sorry to revive an old thread but i thought this may be needed:
KINKY'S NOT THE ONLY CANDIDATE WITH SOME EXPLAINING TO DO ON RACE RELATIONS
September 22nd, 2006
VICTORIA, TX -- Gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman's racially charged statements, and the subsequent outcry against them, have drawn attention to the importance Texans place on diversity and inclusiveness. Ron Paul, however, apparently does not feel the same way.
During his 30-year career in politics, Paul has made a number of offensive, racist statements in the press and in his personal newsletter, The Ron Paul Political Report, including:
* "If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know unbelievably fleet-footed they can be." – Victoria Advocate, 5/24/96
* "Given the inefficiencies of what the DC laughably calls the criminal justice system, I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or criminal." – Victoria Advocate, 5/24/96
* "Opinion polls consistently show that only five percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative action." – Victoria Advocate, 5/24/96
Sentiments like these are probably why radical "white nationalist" David Duke, Grand Wizard and founder of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, has chosen to currently feature Ron Paul prominently on the front page of
The Official Website of Representative David Duke, PhD , his personal homepage. Like Paul, David Duke is a failed 1988 presidential candidate.
"These comments are outrageous," said Sklar spokeswoman Austin Bonner. "All children deserve our faith in them and opportunities to learn. It is incredibly damaging that their Congressman–a supposed role model–tells them they are good for nothing but crime from the get-go."
http://www.shanesklar.com/news_DETAILS.php?news_ID=49
other quotes i dug up:
"We don't think a child of 13 should be held responsible as a man of 23. That's true for most people, but black males age 13 who have been raised on the streets and who have joined criminal gangs are as big, strong, tough, scary and culpable as any adult and should be treated as such." - Ron Paul, 1992
"What else do we need to know about the political establishment than that it refuses to discuss the crimes that terrify Americans on grounds that doing so is racist? Why isn't that true of complex embezzling, which is 100 percent white and Asian?" - Ron Paul, 1992
although i don't think he is a blatent racist some of his views seem a little stereotypical.
”A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he gives up.”
