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My dander was up by the efforts to lump since and principled men, like Ron Paul or even Lew Rockwell, with David Duke.

I don't know about "principle" when it comes down to Rockwell. I think of him as a stupid son-of-a-bitch (and, yes, people may quote me on that one):

"[Clarence] Thomas calls the segregation of the Old South, where he grew up, 'totalitarian.' But that's liberal nonsense. Whatever its faults, and it certainly had them, that system was far more localized, decent, and humane than the really totalitarian social engineering now wrecking the country."
— LLEWELLYN H. ROCKWELL

Statements like these give me reason to give Rockwell a one-fingered solute.

You should love it
Way more than you hate it
What? You mad?
I thought that you'd be happy I made it...

I'm no big of Rockwell and believe that the Mises crowd are often insenstitive on the oppression of blacks in U.S. history. To jump from that, however, to conclude that Rockwell and company are "racists" is not responsible or justified, certainly if based on the quote you provide.

Let me also point out that though I think that Lott *should* have resigned as ML because he comments were equally stupid and insenstive, I would not call him racist either.

Racism is an extremely serious charge. The word should not be thrown around lightly or it loses all meaning.