Ron Paul’s 1980 and 1990’s newsletters — and their incendiary content — are coming to the forefront of the campaign as the candidate surges to the front of the pack in Iowa.
It’s hard to overstate just how extreme these publications are, from comparing blacks to zoo animals to speculating about Israeli involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Paul denies having written or read the offensive material in question, but even a casual glance at the newsletters would have revealed their basic formula. As a recently uncovered direct mail piece advertising the newsletters demonstrates, the most out there passages were the chief selling point, not out-of-context asides.
The New Republic, which first obtained the archives during the 2008 campaign, have recently posted images of several issues of the newsletters. Here are 10 of the most shocking quotes from the publications and related materials.
1. “Order was only restored in LA when it came time for the blacks to collect their welfare checks. The ‘poor’ lined up at the Post Office to get their handouts (since there were no deliveries) — and then complained about slow service.” -Report on LA riots, June 1992
2. “I’ve been told not to talk, but these stooges don’t scare me. Threats or no threats, I’ve laid bare the coming race war in our big cities. The federal-homosexual cover-up on AIDS (my training as a physician helps me see through this one.)” -Direct mail ad promoting Paul’s newsletters, written from Paul’s perspective, 1993
3. “It is human nature that like attracts likes. But whites are not allowed to express this same human impulse. Except in a de facto sense, there can be no white schools, white clubs, or white neighborhoods. The political system demands white integration, while allowing black segregation.” -‘The Disappearing White Majority,’ January 1993
4. “I miss the closet. Homosexuals, not to speak of the rest of society, were far better off when social pressure forced them to hide their activities. They could also not be as promiscuous. Is it any wonder the AIDS epidemic started after they ‘came out of the closet,’ and started hyper-promiscuous sodomy?” -June 1990
5. “Whether [the 1993 World Trade Center bombing] 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.” -‘The New York Bombing,’ April 1993
6. “An ex-cop I know advises that if you have to use a gun on a youth, you should leave the scene immediately, disposing of the wiped off gun as soon as possible. Such a gun cannot, of course, be registered to you, but one bought privately (through the classifieds, for example).” ‘Blast ‘Em’, October 1992
7. “The opposition will do its best to provoke some precipitous action on on our part to discredit us and our cause. Follow the orders of Captain Parker at Lexington: Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” -Militia’s 10-point advice to other militias, January 1995.
8. “When the New Money is imposed, every American family must have a Survival Kit of highly liquid, small-denomination silver and gold coins for hand-to-hand use. The Ron Paul Survival Kit — now an industry standard — comes in an official World War II US Army ammo holder.” -Ad for ‘The Original Famous Ron Paul Survival Kit,’ undated
9. “[Martin Luther King, Jr.], the FBI files reveal, was not only a world-class adulterer, he also seduced underage girls and boys…And we are supposed to honor this ‘Christian minister’ and lying socialist satyr with a holiday that puts him on par with George Washington?” -December 1990
10. “It turns out that the brilliant [Bobby Fischer], who has all the makings of an American hero, is very politically incorrect on Jewish questions, for which he will never be forgiven, even though he is a Jew. Thus we are not supposed to herald him as the world’s greatest chess player.” -November 1992, background on Fischer’s “politically incorrect” views (which include Holocaust denial) here.
Benjy Sarlin
Benjy Sarlin is a reporter for Talking Points Memo and co-writes the campaign blog, TPM2012. He previously reported for The Daily Beast/Newsweek as their Washington Correspondent and covered local politics for the New York Sun.
This is a repost from before but it is still good for some lols:
Would one of the Ron Paul supporters please post the statement from Ron Paul repudiating these racist thoughts back when they were first written in his newsletter................I thought so.
Has our impersonator flown the coup?
3600 comments? That's all?
Pussies! Real Ronulans would run the comment count over 10,000!
What is even more fascinating is to read the comments. Ron Paul supporters (at the New Republic, and on other blogs and news sites where this is being discussed in comments), who supposedly pride themselves on their realism, are frantic in their efforts to ignore these published statements. But their excuses are utterly lame. Claims of being taken out of context. Claims that he has repudiated them. Claims they were written by others, not Ron Paul.
All of which add up to inconsistent nonsense. It was his freakin' newsletter, people. Sent to his supporters. Representing his views. And those views were consistent. Not with America, as I see it, but consistent with his views. And that clearly included some pretty blatant racism, homophobia, and insane economic theory rooted more in the ancient history time of Midas than the 20th, much less the now 21st century.
I think what fascinates me about this the most is how the mainstream media can launch so complete and thorough and devastating an attack, with documentation and cogent full disclosure, when it suits them. And it suits them, because the conservative establishment and the oligarchy fear Ron Paul. So they have unleashed the dogs on him in the media, full press, full bore.
