Ron Paul is, and always has been, a bigot and a crank

[matgb]

Right then, the US primaries are on us, and a bunch of people are backing anyone they think is anti-establishment or just anti-Bush. One in particular is getting a load of support online. The "libertarian" called Ron Paul. The scare quotes are there for a reason, he ain't any kind of libertarian I recognise. Ages back I somehow got myself on

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[tinuvielberen]

Yes, thanks for posting. I've been following this for a little while already. Ron Paul's anti-war and pro-pot Youtube sound bites are attractive; but scratch the surface and it gets real ugly real fast.

In the recent tradition of the GOP, if he's rabidly anti-gay, that means he probably IS gay. How long before one of his boyfriends surfaces, I wonder.

Ron Paul is probably a moot issue at this point, anyway. His primary numbers have been dismal. I suppose he could run as an independent and steal progressive votes; but once the racism stuff becomes more widely known, probably the left wing will drop him like a rock.

[matgb]

Aye, I've known it for ages (both theweaslking and flemco have been ripping into him regularly and pope_guilty drops the c/p Paulbomb in their comments whenever needed.

But while he is pretty much dead in the water, he's distracting reformers into believing that the problem isn't the constitution, it's abose of it, when the reality is the whole thing is messed up. Ah well.

Anyway, sleep called for. I suspect he's not gay. That'd just be too much. Besides, he seems to hate all "Other".

[matgb]

Well, yes, true. But he wouldn't let Congress block Texas from doing anything, and he'll go back to the Gold Standard FFS. He talks about "the inflation tax" but doesn't seem to actually understand anything about economics.

But, y'know, who cares about Texas. Well, apart from the decent USians that live there (like flemco. And I think the above linked Pope.

[pope_guilty]

I'm in Indiana. We actually voted more for Bush in 2004 than Texas did.

[matgb]

Ow, see, Texas has an excuse, he was a former Governor, so you'd expect him to get a lot of votes there. So I'm guessing there are more idiots in Indiana than I suspected.

Ouch.

You looking at referral links or something?

[burkesworks]

CNN have now seized on the New Republic story of Ron Paul's 1990s pronunciamentos that he wrote in Landsberg prison after the Munich beer hall putsch. He will be toast by Tuesday.

[matgb]

I think he was always toast, it was just a matter of time. Then again he's not got much mainstream coverage before, this'll be the first time some will have heard of him.

[caseytalk]

Sorry to twig you on spelling again, but I find it hilarious that you spelled it "Martin Luthor King". I get images of Lex Luthor standing on the steps of the Lincoln memorial, "I have a dream! That a man will be judged not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character! Wait. . . scratch that! I'm white! Yay! Go me!"

[matgb]

Fixed. Mah spelling varies depending on how familiar I am, it's not often I write about MLK ergo I don't know it as well, serves me right for not checking though.

At some point I'll do another Shaksper poll.

[matgb]

Your links, I has seen them. Have a look at the Paulbomb linked, it's worth it if you're wondering around any comms in which politics comes up.