guiseppegetto:

it continues to be a mystery to me what anyone sees in this guy. and yes, i’ve verified this; check here for some more horrific quotes: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/12/10-shocking-quotes-from-ron-pauls-newsletters.php

Why would anyone support a guy that said something like that?

Here’s the ten quotes in full:

1. “Order was only restored in LA when it came time for the blacks to collect their welfare checks. The ‘poor’ lined up at the Post Office to get their handouts (since there were no deliveries) — and then complained about slow service.” -Report on LA riots, June 1992

2. “I’ve been told not to talk, but these stooges don’t scare me. Threats or no threats, I’ve laid bare the coming race war in our big cities. The federal-homosexual cover-up on AIDS (my training as a physician helps me see through this one.)” -Direct mail ad promoting Paul’s newsletters, written from Paul’s perspective, 1993

3. “It is human nature that like attracts likes. But whites are not allowed to express this same human impulse. Except in a de facto sense, there can be no white schools, white clubs, or white neighborhoods. The political system demands white integration, while allowing black segregation.” -‘The Disappearing White Majority,’ January 1993

4. [full quote in picture] “I miss the closet. Homosexuals, not to speak of the rest of society, were far better off when social pressure forced them to hide their activities. They could also not be as promiscuous. Is it any wonder the AIDS epidemic started after they ‘came out of the closet,’ and started hyper-promiscuous sodomy?” -June 1990

5. “Whether [the 1993 World Trade Center bombing] was a setup by the Israeli Mossad, as a Jewish friend of mine suspects, or was truly a retaliation by the Islamic fundamentalists, matters little.” -‘The New York Bombing,’ April 1993

6. “An ex-cop I know advises that if you have to use a gun on a youth, you should leave the scene immediately, disposing of the wiped off gun as soon as possible. Such a gun cannot, of course, be registered to you, but one bought privately (through the classifieds, for example).” ‘Blast ‘Em’, October 1992

7. “The opposition will do its best to provoke some precipitous action on on our part to discredit us and our cause. Follow the orders of Captain Parker at Lexington: Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” -Militia’s 10-point advice to other militias, January 1995.

8. “When the New Money is imposed, every American family must have a Survival Kit of highly liquid, small-denomination silver and gold coins for hand-to-hand use. The Ron Paul Survival Kit — now an industry standard — comes in an official World War II US Army ammo holder.” -Ad for ‘The Original Famous Ron Paul Survival Kit,’ undated

9. “[Martin Luther King, Jr.], the FBI files reveal, was not only a world-class adulterer, he also seduced underage girls and boys…And we are supposed to honor this ‘Christian minister’ and lying socialist satyr with a holiday that puts him on par with George Washington?” -December 1990

10. “It turns out that the brilliant [Bobby Fischer], who has all the makings of an American hero, is very politically incorrect on Jewish questions, for which he will never be forgiven, even though he is a Jew. Thus we are not supposed to herald him as the world’s greatest chess player.” -November 1992, background on Fischer’s “politically incorrect” views (which include Holocaust denial)…[he said: The Jews are a “filthy, lying bastard people” bent on world domination through such insidious schemes as the Holocaust (“a money-making invention”), the mass murder of Christian children (“their blood is used for black-magic ceremonies”), and junk food (William Rosenberg, the founder of Dunkin’ Donuts, is singled out as a culprit).- http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/12/bobby-fischer-rsquo-s-pathetic-endgame/2634/] 

Scary comments if you ask me. Just another reason not to vote for him, on top of these reasons:

1. Voted for H.R.1229 that would “amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, and for other purposes.”
2. Voted for H.R.3 that would “prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to provide for conscience protections, and for other purposes.”
3. Voted for H.R.910 that would “amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change, and for other purposes.”
4. Voted for H.R.872 that would “amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes.”
5. Voted for H.R.839 which would “amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to terminate the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program, while preserving assistance to homeowners who were already extended an offer to participate in the Program, either on a trial or permanent basis.”
6. Voted for H.R.1076: that would “prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content.”
7. Voted for H.R.836 that would “rescind the unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and to terminate the program.”
8. Voted for H.R.359 that would “reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions.”
9. Voted for H.R.2, a bill that would “repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.”
10. Voted against S.3307, An original bill that would “reauthorize child nutrition programs, and for other purposes.”
11. Voted against S.3729: “An original bill to authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal years 2011 through 2013, and for other purposes.”
12. Voted against H.R.5756, a bill that would “amend title I of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to provide for grants and technical assistance to improve services rendered to children and adults with autism, and their families, and to expand the number of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disablities Education, Research, and Service.”
13. Voted against H.R.5851, a bill that would “provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry.” (It’s interesting Mr. Paul is against this because he supports WikiLeaks, a whistleblower group)
14. Voted against H.R.5618 which would “continue Federal unemployment programs [and] would Restor[e]…Emergency Unemployment Compensation.”
    
15. Voted against H.R.3962 that would “To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.” (This is the infamous healthcare plan Mr. Obama proposed in 2009).
16. Voted against H.R.5175 (also called the DISCLOSE Act) that would “amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit foreign influence in Federal elections, to prohibit government contractors from making expenditures with respect to such elections, and to establish additional disclosure requirements with respect to spending in such elections, and for other purposes.” (Note: this act passed even with Mr. Paul’s opposition).
17. Voted against H.Res.1338, a resolution that would be “Recognizing the significant accomplishments of AmeriCorps and encouraging all citizens to join in a national effort to raise awareness about the importance of national and community service.”
18. Voted against “an Act [that would] amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.” (2007)

“…to summarize from list of voting, I have learned he is anti-abortion, very antiwar (he voted against wars in Afghanistan, Libya and troops in Pakistan), anti-environment, anti-unemployment compensation and anti-Obama’s healthcare law.” (for more, read my article from last year: http://interestingblogger1.blogspot.com/2011/06/ron-paul-is-he-right-man-to-lead.html)

Now, there were some positions of Congressman Paul that the Atlantic article articulated I thought were definitely extreme:

• Legalize All Drugs 
• Keep Monopolies Intact 
• Lay Off Ben Bernanke and abolish the Federal Reserve
• Stop Policing the Environment 
• Let Markets Care for the Disabled
• Wants to end birthright citizenship and allow emergency centers to refuse medical care to illegal immigrants
  

So, what do you think of Ron Paul now?

(Source: dharmasimulation, via socialistexan)