Ron Paul disavows…Ron Paul? Tries to duck responsibility for racist, homophobic writings

[Better Believe It]

Ron Paul disavows…Ron Paul?
Libertarian candidate tries to duck responsibility for racist, homophobic and conspiratorial writings that bore his name
By Thomas F. Schaller
December 27, 2011
To look at him, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul seems harmless. He's cute and contrarian. He wears poorly fitting suits. He's decidedly un-slick. You almost want to pat him on the head.

So we're not supposed to criticize Dr. Paul as a nutjob who subscribes to some rather wacky ideas. And subscribe is the operative word here, folks: The newsletters Dr. Paul published for nearly two decades during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s are chock full of racist, homophobic and anti-new world order rants.

From Dr. Paul now comes the nuttiest claim of all. He wants us to believe newsletters published with the titles Ron Paul's Freedom Report; Ron Paul Political Report; and, weirdest of all, The Ron Paul Survival Report do not reflect the views of, um, Ron Paul. He says he never wrote them, never even read them, and now disavows them. (Question: Why disavow words you neither wrote nor read?)

Nice try, congressman. There's his name in giant, bold letters at the top of each issue. On some editions his face appears at the top, or his signature at the bottom. The lack of bylines attached to specific articles, his defenders say, means Dr. Paul can't be held accountable for the words they contain. But the newsletters include first-person, biographical mentions like "my wife Carol" and "my youngest son … starting his fourth year of medical school." His wife's name is Carol; his youngest son, Robert, is a physician.

Read the full article at:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-schaller-ron-paul-20111227,0,7713781.column

[Useless in FL]

1. Geez

How did he ever believe that no one would discover this stuff when he decided to run? All these candidates.... same thing.... do they think they're above all that?

[krucial]

2. Ron Paul is no worse

I dont think Ron Paul is any more Racist than most of the tea party/birther and Christian conservative right Republicans of today.
They just hate different kinds of people,but the difference with Ron Paul is he also hates our never ending,perpetual wars and occupation of other peoples land,and he does not worship the miltary, unlike Republican and the right who loves and worship the military. love wars,and believe in American Imperialism,that we should occupy and militarize as much of the earth as possible.
Ron Paul also believes that we should be able to have and keep our indivudal rights and civil Liberties,which the Republican conservatives are against and believe we should have a police state,unless until it affects them directly