Friends In Low Places

In yesterday’s thread discussing the Republican debate on Tuesday, several people, including me, commented on the seemingly tacit acceptance of support from Neo-Nazis and white supremacists by Dr. Ron Paul.

First, let me say this: we are NOT claiming that Ron Paul is a racist or a Neo-Nazi.

We do think it is very strange that so many of these groups are rallying around Dr. Paul.

That said, the simple fact is that the white nationalist website Stormfront.org features Ron Paul’s campaign banner prominently on their front page–thus providing a direct link from the leading White Supremacist site on the web to Dr. Paul’s on-line donation form.

Still, as LGF and others have noticed… The Nazis over at Stormfront are urging all skinheads to spam the online polls in favor of Ron Paul. Here’s a youtube audio of Stormfront Radio’s commercial for Ron Paul. Paul is so popular with these scumbags that even the presidential candidate of the American Nazi Party is complaining that Paul is stealing his support base! Ron Paul is the favored candidate of David Duke.

So what is it about Dr. Paul that has Neo-Nazis and white supremacists flocking to his campaign?

And if YOU were running for President and suddenly found that all sorts of racist nut-jobs were jumping on your bandwagon, wouldn’t this fact make you stop for a minute and go “Huh, I wonder what is going on here? Why do all these racist loony bigots mistakenly think I’m their man? And what am I going to do about it to make sure they and everyone else are disabused of this notion?”

We asked numerous times yesterday for a response from the Ron Paul supporters who descend upon LST at the mere mention of their hero’s name. Not a single person could provide evidence that Dr. Paul has publicly repudiated the support or racists and Neo-Nazis. Not one!

One person compared it to the Klan’s “support” of Ronald Reagan in 1980, but when presented with evidence that Reagan quickly, publicly and absolutely disavowed such support, he had nothing more to say.

I have searched for over a week now trying to find a similar public statement from Ron Paul, and come up with nothing.

We understand that Dr. Paul cannot be held responsible for every knuckle-headed Nazi who decides to put a donation link to his campaign on their racist website.

But we do, however, think it is perfectly reasonable to ask him to speak out officially and demand the Nazis and all other racist groups remove these links, and insist unambiguously that he doesn’t want the support, either financial or in the form of votes, of any white supremacist.

If the Honorable Dr. Ron Paul with do this we will gladly publish his statement here.

Why does he hook up with the likes of these people, the only candidate to sign their pledge, represented by leftie groups like:

Liberty Coalition Partners include [snip]:

Muslim Public Affairs Council

MoveOn.org Political Action

People for the American Way

National Iranian American Council

VelvetRevolution.us

Democrats.com

Common Cause

Amnesty International

http://www.libertycoalition.net/

AFA will also offer a Presidential Pledge to all 2008 hopefuls. By signing the pledge, candidates commit themselves to implement the ten point plan if elected. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) attended the kick-off event and became the first candidate to sign the American Freedom Agenda Pledge.

http://www.libertycoalition.net/conservatives-launch-effort-to-rollback-presidential-abuse-of-power

In my opinion...the best arguments against Ron Paul are on his non-interventionist foreign policy and his votes against putting troops on the border to stop the invasion from Mexico. I happen to support his non-interventionist foreign policies...but its fair to cite those as a reason one would not support him

On the other hand...these attempts to paint Paul as some sort of closet big spender because of the earmarks strikes me as disingenuous. Those attacks are transparently false

Same with these attempts to link him to a white supremacists. These type of guilt-by-association attacks are better left to the comptemtible leftists

Go look at the reasons Stormfront cites for supporting Paul....from the site:

On issues particularly important to White Nationalists or the Pro-White in general, of all the mainstream candidates:

* Ron Paul is the strongest opponent of "Hate Crime" Laws.

* Ron Paul is the strongest opponent of Amnesty and "open border" movements.

Ron Paul wants to end birth-right citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.

* Ron Paul is the strongest opponent of welfare programs that among other things, would redistribute the income of hard-working White families into the hands of lazy non-Whites.

* Ron Paul is the strongest opponent of Globalism and all attempts to create a North American Union.

* Ron Paul is the strongest opponent of military support and foreign aid to countries like Israel.

* Ron Paul is the least likely to support government crackdowns on Pro-White organizations, and the most likely to veto any legislation to that effect.

Now...other than the point about aid to Israel...I would venture to say that most Freepers support every one of these points. And, on the question of foreign aid...Ron Paul votes against all foreign aid as unconstitutional...and on that point, he is correct. It should also be noted that Stormfront says of Paul:

Ron Paul is NOT a White Nationalist. His Libertarian policies will also conflict with National Socialism, something that a good number of Stormfront members support. However, he is the least toxic candidate by leaps and bounds.

So...lets stop these unfair types of attacks...its beneath conservatives

Nothing he can do about this. Nothing anyone could. Is there? They're supporters after all, and they accept support from everywhere.

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Mr. Nathaniel J. Friedman
August 23, 1980 Dear Mr. Friedman:

Just a line to thank you very much for your letter to the editor of the Los Angeles Times. It was kind and generous of you to do this, and I am most grateful.

It wasn’t until I left the South and was in New York that I learned the Klan had endorsed me. I immediately made it plain in a press conference that I do not want such an endorsement and that I repudiate it and everything the Klan stands for. I guess Mr. Young didn’t pay much attention to that.

Again, my heartfelt thanks.

Best regards,
Ron
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April 30, 1984
Dear Morris:
While in China, I have been distressed to learn that some individuals back home have questioned whether my views on the Ku Klux Klan have somehow changed since 1980. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In 1980, I said that I have no tolerance for what the Klan represents, and would have nothing to do with any groups of that type. If anything, my feelings on this subject have only grown stronger. The politics of racial hatred and religious bigotry practiced by the Klan and others have no place in this country, and are destructive of the values for which America has always stood. Those of us in public life can only resent the use of our names by those who seek political recognition for the repugnant doctrines of hate they espouse.
I firmly believe that there is no room for partisanship on this question. Democrats and Republicans alike must be resolute in disassociating ourselves from any group or individual whose political philosophy consists only of racial or religious intolerance, whose arguments are supported only by intimidation or threats of violence.
We must, and will, continue our unified rejection of such elements of hate in our political life, for while there are many issues which divide us, it is fundamental principles such as this which will always draw us together.
Sincerely,
Ronald Reagan
[The Honorable Morris B. Abram, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1121 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20425]
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Marc Emery agrees his campaign-organizing effort for some 2008 U.S. presidential candidates is a bit unorthodox. He's Canadian, his political base of operations is the B.C. Marijuana Party in Vancouver, and he can be arrested if he sets foot into America.
Still, "We have a saying up here: 'American politics is far too important to leave to the Americans,'" says Emery, 49, who is trying to raise cross-border support for dark-horse White House candidates. He likes liberal Democrat Dennis Kucinich well enough, but prefers Republican Ron Paul, a longtime libertarian who, like Emery, opposes the U.S. war on drugs.
Paul's communications director, Jesse Benton, says the fledgling campaign welcomes all support. But Emery shouldn't necessarily expect amnesty from a Paul administration. "You would see a cooling of the federal war on drugs [under Paul]," Benton says. "But Ron believes in the rule of law, and I don't think this guy should look to Ron for him getting off scot-free."

If the campaign openly accepts the support of indicted drug dealers, white supremecists on board should surprise no one.

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