Comments on: Ron Paul: Racist

By: site

site — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:13:04 +0000

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By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:31:10 +0000

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By: Jason Steck

Jason Steck — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:17:32 +0000

Unfortunately, due to a deluge of name-calling, abuse, and even several outright threats from Ron Paul supporters, this comment thread has had to be closed.

By: Chuck Moe

Chuck Moe — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:13:39 +0000

admin: personal attacks on the author of the post = ban

By: Artus Register

Artus Register — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:57:59 +0000

admin: personal attacks on the author of the post = ban

By: James O

James O — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:56:19 +0000

admin: personal attacks on the author of the post = ban

By: bgodley

bgodley — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:54:01 +0000

This is a recent quote from an email sent by Jamie Kirchick (the guy who wrote the aricle) to a Ron Paul supporter. Jamie Kirchick, assistant editor of The New Republic, “Anyways, I don’t think Ron Paul is a homophobe; I’m just cynical and enjoy getting supporters of political candidates riled up. If you were a Giuliani guy I’d have called him a fascist. But I must say, the Ron Paul supporters are the most enthusiastic of the bunch! “

All those statements are proven to not be Paul’s. He is as much a bigot as Bush is a peace lover.

By: PatHMV

PatHMV — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:45:31 +0000

Andrew, you’re the only Ron Paul supporter I’ve seen who comes close to being sane and reasonable, so let me address this to you. Can’t you see that Paul’s simple statement doesn’t even begin to address the issue? Just because Bill Clinton denied having sex with Monica Lewinsky did not end the issue. Just because Hillary says there was nothing special about her $100,000 cattle futures deal doesn’t mean there really was nothing special about it.

As I noted in my last post, even taking Paul at his word today, with his stirring remarks about Rosa Parks, he needs to explain in much more detail how he came to let such garbage be published in his name. A President can’t afford to be so cavalier about what people say in his name, and he owes us a greater explanation for what happened so we can know whether this was just an isolated lapse in judgment or not.

There are many questions not answered by his statement. How did he pick the person who handled the newsletter? Had he ever talked with that person about racial issues? How did he not know that the person to whom he handed control of the newsletter harbored such racist attitudes? How much money did he get as a result of the subscriptions to the newsletter during the period it was spreading racist trash like this? Did anybody bring it to his attention? Didn’t he have any close friends or business associates on the subscription list to warn him of what was being said in his name?

Everybody I know in politics has a pretty good circle of close friends and advisors who keep their ear to the ground even when the person is not in public office. I find it hard to imagine that he didn’t have a single fellow doctor, banker, lawyer, or just a friend or neighbor on the subscription list who would have given him a heads-up about the trash being published in his name.

If he wants to be a serious candidate, he’s got to play by the big boy rules of scandals, and that means answering ALL the questions, not just making a blanket denial.

By: James

James — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:45:07 +0000

Didn’t we already go through this with NYT’s a couple of weeks ago? And didn’t they retract it?

By: Jordan Selvidge

Jordan Selvidge — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:40:13 +0000

Ron Paul is a civil rights hero just like Martin Luther King. Smearing Ron Paul for racism is like smearing Martin Luther King for racism against whites. My two heroes have always been Ron Paul and Martin Luther King. I see them as fighting for the same things. Ron Paul said he is against the FBI because they spied on MLK. Ron Paul tried to get members of congress to buy Rosa Parks a medal with their own money. He wanted to pay for it himself. I agree with the earlier comment, the establishment is definitely in the attack mode. We will win this if we stay together and fight against the propaganda. Go Ron Paul!