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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
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 Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: Ron Paul in 1996 |
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9:16 PM 5/22/1996
Newsletter excerpts offer ammunition to Paul's opponent
GOP hopeful quoted on race, crime
By ALAN BERNSTEIN
Copyright 1996 Houston Chronicle Political Writer
Texas congressional candidate Ron Paul's 1992 political newsletter highlighted portrayals of blacks as inclined toward crime and lacking sense about top political issues.
Under the headline of "Terrorist Update," for instance, Paul reported on gang crime in Los Angeles and commented, "If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be."
Paul, a Republican obstetrician from Surfside, said Wednesday he opposes racism and that his written commentaries about blacks came in the context of "current events and statistical reports of the time."
Selected writings by Paul were distributed Wednesday by the campaign of his Democratic opponent, Austin lawyer Charles "Lefty" Morris.
Morris said many of Paul's views are "out there on the fringe" and that his commentaries will be judged by voters in the November general elections.
Paul said allegations about his writings amounted to name-calling by the Democrats and that his opponents should focus instead on how to shrink government spending and reform welfare.
Morris and Paul are seeking the 14th Congressional District seat held by Greg Laughlin of West Columbia. Laughlin lost the Republican primary to Paul, a former congressman and the Libertarian Party's 1988 presidential candidate.
Paul, writing in his independent political newsletter in 1992, reported about unspecified surveys of blacks.
"Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative action,"Paul wrote.
Paul continued that politically sensible blacks are outnumbered "as decent people." Citing reports that 85 percent of all black men in the District of Columbia are arrested, Paul wrote:
"Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the `criminal justice system,' I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal," Paul said.
Paul also wrote that although "we are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, it is hardly irrational. Black men commit murders, rapes, robberies, muggings and burglaries all out of proportion to their numbers."
A campaign spokesman for Paul said statements about the fear of black males mirror pronouncements by black leaders such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has decried the spread of urban crime.
Paul continues to write the newsletter for an undisclosed number of subscribers, the spokesman said.
Writing in the same 1992 edition, Paul expressed the popular idea that government should lower the age at which accused juvenile criminals can be prosecuted as adults.
He added, "We don't think a child of 13 should be held responsible as a man of 23. That's true for most people, but black males age 13 who have been raised on the streets and who have joined criminal gangs are as big, strong, tough, scary and culpable as any adult and should be treated as such."
Paul also asserted that "complex embezzling" is conducted exclusively by non-blacks.
"What else do we need to know about the political establishment than that it refuses to discuss the crimes that terrify Americans on grounds that doing so is racist? Why isn't that true of complex embezzling, which is 100 percent white and Asian?" he wrote.
In later newsletters, Paul aimed criticism at the Israeli government's U.S. lobbying efforts and reported allegations that President Clinton used cocaine and fathered illegitimate children.
Stating that lobbying groups who seek special favors and handouts are evil, Paul wrote, "By far the most powerful lobby in Washington of the bad sort is the Israeli government" and that the goal of the Zionist movement is to stifle criticism.
Relaying a rumor that Clinton was a longtime cocaine user, Paul wrote in 1994 that the speculation "would explain certain mysteries" about the president's scratchy voice and insomnia.
"None of this is conclusive, of course, but it sure is interesting," he said.
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http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/aol-metropolitan/96/05/23/paul.html
The far right and the far left and the combination of the two seem to agree on so much. |
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fiveeagles
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ChimpumCallao
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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This is old news. It's something an aid of his actually wrote.
Besides being very un-PC however, I don't think he is spouting anything shocking. Black men commit a lot of crime. WOW! YOU DONT SAY. |
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jinju
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
This is old news. It's something an aid of his actually wrote.
Besides being very un-PC however, I don't think he is spouting anything shocking. Black men commit a lot of crime. WOW! YOU DONT SAY. |
And they are faaaaaaaaaaaaaast. Just look at the sprinting events. |
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Tiger Beer
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: Ron Paul in 1996 |
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| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/aol-metropolitan/96/05/23/paul.html
The far right and the far left and the combination of the two seem to agree on so much. |
How does this article connect the far left with the far right? |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 10:59 pm Post subject: Re: Ron Paul in 1996 |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/aol-metropolitan/96/05/23/paul.html
The far right and the far left and the combination of the two seem to agree on so much. |
How does this article connect the far left with the far right? |
A lot of left wingers like Ron Paul - he even writes for Counterpunch.
Actually the far right and the far left agree on quite a bit. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
This is old news. It's something an aid of his actually wrote.
Besides being very un-PC however, I don't think he is spouting anything shocking. Black men commit a lot of crime. WOW! YOU DONT SAY. |
Ok lets say that is so. It was on Ron Pauls' site at the time.
Either he agrees with those views or he was too lazy to check what what his reprensentatives were saying.
There are a few direct quotes in the article as well.
Also Ron Paul hangs out with 9-11 truthers like Alex Jones.
The far right and the far left love their agenda not the US. |
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Tiger Beer
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:36 am Post subject: Re: Ron Paul in 1996 |
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| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/aol-metropolitan/96/05/23/paul.html
The far right and the far left and the combination of the two seem to agree on so much. |
How does this article connect the far left with the far right? |
A lot of left wingers like Ron Paul - he even writes for Counterpunch.
Actually the far right and the far left agree on quite a bit. |
Ron Paul is a left winger?
Since when did left-wingers become pro-gun and pro-life and distrust black people?
Just because a person thinks Bush's foreign policy aren't effective, doesn't suddenly make the person a left-winger. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| The far right and the far left both practice the same kind of creepy populism. They agree on far more than they disagree. |
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ontheway
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:17 am Post subject: |
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What Ron Paul is saying is true, even if it is un PC or unpopular.
However, Joo, what you are saying is untrue, although you are probably unaware that you are spreading other people's lies:
"Ron Paul hangs out with 9-11 truthers like Alex Jones."
This is not true. There is no evidence of it. Ron Paul has exposed the lies, the liars, and the evolution of those lies.
Ron Paul does not support, endorse nor believe in the nonsense that the truthers put out. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:32 am Post subject: |
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YouTube - Ron Paul interviewed on The Alex Jones Show part 3
Ron Paul interviewed on The Alex Jones Show on 2/15/07.
Watch video - 10min -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuyWgYyfLdA
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ontheway
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:53 am Post subject: |
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There is not a single word or mention of the 911 truthers on that video.
Did YOU listen to it?
Appearing on a radio show does not constitute "hanging out" nor agreement with the views of the host.
When I was in politics, I appeared on many TV and radio programs without regard to the politics of the host. It was a chance to be heard, and to debate, if necessary, but it never implied my support for the host, nor the host's support for me. Even if the interviews were mutually friendly.
Of course, if the host agreed with me or supported me, I would graciously accept that. I certainly wouldn't use that as a cue to attack the host on some issue that was not being discussed on that occasion. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:12 am Post subject: |
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He has been with a few of them and not elaborated on his views. In the company of truthers he has called for an investigation.
He is intentionally vague on the subject most likely for political purposes. |
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