There is a clip I saw of Ron Paul speaking on the Alex Jones radio show and in it he expresses these basic sentiments. I never heard him say anything about Islamophobia, but he did say the argument about the mosque was a distraction and that conservatives should have argued for its being built on the basis of property rights and freedom of speech. He definitely seemed to be on the side of supporting the mosque. I listened for only minute or so and he may have nuanced the points somewhat later, but he did take this basic position. I actually am inclined to think this reflects his position.
A Yahoo! search of the second paragraph yeilds 36 exact hits.
The fourth paragraph (searched in its entirety) yeilds 6,190 hits.
At that rate, I have no trouble believing that Ron Paul said it.
What I do doubt is the veracity of a poster who signed up today, to make this one post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:zatch87/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change
I’m pretty sure this article mostly reflects his views but I’m just saying I haven’t heard him throw around words like Islamophobe and sunshine patriot before.
RuPaul was on with him?????
Ah, maybe RuPaul was impressed with Alex's "manliness." Must have wanted to sniff his jockstrap. That's the ticket.