southwest to Mexico will co-chair Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Best known for his radical pro Chicano work during 30 years as president of the National Council of La Raza, Raul Yzaguirre is being promoted by the Clinton campaign as a prominent Hispanic activist who will lead the New York senator’s outreach to Hispanic voters.
The reality is that Yzaguirre alienates many American citizens of Hispanic descent (in other words, those qualified to vote) with his so-called La Raza rhetoric, which has been repeatedly labeled racist.
The National Council of La Raza describes itself as the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, but it caters to the radical Chicano movement that says California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Texas belong to Aztlan.
The takeover plan is referred to as the “reconquista” of the Western U.S. and it features ethnic cleansing of Americans, Europeans, Africans and Asians once the area is taken back and converted to Aztlan.
While this may all sound a bit crazy, this organization is quite powerful (thanks to Hillary’s new campaign co-chair) and annually receives millions of dollars in federal grants. Its leaders also managed to get included in congressional hearings regarding immigration. Last year alone, the National Council of La Raza received $15.2 million in federal grants and one senator gave the group an extra $4 million in earmarked American taxpayer dollars.
The organization uses the money to support projects like a Southern California elementary school with a curriculum that specializes in bashing America and promoting the Chicano movement. The school’s founder and principal, a Calexico-educated activist named Marcos Aguilar, opposes racial integration and says Mexicans in the U.S. don’t want to go to white schools or drink from white water fountains.

Hillary also is known for having a foul mouth and hurling anti-semitic language at Jews.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/07/16/hillary.book.response.02/index.html

Justin,

Those same companies deploy a congressional staff and media to keep the profits flowing.

Where is your outrage?

It is towards the man who will stop the blood for oil you are so desperately trying to protect with your repetition of this theme.

I think you will succeed in smearing the last train to freedom. And when we have lost, you will be the first to blame anyone else but yourself.

I realize it isn’t the same thing, but I was once quoted in a newspaper. Everything I said was printed. What I meant was not. This is easily enough accomplished by cherry-picking quotes.

And, if you think the piece was anything other than a hit piece, you are somewhat naiive, as all Paul supporters and all alert Paul detractors have known about those letters for some time, yet the particular piece was dumped just before the NH primary so no response could be given. That was certainly not the act of a legitimate, ethical journalist. Shades of pot/kettle, imho…

Good! Then maybe you’ll shut up about it.

Not exactly a landslide, but not the nail biter that Bush had over Gore either. Have you noticed that he has won by larger margins every time someone has had the gonads to run against him since then?