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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (110473)	1/9/2008 5:58:33 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

Ron Paul is being labeled a Neo-Confederate in The New Republic. Most of this stems from a tv interview where Paul quoted a Neo Confederate's hate book on Abraham Lincoln. Also, Paul has spoken at a Neo Confederate Convention. I listened to the author on tv and was unconvinced. I have spoken at a Junior League function, but I am neither a member nor a wannabe member of The Junior League. I don't consider the speech as evidence of anything. And you can quote a writer on one subject without believing everything he believes. The author also said that Paul used racial codewords in his campaign speeches. I don't necessarily buy into that one, either, any more than I believe that Ross Perot saying "you people" was a racist statement. Though I deciphered codes in the Army, I have never been able to decipher what some call codewords for racism, anti-feminism or anything else. I do believe that many of Paul's ideas would disadvantage minorities in America, but I don't think that is necessarily why he recommends them. I may be blinded by the fact that I kind of like the guy.