10 Mind-Blowingly Offensive Quotes From Ron Paul Newsletters

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul used to publish a libertarian newsletter in the ’80s and ’90s. They were not, shall we say, sane. From those newsletters, here are some racist/homophobic/anti-semitic musings on everything from AIDS to Hate Whitey Day (aka Martin Luther King Jr. Day). Paul says he didn’t write any of the following quotes, but they all appeared under his name. Yiiiiiikes. posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:37pm EDT

Gavon Laessig BuzzFeed Staff posted Oct 7, 2011 5:37pm EDT

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JRay thinks 10 Mind-Blowingly Offensive Quotes... is Fail about 9 months ago ×
ANameICallMyself 9 months ago

This is nothing but slander. He said NONE of this shit and is a far better candidate than either Obama or Romney. I say this as a Canadian unfortunately and someone who is quite scared of the direction both of our countries seem to be going politically.
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McJesse a year ago

Seems familiar…
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danielled8 10 Mind-Blowingly Offensive Quotes... and thinks it’s OMG about a year ago ×
drewm010 a year ago

#3 should be amended to include the House of Reps and the Senate. Actually, everyone holding a gov position in the District.
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samxf42 a year ago

Everything this man has said and done in his political career is the exact opposite of racism. He doesn’t like capital punishment because it is notoriously used for minorities, he doesn’t like the war on drugs because it treats blacks/latinos unfairly and he bases his entire economic philosophy on two jews (mises & rothbard)
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Vixenly a year ago

So, in the end he didnt even say or write these. ahAHA, Is that all anyone can scrape up on this guy (whos been around longer than the rest of these creeps!) If this man loses I plan to steal him and make him the 1st President of Canada!!
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PurpleStuff a year ago

The Ron Paul cult don’t like it when you mock their leader.
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AlftheSacredBurro a year ago

Haha, funny idiots are funny. (Referring to people what believe anything they read and do no first-hand research, ever) Also, I see the Ministry of Truth is hard at fucking work again. Orwell is fucking writhing in his grave.
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kissmyasthma thinks 10 Mind-Blowingly Offensive Quotes... is OMG, Trashy & Fail about a year ago ×
mikec32 a year ago

These newsletters were debunked back in 2008. Liberals and hawkish republicans have nothing on Ron Paul’s decades of consistent views. Those that claim that he’s not electable can ask anyone in his district why he’s won his congressional seat 11 times. March on Ron Paul 2012!
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mattb17 a year ago

Regardless of whether he endorsed these comments or not, Ron Paul hipsters need too look to candidate more closely than just his position on drugs and war. Ron Paul is like the hot girl at the party, that you later discover is ridden with herpes. Looks fun and you’ll think you’re gonna have a great time, then you end up regretting the decision for the rest of your life.
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qasdfghj a year ago

Admit it - Ron Paul serves ‘liberties’ of white men. The end. He does not care about the EPA, affirmative action, consumer protections, the minimum wage, homosexual marriage, church/state separation…. I would never vote for this guy! Plus his followers come off like they’re in a cult.
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Snem Bot a year ago

I love how bent out of shape all the Ron Paul-ers are getting. Their messiah’s halo is under threat! Assemble strike team!
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ethan a year ago

Ill keep an open mind. Can anyone post a link where he completely disavows this kind of writing in his name? I mean if someone wrote a newsletter for me saying these things i would go to any length to make sure they are not beliefs i hold.
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Mike N. a year ago

Lots of users are claiming this is fake, but it seems to be legit. Just like the top of the post says: these statements may not have been authored by Paul himself, but they were published in his newsletter, under his auspices. These posts from Daily Kos (yes, I’m a big liberal, thank you very much) have some more information (though unfortunately the PDFs of the actual newsletters seem to have been taken down): http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/01/08/433066/-Ron-Pauls-Racist-Newsletters-Revealed http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/5/15/124912/740/584/335036 A quote from the first link: “Whether Paul wrote every word in his newsletters or not, it is inconceivable that the views expressed repeatedly here, which he published under his name in words he represented as being written by him for two decades or more, do not represent the views of Ron Paul himself.”
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MedullaPancreas a year ago

lulz@Dis-info. Hater’s gonna hate. Already debunked. Move on. Ron Paul Revolution! ty ttyl.
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scarllatet a year ago

bullshit.
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f1rstman a year ago

Oh, Buzzfeed. Trying to be all political instead of a trashy TMZ knockoff. It’s so… cute.
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connorn a year ago

Goddammit, everybody already knows the story behind this. It was a newsletter ghost-written by Lew Rockwell (and not by Ron Paul) that was used to try to get white-nationalists onto the cause of less government. Rockwell didn’t care if the Neo-Nazis were douchebags, he just wanted more people to join Paul and stop the state, regardless of personal beliefs. But even if he is a racist (and he might be for all I know, he does live in Texas, although he’s more of an individualist and racism is a collectivist mentality, but I digress) it doesn’t change the validity of his stances on government and economics. That’s known as the argumentum ad hominem fallacy. This is what I have to tell people whenever they bring this shit up.
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Austin Found a year ago

It is true that Ron Paul never said some of these, however, he still bears responsibility for allowing them to be published in his newsletter. He is the one who signed off on the publication of these statements. It makes no difference whether he spoke them or printed them. He cited these views as being view similar to his own and he made no effort argue against the points contained in these quotations. He owns this.
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jays14 a year ago

False, This issue came up during the last election and it was proven Ron Paul never said these things. They are betting on the forgetfulness of common people to use it a second time.
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Fox Frontiers a year ago

The 9th commandment should be read, re-read and meditated on by everyone reading these accusations, regardless of their political predispositions.
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