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Does it matter whether or not the allegations are true? Or do we
just call them out anyway?<br>
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Here is an article from CBS News about the newsletters:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57345702-503544/ron-paul-disavows-racist-newsletters-under-his-name/">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57345702-503544/ron-paul-disavows-racist-newsletters-under-his-name/</a><br>
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The article contains a quote by Ron Paul on the issue: <br>
<br>
"When I was out of Congress and practicing medicine full-time, a
newsletter was published under my name that I did not edit. Several
writers contributed to the product," he said. "For over a decade, I
have publicly taken moral responsibility for not paying closer
attention to what went out under my name."<br>
<br>
I'd hate to see the man dragged over the coals for something he
might not have deserved solely because (for example) Jon Huntsman is
losing to Ron Paul in New Hampshire and has staked his campaign on a
strong showing there.<br>
<br>
I got that last bit from this article:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57349712-503544/huntsman-calls-ron-paul-unelectable-because-of-racist-newsletters/">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57349712-503544/huntsman-calls-ron-paul-unelectable-because-of-racist-newsletters/</a><br>
<br>
And once again, this is only out there in order to distract us.
These people could care less if it's even true. It's just
convenient.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
<br>
On 12/31/2011 02:44 PM, keely emerinemix wrote:
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I don't think you're defending racism, racist behavior, or even
the wrongness of screaming "He's a racist!" at the slightest
apparent provocation. That said, I think it's imperative that
legitimate indications that an individual's views on
race/gender/class/civil rights/culture are bigoted be called
out, examined, and condemned -- and I believe that the text of
Ron Paul's newsletters are an example. <br>
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<font style="" color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"
size="3"><font style="" face="Verdana">Keely<br>
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<hr id="stopSpelling">Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Fw: On Ron
Paul and Racism<br>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:41:13 -0800<br>
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com">jborden@datawedge.com</a><br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">kjajmix1@msn.com</a>; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a>;
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I’m not *<b>defending</b>*
racism, I’m commenting on the mere finger-pointing and
accusations being so charged that it’s a nuclear weapon
in a political arsenal. </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";
color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">It’s used as a tool for
distraction, and hence, theatrics. (And, unless I
missed the mark, perhaps Mr. Rumelhart’s point).</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Insert story of “crying wolf”.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Jay</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"> keely
emerinemix [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 31, 2011 2:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jay Borden; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Vision2020] Fw: On Ron Paul and
Racism</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";">Jay, I
would rue the day that racist behavior and bigoted
views become irrelevant in how we choose our leaders.
There are issues that truly good people can disagree
on; racism, however, is never the view of a "truly
good person," and in fact ought to, by virtue of
popular outcry, immediately make a pariah out of the
one who embraces it.<br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(128, 100, 162);">Keely<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.keely-prevailingwinds.com">www.keely-prevailingwinds.com</a><br>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:17:33 -0800<br>
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com">jborden@datawedge.com</a><br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a>; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: On Ron Paul and Racism</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">I would agree with Paul’s
statement… but I would word it a bit differently
to deflect some of the immediate hatred I’m sure
will be heading my way.</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
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rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">I would say that racism, like
abortion and gay marriage are *<b>USED</b>* as
theatrical issues. </span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">It’s interesting as soon as any
candidate becomes popular in the polls, some
wild-card story gets tossed about dealing with one
of these issues. Then it’s pressed as long as
necessary until the candidate just “goes away”.</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Rick Perry (again, not a fan)
was gaining traction… and then suddenly a story
about “Niggerhead” surfaced. (He has since nearly
imploded on his own, but that’s a separate issue).</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Ron Paul gains even more
traction this time around in the polls… and
suddenly some story connecting HIM to racisim
surfaces. (I don’t recall anything coming up
about this story 4 years ago when he was running
for President).</span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
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rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">The topics themselves are
extremely important… but the *<b>USE</b>* of these
subjects has become nothing more than positioning
and theatrical tools. </span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Is your opponent getting too
much positive attention? No problem… just toss
out one of these venomous statements (who cares
whether it’s true or not… just phrase it in the
form of an “objective question” like Fox News does
to avoid slander/libel)… and then sit back and
watch the show.</span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Once some story making any of
these accusations hits the public… it’s like
kryptonite… and it’s used as such. </span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:
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color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Jay</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Saundra Lund<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 31, 2011 12:03
PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: On Ron
Paul and Racism</span></p>
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</div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">In part, Paul wrote:</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">“</span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:
black;">Racism, like abortion and gay marriage,
are all "theatrical issues". They are issues that
are tossed out to the American public like scraps
to hungry dogs for them to fight over. While they
are important in and of themselves, they are
really meant to distract us from realizing that we
have more power than we think we do.”</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Yes, I do suppose it’s a lot
easier to look at issues like racism, abortion,
and gay marriage as “theatrical issues” when
you’re <b>not</b> the minority family unable to
rent a home due to racism, and you’re <b>not</b>
the 17-year-old incest victim forced to carry your
granddaddy’s baby or risk death from a backdoor
abortion, and you’re <b>not</b> the lesbian at
risk of losing custody of your children born via
IVF to your now-deceased 15 year partner because
her family never “approved” of the non-marriage.</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Yuppers – I guess for some, it
is a lot easier to take the position that those
issues, while “important,” really are just
“theatrical issues” when one isn’t the target,
when one lacks of empathy . . . or when one lacks
the sense God gave a billy goat.</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
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rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Not in <b>my</b> America. I
agree with Sue’s comment, “</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";">All
rights and even some privileges should belong to
all citizens” a</span><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">nd shouldn’t depend on where in
the US one lives.</span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Paul also wrote:</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">“</span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:
black;">In my opinion we should concentrate on our
civil liberties . . .”</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">I guess I’m unclear as to how
you define “civil liberties,” but reproductive
freedom & gay marriage both fit into my
definition of the right of privacy, which is an
important US civil liberty.</span><span
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"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size:
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font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Saundra Lund</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
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rgb(31, 73, 125);">Moscow, ID</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">The only thing necessary for
the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Paul Rumelhart<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 31, 2011 9:37
AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Fw: On Ron Paul
and Racism</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background: none
repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">I sent this only to Sue, when I
meant to send it to the list.</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background: none
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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color: black;">Paul</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size:
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white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;">----- Forwarded Message -----<br>
<b>From:</b> Paul Rumelhart <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> Sue Hovey <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</a>>
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 31, 2011
9:32 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] On Ron Paul
and Racism</span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<div id="ecxyiv1626928393">
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="background: none repeat scroll
0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">It doesn't negate the
evidence. For what it's worth, he
claims that he didn't write those
newsletters that were put out in his
name. Like you've shown, a person
can be compassionate and still be
racist. Being racist is not a black
and white thing, no pun intended.
