The damage is done, the media did its job

[Ann Kobialka]

Everywhere right now, the tv, the papers the blogs its all Ron Paul Racist. Even if he gets an interview before the next primary its going to be "ARE you a RACIST"
I am sick at how this is playing out.

 

[m72mc]

no publicity is bad publicity

at least ppl hear his name

 

[Agent CSL]

People hear his name. The smart people investigate. The smart people will find out it's not true.

But.... Intelligence is something you don't find often.

 

[Taco John]

It's blowing over among the supporters. It wont sink us. We know that Dr. Paul isn't racist.

Look at what happened last night. We had a Ron Paul revival here. All of a sudden, everybody is ready for another money bomb. It will blow over. They'll keep trying to bring it back, but eventually, it will backfire on them because they'll push it one to many times.

He's had to deal with this in every race he's been in... Here... Read this... Take comfort:

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080105/FRONTPAGE/801050301

 

[WilliamC]

Remember that this is the worst dirt they can dig up on Ron Paul and it has no basis in fact.

Think about the dirt and scandels Clinton went through before elected, and he was a two-term President.

 

[davidhperry]

Everywhere right now, the tv, the papers the blogs its all Ron Paul Racist. Even if he gets an interview before the next primary its going to be "ARE you a RACIST"
I am sick at how this is playing out.

I'm frustrated as well. Remember though, the MSM and people in general have a very short attention span. The vast majority of folks out there are still not paying attention. Most people don't decide who they're voting for until a few days before the election. That's why is so important to become a precinct captain.

 

[manny]

Well Ron didn't write that stuff.

John McCain definately did refer to Asians as "gooks" for years, in print and in person.

Nobody makes any fuss any more.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/hongop.shtml

http://www.asianweek.com/2000_02_24/feature_mccainapology.html


And this is before we get to all the arabs he would kill in the middle east, and the children of african-americans he would sacrifice to do it.

Ron Paul is the anti-racist candidate and we have to help him get the message out.

Rather than damage being done I am impressed the last couple of days how completely Ron has killed it as an issue. On CNN no less he destroyed the accusation.

 

[the Winner is (R0N P@uL)]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjVQ7X2l4jc

 

[Talcott]

Breing the smears on it makes me fighten Mad.

 

[Rintrah]

The damage has long been done. Omission has been their main weapon. I'd rather have them attacking than silence.

 

[NJ Carlos]

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi

 

[amy31416]

The damage has long been done. Omission has been their main weapon. I'd rather have them attacking than silence.

Same here. Ron's pissy rant to Wolf gave him an opportunity to mention a lot of his beliefs and thoughts vehemently.

I like to see that.

 

[losinglife]

dont feed the trolls!

 

[ChicagoLawyer]

It's blowing over among the supporters. It wont sink us. We know that Dr. Paul isn't racist.

Look at what happened last night. We had a Ron Paul revival here. All of a sudden, everybody is ready for another money bomb. It will blow over. They'll keep trying to bring it back, but eventually, it will backfire on them because they'll push it one to many times.

He's had to deal with this in every race he's been in... Here... Read this... Take comfort:

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080105/FRONTPAGE/801050301

Well, it hasn't blown over for me. I am having serious reservations about campaigning for Ron Paul now. I can now longer tell people Ron Paul is an upstanding man. He is in many ways, but he's had an obvious moral failing with not policing his own newsletter for years when it put out vile commentary under his own name. I may resign from my campaign positions over this.

 

[rodent]

Well, it hasn't blown over for me. I am having serious reservations about campaigning for Ron Paul now. I can now longer tell people Ron Paul is an upstanding man. He is in many ways, but he's had an obvious moral failing with not policing his own newsletter for years when it put out vile commentary under his own name. I may resign from my campaign positions over this.

Well, imagine what it was like for minorities like me when we saw that picture of RP with Don Black. Still, I don't believe he's a racist and freedom is still the best policy.

Honestly, financial collapse is more of a threat to me and my family than the KKK is. Incidentally, financial collapse is more of a threat to low income whites also. We're all in this together, and some dumb newsletter is just a distraction. Keep your eyes on freedom.

 

[Proemio]

Well, it hasn't blown over for me. I am having serious reservations about campaigning for Ron Paul now. I can now longer tell people Ron Paul is an upstanding man. He is in many ways, but he's had an obvious moral failing with not policing his own newsletter for years when it put out vile commentary under his own name. I may resign from my campaign positions over this.

That's especially funny coming from a "lawyer"...

 

[JordanL]

Well, it hasn't blown over for me. I am having serious reservations about campaigning for Ron Paul now. I can now longer tell people Ron Paul is an upstanding man. He is in many ways, but he's had an obvious moral failing with not policing his own newsletter for years when it put out vile commentary under his own name. I may resign from my campaign positions over this.

You've been here for a while, so I can't really say with confidence that you're simply a plant. So let me respond.

If you listen to Dr. Paul, he talks about how in a lot of ways, prior to the 90's he was fairly apolitical. When he describes the reason he ever got into Congress before, it was always because he was interested in economics.

So, keeping that in mind it doesn't surprise me at all that a newsletter published under his name while he wasnt even in Congress was not at the top of his mind. Think about it... if you were doing what you really enjoyed... helping people with their unborn child and bringing that joy into their lives... would you really be that concerned with what exactly was going into a newsletter? Especially if you didn't feel like you'd ever be involved in politics again?

If it really bothers you to the point that you no longer want to support him, I cannot imagine what supporting any of the other candidates would feel like. Dr. Paul's "fault" was that he wasn't intimitely concerned with that others were saying. If that's the biggest fault, I think we're doing pretty good, especially since it isn't somethign which he tollerates any longer.

 

[Wyurm]

We have known about this stupid newsletter since I joined the grassroots back in June. It's been on his Wiki page with an explaination, in countless blogs, in message boards (suicide girls board for example) and it has been for a long time now. However, it didn't get major media attention untill just now at the beginning of the primaries. Call this what it really is: A very under-handed smear campaign. It's utter BS and we all know it.

I don't see any reason to panic over it, just stand up to it. Haven't you been called names or wrongfully accused before? Just don't let it work.

 

[Wyurm]

Well, it hasn't blown over for me. I am having serious reservations about campaigning for Ron Paul now. I can now longer tell people Ron Paul is an upstanding man. He is in many ways, but he's had an obvious moral failing with not policing his own newsletter for years when it put out vile commentary under his own name. I may resign from my campaign positions over this.

You make sure to tell me when you find someone that has never made a mistake and I'll vote for them.

 

[RPSignbomb]

Everywhere right now, the tv, the papers the blogs its all Ron Paul Racist. Even if he gets an interview before the next primary its going to be "ARE you a RACIST"
I am sick at how this is playing out.

With all due respect to Dr. Paul, it's his own fault. His excuses that he has no idea is terrible. Figure out who did it and pass the damn blame. As it stands now it leaves people guessing "If he does not know who wrote or took care of his newsletter how can I trust him"

I know Dr. Paul is not a racist ... but come on, this is terrible damage control.