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11th May 2009, 02:45 AM | #41 |
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11th May 2009, 03:00 AM | #42 |
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Paul just doesnt sound like a Nazi. period. |
11th May 2009, 04:10 AM | #43 |
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Go to Flickr and look at all the Ron Paul pictures where he poses with a lot of people he has no Idea who they are - or if they contributed to his campaign. Your argument seems to be that "Obama is a oppressing Dictator just like Chavez because there is a picture showing them shaking hands". |
11th May 2009, 11:58 AM | #44 |
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All White Nationalists are racist dirtbags, but not all racist dirtbags are White Nationalists.
But the fact remains, among WNs, KluKKers and neo-nazis, Ron Paul is the man because he is the one who thinks the most like them. Ron Paul is directly responsible for the content of the Ron Paul Freedom Report, Ron Paul Political Report and The Ron Paul Survival Report. There's little evidence that he wrote all of it, or any of it. But he put his name on it. |
11th May 2009, 12:02 PM | #45 |
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Grasping at straws, Ollie?
It isn't that Ron Paul found himself signing autographs and taking pictures with one of the leaders of the white nationalist movement. It's that the leaders of the white nationalist movement went to Ron Paul. People who make thier choices based on hate choose Ron Paul. |
11th May 2009, 01:45 PM | #46 |
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I don;t know if Ron Paul is a racist/white supremist personally, but that he refused to publically say that they were not welcome in his campaign is enough reason to consider him either incredibly ignorant, or a bigot.
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11th May 2009, 01:51 PM | #47 |
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11th May 2009, 02:43 PM | #48 |
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He very well could have. Even if he didn't, he signed his frickin' name to it. People have given him the benefit of the doubt simply because he doesn't say such things in congress or before the media (and how could he? He'd be castigated immediately and likely lose his re-election bid if he did). Have any of the supposed ghostwriters come out to corroborate his explanation?
Besides, would you allow racist ghostwriters over the span of a decade to write in the first person all sorts of nasty things in a newsletter named after yourself, and not once read it to see how they might be representing you? What does that say about his level of responsibility? Perhaps Ron Paul isn't a racist. He just hangs out with racists and panders to racists for political gain when the need arises. Of course in national elections you can no longer solely rely on your racist base, so you must strike up a different tune. I'm not sure which is worse. Ronulan apologizers are pathetic. |
11th May 2009, 03:31 PM | #49 |
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I don't think Ron Paul is a racist. He's just the kind of person who is crazy enough to ignore the common sense of his peers and think for himself. This sometimes leads him to be right when most other politicians are wrong, but more often it causes him to take completely crazy positions (isolationism, monetary policy), or to end up in bad company.
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12th May 2009, 11:17 AM | #50 |
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I'm sorry Oliver, but what is your political affiliation?
Oh right, you never vote. |
12th May 2009, 11:29 AM | #51 |
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12th May 2009, 12:15 PM | #52 |
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That is one of two things amazing about Oliver
A.He is obssesed with US politics, but has never bothered to vote in a German election B.Despite said obssesion, he is incredibly ignorant about American politics. He seems to take his idea of American Politics from left wing European opinion, which seems to be genetically hostile to the US. |
12th May 2009, 01:47 PM | #53 |
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The irony is that in his country, there is an actual Nazi party, and it has won seats.
Maybe if some people cared to vote at all, these bastards wouldn't sneak in by the back door. |
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