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Last month, the dark horse Republican candidate was barred from the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Candidate’s Forum due to his stance against providing further foreign aid to Israel. Typical of his view, at an event … Read More By Daniel Sieradski / November 9, 2007 New Ron Paul has a Jewish problem. Last month, the dark horse Republican candidate was barred from the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Candidate’s Forum due to his stance against providing further foreign aid to Israel.

Typical of his view, at an event on September 11 of this year at Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies, Paul argued for withdrawing from the Middle East, telling his audience that “Israel is quite capable of taking care of itself” — though interestingly adding that US policy has “hurt Israel tremendously.” Nor is it a particularly uncommon position, especially within paleoconservative circles.

Jews for Ron Paul Exposed as a Fraud! [The Jim C. Perry / Yaakov Perry Report] Ron Paul, the Anti-Republican candidate for President and a favorite of White Supremacists like David Duke, has unveiled a new defense strategy to counter charges of Anti-semitism.

Jews for Ron Paul Exposed as a Fraud! [The Jim C. Perry / Yaakov Perry Report]

Media Roots Radio – Rand Paul the Politician, Libertarianism, Entertainment Dumb Down, Stuxnet by Media Roots. FAQ: Ron Paul and his Racist Newsletter (Updated) It looks like Ron Paul's infamous newsletter has been making another round in the blogosphere.

FAQ: Ron Paul and his Racist Newsletter (Updated)

You know, the ones that where Ron Paul rallies his battle cry against fleet-footed black people. This is most likely in response to Ron Paul's recent appearance on Meet the Press, where he opposes the Civil Rights Act and insists that Lincoln was a tyrant. The Ron Paul supporters of the internet are quick to dismiss these claims, of course, insisting that the newsletter articles have been "debunked," and that there is no purpose to bringing them up again in the future. Don't believe them when they say that. The Ron Paul News Letters. Et tu, Mr. Destructo?: Game Over: Scans of Over 50 Ron Paul Newsletters. For a certain segment of the Ron Paul fanbase, no evidence of his disseminating hateful, paranoid material will ever be enough.

Et tu, Mr. Destructo?: Game Over: Scans of Over 50 Ron Paul Newsletters

Citing James Kirchick's piece in wasn't sufficient, because Kirchick could have just been "making everything up. " Then, when I and others posted copies of "," that too wasn't convincing. Ron Paul: Reactionary Racist Leprechaun. 'Racist newsletter' timeline: What Ron Paul has said.

It's the biggest setback to hit Ron Paul's candidacy for president: publicity about racially charged statements and other controversial comments in newsletters published in Mr.

'Racist newsletter' timeline: What Ron Paul has said

Paul's name in the 1980s and 1990s. Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the Monitor. FACT CHECK: Ron Paul Personally Defended Racist Newsletters. By Judd Legum.

FACT CHECK: Ron Paul Personally Defended Racist Newsletters

Yeah, Ron Paul Is Racist After All, Sorry. This week probably marks the moment that schadenfreude finally left the Ron Paul campaign.

Yeah, Ron Paul Is Racist After All, Sorry

There's always been a kind of awful element of fun to listening to rabid Paul defense, given that much of it was reality-optional. But, hey, at least his fans believed in something. And no true believer deserves this week. Ron Paul Knew All About His Beloved Racist Newsletters. Hunting Nazis: Anonymous snares Ron Paul in Operation Blitzkrieg - National Anonymous. Who Wrote Ron Paul's Newsletters? Ron Paul doesn't seem to know much about his own newsletters.

Who Wrote Ron Paul's Newsletters?

The libertarian-leaning presidential candidate says he was unaware, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, of the bigoted rhetoric about African Americans and gays that was appearing under his name. He told CNN last week that he still has "no idea" who might have written inflammatory comments such as "Order was only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to pick up their welfare checks"—statements he now repudiates. Yet in interviews with reason, a half-dozen longtime libertarian activists—including some still close to Paul—all named the same man as Paul's chief ghostwriter: Ludwig von Mises Institute founder Llewellyn Rockwell, Jr. Ron Paul signed off on racist 1990s newsletters, associates say. But people close to Paul’s operations said he was deeply involved in the company that produced the newsletters, Ron Paul & Associates, and closely monitored its operations, signing off on articles and speaking to staff members virtually every day.

