[Old Sarge]

what can he do to lose their support?

Most of them just want to smoke free dope. If RuPaul would back off of that plank in his platform, they'd leave in droves.

[SatinDoll]

Ron Paul has the First Amendment right of free speech.

My problem with the situation is Rep.Paul has claimed he didn’t know the contents of these newsletters, when in 1995 he gave an interview on C-SPAN where he said he wrote them!

President Harry Truman had a plaque on his desk at the White House that said “The buck stops here”. Presidents takes responsiblity for what happnes during their administrations, period. Such responsible behavior is consistent with true leadership.

There isn’t much to choose between a candidate who said he never wrote or read the newsletters he signed, or the candidate who said he sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for twenty years and never listend to the racist screed.

[nickcarraway]

No doubt there are examples of the "race card" being played unfairly. But, if Ron Paul did say these things, or allow them to be said in his name, doesn't he deserve the criticism he gets? He's violating his own state beliefs, not the beliefs of someone else!

Furthermore, these comments betray the mentality of a 13 year old, not an adult. He was far to old to be acting this juvenile. Or not be totally embarrassed by someone saying it in his name. Paul pretends to be an adult, but this puts that into question.

Ron Paul is a economic moron compared to someone like Thomas Sowell, who happens to be black.

[nickcarraway]

Is Ron Paul a supporter of Howard Stern? These comments make him sound like someone of that level.

[Jeff Head]

I wonder if he will get questions about this at the next debate?

I wonder if any other candidates are using this in their ad campaigns in Iowa?

I heard Ron Paul try and defend this by saying he did not write everything in those newsletters and did not always know what went into them because someone else was editing.

I personally found that hard to believe. Anyone have a reference for his 1995 quote and what years these quotes appeared in his newsletters in relation to that?

Irrespective of this, Paul’s positions on Iran and the War on Terror are indefensible. The fact is, the Jihadist Islamics do want to kill or enslave us and the rest of the world...and it is not because we have or have not done anything to them...it’s a part of their faith to conquer and convert or enslave the world for Islam and bring about world-wide Sharia Law.

[elhombrelibre]

Run Paul is constantly impugning other candidates implying that he knows they hate Moslems, which lends credibility to America's enemies and shows he's a cheapshot artist. He speaks up for bin Laden as if he knew why bin Laden hated America, and makes excuses for him and his fellow America haters. Paul says that it's our fault for not giving al Qaeda what they want and says he'll give them their way. He also blames the Jews, but then, that should come as no surprise. Now, we find out the man's basically used his folksy persona to either hide a racist outlook or was so negligent about his pipsqueak newsletter that he would allow loons to gather ghost write his “philosophy.” Paul is not a conservative. He's not a Republican. This guy has more in common with Raëlism than with the Republican Party. He's his own weird brand of libertarianism; it's a sort of dumbed down Ayn Rand domestic policy fused with the old leftwing of the Democratic Party (think Henry Wallace, George McGovern, and Jimmy Carter). He can only confuse the naive, help Obama, and feed his crackpot ego.

[Colofornian]

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.

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If he were a serious candidate, this might be the end for him.

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.