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Topic started on 19-12-2007 @ 06:21 PM by FredT

Ron Paul keeps white supremacist donation


news.yahoo.com
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul has received a $500 campaign donation from a white supremacist, and the Texas congressman doesn't plan to return it, an aide said Wednesday.

Don Black, of West Palm Beach, recently made the donation, according to campaign filings. He runs a Web site called Stormfront with the motto, "White Pride World Wide." The site welcomes postings to the "Stormfront White Nationalist Community."
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reply posted on 19-12-2007 @ 07:01 PM by NGC2736
The question is not "who did this $$$ come from", and thereby cast judgment; the question is was this money from people who had a right to donate? Unlike many, RP tell us the good , the bad, and the ugly.

But do you want a president that allows everybody to participate, or only those that enough people approve of? You see, here is where we have to make a decision between electing someone that acts and does the same thing all the time, or someone who has the backbone to do what's right for all the diversity that is America?

This is the lie that is modern American politics; the refusal to represent ALL of the people, no matter what they believe or espouse. Is the agenda of these people - US citizens - any less significant than those who oppose abortion? same sex marriage? immigration? tax reform? whatever? Do they not have the same right to seek representation in the American political system as any other group?

NO, I personally do NOT agree with the ideals they espouse. But I have defended this nation for them to have te right to express their position. Why then would I want a president that felt that their position was unworthy of consideration? (To consider something is NOT the same thing as endorsing.)

Have we come to the point of political correctness that we decide who is muzzled in the political arena? That we decide who has a right to contribute to the process, and who does not? Are we at the point where a supposed free society restricts the voices we would rather not hear?

NO! Resoundingly I say the word. I have no part with these people, I abhor their very premise, but they have an equal right to be a part of the political process as any of us.

Once you start down the slippery slope of deciding who can be a part of the electorial process, you are well on your way to exactly what is wrong in America now. This new idea of political correctness is just a new variant of the "Jim Crow" laws of the first half of the 20th century.

Please, think long and carefully about how you evaluate information.

[edit on 19-12-2007 by NGC2736]



reply posted on 19-12-2007 @ 07:14 PM by JacKatMtn
reply to post by Maya432



I have a life thank you, I also have common sense to know this will end his chances in 2008.

I like alot of the positions Paul stands for, I don't think he will win the Republican nomination, but I hoped that his campaign would be strong enough to run as an Independent.

I hoped to have him as a possible viable choice, if he doesn't not give back this contribution, he will not have a chance to win next November, and it will be a shame.

All for $500


reply posted on 19-12-2007 @ 07:23 PM by JacKatMtn
reply to post by NGC2736



I understand your post, and agree with it to some extent, but you cannot deny that Paul will be hammered to oblivion by ALL sides on this issue in the MSM, and like it or not it does have a big effect.

That is why I don't understand keeping this contribution.

It is purely politics, you have to weigh that into the equation no matter how much we don't like the way the game is played right now.

Most voters don't spend the time like we do here analyzing the candidates, a story like this will be burned into the minds of potential voters by the MSM.
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