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- mediaspree, on 12/28/2007, -27/+155 According to Paul. every individual should receive equal rights. Not based on your skin color or religion. the blacks have been segregated agaisnt for so long that now prejudice exists. Ron Paul seek to eliminate prejudice by advocating indivdual rights intead of group rights.
- nalicosh, on 12/28/2007, -51/+176Duplicate story? check.
Inaccurate? check.
Lame? check.
Spam? check. - Minarchian, on 12/28/2007, -76/+197Even the NYT has the integrity to retract these same false claims.
DailyKos has even less integrity than the NYT...I am not surprised. - newbee70, on 12/28/2007, -47/+144What would you expect from the doilykos. Just the same old lame attacks with no proof, and no ethics. Keep it up Doilykos.
- katie212, on 12/28/2007, -43/+117Just another blatant smear attempt...Shows Ron Paul has them(dems and neorepubs) scared of losing their empire! I love it, as I am a constituent of Ron Paul for over 15 yrs and believe me when I say that there isn't a racist bone in this freedom loving mans body. Keep up the momentum americans for Ron Paul in 2008!
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -38/+112dailykos.com = Buried
- stealthc, on 12/28/2007, -30/+102The Moon is not made of cheese, Santa Claus is not an actual person, the Easter Bunny is not real, and Ron Paul is not a racist. If you knew ANYTHING about his typical manner of speaking, his approach to racism, to liberty, and his opinions on racists, the very idea should be alien. I really wish these bigoted crackpots would stop posting lies. This was debunked many months ago, and discovered by RP supporters if I remember correctly. They did their due diligence, found out the truth, and moved on. I honestly do not have enough willpower to obsessively digg this stuff down to match the hatred the Kossacks have that drives them to keep on submitting it.
- foontala, on 12/28/2007, -26/+88Quote from one of the comments on the site:
"This site is in fact run by racists. It's on many lists of racist, terrorist hate groups because it is likely funded by George Soros a man who turned in his own Jewish counterparts to save his own skin." - bigsid920, on 12/28/2007, -21/+78This "story" has been posted and debunked for the last 8 months. Next smear please. Go Ron Paul!
- Astlin, on 12/28/2007, -10/+51http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul#1996_campaig ...
"In 2001, Paul took "moral responsibility" for the comments printed in his newsletter under his name, telling Texas Monthly magazine that the comments were written by an unnamed ghostwriter and did not represent his views. He said newsletter remarks referring to U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan (calling her a "fraud" and a "half-educated victimologist") were "the saddest thing, because Barbara and I served together and actually she was a delightful lady." The magazine defended Paul's decision to protect the writer's confidence in 1996, concluding, "In four terms as a U.S. congressman and one presidential race, Paul had never uttered anything remotely like this." In 2007, with the quotes resurfacing, New York Times Magazine writer Christopher Caldwell concurred that Paul denied the allegations "quite believably, since the style diverges widely from his own," but added that Paul's "response to the accusations was not transparent."" - PAtravler57, on 12/28/2007, -18/+49The comment by mediaspree above deserves repeating:
"According to Paul. every individual should receive equal rights. Not based on your skin color or religion. the blacks have been segregated agaisnt for so long that now prejudice exists. Ron Paul seek to eliminate prejudice by advocating indivdual rights intead of group rights."
I am voting for Ron Paul because he dose NOT divide by race! - Hortnon, on 12/28/2007, -35/+66No, the NYT didn't retract the claims about the newsletter. They retracted the claims about that Nazi moron.
I'm wondering, do you ever stop lying? - Spectre74, on 12/28/2007, -18/+48I don't care if he said it. It's not really incriminating to me. It doesn't mean he is racist. I have an extended family of around 120 people, 90% of which is black. And guess what. They say the exact same things.
- LumpOfCole, on 12/28/2007, -9/+38An anti Ron Paul digg news post? *rubs eyes* How has this not had 2000 buries yet?
- Spectre74, on 12/28/2007, -7/+35I definitely do not think it should be covered up, but brought out, with him right there to answer for it.
