Yeh... Gimme a break, no other authors listed and regular theme of support of kkk, anti King, anti Black, anti gay rhetoric, his pix, and no disclaimers in 30 years? uh...right.
B. Smith wrote: > BTW did you see him try to defend himself? According to him Dr. King > and Rosa Parks were his heroes and this coming out now because it > would erode the support he was getting from "the blacks." > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I called Paul a "fringe" candidate the other day for this reason. >> > He appeals to a lot of guys who like to call > themselves "Libertarians". Not all of them, of course, but many > Libertarians I've encountered here in Georgia have been disgruntled > white guys who seem to pine for the days when women and people of > colour knew their place. Who see the government as a giant many-armed > creature reaching in to take away their rights, their freedoms, and > their beloved guns. Who believe they can and did achieve all they > have in life by pulling up their own bootstraps. Who see things like > the UN as evil and a corrupting influence on the pure soul of America. > >> These are the same guys I've encountered in science fiction and >> > fantasy discussions who are a little too pleased with Conan-type > stories where women are half-naked barbarians nonetheless subject to > men, and the bad guys are often people of color who are cowed and > killed by the white man and his noble, savage strength. These are the > guys who often pine for the "good old days" of American virtue: those > days, of course, being pre Civil Rights, and hell, pre Women's > Suffrage from what I can tell. > >> Paul says a lot of things that make sense on the surface, but >> > sometimes you have to look at *why* people feel the way they do. Why > else would he have gotten so many donations from white supremacist > groups that it became a topic on "Meet The Press"? (He claims to have > given the money back). > >> I'm not saying Paul himself is a racist--now, at least. But his >> > tone and tenor, his background, and the type of people he inspires > make me nervous. I take everything he says with a tablespoon of salt. > >> And I guess this would be the downside of my call for a true multi- >> > party system in America, cause along with Dems and Republicans, maybe > there'd be a few seats held by the Back to Basics party, consisting > mostly of white supremacist isolationists! > >> -------------- Original message -------------- >> From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >>> Angry White Man: The bigoted past of Ron Paul. >>> http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720-ac15- >>> > 4532a7da84ca > >>> James Kirchick, The New Republic Published: Tuesday, January 08, >>> > 2008 > >>> If you are a critic of the Bush administration, chances are that, >>> > at > >>> some point over the past six months, Ron Paul has said something >>> > that > >>> appealed to you. Paul describes himself as a libertarian, but, >>> > since his > >>> presidential campaign took off earlier this year, the Republican >>> congressman has attracted donations and plaudits from across the >>> ideological spectrum. Antiwar conservatives, disaffected >>> > centrists, even > >>> young liberal activists have all flocked to Paul, hailing him as >>> > a > >>> throwback to an earlier age, when politicians were less mealy- >>> > mouthed > >>> and American government was more modest in its ambitions, both at >>> > home > >>> and abroad. In The New York Times Magazine, conservative writer >>> Christopher Caldwell gushed that Paul is a "formidable stander on >>> constitutional principle," while The Nation wrote of "his full- >>> > throated > >>> rejection of the imperial project in Iraq." Former TNR editor >>> > Andrew > >>> Sullivan endorsed Paul for the GOP nomination, and ABC's Jake >>> > Tapper > >>> described the candidate as "the one true straight-talker in this >>> > race." > >>> Even The Wall Street Journal, the newspaper of the elite bankers >>> > whom > >>> Paul detests, recently advised other Republican presidential >>> > contenders > >>> not to "dismiss the passion he's tapped." >>> >>> Most voters had never heard of Paul before he launched his >>> > quixotic bid > >>> for the Republican nomination. But the Texan has been active in >>> > politics > >>> for decades. And, long before he was the darling of antiwar >>> > activists on > >>> the left and