The Ron Paul Flap
TNR did a fisking of Ron Paul's publications dating back to the early nineties. They've found some rather paranoid writings. Now, nothing written in TNR should be accepted without a thorough fact-checking, as they are liars. However, as Bryan (the guy I respect at HotAir) observes, there's just too much evidence to ignore that RP has actually courted Troofers, Gary North, blame-America-firsters, blame-Israel-firsters and other people that I don't like (with obvious exceptions, J!). Moreover, his name is on these newsletters. Even if he didn't know what was being published in his name, it's still his newsletter and he should have maintained oversight of it. He also should have vetted the writers or at least put a disclaimer on the top of the page if he was just using the newsletter to allow people to put forth various ideas. At the very least, the fact that he can't manage a newsletter probably means he shouldn't be prez.
I like a lot of RP's ideas, I just don't think he is who he claims to be. He's also kind of a kook, the more I see him in public appearances. I liked him, I recant, and now it's time to suck it up and move on. That said, if McVain or the Hack get the nomination, I'll go shooting, drinking, or drinking and shooting, or drinking and flying the night of the election rather than voting ;). I honestly think Obama would be better than McVain or Hack. Enjoy America until the next amnesty!
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LGF has a screen cap of a page in which its personalized at the bottom with a Happy Holiday's wish. same page with the "MLK is a Pedophile" section. Wouldn't suprise me if Lew Rockwell wrote alot of it, but I highly doubt paul didn't write a good bit himself.
I expect there is more of this stuff out there, I've spent some time reading up on him starting with a gut feeling after hearing his blame america screed and other naive positions...plus i had some younger family members in college signing on to the 'revolution'.
Jonah Goldberg actually had a great article in the National Review on Paul and his ideology. "The Tradition of Ron Paul" is the title, he's very civil with him while exposing the ideology behind him, which goes back to Murray Rothbard who thought the Cold War was a hoax to expand big govt.
Murray Rothbard marched with Communists and supported the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. Apparently "anarchists" are supporters of the Confederacy and communist regimes. "Anti-state" is just codeword for anti-US.
well Paul has Communist that support him for atleast his Foreign Policy ideas for America. This part of the far-right is merging strongly with the the Extreme Left in this country, on Foreign Policy and National Security. Pat Buchanan's magazine putting Rudy on the cover as a Nazi is rock bottom, especially coming from someone who had a cow when Bush started using the phrase "Islamic Fascism". He also in this same edition has an article by Gleen Grenwald of all people.
Some have speculated Paul would take his money and start a Moveon.org for the Libertarian and Right fringes.
Neo-Nazi's marched with Cindy Sheehan in Crawford during that stunt, while the media ignored reporting it. They've really given Paul a pass, if he gets too far with an "R" by his name it could get ugly. For now he's doing their dirty work and is ultimately their useful idiot.
Political positions are all one one big giant continuum or mobius strip with one another. When you say "far right merging with extreme left", they're literally on a circle with respect to one another. You find antisemitism over at DKos and Stormfront.
yeah, its hard to put on a scale when fiscal and role of govt. ideas are so different but then in such lockstep on foreign policy and blaming america.
If you talk to the wrong person about it they will point it out and tell you that your influenced by Hegelian thought, placing things on a right/left dichotomy, etc. Too 21st century as oppossed to their 18th century superiority, thinking wise.