Newt Gingrich gave a huge blow to Congressman Paul after saying that he welcomes the support of racists and anti-Semetic views. This issue has become a huge deal. Gingrich said that these people are so isolated and are not true Americans to have such radical and ignorant views of other Americans. Now that Paul is a threat and currently highly ranked in the national polls, these negative attributes are coming up to discourage voters. Paul had apologized for welcoming their support, but the other Republican candidates find it hard to believe he made amends so easily. In the past, Paul had claimed that he does not support these extremist views, but he said they are allowed to believe what they want. Paul needs all the support he gets but he should not acknowledge these un-American people. The article is unbiased regarding Paul’s dilemma. Gingrich obviously wants to narrow the field of competitors so he has a better chance of obtaining more votes, which in turn is more delegates, the object of the primary season. Paul does not have a sufficient retaliation, and having such radical supporters will make Paul’s idea and plans too far fetched for the America we live in.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Gingrich says Paul embraces racist and anti-Semitic views
Published: Tuesday, December 27, 2011, 9:23 PM
A controversy over racially charged writings in newsletters published two decades ago in Ron Paul's name have roiled the Texas congressman's White House campaign in the days leading up to Iowa's first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses next Tuesday.
"Ron Paul's newsletters are totally outside the mainstream of virtually every decent American," Paul rival Newt Gingrich told CNN on Tuesday.
The former House speaker said he could not vote for Paul against President Obama, saying the Texan embraced "racist, anti-Semitic" views.
"Read the newsletters," Gingrich said. "Look at what he said."
The Houston Chronicle extensively examined these writings during Paul's 2008 presidential campaign and his 1996 congressional campaign. The issue has now become a hot topic in the national media.
"When he wasn't a threat [to win a state], these things in his background didn't have the resonance they do now," said Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak, a former spokesman for Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the Texas Republican. "He's going to be under intense scrutiny now."
"An August 1992 edition of the Ron Paul Report newsletter described former Rep. Barbara Jordan, a Houston Democrat revered in the civil rights community, as "the archetypal half-educated victimologist, yet her race and sex protect her from criticism."
In the midst of Washington's crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s, Paul wrote, "I think we can assume that 95 percent of the black men in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal."
A top Paul adviser, Jesse Benton, said Tuesday that the newsletters were written by a ghostwriter in Paul's name but admitted that "he should have better policed it."
"Dr. Paul has assumed responsibility, apologized for his lack of oversight and disavowed the offensive material," Benton said.
"But Paul's Republican primary opponents aren't buying that explanation, and Democrats have stoked the political fire.
"Ron Paul's newsletters are deplorable and another example of the hatred that has become accepted in the Republican Party," said Texas Democratic Party spokeswoman Rebecca Acuna."
"Ron Paul's newsletters are totally outside the mainstream of virtually every decent American," Paul rival Newt Gingrich told CNN on Tuesday.
The former House speaker said he could not vote for Paul against President Obama, saying the Texan embraced "racist, anti-Semitic" views.
"Read the newsletters," Gingrich said. "Look at what he said."
The Houston Chronicle extensively examined these writings during Paul's 2008 presidential campaign and his 1996 congressional campaign. The issue has now become a hot topic in the national media.
"When he wasn't a threat [to win a state], these things in his background didn't have the resonance they do now," said Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak, a former spokesman for Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the Texas Republican. "He's going to be under intense scrutiny now."
"An August 1992 edition of the Ron Paul Report newsletter described former Rep. Barbara Jordan, a Houston Democrat revered in the civil rights community, as "the archetypal half-educated victimologist, yet her race and sex protect her from criticism."
In the midst of Washington's crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s, Paul wrote, "I think we can assume that 95 percent of the black men in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal."
A top Paul adviser, Jesse Benton, said Tuesday that the newsletters were written by a ghostwriter in Paul's name but admitted that "he should have better policed it."
"Dr. Paul has assumed responsibility, apologized for his lack of oversight and disavowed the offensive material," Benton said.
"But Paul's Republican primary opponents aren't buying that explanation, and Democrats have stoked the political fire.
"Ron Paul's newsletters are deplorable and another example of the hatred that has become accepted in the Republican Party," said Texas Democratic Party spokeswoman Rebecca Acuna."
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