Ron has to NAME the people who ran the newsletter

[FluffyUnbound]

Most of Kirchik's article is crap.

The false way he tries to rope in Rockwell's people and antigovernment activism from the 90's with white supremacy reveals his real intention is well-poisoning.

But unfortunately it is now clear that the newsletters were published for YEARS with little effective supervision, and there is clearly a narrative voice to them that is consistent and identifiable.

Paul has to identify that narrator.

If it's Gary North, it's Gary North. Fine. Just be honest with people. Ron doesn't owe it to anyone to keep their name out of the press when they PUT RON'S NAME on some of this crap.

 

[coffeewithchess]

I agree and the campaign should be all over this...as if RP didn't know what was in his newsletters after all these years...he had better of been prepared for this and I expect a response from him ASAP to clear this crap up.

 

[Ethek]

Most of Kirchik's article is crap.

The false way he tries to rope in Rockwell's people and antigovernment activism from the 90's with white supremacy reveals his real intention is well-poisoning.

But unfortunately it is now clear that the newsletters were published for YEARS with little effective supervision, and there is clearly a narrative voice to them that is consistent and identifiable.

Paul has to identify that narrator.

If it's Gary North, it's Gary North. Fine. Just be honest with people. Ron doesn't owe it to anyone to keep their name out of the press when they PUT RON'S NAME on some of this crap.

What if that voice is Lew Rockwell?

 

[literatim]

You are assuming New Republic isn't just making crap up like they have in the past.

 

[coffeewithchess]

What if that voice is Lew Rockwell?

HE needs to SPILL THE BEANS! I don't care if it was Lew Rockwell, let Lew take the fall, not RP. If RP is innocent, he needs to prove it with names.

 

[FluffyUnbound]

Then name him, too.

But I've read a lot of Rockwell, and it doesn't sound like him, either.

If the newsletters were filled with articles where the author talked about wanting to blow cops away, THEN I would think it was Rockwell. But this stuff? These aren't his hobby-horses.

 

[tsetsefly]

What if that voice is Lew Rockwell?

uh, its not, definitely its not...

 

[Chester Copperpot]

This tripe has been around before..

 

[micahnelson]

Ron Paul should hold a major press conference after NH. Pull a duncan hunter. Everyone will assume he is dropping so they would cover it. He can address this and the other criticisms.

He needs to name names, its time.

Ron Paul has proven he is knowledgeable and consistent. Now, He needs to prove he is a leader.

 

[Eponym_mi]

If whoever wrote it had any sense of decency, they'd out themself.

 

[JPFromTally]

Most of Kirchik's article is crap.

The false way he tries to rope in Rockwell's people and antigovernment activism from the 90's with white supremacy reveals his real intention is well-poisoning.

But unfortunately it is now clear that the newsletters were published for YEARS with little effective supervision, and there is clearly a narrative voice to them that is consistent and identifiable.

Paul has to identify that narrator.

If it's Gary North, it's Gary North. Fine. Just be honest with people. Ron doesn't owe it to anyone to keep their name out of the press when they PUT RON'S NAME on some of this crap.

Are you freaking serious??!?!! Newsletters were like the blogs of their day. People would publish crap all the time in an exchange of ideas.

What this comes down to is issues of the First Amendment and the free exchange of ideas. Punks like Kirchick are the types who want any discourse that seems vaguely offensive to gays, etc. in college classrooms not only banned but to become arrestable offenses! This is where I agree with the likes of the conservative talk show hosts.

I dare you to go back and look at newsletters from Pat Robertson, Jerry Fallwell, etc. and not find anything "offensive" in them.

In my opinion, unless they can find something coming out of Ron's mouth or something that says "By Ron Paul" then they ain't got squat.

 

[FluffyUnbound]

This tripe has been around before..

When it was around before, it wasn't as comprehensive because previous critics didn't get off their asses and go to Kansas to read every issue.

There's a lot more material than there has been previously.

Paul has to give a "Speech on Race" the way Romney gave a "Speech on Religion" and part of that speech has to be throwing these people under the bus.

 

[itshappening]

40 minutes and still nothing from the campaign, there needs to be a complete rebuttal, they;ve know this was coming for over 12 hours

 

[FluffyUnbound]

Are you freaking serious??!?!! Newsletters were like the blogs of their day. People would publish crap all the time in an exchange of ideas.

What this comes down to is issues of the First Amendment and the free exchange of ideas. Punks like Kirchick are the types who want any discourse that seems vaguely offensive to gays, etc. in college classrooms not only banned but to become arrestable offenses! This is where I agree with the likes of the conservative talk show hosts.

To me the issue is that a lot of the material quoted contradicts Paul's stated positions.

I'm aware that the newsletters were the blogs of their day. I'm also pretty confident that to Paul this was just some project where he was a minority owner and he didn't really care about it. But when someone has been writing that gays should be quarantined and signing your name to it, you get to "out" that person [if you'll forgive the pun].

 

[yongrel]

Campaign....

where are you?

 

[DeanToPaulIn4Years]

'Paul has to give a "Speech on Race" the way Romney gave a "Speech on Religion"'

yes yes yes. this could actually (theoretically) end up being a positive if he has a chance to explain his ideas calmly.

 

[WilliamC]

Ron Paul should hold a major press conference after NH. Pull a duncan hunter. Everyone will assume he is dropping so they would cover it. He can address this and the other criticisms.

He needs to name names, its time.

Ron Paul has proven he is knowledgeable and consistent. Now, He needs to prove he is a leader.

This exact same story has been around since last June, and he has addressed it multiple times. Sure he could have a press conference and repeat what he has already said, that he had a newletter with his name on it that other people wrote articles for, and he has accepted responsibility for some things being published in it that are not part of his beliefs. I don't know if it would help much since the media ignores him.

As for being an effective leader, well he's great at spreading the message and leading by example, but I don't think he will ever change his demeanor or presentation.

 

[Duckman]

Yeah, the campaign can't afford to be asleep at the wheel on this one.

Ron Paul needs to give as much information as possible.

1) Who wrote these articles?
2) Why was Ron Paul not reading these articles?
3) If Ron Paul was reading these articles, why did he allow them to continue?

Failing to answer these questions is very, very, very harmful. It would be better to admit past racism than to simply say nothing.

 

[FreeTraveler]

Let me get this right...

You want Ron Paul to run the COUNTRY, but you think he's TOO STUPID to run his own campaign????

Go do something grassroots, and let the good doctor take care of his job... unless you don't trust him to do the right thing.

 

[Paul4Prez]

Why would the campaign respond now, making it a bigger story when people are still voting in New Hampshire? They should study the entire article in depth, to make a more effective response, and put it out a few days before the Michigan primary.