Ron Paul: I Would Not Have Voted For The 1964 Civil Rights Act

[RamboLiberal]

Another Paul family political announcement, another battle on MSNBC over the landmark law that helped end segregation in America.

Just about a year after his son Rand Paul stepped in it when he told Rachel Maddow he was opposed to provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) told Chris Matthews Friday he wouldn't have voted for the law in the first place had he been in Congress at the time.

Rand's statements on the law (which he later retracted) came during his first week as the Republican nominee for Senate in Kentucky in 2010. Ron's criticisms of the law came on the day he declared his third run for the presidency.

"Yeah," he told Matthews when asked if he would have voted against the act in Congress. "But I wouldn't vote against getting rid of the Jim Crow laws."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/ron-paul-i-would-not-have-voted-for-the-1964-civil-rights-act-video.php?ref=fpa

[niyad]

1. gee, ron, we know you are an idiot, but thanks for reminding us.

[MrModerate]

2. He's not an idiot, per se (IMO) . . .

But a zealot. Libertarianism is an extremist viewpoint and doesn't have sensible boundaries. The overlap between anarchy and libertarianism is extensive, and that's no way to govern.

[niyad]

8. you are right, I should apologize to the idiots. one of the things that amuses me about so-called

libertarians is just how many of them want to suck at the public teat. they all want small govt==as long as THEY are the "small govt"

[Davis_X_Machina]

3. That's OK. He's right on the war. n/t

[Hannah Bell]

15. no, a supporter of jim crow isn't ok no matter what else he supports.

[rurallib]

4. maybe I am wrong but it seems all his philosophy comes down to

"ME"
which from what I understand is about as much like Ayn Rand as he could be.
How could he posibly work in the House with 400 others? Oh right - he doesn't.

[Blue_Tires]

11. He's a "libertarian of convenience"

[Ohio Joe]

5. Thanks for reminding us you are a racist douchebag Ron - nt

[elocs]

6. Here's the video of him from earlier tonight here at DU:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x583479

[yellowcanine]

7. Paul, 'the specter of Whites Only signs is "ancient history."' Not in 1964, douchebag.

It wasn't ancient history then.

Saying "the free market would have ended segregation" is kind of like saying that slavery would have died out without the Civil War.

Both propositions are impossible to test and in fact the evidence is against them.

[niyad]

9. right, that is why we have the openly racist morans we are seeing these days, right, ron?

[Blue_Tires]

12. That's a common Bircher talking point that survives today...

10 years back I remember having a huge argument with a columnist at the college paper where I was working... Had no concept whatsoever that the 'separate' was never 'equal', so I have no idea what he was taught in high school history -- Of course he was from some lily-white flyspeck of a town (in Kansas, no less, home of Brown v. Board), but this southerner straightened him out...

[bobbolink]

10. And there you have it, all of you one-issue Ron Paul fans!

He would also let all poor people die... as long as we do it conveniently for HIM.

[Blue_Tires]

13. I need to bookmark this thread

whenever another low-post DUer starts the "But he wants to end the war/Legalize pot/Investigate 9-11!" broken record...

[alp227]

17. yeah that's the downside of "limited government" - I do NOT want this man as prez n/t

[RagAss]

14. That's ok Ron. You're not even a pimple on the Country's Ass.

[bobbolink]

16. That's what we said about Raygun, too. We know how that turned out, don't we?

Ignore all this at your own peril... and that of your ocuntry.