Paul 2012 Has Accepted $6,000 From White Supremacist Groups So Far

As the Huffington Post reports, he'll disavow them but he'll take their money. This is why we shouldn't focus so much attention in political discourse on what candidates and politicians say, and look more closely at what they do.

Ron Paul and Christian Dominionism

Any person or group that would like to be more influential in the lives of others can be drawn to the small-government position. This is a good reason to be suspicious of anyone who, like Grover Norquist, wants to "make government small enough to drag into the bathroom and drown in the bathtub." A government with a monopoly on force is tough to compete against, and a government fully under the control of its people is tough to bend to your agenda.

I think this is one of the reasons Ron Paul is supported by so many fringe groups -- racists, secessionists, money kooks (Google "competing currencies") and people like Phil Kayser. Kayser is the pastor of the Dominion Covenant Church of Nebraska and the "president" of BiblicalBlueprints.org, which says things like:

To many, the future of America seems grim. Corrupt politicians, depraved entertainment providers, and determined homosexual activists are working hard to undermine the social fabric of our nation. Christians are under attack from every direction.
However, God is raising up an undercurrent of dedicated Christians who are challenging the philosophical, intellectual, and political enemies of Christ who have hijacked our culture.

Kayser is a leading voice in the Christian Dominionist movement, which TheocracyWatch defines as:

Essay puts Paul newsletters into context of political history

This is an excellent historical piece written late last year that helps explain the reasoning behind so much of the racism and homophobia in Ron Paul's newsletters. Here's a takeaway:

It was about appealing to the worst instincts of working/middle class conservative whites by creating the only anti-left fusion possible with the demise of socialism: one built on cultural issues. With everyone broadly agreeing that the market had won, how could you hold together a coalition that opposed the left? Oppose them on the culture.

Check it out: How Did We Get Here? Or, Why Do 20 Year Old Newsletters Matter So Damn Much?

Maddow on how Paul plans to game the GOP primary

This is weird -- it seems like an unfair, undemocratic scheme being used to compete against another unfair, undemocratic scheme. I'll let the awesome Rachel take it from here.

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Awesome report from MSNBC on Paul SuperPAC

In a nutshell, Ron Paul's Super PAC is run by a 9/11 truther/birther/NWO-believer/FEMA camp believer, and the PAC now plans to closely monitor the remaining GOP primaries and caucuses because it believes, since Paul's not running away with this thing, that there must be a conspiracy. Of course, when you're a hammer ...

Law enforcement expert refutes his characterization in Ron Paul Political Report

The conversation on Ron Paul's newsletters is getting a bit crowded, with aforementioned reporting done by the Washington Post citing former RP newsletter staffers saying that Paul was very much involved with the creation of his newsletters and that if he didn't write the "bad stuff," he certainly signed off on it.

While reading the June 1990 PDF of the Ron Paul Political Report, I noticed a passage about "race war." These were ubiquitous in Paul's newsletters both before and after the L.A. riots sparked by the controversial Rodney King beating verdict. But this one was a bit unique in that it cited a source.

On page 2, the newsletter starkly stated:

"Veteran FBI agent William L. Tafoya says we are headed for race war."

So I looked up William Tafoya. As it turns out, he's made a career of looking to the horizon of issues facing law enforcement, often projecting current trends in technology and politics into the future. So I was wondering whether this seemingly well-regarded law enforcement professional had really said the United States was "headed for race war."

Here's the e-mail I sent him:

Ron Paul and Neonazis

Anonymous has exposed some of Ron Paul's alleged Neonazi ties:

The group of hackers known as “Anonymous” has shut down several neo-Nazi websites owned by Jamie Kelso, a former John Birch Society member, assistant to David Duke and moderator for the white supremacist website, Stormfront.

“Anonymous” claims to have recovered emails from Kelso that prove that Ron Paul has regularly met with members of Jamie Kelso’s neo-Nazi political party American Third Position and even was on several conference calls with their board of directors. Here is a statement from “Anonymous” from one of the neo-Nazi websites they shut down.

Source

Argh! The link wasn't working last time I tried it, but here's a link to the Liberty Lamp post about this hacktivity.