GOP Primary Megathread!

[Valmy]

If fighting Poland unites nations, then half of Eurasia would be united by now.

Well done!

[Eddie Teach]

Earh could sure use some hostile aliens from space. Would unite the planet.   

Well, sure, as it did all the West African blacks in the Americas.

[garbon]

So I saw in the news shown in the elevator today that Ron Paul has changed his story. Now he's saying that he wrote particular sections of his 90s newsletters.

[Admiral Yi]

So I saw in the news shown in the elevator today that Ron Paul has changed his story. Now he's saying that he wrote particular sections of his 90s newsletters.

Is that a changed story?  I thought he had been maintaining he didn't write the racist parts.

[Martinus]

One need only look at France or Germany to see how successful their policies are.

Meh.  It is always going to be harder in the Old World with their ethnic based states and identitiy.  I am not sure any policies can change the fundamental basis for a society and states' existance.

I think shared ethnicity is overstated when it comes to the national identity in Europe - it is often used as a shorthand for a collection of other factors, most of which are cultural. Many assimilated (especially white) ethnicities are considered a part of the dominant culture in a given country, despite having a different ethnicity (look at Rotschilds in France for example).

Of course the fact that there is a strong connection between culture and ethnicity eventually leads to a convergence - not unlike the racial politics in the US which is largely class politics.

[Valmy]

not unlike the racial politics in the US which is largely class politics.

Yeah I already mentioned that.  Over here race tends to be the bigger thing.  But fortunately we did name our country 'Whitemanland' or something.

[garbon]

So I saw in the news shown in the elevator today that Ron Paul has changed his story. Now he's saying that he wrote particular sections of his 90s newsletters.

Is that a changed story?  I thought he had been maintaining he didn't write the racist parts.

I think so. I thought his most recent version was that he didn't write was published under his name - he was too busy with his practice.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/the-story-behind-ron-pauls-racist-newsletters/250338/

In 1996 when the Texas Monthly investigated the newsletters, Paul took responsibility for them and said that certain things were taken out of context. (It's hard to imagine a context that would make the above quotes defensible.)

When the newsletter controversy came up again during the 2008 campaign, Paul explained that he didn't actually write the newsletters but because they carried his name he was morally responsible for their content. Further, he didn't know exactly who wrote the offensive things and they didn't represent his views.

Oh wait - what I'm seeing in recent news articles is that he's saying that he didn't write any of them.  I guess that's similar to what he said in '08.
http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/ron-paul-addresses-racist-newsletters-on-cnn/

[Malthus]

So I saw in the news shown in the elevator today that Ron Paul has changed his story. Now he's saying that he wrote particular sections of his 90s newsletters.

Is that a changed story?  I thought he had been maintaining he didn't write the racist parts.

I think so. I thought his most recent version was that he didn't write was published under his name - he was too busy with his practice.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/the-story-behind-ron-pauls-racist-newsletters/250338/

In 1996 when the Texas Monthly investigated the newsletters, Paul took responsibility for them and said that certain things were taken out of context. (It's hard to imagine a context that would make the above quotes defensible.)

When the newsletter controversy came up again during the 2008 campaign, Paul explained that he didn't actually write the newsletters but because they carried his name he was morally responsible for their content. Further, he didn't know exactly who wrote the offensive things and they didn't represent his views.

Oh wait - what I'm seeing in recent news articles is that he's saying that he didn't write any of them.  I guess that's similar to what he said in '08.
http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/ron-paul-addresses-racist-newsletters-on-cnn/

How do we know he wrote - or is even aware of - the replies attributed to him on this issue? 

[Razgovory]

Strange, normally when I post something like this Grumbler patronizes me, laughs at me, or just insults me.  Maybe he forgot about the thread.  Same thing with Habakkuk, he just bailed after I posted Ron Paul's interview with the paranoid NWO types.  What's the deal here?

[Ed Anger]

Maybe they got tired of the political bullshit. Maybe they got tired of YOU.

[The Brain]

I support Raz.

[Ed Anger]

I like the kid too. But the political humping of the leg and polistalking does get old.

[The Brain]

I like the kid too. But the political humping of the leg and polistalking does get old.

Know what's old? You, pops.

[Ed Anger]

I like the kid too. But the political humping of the leg and polistalking does get old.

Know what's old? You, pops.

Goddamn right. Get off my lawn.

[Eddie Teach]

This whole forum is old.