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Segami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 08:20 AM
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Rand Paul, Like Father Like Racist Son
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" Tea Party candidate Rand Paul, son of Ron Paul named after libertarian icon, Ayn Rand, is currently under fire for taking a position opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and stating that he believes that privately owned businesses have the right to segregate. His position is the same exact position of his father, the Republican Congressman from Texas. Paul was the only member of congress to vote against honoring the 1964 Civil Rights bills on its 40th anniversary.


While both father and son may give ideological reasons for opposing the 1964 Civil Rights act, there is clear evidence of both racism and hypocrisy in both father and son. Rand Paul had issues with one of his spokesmen, Christopher Hightower, who wrote several racist comments on his Myspace page, including “Happy Nigger Day” on Martin Luther King Day with a picture of an African American being lynched. Ron Paul has also had his fair share of racists who have worked for his campaign.


<http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/opinion-rand-paul-like-father-like-racist-son/>


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Ron Paul Is A White Supremacist


There are several pieces of evidence tying Paul to both white supremacists and right wing conspiracy theorists. One connection that ties Paul to both Neo-Nazis and conspiracy theorists, is his close connection to the John Birch society. The John Birch Society is a group that has been called, paranoid, radical, racist, and extremist, and believes in a Jewish/Freemason conspiracy to transform the world into a communist “New World Order.”



The John Birch Society


The John Birch society holds McCarthy as a hero and believes that “liberal” politicians and are part of a “communist” conspiracy known as “Insiders”. They opposed the Civil Rights movement and Civil Rights legislation (and still do), called Martin Luther King a radical socialist threat (and still do), praised apartheid and believe that Nelson Mandela was “a communist terrorist thug” and campaigned for segregationist Presidential candidate George Wallace.


What is most scary about the John Birch Society, is that it seems to be a breeding ground for Neo-Nazis. Several members of the intellectual wing of the White Nationalist Neo-Nazi movement come directly from the John Birch society.


One of the founders of the John Birch Society was Revilo P. Oliver, who went on to found the white nationalist Neo-Nazi organization, The National Alliance which named Hitler “the greatest man of our era.”


Another member of the John Birch society was William Pierce, also a founder of the National Alliance, who also wrote “The Turner Diaries.” “The Turner Diaries” is credited with inspiring Timothy McVeigh to bomb the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City, Killing 168 people.


Other prominent members of the John Birch society, who played large roles in the Neo-Nazi movement, include Tom Metzger, who was a Grand Dragon of the KKK and Kevin Strom, the former managing director of National Vanguard, (another prominent white supremacist organization) who was convicted for child pornography.


The Southern Poverty Leadership Committee claims the John Birch society is responsible for a lot of the Patriot movement “New World Order,” anti-government ideologies that spread to militias and Neo-Nazis.




Ron Paul was the keynote speaker for the John Birch Society’s 50th Anniversary and spoke about the strong connection he had to the society and their ideologies.


The John Birch Society is a great patriotic organization featuring an educational program solidly based on constitutional principles. I congratulate the Society in this, its 50th year. I wish them continued success and endorse their untiring efforts to foster ‘less government, more responsibility … and with God’s help … a better world.’”

I am delighted to help celebrate this birthday.” “I’m sure there are people in this room who probably helped me in that campaign, because I know that so many of you have over the years.”

continue what you have been doing…..I come with a positive message and congratulations to you for all you have done. Congratulations and thank you very much for having me tonight.




The John Birch society had a big role in Paul’s “Rally For The Republic” in where their leader spoke and they distributed anti “New World Order” materials.


<http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/opinion-ron-paul-is-a-white-supremacist/>


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Ron Paul’s Racist Newsletters Revealed


Both father and son are very good at dodging questions about their racism and changing the subject rather than directly answering questions directly. Both are not free thinking Libertarians but right wing extremist from the John Birch Society, who are also known as the intellectual wing of the Klu Klux Klan. They are trying to hide their racist views to gain mainstream votes while holding on tightly to their racist white supporters and ideals.


There has been controversy over Ron Paul’s ties to racism for some time now. Many people have pointed to Ron Paul’s Newsletters as proof of his racism. Paul has previously admitted to writing the newsletters and defended the statements in 1996, then blamed them on an unnamed ghostwriter in 2001 and then denied any knowledge of them in 2008. He has given no explanation, for how the racism entered his newsletter. If we are to take Paul at his word, he is guilty of at least promoting racism on a large scale. Paul earned almost a million dollars a year from the racist, conspiracy theorist newsletters. Here are some excerpts that I’ve found.


<http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/ron-pauls-racist-newsletters-revealed/>
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 08:39 AM
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1. Ron Paul was the only member of Congress that voted against
giving Rosa Parks a Congressional Medal of Freedom!! :mad:
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 08:59 AM
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