Do you still support Ron Paul knowing he is a racist?

Question

Come on now, in the 1992 Ron Paul Political Report we saw racist comments published in ROn Paul's name, and he still has white nationalists working on his campaign today.

Are you really willing to ignore 15+ years of racists working in the Ron paul campaign to continue to support him?

Ron Paul on the LA riots in 1992:

http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.african.american/msg/c8668bd3662b0fa5

Or Bill White's outting of Ron Paul at a prominent white nationalist forum?

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/12/neonazi_complains_about_ron_pa.html

Or his continuing relationship with white nationalists in his campaign staff?

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/27/011749.php

Will you now stand up and renounce white nationalism and Ron Paul?

Grant, perhaps you would be interested to know of Ron Paul's ties with MoveOn.org

http://kevinmccullough.townhall.com/blog/g/d5f88bd0-b497-4673-96b1-cb0629febfe3

As for the rest of you, you7 are free to vote for a racist if you choose, but know about Ron Paul and his 15+ years of ties with racists in his campaign - and his curious refusal to return their donations or denounce their ideals.

Answer 1

I pretty much just ignore him. Lately he's been having ads on Iowa radio stations trying to use scare tactics on Iowans by talking about the Nafta Super Highway being built through our state. Apparently he thinks Iowans are really gullible and are incapable of doing any research on their own.

Answer 2

Honestly, forget all of these inflammatory comments. I'm not a vehement Ron Paul supporter, but I will give him this. Just because he takes money from white supremacists and has white supremacist "buddies" does NOT make him one. Just look at his voting record, and you'll see. Saying "X is a insurance supporter because he/she received 500,000 in lobbying dollars from insurance companies" is a logical fallacy. However, if person X VOTED blatantly for those people after recieving the money, then that makes him/her corrupt.

Racism is an important issue. We live in an incredible diverse country, and a lot of people tend to point the finger at the little guy while massive corporations and big militaristic government steals their $$ and freedoms left and right.

Paul is not perfect. However, I greatly respect his provocateur status in the Republican party this cycle. He's bringing up some of the corruptions and shortcomings of neoconservative foreign policy.

These people above ranting on about communism/move on.org, etc are just reactionaries. They don't think critically, sociologically, or even coherently. A humanistic, honest debate is accetable, but not this childish namecalling.

Answer 3

I've heard people trying to say this before, and as usual, I checked your links (like many times I have done with others), and the crazy thing is that your own links don't even support your position.

Other than just rumors, please please please give some real FACTS. Its sad to think that people can be swayed so easily by someone like you simply because they just accept what you're saying and move on.

Ron Paul is not a painted page; he's a person with dimensions and convictions. Most of the candidates we get are simply echoing a poll or repeating something from a focus group. Ron Paul isn't perfect, and in fact I don't agree completely with all of his ideas, but one thing I can see is that he is honest and sticks to his principles.

I really wish people would focus on the problems of our country and the integrity of the people governing it, rather than make up BS.

Answer 4

Ron Paul answered your question recently. Why should he return the money to a racist which would then help the racist promote his foul agenda. Why should he go through his list of 5-digit thousands of donors (for political correctness reasons -- which is a form of pandering) and pick and choose whose view points don't correspond to his own. He's got a campaign to run and funds to raise. He can't waste precious resources trying to ferret out people's whose lifestyles are immoral.

Look at Ron's personal life, not at specific supporters who are attracted to him. Guilt by association is not guilt, it's simply disinformation.

Answer 5

I still have seen no proof of this alleged racism you speak of.

Dont you still support W Bush, Oh you do , ok I trust your judgement

Answer 6

Race this race that. Racism can kiss my ***! I've lived in almost every continent and its only in the US that people actually take this shiit seriously.
People wake up! Racism is a joke invented just to keep one group of people feeling guilty forever so we can be exploited.

The Arabs enslaved more black people than we ever did I don't hear Jesse Jackson asking them for an apology!

Fact is Ron Paul is a good leader and you just cant disprove that so all you do is resort to call him a racist as if you yourself have never made a racist comment in your life!

Answer 7

You're cutting and pasting without bothering to research what you're talking about. Paul has repeatedly denied the racist allegations. You're placing of moveon.org on the same moral plane as racism shows you know nothing about the organization other than what far right blogs and the righties on the radio tell you.
Do yourself a favor and start thinking for yourself.

Answer 8

Reality is a wonderful thing, you should try it once in awhile.

Answer 9

I suggest you go to a Ron Paul meeting in your community if he campaigns wherever you are and ask him this question yourself.
It only takes one hate monger to spread rumors on the web, then everyone who is like-minded and doesn't bother to research it, follows. Just like sheep.

Answer 10

Bill White is who again? If this was true I am sure fox news would have eaten it up but didn't knowing they would be sued.