<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Roger Falen urges:</div><div><br></div><div>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: medium; ">If you make a campaign promise, keep it."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: medium;">Ya mean like like the promise, made by the GOP in November '10, of jobs, Jobs, JOBS under a new Republican-majority House of Representatives, Mr. Falen?<br></span><br><div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Spokane, Washington</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div></div><div><br>On Jan 3, 2012, at 10:38 AM, lfalen <<a href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Nethercurt was a conservatism state legislator from spokane. He campaigned on term limits, saying that he would only run for one term. He then changed his mind and ran for another term and was defeated. Rightly so. If you make a campaign promise, keep it. Helen Chenowith also campaigned on term liments. She quit when she said she would.</span><br><span>Roger</span><br><span>-----Original message-----</span><br><span>From: "Jay Borden" <a href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com"><a href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com">jborden@datawedge.com</a></a></span><br><span>Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:13:46 -0800</span><br><span>To: "Sunil Ramalingam" <a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com"><a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a></a></span><br><span>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Mr. Paul's Discredited Campaign</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>No, I don't recall George Nethercutt. (I Googled him to see if I could</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>learn more... but nothing really stands out as far as his record).</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Since (according to the interwebs) he was a Republican, I can only</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>assume that he rubbed left-leaning folks the wrong way in his</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>politics... perhaps under the guise of "term limits". </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>(If I'm missing something major (like he became infamous for driving the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>dodo bird to extinction or something), please send me more information</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>before the public lambasting begins). I only moved back here to Moscow</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>in 2005 ... so anything local at the time surrounding him I probably</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>missed.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Of course, the Achille's Heel in the "term limits" plan is that we would</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>have to take a potential politician at their word... I suppose my</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>larger point was that if we truly want a government that represents the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>people, then we *all* should set aside whatever individual</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>beliefs/agendas that we have and focus on that single issue: that a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>representative cannot hold office for longer than X terms. Congeal</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>around THAT issue and get it done... and then we can return to our</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>megaload riots and NASCAR races.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Jay</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] On Behalf Of Sunil Ramalingam</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 2:02 PM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: vision 2020</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Mr. Paul's Discredited Campaign</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Jay,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Remember George Nethercutt? He's a good reason not to apply your</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>standard. I think we'd better know all their positions before voting</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>them in because they say they're for term limits.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sunil</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:02:49 -0800</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: <a href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com"><a href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com">jborden@datawedge.com</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: <a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>; <a href="mailto:deco@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>CC: <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Mr. Paul's Discredited Campaign</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I've been a proponent of term limits for... well, forever. We limit the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>number of terms for our President, we need to limit the terms in our</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>House and Senate. Having people in office for *decades* does nothing</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>but consolidate power and invite corruption.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>If you *truly* want representation in America, we have to rotate through</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>our elected representatives... frequently. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To do this, Americans are going to have to put aside all other opinions</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>until this is achieved. Environment? Abortion? Taxes? Left-handed</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>dentists? All of these items need to be tabled, and the *one question*</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>that needs to be asked of a candidate is "Will you introduce and vote</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>for term limits?" It needs to be the *only* reason to vote for a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>candidate, and until the goal is accomplished, it needs to be the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>*only*reason that a candidate is voted FOR.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>THEN, when term limits come to fruition... when our elected</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>representatives cannot stay in office and continue to consolidate power</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and control... then we can dust off our beliefs and take them to a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>government that is as elastic as the population it represents.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Jay</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] On Behalf Of Paul Rumelhart</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 9:47 AM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: Art Deco</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Mr. Paul's Discredited Campaign</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>If he does what I think he'll do if he gets into office, he'll veto</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>anything that he finds to be unconstitutional. This will, at the very</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>least, help stop abuses like the Patriot Act and increases in funding</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>for DHS. Even if Congress can come up with enough votes to override the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>veto, issues like this will suddenly be at the forefront of the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"national conversation" about what's going on in government. For this</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>alone, I'd like to see him get in there.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Paul</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 12/30/2011 09:29 AM, Art Deco wrote: </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I agree with Rumelhart to the extent that things in this country [and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>globally] are broken beyond the traditional politicians' ways of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>repairing them. We need bold, realistic, non-poll-driven leaders who</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>can convince us to re-evaluate our situation, offer feasible solutions,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and to convince us to make the inevitable selfless sacrifices necessary.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Though not traditional, I do not think Ron Paul is one of those leaders.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>His view of the world and his positions are too simplistic for the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>complex, diverse, globally competitive world we live in. The latest</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>revelations have shown that his integrity does not rise above the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>minimum standard. The simplicity of his views are his main attraction</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>to many, but reality is the barricade to his views ever producing</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>workable solutions -- they would be even more disastrous than the messes</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>we now face.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>In addition, some of his views are so abhorrent and/or crackpotty that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>he would not be likely to convince congress to implement them in the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>face of public opinion.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Having said that, I am unable to suggest any leader or group of leaders</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>that seem capable of fixing things. The best I can hope for is that we</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>elect the lesser of the evils, at least by a little, to struggle on.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I'm glad I'm old and not likely to live too much longer. I don't not</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>want to see the result of where the world is heading and the foolishness</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of those in power resisting what needs to be done to change that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>direction.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>w.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: Sunil Ramalingam <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 7:54 AM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020@moscow.com</a>> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Mr. Paul's Discredited Campaign</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Why doesn't the NYT address Paul's stances on foreign policy? On defense</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>spending?