Ron Paul’s racist newsletters he would really like you to forget about

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Written by Casey Gane-McCalla, Lead Blogger on May 6, 2011 8:12 am

Why Ron Paul’s Racist Newsletters Matter

Ron Paul is back in the hunt for the Presidency. Many see him as an appealing candidate, one who opposes the wars, wants drugs legalized and supports fiscal responsibility. What they don’t know, is his long history of racism and connection to white supremacists. He has dodged questions on his connections to white supremacists and the newsletters, full of abhorrent racism that he put out in his name and he made millions from, spreading racism.

There has been controversy over Ron Paul’s ties to racism for some time now. Many people have pointed to Ron Paul’s Newsletters as proof of his racism. Paul has previously admitted to writing the newsletters and defended the statements in 1996, then blamed them on an unnamed ghostwriter in 2001 and then denied any knowledge of them in 2008. He has given no explanation, for how the racism entered his newsletter and has dodged questions about them without casting blame on anyone. If we are to take Paul at his word, he is guilty of at least promoting racism on a large scale. Paul earned almost a million dollars a year from the racist, conspiracy theorist newsletters. Here are some excerpts that I’ve found.

He was a front for a right wing physician organization.

to do with the rag" after a certain amount of time and indeed renounced it.

Gamy feces--if you started it, your name is on it, you don't bother to remove your name from it and publicly renounce it--you OWN it.

That sort of stupidity alone should keep him from holding public office.