It's something that can change over
a period of years. I grew up in a
casually racist household, and had
to unlearn much of that over the
years, as did my parents. It's easy
to fall into that trap when you grow
up with it and everyone around you
thinks the same thing. As society
changed, so did those around me, and
so did I.</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="background: none repeat scroll
0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;"> </span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="background: none repeat scroll
0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">I've said this many
times on the Viz: I'm not looking
for Jesus Christ or Gandhi when I'm
looking for a Presidential candidate
to vote for. I want someone who
will perform well in the job.</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="background: none repeat scroll
0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;"> </span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="background: none repeat scroll
0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">So the question is,
assuming he is some kind of die-hard
racist from the sixties like he's
being portrayed, is he going to deny
blacks the right to vote or serve on
juries?</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="background: none repeat scroll
0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;"> </span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="background: none repeat scroll
0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">Racism, like abortion
and gay marriage, are all
"theatrical issues". They are
issues that are tossed out to the
American public like scraps to
hungry dogs for them to fight over.
While they are important in and of
themselves, they are really meant to
distract us from realizing that we
have more power than we think we
do. In my opinion we should
concentrate on our civil liberties,
and in stopping the steady power
buildup for the Executive branch
that's been going on for years.
That's far more dangerous to us in
the short term than any of these hot
button issues are. Like Sunil said
in another post, it's all about
priorities.</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="background: none repeat scroll
0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;"> </span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="background: none repeat scroll
0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">Paul</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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style="background: none repeat scroll
0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size:
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"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;"> </span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
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style="text-align: center;
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style="font-size: 10pt;
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<hr width="100%" size="1"
align="center"></span></div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom: 12pt;
background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white;"><b><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;"> Sue Hovey <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> Paul Rumelhart <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>>
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 30,
2011 10:34 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020]
On Ron Paul and Racism</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<div id="ecxyiv1626928393">
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
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style="background: none
repeat scroll 0% 0%
white;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";
color: black;">It’s a
lovely story, Paul. And
a powerful instance of
Ron Paul’s compassion,
but how does it negate
the evidence of his
racism in those
published reports? My
Texas grandfather was a
racist through and
through, yet he
performed kind and
generous acts to the
people he belittled, and
to whom he would have
denied the vote, the
right to serve on juries
(along with women) and
most especially the
right to sit up front in
public transportation.
</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
</div>
<div>
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color: black;"> </span><span
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style="font-size: 10pt;
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"Calibri","sans-serif";
color: black;">Sue
H. </span><span
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"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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color: black;"> </span><span
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style="font-size:
10pt;
font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;"> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com"
title="godshatter@yahoo.com">Paul
Rumelhart</a> </span><span
style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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<p
class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="background:
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0% 0% whitesmoke;"><b><span
style="font-size:
10pt;
font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">Sent:</span></b><span
style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">
Friday, December
30, 2011 10:18 PM</span><span
style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
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style="font-size:
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color: black;">To:</span></b><span
style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;"> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"
title="vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>
</span><span
style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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class="ecxMsoNormal"
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style="font-size:
10pt;
font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">Subject:</span></b><span
style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">
[Vision2020] On
Ron Paul and
Racism</span><span
style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
</div>
</div>
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<div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"
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white;"><span
style="font-size:
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"Calibri","sans-serif";
color: black;"> </span><span
style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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0% white;"><span
style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">Here
is a video in
response to
allegations of
racism being leveled
at Ron Paul. It was
made by "Revolution
PAC", a "superPAC"
whose sole purpose
is to get Ron Paul
elected. It's
entitled "The
Compassion of Dr.
Ron Paul":</span><span
style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rv0Z5SNrF4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rv0Z5SNrF4</a></span><span
style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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0% white;"><span
style="font-size:
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"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color: black;">If
we're going to
attack Ron Paul with
allegations of
racism on the list,
I thought it might
be nice to see what
his side has to say.</span><span
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"Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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