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sunil</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:38:24 -0800</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: <a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com"><a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: <a href="mailto:deco@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>CC: <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Mr. Paul's Discredited Campaign</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I'm beginning to believe that Ron Paul is our only hope to stop the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>downslope this country is on. For example, the Transportation Security</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Administration just got an extra $7.85 billion in funding for 2012,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>including several hundred million dollars of funding for whole body</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>imagers. This passed both the House and the Senate. Does anyone here</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>actually believe that terrorism is a personally actionable danger? Do</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>you change your behavior at all due to the threat? Do you think all the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>security theater is worth the money?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ron Paul is about the only guy out there that votes against this kind of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>crap. Pretty much everybody else, (R) or (D), votes it in. All they</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>seem to argue about is who is getting the pork.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>As I see it, your choices are 1) the same old shit, but next year having</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>slipped even farther away from rationality or 2) this one bat-shit crazy</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>dude that might actually try to do something about it.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>One thing I've noticed this year is that Ron Paul is actually getting</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>press. There was a massive grassroots campaign for him the last couple</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of elections, but nobody in the media would take him seriously as an</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>actual candidate.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The fact that they have started the smear campaign means that there is</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>actually a chance of getting him in office.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>My advice? Don't vote for the person that looks like the most</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>responsible Dad, or the guy that looks like he's someone you could have</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>a beer with, or the one that looks like a he's a successful lawyer. All</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of those guys are going to perpetuate the power grab that has been going</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>on for the last few decades.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Vote for the dude that puts the fear of God into the others. Vote for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the one that will work to decrease their power, not the others that only</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>want to increase it for personal gain.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sure, he's a bag of mixed nuts sometimes. But he's the only one with</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>half a chance to shake things up a bit.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This should be a fun election year.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Paul</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 12/28/2011 11:35 AM, Art Deco wrote: </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">http://www.nytimes.com/</a>> <<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">http://www.nytimes.com/</a>> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">http://www.nytimes.com/</a>> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>* Reprints</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/opinion/mr-pauls-discredited-campaign"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/opinion/mr-pauls-discredited-campaign">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/opinion/mr-pauls-discredited-campaign</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211&pagewanted=print> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>December 27, 2011</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mr. Paul's Discredited Campaign</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ron Paul long ago disqualified himself for the presidency by peddling</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>claptrap proposals like abolishing the Federal Reserve, returning to the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>gold standard, cutting a third of the federal budget and all foreign aid</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Now, making things worse, he has failed to convincingly repudiate racist</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>remarks that were published under his name for years - or the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>enthusiastic support he is getting from racist groups. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mr. Paul, a Republican congressman from Texas who is doing particularly</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>well in Iowa's precaucus polls, published several newsletters in the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>'80s and '90s with names like the Ron Paul Survival Report and the Ron</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Paul Political Report. The newsletters interspersed libertarian</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>political and investment commentary with racial bigotry, anti-Semitism</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and far-right paranoia. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Among other offensive statements, the newsletters said that 95 percent</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of Washington's black males were criminals</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/12/22/v-print/133898/paul-walks-out-of-"><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/12/22/v-print/133898/paul-walks-out-of-">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/12/22/v-print/133898/paul-walks-out-of-</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>interview-over.html> , and they described the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>King Jr.'s birthday as "Hate Whitey Day." One 1993 article</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://www.tnr.com/sites/default/files/January1993.pdf">http://www.tnr.com/sites/default/files/January1993.pdf</a>> appeared under</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>a headline lamenting the country's "disappearing white majority." Other</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>articles suggested that the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>was responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, praised the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Louisiana racist David Duke and accused some gay men with AIDS of </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>deliberately spreading the disease</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/politics/ron-paul-disowns-extremis"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/politics/ron-paul-disowns-extremis">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/politics/ron-paul-disowns-extremis</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ts-views-but-doesnt-disavow-the-support.html?ref=politics&pagewanted=all</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>, "perhaps out of a pathological hatred." </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>A direct-mail ad</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE7BM03320111223">http://mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE7BM03320111223</a>> for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the newsletters from around 1993 warned of a "coming race war in our big</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>cities" and said there was a "federal-homosexual cover-up" to suppress</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the impact of AIDS. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mr. Paul, who, beginning in 2008, has disavowed the articles and their</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ideas, now says that most of them were written by others and that he was</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>unaware of their content. Even if that were the case, it suggests a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>stupendous level of negligence that should force a reconsideration by</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>anyone considering entrusting him with the White House. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>When the newsletters first became an issue during his Congressional</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>campaigns in the 1990s, however, he did not deny writing some of them</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2011/12/26/fifteen_years_ago_ron_paul"><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2011/12/26/fifteen_years_ago_ron_paul">http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2011/12/26/fifteen_years_ago_ron_paul</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_wasn_t_claiming_somebody_else_wrote_his_newsletters.html> or knowing</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>about them. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mr. Paul has never given a full and detailed accounting of who wrote the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>newsletters and what his role was in overseeing their publication. It's</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>especially important that he do so immediately. Those writings have</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>certainly not been forgotten by white supremacist and militia groups</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>that are promoting his candidacy in Iowa and in New Hampshire. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Times reported on Sunday</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/politics/ron-paul-disowns-extremis"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/politics/ron-paul-disowns-extremis">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/politics/ron-paul-disowns-extremis</a></a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ts-views-but-doesnt-disavow-the-support.html> that dozens of members of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the white nationalist Web site Stormfront are volunteering for the Paul</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>campaign, along with far-right militias, survivalists and anti-Zionist</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>groups. Don Black, the Stormfront director, said his members were drawn</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>to Mr. Paul by the newsletters and his positions against immigration and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the Fed (run by Jews, Mr. Black said), even if Mr. Paul were not himself</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>a white nationalist. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mr. Paul, saying he still hopes to "convert" these supporters to his</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>views, has refused to disavow them or to chase them out of his campaign.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>If he does not do so, he will leave a lasting stain on his candidacy, on</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the libertarian movement and, very possibly, on the Iowa caucuses. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_____________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Wayne A. 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