right, Paul was in the newsletter business. In the >>> > age > >>> before blogs, newsletters occupied a prominent place in right- >>> > wing > >>> political discourse. With the pages of mainstream political >>> > magazines > >>> typically off-limits to their views (National Review editor >>> > William F. > >>> Buckley having famously denounced the John Birch Society), >>> > hardline > >>> conservatives resorted to putting out their own, less glossy >>> publications. These were often paranoid and rambling--dominated >>> > by talk > >>> of international banking conspiracies, the Trilateral >>> > Commission's plans > >>> for world government, and warnings about coming Armageddon--but >>> > some of > >>> them had wide and devoted audiences. And a few of the most >>> > prominent > >>> bore the name of Ron Paul. >>> >>> Paul's newsletters have carried different titles over the years-- >>> > Ron > >>> Paul's Freedom Report, Ron Paul Political Report, The Ron Paul >>> > Survival > >>> Report--but they generally seem to have been published on a >>> > monthly > >>> basis since at least 1978. (Paul, an OB-GYN and former U.S. Air >>> > Force > >>> surgeon, was first elected to Congress in 1976.) During some >>> > periods, > >>> the newsletters were published by the Foundation for Rational >>> > Economics > >>> and Education, a nonprofit Paul founded in 1976; at other times, >>> > they > >>> were published by Ron Paul & Associates, a now-defunct entity in >>> > which > >>> Paul owned a minority stake, according to his campaign spokesman. >>> > The > >>> Freedom Report claimed to have over 100,000 readers in 1984. At >>> > one > >>> point, Ron Paul & Associates also put out a monthly publication >>> > called > >>> The Ron Paul Investment Letter. >>> >>> The Freedom Report's online archives only go back to 1999, but I >>> > was > >>> curious to see older editions of Paul's newsletters, in part >>> > because of > >>> a controversy dating to 1996, when Charles "Lefty" Morris, a >>> > Democrat > >>> running against Paul for a House seat, released excerpts stating >>> > that > >>> "opinion polls consistently show only about 5% of blacks have >>> > sensible > >>> political opinions," that "if you have ever been robbed by a >>> > black > >>> teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can >>> > be," and > >>> that black representative Barbara Jordan is "the archetypical >>> half-educated victimologist" whose "race and sex protect her from >>> criticism." At the time, Paul's campaign said that Morris had >>> > quoted the > >>> newsletter out of context. Later, in 2001, Paul would claim that >>> > someone > >>> else had written the controversial passages. (Few of the >>> > newsletters > >>> contain actual bylines.) Caldwell, writing in the Times Magazine >>> > last > >>> year, said he found Paul's explanation believable, "since the >>> > style > >>> diverges widely from his own." >>> >>> Finding the pre-1999 newsletters was no easy task, but I was able >>> > to > >>> track many of them down at the libraries of the University of >>> > Kansas and > >>> the Wisconsin Historical Society. Of course, with few bylines, it >>> > is > >>> difficult to know whether any particular article was written by >>> > Paul > >>> himself. Some of the earlier newsletters are signed by him, >>> > though the > >>> vast majority of the editions I saw contain no bylines at all. >>> Complicating matters, many of the unbylined newsletters were >>> > written in > >>> the first person, implying that Paul was the author. >>> >>> But, whoever actually wrote them, the newsletters I saw all had >>> > one > >>> thing in common: They were published under a banner containing >>> > Paul's > >>> name, and the articles (except for one special edition of a >>> > newsletter > >>> that contained the byline of another writer) seem designed to >>> > create the > >>> impression that they were written by him--and reflected his >>> > views. What > >>> they reveal are decades worth of obsession with conspiracies, >>> > sympathy > >>> for the right-wing militia movement, and deeply held bigotry >>> > against > >>> blacks, Jews, and gays. In short, they suggest that Ron Paul is >>> > not the > >>> plain-speaking antiwar activist his supporters believe they are >>> backing--but rather a member in good standing of some of the >>> > oldest and > >>> ugliest traditions in American politics. >>> >>> >>> >>> To understand