I eagerly await their actions to do the same with Willard Romney. Just imagine if these same techniques were used to list, publish, expose, and drive into consciousness of the American people all of the contradictory and downright evil things from Willard's past. So far, I am finding that only on progressive blogs, where I read just this weekend about when Willard was a Mormon Bishop, and tried to tell a woman whose very life was threatened by a pregnancy that it was pretty much tough for her, she should just go ahead and die rather than have the abortion. Rough stuff. When will the big guns that own and operate the corporate controlled media do the same for Romney? Right now, as much as they probably loath him secretly, he appears to be all they think they have got to challenge Obama next year. Thus this full frontal attack on Ron Paul.
What is even more fascinating is to read the comments. Ron Paul supporters (at the New Republic, and I suspect here, also), who supposedly pride themselves on their realism, are frantic in their efforts to ignore these published statements. But their excuses are utterly lame. Claims of being taken out of context. Claims that he has repudiated them. Claims they were written by others, not Ron Paul. All of which add up to inconsistent nonsense. It was his freakin' newsletter, people. Sent to his supporters. Representing his views. And those views were consistent. Not with America, as I see it, but consistent with his views. And that clearly included some pretty blatant racism, homophobia, and insane economic theory rooted more in the ancient history time of Midas than the 20th, much less the now 21st century.
I think what fascinates me about this the most is how the mainstream media can launch so complete and thorough and devastating an attack, with documentation and cogent full disclosure, when it suits them. And it suits them, because the conservative establishment and the oligarchy fear Ron Paul. So they have unleashed the dogs on him in the media, full press, full bore.
I eagerly await their actions to do the same with Willard Romney. Just imagine if these same techniques were used to list, publish, expose, and drive into consciousness of the American people all of the contradictory and downright evil things from Willard's past. So far, I am finding that only on progressive blogs, where I read just this weekend about when Willard was a Mormon Bishop, and tried to tell a woman whose very life was threatened by a pregnancy that it was pretty much tough for her, she should just go ahead and die rather than have the abortion. Rough stuff.
When will the big guns that own and operate the corporate controlled media do the same for Romney? Right now, as much as they probably loath him secretly, he appears to be all they think they have got to challenge Obama next year.
Thus this full frontal attack on Ron Paul.
Hey, that was gratifying. I was just over on the Gingrich Waterloo/Pearl Harbor thread & actually watched all of Tio's fake squid posts get removed. Presumably Tio's been banned from the site, which would be a nice turn of events after hearing him splutter about his aunty getting the Squid banned or getting us all in trouble with the FCC. What a coward. In the meantime, here is a NY Times article that documents the identity of Ron Paul's core supporters:
Something I have alway's thought about when People want us to adhere to the exact wording of the constitution. The constitution was written in the late 1700's. It basically is a document giving rights to the people. Not the Privileged class of the Nobles & Kings of which the authors of constitution were well aware of. In fact if these guys would have grown bigger balls they could have settled the slavery issue when writing the constitution rather than kicking it down the road leading to the civil war. My point being if you had mentioned abortion, social security, medicaid or civil rights act to the framers of constitution. They may have considered or not considered these issues. FAMILY GUY even mocked this point. With episode of them discussing the right to bear arms. Which in fact was a mantle piece holding bear arms. Get it? The right to bear arms. So running around stating this & this is unconstitutional whether it's a good thing because it's not in constitution just bother's me.
Racial segregation is chosen by blacks? Unequal is chosen by blacks? Next Mr. Paul will say that the civil rights laws were not needed because all white businesses in the South would go bankrupt if they put up "colored only" signs (although were financially successful in doing this for 100 years). Oopps - Rand Paul already said this on the Rachel Maddow show.
Human nature is the excuse for racism (including slavery, etc?)
Ron Paul made a lot of money off of racism:
"The publishing operation was lucrative. A tax document from June 1993—wrapping up the year in which the Political Report had published the "welfare checks" comment on the L.A. riots—reported an annual income of $940,000 for Ron Paul & Associates, listing four employees in Texas (Paul's family and Rockwell) and seven more employees around the country. If Paul didn't know who was writing his newsletters, he knew they were a crucial source of income and a successful tool for building his fundraising base for a political comeback."
Ron Paul on how to legally roam the world offing bad guys:
Letters of marque and reprisal
Calling the September 11, 2001, attacks an act of "air piracy", Paul introduced the Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001. Letters of marque and reprisal, authorized by article I, section 8 of the Constitution, would have targeted specific terrorist suspects instead of invoking war against a foreign state.[20] Paul reintroduced this legislation as the Marque and Reprisal Act of 2007.[62] He voted with the majority for the original Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists in Afghanistan.[63] In April 2009, following the Maersk Alabama hijacking, he proposed issuing letters of marque to combat the problem of piracy in Somalia.[64]
Ron Paul Lies. Sometimes he even tells you why:
"He finally disavowed them in a 2001 interview with Texas Monthly, explaining that his campaign staff had convinced him at the time that it would be too "confusing" to attribute them to a ghostwriter."
http://reason.com/archives/2008/01/16/who-wrote-ro...
Wonder if that campaign staffer was Rockwell.
