That may, or may not be the case. However, there's been reporting concerning a certain strategy devised by Rockwell and Rothbard to directly pander to these types of folks for political reasons; to bring them onboard, so to speak. This may, or may not be true. However, I've yet to hear Rockwell address anything about this issue in a way that satisfies legitimate questions surrounding his potential role in the matter. Instead, about all that Rockwell has added to the discussion that clearly involves him in some way is that any and everyone who is asking questions are somehow, in essence, Traitors. And lol, Neocons!Originally Posted by Francisco Suarez posted: [b
Perhaps. However, I requested a refund of my donation from the campaign well before the newsletters were dredged up (months ago) simply because Paul would not address, in any significant manner, the donation from Don Black. I have not heard from the campaign to this day. This led me to believe that there existed fire from whence that smoke was emanating, and apparently, I was correct. Now, the questions surrounding White Supremacist ties to the Ron Paul campaign are impossible to ignore no matter how much one would like to do just that.2. In the instances where genuine right-wing hatebags are involved (e.g. Don Black of Stormfront) there is absolutely no evidence showing they are close to the Ron Paul campaign. In fact, Paul is openly dismissive of them.
In fact, it now appears that the campaign is swimming in White Supremacist ties, including their money, which seems to explain why Paul really couldn't distance himself away from a Don Black donation, for instance, to begin with simply because of the backlash that would potentially erupt with those people.
It's difficult to distance one's campaign in any meaningful way from a group of folks that one openly pandered to just a few short years earlier without suffering some sort of blow back from those same folks, I should think. In fact, the point could be made that Dr. Paul owes his current success to those folks; the foundation of which was perhaps built by them.
Well, I could not disagree more, and moreover, I think you have your priorities dead wrong. If reports of Rockwell's and Rothbard's plan to revitalize that segment of society for political reasons are correct, then this goes to the heart of what those newsletters were intended for. The hatebags may not have any significant influence over anyone at the moment, but again, if these reports involving Rockwell and Rothbard are correct, then there was an attempt to change all of that. And disturbingly enough, those attempts to revitalize that segment of society were being done under Dr. Paul's name.3. By their very nature right wing hatebags are on the fringe periphery of society's political discussions. They have no significant influence over anyone and it simply isn't worth the time trying to research and discredit something that discredits itself on its own. People like Palmer, Boaz, and Kirchick do have influence, by contrast, and they are plainly using it in this case to do harm. That's why they need discrediting.
This issue deserves an answer from not only Rockwell, but Dr. Paul as well. You may not give a flying crap about this so-called "old news," but rest assured, some of us care deeply about it. For the harm to this campaign is not coming from the messengers of information, the harm is coming from a deliberate attempt to hide and stonewall the issue by those intimately involved....
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