Ron Paul’s ‘Zines

Ron Paul is a do-it-yourself, grassroots kind of guy so when he’s been shut out of the mainstream media he did the only thing a do-it-yourself, grassroots kind of guy can do – he wrote and distributed his own newsletters. A lot of them. He might be rethinking that decision now right about now.

…the Texan has been active in politics for decades. And, long before he was the darling of antiwar activists on the left and right, Paul was in the newsletter business…the newsletters I saw all had one thing in common: They were published under a banner containing Paul’s name, and the articles (except for one special edition of a newsletter that contained the byline of another writer) seem designed to create the impression that they were written by him–and reflected his views. What they reveal are decades worth of obsession with conspiracies, sympathy for the right-wing militia movement, and deeply held bigotry against blacks, Jews, and gays. In short, they suggest that Ron Paul is not the plain-speaking antiwar activist his supporters believe they are backing–but rather a member in good standing of some of the oldest and ugliest traditions in American politics.

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2 Responses to “Ron Paul’s ‘Zines”

  1. Matt Collins says:

    Austin NAACP President Nelson Linder, who has known Ron Paul for 20 years, unequivocally dismissed charges that the Congressman was a racist in light of recent smear attempts, and said the reason for him being attacked was that he was a threat to the establishment.

    http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/011308_not_racist.htm

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