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Originally posted by calnorak
Where does Ron Paul say hes racist?
"dishonest [expletive]" and "[expletiving] propagandist."
Asked if the issue was fair game, Benton responded, "He has answered questions about these newsletters for 20 years, but it is reasonable that he answer them again now."
"We are confident that Americans will look to his vast, consistent and principled record, his life [as] a doctor, faithful husband and family man, and accept his answer," he added.
Gingrich: Poor blacks fail to acquire wealth partly because of their "habits." A June 16, 1995, Washington Post article reported that Gingrich, in a discussion with black journalists, stated that the failure of poor black people to acquire wealth was in part due to their "habits." From the Post article:
He acknowledged that it was more "difficult to acquire wealth as a black in America," but added that more than skin color is at play. "The truth is that preachers and lawyers have been more dominant in the black culture in the last 40 years than have business people," said Gingrich. "The habits of the church and the habits of the lawsuit have been more powerful than the habits of acquisition and the habits of job creation."
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Asked what he would tell a black child who grew up with the notion of the United States as a colorblind nation, Gingrich said he'd respond: "We're not colorblind. I'd say it's a lie to walk into a school in America and say, 'This is a colorblind society.' And we shouldn't lie to children."
Pressed on what he would tell children who wondered what their opportunities were, Gingrich said his answer would be: "If you're black you have to work harder, and if you're black and poor you have to work twice as hard."
Gingrich, who has been intimately involved in District affairs, also was asked to respond to the suspicions of some residents that Republican interest in the city is part of a "conspiracy to boot out the black-run government" and "roust out" poor blacks.
"I understand the fear," he said. "What I want to do is transform Anacostia so the people currently living there are able to participate in the transformation so that five or 10 years from now they have new habits. Let me be very clear about this: I'm prepared to say to the poor, 'You have to learn new habits. The habits of being poor don't work. So yes, you've got to change.' "
Originally posted by kerazeesicko
Is it just me or do people view Ron Paul as the next messiah?
I mean you can't say anything wrong about this guy before the Ron Paul supporters get off their from blowing him to tell you they are wrong and he is the best thing since sliced bread...
They act like he would change everything and make the world a greater place when anyone with a brain knows this to be BS.
Originally posted by sageofmonticello
reply to post by kerazeesicko
Do you expect Ron Paul supporters not to defend him? What is the purpose of your post in this thread? I have my opinion.
Originally posted by Viking9019
I swear that the people out there who call Ron Paul a ''racist'' have no idea of the definition of what racism is.
Originally posted by kerazeesicko
Is it just me or do people view Ron Paul as the next messiah?
I mean you can't say anything wrong about this guy before the Ron Paul supporters get off their from blowing him to tell you they are wrong and he is the best thing since sliced bread...
They act like he would change everything and make the world a greater place when anyone with a brain knows this to be BS.