Just as speculation is circulating of Ron Paul's chances in Iowa, the media has renewed focus on newsletters written by Ron Paul in the 90's that are so racist, it makes Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich (and yes even Wayne Brady) look like Malcolm X.
New Focus on Incendiary Words in Paul’s Newsletters
Paul, who got in trouble a few months ago during one of the numerous Republican debates for saying he would have voted against The Civil Rights Amendment, of course not only denies writing them, says he has no idea who did. But the fact is, his name is on the newsletters so does have to bear responsibility for what was printed in them.
I love this article that nicely details all the offensive comments made by Ron Paul
Ron Paul's Shaggy Defense
But I think Mother Jone's states it best:
"Turning a blind eye to racist sentiment is, obviously, far more common than overt racism these days. But as Thers says, that very fact can sometimes make it even worse. After all, everyone already knows that the world contains a few virulent assholes. In some cases you can shrug that off. But learning that lots of people who otherwise seem perfectly decent are willing to tolerate it? That can be pretty disheartening.
Still and all, lots of us fail to do the right thing sometimes because we lack moral courage. Ron Paul's failings go quite a bit further. He didn't tolerate the racist views in his newsletters merely because he didn't have the gumption to put a stop to it. He actively let it continue because the newsletters made money and because he was hoping to appeal to a paleocon constituency beyond his small libertarian base. That's pretty repellent."
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