I do not question Ron Paul’s patriotism. Rather, I have questioned Paul’s sanity [1], or lack thereof same. Lone Star Times [2], report Paul is taking campaign contributions from neo-nazis:
A LoneStarTimes.com investigation has conclusively established that a leading figure in the American neo-Nazi / White-Supremacist movement has provided financial support to Ron Paul’s 2008 Presidential campaign.
The individual in question is Don Black, the founder, owner and operator of Stormfront [3], a “white power” website that both professional journalists [4] and watch-dog groups [5] have identified as the premier English-language racist/hate-site on the Internet.
Paul has to be either insane or a white racist to knowingly accept campaign contributions from a neo-nazi. Either one further disqualifes Paul as qualified to hold public office.
More: Kurt, Flopping Aces [6]; Allah Pundit, Hot Air [7]; Memoradum [8].
Addendum: (Bit)
I spoke to this the other day at Q&O…. [9]when we saw Stormfront endorsing the man:
MORE than granted, that it’s not his responsibility to deny these whack jobs.
But it does strike me as reasonable to suggest that for him to identify such people as holding views he does not agree with, and rejecting unequivocally their endorsement, might be a net positive. At the least, It seems to me, it would be a principled act.
I suppose, it being a net positive depends on how many of his current supporters are Stormfronters, themselves. This sounds like an accusation, but it’s not; I honestly don’t know the answer to that question. That he does not reject the endorsement, is arguably an indication that he doesn’t know the answer to that question, either. If I thought he had a hope in hell of winning, I think I would find that troublesome.
Or, perhaps he doesn’t reject the endorsement is because he doesn’t substantially disagree with them. That, I know I would find troublesome.
So now, we find him taking not just endorsements, but donations from the same group. Which would seem to be the reason he didn’t reject the endorsement when I posted the quote above. And yes, I find it troublesome.
There seem only two or three possiblities left to us in making a judgement here:
- He doesn’t disagree with Stormfront and what it stands for, in a substantial enough way to make accepting their endorsements and their money a moral issue for him.
- He’s tone deaf enough not to understand that this is a serious issue for him drawing any voters from outside the Stromfront group.
Or possibly, the guy’s simply looney.
In any of these the party needs to cut off his funding, and show him the door. He’s not qualified for the position he now holds, much less that of POTUS.