n Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there some reason you would assign behavior of GWB to Ron Paul? Is > there some similar pattern of behavior? > > Used broadly, that statement really means that we should have equal > mistrust of all politicians, which I already have - so I guess I am > wondering why that specific unique analogy is appropriate specifically to > Paul?
Really, it was just the first quote that popped into my head, nothing GWB specific. Politicians pander. And they pander to whomever they are courting at the time. Their actions speak much differently a lot of the time though. Ron Paul spent years courting a John Birch-lovin', Libertarian "guns and new world order" crowd. It isn't just racism, he had mailers out about the government tracking you with the new $100 bills. Jews, Central Banks, etc. Pretty standard stuff. Since then he's had enough time in Congress to make slightly more "mainstream" friends. He still wants to abolish the Fed and isn't opposed to talking up the Gold Standard as sop to his roots. That's fine and all, but recognize it for what it really is. Is Ron Paul personally racist? I don't know. I do know that he is craven and, as politicians tend to do, panders to his base. His base was, at one time, racist, xenophobic and violent. His base has expanded somewhat since then and he has disavowed some of the ideals put out in his name by his base. Doesn't change where he came from though and you'd do best to remember that. Cheers, Juda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:344965 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