Paul's philosophy, the best place to start is >>> > probably the > >>> Ludwig von Mises Institute, a libertarian think tank based in >>> > Auburn, > >>> Alabama. The institute is named for a libertarian Austrian >>> > economist, > >>> but it was founded by a man named Lew Rockwell, who also served >>> > as > >>> Paul's congressional chief of staff from 1978 to 1982. Paul has >>> > had a > >>> long and prominent association with the institute, teaching at >>> > its > >>> seminars and serving as a "distinguished counselor." The >>> > institute has > >>> also published his books. >>> >>> The politics of the organization are complicated--its philosophy >>> > derives > >>> largely from the work of the late Murray Rothbard, a Bronx-born >>> > son of > >>> Jewish immigrants from Poland and a self-described "anarcho- >>> > capitalist" > >>> who viewed the state as nothing more than "a criminal gang"--but >>> > one > >>> aspect of the institute's worldview stands out as particularly >>> disturbing: its attachment to the Confederacy. Thomas E. Woods >>> > Jr., a > >>> member of the institute's senior faculty, is a founder of the >>> > League of > >>> the South, a secessionist group, and the author of The >>> > Politically > >>> Incorrect Guide to American History, a pro-Confederate, >>> > revisionist > >>> tract published in 2004. Paul enthusiastically blurbed Woods's >>> > book, > >>> saying that it "heroically rescues real history from the >>> > politically > >>> correct memory hole." Thomas DiLorenzo, another senior faculty >>> > member > >>> and author of The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, >>> > His > >>> Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, refers to the Civil War as >>> > the "War for > >>> Southern Independence" and attacks "Lincoln cultists"; Paul >>> > endorsed the > >>> book on MSNBC last month in a debate over whether the Civil War >>> > was > >>> necessary (Paul thinks it was not). In April 1995, the institute >>> > hosted > >>> a conference on secession at which Paul spoke; previewing the >>> > event, > >>> Rockwell wrote to supporters, "We'll explore what causes >>> > [secession] and > >>> how to promote it." Paul's newsletters have themselves repeatedly >>> expressed sympathy for the general concept of secession. In 1992, >>> > for > >>> instance, the Survival Report argued that "the right of secession >>> > should > >>> be ingrained in a free society" and that "there is nothing wrong >>> > with > >>> loosely banding together small units of government. With the >>> disintegration of the Soviet Union, we too should consider it." >>> >>> The people surrounding the von Mises Institute--including Paul-- >>> > may > >>> describe themselves as libertarians, but they are nothing like >>> > the > >>> urbane libertarians who staff the Cato Institute or the >>> > libertines at > >>> Reason magazine. Instead, they represent a strain of right-wing >>> libertarianism that views the Civil War as a catastrophic turning >>> > point > >>> in American history--the moment when a tyrannical federal >>> > government > >>> established its supremacy over the states. As one prominent >>> > Washington > >>> libertarian told me, "There are too many libertarians in this >>> > country > >>> ... who, because they are attracted to the great books of >>> > Mises, ... > >>> find their way to the Mises Institute and then are told that a >>> > defense > >>> of the Confederacy is part of libertarian thought." >>> >>> Paul's alliance with neo-Confederates helps explain the views his >>> newsletters have long espoused on race. Take, for instance, a >>> > special > >>> issue of the Ron Paul Political Report, published in June 1992, >>> dedicated to explaining the Los Angeles riots of that >>> > year. "Order was > >>> only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to pick up >>> > their > >>> welfare checks three days after rioting began," read one typical >>> passage. According to the newsletter, the looting was a natural >>> byproduct of government indulging the black community >>> > with "'civil > >>> rights,' quotas, mandated hiring preferences, set-asides for >>> > government > >>> contracts, gerrymandered voting districts, black bureaucracies, >>> > black > >>> mayors, black curricula in schools, black tv shows, black tv >>> > anchors, > >>> hate crime laws, and public humiliation for anyone who dares >>> > question > >>> the black