Ron Paul's Libertarian Newsletters Revealed to Contain Racist, Anti-Semitic & Homophobic Rants

Revelations that newsletters published under the name of U.S. Representative Ronld E. Paul (R-TX) containing racist, anti-Semitiic and homophobic rants has been picked up by the mainstream media after his showing in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, where he placed fifth with almost 12,000 votes and 10% of the vote, nearly three times the supoprt garnered by former New York City Mayor Guiliani. In the January 8, 2008 New Hampshire Primary, Paul also finished in fifth place among Republican voters, just 2,000 votes & 1% shy of fourth-place finisher Guiliani. A libertarian newsletter has been published under Ron Paul's name for nearly 20 years, but Paul himself denies that he is the author of the egregious bigotry trafficked in by his newsletters.

The scrutiny of Ron Paul likely is related to the $20-million warchest he has raised. His candidacy also gained credence, of sort, from the endorsement of Andrew Sullivan, a columnist for The Atlantic and the former editor of The New Republic. Sullivan,a central figure in the center-right coalition that legitimated George W. Bush's War on Terrorism, endorsed Paul for President in December 2007, which is unusual as Sullivan is gay and Ron Paul's newsletter is linked to homophobia. However, Sullivan named his favorites in both parties, and Paul won his endorsement over U.S. Senator John McCain, due to Paul's position of favoring a quick withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq.

The fact is, the racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic content of Ron Paul's newsletters have been circulating on the Internet for the past year, since he launched his candidacy.

Ron Paul is dabbling in an area of politics where, from the time of the Cold War depths of the 1950s, the nuts typically have outnumbered the sane. Paul is very much of the stripe of the anti-communist "libertarian" that arose in the 1950s & early '60s, denouncing the Federal Reserve and calling for the return to the gold standard, for instance.