Ron Paul to appear on CNN to address Newsletters!

[i2ambler]

That it was the exact opposite of his message/ ideology.

and.. what was his excuse for having something called "the ron paul report" or whatever with racist overtones? He just didnt read some of the articles?

 

[Knut Schreiber]

Maybe he should have let the racist stuff brew until after South Carolina. He would win South Carolina if they think he's a racist!


I'm kidding!!! I'm kidding!! Relax!

That was good. The joke of the day. It's 11.59pm here. Nobody will beat you

 

[xxxander]

what did he actually say about the newsletters other than "I didnt write it" ??

what else is there to say - he didn't write it. he was merely the owner of the newsletter, but the editors and ghost writers were responsible for the actual content

 

[Dorfsmith]

He said:

1) I didn't write it
2) I don't know who did
3) I repudiate it
4) My philosophy abhors it
5) All the candidates who silently wish to perpetuate the racist policies attendant the drug laws are the scumbags, I am the only one speaking up for these minorities
6) Don't tread on me

Yep, all of that! It was beautiful

 

[Menthol Patch]

I'm just thrilled the issue is SETTLED: He would pardon all non-violent drug users!

 

[Evazan]

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Free_at_Last_2008

Hear is the digg for the MLK moneybomb.

 

[McDermit]

Nobody answered.. so I will ask again.. what did he actually say about the newsletters other than "I didnt write it" ??

all I am seeing in this thread is "go ron go" repeatedly.

He didn't write it, doesn't know who did, he abhors racism and his history proves that. Said there were a bunch of writers on the newsletter over a period of many years, and he doesn't know who was writing what - he didn't even read the newsletters most of the time and was not familiar with some of the excerpts Wolfe read.

 

[Bloody Holly]

Been here longer than you, supporter from the beginning (check my posts) but I am a realist. This campaign is going down in flames, and is doing damage to the paleoconservative cause.

But I will leave you guys alone in our delusions, because apparently anyone who doesn't participate in the group think is a troll.

and I've been here longer than you

You have been here since the beginning? I didn't see you here in May?

I can see why people think you are a troll.

 

[Indy Vidual]

Well, now we have to do the MLK day moneybomb.

Indy Viduals for Ron Paul!!!

 

[Ara825]

Nobody answered.. so I will ask again.. what did he actually say about the newsletters other than "I didnt write it" ??

all I am seeing in this thread is "go ron go" repeatedly.

Not his exact words but basically what he said was the he has no idea who wrote those and that he was busy in his medical practice and was doing a lot of traveling. He said that the specific news letters that Wolfe had in hand were ones he had never even seen or heard of. That was it basically, he did a great job.
I'm sure there is much I left out, someone else can fill in the rest.

 

[WilliamC]

Would be nice if some of his colleagues from the House would come out and say of all the things to attack Ron Paul over racism shouldn't be one of them.

Not likely though.

 

[Eponym_mi]

That took some huge balls.

Yeah, they clank. His rebuttal definitely took me by surprise.

RP convinced me, but I doubt this will be the last time it gets brought up.

 

[TeamSplashi]

Nobody answered.. so I will ask again.. what did he actually say about the newsletters other than "I didnt write it" ??

all I am seeing in this thread is "go ron go" repeatedly.

He had a couple of salient points in rebuttal:

1- He had a medical practice and was to begin another term in the House , in addition to doing a bit of traveling when one piece was written. As such, he wasn't keeping a close eye on the publication and hadn't actually read the one in question.

2- He said that slam-pieces like this usually had a media clip attached and that this one did not because he would never say something like this. He then went through his anti-collectivist point-of-view as further evidence that he could never be racist because the concept of race isn't one on which he judges people.

3- He thanked Wolf for the opportunity to rebut. Wolf almost seemed ashamed for having to ask him.

 

[WilliamC]

He said:

1) I didn't write it
2) I don't know who did
3) I repudiate it
4) My philosophy abhors it
5) All the candidates who silently wish to perpetuate the racist policies attendant the drug laws are the scumbags, I am the only one speaking up for these minorities
6) Don't tread on me

Well...5) and 6) are paraphrased.

7) I didn't read them at the time

 

[ksu_s13]

and.. what was his excuse for having something called "the ron paul report" or whatever with racist overtones? He just didnt read some of the articles?

That he put his name on something that he didn't really pay that much attention to, but he probably should have in retrospect.

 

[Knut Schreiber]

I really like his stance on this drug thing. I hate drugs, but it's part of liberty to do stupid things. This won't bring him votes from the Republican basis though. It's either political suicide or a great strategy to win votes from people who aren't usually adressed by the politicians.

 

[bgoldwater]

any video?

 

[ConstitutionGal]

I really like his stance on this drug thing. I hate drugs, but it's part of liberty to do stupid things. This won't bring him votes from the Republican basis though. It's either political suicide or a great strategy to win votes from people who aren't usually adressed by the politicians.

Sadly, a lot of the people this would really appeal to have lost their right to vote

 

[RobotJaxxon]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showpost.php?p=901398&postcount=8

People who have already written off Ron in order to support someone else, yet perpetually post here as if they are simply a freshly disillusioned supporter - those would be trolls, or moles, or whatever the term de jour is.

That's some serious troll smackdown. Kudos.

 

[specsaregood]

Except one problem. In many states, once convicted you lose your voting rights and never get them back. (or make it reallllllly hard to get them back) FL for instance.

Wow, talk about unfair punishment! Once someone has served their time, that should be it. Their punishment should not continue in perpetuity.

You won't get any argument from me. While this does not affect ME personally I have known people that it does.

It's a catch-22 and there on purpose. If you are convicted of a crime that you think is unjust or wrong, you never get the chance to VOTE to overturn it later on. It is bad stuff. Of course, if all the minorities in FL that have had their voting rights taken away and NEVER returned actually could vote; we wouldn't have Bush as president.