Posted on 12/22/2011 12:12:33 PM PST by Mark Mayberry
It is no secret that in politics the infamous “race card” trumps all. We have seen it used time after time.
Most recently it has been used by Eric Holder to answer the question (at least in his own mind) as to why there is such a resounding cry for his resignation or impeachment.
Before him was Jeremiah Wright who so eloquently told his church that Obama would make a better president because Hillary Clinton didn’t know what it was like to be a black man in a society run by rich white people.
It is fair to say that the “race card” will continue to be the high card in political poker for years to come.
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The comments below seem to be the most notable:
• "Given the inefficiencies of what DC laughingly calls the criminal justice system, I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal."
• "We are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, it is hardly irrational."
• After the Los Angeles riots, one article in a newsletter claimed, "Order was only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to pick up their welfare checks."
• One referred to Martin Luther King Jr. as "the world-class philanderer who beat up his paramours" and who "seduced underage girls and boys."
• Another referred to Barbara Jordan, a civil rights activist and congresswoman as "Barbara Morondon," the "archetypical half-educated victimologist."
In my opinion this is the final nail in the coffin of Ron Paul and his campaign. Who knew that his vetting would end so quickly? I figured it was only a matter of time before Ron Paul would get hit pretty hard. Ron Paul has enjoyed a certain amount of invisibility during this campaign. This is largely attributed to the fact that all the viable candidates were not going to waste time and resources to take down the little fish. Now however with Ron’s new poll numbers, the crosshairs have fallen on him.
It is now exposed that Ron Paul committed the unforgivable sin. He has been implicated in racism. He has gotten away with everything else. By everything else I mean the fact that he has no actual strategy for anything except ending the wars and ending the Fed. However, being a white guy from Texas, he will never wipe off the stain that recently showed up on his campaign.
I agree with Phil Klein when he says, “Rick Perry and Mitt Romney have both attacked each other for what was written in their respective books. If either of those books had included a number of overtly racist statements, their candidacies would be over before they started.”
Paul has been able to avoid this so far but now it is going to come to light. It is still early in the story but you can guarantee that his recent rebuttals of “it was twenty years ago” and “I didn’t write it” are not going to save him from the wall of bad press that he is speeding towards.
Ron Paul is also about to deal with statements that he personally made as well. The second unforgivable sin, Israel Bashing. Ron Paul gave an interview to the Iranian news agency in which he refers to the Palestinians as not the aggressors and ripped off. Add this to his affiliation with The John Birch Society and his glowing review of them during his keynote speech at their 50th anniversary celebration.
My views on these people and Ron Paul’s views are irrelevant to the facts at hand. These are just my observations. Ron Paul is going to be painted as a racist and anti-Semite and that is something, ladies and gentlemen, that he will not come back from.
As a final thought I would like to know what Ron Paul supporters think of this and if it has changed their view of him. All though I doubt that it has since most people follow Ron Paul like the North Koreans follow, well followed, Kim Jong-il. I want to know, what can he do to lose their support?
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Mitt Romney’s racism-by-association is next for the MSM...especially anything published by the Mormon church between early 1965 and early 1978...when Mitt was an adult and the Mormon church still practiced open racism in its policies.
But true conservatives will not vote for someone who blames America for every problem in the world. True conservatives do not want to destroy our military. True conservatives do not say one thing then do another, as the surrender monkey does regarding earmarks. True conservatives do not think the way to handle the terrorist threat is to appease the terrorists. True conservatives are not afraid to stand up to our enemies.
Well said... that's the way to stay on message. Continue to drive those points home.
However, what you've posted doesn't contain any reason to vote for any of the current crop of Republican candidates. Telling me that Ron Paul ain't the guy is no more than a good reason to stay home come election day.
So who do you got that's good? Who's the guy who's going to secure the border, shrink the budget, cut multiple cabinet-level departments, etc., etc.? Because unless a president does that, we're all hell-bound in one big handbasket and it doesn't matter who's in charge.
But Ron Paul is more of a protest candidate, a "none of the above" candidate, and a chunk of the electorate will go for him regardless of stories like this.
Again, this amounts to an argument not to vote for Ron Paul. Fair enough, as far as it goes... but without a reasonable Republican alternative we still don't have a reason to stir from our houses come election day. Business-as-usual from Washington insiders isn't going to cut it.
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