Ron Paul stated in his defense that he didn’t authored the racist articles that appeared in his news letter, despite the fact that he was the editor of the news letter, and that the news letter was published for approximately 20 years. Even if you were to believe Mr. Paul’s incredible alleged that he was not the author of the racist articles that appeared in his news letter, it would required the suspension of logic and reason to believe that he was not at least complicit in the publication of the vulger comments that appeared in his news letter and shared the same views. I find it hard to believe that Mr. Paul never read the articles in his own news letter in the 20 years of its publication, or that some never mentioned to him the racist reviews that were expoused in his news letter.

It would appear that Mr. Paul is not the person he claims to be. He is not the first politician to have sought to hide past embarrising conduct on the road to the White House. To the Ron Paul supporters, I take no pleasure in inform you that Ron Paul is the great savior the American people have been searching for. He is a flaud individual like the rest of us. Perhaps even more flaud than most.

People are bringing up the racist letters, ok, these should be looked into.

But what about the immoral war, the war that has probably cost the lives of 1,000,000 of my fellow human beings. Ron Paul is against that. THIS IS IMPORTANT. This is THE important issue.

As a veteran of a number of political campaigns, I wish Dr. Paul had been more “politically correct” in his response. I wish there had been more “mainstream” coverage of the fact that Dr. Paul thinks economist Walter Williams (who, by the way, is black) would make a great running mate. Or the fact that he always votes against awarding Congressional Medals of Freedom (because such an expenditure is not authorized by the Constitution) but when Rosa Parks was nominated for one, he offered to chip in money from his own pocket so the taxpayers didn’t have to foot the bill. (None of his colleagues took him up on his offer, and instead raided the Treasury (i.e., your pocketbook).

Unfortunately, the American electorate has been sufficiently dumbed down that it merely takes an accusation of racism to destroy a candidate. But again, that’s just not who Ron Paul is. He’s the Anti-Romney. He’s non-slick and non-calculating. He’s essentially a freedom-loving policy wonk who wants to strip power from an out-of-control, financially and morally bankrupt federal bureaucracy and return it to the individual American citizen.

It’s tragic to think that the American electorate is so easily manipulated, and that political correctness has run amok to the extent that we can’t even have an honest dialog about racism in politics and society…in this of all years.

And finally, from his website, http://www.ronpaul2008.com, here’s his statement on racism: “A nation that once prided itself on a sense of rugged individualism has become uncomfortably obsessed with racial group identities.

The collectivist mindset is at the heart of racism.
Government as an institution is particularly ill-suited to combat bigotry. Bigotry at its essence is a problem of the heart, and we cannot change people’s hearts by passing more laws and regulations.

It is the federal government that most divides us by race, class, religion, and gender. Through its taxes, restrictive regulations, corporate subsidies, racial set-asides, and welfare programs, government plays far too large a role in determining who succeeds and who fails. Government “benevolence” crowds out genuine goodwill by institutionalizing group thinking, thus making each group suspicious that others are receiving more of the government loot. This leads to resentment and hostility among us.
Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than as individuals. Racists believe that all individuals who share superficial physical characteristics are alike: as collectivists, racists think only in terms of groups. By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so-called “diversity” actually perpetuate racism.

The true antidote to racism is liberty. Liberty means having a limited, constitutional government devoted to the protection of individual rights rather than group claims. Liberty means free-market capitalism, which rewards individual achievement and competence – not skin color, gender, or ethnicity.

In a free society, every citizen gains a sense of himself as an individual, rather than developing a group or victim mentality. This leads to a sense of individual responsibility and personal pride, making skin color irrelevant. Racism will endure until we stop thinking in terms of groups and begin thinking in terms of individual liberty.”

This is a cut and paste but I believe it to be significant and entirely relevant. no matter how anyone tries to be original, the thing you wish to say has already been said with more composure and artistry then the aim your work intends to be.

The mentally minuscule are easily led by the bridle of emotion.

If you limit the data you evaluate, keeping only what supports your paradigm, you will come to faulty conclusion.

There is a greater balance of good when dealing with Ron Paul.

I vote for virtue; I vote for Ron Paul.

I will not be visiting this site anymore. I used to at least find your willingness to debate real newsworthy issues worth the time. You are no longer talking current events, but instead you have degraded into digging into crap to sling, old dried up crap at that.

Maybe if you shift gears and talk about news events again I will come back, but I doubt it.