- thechr0nic, on 12/28/2007, -12/+39this has been thourougly debunked, time and time and time and time and time and time and time again.
but this is the ONLY dirt anyone can seem to find on paul.. a newsletter written by someone other than paul like 20 years ago.
but since it is the only dirt anyone can seem to find, this has been repeated ad naseum - daGUY, on 12/28/2007, -21/+48Could someone who's claiming this is inaccurate show me any kind of proof? I (previously) had nothing against Ron Paul - I'm not a conservative by any stretch, but I thought he was the best candidate for President by far out of anyone else. I'd like to believe that this ISN'T true because I liked Paul so much otherwise.
I hadn't previously heard of this before, and I haven't seen anything debunking it. If there's something out there that does so please direct me to it. - mknoll1, on 12/28/2007, -5/+30How does this make the black men in DC any different from the white men in DC? I think we are all pretty much agreed that the entire town is inhabited by nothing more than criminals. The only difference is whether they wear a sweatsuit or an Armani suit while they rob you.
- pbaehr, on 12/28/2007, -6/+31The burden of proof should fall on the person making the claim, not the other way round. I don't know anything about this statement so I'm not going to argue about whether or not it's true, but it's hardly fair to ask someone to disprove a claim.
"In the summer of 1992, Bill and Hillary Clinton bought seven babies from a Korean family and, using a cordless drill, harvested their blood to power a machine which would bring about the end of the world. They were foiled by a gang of teenagers and a dog who could kind of talk, but not very clearly. To this day they defend their actions as totally just."
Now, is it fair to assume this is true unless someone can give me hard proof otherwise? - felchdonkey, on 12/28/2007, -24/+48Wait - earlier the Daily Kos was attacking Clinton, and it was the paragon of integrity and virtue - now they're attacking Paul, and they're a bunch of liars and smear artists?
Never mind, this is Digg, what did I expect... - AgarwaenUmarth, on 12/28/2007, -14/+38Dr. Paul said that somebody else wrote it and used his name.
And I'm leaning toward believing him over the DailyKos or NYT, since both have issues when it comes to reporting. - FyreGoddess, on 12/28/2007, -11/+34Saying "this has been debunked" is meaningless without citations. Saying "check your sources" to someone who specifically asked for sources and supports the same candidate you do, essentially indicates that you have no actual, credible sources to cite.
- drjones78, on 12/28/2007, -7/+30The sad part is, the black vote doesnt really matter one bit in a national election. Something like 1 in 3 black males are convicted felons and cant vote anymore (thanks to the war on drugs).
Oddly enough, RP is the only one whos addressing the rediculous war on drugs.. by getting rid of it, it will likely increase the african american influence in future elections. - Echion, on 12/28/2007, -22/+42How do you haters not understand that this statement was written by a GHOST WRITER, not Dr. Paul? This has been discussed to death, and was acknowledged a long time ago. Dr. Paul did NOT write that article, and it is NOT his opinion. Quit trying to smear a good man with false claims.
- Minarchian, on 12/28/2007, -45/+65KOS is owned by George Soros.
Defender of terrorists.
"the Open Society Institute gave $20,000 in September 2002 to the Defense Committee of Lynne Stewart, the lawyer who has defended alleged terrorists in court and was sentenced to 2⅓ years in prison for "providing material support for a terrorist conspiracy" via a press conference for a client." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros
This Soros son-of-a-bitch is what you'll find under "Marxist" in the dictionary. - colonelbuckshot, on 12/28/2007, -8/+27This "scandal" is very old news. Ron Paul did not make those remarks. Ron Paul is not racist. The worst I'd accuse him of is occasional naivete and straightforwardness, which is part of his exceptional character for a politician.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul#1996_campaig ... - Pritchard, on 12/28/2007, -7/+26All major media dropped this issue fairly quickly once it was established that it was a Ghost Writer and that it was no where near Ron Paul's style of writing or belief system.
- brad3378, on 12/28/2007, -19/+36Ron Paul didn't write the Ron Paul column in the Ron Paul newsletter. This has been debunked. Check your sources.
If it had been him that actually said those statements. It would be all over mainstream media. - inactive, on 12/28/2007, -16/+33buried? check
- thechr0nic, on 12/28/2007, -2/+18herk, I love seeing you on ron paul threads.. I know I have asked you before, and of the several times I have asked, you have never answered.
