He's repeatedly said that they don't (and never did) represent his views. But I guess building all this fear mongering means that more people are taking him seriously.
-Cameron On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/the-story-behind-ron-pauls-racist-newsletters/250338/ > > From the article: > > Some choice quotes: > > "Given the inefficiencies of what DC 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." > > "We are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, it > is hardly irrational." > > After the Los Angeles riots, one article in a newsletter claimed, > "Order was only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to > pick up their welfare checks." > > One referred to Martin Luther King Jr. as "the world-class philanderer > who beat up his paramours" and who "seduced underage girls and boys." > > Another referred to Barbara Jordan, a civil rights activist and > congresswoman as "Barbara Morondon," the "archetypical half-educated > victimologist." > Other newsletters had strange conspiracy theories about homosexuals, > the CIA, and AIDS. > > ---------------- > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons > > There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always > has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant > thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, > nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance > is just as good as your knowledge." - Issac Asimov > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344947 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