agenda." It also denounced "the media" for believing >>> > that > >>> "America's number one need is an unlimited white checking account >>> > for > >>> underclass blacks." To be fair, the newsletter did praise Asian >>> merchants in Los Angeles, but only because they had the gumption >>> > to > >>> resist political correctness and fight back. Koreans were "the >>> > only > >>> people to act like real Americans," it explained, "mainly because >>> > they > >>> have not yet been assimilated into our rotten liberal culture, >>> > which > >>> admonishes whites faced by raging blacks to lie back and think of >>> > England." > >>> This "Special Issue on Racial Terrorism" was hardly the first >>> > time one > >>> of Paul's publications had raised these topics. As early as >>> > December > >>> 1989, a section of his Investment Letter, titled "What To Expect >>> > for the > >>> 1990s," predicted that "Racial Violence Will Fill Our Cities" >>> > because > >>> "mostly black welfare recipients will feel justified in stealing >>> > from > >>> mostly white 'haves.'" Two months later, a newsletter warned >>> > of "The > >>> Coming Race War," and, in November 1990, an item advised >>> > readers, "If > >>> you live in a major city, and can leave, do so. If not, but you >>> > can have > >>> a rural retreat, for investment and refuge, buy it." In June >>> > 1991, an > >>> entry on racial disturbances in Washington, DC's Adams Morgan >>> neighborhood was titled, "Animals Take Over the D.C. Zoo." "This >>> > is only > >>> the first skirmish in the race war of the 1990s," the newsletter >>> predicted. In an October 1992 item about urban crime, the >>> > newsletter's > >>> author--presumably Paul--wrote, "I've urged everyone in my family >>> > to > >>> know how to use a gun in self defense. For the animals are >>> > coming." That > >>> same year, a newsletter described the aftermath of a basketball >>> > game in > >>> which "blacks poured into the streets of Chicago in celebration. >>> > How to > >>> celebrate? How else? They broke the windows of stores to loot." >>> > The > >>> newsletter inveighed against liberals who "want to keep white >>> > America > >>> from taking action against black crime and welfare," >>> > adding, "Jury > >>> verdicts, basketball games, and even music are enough to set off >>> > black > >>> rage, it seems." >>> >>> Such views on race also inflected the newsletters' commentary on >>> > foreign > >>> affairs. South Africa's transition to multiracial democracy was >>> portrayed as a "destruction of civilization" that was "the most >>> > tragic > >>> [to] ever occur on that continent, at least below the Sahara"; >>> > and, in > >>> March 1994, a month before Nelson Mandela was elected president, >>> > one > >>> item warned of an impending "South African Holocaust." >>> >>> Martin Luther King Jr. earned special ire from Paul's >>> > newsletters, which > >>> attacked the civil rights leader frequently, often to justify >>> > opposition > >>> to the federal holiday named after him. ("What an infamy Ronald >>> > Reagan > >>> approved it!" one newsletter complained in 1990. "We can thank >>> > him for > >>> our annual Hate Whitey Day.") In the early 1990s, newsletters >>> > attacked > >>> the "X-Rated Martin Luther King" as a "world-class philanderer >>> > who beat > >>> up his paramours," "seduced underage girls and boys," and "made a >>> > pass > >>> at" fellow civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy. One newsletter >>> > ridiculed > >>> black activists who wanted to rename New York City after King, >>> suggesting that "Welfaria," "Zooville," "Rapetown," "Dirtburg," >>> > and > >>> "Lazyopolis" were better alternatives. The same year, King was >>> > described > >>> as "a comsymp, if not an actual party member, and the man who >>> > replaced > >>> the evil of forced segregation with the evil of forced >>> > integration." > >>> While bashing King, the newsletters had kind words for the former >>> Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, David Duke. In a passage >>> > titled > >>> "The Duke's Victory," a newsletter celebrated Duke's 44 percent >>> > showing > >>> in the 1990 Louisiana Senate primary. "Duke lost the election," >>> > it said, > >>> "but he scared the blazes out of the Establishment." In 1991, a >>> newsletter asked, "Is David Duke's new prominence, despite his >>> > losing > >>> the gubernatorial election, good for