By doing so, you support the candidates that were selected by the Federal Reserve Empire.

You are a hypocrite in the very least and obviously never supported RP to begin with, so why pretend to now? We, i.e. real Americans that don’t love the Federal Reserve Empire, can do without the likes of you.

Ron Paul admitted to negligence….ONCE! If this was an occuring theme in the mans history, I’d be less forgiving…but, it has only happened once…and when brought to his attention? He admitted moral obligation, and took the hit. To me, that is a very noble thing…in line with this mans consistant record of principled integrity.

In closing, if you’d like to dismiss his ideology and drop support, that is your choice. Just make certain that you have REALLY done your homework…and you are willing to accept one of the other politicians over this one. For ME? I’m 100% pro-Ron Paul and 100% pro-liberty (and that means for any living human-being on this God given Earth! No matter what color, background or history!)

GO RON PAUL!!!! You’ve given your all…just let me do the same for you and your message!

Justin is 100% right, as Reason magazine, and other former supporters who are now distancing themselves from Ron Paul over this.

Let me be clear: I was a Paul supporter. I donated on the two big moneybomb days, donated many other occasions, joined a meetup group, made and waved signs, and canvassed on several occasions.

However, I was very dissapointed when this newsletter story came to light, that Ron Paul had the audacity to claim he doesn’t know who wrote this content, and to claim this was a settled issue requiring no further explanation when 90% of the general public had never heard of this issue before.

It’s just impossible for me to believe that Ron Paul could not know who the author of this content is. This was a small one-horse operation of intimate Paul associates who put this out, and Ron Paul has been dogged about the content of his newsletter for years. Under those circumstances, is there any possible, concievable way Ron Paul could be ignorant as to who wrote this content?

Ron Paul could have owned up, admitted who the authors are, and said that he never subscribed to these small-minded ideas OR that if he had, he should have admitted to it, and said that he’s grown.

Frankly, I’d rather Ron Paul tell me that he used to wear KKK robes and once burned crosses but has since seen the light and renounced such things than for him to LIE about how racist writings came to be in his newsletter.

That’s the high-road that frankly I EXPECTED from Ron Paul. Instead, he chose to lie. and for no obviously good reason. It really leaves a sour taste in my mouth. It shows he will be dishonest and that he has poor crisis judgement.

I know his remaining supporters are currently out there attacking every media outlet that has dared to do investigation into what the truth is here, but that is just shooting the messenger. The fact is that there’s something wrong at the core of this story, and Ron Paul himself blew whatever chance he may have had to win by his poor response to this crisis. What’s worse, this is a crisis he should have been well prepared for since this is, after all, “old news.”

Romney has proven that he does not keep his word while in office. Huckabee has proven that he is a taxer/spender. McCain, as we know, has no problem with staying in Iraq for 100 years… resulting in endless turmoil and needless Arab deaths. The list goes on and on. There are a million reasons to be very afraid of what most of the other candidates would do with the presidency.

So… be honest with yourself. You are disturbed by the newsletter issue. So how does this issue affect what Paul will do in office? Does it actually change anything? The guy has been consistent in his actions for 30 years. How, specifically, will this issue negatively affect his actions as president? I’d like to hear your answer to this one.

I think the horse is dead – give it a rest.

Kirchik: “They started out when congressman Paul was actually a congressman….and they were like your regular letter to a constituent that alot of congressman send out. But they were oddly obsessed with conspiracy theories that have long been bugbears of the sort of paranoid populist right….Then once he was out of congress, starting in the late 1980′s, thats when you see the real racial and homophobic animus.”

Alex Chadwik (NPR): “So he was in congress..then he was out and its during this period he was out that some of the more shocking statements. What do you find there?”

Kirchik: “Well there is an obsession for example with MLK and not in a good way. He is obsessed with his sex life….[relates quotes about pedophilia, extramarital affairs]… this is indicative of neoconfederate literature or racist literature, MLK is an obsession, a continuing obsession.”

Alex Chadwik (NPR) “:…What exactly was Dr. Paul’s involvement in this?”

Kirchik:” Well this is unknown…”

Thats what Im concerned about. Thats why Im voting for Ron Paul. It really doesnt matter to me about the newsletter. After doing enough research on Ron Paul I believe he isnt racist.

I’m ashamed to say that McCain is the preferred presidential candidate of the South Carolina GOP leadership. I guess it’s because scalawags like the company of traitors.
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