How Ron Paul Should Address The Newsletter Controversy

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He should address the newsletters like this:
http://ronpaulflix.com/2011/12/revolution-pac-tv-ad-the-compassion-of-dr-ron-paul/

Blaine Knapp of MI 6:04AM December 29, 2011

Ron Paul accomplished __ WHAT __ in D.C. ??? Ask me that on my candidate and you WILL get a answer.
Now I was called RACIST for being against obumacare by Jimmy Carter and Bill Crosby. Near all the bad things we said about it CBO has confirmed. That was one thing. But R. Paul did write racist remarks and folks here have provided the links that show it...

Bill Hedges of MO 8:55AM December 28, 2011

I believed that President Obama's comments were sincere. For Paul to adopt them as a political expedient would be abhorrent.

Tom Hartman of MD 8:00AM December 28, 2011

Ron Paul is a demented, twisted, frightening excuse for a man. One can only imagine the terrible damage a nut like him could do in the White House. He'd make Kim Jong Il look like a personal savior. I'd rather vote for Bugs Bunny.

Pakalani of IL 7:47AM December 28, 2011

Here is is pure and simple; Ron Paul is a Racists? http://www.voteyourheart.us/

Donn of MN 7:41AM December 28, 2011

Forever, races have been wronged.
Whites wronging blacks has always been.
Racist ways change but are prolonged,
With reminders, time and again.
Superiority believed
By whites over blacks is racist.
Sometimes whites talk and are perceived,
Wrongly or rightly, words consist,
By dissing blacks, of racist tone.
But a real racist is much more
Than just speaking the words alone.
True intent must be at the core.
A real racist's apology -
How true may or may not that be?

Ima Ryma of IL 4:36AM December 28, 2011

Newt and Bubba "balanced" the budget by collecting taxes on phantom corporate profits which existed only in the c(r)ook(ed) books of accountants during teh tech bubble. It was a Camelot moment, but it wasn't sustainable because all that new rev flowing into fedgov's pockets was based on a wildly unrealistic business model and its familiar, accounting fraud. Pop! Pop! Pop!

consumed of NH 2:18AM December 28, 2011

I guess R. Paul warned us about sugar & salt as well. He knows when the world will end. RP has been warning I guess Blaseboniface of HI but done WHAT ???
Newt balanced the budget, surplus, and reformed welfare. Remember CONTRACT WITH AMERICA.
Iowa has 45 % undecided. Paul's supporters are long haul backers. Iowa is up for grabs. After Iowa, In RH Mitt is expected to win. After that little hope for RP.
R. Paul must have fit right in with Thomas Edison & Henry Ford's little political group...

Bill Hedges of MO 12:18AM December 28, 2011

Yacko, when Paul addressed Borger's assertion that he'd made a million dollars from the newsletters, Paul said something to the effect "Oh? I'd really like to have seen that money." You ask the right question. Where's the accounting that supports this claim? There's a big difference between a million dollars gross INCOME and a million dollars profit. Given the scope and shrillness of the attack from both the neoconservative right and neoliberal left media, it's obvious they're not interested in Paul's answers to this claim or to any other claim about his character. They want to keep these sulphurous charges hanging in the air to scare away the Undecideds. I think the 'made a million' phrase in Borger's question was very artfully, very carefully written. Paul thought he was denying an allegation he made a 'million dollars PROFIT' (from peddling racist sentiment, remember). But for those viewers who thought 'made a million' meant 'made a million dollars INCOME', Paul came across not only as a racist, but as a lying racist because it is entirely conceivable the newsletter would generate that level of income. It was a do-you-still-beat-your-wife moment with likely only two possible interpretations in the minds of most viewers. Paul is either a greedy racist or a lying racist.

consumed of NH 10:47PM December 27, 2011

In Congress Ron Paul has kept the Truth alive. He warned us of the Housing Bubble, he warned us of multiple unconstitutional wars, he warned us of the dangers of unsound Currency, of the Fed, of the Patriot Act, of the TSA, of indefinite incarceration of Americans without trial simply for suspicion, he warned us of the Bailouts, of the immorality of torture. We know he was right about this and more. Time to wake up from sleep. The clarion call to save the Republic has been sounding from the Halls of Congress for a long, long time. PRESIDENT RON PAUL 2012!

Blaseboniface of HI 9:47PM December 27, 2011