anti-big government forces?" >>> > The > >>> conclusion was that "our priority should be to take the anti- >>> > government, > >>> anti-tax, anti-crime, anti-welfare loafers, anti-race privilege, >>> anti-foreign meddling message of Duke, and enclose it in a more >>> consistent package of freedom." Duke is now returning the favor, >>> > telling > >>> me that, while he will not formally endorse any candidate, he has >>> > made > >>> information about Ron Paul available on his website. >>> >>> >>> >>> Like blacks, gays earn plenty of animus in Paul's newsletters. >>> > They > >>> frequently quoted Paul's "old colleague," Representative William >>> Dannemeyer--who advocated quarantining people with AIDS--praising >>> > him > >>> for "speak[ing] out fearlessly despite the organized power of the >>> > gay > >>> lobby." In 1990, one newsletter mentioned a reporter from a gay >>> > magazine > >>> "who certainly had an axe to grind, and that's not easy with a >>> > limp > >>> wrist." In an item titled, "The Pink House?" the author of a >>> newsletter--again, presumably Paul--complained about President >>> > George > >>> H.W. Bush's decision to sign a hate crimes bill and invite "the >>> > heads of > >>> homosexual lobbying groups to the White House for the ceremony," >>> > adding, > >>> "I miss the closet." "Homosexuals," it said, "not to speak of the >>> > rest > >>> of society, were far better off when social pressure forced them >>> > to hide > >>> their activities." When Marvin Liebman, a founder of the >>> > conservative > >>> Young Americans for Freedom and a longtime political activist, >>> > announced > >>> that he was gay in the pages of National Review, a Paul >>> > newsletter > >>> implored, "Bring Back the Closet!" Surprisingly, one item >>> > expressed > >>> ambivalence about the contentious issue of gays in the military, >>> > but > >>> ultimately concluded, "Homosexuals, if admitted, should be put in >>> > a > >>> special category and not allowed in close physical contact with >>> heterosexuals." >>> >>> The newsletters were particularly obsessed with AIDS, "a >>> > politically > >>> protected disease thanks to payola and the influence of the >>> > homosexual > >>> lobby," and used it as a rhetorical club to beat gay people in >>> > general. > >>> In 1990, one newsletter approvingly quoted "a well-known >>> > Libertarian > >>> editor" as saying, "The ACT-UP slogan, on stickers plastered all >>> > over > >>> Manhattan, is 'Silence = Death.' But shouldn't it be 'Sodomy = >>> > Death'?" > >>> Readers were warned to avoid blood transfusions because gays were >>> > trying > >>> to "poison the blood supply." "Am I the only one sick of hearing >>> > about > >>> the 'rights' of AIDS carriers?" a newsletter asked in 1990. That >>> > same > >>> year, citing a Christian-right fringe publication, an item >>> > suggested > >>> that "the AIDS patient" should not be allowed to eat in >>> > restaurants and > >>> that "AIDS can be transmitted by saliva," which is false. Paul's >>> newsletters advertised a book, Surviving the AIDS Plague--also >>> > based > >>> upon the casual-transmission thesis--and defended "parents who >>> > worry > >>> about sending their healthy kids to school with AIDS victims." >>> Commenting on a rise in AIDS infections, one newsletter said >>> > that "gays > >>> in San Francisco do not obey the dictates of good sense," adding: >>> "[T]hese men don't really see a reason to live past their >>> > fifties. They > >>> are not married, they have no children, and their lives are >>> > centered on > >>> new sexual partners." Also, "they enjoy the attention and pity >>> > that > >>> comes with being sick." >>> >>> The rhetoric when it came to Jews was little better. The >>> > newsletters > >>> display an obsession with Israel; no other country is mentioned >>> > more > >>> often in the editions I saw, or with more vitriol. A 1987 issue >>> > of > >>> Paul's Investment Letter called Israel "an aggressive, national >>> socialist state," and a 1990 newsletter discussed the "tens of >>> > thousands > >>> of well-placed friends of Israel in all countries who are willing >>> > to wok > >>> [sic] for the Mossad in their area of expertise." Of the 1993 >>> > World > >>> Trade Center bombing, a newsletter said, "Whether it was a setup >>> > by the > >>> Israeli Mossad, as a Jewish friend of mine suspects, or was truly >>> > a > >>> retaliation by the Islamic