Ron Paul signed off on racist 1990s newsletters, associates say

“It was his newsletter, and it was under his name, so he always got to see the final product. . . . He would proof it,’’ said Renae Hathway, a former secretary in Paul’s company and a supporter of the Texas congressman’s. The newsletters point to a rarely seen and somewhat opaque side of Paul, who has surprised the political community by becoming an important factor in the Republican race. The candidate, who has presented himself as a kindly doctor and political truth teller, declined in a recent debate to release his tax returns, joking that he would be “embarrassed” about his income compared with that of his richer GOP rivals.

‘I’ve never read that stuff’ The articles included racial, anti-Semitic and anti-gay content. TYT: Is Ron Paul A Racist? The Story Behind Ron Paul's Racist Newsletters - Michael Brendan Dougherty. The documents, which include harsh, prejudiced attacks against the black community, are evidence of a libertarian movement trying to find an audience.

The Story Behind Ron Paul's Racist Newsletters - Michael Brendan Dougherty

Reuters So as Ron Paul is on track to win the Iowa caucuses, he is getting a new dose of press scrutiny. And the press is focusing on the newsletters that went out under his name in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They were called the Ron Paul's Political Report, Ron Paul's Freedom Report, the Ron Paul Survival Report and the Ron Paul Investment Letter. There is no doubt that the newsletters contained utterly racist statements.

Ron Paul's Racism Isn't the Worst Thing About Him. Ron Paul's Dirty Money. I see I'm not the only one who thought this, from a Daniel Sieradski post at the new Jewcy blog , was a devastating line: Ron Paul will take money from Nazis. But he won't take telephone calls from Jews. Ron Paul Refuses to Divest of Donations from Neo-Nazis. When I read this very well-documented story in the Lone Star Times about the $500 donation to Ron Paul from well-known white supremacist Don Black, I didn't really blame Paul for taking the money. After all, it's hard to screen out every kook in advance. I assumed Paul would immediately return the money (or donate it to a group like the Holocaust Museum), prevent a link on Black's Neo-Nazi website, Stormfront , from connecting to the campaign's donation page, and announce these moves on the official Ron Paul website.

I assumed wrong. Five days after the Lone Star Times story appeared, Paul spokesman Jesse Benton told the paper he was still unsure whether the campaign would return Black's money. "At this time, I cannot say that we will be rejecting Mr. Since then, more than two weeks have passed without an update from the Paul campaign, so I sent Benton and email today asking what the campaign manager had decided. (Continue reading after the jump) Dr. The Ron Paul Campaign and its Neo-Nazi Supporters. When KKK leader David Duke switched parties to run for Louisiana governor as a Republican in 1991, then-President George H W Bush responded sharply, saying, "When someone asserts the Holocaust never took place, then I don't believe that person ever deserves one iota of public trust.

When someone has so recently endorsed Nazism, it is inconceivable that someone can reasonably aspire to a leadership role in a free society. " Ron Paul is different. Ron Paul set an internet campaigning record raising more than $4 million in small on-line donations in one day, on November 5, 2007. Dark Money Secrets From Ron Paul Mystery Organization Endorse Liberty. Endorse Liberty, Inc. is a political action committee that is spending a large amount of money to help Ron Paul win the Iowa caucuses tomorrow. They’re buying fonts, purchasing stumbles , and filling wardrobes with thousands of dollars worth of makeup and costumes . The character of some of the spending is quirky, to be sure, but the most important aspect of the Endorse Liberty Inc. story has to do with the source of the the money the PAC has spent.

It’s a complete mystery. Two weeks ago, Endorse Liberty Inc. didn’t even exist. As of today, Endorse Liberty has spent over a third of a million dollars to support the Ron Paul for President campaign. Corruption is the number one problem in American politics today. Because of the work of Endorse Liberty Inc., Iowans who have been considering voting for Ron Paul need to consider whether they can trust a presidential candidate whose presence in Iowa has become associated with sources of money who prefer to stay in the shadows.

Ron Paul Will Charge $50,000 To Speak. Sorry Ron Paul, You Don't Get To Abuse Trademark Law To Unveil Anonymous Internet Users. Back in January, we wrote about the bizarre decision by Ron Paul to file a lawsuit to unmask some anonymous internet users, who had created a controversial anti-John Huntsman video. At the end of the video, the anonymous videomakers had endorsed Paul, but some conspiracy-minded folks insisted that they were really working for Huntsman and staging an elaborate ruse to put up a video that looked bad about Huntsman to have that backfire on Ron Paul. For a variety of reasons that's either improbable or just downright stupid.

But even if we assume the worst case scenario, Ron Paul's lawsuit not only made absolutely no legal sense, but it also seemed to go against nearly everything he believed in concerning internet freedom and the overreaching power of the government.