We KNOW that you are NOT voting for paul, Im cool with that, to each his own /shrug
Who are you voting for? Maybe you know of a better candidate, that I havent heard of? Please let me know, because if there is a 'better' candidate than ron paul, I would love to know and vote for him. - Wamzlee, on 12/28/2007, -6/+22Sadly, I use to read DailyKos religiously. Looking back now, I can see all the ***** I was neck deep in and didn't even realize it.
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -26/+42The Ron Paul Bury Brigade will be all over this. The one thing that pisses them off more than anything is someone actually quoting what Ron Paul has said or written. They would prefer that you not know what he's really thinking.
- 575reddy, on 12/28/2007, -6/+22I read this article. It's exerts seem out of place-- and make no sense.
- notBrit, on 12/28/2007, -8/+22That's what we would call a "troll."
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -33/+47@Echion
Who was this alleged "ghost writer" and why has Ron Paul refused to identify him or her?
Why did Ron Paul allow those words to be presented as his opinion if he disagrees with them?
Why would Ron Paul allow his name to be used to sell an openly racist publication? - MindStalker, on 12/28/2007, -3/+16This has been discussed over and over, but I'll take a shot at it again. A short article about this at http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=41 ... you can do a lot of googling for information on both sides of this issue, but the short and skinny is.
In the early 90s a newsletter that Ron Paul owns published several racist statements.
1. Ron Paul claims a staffer wrote this and that he didn't know about it till after it was published, but he "takes moral responsibility for its publication".
2. Over hundreds of these publications, and thousands of statements made by Ron Paul this was the only thing that had any racism (unless if you count his statement that the civil war was unnecessary as racist :) and it appeared in this one edition of his newsletter in excess. Defiantly not his style.
In short Ron Paul made the mistake of letting bad things be published in his name, and not immediately trying to deny or stop it - cantspeak76, on 12/28/2007, -11/+24Don't know if this is true or not. He is still a better candidate. I assume this is going to be only the first, of many, attacks on Ron Paul. The controllers of our country are scared of him.
- straywolf, on 12/28/2007, -4/+17I like how the smear machine has started its engines against the good doctor. Not just from the neo-cons, but from the neo-libs as well. This is good...just goes to show how corporate America can play both sides of the same coin and pretend to be unbiased. Keep it up...and continue to piss off the American people.
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -8/+20Well there was a little 20 year old Ron Paul interview that was posted here on Christmas where they talked all about the CFR, the IMF, the World Bank, the Federal Reserve. Ron Paul alluded to an NWO running the show and that anyone who has been in Congress for 30 years and is chairing committees supports them.
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -6/+18Herky you spin so much you're dizzy. And it shows.
- jcastillo81, on 12/28/2007, -3/+15This is old news. Ron Paul took responsibility for allowing something that doesn't represent his opinion be published under his name.
Is this the best "dirt" people can dig up on RP? - inactive, on 12/28/2007, -9/+20I think he could have said 95% of all people in Washington are criminal and been correct. I have to doubt the validity of this story because politicians are to worried about the black vote to say it out loud, even if it is true.
- Frei, on 12/28/2007, -18/+29Are you going to retract that false claim?
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -25/+36Daily KOS is even less credible than FOX.
- Sroek, on 12/28/2007, -3/+14These days, anything can be considered "racist".
A few misinterpreted Ron Paul quotes doesn't change the fact that he's the only candidate who has his ***** together.
Ron Paul 2008. - felchdonkey, on 12/28/2007, -3/+14The one above is PAtravler57 quoting Paul about race, and the one below is Echion claiming that "haters" can't recognize ghost writers.
So yes, yes I do "need a better hint." - Hortnon, on 12/28/2007, -4/+14What's that got to do with this discussion?
- celerityfm, on 12/28/2007, -13/+23Sure: http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=41 ...
- wesw02, on 12/28/2007, -15/+25I feel that these statements are probably out of context. I would be genuinely surprised if Ron Paul meant what was said.
Buried. - noahhoward, on 12/28/2007, -1/+10How is that a bad thing? As much as I'd love for the US to be able to solve the worlds problems that isn't exactly working and should certainly not be a priority.
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