fundamentalists, matters little." >>> >>> >>> >>> Paul's newsletters didn't just contain bigotry. They also >>> > contained > >>> paranoia--specifically, the brand of anti-government paranoia >>> > that > >>> festered among right-wing militia groups during the 1980s >>> > and '90s. > >>> Indeed, the newsletters seemed to hint that armed revolution >>> > against the > >>> federal government would be justified. In January 1995, three >>> > months > >>> before right-wing militants bombed the Murrah Federal Building in >>> Oklahoma City, a newsletter listed "Ten Militia Commandments," >>> describing "the 1,500 local militias now training to defend >>> > liberty" as > >>> "one of the most encouraging developments in America." It warned >>> > militia > >>> members that they were "possibly under BATF [Bureau of Alcohol, >>> > Tobacco > >>> and Firearms] or other totalitarian federal surveillance" and >>> > printed > >>> bits of advice from the Sons of Liberty, an anti-government >>> > militia > >>> based in Alabama--among them, "You can't kill a Hydra by cutting >>> > off its > >>> head," "Keep the group size down," "Keep quiet and you're harder >>> > to > >>> find," "Leave no clues," "Avoid the phone as much as possible," >>> > and > >>> "Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, >>> > let it > >>> begin here." >>> >>> The newsletters are chock-full of shopworn conspiracies, >>> > reflecting > >>> Paul's obsession with the "industrial-banking-political elite" >>> > and > >>> promoting his distrust of a federally regulated monetary system >>> utilizing paper bills. They contain frequent and bristling >>> > references to > >>> the Bilderberg Group, the Trilateral Commission, and the Council >>> > on > >>> Foreign Relations--organizations that conspiracy theorists have >>> > long > >>> accused of seeking world domination. In 1978, a newsletter blamed >>> > David > >>> Rockefeller, the Trilateral Commission, and "fascist-oriented, >>> international banking and business interests" for the Panama >>> > Canal > >>> Treaty, which it called "one of the saddest events in the history >>> > of the > >>> United States." A 1988 newsletter cited a doctor who believed >>> > that AIDS > >>> was created in a World Health Organization laboratory in Fort >>> > Detrick, > >>> Maryland. In addition, Ron Paul & Associates sold a video about >>> > Waco > >>> produced by "patriotic Indiana lawyer Linda Thompson"--as one of >>> > the > >>> newsletters called her--who maintained that Waco was a conspiracy >>> > to > >>> kill ATF agents who had previously worked for President Clinton >>> > as > >>> bodyguards. As with many of the more outlandish theories the >>> > newsletters > >>> cited over the years, the video received a qualified >>> > endorsement: "I > >>> can't vouch for every single judgment by the narrator, but the >>> > film does > >>> show the depths of government perfidy, and the national police's >>> > tricks > >>> and crimes," the newsletter said, adding, "Send your check for >>> > $24.95 to > >>> our Houston office, or charge the tape to your credit card at >>> 1-800-RON-PAUL." >>> >>> >>> >>> When I asked Jesse Benton, Paul's campaign spokesman, about the >>> newsletters, he said that, over the years, Paul had >>> > granted "various > >>> levels of approval" to what appeared in his publications--ranging >>> > from > >>> "no approval" to instances where he "actually wrote it himself." >>> > After I > >>> read Benton some of the more offensive passages, he said, "A lot >>> > of [the > >>> newsletters] he did not see. Most of the incendiary stuff, no." >>> > He added > >>> that he was surprised to hear about the insults hurled at Martin >>> > Luther > >>> King, because "Ron thinks Martin Luther King is a hero." >>> >>> In other words, Paul's campaign wants to depict its candidate as >>> > a > >>> naïve, absentee overseer, with minimal knowledge of what his >>> > underlings > >>> were doing on his behalf. This portrayal might be more believable >>> > if > >>> extremist views had cropped up in the newsletters only >>> > sporadically--or > >>> if the newsletters had just been published for a short time. But >>> > it is > >>> difficult to imagine how Paul could allow material consistently >>> saturated in racism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, and conspiracy- >>> > mongering > >>> to be printed under his name for so long if he did not share >>> > these > >>> views. In that respect, whether or not Paul personally wrote the >>> > most > >>> offensive passages is almost beside the point. If he disagreed >>> > with what > >>> was being written under his name, you would think that at some >>> point--over the course of decades--he would have done something >>> > about it. > >>> What's more, Paul's connections to extremism go beyond the >>> > newsletters. > >>> He has given extensive interviews to the magazine of the John >>> > Birch > >>> Society, and has frequently been a guest of Alex Jones, a radio >>> > host and > >>> perhaps the most famous conspiracy theorist in America. Jones-- >>> > whose > >>> recent documentary, Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement, >>> > details > >>> the plans of George Pataki, David Rockefeller, and Queen Beatrix >>> > of the > >>> Netherlands, among others, to exterminate most of humanity and >>> > develop > >>> themselves into "superhuman" computer hybrids able to "travel >>> > throughout > >>> the cosmos"--estimates that Paul has appeared on his radio >>> > program about > >>> 40 times over the past twelve years. >>> >>> Then there is Gary North, who has worked on Paul's congressional >>> > staff. > >>> North is a central figure in Christian Reconstructionism, which >>> advocates the implementation of Biblical law in modern society. >>> Christian Reconstructionists share common ground with >>> > libertarians, > >>> since both groups dislike the central government. North has >>> > advocated > >>> the execution of women who have abortions and people who curse >>> > their > >>> parents. In a 1986 book, North argued for stoning as a form of >>> > capital > >>> punishment--because "the implements of execution are available to >>> everyone at virtually no cost." North is perhaps best known for >>> > Gary > >>> North's Remnant Review, a "Christian and pro free-market" >>> > newsletter. In > >>> a 1983 letter Paul wrote on behalf of an organization called the >>> Committee to Stop the Bail-Out of Multinational Banks (known by >>> > the > >>> acronym CSBOMB), he bragged, "Perhaps you already read in Gary >>> > North's > >>> Remnant Review about my exposes of government abuse." >>> >>> >>> >>> Ron Paul is not going to be president. But, as his campaign has >>> > gathered > >>> steam, he has found himself increasingly permitted inside the >>> > boundaries > >>> of respectable debate. He sat for an extensive interview with Tim >>> Russert recently. He has raised almost $20 million in just three >>> > months, > >>> much of it online. And he received nearly three times as many >>> > votes as > >>> erstwhile front-runner Rudy Giuliani in last week's Iowa caucus. >>> > All the > >>> while he has generally been portrayed by the media as principled >>> > and > >>> serious, while garnering praise for being a "straight-talker." >>> >>> From his newsletters, however, a different picture of Paul >>> emerges--that of someone who is either himself deeply embittered >>> > or, for > >>> a long time, allowed others to write bitterly on his behalf. His >>> adversaries are often described in harsh terms: Barbara Jordan is >>> > called > >>> "Barbara Morondon," Eleanor Holmes Norton is a "black pinko," >>> > Donna > >>> Shalala is a "short lesbian," Ron Brown is a "racial >>> > victimologist," and > >>> Roberta Achtenberg, the first openly gay public official >>> > confirmed by > >>> the United States Senate, is a "far-left, normal-hating lesbian >>> activist." Maybe such outbursts mean Ron Paul really is a >>> straight-talker. Or maybe they just mean he is a man filled with >>> > hate. > >>> Corrections: This article originally stated that The Nation >>> > praised Ron > >>> Paul's "full-throated rejection of the imperial project in Iraq." >>> > The > >>> magazine did not praise Paul's position, but merely described it. >>> > The > >>> piece also originally misidentified ABC's Jake Tapper as Jack. In >>> addition, Paul was a surgeon in the Air Force, not the Army, as >>> > the > >>> piece originally stated. It also stated that David Duke competed >>> > in the > >>> 1990 Louisiana Republican Senate primary. In fact, he was a >>> > Republican > >>> candidate in an open primary. The article has been corrected. >>> >>> James Kirchick is an assistant editor at The New Republic. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! 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