Ron Paul: Well, You Know, the Money IS Pink, so I Was Totally Validated On That One

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[mnehring]

I am pretty sure Ron Paul just admitted that at least some of the insane conspiracy theory material in his newsletter was his. Dave Weigel notes that Paul was on Jan Mikkelson’s show today, and a caller asked Paul about the newsletters. Paul offered what is now at least his third or fourth different explanation for the content of the newsletters, which is that he wrote some of the content, but not all, and certainly not the racist parts. The caller then went on to make the eminently reasonable point that in addition to the racist stuff, the newsletters contained a lot of material that ordinary people would find, you know, completely insane. Paul’s answer defies belief; unless, that is, you’ve been following the career of Ron Paul:

CALLER: But Dr. Paul, many of the newsletters are filled with conspiracies. You had one newsletter from start to finish with fear that the $50 bill, because it was going to be made pink, and it was gonna have all kinds of things that can track us down, so we should all be afraid that maybe tomorrow they’re gonna require us to turn in all of our old money.

PAUL: The paper money now is pink, you know? No, we haven’t had runaway inflation, but I still fear that.

Get this? Paul’s response does two things. First, it pretty much admits that he had some part in writing about this. Second, it claims that Paul’s insane theories about tracking devices in money were not only justified but have been validated by the events of history. And this, I think, is something that isn’t getting enough traction out there. Everyone is obsessed (to some justifiable extent) over whether Paul knew about the racist content in his newsletters. Paul’s fluctuating explanations for this are no doubt amusing and damning at the same time. I suppose a person with an exceptionally healthy sense of self-delusion could pretend that Paul didn’t know about the voluminous amounts of racially insensitive material in Paul’s newsletter.

What no one can dispute by this point is that Paul is – according to the words that come out of his mouth – completely insane. Just think of the things we now have him saying on tape (and/or in things he has unquestionably authored):

• Rick Perry is part of an international Bildeberger conspiracy to control the world banking system.

• The U.S. Government covered up the truth of who shot JFK.
• The purpose of the border fence with Mexico is not to keep illegal immigrants out, but to keep United States citizens in.
• The United States and Israeli governments provided the weapons for the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut.
• And now, the United States government redesigned currency in order to implant tracking devices so they could monitor all our movements.

Look, we all know people like this. Something in the way they are wired in their brains makes it literally impossible to disbelieve any conspiracy someone mentions to them. They hear it, it sounds nefarious, they believe it. These people have deep-seated paranoia about virtually everything and everyone to the point that it absolutely overwhelms their ability to reason and think clearly. Who can deny at this point that Ron Paul suffers from these delusions? Who can justify voting to put such a person in a position of great authority?

[svcw]

Pretty sure the added colors which are really muted is an anti-counterfeit program not so “they” can track us.
I think, it’s those metal strips in the bills that track us.....really. I heard that, when you pass through a scan anywhere “they” can tell how much cash you have. Really it’s true.
I don’t worry though, because I am broke so never have any cash. wheeya dodged that one.

[elhombrelibre]

Yes, that’s true. But Run Paul does see her as his inspiration; he even named his son after her.

[RecoveringPaulisto]

His son’s name is Randal. “Rand” is his nickname. He went by “Randy” until his wife came along and liked “Rand” more. He wasn’t named after Ayn Rand.

Not that it clears Ron Paul of being influenced by the nutcase and fellow cult leader Ayn Rand.

[elhombrelibre]

Are you sure? All of the Ron Paul biographical information I’ve read and heard says he named his son after her.

[RecoveringPaulisto]

Pretty sure. Back when I was a Ron Paul supporter, we were actually wondering about this until it was cleared up in a few articles when he started to surge in the Senate race.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks mnehring.

Ron Paul's Destructive Foreign Policy
by Joseph Klein
December 28th, 2011
Posted by SJackson

Code Pink activist Liz Hourican told FoxNews.com that the "Ron Paul people are closer and closer to our talking points with each election." Paul also has other friends on the hard Left such as Tom Hayden, who wrote: Paul opposes the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. He opposes the empire of military bases. He opposes Wall Street thievery, tax subsidies for oil companies, the suppression of WikiLeaks, the drug war and the criminalization of marijuana. Those positions might just save America. At the same time, Paul's message is in sync with that of the paleoconservative, Israel-hating isolationist Pat Buchanan. Consider, for example, their common perspective on 9/11. Buchanan said that "Terrorism is the price of empire. They were over here because we were over there." Paul has attributed the al Qaeda attack to America's interventionist actions in Muslim lands and to our support for Israel. In a speech he delivered on the floor of the House of Representatives in January 2003, for example, Paul said: We believe bin Laden when he takes credit for an attack on the West, and we believe him when he warns us of an impending attack, but we refuse to listen to his explanation of why he and his allies are at war with us. Bin Laden claims are straightforward. The U.S. defiles Islam with bases on the Holy Land and Saudi Arabia, its initiation of war against Iraq, with 12 years of persistent bombing, and its dollars and weapons being used against the Palestinians, as the Palestinian territory shrinks and Israel's occupation expands. As for Osama bin Laden... Paul criticized the one decision that Barack Obama got right. Paul said he would not have authorized the mission, arguing that killing bin Laden was unnecessary and that he has "respect for the rule of law." Ron Paul remains steadfast in denouncing U.S. foreign policy as one of occupation that justifies what he has referred to as the terrorists' "blowback" response. During a CNN-Tea Party Republican presidential debate last September, for example, Paul stated that we're under great threat because we occupy so many countries... We have to be honest with ourselves. What would we do if another country, say China, did to us what we do to all those countries over there? Anti-American guru Noam Chomsky claimed that what Paul said was "completely uncontroversial."