Comments on: Ron Paul letters http://www.davejustus.com/2008/01/09/ron-paul-letters/ None Sine Causa Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:02:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: probligo http://www.davejustus.com/2008/01/09/ron-paul-letters/#comment-406414 probligo Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:43:08 +0000 http://www.davejustus.com/2008/01/09/ron-paul-letters/#comment-406414 "...he is incompetant and lets himself be used by racists. Either way, I should think that disquilifies him for President. In fact, the second is in many ways more worrying then the first (and in my mind more likely.)" A point that I took up with a Paul supporter. I was informed that Paul should not be responsible for the actions of his supporters. He is not an authoritarian. I have asked for an explanation of the difference between "authoritarianism" and "management". Yeah, right! “…he is incompetant and lets himself be used by racists. Either way, I should think that disquilifies him for President. In fact, the second is in many ways more worrying then the first (and in my mind more likely.)”

A point that I took up with a Paul supporter. I was informed that Paul should not be responsible for the actions of his supporters. He is not an authoritarian. I have asked for an explanation of the difference between “authoritarianism” and “management”.

Yeah, right!

]]> By: Dave Justus http://www.davejustus.com/2008/01/09/ron-paul-letters/#comment-406120 Dave Justus Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:55:57 +0000 http://www.davejustus.com/2008/01/09/ron-paul-letters/#comment-406120 Having less faith then you, I don't accept that just because any authority says something it is a fact. Beyond that, this is one person in the NAACP, the President of the Austin chapter, who says this. I would imagine that I could, should I chose, find another similarly prominent member who disagreed. I had never heard of the site you linked to before, it isn't a major news site or magazine, so I clicked around on the site. This <a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/911.html" rel="nofollow">page</a> is what they have to say about 9-11. Pretty much a 'truther' archive. That doesn't say a whole lot about the reliability here. Bottom line though is that these disgusting comments were published under Ron Paul's name. Either he is himself racist, or he is incompetant and lets himself be used by racists. Either way, I should think that disquilifies him for President. In fact, the second is in many ways more worrying then the first (and in my mind more likely.) Having less faith then you, I don’t accept that just because any authority says something it is a fact. Beyond that, this is one person in the NAACP, the President of the Austin chapter, who says this. I would imagine that I could, should I chose, find another similarly prominent member who disagreed.

I had never heard of the site you linked to before, it isn’t a major news site or magazine, so I clicked around on the site. This page is what they have to say about 9-11. Pretty much a ‘truther’ archive. That doesn’t say a whole lot about the reliability here.

Bottom line though is that these disgusting comments were published under Ron Paul’s name. Either he is himself racist, or he is incompetant and lets himself be used by racists. Either way, I should think that disquilifies him for President. In fact, the second is in many ways more worrying then the first (and in my mind more likely.)

]]> By: Tsykoduk http://www.davejustus.com/2008/01/09/ron-paul-letters/#comment-406043 Tsykoduk Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:08:53 +0000 http://www.davejustus.com/2008/01/09/ron-paul-letters/#comment-406043 <blockquote>NAACP President: Ron Paul Is Not A Racist Linder says Paul being smeared because he is a threat to the establishment Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Sunday, January 13, 2008 Austin NAACP President Nelson Linder, who has known Ron Paul for 20 years, <b>unequivocally dismissed charges that the Congressman was a racist in light of recent smear attempts</b>, and said the reason for him being attacked was that he was a threat to the establishment. Linder joined Alex Jones for two segments on his KLBJ Sunday show this evening, during which he commented on the controversy created by <b>media hit pieces that attempted to tarnish Paul as a racist</b> by making him culpable for decades old newsletter articles written by other people.</blockquote> from <a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/011308_not_racist.htm" rel="nofollow">this article</a>. If the NAACP says your not a racist - I would assume that your not. :)

NAACP President: Ron Paul Is Not A Racist
Linder says Paul being smeared because he is a threat to the establishment

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Sunday, January 13, 2008

Austin NAACP President Nelson Linder, who has known Ron Paul for 20 years, unequivocally dismissed charges that the Congressman was a racist in light of recent smear attempts, and said the reason for him being attacked was that he was a threat to the establishment.

Linder joined Alex Jones for two segments on his KLBJ Sunday show this evening, during which he commented on the controversy created by media hit pieces that attempted to tarnish Paul as a racist by making him culpable for decades old newsletter articles written by other people.

from this article.

If the NAACP says your not a racist - I would assume that your not.

:)

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