Fine, here then:
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Below are two more news clips making reference to the racist statements in Mr. Paul's newsletter. These problems have clearly been out there since the mid-1990s, but Mr. Paul has been below the radar until now. If he's really going to stay in the debates, perhaps the moderators can deal with this...
Candidate Had Newsletter With Controversial Stance On Blacks
196 words
24 May 1996
CongressDaily/A.M. English
Copyright (c) 1996 National Journal Inc.
A 1992 political newsletter by former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, included portrayals of African-Americans as inclined toward crime and lacking sense about political issues, the Houston Chronicle reported Thursday. Paul, a former Libertarian Party presidential candidate who defeated Democratic-turned-Republican Rep. Greg Laughlin in the March primary, in November will face Democratic attorney Charles (Lefty) Morris, whose campaign is distributing Paul's writings.
Under the headline "Terrorist Update," Paul reported on gang crime in Los Angeles and wrote, "If you have ever been robbed by a black teenaged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be." About blacks in Washington, D.C., Paul wrote, "I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal." Paul said Wednesday that his comments came in the context of "current events and statistical reports of the time," and that he opposes racism.
In later newsletters, Paul wrote that lobbying groups who seek special favors are evil, and that "by far the most powerful lobby in Washington of the bad sort is the Israeli government."
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And thats just one of MANY racist thoughts and publications that he's had. if you like, I can dig up more evidence. It also tells you a lot that outside of a few press releases he has never gone out of his way to disassociate himself from his MANY neo-nazi and white supremacist supporters. me? I'd be having PRES CONFERENCES to condemn them.
For the record, I don't believe that you are a racist in the least for supporting Paul, I just think he is very good at deceiving the populace and those that have a traditional conservative/constitutional view of government and lean towards isolationism. I'd also be wary of anyone on the far right isolationist wing who rails against "neo-cons", because that seems to be used in the stead of "jews" in many cases.