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Nice friends Ron Paul keeps although I have to admit that this piece by that liberal rag Reason is a little dated being from 2008 and all:
Financial records from 1985 and 2001 show that Rockwell, Paul's congressional chief of staff from 1978 to 1982, was a vice president of Ron Paul & Associates, the corporation that published the Ron Paul Political Report and the Ron Paul Survival Report. The company was dissolved in 2001. During the period when the most incendiary items appeared—roughly 1989 to 1994—Rockwell and the prominent libertarian theorist Murray Rothbard championed an open strategy of exploiting racial and class resentment to build a coalition with populist "paleoconservatives," producing a flurry of articles and manifestos whose racially charged talking points and vocabulary mirrored the controversial Paul newsletters recently unearthed by The New Republic. To this day Rockwell remains a friend and advisor to Paul—accompanying him to major media appearances; promoting his candidacy on the LewRockwell.com blog; publishing his books; and peddling an array of the avuncular Texas congressman's recent writings and audio recordings.
Cato Institute President Ed Crane told reason he recalls a conversation from some time in the late 1980s in which Paul claimed that his best source of congressional campaign donations was the mailing list for The Spotlight, the conspiracy-mongering, anti-Semitic tabloid run by the Holocaust denier Willis Carto until it folded in 2001.
I wonder why this is.
AJM4 He's a fan of Holocaust denier Bobby Fischer too. I'm seeing a pattern.
Ooops. Here's the URL. http://reason.com/archives/2008/01/16/who-wrote-ro...
Ron Paul is still friends with Lew Rockwell who is the rumored author of part of the newsletters. Presumably the ones that the computer does not assign to Ron Paul himself.
Flyinq Squidwtf?
BarnburnersFlyinq Squid It's one of your fellow Ron Paul fans who has decided that the best way to deal with us here is to impersonate me. Note the slightly different name and the slightly different icon.
Tio Remus. Ron Paul wants English to be the Official Language of these United States. (Sounds remarkably like a collective decision -- why that man can't let indiividuals do what they want is beyond me.) See it here: Ron Paul Co-sponsors Unconstitutional Bill in House http://libertymaven.com/2009/02/13/ron-paul-co-spo...
So in honor of your false idol your name will be set forth in English: Uncle Remus.
AJM4 Tio will respond to you as soon as he figures out which sockpuppet account to use this time.
Remus is that you? I've been flagging you. Bet that happens a lot to you whatever name you are posting under. Flyinq Squid
So if he can't win fair and square he's going to cheat? They really had better check who signed Gingrich's petitions. Flyinq Squid
That's poor advice Remus, what really makes them mad is when we tell the truth. Flyinq Squid
AJM4Flyinq Squid Would you do me the courtesy of not replying to this account of his?
Sure. Flying Squid Flyinq Squid
AJM4Flyinq Squid Thanks.
Amazing how desperate people get after two straight days of trolling. The only solace I can take from it is that anyone sitting on the fence about whether or not to vote for Ron Paul has been totally scared away from that by these idiots who have stopped even bothering to defend him and are now just focusing on insulting us in various infantile ways.
Flying Squid I wonder what Ron Paul would say if he saw how idiotic his "supporters" are.
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A_ThinkingGirl BTW, those who understand Ron Paul through the racist prism of the modern neocon GOP, #fail to notice subtlety in what...1\/8
A_ThinkingGirl ...Ron Paul's strategy is doing and stands for. He pragmatically running under GOP banner to gain outreach 4a new, old...2\/8
kismetician pragmatic choice of GOP is a fail if you are advocating progress. Logic is twisted beyond all reason. Not buying it, baby.
A_ThinkingGirl You just don't get it. Dream on.
kismetician sorry to disappoint you, but you are talking to a liberal here.
A_ThinkingGirl The American dream -- U have to be asleep to believe it. And be a believer in Repugs and Democraps group-think anesthesia;-}
kismetician if it makes you feel better to insult me, I feel sorry for you.
A_ThinkingGirl Ok, sorry. I feel sorry for me too if I inadvertently insulted you... Along with liberal George Carlin, my apologies;-}
A_ThinkingGirl .... that is, my LIBERAL apologies. As far as I can. I don't fit categories well;-}
kismetician great, and thanks.
A_ThinkingGirl The American dream -- U have to be asleep 2 believe it. And be a believer in Repugs and Democraps group-think anestheisia;-}
A_ThinkingGirl ...brand of republicanism which existed generations ago B4 corrupted N2 what ye myopic distortion GOP neocons now have...3\/8
A_ThinkingGirl ...become. He is more libertarian, which HAS not been tried but should be for what we have Repugs & Democraps is ...4\/8
A_ThinkingGirl ...is pure, unmitigated, PROVEN #fail --- By and for the rich1% by their crony Repugs & Democraps. As for Newslet-...5\/8
A_ThinkingGirl ...Newsletter, As long as any offensive articles were not penned by Ron Paul himself, all the newsletter proves is he...6\/8
A_ThinkingGirl ...believes in freedom of speech (which Repugs & Democraps lip service) & was his learning experience that he should...7\/8
A_ThinkingGirl ...................... not be a publisher in the #NWO 8\/8
Arianna8927 I'm not sure anything ANY of the GOP types have ever said or wrote can shock me anymore.