Posted on 12/23/2011 5:30:26 PM PST by mnehring
(The following is a transcript of a Ron Paul article from 1990 in his newsletter, The Ron Paul Survival Report. Links to the scanned copies are here:
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David Duke received 44% of the vote in the Senate primary race in Louisiana, 60% of the white vote and 9% of the black vote!. This totaled 100,000 more votes that the current governor when he won.
Duke lost the election, but he scared the blazes out of the Establishment. If the official Republican hadn’t been ordered to drop out, he might have won. Certainly there would have been a run-off.
Duke’s platform called for tax cuts, no quotas, no affirmative action, no welfare, and no busing. “Tonight, we concede the election, “ he said. “But we will never concede our fight for equal rights for all Americans.”
To many voters, this seems like just plain good sense. Duke carried baggage from his past, but the voters were willing to overlook that. And if he had been afforded the forgiveness an ex-communist gets, he might have won.
Liberals like Richard Cohen of the Washington Post say he got so many votes because Louisianians were racists and ignorant. Baloney.
David Broder, also of the Post and equally liberal, writing on an entirely different subject, had it right: “No one wants to talk about (race) publicly, but if you ask any campaign consultant or pollster privately, you can confirm the sad reality that a great many working-class and middle-class white Americans are far less hostile to the rich and their tax breaks than they are to the poor and minorities with their welfare and affirmative-action programs.”
Liberal are notoriously blind to see the sociological effects of their own progress. David Duke was hurt by his past. How many more Dukes are waiting in the wings without such as taint?
The article’s content does not live up to its title.
You, mnehring are a dishonest dissembler of the truth and have no sense of what is right. You, and people who think like you are the problem in this country.
Should someone tell semaj, or should I?
Nah. It'll be lost on 'im.
The last refuge of someone who's out of ammo.
Funny thing, maybe he should have run for Senate in West Virginia instead.
A life outside of Free Republic? Is that even possible? Why even own a PC?
Who are you? Are you part of my FR fantasy kingdom? What’s your code name? :)
Merry Christmas (from someone who worked the overnight shift last night, and will be leaving for home in an hour).
I will check on the exact statistics on that.
However, if you have a cold, the idea is to stay warm and putting a cap or scarf on your head is another way to keep warm..just like wearing a sweater or warm socks.
Just ask anyone with the flu or a cold, how good it feels also to have something on your head...that can’t be all imaginary. The body knows you are keeping it warm.
But I will check this out.
Byrd got away with it as he was in the KKK in the 40s when southern politicians were often segregationist. He apologized profusely in later years.
Doctors don't know the cause of "colds" beyond that they are caused by viruses. Unfortunately, when patients ask any question similar to "Did I get this sickness from being too cold several days ago", doctors usually respond with the easy out of "probably".
Maybe someone can run a study to determine if bald headed men catch more "colds" than the average Hippie.
Fact is that Duke was right on a lot of the issues and that is why he got the votes. They were conservative issues. Paul was backing another small gov’t man, like he is.Nothing wrong with that.
I wouldn’t like it if Duke wanted to harm Israel. Then I couldn’t support him. But cutting gov’t I’m all for.
Very nice, Ron.
Does he not understand that Duke is a full-fledged Nazi?
Both candidates (Edwards and Duke) were eventually jailed by the Feds.
There was not much to cheer for in those days in Louisiana!
“The last refuge of someone who’s out of ammo.”
Naah. Some of us want to stay married.
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