Reply #6: Ron Paul isn't a racist [View All]

[theredpen]

I've said this over and over. I've got a family connection to the Paul's and I know that Ron Paul is honest when he says that the essays published under his name do not reflect his views.

When Ron Paul was living down in Brazoria county — where the KKK still recruits openly — he probably didn't worry about looking like a racist; a lot of people who cared one way or another about Ron Paul's views knew him well enough to know that he was no racist. But the area south of Houston — which also produced Tom Delay — is a weird place and those sensibilities don't need to be given a national position.

The critical issue that you (and only one other DUer) have pointed out is that whether or not Ron Paul is a racist, he sure ends up looking like one due to gaffes like this. I think, at first, people from both the right and left found it refreshing that Ron Paul is basically exactly who he says he is. Contrast that with Huckabee who's Mr. "aw shucks nice-guy Christian" on camera and a bastard behind the scenes.

Ron Paul is proof that the remedy to politicians who behave purely politically is not someone with no political instincts. There's a happy medium in there somewhere and that's where we'll find a true leader (and none of the Republicans are in that space).